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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: When he finds out that Henry has been dealing drug on the sly (a big no-no in the Mafia as it invited too much police attention), Paul hands him a severance package and exiles him from the mob rather than having him whacked on the spot. This same mercy will end up biting him in the ass when Henry turns state's evidence.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jimmy has never used Henry as a hitman, so when he suddenly asks Henry to go on a hit job (while he's under police's scrutiny no less), Henry can tell right away that it's a setup to have him killed.
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* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. He and Tommy murder Billy Batts together, but only Tommy gets whacked by the mob in retaliation afterward. He does get his comeuppance down the line, but it's from the laws and far lighter compared to what Tommy got.
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* HoardingTheProfits: Jimmy has almost everyone who was involved in the Lufthansa heist killed because it netted more money than they expected and he wants to keep all of the extra cash for himself.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: Henry and his family go into the witness protection program to avoid getting killed by the Lucchese crime family. But Henry hates his new life because he's lost everything from his time as a gangster and has to live as a nobody or a "schnook", as he calls it. Even though he's technically a free man, Henry becoming a regular person, the type of people he's loathed his whole life, is worse than prison.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry goes from a small kid in love with the criminal life to becoming a member of the Lucchese crime family; he becomes a nobody again after going through the witness protection program and losing everything from his life of crime.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry goes from a small kid in love with the criminal life to becoming a member of the Lucchese crime family; he becomes a nobody again after going through the witness protection program and losing everything from his life of crime.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: Henry and his family go into the witness protection program to avoid getting killed by the Lucchese crime family. But Henry hates his new life because he's lost everything from his time as a gangster and has to live as a nobody or a "schnook", "schnook," as he calls it. As Henry closes the door of his new home, the viewer hears a cell door slamming shut. Even though he's technically a free man, Henry becoming a regular person, the type of people he's loathed his whole life, is worse than prison.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry goes from a small kid in love with the criminal life to becoming a member of the Lucchese crimefamily; he family. He becomes a nobody again after testifying and going through the witness protection program and losing everything from his life of crime.crime. As he puts it, he's an average nobody and gets to live his life like a "schnook."
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry goes from a small kid in love with the criminal life to becoming a member of the Lucchese crime
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Henry frets over Morrie's fate and is relieved when Jimmy decides to spare him; the narration suggests that Morrie will exit the story unaware of how close he came to death. In the very next scene, Morrie is murdered by Jimmy and his goons anyway.
