History Characters / Scarface1983

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Seeing Tony kill him so impulsively over the fact that he is seeing Gina is indeed a tragic sight for one.to see, even more since this action destroys Gina. Even Tony himself feels instant regret for this action afterwards.]]
* TheCasanova: He really loves flirting with women, but he's still got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be abhorrently overbearing with his advances.
* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal they were a part of had went bad.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: For the overall movie as a whole, he serves as this. He is the first major character introduced after Tony, and he is also the who the audience spends the most with getting know who isn't Tony, and even serves as his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] when the latter becomes a powerful drug kingpin.

* FireForgedFriends: Was friends in prison with Tony.

* AffablyEvil: Starts out as a pleasant, and level-headed guy. And [[TookALevelInJerkass unlike Tony who actually does]], [[OnlySaneMan he doesn't become more of an asshole as the film goes on.]]

Tony's best friend who was exiled from Cuba to Miami together.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Seeing Tony kill him so impulsively over Gina is a tragic sight to see, even more since this action destroys Gina. Even Tony himself feels instant regret for this action.]]

* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi rescue Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal went bad.

* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served with Tony in the Cuban Army, so he knows how to handle himself quite well.

* HasAType: Manny is very much attracted to blondes. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that he ultimately ends up for Tony's sister, Gina, who is a brunette.

* TheMillstone: He becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's erratic behavior, the events of his downfall are in large part due to Manny's own screwups. First, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to be an undercover cop. Then, while Tony is busy dealing with Sosa's business, he puts Manny in charge of the operation, but instead of doing that, Manny instead runs off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: As noted below, his way of breaking the news to Tony by answering the door while wearing a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]

[[caption-width-right:1000:some caption text]]

[[caption-width-right:277:some caption text]]

[[caption-width-right:1000:some caption text]]

[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/georfinamontana.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:320:some caption text]]

[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erniehd.png]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:some caption text]]

[[quoteright:774:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scarface_mel.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:774:some caption text]]

[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jerry_scarface1983.png]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:some caption text]]

[[caption-width-right:324:some caption text]]

* AmbiguousSituation: 3 of them
** Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a police informant who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], the audience is never given any proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death.

A Colombian drug dealer from whom Tony is ordered to buy cocaine.

** Stealing Frank's girlfriend Elvira right out from under his nose, and then later on starting her addiction to cocaine. Later blowing up at her for this

* Deuteragonist: For the overall movie as a whole, he serves as this. He is the first major character introduced after Tony, and he is also the who the audience spends the most with getting know who isn't Tony, and even serves as his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] when the latter becomes a powerful drug kingpin.

** [[spoiler:Furthermore, while Sosa and The Skull ultimately kill Tony and his remaining allies and loved ones, and on the surface, seem to [[KarmaHoudini get away clean with their crimes]], it is heavily implied that they might still go to prison for them, since Tony failed to kill said journalist, thus allowing him to reveal Sosa to the world.]]

* StimulantSpeedtalk: Begins to exhibit this once he starts GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply, though he substitutes high-speed conversation for protracted rambling and screamed diatribes. In particular, after taking a bump just prior to the car-bombing mission from Sosa, Tony begins quietly ranting [[spoiler: once he realizes that [[WouldNotHurtAChild there are two children]] in the car]] until he loses composure and starts screaming at Alberto. [[spoiler: Then he shoots Alberto in the head before he can trigger the bomb and ''continues'' shouting at the man's corpse.]]

* AffablyEvil: Starts out as pleasant and level-headed. And unlike Tony, he doesn't become more of an asshole as the film goes on.
* TheCasanova / HandsomeLech: He loves flirting with women, but he's got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be abhorrently overbearing with his advances.
* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi rescue Tony after realizing the drug deal went bad.
* DeadpanSnarker: He never raises his voice with Tony when he's angry with him. His tone just becomes drier. He tosses a lot of blunt barbs at Tony after Tony lets his success get to his head.
* TheDragon: Acts as this for Tony, handling his security and a lot of his other dirty work.
* FireForgedFriends: Was in prison with Tony.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served with Tony in the Cuban Army, so he knows how to handle himself.

* HasAType: Manny is very much attracted to blondes. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that he ultimately falls for Tony's sister, Gina, a brunette.
* LadykillerInLove: Ends up falling in love with Gina.
* TheMillstone: Not above making a few spectacular blunders that undermine Tony's operations throughout the film. First, he gets DistractedByTheSexy and nearly arrives late to rescue Tony from Hector the Toad. Second, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to be an undercover cop (which admittedly wouldn't have been as much of a problem if Tony had let Manny handle the deal himself). Then, while Tony is busy dealing with Sosa's business, he puts Manny in charge of the operation, but instead of doing that, Manny runs off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: As noted below, his way of breaking the news to Tony was extremely unwise and leads to his death.]]
* NumberTwo: The second-highest ranking man in Tony's organization.
* OnlySaneMan: Is noticeably more level-headed than Tony.
* RedOniBlueOni: At first Manny serves as a brash, cock-sure Red Oni to a cynical and resourceful Tony's Blue, but in the second part of the movie, with Tony going crazy over money, their roles change, with Manny being more thoughtful in contrast to Tony's obsessive behavior.
* TemptingFate: Tony makes it clear, in no uncertain terms, that he doesn't want Manny near his sister after the latter drives him home early on in the film. However, as the later montage (and a later altercation at the Babylon Club) reveals, Gina gets eyes for Manny, and despite his initial reservations, they agree to get married. This kicks off the chain of the events that drive the last third of the film.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Greeting Tony at the door in a robe was a really bad way to tell Tony that he and Gina were seeing each other, especially given Tony's temper and his earlier warning to stay away from her]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Guns down Hector's female henchman Marta when he and Chi-chi rescue Tony.

* SmugSnake: His slimy, arrogant personality and unsophisticated attitude certainly give off this vibe.
* StimulantSpeedtalk: Immediately distinguishes himself as a fast talker who's more than happy to swing the conversation towards insulting Tony when prompted and even pulls a gun on him before his bodyguard calms him down. It's not until he avails himself to a quick snort of coke in each nostril that the audience figures out exactly why.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sounds horrified and even a little choked-up when he sees that [[spoiler: Tony has just murdered Manny.]]

* AssholeVictim: Getting shot by multiple bullets for a submachine gun, falling out of window, then finally getting shot in the face by Tony serves him right given the way that he had previously slaughtered poor Angel.

** [[spoiler:Furthermore, while Sosa and The Skull ultimately kill Tony and his remaining allies and loved ones, and on the surface, seem to [[KarmaHoudini get away clean with their crimes]], it is heavily implied that they might still go to prison for them, since Tony failed to kill journalist, thus allowing him to reveal Sosa to the world.]]

* TheMillstone: He becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's erratic behavior, the events of his downfall are mostly due to Manny's screwups. First, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to be an undercover cop. Then, while Tony is busy dealing with Sosa's business, he puts Manny in charge of the operation, but instead of doing that, Manny runs off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: As noted below, his way of breaking the news to Tony was extremely unwise, and leads to his death.]]

* SmugSnake: His wiry appearance combined with a slimy, arrogant personality and unsophisticated attitude certainly give off this vibe.

* ArchEnemy: To Montana, in the game. The game is all about Tony's revenge on Sosa for attempting to kill him.

* BigBad: The most powerful gangster we see in the film.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being a well-mannered and well-spoken man, it's not for nothing he gained his status as a "drug-overlord," as the TV spokesperson describes him as.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Ambiguous case. He succeeds in destroying Tony and his entire gang, but Tony's failure to execute the reporter investigating him (the whole reason Sosa has Tony killed) not only results in Sosa and his empire continuing to be under scrutiny, but likely increased his exposure to the authorities, meaning he's still in hot water. And Sosa's confederates probably aren't happy with him, either.]]

* TheSociopath: An ice-cold cartel boss who thinks nothing of having a man assaulted and then hanged from a helicopter, or ordering an innocent journalist to be blown up to avoid having to go to prison, or [[spoiler:sending an army of goons to kill the man who stops it]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Tony sabotaging his assassination attempt on a reporter leaves his criminal acts exposed. Whether or not he escapes prosecution is not confirmed before the film ends, but [[TakingYouWithMe he makes damn sure that Tony goes down]] no matter what happens to him.]]
* VillainBall: Goes to the step of trying to assassinate a reporter (in broad daylight) who has exposed his drug operation, right in front of the United Nations, ''and'' conscripts a drug kingpin (who is dealing with his own legal troubles) to carry out the act. Besides the fact that killing him via carbomb right in front of the UN wouldn't just attract more attention, it would also be considered an act of terrorism that would bring the entire U.S. Army knocking on his door. It would arguably be smarter to kill him in a drive-by shooting or arrange a mugging.

* WickedCultured: The reporter he wants Tony to assassinate mentions in a TV interview that he comes from "a very good family" and was educated in England.

* CoolShades: He's always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses, even at night. Makes him look very similar to a Terminator.
* TheDragon: To Sosa. He does whatever dirty work Sosa doesn't want to do.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Nick offscreen (The Skull has his shotgun pointed point-blank at Nick's head and we see the Skull firing) and personally kills Tony with a shotgun blast to the back.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Like his boss, gets away with his crimes in the film. The game is [[LaserGuidedKarma another matter]]...]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Hangs Omar out of a helicopter.

An assassin sent by Sosa to assist Tony and his men in killing a journalist.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Anyone who is willing to blow up two children and their mother won't have much sympathy. Though, he does mention that if Sosa says they must make a move, they make a move with a little bit of nervousness...]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Shot in the head by Tony and his brains splatter on the passenger side window.]]

* MortonsFork: Even if he wanted [[spoiler:to spare Gutierrez' family]], it's not like he had a lot of choice in the matter - missing their shot would've simply put him in Sosa's crosshairs along with Tony.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Before Tony shoots his brains all over the passenger side window.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Tries to go ahead with blowing up Gutierrez and his family, when it's clear Tony won't do it. Next moment, [[spoiler:his brains are all over the passenger side window.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Overlaps with WouldHurtAChild, as he tries to do away with Gutierrez's wife and children when they accompany him in the car.

* AssholeVictim: Serves him right given the way he slaughtered poor Angel.

* StarterVillain: The first rival and real threat within the drug business that Tony and his friends have to deal with.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's revealed Sosa is married and his wife is pregnant with 3 months left until she's due.

* TheSociopath: A cartel boss who thinks nothing of having a man hanged from a helicopter, ordering a man's wife and child killed to make sure he's eliminated, or [[spoiler:sending an army of goons to kill the man who stops it]].

* StarterVillain: The first rival and threat in the drug business that Tony and his friends have to deal with.

->''"You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, 'That's the bad guy'."''

A former Cuban soldier and prisoner who was exiled to Miami by Fidel Castro and eventually becomes ingrained in the criminal underworld.

* AdaptationalHeroism: He has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than Tony Camonte. It's hard to imagine Camonte having second thoughts about killing children and putting morality before self-interest the way Montana does. In the original film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting the police, whereas Montana loses to a rival druglord. Furthermore, Montana's incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous, while Camonte leaves little to the imagination.
* AdaptationalNameChange: His last name is changed to "Montana".
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: His [[WouldntHurtAChild philosophy against harming children]] separates him from Paul Muni's Tony Camonte who lacks any noble virtues.
* AddictionPowered: In his last stand, he hypes himself up with some cocaine, which likely contributes to his endurance compared to the mooks he mows down.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:He gets shot in the back after losing everything and descending to madness trying to stay in power. Shortly before that, he picks up the phone on his office desk for a moment, then sets it back down. There's nobody left to call: Manny and Gina are dead, Frank is dead, Sosa wants him killed, his mother has disowned him, and Elvira has left him for good. Tony has absolutely nobody left.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Pacino watched the original film and noted that Paul Muni came off as "a big ape", so he tried to emulate that in his performance. Sosa even calls him a "fucking little monkey".
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His entire "say goodnight to the bad guy" speech boils down to Tony telling everyone giving him funny looks at the restaurant that at least he acknowledges his own faults and slip-ups instead of pinning blames.
* AxCrazy: He is the embodiment of this trope in the second half of the movie. In general, he's more than ready to use lethal weapons, mostly guns.
* BadBoss: One of the less-egregious examples of this trope as most of the time, he is a reasonable one. However, his HairTriggerTemper gets in the way. [[spoiler:He kills Manny without a second thought upon seeing him with Gina, only finding out afterward that the two had just been married. Later, the combination of pain from being shot by Gina, shock at seeing her gunned down, and all the cocaine he's snorted leaves him unable to react as Chi-Chi is killed while begging him to open the office door.]]
* BerserkButton: He does not like it when guys put the moves on his little sister. Played in a tragic way after he finds Manny with Gina. He also reacts violently when he learns that Sosa expects him to be okay with killing women and children.
* BigBad: After Frank's murder, he's arguably the biggest villain of his own story. But the real villain is Sosa, who is much worse than he is.
* BigBrotherBully: Over the course of the film, he becomes controlling and possessive of Gina, starting to yell at her harshly.[[spoiler:When he finds out Manny is in love with her, he is lost in quiet rage and kills him without a second thought and has his men bring Gina to his mansion.]]
* BloodKnight: Many shootouts and fights Tony gets into he enjoys every minute of it. Special mention goes to Freedomtown.
--> '''Tony:''' I kill a communist for fun, but for a green card, I gonna carve him up real nice.
* ButNotTooForeign: He claimed his father was American during the interrogation scene.
* CardCarryingVillain: "So say goodnight to the bad guy!"
* CigarChomper: Once he can afford them.
* TheCorrupter: To Gina, who begins acting out and rebelling against her mother once Tony reenters her life.

* DeathSeeker: Arguably in the end. He probably knows that the film's climax will be his last stand. The biggest hint is that, just before grabbing the M16, he tells the body of his recently-dead sister "I'll see you soon, okay?"
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:At the very end of the film, Tony is nearing the end of his LastStand; his rifle is gone and Sosa's men are unloading their weapons into him. Yet Tony refuses to go down and keeps railing away at his attackers right up until The Skull shoots him in the back.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:When he sees Manny and Gina together, he kills Manny in a fit of anger. He subliminally regrets acting on impulse like that and truly cements it when one of Sosa's men kills Gina, culminating in an UnstoppableRage]].
* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the novel, Tony dies from a combination of the army of men ripping his body apart with bullets, and an explosion caused by one of the bullets hitting the grenade inside the launcher of his rifle.
* TheDon: {{Deconstructed|trope}}. Tony may be a powerful gangster which he wanted, but he really is just a [[SmugSnake smug]] [[PsychopathicManchild manchild]] stuck in his own fantasy world. Once he becomes a crime lord, he is driven too much by his own pride and greed contributing to his negative attitude and distances himself from the people close to him. He still has his [[EvenEvilHasStandards moral codes]] however, but even that is sadly proven to only get him so far.
* DoomedMoralVictor: {{Averted}}. He does not kill the Bolivian anti-drug activist because children and a woman were put in danger. Later played straight however, with the circumstances leading to Tony's death.
* DrunkWithPower: By the second half of the movie, he's let his drug empire get to his head, becoming a royal pain to those he's supposed to like and throwing his weight around where he shouldn't be.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:One of the most iconic examples of this in cinema; he goes out battling a small army of hitmen sent to kill him, all the while shouting obscenities, taking a good chunk of them with him before the Skull shoots him from behind.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He tries to provide for his mother, but the relationship is strained due to her being aware of Tony's criminal activities. She refuses any money and demands he leave.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Deconstructed|trope}}. He tries to take care of those he loves even as he becomes an increasingly bigger criminal and acting more like a general jerk. His affection for Gina in particular is very strong, although laced with incestuous implications. [[spoiler:Subverted later in the film, as he eventually becomes a malignant presence in their lives when he drives Elvira away, kills Manny because he proposed to Gina, and locks Gina up in his own mansion out of an obsession with "protecting" her.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tony won't kill children. He also has a hands-off policy on women.
* FatalFlaw:
** His HairTriggerTemper would certainly qualify. It causes him to make very unwise decisions without considering the consequences, like betraying Frank, killing Sosa's man Alberto and later disrespecting the very angry Sosa when he calls about the botched hit, spurring the siege of the compound.
** Also his {{Greed}}. The whole chain of events that leads to his downfall starts when he breaks off with his banker because he doesn't want to pay higher rates for having his money laundered. Considering the amount of money he brings in, he should be thanking the gods that it is even a possibility.
* FriendToAllChildren: He has shades of this despite how it's been said his drug-dealing could have eventually impacted childrens' lives if he stayed in control. Tony is fairly pleasant to two kids he talks to while Manny tries to pick up a chick at the pool. He says that he'd really like to have kids with Elvira (which never happens, which is partly what starts the [[spoiler:very public fight that finally drives Elvira away]]), and of course he will not kill children.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He's a former Cuban Army soldier who gradually becomes a fearsome Miami cocaine kingpin, and quickly becomes known for being quite fearless and ruthless to his rivals. His military training could explain his deadly skills with firearms, such as an assault rifle and grenade launcher that he uses to kill dozens of enemy gangsters with in the final battle.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a huge scar on one side of his face; at the very beginning of the film, he says he got it in an accident when he was a child.
* HairTriggerTemper: He is aggressive and almost always on the brink of a cocaine-fueled rage. Nearly everything sets him off, especially people who go near his sister.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Our NominalHero gets killed by his enemies at the end]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: He rages at his sister for partying at the same nightclub he does and at Elvira for abusing drugs despite snorting mountains of cocaine himself.
* IconicOutfit: There's the red Hawaiian-style shirt he wears during the chainsaw scene, the disco-styled, wide collared suits he wears when he starts making money, and perhaps most famously, the dark blue pinstriped suit he wears when he goes after Sosa's men sent to kill him.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: Tony's strong disdain with Castro's Cuba make him appreciate capitalist America very strongly... At least until he rises to the top of Miami drug trade and still feels unfulfilled and resentful under capitalism.
* ImplacableMan: His bravery and loyalty is what makes him a vital asset to his boss or his partner at the moment. Though his cocaine addiction has made him more of a liability.
* IncestSubtext: Tony's violent protectiveness regarding his sister has more than a few shades of this, which is a callback to the original film this is a remake of.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Starts to have this attitude after he finished with his criminal empire.
* {{Jerkass}}: He, believe it or not, is not quite as ruthless as his original counterpart, but despite some noble tendencies here and there, one can easily see him at his worst as one of these. His drug-dealing game has led to some viewers having a big problem with him. He has shown jealousy and recklessness, is harsh with his sister when she starts making love to a guy she met at a club, mouths off at bankers and such who he feels would short-change him, was gearing up to execute a man he did not know as he became more drunk with power until childrens' lives were on the line, and his anger has been a danger towards others including himself. He appears to fight with just about everyone sooner or later except his mother (who herself is sickened by his habits), but still...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He won't kill kids even when his life was starting to fall apart and the first thing he does when he makes it out on top is buy Gina her own beauty parlor for her to work in, in hopes that she doesn't end up like him. In addition, when things were really going downhill, he did not verbally abuse his minion, Ernie, despite being furious.
* KickTheDog: Though some instances here are debatable.
** Stealing Frank's girlfriend Elvira and starting her addiction to cocaine.
** [[spoiler:Killed his best friend Manny without a second thought because he thought he made it clear to him to stay away from Gina. He did feel awful about it when he came to his senses.]]

* KlingonPromotion: Kills his boss Frank Lopez and takes control of not only his businesses and position, but also his woman.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: ''Oh boy.'' Touch his sister and you may well die. [[spoiler:Isn't that right, Manny?]]
* LargeHam: Every line that comes out of his mouth is hammy. Somewhat justified later on when he's high as a kite on blow
* LonelyAtTheTop: In spades. He even lampshades this when he's sitting miserably in a restaurant with his wife and closest he had to a proper friend who can barely stand him at this point.
* MadeOfIron: At the end, due to being seriously coked-up. He snorted so much coke that it dulled the pain receptors in his body to the point where he took hundreds of bullets and was still standing. That said, he sure as hell felt a shotgun blast to the back.
* MeaningfulName: Montana is the Spanish word for Mountain and Mountain usually stands for peak, prominence and summit and Tony definitely wants to reach the summit is the number one drug boss in Miami and potentially the whole United States and he does rise to prominence as the King of Miami. However after he reaches the prominence is when his Mountain lists of issues and flaws eventually reaches its peak and contributes to his downfall.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After killing Manny, he feels nothing but sorrow and regret about it.]]
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Hoo boy, he does not like anyone getting around his sister. [[spoiler:Not even his best friend is safe.]]

* NeverGoingBackToPrison: What motivates him into a new deal with Sosa, as Tony can't stomach jail anymore, not even a short three year stint.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It's believed he was at least partly inspired by a real life Cuban-American Miami drug lord named Mario Tabraue.
* NobleDemon: While he is a murderous drug kingpin with self-destructive tendencies, he has standards compared to most of the other villainous people of the film. The noble aspects of him start to diminish over the course of the story, as he becomes a drug addict and his HairTriggerTemper worsens, though it never goes away completely and he still keeps his NeverHurtAnInnocent attitude.
* OneManArmy: Tony uses an assault rifle and grenade launcher to kill about a few dozen or so henchmen in the climax. [[spoiler:However, he didn't avoid getting fatally shot in the back.]]
** However, this is played completely ''straight'' in the video game.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Admittedly, most of his victims weren't very good people, like [[spoiler:Hector, Bernstein, and Alberto.]] This also goes for those he targets in the video game.
* PetTheDog: He gives Ernie a job after blowing away Frank and Mel Bernstein right in front of him. Also, killing Alberto rather than letting him blow up a car with two children in it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He doesn't like working alongside Colombians. He also derisively refers to Italian mob guys as "Guineas" (which is funny considering Pacino himself is an Italian-American). He also uses the slur "maricon" (faggot).
* PopCulturedBadass: Early on in the film, he mentions he grew up watching old school Hollywood tough guys like Creator/JamesCagney and Creator/HumphreyBogart.
* ProperlyParanoid: Much of Tony's aggressive accusations are passed off as Paranoid, but there have been times where he's on the right. For example when Mel shakes him down for protection money, using his killing of Rebenga as leverage. Tony immediately figures that Frank Lopez is setting him up as he is the only one outside of Freedomtown to know about that hit.
* RasputinianDeath: He takes an improbable number of bullets to the torso in the final shootout with Sosa's death squad and isn't even fazed, but this might be explained by the fact that he had his face buried in a mountain of coke just before. It takes a shotgun blast at close range from behind and a fall off a balcony to finally kill him.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Manny and Sosa's Blue. Manny is generally more level-headed and easy going than the HotBlooded Tony, who's always looking for a fight. And Sosa is coldly pragmatic and ruthless.

* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the game, [[spoiler:he survives the climactic shootout in the film with plenty of bitter lessons learned (such as giving up drugs), and he uses them as his motivation to take down Sosa once and for all]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: At the film's climax, [[spoiler:after Gina's death]], leading to the film's most iconic moment.

* SanitySlippage: He gets crazier and more unhinged after his coke addiction settles in.
* SevenDeadlySins: He's ravaged by ''all of them'', save maybe Sloth. Among these, his most fatal flaws are Wrath and Pride.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: When his life starts going down the drain, he starts wearing [[https://bamfstyle.com/2015/11/09/scarface83-chalkstripe-end-suit/ a more professional looking dark blue suit]] with a [[WaistcoatOfStyle matching waistcoat]] and dark red tie, in contrast to the loudly colored, wide collared, tie-less suits from before; when shit's hit the fan, he stops wearing the tie, his suit gets covered in blood and coke, and he wears it as he makes his last-stand against Sosa's hit squad.

* SmugSnake: By the second half of the film, he stands up to brag about how he's [[BigBad the apparent "bad guy" of the town]] while he's really losing control of both himself and his empire due to his Cocaine addiction and anger issues.

* TheStarscream: To Frank, and later on, Sosa.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: After taking out a score of [[spoiler:Sosa's]] men with his grenade launcher, Tony stops shooting and starts taunting them as though he's already won, allowing the remaining henchmen to get into cover and open fire on him all at once. [[MadeOfIron He survives that barrage and keeps taunting them]], seemingly convinced that he's immune to bullets. [[spoiler:Cue [[HeroKiller the Skull]] walking up behind him...]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Tony starts out the film as a crook, but it's not until he gains power that he allows himself to become a cocaine-addicted wreck. He constantly curses and begins to act like a cantankerous prick towards even some of his associates or possible friends over disagreements, and gets called out on it by almost everyone close to him. His impulsive behavior does not allow him to take the hint soon enough...
* TheUsurper: Takes Frank's life together with his criminal enterprise and luxury mansion. He also recruits Frank's trustier men, liquidates Frank's slimier collaborators, and makes Frank's mistress his wife.
* VillainousIncest: Tony can't have his sister and consequently doesn't want anyone else to have her. This idea is lampshaded by her [[spoiler:right before she's gunned down.]]
* VillainProtagonist: May be a NobleDemon but is still TheDon of Miami, a drug lord who eventually becomes more violent and dangerous.
* VillainousBreakdown: Very often due to his HairTriggerTemper, but the most prominent one would have to be in the finale.
* WouldntHitAGirl: He would only go after men who challenge him. [[SubvertedTrope Bar the one time]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother he slaps Gina for sneaking into the men's bathroom at the Babylon to make out with a guy she just met.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: The reason why Sosa puts a hit on him. When ordered to activate a bomb on a reporter's car to stop him from testifying about Sosa's criminal activities, he refuses to do it because the reporter's wife and children are also in there and kills one of Sosa's men for trying to activate the bomb anyway. The reporter lives to testify, Sosa's pissed, and it all goes downhill from there.
* {{Yandere}}: In the latter part of the movie, he becomes violently and [[VillainousIncest questionably]] possessive over his sister, culminating in him [[spoiler:killing Manny when he finds out that he's been pursuing a relationship with her.]]

* VillainBall: Goes to the step of trying to assassinate a reporter (in broad daylight) who has exposed his drug operation, right in front of the United Nations, ''and'' conscripts a drug kingpin (who is dealing with his own legal troubles) to carry out the act. Besides the fact that killing him via carbomb right in front of the UN wouldn't just attract more attention, it would also be considered an act of terrorism that would bring the entire U.S. Army knocking on his door.
%%* WickedCultured

* MeaningfulName: Montana is the Spanish word for Mountain and Mountain usually stands for peak, prominence and summit and Tony definitely wants to reach the summit is the number one drug boss in Miami and potentially the whole United States and he does rise to prominence as the King of Miami. However after he reaches the prominence is when his Mountain lists of issues and problems eventually reaches its peak and contributes to his downfall.

* MeaningfulName: Montana is the Spanish word for Mountain and Mountain usually stands for peak, prominence and summit and Tony definitely wants to reach the summit is the number one drug boss in Miami and potentially the whole United States. However after he reaches the summit that’s when his Mountain lists of issues and problems reaches its peak and leads to his downfall.

%%* {{Yandere}}: Acts as one towards his sister.

* TheCasanova / HandsomeLech: Though not as abhorrent or obnoxious as most examples.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: In his interactions with Tony.
%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Tony's VillainProtagonist.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Admittedly, most of his victims weren't very good people, like [[spoiler:Hector, Bernstein, and Alberto.]] This also goes for those he targets in the video game.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Shoots Lopez, who was himself a drug kingpin who tried to kill Tony.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Hangs Omar out of a helicopter.