History Characters / TheBoondockSaints

* VigilanteMan: Both of them are more than willing to put the law into their own hands is it means keeping others safe from the criminals and gangs that run rampant .

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'''Protagonists'''

[[folder: The Saints]]
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[[folder: Law Enforcement]]

[[folder: Allies]]

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'''Villains'''

[[folder: The Mafia]]

* ThrowAwayGuns: His signature gun vest. Justified, as it makes a seasoned FBI detective believe he was six men instead of one, making it harder for him to be traced.

* NamesTheSame: His actor, Gerard Parkes, also played Doc the inventor on ''Series/FraggleRock''.

* SmokingIsCool: Smokes a lot more. Played almost literally in a deleted scene, where Murphy lights one up ''right before he takes a shower'' and promptly complains that Connor used up all the hot water. [[spoiler: May also be inherited from their father.]]

* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler: He's hired by Giuseppe Yakavetta to kill Connor and Murphy in exchange for his freedom. This is later subverted, however. Once he realizes that they're his sons, all bets are off and he helps them kill [[BigBad Yakavetta]].]]
* BeardOfEvil: He starts off like this in the first movie [[Spoiler: until near the end]].

* DualWielding: [[spoiler: Just like his sons.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Il Duce is a merciless killer, but he refuses to kill women. [[spoiler: This ends up saving Smecker's life when he arrives to Yakavetta's mansion in drag.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: He's first hired by Giuseppe Yakavetta to hunt down and kill Connor and Murphy. [[spoiler: Once he realizes that they're in fact his sons, he stops pursuing them and joins their crusade for justice by killing Yakavetta during his trial.]]

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Turns out, he's actually Connor and Murphy's father.]]

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Don't you ''ever'' try to hurt Connor and Murphy in front of him.]]

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: When he dies, it is revealed that he had always kept a photo of his newborn sons inside his hat.]]

* CowboyCop: [[spoiler: Aside from working with a group of vigilante killers, Bloom goes as far as helping them tamper with a crime scene to make it look more like a shoot-out and less of a hit.]]

* InspectorJavert: She seems to be on the trail to hunt down the Boondock Saints, which leads to Dolly, Duffy and Greenly to try and throw her off the track. [[spoiler: This is later subverted, as she reveals that she was actually looking for them so she could become their new "Guardian Angel".]]

* FriendOnTheForce: By the sequel, all three of them are this for the Saints [[spoiler: and willingly help them in taking down Yakavetta.]]

** Invoked in the second movie, as they ''intentionally'' take all the details and come up with wrong conclusions, because they are trying to cover for the Twins, and themselves by association. [[spoiler: Until they realize that Eunice Bloom is on their side and is just having fun toying with them.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When Guiseppe is ready to execute him, Rocco simply glares him down without struggling or freaking out. Even his last words are to urge the brothers to keep up their fight.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: His role in the sequel, where he's only featured in flashbacks and dream sequences.]]

* BigBadWannabe: He might've been the one who ordered the hit in an attempt to bring the Saints to America so he could have revenge, [[spoiler: but the idea actually came from The Roman, who knew that the Saints would kill Concezio.]]

* BeardOfEvil: For the first movie.

* KnifeNut

* ColdSniper

* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice: While Connor does have his quiet badass moments (such as during the "kill 'em all" speech at Rocco's place), when he gets going, he can get pretty loud.

* BadassBeard: For the second movie.

* BadassBeard: Duffy grows one out in the sequel.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When Guiseppe is ready to execute him, Rocco simply glares him down without struggling or freaking out.]]

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BillyConnolly

* TheDreaded: He’s spoken of with fear by a former underboss of the Yakavetta family, described as a monster. [[https://youtu.be/5f-zRm5cROQ This scene really shows how feared he is by the Yakavetta’s, the prison guards and even the other inmates.]]