History Characters / TheBoondockSaints

* BadBoss: He breaks the jaw of one of his subordinates just because he corrected his pronunciation of a word.

* TheObiWan: Implied to be this for Eunice.

* ButtMonkey: Both from his fellow mob dudes, who call him "The Funny Man" and make him tell racist jokes, and from the [=MacManus=] brothers, who mess with him every so often and put him on "bitch detail" during their jobs. [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Not that he didn't deserve it.]] [[EverybodyRemembersTheStripper Remember the stripper?]] But in contrast to the mafia's decision to just get rid of him, Connor and Murphy [[spoiler:go ballistic when Yakavetta murders him]].

[[caption-width-right:308:''I do believe the monsignor's finally got the point'']]

-->''(In Russian) I'm afraid we can't let that one go, Ivan''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''I do believe the monsignor's finally got the point'']]

-->''I do believe the monsignor's finally got the point''

* KnightOfCerebus: Whenever Il Duce gets called in around the halfway mark, [[ItGotWorse things get serious]]. Which is ''very'' odd seeing as Il Duce is played by ''Billy Connolly''.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His reason for setting up Noah.[[LaserGuidedKarma Unfortunately without Noah, the mob didn't really need him.]]]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His reason for setting up Noah. He ends up on the receiving end of this when the Mafia casts him out.]]

-->''You ready for this shit, my dear brother?''

* SpellMyNameWithAnS[=/=]AdaptationDecay: In the credits and subtitles of the first film, he's listed as ''Conner'' [=MacManus=]. In the second, he's listed as Connor.

-->''What's this '''they''' shit? This isn't a movie.''

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Averted. Being pale, withdrawn, and more lightly built than Connor makes him ''appear'' somewhat frailer... [[ItsPersonal until he gets]] [[TranquilFury really mad]], [[ColdSniper that is]].

* ButNotTooGay: Averted. Smecker is actually the most sexual of the main characters.

* NWordPrivileges: Averted, and played for humor ''at the same time''. He repeatedly calls other gay men homophobic slurs, and is unfailingly given dirty looks. At the very least, he doesn't seem to mind when it's directed at himself, either.

* StraightGay: He appears to play up the {{Camp}} at times to poke fun at himself.

* MsFanservice: High stiletto heels, cowgirl outfits, shorts skirts, hair color changes. You name it, she most likely does it at some point in the movie.

* InspectorLestrade: A trio of them. During the first movie, they have a knack for taking all the details and coming to exactly the wrong conclusion.

* ButtMonkey: Both from his fellow mob dudes, who call him "funny man" and make him tell racist jokes, and from the [=MacManus=] brothers, who mess with him every so often and put him on "bitch detail" during their jobs. But in contrast to the mafia's decision to just get rid of him, Connor and Murphy [[spoiler:go ballistic when Yakavetta murders him]].

* BadassSpaniard: Comes off as this in his first scene. Unfortunately, it doesn't last for [[BadassDecay the rest of the movie.]]

* CigarChomper

* SpellMyNameWithAnS[=/=]AdaptationDecay: In the credits of the first film, he's listed as ''Conner'' [=MacManus=]. In the second, he's listed as Connor.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS/AdaptationDecay: In the credits of the first film, he's listed as ''Conner'' MacManus. In the second, he's listed as Connor.

* FoeYay: He and Noah seem ''awfully'' close in the flashback scenes, even more so in the comics.

* HoYay: The main source of this trope, being the one who randomly kisses Rocco at one point.

* {{Bishonen}}

* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever Connor's plans involve something from a movie or TV show, this side comes out in full force.

* {{Kuudere}}: While much quieter than Connor, he can't [[NotSoStoic stay calm]] for long when [[spoiler:Rocco dies]].

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

* StraightGay: He appears to play up the {{Camp}} at times to poke fun at himself.

* PaperThinDisguise: Willem Dafoe makes as convincing a woman as [[LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] does. And like Bugs, he has extreme good fortune to "seduce" the one guy on earth [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy thick enough]] to be fooled by his getup.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He does this [[spoiler:to infiltrate the {{Big Bad}}'s mansion, and gets a little too into character]]. It inadvertently ends up saving his life, since [[spoiler:Il Duce mistakes him for a woman from behind and simply knocks him out]].

* GunTwirling: While in the cowgirl outfit. ItMakesSenseInContext. Sort of.

* [[OverlyLongName Overly Long Last Name]]: If you're wondering why a South Boston detective has the [[SarcasmMode imposing]] name of Dolly, it's because his actual last name is Dollapoppaskalious. This is lampshaded in the first movie when Smecker manages to pronounce it.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Greenly]]

* VerbalTic: '''FUCK! ASS!''' Justified in that he has Tourette's.

* [[spoiler:BackForTheFinale]]

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler: Louie uses the Scorpion and Frog fable variant to explain why he betrayed Noah after they had worked together for so many years. But he also ruminates that like the scorpion, he lost everything by his betrayal, because he was no longer useful to the Mafia.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan
* NomDeGuerre: The Roman.

* TourettesShitcockSyndrome:
** Which crosses horribly with HeyItsThatGuy and shock when you realize that that bartender was also Doc, from '''FraggleRock.'''

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

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His reason for setting up Noah.]]

* MaleGaze: Troy Duffy got Julie Benz to be in his movie, and damn it all if he wasn't going to take full advantage of it for his male audience! To be fair, this was after ''plenty'' of [[EstrogenBrigadeBait shirtless and[=/=]or naked Irish twins]].

** Which horribly crosses with HeyItsThatGuy and a raped childhood when you realize that that bartender was also Doc, from '''FraggleRock.'''

* BlackAndWhiteBeauty: Wavers between this and EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette.

* ColdSniper: To a lesser extent than usual for the trope. He still shows no qualms about hitting girls who hit him (or Connor) first, shoots a not-quite-dead mobster without blinking, and stabs one of the mob dudes who captured him in the back repeatedly with a broken hand. [[spoiler:Most likely from his father's side of the family, as Noah [=MacManus=] also had the pale-skinned dark-haired look (when he was younger) and tendency to smoke.]]

* LargeHam

* HotBlooded

* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice

* ColdSniper: To a lesser extent than usual for the trope. He still shows no qualms about hitting girls who hit him (or Connor) first, shoots a not-quite-dead mobster without blinking, and stabs [[spoiler:the one who killed Rocco]] in the back repeatedly with a broken hand. [[spoiler:Most likely from his father's side of the family, as Noah [=MacManus=] also had the pale-skinned dark-haired look (when he was younger) and tendency to smoke.]]

* ShippedInShackles: Il Duce (who provides the page image for this trope) is moved from his cell to the ground floor for a parole hearing. He is cuffed hand and foot, chained to a rolling platform, and wheeled down to the parole board. The entire prison is put on high-alert, with shotgun-wielding guards on every floor, all to move one man down a few flights of stairs. Once he's there, they even put him inside a metal cage to protect the parole board.

* ButtMonkey

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]