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* SincerityMode: Drops his profane act a few times, for instance telling Costigan early on that he's too smart to be a cop.
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* SincerityMode: Drops his profane act a few times, for instance telling Costigan early on that he's too smart to be a cop.cop and telling him that the police really do need him for the undercover role.
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** The script explicitly notes that [[spoiler:beyond avenging Queenan, Dignam executes Sullivan to avenge Costigan as well, whom he didn't even like.]]
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* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:A postmortem example. Despite Costigan's death, Sullivan clearing his record and pinning everything on Barrigan results in Costigan posthumously receiving the Medal of Merit and a full police funeral. After all the stress and trauma that ended with his death, he at least got to at least somewhat redeem his family in the eyes of the police and public.]]
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* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:He discovers that all of his years working for Costello were for nothing upon learning that Costello was an FBI informant the entire time, had no loyalty to him, and likely planned on ratting him out eventually anyway. He loses his girlfriend when she discovers that he's a mole and ends up alone and miserable despite managing to parlay his criminal past into a legitimate career. Then Dignam kills him at his apartment anyway.]]
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** He treats Billy far more respectfully than he does Colin, despite Billy's being a new recruit while Colin had served Frank since childhood.
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** He treats Billy far more respectfully than he does Colin, despite Billy's being a new recruit while Colin had served Frank since childhood.
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'''Costigan''': Yeah, yeah, I think I could be you. But I don't wanna be you, Frank. I don't wanna be you.
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'''Costigan''': Yeah, yeah, I think I probably could be you.you, yeah. I know that much. But I don't wanna be you, Frank. I don't wanna be you.
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* ShadowArchetype: He's this to Costigan. They are both highly intelligent, hot-blooded,[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike have similar thoughts and ideas,]] and are both [[spoiler:secretly informants]]. He is essentially what Costigan would eventually become if he never left the mob. This is even implied by both Costello and Costigan at one point.
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* ShadowArchetype: He's this to Costigan. They are both highly intelligent, hot-blooded,[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hot-blooded, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike have similar thoughts and ideas,]] and are both [[spoiler:secretly informants]]. He is essentially what Costigan would eventually become if he never left the mob. This is even implied by both Costello and Costigan at one point.
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* ShadowArchetype: He's this to Costigan. They are both highly intelligent, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike have similar thoughts and ideas,]] and are both [[spoiler:secretly informants]]. He is essentially what Costigan would eventually become if he never left the mob. This is even implied by both Costello and Costigan at one point.
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* ShadowArchetype: He's this to Costigan. They are both highly intelligent, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike hot-blooded,[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike have similar thoughts and ideas,]] and are both [[spoiler:secretly informants]]. He is essentially what Costigan would eventually become if he never left the mob. This is even implied by both Costello and Costigan at one point.
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* ShadowArchetype: He's this to Costigan. They are both highly intelligent, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike have similar thoughts and ideas,]] and are both [[spoiler:secretly informants]]. He is essentially what Costigan would eventually become if he never left the mob. This is even implied by both Costello and Costigan at one point.
-->'''Frank''': Do you wanna be me?\\
'''Costigan''': Yeah, yeah, I think I could be you. But I don't wanna be you, Frank. I don't wanna be you.
-->'''Frank''': Do you wanna be me?\\
'''Costigan''': Yeah, yeah, I think I could be you. But I don't wanna be you, Frank. I don't wanna be you.
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* BrokenAce: He's a certified genius, a skilled fighter, and a competent policemam ''and'' criminal. But, he also suffers a tremendous amount of stress from what he is forced to do in the mob, and has a lot of clear psychological issues.
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* RealMenWearPink: His drink of choice is cranberry juice. The one guy who questions his masculinity on this gets a face full of glass.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A Walther [=PPK=] semi-automatic pistol.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A Smith and Wesson Model 19 snub nose revolver.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A Smith and Wesson 36 revolver
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* AntiHero: He has to do some really shady things while undercover, such as participating in murder.
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* AntiHero: He has to do some really shady things while undercover, such as participating in murder. Granted, his therapy sessions and behind-the-scenes turmoil show that he ABSOLUTELY doesn't enjoy doing it.
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:When it looks like Sullivan is about to get away with his crimes, he appears in the end to kill Sullivan in revenge.]]
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:When it looks like Sullivan is about to get away with his crimes, he appears in the end to kill Sullivan in revenge. It's implied that he was shown the incriminating tapes by Madolyn, confirming his suspicions.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Given to him by Dignam. He gives one to the Mole who whacked Costigan as well.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Given to him by Dignam. He gives one to the Mole Barrigan who whacked Costigan the same way.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Kills Costello and Barrigan to avoid being ever found out aswell.]]a mole.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Kills Costello and Barrigan to avoid being ever found out as
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Captain Queenan, who seems to be the only person Dignam genuinely respects. He's not fond of Costigan but will defend his cover to the death.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Captain Queenan, who seems to be the only person Dignam he genuinely respects. He's not fond of Costigan Billy but will defend his cover to the death.end, as Colin finds out the hard way.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Captain Queenan who seems to be the only person Dignam genuinely respects.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Captain Queenan Queenan, who seems to be the only person Dignam genuinely respects.respects. He's not fond of Costigan but will defend his cover to the death.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: During his very first scene he uses words like "nigger" and "cunt".
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: During his very first scene he uses words like "nigger" drops the n word and "cunt".
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Even if he's a mole, his important, elite status in the police force goes to his head when he screams at Quinlan [[spoiler:after Queenan's death]] that as he's Internal Investigation Services, he can investigate whoever he wants.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Even if he's a mole, his important, elite status in the police force goes to his head when he screams at Quinlan Dignam [[spoiler:after Queenan's death]] that as he's Internal Investigation Services, he can investigate whoever he wants.
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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:He ends up betraying and killing Costello after finding out Costello's an FBI informant and was ready to expose him to the feds.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Even if he's a mole, his important, elite status in the police force goes to his head when he screams at Quinlan [[spoiler:after Queenan's death]] that as he's Internal Investigation Services, he can investigate whoever he wants.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:He ends up betraying and killing Costello after finding out Costello's an FBI informant and was ready to expose him to thefeds.Feds.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:He ends up betraying and killing Costello after finding out Costello's an FBI informant and was ready to expose him to the
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* TheDreaded: Everyone is scared of getting on his bad side and with good reason.
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* TheDreaded: Everyone Everyone, particularly his own men, is scared shitless of getting on his bad side Frank and with good reason.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He reads Costigan like an open book in their first interview, is the only one to see through Sullivan's charismatic charmer persona, and correctly identifies Captain Ellerby as well-meaning but unable to spot the corruption under his nose.
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* EliteSchoolEqualsEliteBrain: Billy is a genius who wants to go to Harvard and is both extremely intelligent, cultured, and pragmatic.
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* EliteSchoolEqualsEliteBrain: EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: Billy is a genius who wants to go to Harvard and is both extremely intelligent, cultured, and pragmatic.
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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:He switched out the microprocessors for fakes when he tried to sell to the Chinese. If they weren't arrested, Costello would probably have had to put up with a gang war for screwing them over.]]
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* PetTheDog: He tells Billy that, with his intellect, he can do a lot more than being a state trooper and it's shown he does sincerely respect Captain Queenan.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** He tells Billy that, with his intellect, he can do a lot more than being a state trooper and it's shown he does sincerely respect CaptainQueenan.Queenan.
** When Sullivan suggests to Ellerby that [[spoiler:Queenan]] was killed by the undercover officer, Dignam, knowing Costigan would never do such a thing, immediately dismisses this as a lie.
** He tells Billy that, with his intellect, he can do a lot more than being a state trooper and it's shown he does sincerely respect Captain
** When Sullivan suggests to Ellerby that [[spoiler:Queenan]] was killed by the undercover officer, Dignam, knowing Costigan would never do such a thing, immediately dismisses this as a lie.
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* EliteSchoolEqualsEliteBrain: Billy is a genius who wants to go to Harvard and is both extremely intelligent, cultured, and pragmatic.
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* GutturalGrowler: He has Alec Baldwin's voice.
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* GutturalGrowler: He has Alec Baldwin's famous commanding voice.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty abrasive and insensitive (although a far cry from Dignam), but well-meaning.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty abrasive and insensitive (although a far cry from Dignam), but well-meaning.well-meaning and a good boss.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Other than Captain Queenan, pretty much none of his colleagues like him due to his abrasive personality. Even Queenan admits that Dignam's personality is something they'll had to learn to get used to.
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* UltimateJobSecurity: His extensive undercover work and the fact that he seems to be a damn good cop are the only reasons he probably hasn't been fired, especially given how he blatantly insults Captain Ellerby. That said Ellerby does suspend Dignam after the latter assaults Sullivan.
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* UltimateJobSecurity: His extensive undercover work and the fact that he seems to be a damn good cop are the only reasons he probably hasn't been fired, especially given how he blatantly insults Captain Ellerby. Ellerby who mostly just takes it in stride. That said said, Ellerby does suspend Dignam after the latter assaults Sullivan.Sullivan, indicating that there are limits to how much his superiors are willing to put up with.
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* TheGadfly: Is ''completely'' committed to pissing off and pushing the buttons of everyone except Queenan. One example is whenever he walks past the office where the feds (who are also after Costello) work, he makes it a point to give them the finger.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: There's loads of evidence that Billy is a rat, and Costello says so from the beginning. He ends up trusting Billy more than anyone else who worked for him.
* MoralityPet: Billy is one, of sorts. Costello trusts him more than anyone else in his crew, and in one scene he even suggests that Billy consider getting an education. He might've thought that Billy had the smarts to become his [[AmoralAttorney mob lawyer]], but he shows clear respect during this conversation.
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* VillainRespect: He knew Costigan's father, and seems to hold him in a certain esteem.
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* VillainRespect: Never to known cops, but he admires several members of the Costigan family.
** He knew Costigan's father, and seems to hold him in a certainesteem.esteem, despite the fact that Willam Costigan Sr. refused to work for Costello.
** He treats Billy far more respectfully than he does Colin, despite Billy's being a new recruit while Colin had served Frank since childhood.
** He knew Costigan's father, and seems to hold him in a certain
** He treats Billy far more respectfully than he does Colin, despite Billy's being a new recruit while Colin had served Frank since childhood.
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* RaisedCatholic: Like most Irish-American kids. The ProlongedPrologue has a shot of a young Sullivan serving as an altar boy.[[note]]Martin Scorsese stated in interviews that this was meant to imply that Sullivan might have been a victim of one of the many [[PedophilePriest pedophile priests]] the movie makes references to.[[/note]]
