History Film / CONSTANTINE

* PsychicChildren: The title character and Isabel and Angela Dodson all first displayed their psychic abilities as children. Unfortunately, these abilities helped them to see the half-demons infesting the Earth, resulting in two of them being forced to undergo psychiatric treatment and later committing suicide.

* CouldntFindAPen: Hennessey carves a message into his own hand with a [[spoiler:corkscrew.]]

* ReducedToDust: After Constantine blasts Balthazar with Dragonsbreath and reduced him to pieces, the BigBad reduces him to dust and blows him away, resulting in an EmptyPileOfClothing.

* SuperBreath: [[spoiler:Gabriel]] is a fan of this, blowing away the disintegrating remains of [[spoiler:Balthazar]] and later sending John flying into the next room.

* BadGuyBar: Papa Midnite's bar. According to Chaz Kramer it's a "haven for those who rise and fall" - i.e. half-breed demons and angels. Several of the half-breed demons are seen with a struggling victim kidnapped for some nefarious purpose.

* CeilingSmash: Near the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Chaz]] is thrown into the ceiling by [[spoiler:Gabriel]] and mortally wounded. He dies a few moments later.

* AllUpToYou: Keanu Reeves' {{sidekick}} Chaz briefly takes a surprisingly heroic action, only to then be killed while he is monologing.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The demonic halfbreeds.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Balthazar's face after John soaked half of it in holy water. Now what other DC comic has had half his face disfigured by a vial of liquid?

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Yes. Yes he did. Right after...
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Constantine gets [[spoiler:Lucifer to save the world from being conquered by his son by appealing to his own self-interest, free a damned yet innocent soul as payment for the tip-off, and as the payment for the tip-off is a redeeming sacrifice, Constantine will go to Heaven leaving Satan to either cure his lung cancer or lose him to Heaven]].
** Subverted in that [[spoiler:if Constantine ''had'' been trying to 'scam' Lucifer, according to the previously-established 'rules' of Heaven and Hell, it wouldn't have worked; he only got into Heaven because him saving Isabel was done because he genuinely did something for someone else, not because he wanted to win points]].

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Gabriel]]

* AllUpToYou: Keanu Reeves' {{sidekick}} Chas briefly takes a surprisingly heroic action, only to then be killed while he is monologing.

* BadGuyBar: Papa Midnite's bar. According to Chas Kramer it's a "haven for those who rise and fall" - i.e. half-breed demons and angels. Several of the half-breed demons are seen with a struggling victim kidnapped for some nefarious purpose.

* CatsAreMagic: They are connected to hell.
* CeilingSmash: Near the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Chas]] is thrown into the ceiling by [[spoiler:Gabriel]] and mortally wounded. He dies a few moments later.

* CouldntFindAPen: Hennessy carves a message into his own hand with a [[spoiler:corkscrew.]]

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Yes. Yes he did.

* EvilIsHammy: Satan clearly enjoys dicking around with Constantine and Gabriel both when he shows up. He's played by PeterStormare, what did you expect?

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The demonic halfbreeds while angel's can turn gold.

* AllUpToYou: Keanu Reeves' {{sidekick}} Chaz briefly takes a surprisingly heroic action, only to then be killed while he is monologing.

* BadGuyBar: Papa Midnite's bar. According to Chaz Kramer it's a "haven for those who rise and fall" - i.e. half-breed demons and angels. Several of the half-breed demons are seen with a struggling victim kidnapped for some nefarious purpose.

* CouldntFindAPen: Hennessey carves a message into his own hand with a [[spoiler:corkscrew.]]

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Yes. Yes he did. Right after...
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Constantine gets [[spoiler:Lucifer to save the world from being conquered by his son by appealing to his own self-interest, free a damned yet innocent soul as payment for the tip-off, and as the payment for the tip-off is a redeeming sacrifice, Constantine will go to Heaven leaving Satan to either cure his lung cancer or lose him to Heaven]].
** Subverted in that [[spoiler:if Constantine ''had'' been trying to 'scam' Lucifer, according to the previously-established 'rules' of Heaven and Hell, it wouldn't have worked; he only got into Heaven because him saving Isabel was done because he genuinely did something for someone else, not because he wanted to win points]].

* CeilingSmash: Near the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Chaz]] is thrown into the ceiling by [[spoiler:Gabriel]] and mortally wounded. He dies a few moments later.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The demonic halfbreeds.

* WingedHumanoid: Angels and half-demons.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: A variation. When Lucifer appears as a well-dressed Peter Stormare in the climax, he appears as a thrashing, animalistic beast in the reflection on the tiled hospital floor.

** This is somewhat justified in the novelisation, where Constantine explains that he focuses on these relics because his natural understanding of them based on his background means that they are more powerful than alternatives might be.

** Subverted in that [[spoiler:if Constantine ''had'' been trying to 'scam' Lucifer, it wouldn't have worked; he only got into Heaven because him saving Isabel was done because he genuinely did something for someone else, not because he wanted to win points]].

* AngelUnaware: The so-called "Half Breeds" that work for either side. Constantine states that they aren't allowed to have a direct hand in things, but they have the ability to influence humans to act on their behalf, either filling someone with HeroicResolve or driving them over the DespairEventHorizon. [[spoiler: TheStinger implies that Chas was one all along.]]

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* AmbiguousGender: The ArchangelGabriel.

* CatchPhrase
** "This is Constantine. John Constantine, asshole."
** "This is Kramer. Chas Kramer, asshole."

* DeadSidekick

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Lucifer, who is otherwise well-coiffed. WordOfGod states that the reason Stormare's feet are dripping with goo is that he must pollute the ground to walk on it.

** Papa Midnite subverts the cigarillo trope by being a good/neutral witch-doctor turned bartender.

* RetiredBadass: Papa Midnite, a magi so powerful that he took on 30 demons by himself. Doesn't need special tools as he has actual magical powers. And powerful enough to create his own embassy of neutrality where hybrids mix and behave under his watch.

* TruceZone: Papa Midnite's bar was agreed to such a place by God and Satan.

** When John goes to confront the half-demon Balthazar he tells his potential LoveInterest Angela Dodson to stay in the car. After a while she decides to go after him, ends up losing the amulet he gave her to protect her and is captured by their enemies.