History Film / Fresh

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Fresh lies to Corky about Jake forcing him to sell the drugs he was carrying, and his lying gets Corky to kill Jake. While this does seem like a sleazy move on Fresh's part, Jake honestly had this coming after what he did on the basketball court just scenes later.

* AxCrazy: Jake. Losing at a basketball game is grounds for shooting his opponent and anyone standing too close on the playground.

* ExtremeDoormat: Subverted. During the chess game, a black guy is afraid to play the white jerk. Fresh on the other hand doesn't seem to like people who kiss butt.

* ExtremeDoormat: Subverted. During the chess game, a black guy is afraid to play the white jerk. Fresh on the other hand doesn't seem to like people who kiss butt. This movie was directly meant to be anti-"Boyz n the hood." Usual for most black hood movies.

* {{Dehumanization}}: Borderline because of Abe Sharpe, described above. He mocks Perez's concern for the "animals" on his watch. The fact that Sharpe is the head of the NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, and he decides not to solve the cases shows the lack of legal protection non-whitesa get.

* BrooklynRage: Perez and Sharpe, the two white cops. Perez also seems to get aggravated with Fresh not coming clean about Esteban and Corky. And Sharpe, well it's obvious. He berates Fresh in a very New Yorkish accent. And this movie is obviously set in Brooklyn, for the most part. Chillie, another white villain, as well, too. While his English accent is the same as Frank Lopez from "Scarface", at times he also pulls a New York accent too.
* CategoryTraitor: Detectives Abe Sharpe and Perez, two white cops, interrogate Fresh. The former clearly has no desire to solve the case, since he has no concern for non-whites, being the crime was committed by a black group and against Fresh - [[spoiler: who fled without harm - and his Hispanic friend, Chuckie.]] He insults Fresh with a racist rant against his race and Hispanics. Not only does he seem displeased with the Irish, black and Hispanic cops being part of the force, but when Perez shows a genuine concern for the victims, infuriated, Sharpe indirectly snubs him as a "colored lover" and it wasn't in a warm welcoming way either:

* BadLiar: Comical example - one of the associates of the white supremacist Hector, ironically this associate is black, even though white crime bosses uses blacks all the time, claims to be Hector, but Fresh quickly sees through it, saying, "You ain't Hector. Hector's in that office back there. I got an appointment with Hector, not your big gorilla monkey ass."

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hector, a Latino drug dealer Fresh trades all his money to, to an extent. Though he doesn't antagonize Fresh, he openly refers to other black people by the n-word (with a hard r). Borderline with Abe Sharpe. He assaults Fresh (lightly, with a bookbag) and compares black people to zoo animals. Also Corky and Esteban in that they both work together, and Corky hates "bro"-saying Hispanics and calls them "spics."

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hector, a white supremacist drug dealer Fresh gives up all his money to, to an extent. Though he doesn't kill Fresh, he openly hates black people. He'll kill if he could. Borderline with Abe Sharpe. He assaults Fresh, lightly with a bookbag, but it could have been worse. Also Corky and Esteban in that they both work together, and Corky hates "bro"-saying Hispanics and calls them "spics."

** His father is lying, though. There is no magic that allows a weak player to beat grandmasters and world champions just because it is blitz. All mentioned players are equally great in fast games. He wants to look good in front of his son, Flash just (possibly) doesn't know that.

* All of the main villains are this, they know how intelligent Fresh is, yet they let themselves get manipulated and only realize that he is screwing him over when it is too late.

-->'''Corky:''' You're [[JustAKid just a little kid]] in way over his head, [[CriticalResearchFailure I know that]]. But Esteban gotta be sent a message about horning in on my business. I'm afraid you gonna have to be my little telegram.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: Not literally, but figuratively. A particularly sad version. [[spoiler: As the movie gets closer its climax, Fresh's plan costs him everything. His aunt can't afford to have a troublesome kid in her house. She calls the Bushwick Group Home. His friend, Nicholi blames him for Chuckie's death.]] Fresh feels like the world is turning their backs on him.

* MouthyKid: In two scenes. One is when Fresh's father scolds him for using the N-word, and he says, "I'ma say what I want." The other, more justified, is when Fresh is somewhat assaulted - with a bookbag thrown at him - by Sharpe, the unconcerned racist detective. When the detective tells him he better come clean about what was in his bag. He says, "What was in the bag?" Fresh knows, he's just answering him with disrespect.

* SoreLoser: Jake, taken UpToEleven at the basketball court where he shoots and kills Curtis all because he was being beat in a basketball game.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sam more or less tells Fresh precisely what he needs to do to win the game his life is trapped in during a lecture on the latter's chess strategy. To wit, Chuckie is the Knight, and Nicole is the Queen.

* HeroicBSOD: Two for Fresh. [[spoiler: The first after his would-be girlfriend is killed, until his father gives him some Chess tips that he decides to apply in the hood. The second after said ruthless application has succeeded.]]

* BrooklynRage: Perez and Sharpe, the two white cops. Perez also seems to get aggrevated with Fresh not coming clean about Esteban and Corky. And Sharpe, well it's obvious. He berates Fresh in a very New Yorkish accent. And this movie is obviously set in Brooklyn, for the most part. Chillie, another white villain, as well, too. While his English accent is the same as Frank Lopez from "Scarface", at times he also pulls a New York accent too.
* CategoryTraitor: Detectives Abe Sharpe and Perez, two white cops, interrogate Fresh. The former clearly has no desire to solve the case, since he has no concern for non-whites, being the crime was committed by a black group and against Fresh - [[spoiler: who fled without harm - and his Hispanic friend, Chuckie.]] He insults Fresh with a racist rant against his race and Hispanics. Not only does he seemed displeased with the Irish, black and Hispanic cops being part of the force, but when Perez shows a genuine concern for the victims, infuriated, Sharpe indirectly snubs him as a "colored lover" and it wasn't in a warm welcoming way either:

* {{Dehumanization}}: Borderline because of Abe Sharpe, described above. New York, the movie's setting, is a racist city. Blacks and Hispanics do get treated in a degrading way in a lot of cases. Mind you, it's better today than it was 50 years ago. We've made strides. But it still happens a lot in New York. The fact that Sharpe is the head of the NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, and he decides not to solve the cases shows the state lack of legal protection non-whites still get. Borderline segregation.

** That's kinda harsh. Yes he did immature things. But he was just a kid to an extent.

* WouldHurtAChild: With a chain no less. Also a racist cop assaults Fresh briefly during an interrogation scene, in which the cop throws his bookbag back at him, this after racistly berating him and Hispanics, since Chuckie was Hispanic.

** Jake kills two kids, just because one was beating him at basketball.

* BadLiar: comical example - one of the associates of the white supremacist Hector, ironically this associate is black, even though white crime bosses uses blacks all the time, claims to be Hector, but Fresh quickly sees through it, saying, "You ain't Hector. Hector's in that office back there. I got an appointment with Hector, not your big gorilla monkey ass."

* BlackComedy: borderline. The way [[spoiler: Jake and Red gets killed by Corky is somewhat meant to be comical in a dark way.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: compared to most hood movies, this movie seems to fit this trope. There's much more death, grittiness, and an atmosphere of violence in this one. It makes it hard to watch.
* {{Dehumanization}}: borderline because of Abe Sharpe, described above. New York, the movie's setting, is a racist city. Blacks and Hispanics do get treated in a degrading way in a lot of cases. Mind you, it's better today than it was 50 years ago. We've made strides. But it still happens a lot in New York. The fact that Sharpe is the head of the NYPD precinct in Brooklyn, and he decides not to solve the cases shows the state lack of legal protection non-whites still get. Borderline segregation.

* ExtremeDoormat: subverted. During the chess game, a black guy is afraid to play the white jerk. Fresh on the other hand doesn't seem to like people who kiss butt. This movie was directly meant to be anti-"Boyz n the hood." Usual for most black hood movies.

* MouthyKid: in two scenes. One is when Fresh's father scolds him for using the N-word, and he says, "I'ma say what I want." The other, more justified, is when Fresh is somewhat assaulted - with a bookbag thrown at him - by Sharpe, the unconcerned racist detective. When the detective tells him he better come clean about what was in his bag. He says, "What was in the bag?" Fresh knows, he's just answering him with disrespect.

* TooDumbToLive: Chuckie. Also Herbie. All he does is whine and complain, earning him the wrath of Esteban.

* NaughtyIsGood: Fresh and Chucky to an extent.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Chucky's reaction when he sees a group of unknown thugs closing in on him after he gets his hand caught under a car's tire, realizing there's no way out. You can guess what the thugs do to him from here.]]

* NaughtyIsGood: Fresh and Chucky to an extent

* AntiHero: Not like Fresh has much of a choice. He's up against opponents far stronger than he is. Also Perez, since he knows what Fresh is doing and he decides to look the other way. He also seems to know Fresh wants out but can't do it directly. He even allows Fresh his card so he can take down Esteban his way.
* AssholeVictim: quite a few. [[spoiler: Jake, a stone cold sociopath who killed people just to uphold his reputation, as well as James, who insulted Fresh and treated his sister, Nicole, like garbage.]]

* BadLiar: comical example - one of the associates of the white supremacist Hector, ironically this associate is Afro-Latino, even though white crime bosses uses blacks and Afro-Latinos all the time, claims to be Hector, but Fresh quickly sees through it, saying, "You ain't Hector. Hector's in that office back there. I got an appointment with Hector, not your big gorilla monkey ass."

* BrooklynRage: Perez and Sharpe, the two white cops. Perez gets aggrevated with Fresh not coming clean about Esteban and Corky. And Sharpe, well it's obvious. He berates Fresh in a very New Yorkish accent. And this movie is obviously set in Brooklyn, for the most part. Chillie, another white villain, as well, too.

* JerkAss: A few. Fresh plays chess with a white man who insults the people he plays with. Herbie, who talks pervertedly about his sister and tries to provoke Fresh. Jake is like this too, even calling Fresh a "little motherfucker," not that he was ever warm to Fresh in the first place. He is easily anger

* YourCheatingHeart: Esteban is married with two kids, but has an [[{{Yandere}} obsessive desire]] and sexual encounters with Fresh's sister.