History Film / GunsGirlsAndGambling

* CoolGuns: The Blonde [[GunsAkimbo dual wields twin Glock 17s]] and [[SheFu dives and flips]] through gunfights. The Cowboy is packing a pair of [[RevolversAreJustBetter Colt Single Action Army revolvers]] in a fast draw rig and lethally accurate with either hand.

* TheCasino: The action starts at The Chief's casino on TheRez, when the Apache war mask is stolen from his office.

* TheRez: Much of the action takes place on the Apache reservation where The Chief runs the NativeAmericanCasino with the sole purpose of taking money off white people.

* SmallTownTyrant: The Chief is a Native American crime boss who runs TheCasino on TheRez. His arch-rival is The Rancher, a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit who [[IOwnThisTown controls everything not on the reservation]].

* AnAxeToGrind: The Indian uses tomahawks as his WeaponOfChoice, and is devastating with them.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep[=/=]OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Of the main characters, only the Sheriffs (Hutchins and Cowley), Vivian and (possibly) Mr. Crow are consistently addressed by their actual names. Everybody else is referred to by a nickname (e.g. Mo, Redfoot and Dark Eyes), a physical description (The Blonde), a job title (The Chief, The Rancher), a self-given title (The Cowboy, The Indian), a description based on where they first appeared (The Girl Next Door), or , the case of the {{Elvis Impersonator}}s, the name Elvis which an additional descriptor (Asian, Gay, Little Person, and [[RepetitiveName Elvis]]).
* EverythingIsRacist: Asian Elvis turns everything that anyone say to him--but especially John Smith--as a racist remark.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Three days. Following the InMediasRes opening, John Smith's narration starts to explain HowWeGotHere and flashes back to 'Yesterday', before deciding that was a ad place to start, and then flashing back further to 'The Day Before Yesterday'.

* StatuesqueStunner: The Blonde, a ProfessionalKiller dressed in a cleavage-baring SpyCatsuit and utilizing a lot of Shefu, stands eye to eye with John Smith: meaning she is at least 5'8".

* VehicularSabotage: [[spoiler:John Smith]] cuts the waterhose of Elvis Elvis's Cadillac, causing the car to overheat and strand him on the desert highway.

* CouldntFindAPen: After killing Elvis Elvis and The College kid, The Blonde leaves a message for The Chief and The Rancher written in their blood on a roll of toilet paper which she drapes across their bodies.

* CorruptHick: The Chief is a Native American crime boss who runs TheCasino on TheRez. His arch-rival is The Rancher, a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit who [[IOwnThisTown controls everything not on the reservation]].

* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Creator/PowersBoothe isn't especially fat, but everything else about the The Rancher fits the bill: he is a CorruptHick who [[IOwnThisTown controls everything not on the reservation]] and dresses in a white suit and cowboy hat.

* LightIsNotGood: The Rancher, a FauxAffablyEvil CorruptHick who is the most ruthless character in the movie, dresses entirely in white and rides around in a white stretch limo complete with HoodHornament.

* CoolCane: The Rancher carries a cane with silver wolf's head for a handle to compliment his LightIsNotGood [[FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit white suit]].

* CorruptHick: The Chief is a Native American crime boss who runs TheCasino on TheRez. His arch-rival is The Rancher, a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit who [[IOwnThisTown controls everything not on the reservation]].

* HowWeGotHere: Opens with a ElvisImpersonator at a bus stop in the middle of the desert. He boards an empty bus, but is followed by a StatuesqueStunner in a SpyCatsuit wielding [[GunsAkimbo twin Glock 17s]] and gunfire ensues. The action then halts and John Smith's narration starts to explain how this unusual situation came to be.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: After she secures the mask, The Blonde demands that both The Chief and The Rancher come to the station with $1,000,000 in cash. The both comply and each arrives with a briefcase containing the specified amount.