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* WhatDoWeDoNow: Ernie and Chi Chi ask Tony this after he screws Sosa over and kills [[spoiler:Manny]].

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* WhatDoWeDoNow: WhatShouldWeDoNow: Ernie and Chi Chi ask Tony this after he screws Sosa over and kills [[spoiler:Manny]].



-->'''Tony:''' What you talking?''

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-->'''Tony:''' What you talking?''talking?
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* FacePalm: Shortly after Tony kills [[spoiler:Manny]], Tony buried his face in his hands and says "Oh [[spoiler:Manny]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Why'd the fuck I do that?]]"

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* FacePalm: Shortly after Tony kills [[spoiler:Manny]], Tony buried buries his face in his hands and says "Oh [[spoiler:Manny]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Why'd the fuck I do that?]]"
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** Tony Montana. After [[TheStarscream he arranges for Frank Lopez's murder]] and then proceeds to [[TheUsurper and take over everyone and everything that was once Frank's]], he's arguably now the biggest villain of his own story. But the real villain is Sosa, who is ultimately much worse than he is. Though by the end of the movie, he ultimately turns out to be little more than a BigBadWannabe [[SmugSnake with delusions of grandeur]], [[spoiler:who makes a bunch of fatal mistakes which ultimately result in his own tragic death.]]
** Later on, Alejandro Sosa, a Bolivian drug lord who is the most powerful gangster we see, and Tony's eventual main opposition.

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** Tony Montana. After [[TheStarscream he arranges for Frank Lopez's murder]] and then proceeds to [[TheUsurper and take over everyone and everything that was once Frank's]], he's arguably now the biggest villain of his own story. But the real villain is Sosa, who is ultimately much worse than he is. Though by the end of the movie, he ultimately turns out to be little more than a BigBadWannabe [[SmugSnake with delusions of grandeur]], [[spoiler:who makes a bunch of fatal mistakes which ultimately result in his own tragic death.]]
** Later on, But the real villain is Alejandro Sosa, a Bolivian drug lord who is the most powerful gangster we see, see and Tony's eventual main opposition.opposition, and is ultimately much worse than he is.

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* BigBad: Tony Montana

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* BigBad: BigBad:
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Tony MontanaMontana. After [[TheStarscream he arranges for Frank Lopez's murder]] and then proceeds to [[TheUsurper and take over everyone and everything that was once Frank's]], he's arguably now the biggest villain of his own story. But the real villain is Sosa, who is ultimately much worse than he is. Though by the end of the movie, he ultimately turns out to be little more than a BigBadWannabe [[SmugSnake with delusions of grandeur]], [[spoiler:who makes a bunch of fatal mistakes which ultimately result in his own tragic death.]]
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-->'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\

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-->'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\talking?''
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* IceQueen: Elvira.

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* IceQueen: Elvira. She's aloof and sarcastic, making plenty of jabs at Tony and Lopez. Given that both men are powerful drug dealers, one can understand her disdain (hypocritical though it may be).
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* StunnedSilemce: Tony goes silent after killing [[spoiler:Manny]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretting what he did]].

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* StunnedSilemce: StunnedSilence: Tony goes silent after killing [[spoiler:Manny]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretting what he did]].

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* {{Hyporcrite}}: Tony tells Gina if he catches her at the club again, he'll "wipe her all over the place". The very same club he was hanging at.

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* {{Hyporcrite}}: Tony tells {{Hypocrite}}:
** Tony. He rages at his sister
Gina if he catches her for partying at the club again, he'll "wipe her all over the place". The very same club nightclub he does, and at Elvira for abusing drugs despite snorting mountains of cocaine himself, and previously not doing anything to stop her.
*** He cuts ties with Jerry and his bank because he doesn't want to pay extra, and yet when Tony gets busted in a sting operation, not only does he pay a five million dollar bail he offers to double his lawyer's initial fees because he's that desperate to avoid any jailtime (which his lawyer bluntly informs him is impossible).
** Elvira, to a lesser extent. She tells Tony he becoming a millionaire has made him unable to stop talking about money, but the only reason she married him in the first place
was hanging at.because of his newfound wealth.



** While Tony rages at Gina for going to the same nightclub he goes to and abusing drugs while being a cocaine-addict himself, he did do her a favor as she ''was'' about to have unprotected sex with a drug dealer.

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** While Tony rages at Gina for going to the same nightclub he goes to and abusing drugs while being a cocaine-addict himself, to, he did do her a favor as she ''was'' about to have unprotected sex with a drug dealer.

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* ForWantOfANail: Riding high as a kingpin, Tony gets fed up with his money launderer's high fees (on what by that point is only score-keeping the money) and goes shopping for cheaper. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, the cheap one is also a federal sting.]] Everything else bad in the second half more or fewer flows from this.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Riding high as a kingpin, Tony gets fed up with his money launderer's high fees (on what by that point is only score-keeping the money) and goes shopping for cheaper. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, the cheap one is also a federal sting.]] Everything else bad in the second half more or fewer flows from this.
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'''Gina:''' Oh, is that it? I'm all yours now, Tony. I'm all yours now! \\

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'''Gina:''' Oh, is that it? I'm all yours now, Tony. I'm all yours now! \\now!
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-->'''Gina:''' Oh, is that it? I'm all yours now, Tony. I'm all yours now! \\

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-->'''Gina:''' '''Gina:''' Oh, is that it? I'm all yours now, Tony. I'm all yours now! \\
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'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\

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'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\talking?]]\\

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* AccidentalHero: Tony ends up exposing Sosa by killing [[spoiler:Alberto]]. He was tasked by Sosa to assist him with the assassination of a journalist, since the latter doesn't understand English. As [[spoiler:Alberto]] gets ready to blow up the car, Tony sees the target's wife and kids with him and calls off the assassination, telling Alberto they should wait until the journalist is alone so they can kill him without killing his wife and children. Alberto refuses to go with Tony's suggestion, saying that if Sosa says they do it now, they should do it now. Tony obeys Alberto but kills him just before the latter can blow up the car. While Tony's intent was only to save the wife and children, Sosa mentions that the journalist found the bomb under his car and has hired security and will expose his drug operation on national television.



* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Tony Montana is certainly easier on the eyes than Tony Camonte.



* AnimalLover: Tony seems to like tigers. He has tiger-print seats, and even has one as a pet.



* BewareTheQuietOnes: The Skull and Alberto don't speak much, if at all, and are merciless.



* BlatantLies: Tony hands his mom a thousand dollars. His mom, knowing him all too well, asks him who he killed for it. He insists that he didn't kill anyone and is working for an anti Castro group where he gets a lot of political contributions.



* ContrivedCoincidence: The day Tony and Alberto are supposed to assassinate the journalist just happens to be the same day the journalist decides to take his wife and kids with him. Chi Chi, who has been spying on him for a while, tells Tony that the wife and children usually take the other car and has no idea why they're taking his car today. An ambiguous example since it's not clear if Sosa knew the target's wife and kids would be in the car with him.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Tony seems like a harmless petty crook at the beginning of the movie... until he stabs Rebenga.
** Tony sees that Sosa is not to be messed with when the latter has a man hung from a helicopter.



* FacePalm: Shortly after Tony kills [[spoiler:Manny]], Tony buried his face in his hands and says "Oh [[spoiler:Manny]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Why'd the fuck I do that?]]"



* FlippantForgiveness: After Tony kills [[spoiler: Manny]] leaving Gina distraught, she walks into his office partially nude with a pistol in her hand, pretends to forgive him, and pretends she's inviting him to fuck her.
-->'''Gina:''' Is this what you want Tony? You can't stand for another man to be touching me. So you want me, Tony?\\
'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\
-->'''Gina:''' Oh, is that it? I'm all yours now, Tony. I'm all yours now! \\



* ForcedFromTheirHome: Shortly after letting him inside and seeing that he hasn't given up his criminal ways, Tony's mom kicks him out and tells him she doesn't want him in her house.



* GenreSavvy:
** Elvira seems to be the only one (other than maybe [[BigBad Sosa]]) who seems to have any understanding about how stories like Tony Montana's always end, and as such she [[spoiler: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gets out of the game while she still can]], and is one of the few major characters who successfully manages to survive the events of the film]].
** Tony's mom to a lesser extent. She disowns him out of a concern that he will have a bad influence on Gina. She ends up being right.
* GetOut: When Tony catches Gina in the restroom with Fernando, he grabs Fernando and tells him to get out.



* HypocriteHasAPoint:
** While Tony rages at Gina for going to the same nightclub he goes to and abusing drugs while being a cocaine-addict himself, he did do her a favor as she ''was'' about to have unprotected sex with a drug dealer.
** It's not like Elvira would be together with Frank or marry Tony if they weren't rich and powerful like a drug lord, but she's not wrong when she points out what an asshole [[TookALevelInJerkass Tony has become as time as gone on.]]



* IJustWantToBeFree: Before he gets involved in the Miami drug trade and becomes greedy and power-hungry, all Tony wants is freedom.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Tony is already in a bad mood, he hears the nightclub stand-up comedian say "But my favorite Cuban of all time has to be Ricky Ricardo", which only makes him feel worse.



* InTheBack: [[spoiler:After taking numerous machine gun bullets during the climax, Tony is finally put down by a shotgun blast to the back from the enigmatic henchman the Skull]].

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[[spoiler:After taking numerous machine gun bullets during the climax, Tony is finally put down by a shotgun blast to the back from the enigmatic henchman the Skull]].Skull]].
** [[spoiler: Chi Chi]] gets shot in this fashion when he tries desperately to pound on the door to Tony's office, as Sosa's henchmen attack the compound.


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* ItsAllAboutMe:
** Tony's motivation for marrying Elvira is to [[TrophyWife show everyone he can conquer her]], and his overprotectiveness of Gina stems from her being the only pure thing in his life.
** Elvira almost entirely motivated by self-interest and material wealth, caring neither about Frank or Tony for who they are as people, and only about the status she gets from them.


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* {{Jerkass}}: Several examples.
** Tony. Despite having some [[NobleDemon noble]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards tendencies]] here and there, one can still easily see him at his absolute worst as one of these. His drug-dealing game, along with some other objectionable things he does, has led to some viewers having a big problem with him. He has shown jealousy and recklessness, is harsh with his sister when she starts making love to a guy she met at a club, mouths off at bankers and such who he feels would short-change him, was gearing up to execute a man he did not know as he became more drunk with power [[WouldntHurtAChild until children's lives were on the line]], and his anger has been a danger towards others, including himself, and ultimately kills his best friend in a blind fit of rage. He appears to fight with just about everyone sooner or later [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas except his mother]] (who herself is very much sickened by his criminal habits), but still...
** Elvira. More so than Gina and Tony would act, as she's aloof, snide and unpleasant, at least if rubbed the wrong way. Though she can be respectful if approached with enough respect, as seen when there are times when Tony and when start to get along.
** Omar. He starts out not believing in Tony's potential and rubbing it in unprovoked. Although to his credit, he [[FauxAffablyEvil acts cordial enough]] on rare occasions until Tony steps on his toes.


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* MoodWhiplash: Tony's reunion with his family goes downhill when his mom asks him "Who did you kill for this, Antonio?" after he hands her a wad of cash, which she rejects and then starts yelling at him before kicking him out of the house.


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* MotorMouth: Tony. He likes to talk for whoever is in earshot. Lampshaded by Alberto, who tells him to shut his mouth when he's talking about how sick it is to kill a mother and her children. At this point he's speaking in English, a language that Alberto doesn't understand but Ernie and Chi Chi do.


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* NoFullNameGiven: Several examples.
** Hector the Toad.
** Alberto the Shadow.
** Tony's mom's first name is never given.


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* NoYou: Elvira does when Tony tells her she is stoned. [[{{Hypocrite}} He is, but so is she.]]
-->'''Tony:''' Go home. You're stoned.
'''Elvira:''' I'm not stoned. You're stoned.


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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sosa's top henchman is only known as The Skull.


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* OutOfContextEavesdropping: It isn't really clear if the assassin who killed [[spoiler: Gina]] understood English since even if he did, he didn't have the context that Gina was Tony's sister or that Tony had just killed her husband, and she never really says anything that makes it clear that she's trying to kill Tony.


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* SayMyName: When Tony reunites with his family, his mom says "Antonio?" and Tony says Gina's name upon seeing her.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:In Elivra's
last appearance, she decides that she's had enough and tells Tony, "I'm not going home with anybody! I'm going home alone. I'm leaving you. I'm leaving you. I don't need this shit anymore."]]


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* StunnedSilemce: Tony goes silent after killing [[spoiler:Manny]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretting what he did]].


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* TermsOfEndangerment: Tony hostilely calls Frank "amigo", which is [[BilingualBonus Spanish for "friend"]].


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* TrophyWife: Elvira is this to Tony.


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* WhatDoWeDoNow: Ernie and Chi Chi ask Tony this after he screws Sosa over and kills [[spoiler:Manny]].


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* YouNoTakeCandle: Tony sometimes forgets how to speak English properly.
-->'''Tony:''' [[YouNoTakeCandle What you talking?''\\
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* RememberTheNewGuy: When Tony is asked to assist Alberto with an assassination, Sosa asks Tony if he remembers him. Alberto has not appeared at all in the movie at this point.
-->'''Sosa''': You remember Alberto, don't you?
-->'''Tony''': How could I forget him?
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* DehumanizingInsult: Sosa calls Tony a monkey over the phone after the latter screws him over.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tony [[spoiler:shoots Manny]] when he finds out the latter has been sleeping with [[spoiler:Gina]].
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** After [[spoiler:Gina]] is gunned down, Tony goes into [[FiveStagesOfGrief denial and starts talking to her corpse.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: When Tony is asked to assist Alberto with an assassination.

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* GoodColorsEvilColors: The poster is half black, half white to symbolize Tony's ambiguous morality.


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* {{Hyporcrite}}: Tony tells Gina if he catches her at the club again, he'll "wipe her all over the place". The very same club he was hanging at.


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* {{Tagline}}: Several.
** He was Tony Montana. The world will know him by another name... SCARFACE.
** The world is yours.
** He wanted to live the American Dream until the end.
** He loved the American Dream. With a vengeance.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: When Tony is asked to assist Alberto with an assassination.
-->'''Sosa''': You remember Alberto, don't you?
-->'''Tony''': How could I forget him?

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* TalkingToTheDead: Tony rants angrily at Alberto's corpse after killing him.

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** After [[spoiler:Gina]] is gunned down, Tony goes into [[FiveStagesOfGrief denial and starts talking to her corpse.
--> '''Tony:''' Look at your face. It's all dirty. Please talk to me! Don't be mad at me. Come on, [[spoiler:Gina]]. I love Manny, you know? I love him. And I love you too, you know? Give me a smile.
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** An immigration officer points out Tony's pitchfork tattoo and says it means "an assassin or something". Tony is soon revealed to be a ruthless serial killer.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Frank tells Tony that Sosa will send a squad of hitmen after him if he doesn't make good on the new deal that Tony negotiated with Sosa on his behalf. Guess what happens to Tony at the end?

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** While Frank and Tony hit it off famously at first, Tony privately tells Manny later that while he likes Frank, he thinks that Frank's too soft to be a major player for long. Tony is proven to be correct.
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* BoomHeadshot: Happens several times.
** Alberto gets shot in the head by Tony and then his brains are [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay splattered all over the passenger's side of the car window]].
** Hector is shot in the head by Tony.
** Nick the Pig gets killed by The Skull this way in the climax.
** Frank gets shot in the face by Manny Ribera with a suppressed pistol on the orders of Tony Montana after the latter [[ExactWords promised that he would not kill him.]]


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* TalkingToTheDead: Tony rants angrily at Alberto's corpse after killing him.
--> '''Tony:''' What do you think I am huh?! What do you think I am, a fucking worm like you?! I told you man, I told you! Don't fuck with me! I told you, no fucking kids! No but you wouldn't listen, why, you stupid fuck, [[{{Gorn}} look at ]][[BoomHeadshot you now]].

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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?

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Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?life]]?
** Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour, which resulted in his friend Angel's death. However, he never acts on this suspicion and [[spoiler:Omar is later on killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]] and a brief phone call Sosa's henchmen takes, and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a [[TheMole police informant]] who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from his henchmen Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him? For what it's worth, Sosa did actually name the names of those that Omar had presumably put behind bars.]]
** [[spoiler:Did Sosa really know that the journalist would have his wife and kids with him? If he did, then it seems like he would have bothered to mention this little fact to Tony and Alberto beforehand, and possibly find a different, more subtle way to kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes?]] [[KarmaHoudini Or will he continue to carry out his criminal activities unscathed?]] Though when he calls Tony just before the climax, the tone of his voice shows that he is clearly not happy with the turn of events. Regardless, he still takes down Tony's empire in revenge.]]

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Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?life]]?
** Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour, which resulted in his friend Angel's death. However, he never acts on this suspicion and [[spoiler:Omar is later on killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]] and a brief phone call Sosa's henchmen takes, and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a [[TheMole police informant]] who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from his henchmen Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him? For what it's worth, Sosa did actually name the names of those that Omar had presumably put behind bars.]]
** [[spoiler:Did Sosa really know that the journalist would have his wife and kids with him? If he did, then it seems like he would have bothered to mention this little fact to Tony and Alberto beforehand, and possibly find a different, more subtle way to kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes?]] [[KarmaHoudini Or will he continue to carry out his criminal activities unscathed?]] Though when he calls Tony just before the climax, the tone of his voice shows that he is clearly not happy with the turn of events. Regardless, he still takes down Tony's empire in revenge.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?
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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: The "unshattered glass" version of the trope shows up when Tony shoots Alberto to keep him from blowing up a car containing their target's wife and kids; blood and brain matter appears on the window behind the assassin, but the glass stays perfectly intact.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Tony tells Alberto "¡Olvida! Matamos este tipo solo. Sin mujer, sin hijos." which is subtitled as "Forget it! We kill this guy alone. No wife, no kids." A native Spanish speaker would have said "¡Olvídalo! Matamos sólo a este tipo. No a la mujer ni a los niños".
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* NoAntagonist: All of the conflicts in the movie come from Tony's ambition and self-destructive tendency. All of his enemies (with the exception of Hector the Toad) are former friends whom he betrays on his own accord. Frank was a BenevolentBoss who took Tony in when he had nothing and only turned on him when Tony undermined his authority too many times. Sosa was his closest ally and protected him from the laws, only for Tony's HonorBeforeReason tendency to blow it and land his own friend in hot water. Even Tony's legal troubles come solely from his greed and ego preventing him from just paying the money launderer his cut.

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