History Film / TheScore

* CanadaEh: Averted. At no point does any character says anything disparaging or stereotypical of Canada. The film ''does'' takes place in Montreal and Nick is reluctant to do a job in the city, but [[PragmaticVillainy only because he lives there.]]
--->'''Nick''': "Never do jobs in your backyard". You taught me that, Max.

* BullyingADragon: Annoyed that some idiot upstart tried to pitch a job to him when he really didn't wanted to know anymore of the thieving business, Nick sends one of his friends (a pretty tough bouncer) to Teller's home to deliver a message. Jack fights back (and ''hard'') against the bouncer and comes to Nick's home the day after to have a more civilized talk.

* NoHonourAmongThieves: Teller and Nick never fully trust each other, and with [[JustifiedTrope good reason]]. Teller thinks (correctly) that Max and Nick are giving him a sucker's share of the proceeds for a job he set up. [[spoiler: Teller then betrays Nick, steals the scepter for himself, and leaves Nick to (almost) be apprehended by the security guards at the Customs House. Nick anticipated this, hands over a fake scepter to Teller, and then leaves Teller to face the music alone, without his cut]].

* WetBlanketWife: Wet Blanket ''Girlfriend'': Nick's girlfriend is tired of his double-life and is a bit skeptical about Nick wanting to do OneLastJob, so she leaves on the third act (because her airline stewardess job demands it) and tells Jack that if he hasn't made a decision when she comes back, she will leave. Unusual for the trope, Jack wholeheartedly agrees about her point and gets rid of all of his thief tools (except for the ones he needs for the heist, off-screen), makes sure everybody knows it ''will'' be his last job, and greets her at the airport at the end.

* SelfDestructingSecurity: One of the greatest obstacles in the heist is the top-of-the-line safe that holds it, that has glass packing so the lock can't be drilled, otherwise additional tumblers will fall into place and seal it completely shut. Nick goes around this by drilling a hole on the top of the safe, filling the inside with water and then setting off an explosive, causing the water expansion to rip the door open.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Nick makes clear that he's fed up with being a thief and the movie's heist his his true-blue OneLastJob from the moment he accepts to do it, and a few times throughout the film he actually decides to quit right then and there when another twist pops up and annoys him a bit too much (starting with Teller trying to approach Nick on the street using his "Brian" persona and the final time when it looks like he's going to lose all of the money he could make from the scepter to TheCartel because Max somehow let slip there was a job being done to them).

* BasementDweller: Stephen.

* CanadaEh: Averted. At no point does any character says anything disparaging or stereotypical of Canada. The film ''does'' takes place in Toronto and Nick is reluctant to do a job in the city, but [[PragmaticVillainy only because he lives there.]]

''The Score'' is a 2001 crime thriller directed by Creator/FrankOz and starring Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/AngelaBassett and Creator/MarlonBrando in his final film role.

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''The Score'' is a 2001 crime thriller directed by Frank Oz and starring RobertDeNiro, Creator/EdwardNorton, Angela Bassett and MarlonBrando in his final film role.

* TropesExaminedByTheMythbusters: The method Nick uses to break open the safe at the Customs House (using a thermal cutter to make a hole on the top of the safe, flood it with water, and use an explosive charge and the water's expansion to burst the door open) was replicated by the Mythbusters. The result: the torch would probably incinerate everything inside the safe (''including'' the scepter) and the safe would leak water profusely (forcing the thief to patch up the door), but the explosion ''would'' make the door burst open.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Nick never uses a gun on a job, and he is very upset when he discovers jack is carrying one.

* CanadaEh: Averted. At no point does any character says anything disparaging or stereotypical of Canada. The film ''does'' takes place in Toronto and Nick feels bad about doing the job there, but it's because by all means and purposes he lives next door to the place that'll be robbed.
--->'''Nick''': "Never do jobs on your backyard". You taught me that, Max.

* FatBastard: Max.