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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cheyenne is basically [[Music/TheCure Robert Smith]] if he hunted Nazis.

* AsHimself: [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne.]]

* {{Manchild}}: Many people point out that Cheyenne is one, and he does certainly come across that way.
* NaziHunter: The main character seeks to become one.

* RefugeInAudacity: The film is practically made of this trope.

* AsHimself: [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]].
* BestServedCold: Cheyenne's revenge mission is this, [[spoiler: literally]].
* BrokenBird: Cheyenne, who blames himself for [[spoiler: the suicides of two of his fans]].
* ContemplateOurNavels: A defining trait of Cheyenne's dialogue, with many of his lines coming across as an oddly passive-aggressive IceCreamKoan.

* FreudianExcuse: Cheyenne and his father haven't spoken in thirty years, and Cheyenne is convinced that his father did not love him. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope This is ultimately subverted.]] His father loved him regardless.]]

* IHaveNoSon: Cheyenne's father responded this way when, at age 15, Cheyenne started wearing make-up and being a Goth. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Cheyenne only realises that his father still loved him regardless after his father's death.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cheyenne is basically [[TheCure Robert Smith]] if he hunted Nazis.

* SignificantWardrobeShift: At the end of the film, Cheyenne appears without his dark/rocker appearance, instead with his hair cut short and wearing a track jacket.

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* TitledAfterTheSong: the title derives from a Music/TalkingHeads song, which is performed twice in the film, once by Cheyenne and once by David Byrne.
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* SigificantWardrobeShift: At the end of the film, Cheyenne appears without his dark/rocker appearance, instead with his hair cut short and wearing a track jacket.

A retired goth rock star (Creator/SeanPenn) living in Ireland learns that his father is dying and travels back to America. He's too late for the funeral, but he learns that his father was in Auschwitz - and that the man who persecuted him there may still be alive...

* Expy/NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cheyenne is basically [[TheCure Robert Smith]] if he hunted Nazis.

[[caption-width-right:214:cheyenne]]

* AfraidOfNeedles: Snorting heroin? no problem. Shooting it? ''hell no''
* AndThenWhat: Cheyenne's hunt for the Nazi war criminal is derailed by the question: ''and whatta you going to when you find him?''

* BrokenBird: Cheyenne, who blams himself for [[spoiler: the suicides of two of his fans]].

* FreudianExcuse: Cheyenne and his father haven't spoken in thirty years, and Cheyenne is convinced that his father did not love him.

* IHaveNoSon: Cheyenne's father responded this way when, at age 15, Cheyenne started wearing make-up and being a Goth. [[spoiler: Cheyenne only realises that his father still loved him regardless after his father's death.]]
* {{Manchild}}: many people this that Cheyenne is one, and he does come across that way.

* [=ManChild=]: many people this that Cheyenne is one, and he does come across that way.

* AsHimself: [[TalkingHeads David Byrne]].

* ManChild: many people this that Cheyenne is one, and he does come across that way.
* TitledAfterTheSong: the title derives from a TalkingHeads song, which is performed twice in the film, once by Cheyenne and once by David Byrne.

A retired goth rock star (SeanPenn) living in Ireland learns that his father is dying and travels back to America. He's too late for the funeral, but he learns that his father was in Auschwitz - and that the man who persecuted him there may still be alive...