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* AuthorAvatar: Clarence, with his love of Music/ElvisPresley, Creator/MarvelComics and classic movies, is clearly a stand-in for Tarantino.

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* AuthorAvatar: Clarence, with his love of Music/ElvisPresley, Creator/MarvelComics and classic movies, movies as well as his manic energy in general, is clearly a stand-in for Tarantino.
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A notable part of ''True Romance''[='=]s legacy is its influence on future media works. Brad Pitt's [[TheStoner stoner]] character Floyd inspired the creation of ''Film/PineappleExpress''[[note]]Creator/JuddApatow, a producer on the film, reportedly "thought it would be funny to make a movie in which you follow that character out of his apartment and watch him get chased by bad guys"[[/note]], and the film helped James Gandolfini land the role of Tony Soprano on ''Series/TheSopranos'' (as he was invited to audition after the show's casting director saw a clip of his performance as Virgil).

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A notable part of ''True Romance''[='=]s legacy is its influence on future media works. Among other examples, Brad Pitt's [[TheStoner stoner]] character Floyd inspired the creation of ''Film/PineappleExpress''[[note]]Creator/JuddApatow, a producer on the film, reportedly "thought it would be funny to make a movie in which you follow that character out of his apartment and watch him get chased by bad guys"[[/note]], and the film helped James Gandolfini land the role of Tony Soprano on ''Series/TheSopranos'' (as he was invited to audition after the show's casting director saw a clip of his performance as Virgil).
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The film is notable, beyond its [[StarMakingRole star-launching]] casting, for being the film that put Tarantino's writing on the Hollywood map. It was his first screenplay for a major motion picture, and although he originally hoped to direct it, he eventually sold it in order to finance his directorial debut feature ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', which was released around a year prior to this film. Tarantino has gone on record describing the screenplay as his most autobiographical to date.

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The film is notable, beyond its [[StarMakingRole star-launching]] casting, for being the film that put Tarantino's writing on the Hollywood map.map of Hollywood. It was his first screenplay for a major motion picture, and although he originally hoped to direct it, he eventually sold it in order to finance his directorial debut feature ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', which was released around a year prior to this film. Tarantino has gone on record describing the screenplay as his most autobiographical to date.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Clifford]] exits this life telling a pack of Sicilian mobsters that they are all half niggers.
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* SinisterShades: Clarence, Alabama, Marty and Frankie all wear 'em.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Floyd D., Big Don and Marty are the first three characters to die.]]


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* OneSteveLimit: Adverted with Floyd D., a low level street thug and Floyd the stoner roommate of Dick's.
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** Nicky Dimes becomes a Clarence Worley fanboy despite running a sting operation against him because of his ability to weave a bull-shit story on the spot.

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** Nicky Dimes becomes a and Cody Nicholson become Clarence Worley fanboy fanboys despite running a sting operation against him because of his ability to weave a bull-shit story on the spot.
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** Nicky Dimes becomes a Clarence Worley fanboy despite running a sting operation against him because of his ability to weave a bull-shit story on the spot.
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* CopKiller: Alabama shoots Nicky Dimes dead, assuming that he shot Clarence.

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* CopKiller: Alabama In the director's cut [[spoiler:Alabama shoots Nicky Dimes dead, (dead?), assuming that he shot Clarence.Clarence]].
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: At the big three way MexicanStandOff at the end, [[spoiler:everyone besides Alabama, Clarence, and Dick (and Vincenzo, who isn't there) dies, and Clarence gets his eye shot out.]]

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* EverybodyDiesEnding: At the big three way MexicanStandOff at the end, [[spoiler:everyone besides Alabama, Clarence, and Dick (and Vincenzo, who isn't there) dies, dies or at least is shot and seriously wounded, and Clarence gets his eye shot out.]]
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* ShootTheHostageTaker: Frankie attempts to escape the hotel as every police car in Los Angeles descends upon it by taking a woman hostage. A police officer just shoots him in the shoulder, allowing her to escape and then pump him full of lead.

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* ShootTheHostageTaker: Frankie attempts to escape the hotel as every police car in Los Angeles descends upon it by taking a woman hostage. A police officer just shoots him in the shoulder, allowing her to escape and then them to pump him full of lead.
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* AtomicFBomb: In the director's cut ending, before when Alabama shoots at [[spoiler: Nicky, at least in the director's cut]], she shouts a loud "FUCK YOU!".

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* AtomicFBomb: In the director's cut ending, before when Alabama shoots at [[spoiler: Nicky, at least in the director's cut]], Nicky,]], she shouts a loud "FUCK YOU!".
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* AtomicFBomb: In the director's cut ending, before when Alabama shoots at [[spoiler: Nicky]], she shouts a loud "FUCK YOU!".

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* AtomicFBomb: In the director's cut ending, before when Alabama shoots at [[spoiler: Nicky]], Nicky, at least in the director's cut]], she shouts a loud "FUCK YOU!".



* ShootTheHostageTaker: Frankie attempts to escape the hotel by taking a woman hostage. The police just shoot him.

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* ShootTheHostageTaker: Frankie attempts to escape the hotel as every police car in Los Angeles descends upon it by taking a woman hostage. The A police officer just shoot him.shoots him in the shoulder, allowing her to escape and then pump him full of lead.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not indicated whether the gangsters killed Floyd after they extracted information out of him. Given that at this point they [[spoiler:lost Virgil]], it would seem they'd kill the annoying stoner out of spite alone if not for pragmatic reasons.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not indicated whether the gangsters killed Floyd after they extracted information out of him. Given that at this point they [[spoiler:lost Virgil]], it would seem they'd kill the annoying stoner out of spite alone if not for pragmatic reasons. It's also unclear who might have survived the final fight, we see numerous people shot but don't know if they died.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not indicated whether the gangsters killed Floyd after they extracted information out of him. Given that at this point they [[spoiler:lost Virgil]], it would seem they'd kill the annoying stoner out of spite alone if not for pragmatic reasons.

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