Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
moving trope to YMMV
Deleted line(s) 31 (click to see context) :
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Don't be a gangster! It gets you nothing but misery and a hot girlfriend and tons of money and loyal friends and...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Cleanup of wicks to Names The Same (dissambiguated)
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise ''Film/Underworld2003''.
to:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] titled vampire/werewolf film franchise ''Film/Underworld2003''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
We're not supposed to edit titles of tropes.
Changed line(s) 39 (click to see context) from:
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Once Rolls Royce [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange combs his hair]], shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
to:
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: HeCleansUpNicely: Once Rolls Royce [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange combs his hair]], shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
''Underworld'' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
to:
''Underworld'' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg that marks one of the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
movies (the ones that preceded it, like 1913's The Musketeers of Pig Alley, are far more obscure).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise ''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
to:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise ''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
''Film/Underworld2003''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BigDamnHeroes: Bull bursts in just before [[spoiler: Buck rapes Feathers.]]
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin
to:
* CantGetAwayWithNuthinCantGetAwayWithNuthin: Feathers and Rolls Royce never act on their feelings, but Bull becomes suspicious and jealous nonetheless.
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster
to:
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangsterCuteKitten: Bull finds a kitten outside the apartment when he's on the run nosing around the milk and brings it inside, letting it [[PetTheDog drink the milk]] off his fingers. When the gunfight starts, Feathers makes a point of protecting it so it doesn't get hit by gunfire.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: One of the earliest examples.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: One of the earliest examples.
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing
to:
* DoNotDoThisCoolThingDoNotDoThisCoolThing: Don't be a gangster! It gets you nothing but misery and a hot girlfriend and tons of money and loyal friends and...
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Meg is Mulligan's girl, and stands by why he does a lot of heinous things, but she draws the line at [[spoiler: letting him rape Feathers. She gets away from his goons and rouses Bull to go save her.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Meg is Mulligan's girl, and stands by why he does a lot of heinous things, but she draws the line at [[spoiler: letting him rape Feathers. She gets away from his goons and rouses Bull to go save her.]]
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: On both sides of the love triangle. Rolls Royce won't act on his feelings for Feathers, feeling she's better off with Bull to protect her. Bull realizes at the end of the film that Feathers and Rolls Royce honestly love each other.
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* JustAFleshWound: Bullets can't stop Rolls Royce.
to:
* JustAFleshWound: Bullets can't stop Rolls Royce. Played with as the bullet wound doesn't get shrugged off like it's a marshmallow that's been shot into its arm. When he finally unlocks the door to the room Feathers and Bull are trapped in, he collapses to the ground, clearly injured.
Changed line(s) 49 (click to see context) from:
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Subverted. In the opening scene, Rolls Royce comes to witness Bull's bank robbery. He is taken hostage but instead of killing him, Bull takes Rolls under his wings and both become good friends.
to:
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Subverted. In the opening scene, Rolls Royce comes to witness Bull's bank robbery. He is taken hostage but instead of killing him, Bull takes Rolls under his wings wing and both become good friends.
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
* QuickNip: Bull offers his hip flask to Rolls' to see how much of drinker he is.
to:
* QuickNip: Bull offers his hip flask to Rolls' Rolls to see how much of drinker he is.
Added DiffLines:
* UndyingLoyalty: ''Nothing'' will stop Rolls Royce from rescuing Bull and Feathers, not even being shot.
Added DiffLines:
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Rolls Royce and Feathers have the chance to run away and be happy, leaving Bull to his fate of being hanged. But they realize how much they owe him and can't go through with it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
to:
[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
Renown screenwriter, Ben Hecht, would receive the first UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Original Screenplay for this film.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when latter falls for Weed's girlfriend.
to:
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his a former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when the latter falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
How To Create A Works Page explicitly says "No bolding is used for work titles."
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
the money is not thrown into a feeding dish, it\'s thrown into a spittoon (which makes what Mulligan is trying to do to Rolls Royce extra-degrading)
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Mulligan hitting the feeding dish with his $10 note.
to:
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Mulligan hitting the feeding dish spittoon with his $10 note.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
to:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 56 (click to see context) from:
* ShootOutTheLook: Bull tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
to:
* ShootOutTheLook: ShootOutTheLock: Bull tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Feathers, Rolls Royce, and Bull Weed
to:
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Feathers, Rolls Royce, and Bull WeedWeed.
* BlindAlley: Rolls Royce shakes off the police following him by hiding in a doorway.
* BlindAlley: Rolls Royce shakes off the police following him by hiding in a doorway.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Once Rolls Royce combs his hair, shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
to:
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Once Rolls Royce [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange combs his hair, hair]], shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* HeldGaze: Rolls Royce and Feathers have a couple of these.
to:
* HeldGaze: Rolls Royce and Feathers have share a couple of these.these looks.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Feathers towards Rolls Royce when latter reveals his plan to split town forever.
to:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Feathers towards Rolls Royce when latter reveals his plan to split town forever.for good.
Changed line(s) 25 (click to see context) from:
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Bull's death]] clears the way for Feathers and Rolls Royce to be happy together.
to:
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Bull's death]] clears the way for Feathers and Rolls Royce to resolve their [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] and be happy together.ever after.
Added DiffLines:
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Feathers and Rolls Royce.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Rolls Royce happens to be.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 38,39 (click to see context) from:
** Rolls Royce has one when he glances at the keys in his hand and then pictures how they would open up the [[BookcasePassage secret door]] for Bulls.
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - [[CrazyJealousGuy fueled with envy]] he imagines Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing passionately.
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - [[CrazyJealousGuy fueled with envy]] he imagines Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing passionately.
to:
** Rolls Royce has one when he glances at the keys in his hand and then pictures how they would open up the [[BookcasePassage secret door]] for Bulls.
Bull.
**Bulls Bull has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - [[CrazyJealousGuy fueled with envy]] he imagines Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing passionately.
**
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a CuteKitten.
to:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls Bull is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a CuteKitten.
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* LastRequest: For his last meal Bulls requests the "juiciest steak in Dreamland."
to:
* LastRequest: For his last meal Bulls Bull requests the "juiciest steak in Dreamland."
Changed line(s) 50,51 (click to see context) from:
* QuickNip: Bull offers his hip flask to Rolls' to see how much of drinker her is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Bulls decides to stay behind and face justice after he realizes that he was all wrong about Feathers and Rolls Royce.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Bulls decides to stay behind and face justice after he realizes that he was all wrong about Feathers and Rolls Royce.
to:
* QuickNip: Bull offers his hip flask to Rolls' to see how much of drinker her he is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath:Bulls Bull decides to stay behind and face justice after he realizes that he was all wrong about Feathers and Rolls Royce.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath:
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
* ShootOutTheLook: Bulls tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
to:
* ShootOutTheLook: Bulls Bull tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
Changed line(s) 59 (click to see context) from:
* WhiteFlag: How Bulls signals his surrender to the police.
to:
* WhiteFlag: How Bulls Bull signals his surrender to the police.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a kitty.
to:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a kitty.CuteKitten.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 39 (click to see context) from:
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - fueled with envy an imagine appears in his head of Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing.
to:
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - [[CrazyJealousGuy fueled with envy an imagine appears in his head of envy]] he imagines Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing.kissing passionately.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
to:
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when latter falls for Weed's girlfriend.
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to beconfused with]] confused]] with the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] vampire/werewolf film franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie ([[IThoughtItMeant not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] [[Film/{{Underworld}} vampire/werewolf film francise]]) that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
to:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie ([[IThoughtItMeant not that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]][[Film/{{Underworld}} vampire/werewolf film francise]]) that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
franchise Film/{{Underworld}}.
[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]]
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* TheAlcoholic: Rolls Royce
to:
* TheAlcoholic: Rolls RoyceRoyce.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Bull Weed's neighbor gives him a horny look but he is too occupied with the police being after him and turns her down.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Feathers towards Rolls Royce when latter reveals his plan to split town forever.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Bull Weed's neighbor gives him a horny look but he is too occupied with the police being after him and turns her down.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Feathers towards Rolls Royce when latter reveals his plan to split town forever.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: See DeathOfTheHypotenuse.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Bull's death]] clears the way for Feathers and Rolls Royce to be happy together.
* HairTriggerTemper: Mulligan.
* HeldGaze: Rolls Royce and Feathers have a couple of these.
Changed line(s) 27,28 (click to see context) from:
* JustAFleshWound
* LoveTriangle
* LoveTriangle
to:
* JustAFleshWound
ImagineSpot:
** Rolls Royce has one when he glances at the keys in his hand and then pictures how they would open up the [[BookcasePassage secret door]] for Bulls.
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - fueled with envy an imagine appears in his head of Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing.
*LoveTriangleImprobableAimingSkills: Mulligan hitting the feeding dish with his $10 note.
* InstitutionalApparel: Averted with Bull who keeps to wear his personal clothes in prison.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a kitty.
* JustAFleshWound: Bullets can't stop Rolls Royce.
* LastRequest: For his last meal Bulls requests the "juiciest steak in Dreamland."
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Subverted. In the opening scene, Rolls Royce comes to witness Bull's bank robbery. He is taken hostage but instead of killing him, Bull takes Rolls under his wings and both become good friends.
* LoveTriangle: Between Bull, Feather and Rolls Royce.
* MeaningfulName: Feathers.
** Rolls Royce has one when he glances at the keys in his hand and then pictures how they would open up the [[BookcasePassage secret door]] for Bulls.
** Bulls has one when spotting the feather in Rolls Royce' cigarette case - fueled with envy an imagine appears in his head of Rolls Royce and Feathers kissing.
*
* InstitutionalApparel: Averted with Bull who keeps to wear his personal clothes in prison.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bulls is a cruel gangster but also shows redeeming qualities like helping out people in need or caring about a kitty.
* JustAFleshWound: Bullets can't stop Rolls Royce.
* LastRequest: For his last meal Bulls requests the "juiciest steak in Dreamland."
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Subverted. In the opening scene, Rolls Royce comes to witness Bull's bank robbery. He is taken hostage but instead of killing him, Bull takes Rolls under his wings and both become good friends.
* LoveTriangle: Between Bull, Feather and Rolls Royce.
* MeaningfulName: Feathers.
* QuickNip: Bull offers his hip flask to Rolls' to see how much of drinker her is.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Bulls decides to stay behind and face justice after he realizes that he was all wrong about Feathers and Rolls Royce.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Bulls decides to stay behind and face justice after he realizes that he was all wrong about Feathers and Rolls Royce.
Changed line(s) 32,34 (click to see context) from:
* SilentMovie
* TheSmartGuy: Rolls Royce
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows what the plan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
* TheSmartGuy: Rolls Royce
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows what the plan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
to:
* SilentMovie
SecondFaceSmoke: 'Slippy' Lewis gets this treatment by some patron at the Dreamland Café.
* ShootOutTheLook: Bulls tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
* TheSmartGuy: RollsRoyce
Royce.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Rolls Royce celebrates it.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows whatthe plan ThePlan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
* ShootOutTheLook: Bulls tries this with the secret door but it wouldn't open for him.
* TheSmartGuy: Rolls
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Rolls Royce celebrates it.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows what
Added DiffLines:
* WhiteFlag: How Bulls signals his surrender to the police.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
''Underworld'' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie ([[IThoughtItMeant not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] [[Film/{{Underworld}} vampire/werewolf film francise]]) that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
to:
'''''Underworld''''' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie ([[IThoughtItMeant not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] [[Film/{{Underworld}} vampire/werewolf film francise]]) that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
Changed line(s) 4,5 (click to see context) from:
!!Tropes appearing in this film include:
to:
Added DiffLines:
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''Underworld'' is a classic 1927 SilentMovie ([[IThoughtItMeant not to be confused with]] the [[NamesTheSame similarly titled]] [[Film/{{Underworld}} vampire/werewolf film francise]]) that marks the [[UrExample first ever]] gangster movie.
----
!!Tropes appearing in this film include:
* TheAlcoholic: Rolls Royce
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Mulligan tries to rape Feathers.]]
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Feathers, Rolls Royce, and Bull Weed
* BookcasePassage: There’s a secret hideaway behind the bookcase.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin
* CatScare: Perhaps one of the earliest examples. Bull Weed hears sounds in the hall and thinks it’s the cops, but he looks and it’s just a mangy kitten.
* CloudCuckoolander: Slippy Lewis
* CostumePorn: All of Feathers’s outfits.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bull Weed. He even gets mad at Rolls Royce just for dancing with his girlfriend at the ball.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: In 1927, at least they had an excuse.
* TheFlapper: Feathers
* FluffyFashionFeathers: They don’t call her [[MeaningfulName Feathers]] for nothing.
* FrameUp: Bull Weed tries to frame Mulligan for robbing the jewelry store.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The only guard watching Bull Weed decides to play checkers with him. [[spoiler: Surprise, surprise, he knocks him out, steals the keys, and escapes.]]
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Once Rolls Royce combs his hair, shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Bull Weed gives himself up to be hanged so his friends can get away safely.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Bull Weed berates a boy for stealing an apple, but steals one for himself when no one is looking.
* JustAFleshWound
* LoveTriangle
* NiceToTheWaiter: When Rolls Royce is sweeping up at the speakeasy, Bull Weed defends him from Mulligan when he harasses him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much everybody.
* TheRoaringTwenties
* SilentMovie
* TheSmartGuy: Rolls Royce
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows what the plan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
* UrExample: The first modern gangster picture.
----
!!Tropes appearing in this film include:
* TheAlcoholic: Rolls Royce
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Mulligan tries to rape Feathers.]]
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Feathers, Rolls Royce, and Bull Weed
* BookcasePassage: There’s a secret hideaway behind the bookcase.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin
* CatScare: Perhaps one of the earliest examples. Bull Weed hears sounds in the hall and thinks it’s the cops, but he looks and it’s just a mangy kitten.
* CloudCuckoolander: Slippy Lewis
* CostumePorn: All of Feathers’s outfits.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Bull Weed. He even gets mad at Rolls Royce just for dancing with his girlfriend at the ball.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: In 1927, at least they had an excuse.
* TheFlapper: Feathers
* FluffyFashionFeathers: They don’t call her [[MeaningfulName Feathers]] for nothing.
* FrameUp: Bull Weed tries to frame Mulligan for robbing the jewelry store.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The only guard watching Bull Weed decides to play checkers with him. [[spoiler: Surprise, surprise, he knocks him out, steals the keys, and escapes.]]
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Once Rolls Royce combs his hair, shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Bull Weed gives himself up to be hanged so his friends can get away safely.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Bull Weed berates a boy for stealing an apple, but steals one for himself when no one is looking.
* JustAFleshWound
* LoveTriangle
* NiceToTheWaiter: When Rolls Royce is sweeping up at the speakeasy, Bull Weed defends him from Mulligan when he harasses him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much everybody.
* TheRoaringTwenties
* SilentMovie
* TheSmartGuy: Rolls Royce
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The audience knows what the plan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
* UrExample: The first modern gangster picture.
