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* InactionSequence: Repeatedly mocked; trying to deliver a PreAssKickingOneLiner or InTheNameOfTheMoon speech with Revy around is a sure-fire way to get [[TalkToTheFist shot mid-sentence]].



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted when Revy runs into a neo-Nazi soldier who takes time to brag about how awesome his gun is. Revy takes her time reloading her own pistols, then shoots the Nazi in mid-sentence and tells him to shut the fuck up.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted Repeatedly mocked; trying to deliver a PreAssKickingOneLiner or InTheNameOfTheMoon speech with Revy around is a sure-fire way to get [[TalkToTheFist shot mid-sentence]]. For example, when Revy runs into a neo-Nazi soldier who takes time to brag about how awesome his gun is. is, Revy takes her time reloading her own pistols, then shoots the Nazi in mid-sentence mid-sentence, asks him if he was trying to sell the gun to her, and tells him to shut the fuck up.
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* RiddledAndRattled: Discussed while Revy is hanging out with a group of children who are playing Cops and Robbers. Revy watches them dramatically feign death while recoiling from the toy bullets they're shooting each other with. She points out that this isn't how it works in real life, as you're more likely to simply collapse after being shot.
-->'''Revy:''' You got it all wrong. The only place you see people die like that is in movies. In reality, you just suddenly lose all your strength. Do you understand? It's like everything below your knees disappears then you lose balance and go down headfirst. I'll show you what I mean. ''[points at a kid]'' You there. ''[falls over after being hit by the toy bullet]''\\
'''Boy:''' Lady, if that's what it's like to die, it kinda sucks.\\
'''Revy:''' Hehehe. I'm sorry, but that's just how it's like to die. In real life, dying never looks that cool.

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* PairTheSmartOnes: Benny and Greenback Jane are a computer nerd and a counterfeit nerd, respectively. Computer code is their foreplay.

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* OutsideInsideSlur: Shenhua calls the Chinese-American Revy a "twinkie", a term frequently used to imply that an (East or Southeast) Asian person is "white on the inside".
* PairTheSmartOnes: Benny and Greenback Jane are a computer nerd and a counterfeit nerd, respectively. [[GeekyTurnOn Computer code is their foreplay.foreplay]].



* PermaStubble: Benny must not shave because he always has a couple hair around. No razor maybe?

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* PermaStubble: Benny must not shave because he always has a couple hair hairs around. No razor maybe?



* RetiredMonster: A retired SS officer by the name Alfred turns out to be the one behind the plot where both Lagoon Company and some neo-Nazis were going after the same treasure. Setting them up to fight each other was his way of testing the neo-Nazis. Since they all ''died'', they don't get a passing grade. He also had fond, first hand memories of plotting with other members of the nazi elite [[note]]given the context, it is unlikely his mention of the 'Wansee' means ''the'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wansee_Conference Wansee Conference]] that was a turning point in implementing UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust: The last attendee died roughly a decade before ''Black Lagoon'' is set (and the only one named 'Alfred' did so in 1945) and the meeting did not involve paintings or hiding away Third Reich money. However, the Wannsee palace was used for various meetings by the Nazi elite all until the fall of Berlin[[/note]] and is an unabashed racist.

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* RetiredMonster: A retired SS officer by the name Alfred turns out to be the one behind the plot where both Lagoon Company and some neo-Nazis were going after the same treasure. Setting them up to fight each other was his way of testing the neo-Nazis. Since they all ''died'', they don't get a passing grade. He also had fond, first hand memories of plotting with other members of the nazi Nazi elite [[note]]given the context, it is unlikely his mention of the 'Wansee' means ''the'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wansee_Conference Wansee Conference]] that was a turning point in implementing UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust: The last attendee died roughly a decade before ''Black Lagoon'' is set (and the only one named 'Alfred' did so in 1945) and the meeting did not involve paintings or hiding away Third Reich money. However, the Wannsee palace was used for various meetings by the Nazi elite all until the fall of Berlin[[/note]] and is [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain an unabashed racist.racist]].

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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After the Yakuza arc, Eda asks in no uncertain terms if Revy "did it" with Rock while both of them in Japan. Revy's reaction? A sullen, mumbled "I don't wanna talk about it..." This answer could be read a few different ways.



** [[BlackAndGrayMorality For a given value of 'good']]. Balalaika sports a nasty burn on the side of her face. Call her "Fry Face" at your peril. Sawyer has a nasty scar on her throat from where it was apparently cut, explaining why she needs the voice synthesizer. Hiroe's Black Lagoon swimsuit special reveals that she also has multiple scars on her wrists.

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** [[BlackAndGrayMorality For a given value of 'good']]. Balalaika sports a nasty burn on the side of her face. Call her "Fry Face" at your peril. peril.
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Sawyer has a nasty scar on her throat from where it was apparently cut, explaining why she needs the voice synthesizer. Hiroe's Black Lagoon swimsuit special reveals that she also has multiple scars on her wrists.
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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl'', while Eda is in ''Eda -Initial Stage-'' by Hajime Yamamura.

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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer ''Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl'', while Eda is in ''Eda -Initial Stage-'' by Hajime Yamamura.
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* BleachedUnderpants:
** Rei Hiroe has released doujinshi under the pen-name TEX-MEX, some of which feature characters from the show.
** It should be noted that while he releases mainly hentai-doujinshis under that name, the one based on his Black Lagoon characters are actually quite tame, being two artbooks featuring designs of the characters, with short explanations on how he designed them and one swimsuit special showing the characters in bathing clothes (albeit skimpy in some cases).
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This series has also become notorious for going on hiatus, to the same extent that it is regularly compared to ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' and ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' in terms of how frequently the updates start and stop. There was an [[ScheduleSlip almost-three-year hiatus]] from June 2010 to March 2013 before the series started releasing new chapters. As of February 2014, [[HereWeGoAgain there were no new releases]] except for May 2014 when Volume 10 of the manga was released in Japan (American release date April 2015)... which not-so-coincidentally covered up to all the then-released chapters. Chapter 88 finally dropped in May 2017, more than ''three years'' after the previous chapter. The manga then went on hiatus ''again'' in August 2018 after Chapter 101 was released... [[HereWeGoAgain which was just enough material to compile Volume 11 together.]] Publication resumed in September 2019 with Chapter 102, though Hiroe confirmed in an interview reprinted in volume 12 that the series would conclude in the forseeable future.

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This series has also become notorious for going on hiatus, to the same extent that it is regularly compared to ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' and ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' in terms of how frequently the updates start and stop. There was an [[ScheduleSlip almost-three-year hiatus]] from June 2010 to March 2013 before the series started releasing new chapters. As of February 2014, [[HereWeGoAgain there were no new releases]] except for May 2014 when Volume 10 of the manga was released in Japan (American release date April 2015)... which not-so-coincidentally covered up to all the then-released chapters. Chapter 88 finally dropped in May 2017, more than ''three years'' after the previous chapter. The manga then went on hiatus ''again'' in August 2018 after Chapter 101 was released... [[HereWeGoAgain which was just enough material to compile Volume 11 together.]] Publication resumed in September 2019 with Chapter 102, though Hiroe confirmed in an interview reprinted in volume 12 that the series would conclude in the forseeable future.
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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl'', while Eda is in ''Eda -Initial Stage-'' Hajime Yamamura.

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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl'', while Eda is in ''Eda -Initial Stage-'' Stage-'' by Hajime Yamamura.
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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff written by Rei Hiroe and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl''. As of 2021, 2 volumes are out.

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Sawyer is in a manga spinoff written by Rei Hiroe and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Iida known as ''Black Lagoon: Sawyer the Cleaner - Dismemberment! Gore Gore Girl''. As of 2021, 2 volumes are out.
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* CerebusCallback: Leigharch is introduced in the al-Shabaab arc as Shenhua's partner: a GetawayDriver who uses enough drugs to embarrass Music/OzzyOsbourne and consequently [[FunnySchizophrenia has constant absurd hallucinations]]. Unfortunately, when Shenhua reappears flying solo in a later story, we learn that [[PutOnABus Leigharch overdosed offscreen and is now permanently institutionalized]].

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** Subverted with Lotton the Wizard. While he does carry a [[CoolGuns Cool Gun]] (a Mauser C96), CoolShades and wears a BadassLongcoat, his first appearance in an action scene ended with him being shot off of a rooftop before he could finish his InTheNameOfTheMoon speech ([[spoiler:the Longcoat ''did'' work in that it hid his bulletproof vest, though, so at least he was able to walk away from it...]]). It hasn't really gotten any better for him since.

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** Subverted with Lotton the Wizard. While he does carry a [[CoolGuns Cool Gun]] Gun (a Mauser C96), CoolShades and wears a BadassLongcoat, his first appearance in an action scene ended with him being shot off of a rooftop before he could finish his InTheNameOfTheMoon speech ([[spoiler:the Longcoat ''did'' work in that it hid his bulletproof vest, though, so at least he was able to walk away from it...]]). It hasn't really gotten any better for him since.



* CoolGuns: Rei Hiroe (the mangaka) appears to be a gun enthusiast, given [[ShownTheirWork the sheer number of appropriate firearms used by the various factions]]. For the interested, a complete list has been compiled [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Black_Lagoon at the Internet Movie Firearms Database]].
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* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: For at least a couple of organizations in the city, if not all of them. The worst offender is the Rip-Off Church, which doesn't seem to do anything remotely religious at all.
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** When Leigharch serves as Rock and Revy's get away driver at one point, in the anime he his high off his ass on marijuana. In the manga, he was using ''cocaine''. Given his state of mind and actions following the pick up, the latter drug makes ''much'' more sense but was presumably too "hard" a drug to make it into a network tv show.
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* LustMakesYouDumb: ''In Roberta's Blood Trail'', after the FARC commander manages to defeat her, rather than restraining and/or shooting her immediately, he decides to try having sex with her, allowing Roberta to shoot him with a hidden gun in her belt buckle before beating his head to a pulp
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** Definitely the last thing that went through the zealous mercenary pilot's head. [[DidntSeeThatComing Followed by a torpedo milliseconds later]].
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* SkewedPriorities: After pulling off the chopper-torpedoing stunt Dutch's first concern is about his shades remaining intact. Well actually just second after his head not being torn off.

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* {{Bishonen}}:
** Lotton the Wizard, to an extent. He basically exists just to look cool and talk fancy. Revy even asks him if he's a man whore.
** Though still more of a cute kid, Garcia's beginning to grow into a handsome young man.
** Hansel also shows signs of this. [[spoiler:Unfortunately he didn't live long enough to grow into the adult version.]]
** In one {{Omake}}, [[spoiler:Boris from Hotel Moscow,]] who, before his [[TheSpartanWay training]], looked ''straight'' out of a generic 80s shoujo manga, complete with sparkles, permanent blush, and thin eyes. Balalaika, Revy, and Rock beg him not to go to training.


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* PrettyBoy: Lotton the Wizard, to an extent. He basically exists just to look cool and talk fancy. Revy even asks him if he's a man whore.
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* RatedMForManly: Just about everyone, but especially the [[WorldOfActionGirls girls]]. A Chinese-American that doesn't give a single fuck about who gets into the crosshairs of her guns? An ex-Spetznaz ColdSniper leader of the local [[TheMafiya bratva?]] A freaking ''nun''?! Yeah, this is a WorldOfBadass (or, to be precise, City of Badass) alright!

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* AffablyEvil: Most of the main and supporting cast have rather pleasant and upbeat personalities to go with all the nasty things they do for a living.

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* AffablyEvil: Most of the main and supporting cast have rather pleasant and upbeat personalities to go with all the nasty things they do for a living.living, though only sometimes when opposed to one another. A big example comes in "Moonlit Hunting Grounds."
-->'''[[ThoseWackyNazis Alfred]]:''' Honesty is wonderful. Hypocrisy rots this world. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain I sincerely wish your kind will one day be wiped off the face of this planet.]]\\
'''[[ScaryBlackMan Dutch]]:''' Thank you kindly. And I sincerely wish that you rot in hell.
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Hotel Moscow plays this straight in the Yakuza arc when they make a landing on Japan. Usually, though, the trope is ''subverted'', as Roanapur is too much a WretchedHive for any one gang to control, and both the Italian mafia, the Columbian cartels and the Florida mafia finds that out the hard way -- the latter being the prime examples as their group is treated as {{Naive Newcomer}}s by the hardened resident gangster community.

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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Hotel Moscow plays this straight in the Yakuza arc when they make a landing on Japan. Usually, though, the trope is ''subverted'', as Roanapur is too much a WretchedHive for any one gang to control, and both the Italian mafia, the Columbian Colombian cartels and the Florida mafia finds that out the hard way -- the latter being the prime examples as their group is treated as {{Naive Newcomer}}s by the hardened resident gangster community.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''.
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* ActorAllusion: In the English dub of ''Roberta's Blood Trail'', Roberta yells "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" at the hallucination of the Japanese worker whom she killed years ago. Her [[Creator/TabithaStGermain voice actress]] also voiced [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana another character]] who regularly says that quote.

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* ActorAllusion: In the English dub of ''Roberta's Blood Trail'', Roberta yells "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" at the hallucination of the Japanese worker whom she killed years ago. Her [[Creator/TabithaStGermain voice actress]] also voiced [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana another character]] who regularly says that quote.



** The omake where Balalaika raises Hansel and Gretel as her kids is titled ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Balalaika]]'' in Japanese.

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** The omake where Balalaika raises Hansel and Gretel as her kids is titled ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Balalaika]]'' in Japanese.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The anime did a good job when Rock was translating for Balalaika during the yakuza meeting. Also, when Revy was talking to Ginji during the same arc.
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* OutOfFocus: Dutch and Benny during the last arc of Season 2 in the anime. They only get a few brief scenes while the focus is on Rock, Revy, and Balalaika during their trip in Japan.

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* OutOfFocus: Dutch and Benny during the last arc of Season 2 in the anime. They only get a few brief scenes while the focus is on Rock, Revy, and Balalaika during their trip in Japan. They also don’t get much action in the second half of the Goat, Jihad, Rock ‘n’ Roll arc either.

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