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* OneManArmy: Melvin's able to take down swarms of Giancana's goons no problem. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in the climax, where Melvin's able to annihilate not only Giancana, but his entire army of gunmen all on his own.]]
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* OneManArmy: Melvin's able to take down swarms of Giancana's goons no problem. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in [[spoiler:In the climax, where Melvin's able to annihilate not only Giancana, but his entire army of gunmen all on his own.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome: There's not a speck of hair on Melvin's head, as most characters like to remind him. That doesn't stop him from kicking ass.
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* BurnTheOrphanage: [[spoiler:To conclude his complex revenge scheme, Fantom attempts to burns down the Mayflower Orphanage and every child inside just to spite Mel one final time.]]
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* DepravedHomosexual: Good lord, the Fantom Killer, [[spoiler:who prefers his kidnapped boyfriends muscular and lobotomized.]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Frankmeyer's rescue of Isaac is unfortunately short-lived when Fantom returns and kills Frankmeyer himself.]]
* ManlyGay: Mel's a big, buff killer who's proud of his homosexuality.
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* NiceGuy: Frankmeyer, Fantom's kind neighbor who often asks him to help build his boat. He even gets to play hero when he [[spoiler:rescues Isaac from his imprisonment. Unfortunately, he's killed by Fantom immediately after.]]
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* NiceGuy: John Frankmeyer, Fantom's kind neighbor who often asks him to help build his boat. He even gets to play hero when he [[spoiler:rescues Isaac from his imprisonment. Unfortunately, he's killed by Fantom immediately after.]]
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* OneManArmy: Melvin's able to take down swarms of Giancana's goons no problem. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in the climax, where Melvin's able to annihilate not only Giancana, but his entire army of gunmen all on his own.]]
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* RaceFetish: [[spoiler:Fantom has a thing for strong, African American men, whom he enjoys lobotomizing them to become his sex slaves.]]
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* AttentionWhore: How Message Man views Fantom's blood paintings. Given Fantom's narcissism, he's not wrong.
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* BigBad: Alfredo Giancana, the one responsible for launching his war against Melvin and those who killed his son. [[spoiler:Majorly subverted when it turns out Al's nothing but a pawn in the Fantom's game, officially taking the mantle of BigBad after Giancana bites it.]]
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* EvilCripple: While evil's a bit of a stretch, Message Man has a leg brace and cane, and he can be quite a jerk at times.
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* {{Foil}}: The Fantom Killer is this to Melvin. Both men are experienced murderers. But while Melvin kills because he gets paid for it, he only kills people who he believes deserve it, and even [[spoiler:retires at the end to live a quiet life with Isaac and Izzy.]] Fantom on the other hand, takes pride in his murders, and shows no signs of stopping. While Fantom's paintings are well-liked by most of the public, Melvin's murders are condemned for being too violent.
* GentleGiant: Melvin may be big and buff, but he's a real softie, especially around children.
* GentleGiant: Melvin may be big and buff, but he's a real softie, especially around children.
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* NeverMyFault: Despite [[spoiler:Fantom attempting to flat out murder and have his way with Melvin during their first time together, he still harbors anger over Mel punching him in the face and being the one who got away.]]
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* PublicSecretMessage: Alfredo discovers a secret message directed at him from Fantom in the Bathos newspaper, found in a written interview with the Fantom.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: The Fantom's a pale-skinned man with dark hair, befitting his villainous look and moniker.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: The Fantom's a pale-skinned man with dark hair, befitting his villainous look and moniker.
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* ScrewTheRulesImFamous: How Fantom ultimately gets away with his murders. His blood paintings are rather well-done, earning him fans who range from casual civilians, snooty art collector Zurko, [[spoiler:the Bathos police force, and even mayor Bryan O'Handley.]]
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* AntiHero: Melvin may be sweet to those he cares for, but he's still an assassin who isn't afraid to harm those in his path.
* EvilIsPetty: Oh boy, Fantom. Most of his actions are directly targeted at Melvin, from kidnapping his boyfriend Isaac, to [[spoiler:killing his friend Message Man and bragging about it on the phone,]] and finally [[spoiler:attempting to burn down the Mayflower Orphanage Melvin regularly visits because he wants Mel to suffer knowing that the children inside are going to die.]] The reason for all of this? [[spoiler:Melvin punched him in the face on their first encounter, but only because Fantom was about to murder and rape him.]]
* NiceGuy: Frankmeyer, Fantom's kind neighbor who often asks him to help build his boat. He even gets to play hero when he [[spoiler:rescues Isaac from his imprisonment. Unfortunately, he's killed by Fantom immediately after.]]
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** Message Man's true name name, however, is never revealed.revealed.
* OutsideContextProblem: What better way to deal with an assassin in an urban, mafia-run environment, than to hire a serial killer straight from a horror movie? [[spoiler:Subverted however, when Fantom's importance to the plot gradually thickens.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: None of the police in Bathos are ever really helpful. [[spoiler:It's even revealed near the end that Fantom has connections to them thanks to his blood paintings, which allows him to acquire some of their weapons.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: One of thugs Melvin runs into at the beginning refers to him as "Blacky." He gets his ass handed to him a few seconds later.
* OutsideContextProblem: What better way to deal with an assassin in an urban, mafia-run environment, than to hire a serial killer straight from a horror movie? [[spoiler:Subverted however, when Fantom's importance to the plot gradually thickens.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: None of the police in Bathos are ever really helpful. [[spoiler:It's even revealed near the end that Fantom has connections to them thanks to his blood paintings, which allows him to acquire some of their weapons.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: One of thugs Melvin runs into at the beginning refers to him as "Blacky." He gets his ass handed to him a few seconds later.
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* SexSlave: [[spoiler:What Fantom turns his male captives into, giving them half-assed lobotomies to make them his mindless playthings until he grows weary of them.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:During the climax, Fantom tries to burn the orphanage and its children down just to spite Melvin.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:During the climax, Fantom tries to burn the orphanage and its children down just to spite Melvin.]]]]
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The script can be read [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM9Qd9LdBByZzeYYWz-GqSCRP9v_HfDx/view here.]]
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The script can be read [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM9Qd9LdBByZzeYYWz-GqSCRP9v_HfDx/view com/file/d/1CM9Qd9LdBByZzeYYWz-GqSCRP9v_HfDx/view?usp=sharing here.]]
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** The script's title was taken from an episode of ''Anime/FLCL''.
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** The script's title was taken from an episode of ''Anime/FLCL''.''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.
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Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man and the little girl Izzy, Melvin finds several people dying during his search. Very specific people.
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Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man and the little girl Izzy, Melvin finds that several people are dying during his search. Very specific people.
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Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying during his search. Very specific people.
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Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Man and the little girl Izzy, Melvin finds several people dying during his search. Very specific people.
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Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac Jordan. That is until a hit he commits brings him the attention of mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
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Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac Jordan. That is until he performs a hit he commits brings him on Tommy Giancana, the attention son of powerful mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
Isaac to make Mel suffer.
* BadassLongcoat: Melvin wears one throughout most of the script. [[spoiler:Until it gets singed by Fantom during the climax, that is.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: There's not a speck of hair on Melvin's head, as most characters like to remind him. That doesn't stop him from kicking ass.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:The Fantom's behind the entire plot, using O'Handley's goals of power to wipe out the Giancana crime family, then manipulating Al Giancana into wiping out O'Handley and his co-conspirers, all so that Fantom can claim control over Bathos himself.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: There's not a speck of hair on Melvin's head, as most characters like to remind him. That doesn't stop him from kicking ass.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:The Fantom's behind the entire plot, using O'Handley's goals of power to wipe out the Giancana crime family, then manipulating Al Giancana into wiping out O'Handley and his co-conspirers, all so that Fantom can claim control over Bathos himself.]]
* CrapsackWorld: Bathos isn't exactly the most comfortable place to live, with corruption, the mafia, and a serial killer murdering prostitutes to make paintings with their blood.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Alfredo Giancana may be a tough, abrasive mob boss, but he genuinely cared for his son Tommy.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Fantom has a calm presence to him, like that of a well-cultured artist, though the cracks show whenever something doesn't go his way.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Fantom has a calm presence to him, like that of a well-cultured artist, though the cracks show whenever something doesn't go his way.
* NakedApron: A rare male example. Melvin prefers baking cakes wearing nothing but a pink apron and boxers. Message Man even pokes fun at him for doing this.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Fantom is based on real life SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer, sans the cannibalism. [[spoiler:Both are gay murderers who are interested in murdering muscular black men to have them serve as their zombified sex slaves.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Fantom is based on real life SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer, sans the cannibalism. [[spoiler:Both are gay murderers who are interested in murdering muscular black men to have them serve as their zombified sex slaves.]]
* RealMenWearPink: Melvin may be a buff assassin, but that's not stopping him from baking cakes for the city's orphanage. He even wears a pink apron with no shame.
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* ShoutOut: The script's title was taken from an episode of ''Anime/FLCL''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The script's title was taken from an episode of''Anime/FLCL''.''Anime/FLCL''.
** Mayor O'Handley's aide, Susan Wynorski, shares the same last name of the famous B-movie director Jim Wynorski.
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** Mayor O'Handley's aide, Susan Wynorski, shares the same last name of the famous B-movie director Jim Wynorski.
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Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac. That is until a hit he commits brings him the attention of mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying in his search. Very specific people.
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying in his search. Very specific people.
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Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac.Isaac Jordan. That is until a hit he commits brings him the attention of mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dyingin during his search. Very specific people.people.
The script can be read [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM9Qd9LdBByZzeYYWz-GqSCRP9v_HfDx/view here.]]
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* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:Mayor Bryan O'Handley, knowing he won't win re-election, works with the Fantom to try and gain more power by taking over the Giancana family business.]]
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: The thin-framed, homosexual Fantom Killer values women as primarily materials for his paintings.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Melvin may be a killer, but damn if he doesn't have a heart of gold.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Message Man might be an old heckler who cracks jokes about Melvin's predicament and sexuality, but he genuinely cares for him, assisting him in his search for Isaac.
* MadArtist: The Fantom Killer takes pride in his art, canvas paintings with women's blood used as paint.
* NoNameGiven:
** The Fantom Killer. [[spoiler:His real name might be Kenneth Friedkin, though it's left ambiguous.]]
** Message Man's true name is never revealed.
* SerialKiller: The Fantom Killer, who haunts the streets of Bathos murdering women and [[spoiler:killing black men to act as his zombified sex slaves.]]
* ShoutOut: The script's title was taken from an episode of ''Anime/FLCL''.
* TerribleTrio: Luko, Tuco, and Dars, three of Giancana's men who consistently pester Melvin during his search for Isaac.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:During the climax, Fantom tries to burn the orphanage and its children down just to spite Melvin.]]
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying
The script can be read [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM9Qd9LdBByZzeYYWz-GqSCRP9v_HfDx/view here.]]
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!! ''Brittle Bullets'' provides examples of...
* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:Mayor Bryan O'Handley, knowing he won't win re-election, works with the Fantom to try and gain more power by taking over the Giancana family business.]]
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: The thin-framed, homosexual Fantom Killer values women as primarily materials for his paintings.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Melvin may be a killer, but damn if he doesn't have a heart of gold.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Message Man might be an old heckler who cracks jokes about Melvin's predicament and sexuality, but he genuinely cares for him, assisting him in his search for Isaac.
* MadArtist: The Fantom Killer takes pride in his art, canvas paintings with women's blood used as paint.
* NoNameGiven:
** The Fantom Killer. [[spoiler:His real name might be Kenneth Friedkin, though it's left ambiguous.]]
** Message Man's true name is never revealed.
* SerialKiller: The Fantom Killer, who haunts the streets of Bathos murdering women and [[spoiler:killing black men to act as his zombified sex slaves.]]
* ShoutOut: The script's title was taken from an episode of ''Anime/FLCL''.
* TerribleTrio: Luko, Tuco, and Dars, three of Giancana's men who consistently pester Melvin during his search for Isaac.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:During the climax, Fantom tries to burn the orphanage and its children down just to spite Melvin.]]
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''Brittle Bullets'' is an action/noir/dark comedy written by Tropers/{{therealjackieboy}}.
Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac. That is until a hit he commits brings him the attention of mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying in his search. Very specific people.
Melvin "Mel" Johnson is an assassin who inhabits the corrupt city of Bathos. By night a killer, during the day, he's baking cakes for the city's orphanage and hanging out with his childhood boyfriend Isaac. That is until a hit he commits brings him the attention of mob boss Alfredo "Al" Giancana, who sets out to get even with him. By his side is the mysterious, yet ever so sadistic, Fantom Killer, a figure from Melvin's past who decides to kidnap Isaac.
Doing what he can to find his partner with the help of his informant Message Man, Melvin finds several people dying in his search. Very specific people.
