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* HypocriticalHumour: Hughie says that he hates JP acting like he owns the car dealership(which he does) and claims that he hasn't earned it and is just working off his dad's money. He's also a massive sponge off of John Boy who everyone wants to off(but wont because of John Boy's influence)
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*NeverLiveItDown: people act as if "Coola boola!" is Fran's catchphrase — he only ever says it once (season 3, episode 1). Similarly, Tommy only asked for a "fizzy orange" once (season 4, episode 1).
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Taken off of Netflix within a few months of debuting.
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* PyhrricVictory: Series 2. Darren is no longer in Fran's debt, due to John Boy paying it off for him, and no longer in John Boy's debt, due to having killed him and has [[TheRival Stumpy]] out of the way to boot. However, when it looks as if he's going to live HappilyEverAfter with Rosie, she turns around and dumps him, knowing that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he will never truly leave the life of crime behind him]] as well as what he has done. By series 3, his own sister has disowned him as well, marking his [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain change from]] AntiHero to VillainProtagonist.
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* PyhrricVictory: PyrrhicVictory: Series 2. Darren is no longer in Fran's debt, due to John Boy paying it off for him, and no longer in John Boy's debt, due to having killed him and has [[TheRival Stumpy]] out of the way to boot. However, when it looks as if he's going to live HappilyEverAfter with Rosie, she turns around and dumps him, knowing that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he will never truly leave the life of crime behind him]] as well as what he has done. By series 3, his own sister has disowned him as well, marking his [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain change from]] AntiHero to VillainProtagonist.
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** Nidge is twice in series referred to as "King Nidge": Once upon taking over the gang, when Darren presents him with a crown and again just before [[spoiler: his death]], when Trish gets him personalised runners.
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* PyhrricVictory: Series 2. Darren is no longer in Fran's debt, due to John Boy paying it off for him, and no longer in John Boy's debt, due to having killed him and has [[TheRival Stumpy]] out of the way to boot. However, when it looks as if he's going to live HappilyEverAfter with Rosie, she turns around and dumps him, knowing that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he will never truly leave the life of crime behind him]] as well as what he has done. By series 3, his own sister has disowned him as well, marking his [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain change from]] AntiHero to VillainProtagonist.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Darren kills Stumpy, though not just because of Rosie. John Boy orders him to do it. It's just the fact that Stumpy is Darren's [[TheRival rival for Rosie's affections]] makes it easier for him. She eventually deduces the truth (along with the fact that he offed John Boy as well) and leaves him for it.
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* KlingonPromotion: After John Boy's death, Nidge takes control of the gang. [[spoiler: This was all part of Nidge's plan.]]
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* KlingonPromotion: After John Boy's death, Nidge takes control of the gang. [[spoiler: This was all part of Nidge's plan.plan to get John Boy out of the way after he forces Siobhan to take large amounts of cash on a flight.]]
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Utterly defied. The criminal life is not shown to be a good one despite the large amounts of cash flying around. Anyone who holds the mantle of [[BigBad head of the gang]] winds up looking over their own shoulder constantly with their paranoia eventually costing them their lives. Anyone else seems to wind up dead, seriously injured or in prison.
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* KlingonPromotion: After John Boy's death, Nidge takes control of the gang. [[spoiler: This was all part of Nidge's plan.]]
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* GoodGunsBadGuns: Inverted with pistols: The Glock 17 and Beretta 92 are mostly seen in the hands of criminals, while the SIG-Sauer [=P226=] is [[ShownTheirWork correctly]] depicted as a police weapon. Played straight with {{Sawed Off Shotgun}}s and [=AKs=] though, the latter of which is only shown to be in possession of the [[WesternTerrorists IRA]] and the former is mostly used for KneeCapping.
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* AnyoneCanDie: For a show four seasons long with only six episodes per series ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness four in series one]]), there's a high body count. Also, ''nobody'' is safe.
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* AnyoneCanDie: For a show four five seasons long with only six episodes per series ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness four in series one]]), there's a high body count. Also, ''nobody'' is safe. [[spoiler: Of the four main characters who appear in the page image, as of series 5, two are dead, one is in a coma and the other was last seen with a pool cue up his arse.]]
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Series 5 follows on [[ImmediateSequel soon after series 4]] with Nidge taking on a loan from an Irish expat mobster living in Spain and a falling out with a gang of IrishTravellers.
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Series 5 follows on [[ImmediateSequel soon after series 4]] with Nidge taking on a loan from an Irish expat mobster living in Spain and a falling out with a gang of IrishTravellers.
IrishTravellers. [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding Most of the cast either wind up dead, incapacitated or incarcerated by the end]].]]
A sixth series has been confirmed for 2016.
A sixth series has been confirmed for 2016.
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* FanDisservice: The final scene with Fran has him lying naked in a pool of his own blood, gagged and with a [[AssShove pool cue sticking out of his ass]].
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* DownerBeginning: Robbie's death in the opening scene kicks off the plot of the first series. Things only get worse from there.
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** Series 5 probably has the biggest downer ending of all. Fran gets caught and sent back to prison and winds up [[AssShove with a broken pool cue up his arse]]. Ado and Nadine's relationship is finished. Elmo is in prison. Tommy is still in his coma. Elmo is doing five years for drug possession. The cops have no legitimate evidence on Nidge, so Siobhan tries to plant some. [[spoiler: Janet, Siobhan and Nidge all get killed.]]
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** Series 5 probably has the biggest downer ending of all. Fran gets caught and sent back to prison and winds up [[AssShove with a broken pool cue up his arse]]. Ado and Nadine's relationship is finished. Elmo is in prison. Tommy is still in his coma. Elmo is doing five years for drug possession. The cops have no legitimate evidence on Nidge, so Siobhan tries to plant some. [[spoiler: Janet, Siobhan and Nidge all get killed.]]
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** Siobhan manages to get Git Loughman's finger and successfully plants it in Nidge's bathroom cabinet. As she's leaving, Nidge confronts her and she tells him everything and that the gardai are on their way. [[spoiler: As she does, Patrick shoots her several times as he guns for Nidge.]]
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* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler: Janet]]. The last time [[spoiler: she's]] seen alive is when four {{Mook}}s knock on the door. Judging by the fact that one of them is seen carrying a battery powered grinder and that [[spoiler: Janet]]'s body is shown with multiple bruises and slashed knees, it was likely a death that wouldn't have been out of place in a ''Film/{{Saw}}'' movie.
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* BiggerBad: Terence "Big Balls" May, an expatriate gangster living in Spain, has an interest in keeping Nidge alive so they can work together smuggling drugs into Ireland. He sends Pauley over to keep an eye on him and gets him a new bodyguard after Nidge's own GiantMook gets hacked up with a machete. Nidge is obviously worried every time he goes over to see him, as he feels that Terence might see Nidge as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness expendable]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Git Loughman's fingerbone. After the gang burn and bury his corpse, Fran keeps it for fun at first and then for luck. In series 5, he keeps it in his fridge. Siobhan finds out about it and obtains it to plant in Nidge's house to give the gardai evidence against him. [[spoiler: Ultimately, this is a moot point, as Nidge gets killed before he can be arrested.]]
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** Series 5 cranks it UpToEleven with someone dying nearly every episode. [[spoiler: Including Nidge.]]
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** The end of series 2. Rosie leaves Darren because of what he's become. Also, Debbie, [[spoiler: without John Boy]] to fund her heroin habit resorts to prostitution.
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** Series 5 probably has the biggest downer ending of all. Fran gets caught and sent back to prison and winds up [[AssShove with a broken pool cue up his arse]]. Ado and Nadine's relationship is finished. Elmo is in prison. Tommy is still in his coma. Elmo is doing five years for drug possession. The cops have no legitimate evidence on Nidge, so Siobhan tries to plant some. [[spoiler: Janet, Siobhan and Nidge all get killed.]]
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** Darren and Rosie get back together in series 2 and seem to be ready to live a life together, especially with John Boy out of the way. Rosie then leaves him when she realises that he's killed both John Boy and Stumpy.
** At one point in series 5, Tommy briefly opens his eyes. He still has not woken from his coma proper.
** Darren and Rosie get back together in series 2 and seem to be ready to live a life together, especially with John Boy out of the way. Rosie then leaves him when she realises that he's killed both John Boy and Stumpy.
** At one point in series 5, Tommy briefly opens his eyes. He still has not woken from his coma proper.
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* DynamicEntry: In the closing minutes of the season 5 finale, [[spoiler: as a victorious Siobhán, desperate Nidge, and the audience expect the Gardaí to arrive on the scene at any moment. Suddenly Patrick, who had been absent for the whole episode, appears and opens fire, shooting Nidge and Siobhán several times through their torsos. The episode just as suddenly ends on their bloodied bodies as he walks off.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: According to Nidge, the U.S. Air Force uses the Glock 17 as its sidearm as part of his BadassBoast for the Glock.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: According to Nidge, the U.S. Air Force uses the Glock 17 as its sidearm as part of his BadassBoast for the Glock. Glock.
* AssShove: One of the fifth season's [[spoiler: closing shots is the brutal aftermath of Fran's shower assault involving a pool cue.]]
* AssShove: One of the fifth season's [[spoiler: closing shots is the brutal aftermath of Fran's shower assault involving a pool cue.]]
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* ShovelStrike: Fran uses one to beat Dean to death when he realises that Dean sold him out to Nidge.
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* TheIrishMob: [[VillainProtagonist Most of the main charaters belong to a criminal gang]]. A rare example actually set in Ireland.
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* BestServedCold: Nidge advises Noelie to invoke this trope with Fran, because a prior attempt on Fran's life in prison [[EyeScream ended very badly]].
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* InfantImmortality: While children are fairly safe ([[AnyoneCanDie so far]]), [[spoiler: [[TeensAreMonsters Wayne]] winds up getting blown away by his one time friend.]]
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* InfantImmortality: While children are fairly safe ([[AnyoneCanDie so far]]), [[spoiler: [[TeensAreMonsters Wayne]] winds up getting blown away by his one time friend.]] Patrick's ten year old son gets shot but is alive for now.
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* DeepCoverAgent: Mick tells Ciaran that he's had a man on the inside for a while who he's told nobody about: [[spoiler: Ado's darts buddy, Scotty.]]
** Deconstructed when recovering junkie Packie is sent to kill Patrick Ward. His heart not really in it, it gives him a shaky hand. His first shot his Patrick in the chest, but his BulletProofVest saves him. When he shrugs this off, Packie begins to flee, firing wildly in Patrick's direction, hoping to score another hit, having been told to DoubleTap [[BoomHeadshot in the head]]. Patrick charges him and delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, but a stray shot hits his son in the head.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Nidge and Tommy have a habit of leaving their wives/girfriends at home while they go out and bang hookers. Tommy, especially, as he's got Debbie on the side as a regular thing.
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** The women get in on the act as well with Linda cheating on Fran with Nidge in series 2, Siobhan getting involved with Pauley in series 5, as well as Nadine cheating on Ado with Scotty.
** The women get in on the act as well with Linda cheating on Fran with Nidge in series 2, Siobhan getting involved with Pauley in series 5, as well as Nadine cheating on Ado with Scotty.
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* TheBusCameBack: Pottsie, last seen getting arrested in series 2, shows up in series 5 when he's contracted to kill Fran. [[spoiler: [[EyeScream It costs him an eye]].]]
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* EyeScream: Pottsie, last seen being arrested after the gardai raid the hotel room John Boy had his {{Mook}}s packing drugs in, is ordered by Nidge to kill Fran in prison. After enlisting a bit of backup, he enters Fran's cell. Unfortunately for him, Fran was well aware that someone would try to kill him and had made [[ImprovisedWeapon a shank out of a toothbrush and a couple of razorblades]]. In the ensuing fight, Fran stabs Pottsie in the eye.
