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** [[SophisticatedAsHell Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe]] is Marcellus Wallace's [[TheFixer top cleaner]]. Coming in to clean the body and blood in Jules' car after Vincent gets Marvin killed, with only little time left before Jimmie's wife gets home, The Wolf gets to quick work, coming up with a [[SimpleYetAwesome relatively simple yet effective]] plan to clean the worst of the body before covering up the seating so they look possible before hiding the body in the truck, and manages to get the car out with time to spare. A professional who doesn't take any disrespect and can call the bluff of anyone who questions him, The Wolfe [[TheAce lives up to his reputation]], all the while keeping a [[AffablyEvil sophisticated and cordial disposition]] throughout the situation.

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** [[SophisticatedAsHell Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe]] is Marcellus Wallace's [[TheFixer top cleaner]]. Coming in to clean the body and blood in Jules' car after Vincent gets Marvin killed, with only little time left before Jimmie's wife gets home, The Wolf gets to quick work, coming up with a [[SimpleYetAwesome relatively simple yet effective]] plan to clean the worst of the body before covering up the seating so they look possible passable before hiding the body in the truck, and manages to get the car out with time to spare. A professional who doesn't take any disrespect and can call the bluff of anyone who questions him, The Wolfe [[TheAce lives up to his reputation]], all the while keeping a [[AffablyEvil sophisticated and cordial disposition]] throughout the situation.
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** To what extent Jules' "divine intervention" dilemma is just him trying to justify him already wanting to get out of the business. It already seems like he was considering retirement, and early in the film he expresses significant discomfort at Marsellus having another man thrown off his own balcony for daring to give Mia... a foot massage. (Which, as we can also later guess, Mia may well have pressured the poor guy into.) He clearly thinks Marsellus is, or is becoming, unhinged, but by this interpretation he's looking for some kind of outside justification to back it up and latches onto a mere stroke of luck to justify it.

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** To what extent Jules' "divine intervention" dilemma is just him trying to justify him already wanting to get out of the business. It already seems like he was considering retirement, and early in the film he expresses significant discomfort at Marsellus having another man thrown off his own balcony for daring to give Mia... a foot massage. (Which, massage (which, as we can also later guess, Mia may well have pressured the poor guy into.) into, though Mia herself denies getting a foot massage). He clearly thinks Marsellus is, or is becoming, unhinged, but by this interpretation he's looking for some kind of outside justification to back it up and latches onto a mere stroke of luck to justify it.
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* FanPreferredCouple: As mentioned above in DesignatedLoveInterest, it's not too surprising that most viewers not only forget Mia is actually married to Marsellus, but also pair her with Vincent instead due to their [[ShipTease searing chemistry]] and loads of screen time spent together, especially considering she's only onscreen with her husband Marsellus once and doesn't even ''talk'' to him in that scene. You'd also be hard-pressed to find someone who [[NotADate doesn't think that her and Vincent's night together was a date.]]

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* JustHereForGodzilla: "Creator/BruceWillis is cool and all, but can we please get back to Creator/SamuelLJackson and Creator/JohnTravolta?"



* ValuesResonance: The rape scene with Zed and Maynard holds up by treating a man being raped with absolute seriousness and treating Marsellus as a victim as much as if the rednecks' target had been a woman. He's also given catharsis as well as the chance to gain revenge on his attackers, allowing him to reclaim his dignity. The fact that the only gay men portrayed in the movie are rapists has sparked controversies for a while, but in defense of it, making Zed and Maynard female would probably add commentary about [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rape double standards]] which would overshadow the original meaning of the scene.

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* ValuesResonance: The rape scene with Zed and Maynard holds up by treating a man being raped with [[PlayedForDrama absolute seriousness seriousness]] and treating Marsellus as a victim as much as if the rednecks' target had been a woman. He's also given catharsis as well as the chance to gain revenge on his attackers, allowing him to reclaim his dignity. The fact that the only gay men portrayed in the movie are rapists has sparked controversies for a while, but in defense of it, making Zed and Maynard female would probably add commentary about [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rape double standards]] which would overshadow the original meaning of the scene.

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