History YMMV / Scarface1983

** Gina herself, she is trying to provide for her mother and her mother tries to keep Gina from being corrupted by Tony, but fails as she gets roped into Tony's criminal life and gets abused by him for talking to guys, and Tony ''murders'' Manny after finding him with Gina, which makes her reveal that they got married the previous day. [[BreakTheCutie This breaks her so badly]], [[SanitySlippage she goes off the deep end]] [[BrotherSisterIncest and tries to seduce him into having sex with her, all while shooting at him]], and then gets shot to death repeatedly by one of Alejandro Sosa's men.

** Gina herself, she is trying to provide for her mother and her mother tries to keep Gina from being corrupted by Tony, but fails as she gets roped into Tony's criminal life and gets abused by him for talking to guys, and Tony ''murders'' Manny after finding him with Gina, which makes her reveal that they got married the previous day. [[BreakTheCutie This breaks her so badly]], [[SanitySlippage She goes off the deep end]] [[BrotherSisterIncest and tries to seduce him into having sex with her, all while shooting at him]], and then gets shot to death repeatedly by one of Alejandro Sosa's men.

* MemeticMutation: '''Say hello to my little friend!'''

** For all the vile things Tony does, his one act of decency is what leads to his downfall. In short...if you're going to play the game, you'd better be prepared to go all the way.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Tony Montana, as the MisaimedFandom saw him as a role model instead of the cautionary tale he was intended to be. Some have argued that the film brings this on itself, as Tony makes a few too many good points about his actions (such as the "Say goodnight to the bad guy" speech) to be hated by the audience.

* FashionVictimVillain: Tony has horrible taste in both clothing and architecture, even for the decade's gaudy standards.

** Elvira could be seen this way, especially in the dinner scene when she realizes what she and Tony were becoming. Not to mention the horrible way Tony verbally abuses her in the same scene. This is most evident in one of her last dialogues: "Can't you see what we're becoming, Tony? We're losers. We're not winners, we're losers." It's also implied that Tony became very possessive and controlling of her following their wedding, presumably to keep her from being "stolen" in the way he'd acquired her from Frank.
** Tony himself. Yes, he's an utterly reprehensible human being, but he ''does'' have [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loved ones]]. His actions lead to the estrangement and/or death of everyone around him, and it's both horrifying and pitiable.

** The film is extremely popular among a certain audience (gangsta rappers) who idolize Tony and seem to ignore all of his various, and sometimes creepy, flaws or that his story ends with him dying in disgrace. There's even a [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395694/ documentary short]] about its influence on hip hop culture.

** Tony himself likely threw away any grasp he had on still being a good guy when he [[spoiler: killed Manny.]]

** As mentioned above, Tony has horrible taste in clothing and architecture, but his sheer badassery manages to make his incredibly tacky fashion choices seem cool and stylish - you can't say it doesn't suit him.

* FashionVictimVillain: Tony has a horrible taste in both clothing and architecture, even for the decade's gaudy standards.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: [[http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=32333 One modern-day reviewer]] feels that this was the film's chief flaw -- the film tries to tell people that Tony's lifestyle only destroys him, but its glitzy, glamorous 1980s style is responsible for the massive MisaimedFandom surrounding it.

** Sosa crosses this by ordering the killing of a man along with his wife and children, just so he wouldn't implicate him and his friends on national TV.

* SpiritualAdaptation: More than a {{Homage}}, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is basically a straight video game reenactment of the movie (mixed with ''Series/MiamiVice'' and ''Film/CarlitosWay'') to the point it sparked a renewed interest in ''Scarface'' for a new generation. Its predecessor, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', had a radio station that consisted of songs from the ''Scarface'' soundtrack.

** The Skull, Sosa's assassin who kills Tony during the climax, bears a strong resemblance to the titular cyborg from Film/TheTerminator, from his general resemblance to Ah-nuld, to his BadassBiker wardrobe and shotgun.

** This wasn't the last time Steven Bauer and Mark Margolis would play Hispanic [[Series/BreakingBad drug dealers.]] Furthermore, both of the latter's characters' demises were related to [[spoiler:a bomb. However, while Alberto's death was caused when he ''attempted'' to activate a bomb, Hector Salamanca died by ''activating'' a bomb.]]

* SpiritualLicensee: More than a {{Homage}}, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is basically a straight video game reenactment of the movie (mixed with ''Series/MiamiVice'' and ''Film/CarlitosWay'') to the point it sparked a renewed interest in ''Scarface'' for a new generation. Its predecessor, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', had a radio station that consisted of songs from the ''Scarface'' soundtrack.

* SpiritualLicensee: More than a {{Homage}}, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is basically a straight video game reenactment of the story (mixed with ''Series/MiamiVice'' and ''Film/CarlitosWay'') to the point it sparked a renewed interest in ''Scarface'' for a new generation. Its predecessor, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', had a radio station that consisted of songs from the ''Scarface'' soundtrack.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[spoiler: Tony dies because he refuses to harm children, to the point of killing a hitman who's about to blow up a whole family.]] On the other hand, if Tony hadn't agreed to help kill an innocent man (which he said he would never do), he wouldn't be in that situation in the first place. "Betraying your principles leads to terrible choices" is a much more friendly Aesop.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ''Scarface'' soundtrack was composed by Music/GiorgioMoroder in his heyday, the same year as ''{{Film/Flashdance}}''. Five of the film's songs made it into the licensed soundtrack of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/GiorgioMoroder made it in his heyday, the same year as ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'', for example. Five of the songs made it into the soundtrack of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. Special mention goes to the movie's most iconic song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-QD_HIfjA Push It to the Limit]]" by Paul Engemann. (Also see the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz3y6r-5H8 extended version]].)

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: As noted by Creator/RogerEbert in his retrospective "Great Movies" review:

** The film is extremely popular among a certain audience (gangsta rappers) who idolize Tony and seem to ignore all of his various, and sometimes creepy, flaws. There's even a [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395694/ documentary short]] about its influence on hip hop culture.

-->The movie has been borrowed from so often that it's difficult to understand how original it seemed in 1983, when Latino heroes were rare, when cocaine was not a cliche, when sequences at the pitch of the final gun battle were not commonplace. Just as a generation raised on ''Series/TheSopranos'' may never understand how original ''Film/TheGodfather'' was, so ''Scarface'' has been absorbed into its imitators.

-->The movie has been borrowed from so often that it's difficult to understand how original it seemed in 1983, when Latino heroes were rare, when cocaine was not a cliche, when sequences at the pitch of the final gun battle were not commonplace. Just as a generation raised on ''Television/TheSopranos'' may never understand how original ''Film/TheGodfather'' was, so ''Scarface'' has been absorbed into its imitators.

* EarWorm: Several, noticeably "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-QD_HIfjA Push It to the Limit]]".

* SkewedPriorities: Manny recommends Tony go to a different, cheaper banker who turns out to be an undercover government agent, landing Tony in a whole heap of legal trouble and threatening his entire empire. Tony doesn't even get upset at Manny for this, let alone threaten him in any way. But when Tony finds out Manny has married his sister...

* AdaptationDisplacement:
** Most people aren't even aware this is a remake of the 1932 original. Perhaps even fewer are aware of the 1930 novel that both films are based on.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/GiorgioMoroder made it in his heyday, the same year as ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'', for example. Five of the songs made it into the soundtrack of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''.
** Special mention goes to the movie's most iconic song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-QD_HIfjA Push It to the Limit]]" by Paul Engemann. (Also see the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz3y6r-5H8 extended version]].)

* FashionVictimVillain: Tony has a horrible taste in both clothing and architecture.

** The film is extremely popular among a certain audience (Gangsta Rappers) who idolize Tony and seem to ignore all of his various, and sometimes creepy, flaws. There's even a [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395694/ documentary short]] about its influence on hip hop culture.

* {{Squick}}:
** Gina begging Tony to have sex with her had many people cringing. This is even portrayed in the film, with Tony looking at her with a "What the hell are you saying?" look on his face. It's also pretty much disturbing, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation unless you go by the popular theory that Gina was being sarcastic.]]
** Tony's underling mentions shortly beforehand he gave Gina some pills to help calm her down, so being in a drugged haze probably played a part there.

** This wasn't the last time Steven Bauer and Mark Margolis would play Hispanic [[Series/BreakingBad drug dealers.]] Furthermore, both of the latter's characters' demises were related to [[spoiler:a bomb. However, while Alberta's death was caused when he ''attempted'' to activate a bomb, Hector Salamanca died by ''activating'' a bomb.]]

** When Mel is offed, it's clear he's folding his arms while talking to Tony in order to keep the obvious blood pack around his gut in place. When he doubles over in pain from the gutshot, you can see the pack's corner protrude into his shirt. When he's finally shot dead, Mel has magically lost his sizable gut as the pack is gone.