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* WidgetSeries: It's an Irish homage to Dirty Harry that features [[ClusterFBomb constant swearing]], [[BlackComedy dark humor]], and appropriate BlackAndGreyMorality. It's very much an EIEIO.

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* WidgetSeries: QuirkyWork: It's an Irish homage to Dirty Harry that features [[ClusterFBomb constant swearing]], [[BlackComedy dark humor]], and appropriate BlackAndGreyMorality. It's very much an EIEIO.BlackAndGreyMorality.
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** Dubliners are pretty much made fun of by most characters. Including in one scene where one character asks why Gerry is fiddling with his crotch, Gerry explains that he was after sleeping with two Dublin prostitutes.
** "I thought only black lads were drug dealers. (Beat) And Mexicans."
** Americans get their fair share of mockery too, particularly the usage of [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage American English]].
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** "I thought only black lads could be drug dealers. (Beat) And Mexicans."

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** "I thought only black lads could be were drug dealers. (Beat) And Mexicans."

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* AcceptableTargets: Dubliners are pretty much made fun of by most characters. Including in one scene where one character asks why Gerry is fiddling with his crotch, Gerry explains that he was after sleeping with two Dublin prostitutes.

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* AcceptableTargets: AcceptableTargets:
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Dubliners are pretty much made fun of by most characters. Including in one scene where one character asks why Gerry is fiddling with his crotch, Gerry explains that he was after sleeping with two Dublin prostitutes.



* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "I thought only black lads were drug dealers".

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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
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"I thought only black lads were could be drug dealers".



* OneSceneWonder: Pat Shortt as IRA man Colum Hennessey. The fact that he and Gerry are on pretty good terms despite being on opposite sides of the law makes it all the more hilarious.

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* OneSceneWonder: Pat Shortt as IRA man Colum Hennessey. The fact that he and Gerry are on pretty good terms despite being on opposite sides of the law makes it all the more hilarious.hilarious.
* WidgetSeries: It's an Irish homage to Dirty Harry that features [[ClusterFBomb constant swearing]], [[BlackComedy dark humor]], and appropriate BlackAndGreyMorality. It's very much an EIEIO.
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* CrazyAwesome: Gerry's sheer unpredictability and outlandish behaviour are key to his success.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[WickedCultured Francis Sheehy-Skeffington]] and his partner [[EvilBrit Clive Cornell]] are a pair of affable international drug dealers seeking to smuggle millions of dollars' worth of cocaine into Ireland. Murdering one of their partners on suspicions of being an informant and masking his death as an occult killing to throw off police, Sheehy and Cornell also use a set of circumstances to throw blame on a random drunkard. When Sergeant Gerry Boyle begins investigating them, the duo try to blackmail and bribe him, [[VillainRespect expressing respect at the man's principles]] when he refuses both. Ultimately using their police connections to pay off corrupt officials and distract federal agents from the drug shipment, Sheehy and Cornell nearly succeed, with both facing death at Boyle's hands with [[FaceDeathWithDignity surprising grace]] and--in Cornell's case--even [[WorthyOpponent complimenting Boyle]] on his lethal shooting skills.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "I thought only black lads were drug dealers".

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "I thought only black lads were drug dealers".
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** "There were gay lads in the IRA?" "Well, one or two, yeah. [[NoodleIncident It was the only way we could successfully infiltrate the MI5.]]"

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** "There were gay lads in the IRA?" "Well, one or two, yeah. [[NoodleIncident It was the only way we could successfully infiltrate the MI5.]]"]]"
* OneSceneWonder: Pat Shortt as IRA man Colum Hennessey. The fact that he and Gerry are on pretty good terms despite being on opposite sides of the law makes it all the more hilarious.
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* CrazyAwesome: Gerry's sheer unpredictability and outlandish behaviour are key to his success.
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** "I thought only [[UnfortunateImplications black lads could be drug dealers]]. (Beat) And Mexicans."

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** "I thought only [[UnfortunateImplications black lads could be drug dealers]].dealers. (Beat) And Mexicans."
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** "Bozo ... the ''(nods to [=McBride=] to copy the information down)'' ... fucking ... Clown."

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** "Bozo ... the ''(nods to [=McBride=] to copy the information down)'' ... fucking ... Clown.""
** "There were gay lads in the IRA?" "Well, one or two, yeah. [[NoodleIncident It was the only way we could successfully infiltrate the MI5.]]"
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** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.

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** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.Kalashnikov.
** "Bozo ... the ''(nods to [=McBride=] to copy the information down)'' ... fucking ... Clown."
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Oh wait, turns out this isn\'t a trope in the first place.


** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.
* SameCircumstancesDifferentReasons: In one scene, Wendell knocks on a couple's door to ask them if they have any information about the drug smugglers. They proceed to talk in Irish, and Wendell lets him off, not knowing that in Ireland everybody speaks English, in every area. Irish find it funny for that reason, Americans would find it funny for the cultural difference.

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** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.
* SameCircumstancesDifferentReasons: In one scene, Wendell knocks on a couple's door to ask them if they have any information about the drug smugglers. They proceed to talk in Irish, and Wendell lets him off, not knowing that in Ireland everybody speaks English, in every area. Irish find it funny for that reason, Americans would find it funny for the cultural difference.
Kalashnikov.
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* SameCircumstancesDifferentReasons: In one scene, a person is stopped by Gerry. The person proceeds to talk in Irish, and Gerry lets him off, not knowing that in Ireland everybody speaks English, in every area. Irish find it funny for that reason, Americans would find it funny for the cultural difference.

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* SameCircumstancesDifferentReasons: In one scene, Wendell knocks on a person is stopped by Gerry. The person proceeds couple's door to ask them if they have any information about the drug smugglers. They proceed to talk in Irish, and Gerry Wendell lets him off, not knowing that in Ireland everybody speaks English, in every area. Irish find it funny for that reason, Americans would find it funny for the cultural difference.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene where Gerry and Wendell first meet.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene where Gerry and Wendell first meet."I thought only black lads were drug dealers".
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** Americans get their fair share of mockery too, particularly the usage of [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage American English]].
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** "I thought only [[UnfortunateImplications black lads could be drug dealers]]. (Beat) And Mexicans.

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** "I thought only [[UnfortunateImplications black lads could be drug dealers]]. (Beat) And Mexicans."
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** "I thought only [[UnfortunateImplications black lads could be drug dealers]]. (Beat) And Mexicans.
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** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.

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** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.Kalashnikov.
* SameCircumstancesDifferentReasons: In one scene, a person is stopped by Gerry. The person proceeds to talk in Irish, and Gerry lets him off, not knowing that in Ireland everybody speaks English, in every area. Irish find it funny for that reason, Americans would find it funny for the cultural difference.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene where Gerry and Wendell first meet.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene where Gerry and Wendell first meet.meet.
** Gerry getting dressed into his best uniform at the end and closing the wardrobe. The audience is greeted to Gerry armed with a Kalashnikov.
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* AcceptableTargets: Dubliners are pretty much made fun of by most characters. Including in one scene where one character asks why Gerry is fiddling with his crotch, Gerry explains that he was after sleeping with two Dublin prostitutes.

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* AcceptableTargets: Dubliners are pretty much made fun of by most characters. Including in one scene where one character asks why Gerry is fiddling with his crotch, Gerry explains that he was after sleeping with two Dublin prostitutes.prostitutes.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene where Gerry and Wendell first meet.

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