- The heists, especially the second heist, which shows how a highly focused, careful team can pull off a heist that seems utterly impossible.
- While Frank's devotion to his personal beliefs ends up fucking him over in some ways, it takes serious guts to say to a crime boss's face:Frank: My money in 24 hours, or you will wear your ass for a hat.
- Another, incredibly simple one, when told to "join a labor union", Frank gestures to where he keeps his gun and says "I'm wearin' it."
- Doubles as Nightmare Fuel, but Leo's threats to Frank, which rattle him enough to make him send his wife away and start a Roaring Rampage of Revenge that he probably won't come back from.
- And on that note, the aforementioned rampage. Frank torches EVERYTHING that means something to him, his home, the bar, his car lot (pictured above), everything. He crumples up the collage that was his dream for the future, and goes after Leo, easily killing him with three shots, and then in a shootout against two henchmen, manages to survive a shotgun blast to the shoulder, kills Leo's lackeys with ease, and then walking down the street as the credits theme starts to play. "I'm the last guy in the world that you wanna fuck with" indeed.
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