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* TalkingToTheDead: Tony rants angrily at Alberto's corpse after killing him.

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** After [[spoiler:Gina]] is gunned down, Tony goes into [[FiveStagesOfGrief denial and starts talking to her corpse.
--> '''Tony:''' Look at your face. It's all dirty. Please talk to me! Don't be mad at me. Come on, [[spoiler:Gina]]. I love Manny, you know? I love him. And I love you too, you know? Give me a smile.
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** An immigration officer points out Tony's pitchfork tattoo and says it means "an assassin or something". Tony is soon revealed to be a ruthless serial killer.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Frank tells Tony that Sosa will send a squad of hitmen after him if he doesn't make good on the new deal that Tony negotiated with Sosa on his behalf. Guess what happens to Tony at the end?

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When Frank tells Tony that Sosa will send a squad of hitmen after him if he doesn't make good on the new deal that Tony negotiated with Sosa on his behalf. Guess what happens to Tony at the end? end?
** While Frank and Tony hit it off famously at first, Tony privately tells Manny later that while he likes Frank, he thinks that Frank's too soft to be a major player for long. Tony is proven to be correct.
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* BoomHeadshot: Happens several times.
** Alberto gets shot in the head by Tony and then his brains are [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay splattered all over the passenger's side of the car window]].
** Hector is shot in the head by Tony.
** Nick the Pig gets killed by The Skull this way in the climax.
** Frank gets shot in the face by Manny Ribera with a suppressed pistol on the orders of Tony Montana after the latter [[ExactWords promised that he would not kill him.]]


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* TalkingToTheDead: Tony rants angrily at Alberto's corpse after killing him.
--> '''Tony:''' What do you think I am huh?! What do you think I am, a fucking worm like you?! I told you man, I told you! Don't fuck with me! I told you, no fucking kids! No but you wouldn't listen, why, you stupid fuck, [[{{Gorn}} look at ]][[BoomHeadshot you now]].

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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?

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Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?life]]?
** Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour, which resulted in his friend Angel's death. However, he never acts on this suspicion and [[spoiler:Omar is later on killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]] and a brief phone call Sosa's henchmen takes, and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a [[TheMole police informant]] who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from his henchmen Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him? For what it's worth, Sosa did actually name the names of those that Omar had presumably put behind bars.]]
** [[spoiler:Did Sosa really know that the journalist would have his wife and kids with him? If he did, then it seems like he would have bothered to mention this little fact to Tony and Alberto beforehand, and possibly find a different, more subtle way to kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes?]] [[KarmaHoudini Or will he continue to carry out his criminal activities unscathed?]] Though when he calls Tony just before the climax, the tone of his voice shows that he is clearly not happy with the turn of events. Regardless, he still takes down Tony's empire in revenge.]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?

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Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?life]]?
** Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour, which resulted in his friend Angel's death. However, he never acts on this suspicion and [[spoiler:Omar is later on killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]] and a brief phone call Sosa's henchmen takes, and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a [[TheMole police informant]] who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from his henchmen Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him? For what it's worth, Sosa did actually name the names of those that Omar had presumably put behind bars.]]
** [[spoiler:Did Sosa really know that the journalist would have his wife and kids with him? If he did, then it seems like he would have bothered to mention this little fact to Tony and Alberto beforehand, and possibly find a different, more subtle way to kill him.]]
** [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes?]] [[KarmaHoudini Or will he continue to carry out his criminal activities unscathed?]] Though when he calls Tony just before the climax, the tone of his voice shows that he is clearly not happy with the turn of events. Regardless, he still takes down Tony's empire in revenge.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Are Tony's feelings for his sister Gina really [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] (subconsciously or otherwise)? Or, on the other hand, are they simply [[MySisterIsOffLimits obsessive, overzealous]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother (and ultimately dangerous) protectiveness]] because he views Gina as [[MoralityPet the one true source of light within his life]]?
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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: The "unshattered glass" version of the trope shows up when Tony shoots Alberto to keep him from blowing up a car containing their target's wife and kids; blood and brain matter appears on the window behind the assassin, but the glass stays perfectly intact.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Tony tells Alberto "¡Olvida! Matamos este tipo solo. Sin mujer, sin hijos." which is subtitled as "Forget it! We kill this guy alone. No wife, no kids." A native Spanish speaker would have said "¡Olvídalo! Matamos sólo a este tipo. No a la mujer ni a los niños".
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* NoAntagonist: All of the conflicts in the movie come from Tony's ambition and self-destructive tendency. All of his enemies (with the exception of Hector the Toad) are former friends whom he betrays on his own accord. Frank was a BenevolentBoss who took Tony in when he had nothing and only turned on him when Tony undermined his authority too many times. Sosa was his closest ally and protected him from the laws, only for Tony's HonorBeforeReason tendency to blow it and land his own friend in hot water. Even Tony's legal troubles come solely from his greed and ego preventing him from just paying the money launderer his cut.

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