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Tropes appearing in this film include:

• The Alcoholic: Rolls Royce
• Attempted Rape: Mulligan tries to rape Feathers.
• Beauty Brains And Brawn: Feathers, Rolls Royce, and Bull Weed
• Bookcase Passage: There’s a secret hideaway behind the bookcase.
• Cant Get Away With Nuthin
• Cat Scare: Perhaps one of the earliest examples. Bull Weed hears sounds in the hall and thinks it’s the cops, but he looks and it’s just a mangy kitten.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Slippy Lewis
• Costume Porn: All of Feathers’s outfits.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Bull Weed. He even gets mad at Rolls Royce just for dancing with his girlfriend at the ball.
• Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster
• Do Not Do This Cool Thing
• Extra! Extra! Read All About It!: In 1927, at least they had an excuse.
• The Flapper: Feathers
• Fluffy Fashion Feathers: They don’t call her Feathers for nothing.
• Frame Up: Bull Weed tries to frame Mulligan for robbing the jewelry store.
• The Guards Must Be Crazy: The only guard watching Bull Weed decides to play checkers with him. Surprise, surprise, he knocks him out, steals the keys, and escapes.
• He Cleans Up Nicely: Once Rolls Royce combs his hair, shaves, and puts on a nice suit, he is barely even recognizable as the hobo from before.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Bull Weed gives himself up to be hanged so his friends can get away safely.
• Hypocritical Humor: Bull Weed berates a boy for stealing an apple, but steals one for himself when no one is looking.
• Just A Flesh Wound
• Love Triangle
• Nice to the Waiter: When Rolls Royce is sweeping up at the speakeasy, Bull Weed defends him from Mulligan when he harasses him.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Pretty much everybody.
• The Roaring Twenties
• Silent Movie
• The Smart Guy: Rolls Royce
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee: The audience knows what the plan to break out Bull Weed is, so he breaks out another way.
• Ur Example: The first modern gangster picture.