History NightmareFuel / GoodFellas

** Tommy's execution is pretty horrifying, especially as he realizes what's about to happen a fraction of a second before a bullet goes through his head. Also, they specifically shot him in the head, [[EvilIsPetty just so his mother couldn't give him an open-casket funeral.]] Tommy might have deserved what he got, but his mother didn't do anything wrong.

-->'''Henry Hill:''' ''I knew Jimmy. He had the cash. It was his. He kicked some money upstairs to Paulie, but that was it. It made him sick to turn money over to the guys who stole it. He'd rather whack them. What did I care? I wasn't asking for anything. And Jimmy was making nice money through my Pittsburgh connections. Still, months after the robbery they were finding bodies all over. When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff that it took two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.''

-->'''Henry Hill:''' ''When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff that it took two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.''

** This was intentional, Creator/MartinScorsese got complaints at the previews and he said that the audience should be angry, "The nerve of this guy" and that people should question the mentality and values of the culture that makes being a "schnook" such a bad thing.

* One of the things that really drives home the casual brutality of mobster mentality is in the famous "How am I funny?" scene. After Henry realizes Tommy is just messing with him, and everyone laughs it off, the bar owner comes up to talk to Tommy about an outstanding bill he has, and Tommy gets pissed and smashes a bottle over the poor guy's head, and all the other mobsters don't just act like assaulting someone for basically no reason is no big deal, it's ''funny'' to them, even though just moments ago they were honestly afraid Tommy was going to possibly murder Henry for no reason other than accidentally offending him. Also, who's to say [[HairTriggerTemper Tommy]] wasn't [[MoodSwinger serious]], and [[JustJokingJustification just changed his mind when Henry called him out?]]

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-->'''Henry Hill''': ''When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff that it took two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.''
* Two scenes with Jimmy in particular are meant to chill the audience by showing what a casual monster Jimmy really is. The first scene is when Jimmy asks Henry ''"Think Morrie tells his wife everything?"'' and Henry narrates that Jimmy by just asking the question, has revealed beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's going to kill Morrie. The second scene is towards the very end of the film after Henry and Karen have been busted, and it's very subtle because it doesn't involve any revealing narration: Jimmy asks Karen what kinds of questions the police have been asking Henry. Just by the nature of the question, the tone of his voice, and the look on his face, it's meant to clue in the audience that Jimmy is thinking the exact same thoughts about Henry at that moment, as when he decided to kill Morrie.

** Tommy's execution is pretty horrifying, especially as he realizes what's about to happen a fraction of a second before a bullet goes through his head.

* [[HairTriggerTemper Tommy DeVito]] is NF incarnate.

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