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Sinkadus is a Swedish Criminal-Comedy-Drama series filmed and first aired in 1980. It is a very, very, VERY loose sequel to the 1977 series ''Series/Arliga Bla Ogon. The series follows a depressed, suicidal man named John Hissing (Hans Ernback) as he is forced to join a criminal gang consisting of Ros-Marie Larsson (Mona Seilitz, in her breakthrough role) Robert Bintje (Tommy Nilson), Josef Brandt (Nils Eklund) and Conny Klack (Leif Magnusson) they escape from a huge bank reserve robbery. Along the way, they are pursued by Inspector Simonsson (Stig Ossian Ericsson) and a ruthless crime lord known as "The Truffle Swine".
The series contain examples of the following tropes:
- Affably Evil: Tough averted with the American representative, the other delegates of the criminal world association are rather nice people despite being ruthless criminals.
- Anti-Hero: Practically every single character in the series except the Truffle Swine.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Ros-Marie at one point holds Hissings cat as ransom, threatening to kill it if he don't speak.
- Black-and-Gray Morality: Ros-Marie and her criminal gang may be cold criminals, but they're hardly as brutal and unscrupulous as The Truffle Swine and his minions.
- Butt-Monkey: Hissing at the beginning. He's dirt poor, yelled at by practically everyone, his ex-wife left him not too long ago, coldly telling him how worthless he was. At the top of it, he tries to commit suicide at a few points, but fails every time. It gets better.
- Simonsson may count as a downplayed example of this. He does come close to capturing the gang at points, but his poor reasoning and not-that-smart moves make him fail every time.
- Character Development: At the start of the series, Hissing is a broken, suicidal man and not far from a Chew Toy. He only joins the gang because he is forced to. As the series progresses, he becomes a suave, cunning and powerful criminal who genuinely enjoys criminal activity. He gains much more respect, but also loses his former kind and unassuming personality and ultimately, becomes a more unsympathetic character. His remaining sympathetic traits prevent him from becoming a pure Villain Protagonist, though.
- Ros-Marie, on the other hand, changes in pretty much the opposite direction; when she first appeared, she was cold and arrogant, but with a certain respect from her minions (she is implied to have been the leader of the gang). During her journey, and her romantic relationship with Hissing, she eventually becomes more caring and sympathetic. By the end, she is considering giving up her criminal career.
- Comically Missing the Point: The Russian Interpreter seems to translate everything Hissing says to Russian even when its totally pointless.Hissing(at a restaurant):The bill, please.The Interpreter: спасибо, заметка
- Darker and Edgier: Zig-Zagged. The first third of the series was slightly Lighter and Softer than Ärliga Blå Ögon but it becomes significantly darker than it after Josef Brandt is murdered. After The Truffle Swine is killed, the series become somewhat lighter again and by the end of the series, the tone is pretty much the same as in the predecessor.
- Dating Catwoman: Simonssons assistant is implied to have had a relationship with Ros-Marie.Simonsson: How well do you know her really?Assistant: All the way to the skin.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Ros-Marie began the series as a cold, demanding criminal with little concern for others. After she fell in love with Hissing, she softened significantly. At one point, she even calls Hissing out for being so cold.
- Dirty Commies: spectacularly averted with Delegate Olga, despite the fact that many people remark on this being the first Soviet participation in the congress. Communism is actually not even mentioned.
- Disney Villain Death: The Truffle Swine.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Lampshaded by Hissing when the gang threaten to beat him up;...To torture somebody, you must be, you know...[does the "cuckoo" sign]. You are not. I can see that. You're usual, honest villains. You don't even dare picking on me.
- Faux Affably Evil: The Truffle Swine at first sight has a polite disposition, but it quickly becomes clear that he is a ruthless and brutal gangster with hardly any redeeming qualities.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Hissing evolves into a downplayed example of this trope. He goes from a depressed Butt-Monkey to a powerful criminal mastermind.
- Hero Antagonist: Inspector Simonsson.
- Minion with an F in Evil: Robert Bintje.
- More Deadly Than the Male: When Simonsson and his assistant discuss if someone in the gang could've been responsible for the murder of Josef Brandt, his assistant states that Ros-Marie is the only one he could imagine to have done it (She didn't, of course).
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Bintje gets so terrified by the deaths of Josef Brandt and Conny Klack and being left alone by the remainder of the gang that he willingly surrenders himself to the police.
- Took a Level in Badass: Hissing, especially after he kills the Truffle Swine.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Inverted with Ros-Marie. Downplayed with Hissing.
- Unfortunate Item Swap: The entire plot is triggered with the gang taking the wrong car.
- Villainous Breakdown: The Truffle Swine has one when Hissing Seemingly throws away his part of the treasure map.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Exaggerated. With the sole exception of Chief Inspector Simonsson, there is no connection to the predecessor whatsoever. Not even his office or assistants are the same, and there is no mention of the mysterious Con Artist or what happened to her.
