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No, clearly not; the menorah is clearly an award he was given for services to the Jewish community, part of his charitable work to atone for his past


* AmbiguouslyJewish: Since he apparently used to know so many Jewish people, he's probably Jewish himself, though it's never stated. It can be seen he keeps a ''menorah'' somewhere but it's unclear if it's in plain sight or hidden away; FridgeHorror could even be that it belonged to one of the Jewish persons Case got murdered, and Case took it.

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* GagBoobs: "Stevie" is a very large-breasted lady (apparently even noticeable even though she is wearing a large, baggy outfit). When the Detectives point out to her that her large breasts make her a suspect of being one of the robbers, she sarcasticlly asks "So I violated Section 34 Double D?!".



* BestKnownForTheFanservice: InUniverse: One of the hostages vouches for her, because he had been ogling her just before the bank robbery started, and knows she was a bank customer. You can [[MaleGaze see why during the robbery and afterward]] how she can be so... [[GagBoobs noticeable]].
* GagBoobs: A very large-breasted lady. The first scene in the bank is about her being ogled for this by a man in front of her. Later, it becomes an important plot point because the detectives use this physical description to find the female bank robber, which leads to her sarcastically saying the quote above.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: InUniverse: One of the hostages vouches for her, because he had been ogling her just before the bank robbery started, and knows she was a bank customer. You can [[MaleGaze see why during the robbery and afterward]] how she can be so... [[GagBoobs noticeable]].
* GagBoobs: A very large-breasted lady. The first scene in the bank is about her being ogled for this by a man in front of her. Later, it becomes an important plot point because the detectives use this physical description to find the female bank robber, which leads to her sarcastically saying the quote above.
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* NiceHat: Wears a classy hat in one of the last scenes, and refuses to take it off when entering a restaurant.

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!! Dalton Russell

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!! Detective Keith Frazier

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* KarmaHoudini: He gets away scott-free with the robbery in the end.



* AntiVillain: Just like their boss.


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* KarmaHoudini: Like Russell, they all get away scott-free.
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* AntiVillain: In addition to committing a crime, he's there to out Case as a Nazi collaborator. "I'm no martyr. I did it for the money. But what's the point of getting rich if you can't look at yourself in the mirror?"

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* AntiVillain: In addition to committing a crime, he's there to out Case as a Nazi collaborator. "I'm no martyr. I did it for the money. But what's the point of getting rich if you can't look at yourself in the mirror?"mirror?" Granted, he is still willing to traumatise and even violently assault and threaten to kill hostages, even though he's bluffing.

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-->''Robber, to her:'' Move your fat ass!!!
-->''Her:'' FAT ASS ?! Are you kidding me?! Are you kidding me?!
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* OneSteveLimit: Deliberately [[AvertedTrope averted]] in order to protect their identities and confuse everyone not part of the plan.
** Played straight with two of their real names, [[spoiler: Kenneth and Valerie]]...
*** ... then sort of averted again with [[spoiler:Steve-O’s real given name, Darius, which is the same as the police captain’s ''last'' name.]]

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->All lies, all evil deeds, they all stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away.
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->''I have never seen'' anybody ''put their foot that far up a guy’s ass.''



!! "Steve", "Stevie", and "Steve-O"

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!! "Steve", "Stevie", "Stevie" and "Steve-O"



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The other bank robbers, whose real names we never know and all are nicknamed versions of "Steve" by each other. The female one, "Stevie", is in a relationship with Dalton Russell.

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The other bank robbers, whose real names we never know and all -> '''Steve:''' He’s gonna smell like shit.
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are nicknamed versions of "Steve" by each other. The female one, "Stevie", is in a relationship with Dalton Russell.



->''[About her breasts]'' If you would like to take a better look, I can bend over and pick up a pencil, you know.

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->''[About her breasts]'' If you would like You want to take a better look, another picture? I can could bend over and pick up a pencil, you know.
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-->I didn't know I was in a library. Fucking bank!

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* BadassInANiceSuit: A sharp-dressed police Detective who’s a lot smarter than both White and Russell give him credit for. He also ''almost'' gets the [[spoiler: drop on Russell at one point, wrestling him to the ground and coming close to unmasking him.]] If not for a timely intervention from [[spoiler: Steve-O, Russell’s plan would’ve failed.]]



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!! "Stevie", "Steve-O" and "Steven"

->'''Played by:''' Kim Director, Creator/JamesRansone, Carlos Andrés Gómez.

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!! "Steve", "Stevie", "Steve-O" and "Steven"

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->'''Played by:''' Kim Director, Creator/JamesRansone, Carlos Andrés Gómez.
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* GagBoobs: "Stevie" is a very large-breasted lady (apparently even noticeable even though she is wearing a large, baggy outfit). When the Detectives point out to her that her large breasts make her a suspect of being one of the robbers, she sarcasticlly answers "So I violated Section 34 Double D?!".

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* DisguisedHostageGambit: They make the hostages wear the same jumpsuits as them, which [[spoiler:helps all three of them blend in both during the robbery (giving themselves alibis as the other hostages vouch for them later) and after the robbery is done, allowing them to walk free]].
* GagBoobs: "Stevie" is a very large-breasted lady (apparently even noticeable even though she is wearing a large, baggy outfit). When the Detectives point out to her that her large breasts make her a suspect of being one of the robbers, she sarcasticlly answers asks "So I violated Section 34 Double D?!".



* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The robbers threaten repeatedly to kill someone and at one point appear to have shot someone, but it's all just an act to keep everyone guessing. They however don't hesitate to beat up a bank manager for trying to hide his phone away from them.

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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The robbers threaten repeatedly to kill someone and at one point appear to have shot someone, but it's all just an act to keep everyone guessing.guessing (notably, their [[spoiler:AK-47’s are all plastic]]. They however don't hesitate to beat up a bank manager for trying to hide his phone away from them.



* SmoochOfVictory: At the end, when they [[spoiler:have succeeded in robbing the bank, getting away with it, and outing Case as a Nazi collaborator, Stevie and Russell]] (who apparently are in a relationship with each other) give each other a BigDamnKiss on the lips to celebrate it.

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* SmoochOfVictory: At the end, when they [[spoiler:have succeeded in robbing the bank, getting away with it, and outing Case as a Nazi collaborator, collaborator]], Stevie and Russell]] (who apparently are in a relationship with each other) Russell give each other a BigDamnKiss on the lips to celebrate it.
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* BlatantLies: "I got where I am by collecting friends, not enemies." No, she manipulates people for a living, and all other characters clearly only think of her as a pain in the ass. Plus, she's very condescending towards Frazier while he treats her respectfully. Then again, maybe she's even so cunning she deceives ''herself'', and really believes what she says.

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* BlatantLies: "I got where I am by collecting friends, not enemies." No, she manipulates people for a living, and While all other characters clearly only think of her as a pain in power comes from her many connections and the ass. Plus, she's very condescending towards Frazier while he treats favours they owe her, it's clear they all resent her respectfully. Then again, maybe she's even so cunning she deceives ''herself'', and really believes what she says.enormously.



-->'''Mrs. White:''' Well, I'd love to tell you what a monster you are, but I have to help Bin Laden's nephew buy a co-op on Park Avenue.

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-->'''Mrs.-->'''Ms. White:''' Well, I'd love to tell you what a monster you are, but I have to help Bin Laden's nephew buy a co-op on Park Avenue.



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* InsultBackfire: The mayor she demands access to the bank from, calls her "a magnificent [[CountryMatters cunt]]". However, instead of being insulted by this, Mrs. White smiles and happily answers "Thanks you", taking this as a compliment. Given that [[ManipulativeBastard the nature of her job demands her to be one]], it's understandable she's proud of it.

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* InsultBackfire: The mayor she demands access to the bank from, calls her "a magnificent [[CountryMatters cunt]]". However, instead of being insulted by this, Mrs. Ms. White smiles and happily answers "Thanks you", taking this as though it were a compliment. Given that [[ManipulativeBastard the nature of her job demands her to be one]], it's understandable she's proud of it.
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* SmoochOfVictory: Stevie and Russell have one at the end.

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* SmoochOfVictory: At the end, when they [[spoiler:have succeeded in robbing the bank, getting away with it, and outing Case as a Nazi collaborator, Stevie and Russell have one at Russell]] (who apparently are in a relationship with each other) give each other a BigDamnKiss on the end.
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* AntiVillain: Just like their boss.



* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The robbers threaten repeatedly to kill someone and at one point appear to have shot someone, but it's all just an act to keep everyone guessing. They however don't hesitate to beat up a bank manager for trying to hide his phone away from them.]]

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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The robbers threaten repeatedly to kill someone and at one point appear to have shot someone, but it's all just an act to keep everyone guessing. They however don't hesitate to beat up a bank manager for trying to hide his phone away from them.them.
* SayingTooMuch: Steve-O gets the detectives scrutiny due to having known the bank robbers guns were Ak-47's [[DownplayedTrope but deflects suspicion by arguing that anyone whose seen an action movie knows what an Ak-47 looks like.
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* SmoochOfVictory: Stevie and Russell have one at the end.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Refers to the woman she has on the phone at the beginning as her "girlfriend".

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Refers to the woman she has on the phone at the beginning as her "girlfriend"."girlfriend", although this is also a common slang for simply a female friend particularly in that region at that time,
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->'''Played by:''' Kim Director, James Ransone, Carlos Andrés Gómez.

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* BrooklynRage: During the interrogation, he says, to the amusement of Frazier and his partner, that he wasn't scared by the bank robbers with automatic weapons; he's from ''Brooklyn''. Actually subverted in his real life because he's actually a very sweet and polite kid in real life, but he does play a (fictional) that is extremely violent, and acts out this trope within that game.

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* BrooklynRage: During the interrogation, he says, to the amusement of Frazier and his partner, that he wasn't scared by the bank robbers with automatic weapons; he's from ''Brooklyn''. Actually subverted in his real life because he's actually a very sweet and polite kid in real life, but he does play a (fictional) video game that is extremely violent, and acts out this trope within that game.
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* BlatantLies: "I got where I am by collecting friends, not enemies." No, she manipulates people for a living, and all other characters clearly only think of her as a pain in the ass. Plus, she's very condescending towards Frazier while he treats her respectfully. Then again, maybe she's even so cunning she deceives ''herself'', and really believes what she says.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Since he apparently used to know so many Jewish people, he's probably Jewish himself, though it's never stated.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Since he apparently used to know so many Jewish people, he's probably Jewish himself, though it's never stated. It can be seen he keeps a ''menorah'' somewhere but it's unclear if it's in plain sight or hidden away; FridgeHorror could even be that it belonged to one of the Jewish persons Case got murdered, and Case took it.
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* TheChessmaster: From distracting the police with a foreign-language sound tape, to knowing he is bugged, to himself bugging the police, he's planned for everything. He himself refers to his bank robbery as "the perfect bank robbery".

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* TheChessmaster: From distracting the police with a foreign-language sound tape, to knowing he is bugged, to himself outsmarting the police by bugging the police, he's ''them'', he has planned for everything. He himself refers to his bank robbery as "the perfect bank robbery".robbery", and he certainly seems qualified to brag about it.




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* InsultBackfire: The mayor she demands access to the bank from, calls her "a magnificent [[CountryMatters cunt]]". However, instead of being insulted by this, Mrs. White smiles and happily answers "Thanks you", taking this as a compliment.

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* InsultBackfire: The mayor she demands access to the bank from, calls her "a magnificent [[CountryMatters cunt]]". However, instead of being insulted by this, Mrs. White smiles and happily answers "Thanks you", taking this as a compliment. Given that [[ManipulativeBastard the nature of her job demands her to be one]], it's understandable she's proud of it.
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* BrooklynRage: During the interrogation, he says, to the amusement of Frazier and his partner, that he wasn't scared by the bank robbers with automatic weapons; he's from ''Brooklyn''.

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* BrooklynRage: During the interrogation, he says, to the amusement of Frazier and his partner, that he wasn't scared by the bank robbers with automatic weapons; he's from ''Brooklyn''. Actually subverted in his real life because he's actually a very sweet and polite kid in real life, but he does play a (fictional) that is extremely violent, and acts out this trope within that game.

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* AmbiuouslyJewish: Since he apparently used to know so many Jewish people, he's probably Jewish himself, though it's never stated.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Can't keep himself from blatantly staring at a woman's breast when interrogating her, and is so distracted by them that he can't seem to keep his mind on the conversation.

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* NoIndoorVoice: Is talking too loud on her phone before the bank robbery, and asked by a security guy to lower her voice.
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!! Dalton Russell

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/CliveOwen

->''I'm clearly a lot smarter than you, and have planned this to perfection.''

The main bank robber, and the only named one. Is robbing the bank not just for the money, but also because he has a moral cause.

* AntiVillain: In addition to committing a crime, he's there to out Case as a Nazi collaborator. "I'm no martyr. I did it for the money. But what's the point of getting rich if you can't look at yourself in the mirror?"
* TheChessmaster: From distracting the police with a foreign-language sound tape, to knowing he is bugged, to himself bugging the police, he's planned for everything. He himself refers to his bank robbery as "the perfect bank robbery".
* CrazyPrepared: The complexity of his plan is quite ambitious and presumably required a significant investment of time and money to pull off.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Russell makes clear in his narration that he is a thief first and foremost and he wants money, but screwing over a war criminal feels a whole lot better for his self-respect than "just" taking the money.
** Also PlayedForLaughs when he discovers one of the hostages, an 8-year old boy, playing a [[MurderSimulators violent video game.]]
---> I'm going to have to talk to your father about this.
* WickedCultured: Light on the former, heavy on the latter.

!! Detective Keith Frazier

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/DenzelWashington

->''Come on, don't bullshit a bullshitter!''

A New York police Detective who handles the bank robbery. He's on very thin ice at work because he's being suspected of having embazzled money (he's innocent though). His girlfriend wants them to get married but he's hesitant because he can't even afford an engagement ring.

* GuileHero: Frazier is pretty damn close. Russell flat out says it: "You're too smart to be a cop."
* NiceHat: Wears a classy hat in one of the last scenes, and refuses to take it off when entering a restaurant.

!! Madeleine White

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[[caption-width-right:350:My bite's much worse than my bark.]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JodieFoster

->''I got where I am by collecting friends, not enemies.''

A woman with the unusual job of "favor broker", who is hired by the bank's owner, Arthur Case, to make sure the contents of his safe in the bank don't come out.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even White, who is an unscrupulous political fixer, is appalled by Case's history of collaborating with the Nazis.
-->'''Mrs. White:''' Well, I'd love to tell you what a monster you are, but I have to help Bin Laden's nephew buy a co-op on Park Avenue.
-->'''Case:''' If that were true, you wouldn't tell me.
-->'''Mrs. White:''' We're listing you as a reference.
* TheFixer: She's [[LampshadeHanging explicitly identified]] as such.
* InsultBackfire: The mayor she demands access to the bank from, calls her "a magnificent [[CountryMatters cunt]]". However, instead of being insulted by this, Mrs. White smiles and happily answers "Thanks you", taking this as a compliment.
* ManipulativeBastard: It's her job to get and give favors, and when she's called "a magnificent cunt" she takes that as a compliment.
* TechnicallyASmile: Madeleine White has a way of smiling in a way that looks genuine at first, but without any warmth whatsoever.

!! Arthur Case

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[[caption-width-right:350:''I'll [[{{Understatement}} face some difficult questions]] [if the contents of that safe come out].]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristopherPlummer

->All lies, all evil deeds, they all stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away.
->--Russell about Case

The owner of the bank being robbed. He has an unlisted, secret safe in the bank, the contents of which he's trying to keep secret, as it would be very bad for him if they ever came out. As the film unfolds it becomes clear he's not who he seemed to be.

* AmbiuouslyJewish: Since he apparently used to know so many Jewish people, he's probably Jewish himself, though it's never stated.
* TheAtoner: Although not presented sympathetically. His lifetime of charitable work and [[AffablyEvil charming personality]] are basically a conscious effort to "cancel out" his dodgy past of collaborating with the Nazis. He seems to be less repentant than hell bent on keeping secret his past misdeeds.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He has been putting on a friendly facade for 60+ years after WWII, but turns out to have been collaborating with the Nazis in WWII, selling out Jewish people to be killed.
* DealWithTheDevil: Case reveals that he sold out one of his Jewish friends to the Nazis for money, even when he had the opportunity to help him.

!! Detective Mitchell

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor

Frazier's partner who also works on the bank robbery.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Can't keep himself from blatantly staring at a woman's breast when interrogating her, and is so distracted by them that he can't seem to keep his mind on the conversation.

!! "Stevie", "Steve-O" and "Steven"

->'''Played by:''' Kim Director, James Ransone, Carlos Andrés Gómez.

The other bank robbers, whose real names we never know and all are nicknamed versions of "Steve" by each other. The female one, "Stevie", is in a relationship with Dalton Russell.

* ChekhovsGunman: The college professor amongst the hostages says he teaches criminal law at Columbia, specifically in genocide, slave labor and war reparation. He is also a former attorney. At the end, it turns out he's part of the theft crew and maybe the mastermind; he's likely the one who found out about Case's past.
* CrazyPrepared: The complexity of their plan is quite ambitious and presumably required a significant investment of time and money to pull off.
* GagBoobs: "Stevie" is a very large-breasted lady (apparently even noticeable even though she is wearing a large, baggy outfit). When the Detectives point out to her that her large breasts make her a suspect of being one of the robbers, she sarcasticlly answers "So I violated Section 34 Double D?!".
* IdenticallyNamedGroup: The bank robbers call one another by various forms of "Steve" (Steve, Stevie, Steve-O). This was part of their plan to stay confusingly anonymous.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The robbers threaten repeatedly to kill someone and at one point appear to have shot someone, but it's all just an act to keep everyone guessing. They however don't hesitate to beat up a bank manager for trying to hide his phone away from them.]]

!! Unnamed female bank customer

->''[About her breasts]'' If you would like to take a better look, I can bend over and pick up a pencil, you know.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Refers to the woman she has on the phone at the beginning as her "girlfriend".
* BestKnownForTheFanservice: InUniverse: One of the hostages vouches for her, because he had been ogling her just before the bank robbery started, and knows she was a bank customer. You can [[MaleGaze see why during the robbery and afterward]] how she can be so... [[GagBoobs noticeable]].
* GagBoobs: A very large-breasted lady. The first scene in the bank is about her being ogled for this by a man in front of her. Later, it becomes an important plot point because the detectives use this physical description to find the female bank robber, which leads to her sarcastically saying the quote above.
* SkewedPriorities: She's more upset by the fact that a robber refers to her as "fat" (which she is not, BTW) than the fact that he's sticking a gun in her face.

!! Unnamed Brooklyn kid

->They don't scare ''me''; I'm from ''Brooklyn'', man.

An "eight-and-three-quarters" year old kid who happens to be at the bank with his father when it gets robbed, and is taken hostage.

* BrooklynRage: During the interrogation, he says, to the amusement of Frazier and his partner, that he wasn't scared by the bank robbers with automatic weapons; he's from ''Brooklyn''.
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