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* KosherNostra: He's technically not associated with any criminal organization (that we know of), but him being a loan shark and a Jewish convert qualifies him for this trope.
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* KosherNostra: Kind of. He's technically not associated affiliated with any criminal organization (that organizations that we know of), but him being of, and he's not technically Jewish either. But he is a loan shark who hires thugs to collect his money, and a he's part of Howard's Jewish convert qualifies him for this trope.family by marriage.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: He may have hired criminal goons to help him get the money from Howard, but Arno is no gangster. He ultimately realizes far too late that Phil and Nico have no loyalty to him [[spoiler: when Phil kills Howard simply for pissing him off, then gives Arno himself a bullet to the head for expressing his opposition.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's very rude and crass towards Howard, clearly not respecting the man enough to be upfront with him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Demany is clearly putting his credibility on the line everytime Howie fucks up and gets increasingly frustrated at how much he's being asked to do as a consequence of the latter's bad decisions.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Demany is clearly putting his credibility on the line everytime Howie fucks up and gets increasingly frustrated at how much he's being asked to do as a consequence of the latter's bad decisions.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: He's clearly caught offguard by Phil pulling out a gun and popping Howie in the head. It was ''never'' part of the plan to have his own brother killed. His resistance to their attempt to rob the store after the deed leads to his own murder.]]
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* MsFanservice: Wears lingerie and briefly masturbates in one scene.
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* MsFanservice: Wears lingerie She's very curvaceous, wears lingerie, and briefly masturbates in one scene.
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* GutturalGrowler: Phil has a deep and raspy voice[[labelnote:*]]As it turns out, this is partially the result of his actor recovering from surgery for throat cancer during filming[[/labelnote]].
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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Arno is shown to not actually dislike Howard, and would much rather get along with him and solve things in a more civilized manner. The problem is that Howard is WAY too audacious.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: A negative example. [[spoiler:Howard tries to take RefugeInAudacity once last time, thinking that his outrageous win will prevent Phil from hurting him. Phil, however, could only take so much disrespect.]]
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Phil personally finds Howard extremely grating, and finds it insulting that Arno allows him to get away with it. This is the main reason he ends up killing both.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Phil first gets fed up with Howard pushing him beyond the limits of his patience, and then with Arno for being a pushover and allowing Howard to repeatedly walk all over them. No amount of money prevents Phil from venting his rage upon them.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Phil first gets fed up with Howard pushing him beyond the limits of his patience, and then with Arno for being a pushover and allowing Howard to repeatedly walk all over them. No amount of money prevents Phil from venting his rage upon them.]]
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Phil kills Arno for allowing Howard to disrespect him one last time after spending the movie being walked all over, and for trying to defend Howard from being killed.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: And right after winning the biggest bet of his life!]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:Instantly killed by being shot in the face by Phil right after winning the biggest bet of his life!]]life.]]
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* DudeMagnet: Howard, the helicopter pilot at the end, and the freaking ''[[Music/TheWeeknd Weeknd]]'' are all attracted to her, though her heart belongs to Howard.
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* PostVictoryCollapse: [[spoiler: Gets killed tight after he won the greatest bet of his life]].
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* PostVictoryCollapse: [[spoiler: Gets killed tight right after he won the greatest bet of his life]].
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Like previous edits, if he isn't the villain, then he's not evil, just an asshole
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* AffablyEvil: To the point that he's so affable that it can be easy to forget just how horrible of a person he is: he cheats the Ethiopian miners out of thousands, cheats on his wife, and is completely selfish and estranged from his family.
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Like previous edit, he's not the villain so it doesn't apply
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* VillainProtagonist: An egotistical opportunist who makes tons of false promises and screws everyone around him so he can make more bets.
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* AlasPoorVillain: While he was a gambling scumbag, [[spoiler:he gets coldly shot by Phil right after he wins the biggest bet of his life. Arno is clearly shown to be appalled at his death, with himself getting shot by Phil after confronting him on it.]]
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Bald Of Awesome has been disambig'd and is no longer a trope
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* BaldOfAwesome: As in real life.
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* BadBoss: Except for Julia, Howard treats his employees and associates rather poorly, from casually insulting them to outright ''stealing'' their personal property [[spoiler:(Demany's watches)]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: He points out to Howard that he finds it very nasty that Howard merely paid the poor Ethiopian miners $100 000 for the opal, when Howard ''thought'' that it was really worth a million but yet decided to be greedy and not give them the price he saw fitting.
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* WhatTheHellHero: He points out to Howard that he finds it very nasty that Howard merely paid the poor Ethiopian miners $100 000 for the opal, when Howard ''thought'' that it was really worth a million but yet decided to be greedy and not give them the price he saw fitting. He also calls out Howard for having his father-in-law bid against him for the opal, artificially inflating its price.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His reaction whenever he wins a bit is pretty much literally orgasmic.
* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler:Promises this to Julia after they win the bet and escape the gangsters. Unfortunately Howie gets his brains blown out before he can follow through]].
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A very cold, casual one directed Howie's way.
--> "Howard, I think you are the most annoying person I've ever met. I hate looking at you, I hate being with you, and if I had my way I'd never see you again."
--> "Howard, I think you are the most annoying person I've ever met. I hate looking at you, I hate being with you, and if I had my way I'd never see you again."
