History ComicBook / BackToBrooklyn

* AbusiveParents: Bob's mother, [[spoiler: Penny]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bob's mother is as racist as they get and would rather favor her son Paul who is a monstrous gangster than Bob who married a Mexican... [[spoiler: Penny]] is even worse.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Vinnie's last moments are spent detailing how he cuckolded the mobsters about to kill him. Even with Churchill telling the goons he's goading them into killing him quick, they fall for it. That seems to be his go to when he is about to get tortured by angry husbands.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Paul's last words before dying is to ask Bob to take care of their mother. [[spoiler: Unaware that Bob killed her after she disowned him and helped Paul killing Bob's old friend]].

* MoralMyopia: Paul is angry at Bob for not having just killed the Russian and pretend nothing happened, as being family means siding with them even if they are monsters and it makes you one. Likewise, he sees his mom as a saint while in reality she is a racist and all around horrible person. He just can't register that his brother, who stood by him as he became a kingpin, could draw the line at pedophilia and child murder, and thinks ''Bob'' is the asshole in that situation.

* CainAndAbel: Paul and Bob. Although both thinks themselves as the Abel and feel forced to kill their brother because of their action, but Paul's point of view is complete lunacy.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bob's mother is as racist as they get and would rather favor her son Paul who is monstrous gangster than Bob who married a Mexican.. [[spoiler: Penny]] is even worse.

* AffirmativeAction: One of the cop tries to convince his partner to go with Bob's plan since that's the only way for the partner to get promoted, because he is black and the higher up wants an Asian chief of police for diversity points. It's not clear if it's true or just the man being a jerkass.

* AntiHero: Bob himself is a mobster.
* BigBad: Paul "The Wall" Saetta.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bob's mother. [[spoiler: Penny]]

* CainAndAbel: Paul and Bob.
* ColdBloodedTorture:

* DefiantToTheEnd: Vinnie's last moments are spent detailing how he cuckolded the mobsters about to kill him. Even with Churchill telling the goons he's goading them into killing him quick, they fall for it.
* TheDragon: [[TortureTechnician Churchill]] Paul's "pet psychopath".
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Paul's last words before dying is to ask Bob to take care of their mother.

* MoralMyopia: Paul is angry at Bob for not having just killed the Russian and pretend nothing happened, as being family means siding with them even if they are monsters and it makes you one. Likewise, he sees his mom as a saint while in reality she is a racist and all around horrible person. He just can't register that his brother, who stood by him as he became a kingpin, could cross the line at pedophilia and child murder, and thinks ''Bob'' is the asshole in that situation.

* MoralMyopia: Paul is angry at Bob for not having just killed the Russian and pretend nothing happened, as being family means siding with them even if they are monsters and it makes you one, likewise he sees his mom as a saint while in reality she is a racist and all around horrible person. He just can't register that his brother who stood by him as he became a kingpin could cross the line at pedophilia and think Bob is the asshole in that situation.

* RacistGrandma: Bob's mom, the main strain in their relationship is that Bob married a Mexican.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Paul's last words before dying is to ask Bob to take care of their mother.

** Paul's only standard is that he cares about family, he won't touch his nephew despite [[spoiler: Penny's offer]] and feels like he is the one being betrayed as his brother couldn't look past his pederasty.

* TheSociopath: Churchill and [[spoiler: Penny, who mocks Bob for his morals as well as trying to have ''her own son raped and killed by Bob's paedophile brother'' ForTheEvulz, [[MoralEventHorizon no less.]]]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When his brother Bob discovers a videotape of Paul raping and murdering a little boy, it makes him disgusted enough to turn on Paul.

* IHaveYourWife: Paul kidnaps Bob's family with the implication he will murder Bob's young son Michael if Bob crosses him.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Bob's a mobster, the cops use racial slurs, but the villains are REALLY bad.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bob's mother.

* TheSociopath: Churchill and [[spoiler: Penny, who mocks Bob for his morals as well as trying to have ''her own son raped and killed by Bob's paedophile brother ForTheEvulz, [[MoralEventHorizon no less.'']]

* TheDragon: [[TortureTechnician Churchill]].

** [[spoiler: Penny]] was the one who taped Paul's crimes and was willing to on [[spoiler: her own son]].

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: After TheReveal of Penny's betrayal, he rushes off to save his son.]]

* AntiHero: Bob himself is a mobster, but...
** BlackAndGrayMorality: Bob's a mobster, the cops use racial slurs, but the villains are REALLY bad.

* WhamLine: "Who did you think was holding the camera?" [[spoiler: Penny was]]

* WhamLine: "Who did you think was holding the camera?"
* WouldHurtAChild: Paul rapes and kills kids; [[spoiler: Penny]] was willing to on [[spoiler: her own son]].