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* ReusableLighterToss: Averted by the lead character, played straight by one of the hookers.
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* CurbStompBattle: From the time he walks out of the store and across the street, [[spoiler: it takes the main character less than a minute to defeat the entire gang, either killing or crippling all of them with nothing more than a bottle of Jack Daniels]].
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* CurbStompBattle: From the time he walks out of the store and across the street, [[spoiler: it takes the main character less than a minute thirty seconds to defeat the entire gang, either killing or crippling all of them with nothing more than a bottle of Jack Daniels]].
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store. He then uses it to kill the gang members.]]
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: Most Triumphant Example. EVER. The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store. He then uses it to kill the gang members.]]
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Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character and [[DoingItForTheArt he financed it himself]]. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by RonPerlman.
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Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character and [[DoingItForTheArt he financed it himself]]. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by RonPerlman.
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** Ron Perlman's character is arguably a Deconstruction of the idea. He tried to interfere in a situation like that once, was left in a wheelchair and may have had his family murdered in retaliation. This guy was also even a war vet.
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* TheReveal: After the fighting has stopped, the protagonist goes to return to his car. The kid he was speaking to earlier goes to return his t-short from the dryer, only for the man to tell him to keep it. Cue the man getting into his van and the kid unfolding the t-shirt...[[ThePunisher to show a white skull on a pitch-black shirt]].
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* TheReveal: After the fighting has stopped, the protagonist goes to return to his car. The kid he was speaking to earlier goes to return his t-short from the dryer, only for the man to tell him to keep it. Cue the man getting into his van and the kid unfolding the t-shirt...[[ThePunisher [[ComicBook/ThePunisher to show a white skull on a pitch-black shirt]].
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* TheReveal: After the fighting has stopped, the protaginist goes to return to his car. The kid he was speaking to earlier goes to return his t-short from the dryer, only for the man to tell him to keep it. Cue the man getting into his van and the kid unfolding the t-shirt...[[ThePunisher to show a white skull on a pitch-black shirt]].
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* TheReveal: After the fighting has stopped, the protaginist protagonist goes to return to his car. The kid he was speaking to earlier goes to return his t-short from the dryer, only for the man to tell him to keep it. Cue the man getting into his van and the kid unfolding the t-shirt...[[ThePunisher to show a white skull on a pitch-black shirt]].
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Replacing the earlier \'Not So Different\' entry with what seems a more suitable trope.
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* CommonalityConnection: The main character and the store clerk. The store clerk's story suggests that he once tried to stand up to some local criminals, only to end up in a wheelchair with, it's implied, his family murdered in retribution. He ended up succumbing to cynicism and despair. It's suggested that the main character and his family suffered a similar fate, but [[Comicbook/ThePunisher the main character took a different approach in response.]]
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* TheReveal: After the fighting has stopped, the protaginist goes to return to his car. The kid he was speaking to earlier goes to return his t-short from the dryer, only for the man to tell him to keep it. Cue the man getting into his van and the kid unfolding the t-shirt...[[ThePunisher to show a white skull on a pitch-black shirt]].
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* CurbStompBattle: From the time he walks out of the store and across the street, [[spoiler: it takes Frank about thirty seconds to take down 8 guys, with nothing more than a bottle of Jack.]] That's not counting [[spoiler: what he does to the gang's leader.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: From the time he walks out of the store and across the street, [[spoiler: it takes Frank about thirty seconds the main character less than a minute to take down 8 guys, defeat the entire gang, either killing or crippling all of them with nothing more than a bottle of Jack.]] That's not counting [[spoiler: what he does to the gang's leader.]]Jack Daniels]].
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* CurbStompBattle: From the time he walks out of the store and across the street, [[spoiler: it takes him Frank about thirty seconds to take down 8 guys, with nothing more than a bottle of Jack. Jack.]] That's not counting [[spoiler: what he does to the gang's leader.]]
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I don\'t see how this has anything to do with the title. Also, Not So Different relies on the two characters being opposites or enemies before discovering similarities, not parallels from the very start. Also also, Kill It With Fire is for when something is particularly vulnerable to fire or it has some sort of special significance, just setting a person on fire is covered under Man On Fire. Also also also, nobody ven commented on the rape, so it is not portrayed as worse than anything else in the story (The trope is for when a character in the work refers to rape as being particularly evil)
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm[=/=]FanFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a solitary man living out of the back of old van currently parked in a rough neighbourhood. The man just wants to do his laundry, but didn't count on crossing paths with a local gangster and his crew, who have a score to settle with a local prostitute and a local boy who refuses to sell drugs for them, and have decided to throw their weight around. Unfortunately for ''them'', the gangster and his crew didn't count on the fact that, although [[WritingAroundTrademarks he is never named or explicitly identified in the story]], the man is apparently Frank Castle -- otherwise known as Comicbook/ThePunisher...
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm[=/=]FanFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a solitary man living out of the back of an old van currently parked in a rough neighbourhood. The man just wants to do While doing his laundry, but didn't count on crossing he crosses paths with a local gangster and his crew, who have a score to settle with a local prostitute and a local boy who refuses to sell drugs for them, and have decided to throw their weight around. them. Unfortunately for ''them'', the gangster and his crew didn't count on the fact that, although [[WritingAroundTrademarks he is never named or explicitly identified in the story]], the man is apparently Frank Castle -- otherwise known as Comicbook/ThePunisher...
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** The gangster is prevented from taking a clear shot at the main character at a crucial moment by the kid he and his goons had previously been bullying and beating up.
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: What happens to the gang leader by the prostitute he had just beaten and raped.]]
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* NotSoDifferent. The main character and the store clerk. The store clerk's story suggests that he once tried to stand up to some local criminals, only to end up in a wheelchair with, it's implied, his family murdered in retribution. He ended up succumbing to cynicism and despair. It's suggested that the main character and his family suffered a similar fate, but [[Comicbook/ThePunisher the main character took a different approach in response.]]
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* TitleDrop: Inverted; the title is never mentioned, but [[FridgeBrilliance it provides a pretty good answer]] the tagline / dialogue "Do you know the difference between justice and punishment?" -- if the main character hadn't been doing his dirty laundry, he'd be wearing [[WritingAroundTrademarks a certain shirt identifying him as a well-known avatar of punishment.]]
* VigilanteMan: The main character is very heavily implied to be Comicbook/ThePunisher, so... yeah.
* VigilanteMan: The main character is very heavily implied to be Comicbook/ThePunisher, so... yeah.
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: What happens to the gang leader by the prostitute he had just beaten and raped.]]
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm[=/=]FanFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a solitary man living out of the back of old van currently parked in a rough neighbourhood. The man just wants to do his laundry, but didn't count on crossing paths with a local gangster and his crew, who have a score to settle with a local prostitute and a local boy who refuses to sell drugs for them, and have decided to throw their weight around. Unfortunately for ''them'', the gangster and his crew didn't count on the fact that, although [[WritingAroundTrademarks he is never named or explicitly identified in the story]], the man is apparently Frank Castle -- otherwise known as Comicbook/ThePunisher...
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* NotSoDifferent. The main character and the store clerk. The store clerk's story suggests that he once tried to stand up to some local criminals, only to end up in a wheelchair with, it's implied, his family murdered in retribution. He ended up succumbing to cynicism and despair. It's suggested that the main character and his family suffered a similar fate, but [[Comicbook/ThePunisher the main character took a different approach in response.]]
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm[=/=]FanFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a never-named solitary man living out of the back of old van currently parked in a rough neighbourhood. The man just wants to do his laundry, but didn't count on crossing paths a local gangster and his crew, who have a score to settle with a local prostitute and a local boy who refuses to sell drugs for them, and have decided to throw their weight around. Unfortunately for ''them'', the gangster and his crew didn't count on the fact that, although [[WritingAroundTrademarks but clearly he is never named or explicitly identified in the Punisher]] story]], the man who witnesses a rape and beating while doing his laundry.
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* TheDogBitesBack: The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of the film]]. He's also prevented from taking a clear shot at the main character by the kid he and his goons had previously been bullying and beating up.
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** The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of thefilm]]. He's film]].
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** The gangster is also prevented from taking a clear shot at the main character at a crucial moment by the kid he and his goons had previously been bullying and beating up. Perhaps fittingly, the kid -- who had only moments earlier been treated like an abused dog by the gangster and his crew -- does so by biting his leg.
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* TitleDrop: Inverted; the title is never mentioned, but the [[FridgeBrilliance it provides a pretty good answer]] the tagline / dialogue "Do you know the difference between justice and punishment?" -- if the main character hadn't been doing his dirty laundry, he'd be wearing [[WritingAroundTrademarks a certain shirt identifying him as a well-known avatar of punishment.]]
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* TitleDrop: Inverted; the title is never mentioned, but the [[FridgeBrilliance it provides a pretty good answer]] the tagline / dialogue "Do you know the difference between justice and punishment?" -- if the main character hadn't been doing his dirty laundry, he'd be wearing [[WritingAroundTrademarks a certain shirt identifying him as a well-known avatar of punishment.]]
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* TitleDrop: Inverted; the tagline / dialogue "Do you know the difference between justice and punishment?" [[FridgeBrilliance can be answered with the title of the short film]].
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* TitleDrop: Inverted; the title is never mentioned, but the [[FridgeBrilliance it provides a pretty good answer]] the tagline / dialogue "Do you know the difference between justice and punishment?" [[FridgeBrilliance can be answered with -- if the title main character hadn't been doing his dirty laundry, he'd be wearing [[WritingAroundTrademarks a certain shirt identifying him as a well-known avatar of the short film]]. punishment.]]
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* TheDogBitesBack: The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of the film]].
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* TheDogBitesBack: The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of the film]]. He's also prevented from taking a clear shot at the main character by the kid he and his goons had previously been bullying and beating up.
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* OhCrap: The gang leader is angry and defiant when the main character beats him up, douses him in alcohol and threatens him with a lighter, but quickly becomes a cringing, craven wreck pathetically begging for his life [[spoiler: when the prostitute he'd raped and beaten earlier picks the lighter up instead]].
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm (though technically is a FanFilm as well) ShortFilm[=/=]FanFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a never-named [[WritingAroundTrademarks but clearly the Punisher]] man who witnesses a rape and beating while doing his laundry.
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm (though technically is a FanFilm as well) released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a never-named [[WritingAroundTrademarks but clearly the Punisher]] man who witnesses a rape and beating while doing his laundry.
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* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience store clerk, who is a former solider like Castle himself but paralyzed from trying stop a crime years before.
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* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience store clerk, who is had been a former solider like Castle himself but paralyzed from trying stop a crime years before.
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* NoodleIncident: Why he's residing inside a beaten down Ford van is unsure, but [[WordOfGod Thomas Jane]] explained that:
--> '''Thomas Jane''': "Frank is trying to take a breather after one particularly hard mission - which has forced him to blow his hideaway and lose everything - again. Something that Frank is pretty used to by now. He's managed to escape relatively unscathed, but all he's got left is a .45 or two. He's got to rebuild his life all over again. He's stolen a van and parked it on a forgotten street in the ghetto, where he climbs into the back and gets a few hours of much deserved sleep. Morning comes and he decides he might as well wash the blood out of his uniform, and put something in his stomach. His day hasn't even started yet when sure enough, trouble finds him. Again. The last thing he wants to do is get involved with some street punks war party."
--> '''Thomas Jane''': "Frank is trying to take a breather after one particularly hard mission - which has forced him to blow his hideaway and lose everything - again. Something that Frank is pretty used to by now. He's managed to escape relatively unscathed, but all he's got left is a .45 or two. He's got to rebuild his life all over again. He's stolen a van and parked it on a forgotten street in the ghetto, where he climbs into the back and gets a few hours of much deserved sleep. Morning comes and he decides he might as well wash the blood out of his uniform, and put something in his stomach. His day hasn't even started yet when sure enough, trouble finds him. Again. The last thing he wants to do is get involved with some street punks war party."
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Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character, which he did not return to for the 2008 DirectToDVD sequel. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by RonPerlman.
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Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character, which character and [[DoingItForTheArt he did not return to for the 2008 DirectToDVD sequel.financed it himself]]. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by RonPerlman.
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* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drenched with the bottle of Jack Daniels once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then [[TheDogBitesBack lights him on fire]]]].
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* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he leader is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drenched with the bottle of Jack Daniels once the ground in pain. Daniels; Frank then leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then [[TheDogBitesBack lights him on fire]]]].
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* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but rather [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill all of the gang member sans the leader]].]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey bourbon (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but rather [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill all of the gang member sans the leader]].]]
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome He then uses it to kill the gang members]].]]
* ManBitesMan: The little kid does this to the gang leader, which leads to...
* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drench with the bottle of Jack Daniels, once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then lights his ass on fire]].
* ManBitesMan: The little kid does this to the gang leader, which leads to...
* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drench with the bottle of Jack Daniels, once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then lights his ass on fire]].
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome He then uses it to kill the gang members]].members.]]
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leader's leg at a critical moment.
* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and thendrench drenched with the bottle of Jack Daniels, Daniels once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then [[TheDogBitesBack lights his ass him on fire]].fire]]]].
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* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then
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* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience storeclerk.clerk, who is a former solider like Castle himself but paralyzed from trying stop a crime years before.
* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience store
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* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drench with the bottle of Jack Daniels, once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then lights his ass on fire]].
* ManOnFire: The gang leader. After being bitten by the kid, he is greatly beaten up by Frank and then drench with the bottle of Jack Daniels, once the ground in pain. Frank leaves an already lit lighter by his broken legs. [[spoiler:The prostitute then lights his ass on fire]].
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: The character is clearly the Punisher, and even owns his signature skull shirt, but is never once named or referred to as such.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: The character is clearly the Punisher, and even owns his signature skull shirt, but is never once named or referred to as such.such.
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* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but [[MomentOfAwesome rather]] [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill all of the gang member sans the leader]].]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but [[MomentOfAwesome rather]] rather [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill all of the gang member sans the leader]].]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but rather [[MomentOfAwesome rather]] [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill all of the gang]].gang member sans the leader]].]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing the gang leader does is beat up and rape a
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''Dirty Laundry'' is a 2012 ShortFilm released during the San Francisco Comic-Con starring Thomas Jane as a never-named [[WritingAroundTrademarks but clearly the Punisher]] man who witnesses a rape and beating while doing his laundry.
Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character, which he did not return to for the 2008 DirectToDVD sequel. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by Ron Perlman.
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!!!This film contains examples of:
* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience store clerk.
* CaptainObvious: When the gang leader asks what the main character is doing there, outside a laundromat, the main character says that he is doing laundry.
* TheCynic: The store clerk points out that nothing matters or changes; even if the criminals outside the store were to be struck down right then, there would be five new criminals the next day.
* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but rather [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill the gang]].]]
* TheDogBitesBack: The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of the film]].
* DoingItForTheArt:
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing the gang leader does is beat up and rape a prostitue, before he starts the beating which draws the main character's attention.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The shot cuts away right before the gang leader is set on fire, so all that is visible is a plume of fire and not his actual death.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The store clerk points out that, once, ''he'' was the guy staring out the shop door at a crime. He went out there to do something, and now he is telling the main character this story from a wheelchair.
* NoNameGiven: The main character is never named or identified, [[WritingAroundTrademarks despite clearly being the Punisher]].
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Do you know the difference between Justice and Punishment?"
* ShortFilm: The work is ten minutes from start to finish.
* WouldHurtAChild: The gang leader has his gang beat up a small kid who refuses to run drugs for him.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: The character is clearly the Punisher, and even owns his signature skull shirt, but is never once named or referred to as such.
Jane, who played the title role of ComicBook/ThePunisher in the [[Film/ThePunisher 2004 movie of the same name]], referred to the film as a "love letter" to the character, which he did not return to for the 2008 DirectToDVD sequel. Directed by Phil Joanou (''Gridiron Gang''), it also has a cameo by Ron Perlman.
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!!!This film contains examples of:
* TheCameo: If such a thing can exist in a short film; Ron Perlman appears as convenience store clerk.
* CaptainObvious: When the gang leader asks what the main character is doing there, outside a laundromat, the main character says that he is doing laundry.
* TheCynic: The store clerk points out that nothing matters or changes; even if the criminals outside the store were to be struck down right then, there would be five new criminals the next day.
* DespairEventHorizon: The main character points out that he is six months sober when he turns down a sale on whiskey (And vodka), but after he listens to the clerk's story, he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope He does not drink it]], but rather [[GrievousBottleyHarm uses it to kill the gang]].]]
* TheDogBitesBack: The person to actually light the gang leader on fire is [[spoiler:the prostitute he had beaten and raped at the start of the film]].
* DoingItForTheArt:
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing the gang leader does is beat up and rape a prostitue, before he starts the beating which draws the main character's attention.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The shot cuts away right before the gang leader is set on fire, so all that is visible is a plume of fire and not his actual death.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:The main character orders a bottle of Jack Daniels before he leaves the convenience store.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The store clerk points out that, once, ''he'' was the guy staring out the shop door at a crime. He went out there to do something, and now he is telling the main character this story from a wheelchair.
* NoNameGiven: The main character is never named or identified, [[WritingAroundTrademarks despite clearly being the Punisher]].
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Do you know the difference between Justice and Punishment?"
* ShortFilm: The work is ten minutes from start to finish.
* WouldHurtAChild: The gang leader has his gang beat up a small kid who refuses to run drugs for him.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: The character is clearly the Punisher, and even owns his signature skull shirt, but is never once named or referred to as such.
