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* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler:Hoppin’ Bob hesitates to shoot Biscuit when he deliberately runs across the gun line, although he has a clear shot. Sadly, another guard kills him]].
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Over the course of the film, Ray and Claude lose their New York accents and pick up southern accents as a result of a lifetime in the South.
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Or maybe I’m right. Or am I?
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends, such as Cookie, Jangle Leg, Hoppin' Bob and Goldmouth died or were released during the TimeSkip.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends, such as Cookie, Jangle Leg, Hoppin' Bob Leg and Goldmouth died or were released during the TimeSkip.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends, such as Cookie, Jangle Leg Leg, Hoppin' Bob and Goldmouth died or were released during the TimeSkip.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends, such as Cookie, jangle Jangle Leg and Hoppin' Bob Goldmouth died or were released during the TimeSkip.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line in order to be shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man and a gay black man at that in 1940s Mississippi. TruthInTelevision as homosexuality during that time around the whole was heavily frowned upon and even more so in the black community.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line in order to be shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man and a gay black man at that in 1940s Mississippi. TruthInTelevision as homosexuality during that time around the whole world was heavily frowned upon and even more so in the black community.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line in order to be shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man. TruthInTelevision as being homosexual during that time was heavily frowned upon.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line in order to be shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man. man and a gay black man at that in 1940s Mississippi. TruthInTelevision as being homosexual homosexuality during that time around the whole was heavily frowned upon.upon and even more so in the black community.
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* HateSink: Sherriff Warren Pike, the BigBad who set the story in motion, is as reprehensible as they get. He's a smug, cruel, manipulative, highly racist and murderous bastard who knows damn well he can get away with antagonizing innocent black people with his authority. He killed Winston Hancock, framed Ray and Claude for it (and kept [[The[=MacGuffin=] Claude's daddy's watch for himself), [[FauxAffablyEvil made it look as though he was a reasonable but firm person]] (when he's actually the very definition of a DirtyCop) and even ''laughs'' at Ray and Claude when they're given the life sentence. When he's finally outed for his crimes forty years later, he shows absolutely no remorse for anything and gloats that the state of Mississippi "got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal" and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood even seems bewildered]] that [[NiceGuy the]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Superintendent]] considers what he did an awful crime.
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* HateSink: Sherriff Warren Pike, the BigBad who set the story in motion, is as reprehensible as they get. He's a smug, cruel, manipulative, highly racist and murderous bastard who knows damn well he can get away with antagonizing innocent black people with his authority. He killed Winston Hancock, framed Ray and Claude for it (and kept [[The[=MacGuffin=] Claude's [[MacGuffin Ray's daddy's watch watch]] for himself), [[FauxAffablyEvil made it look as though he was a reasonable but firm person]] (when he's actually the very definition of a DirtyCop) and even ''laughs'' at Ray and Claude when they're given the life sentence. When he's finally outed for his crimes forty years later, he shows absolutely no remorse for anything and gloats that the state of Mississippi "got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal" and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood even seems bewildered]] that [[NiceGuy the]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Superintendent]] considers what he did an awful crime.
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* HateSink: Sherriff Warren Pike, the BigBad who set the story in motion, is as reprehensible as they get. He's a smug, cruel, manipulative, highly racist and murderous bastard who knows damn well he can get away with antagonizing innocent black people with his authority. He killed Winston Hancock, framed Ray and Claude for it (and kept [[The[=MacGuffin=] Claude's daddy's watch for himself), [[FauxAffablyEvil made it look as though he was a reasonable but firm person]] (when he's actually the very definition of a DirtyCop) and even ''laughs'' at Ray and Claude when they're given the life sentence. When he's finally outed for his crimes forty years later, he shows absolutely no remorse for anything and gloats that the state of Mississippi "got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal" and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood even seems bewildered]] that [[NiceGuy the]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Superintendent]] considers what he did an awful crime.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: even the Sergeant and Hoppin' Bob have a hearty laugh when all the men in camp claim to have fathered a baby on the Superintendant's daughter.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: even Even the Sergeant and Hoppin' Bob have a hearty laugh when all the men in camp claim to have fathered a baby on with the Superintendant's daughter.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: even the Sergeant and Hoppin' Bob have a hearty laugh when all the men in camp claim to have fathered a baby on the Superintendant's daughter.
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* DawsonBabies: When the superintendent lines the convicts up to compare the baby to, it should be the next day after the birth. The baby is wide eyed and holding it's head up on it's own and working it's hands. It's clearly at least 3-5 months old. [[note]] Although it ''is'' possible that the scene took place some time after the baby's birth specifically for that reason.[[/note]]
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* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: When the superintendent lines the convicts up to compare the baby to them, it should be the day after its birth. The baby is wide-eyed, holding its head up on its own, and working its hands. It's clearly at least 3-5 months old. [[note]] Although it ''is'' possible that the scene took place some time after the baby's birth specifically for that reason.[[/note]]
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* StartsWithTheirFuneral: [[Spoiler:Subverted at the very end when we learn Ray and Claude faked their deaths to finally escape prison.]]
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* StartsWithTheirFuneral: [[Spoiler:Subverted [[spoiler: Subverted at the very end when we learn Ray and Claude faked their deaths to finally escape prison.]]
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* StartsWithTheirFuneral: [[Subverted at the very end when we learn Ray and Claude faked their deaths to finally escape prison.]]
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* StartsWithTheirFuneral: [[Subverted [[Spoiler:Subverted at the very end when we learn Ray and Claude faked their deaths to finally escape prison.]]
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* YouFightLikeACow: Ray, after being on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle from [[ScaryBlackMan Goldmouth]], taunts him "I know a bitch named Bella hit harder than you." He still loses.
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* YouFightLikeACow: Ray, after being on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle from [[ScaryBlackMan Goldmouth]], taunts him "I know a bitch named Bella Della hit harder than you." He still loses.loses.
** Della stands for Creator/DellaReese who’s character got into with Eddie’s character in Harlem Nights and who Eddie also lost a fight too in a one-sided affair.
** Della stands for Creator/DellaReese who’s character got into with Eddie’s character in Harlem Nights and who Eddie also lost a fight too in a one-sided affair.
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* TheCameo: Rick James plays a 1930's gangster named "Spanky" and rapper Heavy D is a PresentDay inmate.
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* TheCameo: Rick James Music/RickJames plays a 1930's gangster named "Spanky" and rapper Heavy D Music/HeavyD is a PresentDay inmate.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster for this film shows Murphy and Lawrence sandwiched between two very large inmates who obviously have a little bit o'prison rape on their minds. These two inmates (neither of whom is Goldmouth) are never shown in the film, and while Jangle Leg does hit on Ray, he doesn't threaten rape. In fact, no one does.
* CreditsGag: A bloopers reel is shown during the credits. The best of which is Murhpy's crack during [[spoiler:the watch scene: "Hey, this ain't my daddy's watch!"]]
* CreditsGag: A bloopers reel is shown during the credits. The best of which is Murhpy's crack during [[spoiler:the watch scene: "Hey, this ain't my daddy's watch!"]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster for this film shows Murphy and Lawrence sandwiched between two very large inmates who obviously have a little bit o'prison rape on their minds. These two inmates (neither of whom is Goldmouth) are never shown inmates, Jangle Leg and Gold Mouth, do appear in the film, but apart from making a pass at Ray and while being politely rebuffed, Jangle Leg does hit on Ray, he doesn't threaten rape. In fact, no one does.
never rapes anyone (indeed, he's in a consensual relationship with Biscuit), and Gold Mouth is not a rapist: he's just a bully.
* CreditsGag: A bloopers reel is shown during the credits. The best of which isMurhpy's Murphy's crack during [[spoiler:the watch scene: "Hey, this ain't my daddy's watch!"]]watch!"]]
* CurbStompBattle: Ray vs. Gold Mouth in the yard, right after Ray stands up to Gold Mouth and refuses to let him bully another prisoner out of his corn bread. Since Ray is a con artist more used to talking his way out of fights than actually engaging in them, and Gold Mouth is a massive pugilist, Ray only gets two good blows in before Gold Mouth wipes the floor with him.
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* CurbStompBattle: Ray vs. Gold Mouth in the yard, right after Ray stands up to Gold Mouth and refuses to let him bully another prisoner out of his corn bread. Since Ray is a con artist more used to talking his way out of fights than actually engaging in them, and Gold Mouth is a massive pugilist, Ray only gets two good blows in before Gold Mouth wipes the floor with him.
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* DeusAngstMachina: Parodied, when one of the inmates gets Ray to read a letter for him that he's had for years but couldn't read, it basically contains a long list of things that have gone wrong for his family. He still thanks Ray for reading it anyway.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Gold Mouth, the prison bully, has a son who's as fat and bald as he is, who he happily reunites with on a visit day.
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* StarterVillain: Spanky Johnson, the gangster who sends Ray and Claude to the South to pick up booze for him to pay off their debts, thus setting the scene for them getting arrested.
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Creator/NedBeatty (as a prison official), Creator/AnthonyAnderson (as the prisoner who does the cooking), Creator/BernieMac (as a prisoner who believes in SituationalSexuality), and Creator/RLeeErmey (as the BigBad after a few TimeSkip's) also appear.
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* BenevolentBoss: Superintendent Wilkins (Ned Beatty) treats both Ray and, especially Claude with respect and relative amiability. He even covers for them after [[spoiler:killing Pike]] upon learning they truly were framed for Hancock's murder and was going to draw up their pardon papers. [[spoiler:Sadly, he suffers a fatal heart attack before doing so]].
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* DashedplotLine: The story {{flashback}}s to 1932, before skipping to 1944, then 1972, and then finally catching up to 1997 where the film started.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Winston Hancock successfully deprives Ray of his money and his father's watch in a rigged gambling match. He doesn't get to return home with his winnings, though, because Sheriff Pike confronts him in the street and ultimately kills him.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Granted, all the prisoners are black- in the 1930's, anyway. The prison becomes less segregated in the modern day- but Goldmouth, the local bully, fits this trope, as the tallest and most heavyset of the lot. His first scene ends with him challenging Ray to a fight after failing to bully Claude into giving up his cornbread.
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* YouFightLikeACow: Ray, after being on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle from [[ScaryBlackMan Goldmouth]], taunts him "I know a bitch named Bella hit harder than you." He still loses.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Sheriff Pike killed Winston Hancock and framed Ray and Claude for his murder, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and he took Ray's father's watch that Hancock gambled off him, to boot]]. Needless to say, no tears are shed when Superintendent Abernathy shoots him after hearing that he framed the two convicts, right when he was about to shoot them whilst Ray and Claude were fighting over which of ''them'' should shoot him.]]
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* BluffTheImposter: Claude pulls this when Ray tries to pickpocket him posing as an old friend from high school by verifying if he attended ''Jefferson'' High and not "Monroe".
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Creator/NedBeatty (as a prison official), Creator/AnthonyAnderson (as the prisoner who does the cooking), Creator/BernieMac (as a prisoner who believes in SituationalSexuality), and Creator/RLeeErmey (as the BigBad after a few TimeSkip's) also appear.
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* EnemyEatsYourLunch: When Claude and Ray arrive in prison, Gold Mouth tries to take their cornbread, causing Ray to assert himself by refusing and get into a fight over it.
--> '''Cookie:''' I appreciate you going through all the trouble over my cornbread; you don't get a lot of compliments around here.
--> '''Cookie:''' I appreciate you going through all the trouble over my cornbread; you don't get a lot of compliments around here.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends died or were released during the TimeSkip.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends friends, such as Cookie, jangle Leg and Hoppin' Bob died or were released during the TimeSkip.
* CategoryTraitor: Hoppin' Bob is a prisoner, but is a trustee working with the guards, who even entrust him with a gun.
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* DawsonBabies: When the superintendent lines the convicts up to compare the baby to, it should be the next day after the birth. The baby is wide eyed and holding it's head up on it's own and working it's hands. It's clearly at least 3-5 months old.
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* DawsonBabies: When the superintendent lines the convicts up to compare the baby to, it should be the next day after the birth. The baby is wide eyed and holding it's head up on it's own and working it's hands. It's clearly at least 3-5 months old. [[note]] Although it ''is'' possible that the scene took place some time after the baby's birth specifically for that reason.[[/note]]
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* ForegoneConclusion: Ray and Claude die in prison. [[spoiler:Or did they?]]
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* ForegoneConclusion: As established by the opening scene, Ray and Claude die in prison. [[spoiler:Or did they?]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Warden Wilkins talks about his upcoming retirement in front of Claude (who is serving life in prison). TO his credit, Wilkins quickly realizes this and apologizes to him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Wilkins the new superintendent is an amiable man who is fairly polite to his trustees (Claude and Ray), doesn't seem to abuse his power and [[spoiler:sides with Claude and Ray against Pike and would have had them pardoned after learning of their innocence if he'd lived long enough.]]
** Sergeant Dillard, arguably. He's a guard who takes keeping his prisoners from escaping seriously, but is also willing to cut them some slack at times.
** Downplayed with the baseball league official who gets out Can't Get Right as a player and does make an effort to secure a release for Claude and Ray and is somewhat apologetic when he can't.
** Wilkins the new superintendent is an amiable man who is fairly polite to his trustees (Claude and Ray), doesn't seem to abuse his power and [[spoiler:sides with Claude and Ray against Pike and would have had them pardoned after learning of their innocence if he'd lived long enough.]]
** Sergeant Dillard, arguably. He's a guard who takes keeping his prisoners from escaping seriously, but is also willing to cut them some slack at times.
** Downplayed with the baseball league official who gets out Can't Get Right as a player and does make an effort to secure a release for Claude and Ray and is somewhat apologetic when he can't.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Little Mae Rose, Superintendent Abernathy's daughter.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Little Mae Rose, Superintendent Abernathy's daughter.daughter is introduced as an adolescent and is fairly coy and pretty as an adult after the TimeSkip.
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* TheVoiceless: Can't Get Right.
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* TheVoiceless: Can't Get Right.Right has no dialogue. It's unclear if he can't speak or just chooses not to.
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* GoodAllAlong: Dilliard and Hoppin’ Bob genuinely care for the inmates, especially the main crew, as evidenced by their sadness when Biscuit commits suicide and Dilliard regretfully telling Claude and Ray that they are being transferred to work at the superintendent’s mansion, years later. Not to mention that he seems close to tears when he tells him.
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* GoodAllAlong: GoodIsNotNice: Dilliard and Hoppin’ Bob are rather harsh but deep down, they genuinely care for the inmates, especially the main crew, as evidenced by their sadness crew. This is most evident when Biscuit [[spoiler:Biscuit commits suicide by running across the line. Hoppin’ Bob has a clear shot to kill him but he’s visibly anxious and refrains from doing so. When another guard makes the killing shot, Hoppin’ Bob is genuinely horrified. Dilliard is then seen sadly watching from afar. Years later, Dilliard regretfully telling tells Claude and Ray that they are being transferred to work at the superintendent’s mansion, years later. Not to mention that he seems mansion and clearly lies about not missing then when they leave. He’s even close to tears when he tells him.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: When the new superintendent (Ned Beatty) finds out Ray and Claude are innocent, he immediately moves to write their pardon - right after he gets out of the restroom. Unfortunately, the stress of the day's events causes a heart attack and he dies without drawing up the papers or telling a soul.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: When the new superintendent (Ned Beatty) Dexter Wilkins finds out Ray and Claude are innocent, he immediately moves to write their pardon - right after he gets out of the restroom. Unfortunately, the stress of the day's events causes a heart attack and he dies without drawing up the papers or telling a soul.]]
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* NotWorthKilling: Hoppin’ [[spoiler:Hoppin’ Bob stops himself hesitates to shoot Biscuit when he deliberately runs across the gun line, although he has a clear shot. Sadly, another guard kills him]].
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* SuicideByCop: Biscuit’s [[spoiler:Biscuit’s demise.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: Dilliard and Hoppin’ Bob genuinely care for the inmates, especially the main crew, as evidenced by Hoppin’ Bob’s reluctance to kill Biscuit and Dilliard’s sadness when Claude and Ray are transferred to work at the superintendent’s mansion.
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* GoodAllAlong: Dilliard and Hoppin’ Bob genuinely care for the inmates, especially the main crew, as evidenced by Hoppin’ Bob’s reluctance to kill Biscuit and Dilliard’s their sadness when Biscuit commits suicide and Dilliard regretfully telling Claude and Ray that they are being transferred to work at the superintendent’s mansion.mansion, years later. Not to mention that he seems close to tears when he tells him.
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*GoodAllAlong: Dilliard and Hoppin’ Bob genuinely care for the inmates, especially the main crew, as evidenced by Hoppin’ Bob’s reluctance to kill Biscuit and Dilliard’s sadness when Claude and Ray are transferred to work at the superintendent’s mansion.
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* SituationalSexuality: Biscuit and Jangle Leg are together. However, the party scene implies that Jangle is interested in women when he can get them. Biscuit isn't happy.
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* SituationalSexuality: Biscuit and Jangle Leg are together. However, the party scene implies that Jangle is interested in Leg prefers women when he can get them. Biscuit isn't happy. to them such as the party scene and his comment about Claude’s hand being soft like a woman’s.
*SuicideByCop: Biscuit’s demise.
*SuicideByCop: Biscuit’s demise.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit runs over the gun line and gets shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man. TruthInTelevision as being homosexual during that time was heavily frowned upon.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Biscuit runs commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line and gets in order to be shot by one of the trustees. The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man. TruthInTelevision as being homosexual during that time was heavily frowned upon.
