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* MaleFrontalNudity: Apparently, Peadar likes to sleep in his rocking chair completely naked, which both Padraic and the audience [[FanDisservice have the pleasure of seeing]].
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* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo. Or, more accurately, Unrequited ''Friendship'' Switcheroo. [[spoiler: At the end Colm, perhaps recognising that things have gone a bit too far, expresses a hope that the feud between them can be over, only for Padraic to declare that it would only have ended if Colm had died in his burning house.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Peadar beats his son Dominic almost every night, and it's an open secret around the island. [[at one point Pádraic accuses him of sexually molesting his son as well, it's never confirmed but both Peadar and Dominic's reaction to this suggestion imply it's true.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Peadar beats his son Dominic almost every night, and it's an open secret around the island. [[at [[spoiler: At one point Pádraic accuses him of sexually molesting his son as well, it's never confirmed but both Peadar and Dominic's reaction to this suggestion imply it's true.]]
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* BadLiar: Pádraic comes up with a completely transparent lie to get one of Colm's music students, Declan, away from Inisherin, involving the student's father being hit by a bread truck. Due to Declan's naivete, as well as the fact that his ''mother'' died from being hit by a bread truck, he believes it anyway.
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* BadLiar: Pádraic comes up with a completely transparent lie to get one of Colm's music students, Declan, away from Inisherin, involving the student's father being hit by a bread truck. Due to Declan's naivete, as well as the fact that his ''mother'' died from being hit by a bread truck, he believes it anyway. He also openly admits to being a terrible liar after finding the first finger and not wanting to tell Siobhan what the noise at the door was.
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** The nature of Mrs. [=McCormick=]: is she just a creepy old lady, psychic in some way, a witch or perhaps she truly is a Banshee, the kind Colm talks about.
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* AbusiveParents: Peadar beats his son Dominic almost every night, and it's an open secret around the island.
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* AbusiveParents: Peadar beats his son Dominic almost every night, and it's an open secret around the island. [[at one point Pádraic accuses him of sexually molesting his son as well, it's never confirmed but both Peadar and Dominic's reaction to this suggestion imply it's true.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In just about every scene she is in, Jenny the pony is attempting to eat something she shouldn't be. [[spoiler:Eventually she attempts to eat one of Colm's fingers and chokes to death on it.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In just about every scene she is in, Jenny thepony donkey is attempting to eat something she shouldn't be. [[spoiler:Eventually she attempts to eat one of Colm's fingers and chokes to death on it.]]
** When we first meet Dominic he's excited at finding a "stick with a hook" and asks Pádraic what it's used for. [[spoiler: It is eventually used to fish Dominic's body out of the lake.]]
** In just about every scene she is in, Jenny the
** When we first meet Dominic he's excited at finding a "stick with a hook" and asks Pádraic what it's used for. [[spoiler: It is eventually used to fish Dominic's body out of the lake.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:The poster depicts the final scene of the film where Pádraic confronts Colm after burning his house down.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Dominic seems to look up to Padraic, always trying to spend time with him (and Padraic's sister who he's crushing on). [[spoiler:When Padraic reveals that he lied to Colm's music student about his father being hit by a truck to make him leave the island to screw with Colm, Dominic says that he thought Padraic was a better man than everyone else on the island, but that he's no better than everyone else and leaves. This is the final time Padraic sees Dominic before he dies.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:It's ambiguous whether Dominic really did slip and drown as Mrs. [=McCormick=] said or if he killed himself after being disillusioned by Colm's growing cruelty and Sioban's romantic rejection of him.]]
** [[spoiler:Initially it seems as though Colm has lost the will to live, as Padraic sees that he is just sitting in his chair inside his house without any concern for the growing fires around him after Padraic sets his house on fire. Subverted as the next day, we see he broke out through a window using his chair, and Padraic finds him on the shore near the house.]]
** [[spoiler:Initially it seems as though Colm has lost the will to live, as Padraic sees that he is just sitting in his chair inside his house without any concern for the growing fires around him after Padraic sets his house on fire. Subverted as the next day, we see he broke out through a window using his chair, and Padraic finds him on the shore near the house.]]
* EverybodyHasStandards: [[spoiler:Despite becoming murderously angry at Colm for the accidental killing of his donkey, Padraic has no desire to kill Colm's dog, even after Ms. [=McCormick=] puts the idea in his head. He even warns Colm to keep his dog safe while telling him that he's going to burn his house down.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In just about every scene she is in, Jenny the pony is attempting to eat something she shouldn't be. [[spoiler:Eventually she attempts to eat one of Colm's fingers and chokes to death on it.]]
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* NiceGuy: Pádraic starts the movie as this, and it's part of what makes Colm resent him: despite his dullness, he's just so ''nice'' that it's hard to break off their friendship in a normal, healthy way.
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* NiceGuy: Pádraic starts the movie as this, and it's part of what makes Colm resent him: despite his dullness, he's just so ''nice'' that it's hard to break off their friendship in a normal, healthy way. [[spoiler:Dominic reveals that it's the reason he hangs out with Pádraic so much. When Pádraic reveals that he cruelly tricked a man into thinking his father had been killed by a runaway van just to mess with Colm, Dominic is disgusted with him.]]
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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Padraic starts the movie as a simple but nice man. His feud with Colm slowly turns him into a more bitter person in his attempts to rekindle their friendship, and after [[spoiler:Jenny chokes to death on one of Colm's fingers that he threw at Padraic's door, he tells Colm that he is going to burn down his house in revenge, which he does. When Colm asks Padraic if burning his house down makes them square, Padraic says that it only would have made them square if Colm had stayed inside the burning house and died.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Colm has lost his home and is now down five fingers of his own choosing and his sense of despair still there, he and Padraic are still not and likely never will be on good terms again, Dominic is dead and Padraic has lost his only two friends and his beloved donkey and his sister and is doomed to spending the rest of his life on a miserable island with no companionship except for his animals.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Colm has lost his home and is now down five fingers of his own choosing and his sense of despair still there, he and Padraic are still not and likely never will be on good terms again, Dominic is dead and Padraic has lost his only two friends and his beloved donkey and his sister and is doomed to spending the rest of his life on a miserable island with no companionship except for his animals. The only bright spot is that Sioban has apparently found a fulfilling life on mainland Ireland.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's left unclear whether or not Dominic drowned himself or if he really did just slip.]]
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** [[spoiler:It's left unclear whether or not Dominic drowned himself or if he really did just slip.]]]]
** The exact state of [[spoiler:Pádraic and Colm's relationship is left painfully unresolved, with Colm wishing to end the feud and Pádraic wishing to continue it, then immediately saying he'd watch Colm's dog any time he needed him to.]] It's probably never going to be the same again, though.
** [[spoiler:It's left unclear whether or not Dominic drowned himself or if he really did just slip.
** The exact state of [[spoiler:Pádraic and Colm's relationship is left painfully unresolved, with Colm wishing to end the feud and Pádraic wishing to continue it, then immediately saying he'd watch Colm's dog any time he needed him to.]] It's probably never going to be the same again, though.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Pádraic discovering Colm's finger on his doorstep, confirming just how serious he is about cutting him from his life.]] This marks a drastic shift in tone from "dark comedy" to "drama with occasional pitch-black humor."
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* HopeSpot: A minor example when Pádraic notices it's 1st of April and considers that Colm's hostility may have been an April fools' joke. But no.
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* KarmaHoudini: Peadar, to a degree. He does get punched out at one point but is never brought to justice for all the wrongs he has done and is said to have done. (Unless you count the tragic loss of his son as "justice")
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* SelfMutilation: Colm warns Padraic that if he doesn't stop talking to him, he'll cut off one finger every time he does. [[spoiler:He follows through with the threat]].
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* SelfMutilation: SelfHarm: Colm warns Padraic that if he doesn't stop talking to him, he'll cut off one finger every time he does. [[spoiler:He follows through with the threat]].
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* SelfMutilation: Colm warns Padraic that if he doesn't stop talking to him, he'll cut off one finger every time he does. [[spoiler:He follows through with the threat]].
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* NiceGuy: Pádraic starts the movie as this, and it's part of what makes Colm resent him: despite his dullness, he's just so ''nice'' that it's hard to break off their friendship in a normal, healthy way.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Pádraic crosses it when [[spoiler:he discovers his beloved donkey Jenny choked to death on one of Colm's fingers.]]
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* NotHyperbole: People who hear it think Colm's threat to cut off one of his own fingers every time Padraic talks to him is just exaggeration. [[spoiler: It isn't. At all]].
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* DumbassHasAPoint: For all his idiocy and lack of social skills, Dominic is capable of surprising insight, calling Padraic out for his behavior and saying how childish it is of Colm to just stop speaking to Padraic.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: For all DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Colm has lost his idiocy home and lack is now down five fingers of social skills, his own choosing and his sense of despair still there, he and Padraic are still not and likely never will be on good terms again, Dominic is capable of surprising insight, calling dead and Padraic out has lost his only two friends and his beloved donkey and his sister and is doomed to spending the rest of his life on a miserable island with no companionship except for his behavior and saying how childish it is of Colm to just stop speaking to Padraic.animals.]]
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* TheRoaringTwenties: The film is set in Ireland in the early months of 1923, during the Irish Civil War.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: For all his idiocy and lack of social skills, Dominic is capable of surprising insight, calling Padraic out for his behavior and saying how childish it is of Colm to just stop speaking to Padraic.
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends with no conclusion to the central arc, Colm and Padraic still not friends and with Padraic making clear this isn't the end of their feud.]]
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: The entire plot is built around Colm suddenly deciding he no longer wants to be friends with Padraic and the effects on both.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's left unclear whether or not Dominic drowned himself or if he really did just slip.]]
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* BrickJoke: Pádraic mentions that Siobhan hides behind walls whenever she sees Mrs. [-McCormick-] [=McCormick=] around. Later in the movie, when he sees Mrs. [-McCormick-] [=McCormick=] coming, he does just that.
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* HateSink: Peadar is one of the few characters with absolutely no redeeming qualities.
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* BrickJoke: Pádraic mentions that Siobhan hides behind walls whenever she sees Mrs. McCormick [-McCormick-] around. Later in the movie, when he sees Mrs. McCormick [-McCormick-] coming, he does just that.
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** Depending on whether or not [[spoiler:you believe Dominic killed himself, he crossed this when Siobhan turned him down.]]
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* BadLiar: Pádraic comes up with a completely transparent lie to get one of Colm's music students, Declan, away from Inisherin, involving the student's father being hit by a bread truck. Due to Declan's naivete, as well as the fact that his ''mother'' died from being hit by a bread truck, he believes it anyway.
* DespairEventHorizon: Pádraic crosses it when [[spoiler:he discovers his beloved donkey Jenny choked to death on one of Colm's fingers.]]
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* NoSocialSkills: Dominic, out of some combination of drunkenness, a terrible upbringing, and a mental disability, is awkward and blunt whenever he talks.
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'''Colm:''' Well, you didn't do anything to me. I just don't like you no more.
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'''Pádraic:''' ...[[ComicallyMissingThePoint but you ''do'' like me!]]
'''Pádraic:''' ...[[ComicallyMissingThePoint but you ''do'' like me!]]
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* {{Fingore}}: In the trailer, Colm threatens Pádraic that he will cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic tries to make amends with him.
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'''Pádraic:''' We won't call it quits. We'll call it the start.
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->'''Colm:''' Let's just call it quits.\\
'''Pádraic:''' We won't call it quits. We'll call it the start.
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* AbusiveParents: Peadar beats his son Dominic almost every night, and it's an open secret around the island.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Dominic, in his typically clumsy way, confesses his love to Siobhan, who lets him down as gently as she can.
* {{Fingore}}:In the trailer, Colm threatens Pádraic that he will cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic tries to make amends with him.
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->'''Colm:''' Let'shim. [[spoiler:He makes good on that threat, five times over.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: As Pádraic and Siobhan walk back home from the pub after Pádraic spoke to Colm, we see Colm [[spoiler:throwing his severed finger at Pádraic's door, justcall it quits.\\
'''Pádraic:'''as he did earlier. We won't call it quits. We'll call it hear a thump against the start.door...and then another...and then ''another''...]]
* NiceGuy: Pádraic starts the movie as this, and it's part of what makes Colm resent him: despite his dullness, he's just so ''nice'' that it's hard to break off their friendship in a normal, healthy way.
* SmallTownBoredom: Colm feels stifled by the island of Inisherin, but can't bring himself to leave. Siobhan feels similarly, [[spoiler:and eventually does leave.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Dominic, in his typically clumsy way, confesses his love to Siobhan, who lets him down as gently as she can.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: As Pádraic and Siobhan walk back home from the pub after Pádraic spoke to Colm, we see Colm [[spoiler:throwing his severed finger at Pádraic's door, just
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* NiceGuy: Pádraic starts the movie as this, and it's part of what makes Colm resent him: despite his dullness, he's just so ''nice'' that it's hard to break off their friendship in a normal, healthy way.
* SmallTownBoredom: Colm feels stifled by the island of Inisherin, but can't bring himself to leave. Siobhan feels similarly, [[spoiler:and eventually does leave.]]
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Set on Inisherin, a fictional island off the coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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Set on Inisherin, a fictional island off the coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best longtime friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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Set on Inisherin, a remote fictional island off the west coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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''The Banshees of Inisherin'' premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022, with Farrell winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for the former. It was theatrically released in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States on 21 October, 2022.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Everything was fine yesterday.]]
->'''Pádraic:''' Now, if I've done something to you, just tell me what I've done to you.\\
'''Colm:''' You didn't do anything to me. I just don't like you no more.
''The Banshees of Inisherin'' is a 2022 BlackComedy film directed by Creator/MartinMcDonagh. It is [=McDonagh=]'s fourth feature film and re-unites Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/BrendanGleeson from ''Film/InBruges''. The film also stars Creator/KerryCondon and Creator/BarryKeoghan.
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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!!The Tropes of Inisherin:
* {{Fingore}}: In the trailer, Colm threatens Pádraic that he will cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic tries to make amends with him.
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'''Pádraic:''' We won't call it quits. We'll call it the start.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Everything was fine yesterday.]]
->'''Pádraic:''' Now, if I've done something to you, just tell me what I've done to you.\\
'''Colm:''' You didn't do anything to me. I just don't like you no more.
''The Banshees of Inisherin'' is a 2022 BlackComedy film directed by Creator/MartinMcDonagh. It is [=McDonagh=]'s fourth feature film and re-unites Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/BrendanGleeson from ''Film/InBruges''. The film also stars Creator/KerryCondon and Creator/BarryKeoghan.
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, the film revolves around two best friends, Pádraic Súilleabháin (Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Gleeson). When Colm abruptly ends their friendship, things take a turn for the worse when Pádraic refuses to accept the end of their friendship.
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!!The Tropes of Inisherin:
* {{Fingore}}: In the trailer, Colm threatens Pádraic that he will cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic tries to make amends with him.
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->'''Colm:''' Let's just call it quits.\\
'''Pádraic:''' We won't call it quits. We'll call it the start.
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