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* Gayngst: Played with. While Petie is closeted and faces homophobia, [[spoiler: eventually killing himself]], Billy Byrne, who is also gay, is stoic about it, telling Petie "We won't be outlaws forever".

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* Gayngst: *{{Gayngst}}: Played with. While Petie is closeted and faces homophobia, [[spoiler: eventually killing himself]], Billy Byrne, who is also gay, is stoic about it, telling Petie "We won't be outlaws forever".

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The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] film from TheNineties. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...


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The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] film from TheNineties. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, They start getting gigs and even a recording contract, but the pressure is rising and it all ends in tragedy...



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*Gayngst: Played with. While Petie is closeted and faces homophobia, [[spoiler: eventually killing himself]], Billy Byrne, who is also gay, is stoic about it, telling Petie "We won't be outlaws forever".
* PoorCommunicationKills: the inability of the band members to tell each other the truth or explain what they're up to results in Jessop going ape onstage (with the gig descending into a brawl), Petie [[spoiler: throwing himself into oncoming traffic and dying]], Reena [[spoiler: breaking up with Jessop and emigrating]] and the band breaking up. Some of the miscommunication isn't cleared up until 20 years later when Reena comes back to Dublin.

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This film is a rare fictional depiction of the Dublin punk scene in the late 70s and early 80s - the only other film that depicts the era is Film/KillingBono.

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This film is a rare fictional depiction of the Dublin punk scene in the late 70s and early 80s - the only other film that depicts the era is Film/KillingBono.



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*TheEighties: This film is a rare fictional depiction of the Dublin punk scene in the late 70s and early 80s - the only other Irish film that depicts the time and place is Film/KillingBono.
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This film is a rare fictional depiction of the Dublin punk scene in the late 70s and early 80s - the only other film that depicts the era is Film/KillingBono.



* ClosetGay: Drummer Petie is guarded about his sexuality - for good reason, [[{{Gaynst}} as it turns out]]...

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* ClosetGay: Drummer Petie is guarded about his sexuality - for good reason, [[{{Gaynst}} [[{{Gayngst}} as it turns out]]...



* UsefulNotes/IrishAccents: What with the flm being set in Dublin, these about. In the Dead Patriots alone you have Jessop with a working-class Dublin accent, Petie with a middle-class "polite" Dublin accent and Richie with what sounds like a Dundalk accent. Reena's gran has a slightly more old-fashioned "polite" Dublin accent while her friend May has a Donegal-ish midlands accent.

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* UsefulNotes/IrishAccents: What with the flm film being set in Dublin, these about.abound. In the Dead Patriots alone you have Jessop with a working-class Dublin accent, Petie with a middle-class "polite" Dublin accent and Richie with what sounds like a Dundalk accent. Reena's gran has a slightly more old-fashioned "polite" Dublin accent while her friend May has a Donegal-ish midlands accent.accent.
* UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution: Inspired by the nationalist kitsch present everywhere in 70s Dublin, Jessop names his punk band "The Dead Patriots" and writes a song parodying nationalist hagiography of the 1916 leaders.
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* ClosetGay: Drummer Petie is guarded about his sexuality - for good reason, [[{{Gaynst}} as it turns out]...

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* ClosetGay: Drummer Petie is guarded about his sexuality - for good reason, [[{{Gaynst}} as it turns out]...out]]...
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* CoolOldLady: Reena's parents

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* CoolOldLady: Unlike Reena's parents, Reena's granny doesn't mind that she's not religious, gets on well with Reena's working-class punk boyfriend Jessop and helps Reena find a place for the band to play. Towards the end of the film, she explains why she's so much less conservative than Reena's parents by saying that she "grew up in a young country".
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* IrishAccents: In the Dead Patriots alone you have Jessop with a working-class Dublin accent, Petie with a middle-class "polite" Dublin accent and Billy with what sounds like a Dundalk accent. Reena's gran has a slightly more old-fashioned "polite" Dublin accent while her friend May has a Donegal-ish midlands accent.

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* IrishAccents: UsefulNotes/IrishAccents: What with the flm being set in Dublin, these about. In the Dead Patriots alone you have Jessop with a working-class Dublin accent, Petie with a middle-class "polite" Dublin accent and Billy Richie with what sounds like a Dundalk accent. Reena's gran has a slightly more old-fashioned "polite" Dublin accent while her friend May has a Donegal-ish midlands accent.

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->''"The last bus home is leaving/But you're running for a plane/And the soldiers of your destiny are waving you away..."''\\



The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] film from TheNineties. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...

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The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] film from TheNineties. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...tragedy...

!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
*ClosetGay: Drummer Petie is guarded about his sexuality - for good reason, [[{{Gaynst}} as it turns out]...
*CoolOldLady: Reena's parents
*IrishAccents: In the Dead Patriots alone you have Jessop with a working-class Dublin accent, Petie with a middle-class "polite" Dublin accent and Billy with what sounds like a Dundalk accent. Reena's gran has a slightly more old-fashioned "polite" Dublin accent while her friend May has a Donegal-ish midlands accent.

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— '''The Last Bus Home by Cathal Coughlan'''

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— '''The Last Bus Home by Cathal Coughlan'''[[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lastbushome.jpg]]
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The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/Ireland Irish]] film from The90s. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...

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The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/Ireland [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] film from The90s.TheNineties. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...
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->''"The last bus home is leaving/But you're running for a plane/And the soldiers of your destiny are waving you away..."''\\
— '''The Last Bus Home by Cathal Coughlan'''
The Last Bus Home is a [[UsefulNotes/Ireland Irish]] film from The90s. Beginning in 1979 on the day of Pope John Paul the Second's visit to Ireland, the film follows a group of Dublin punks as they form a band and struggle to find success. Sadly, it all ends in tragedy...

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