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* BadassDriver: Wheelman himself.
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* BadassDriver: Wheelman himself.himself, due to being an amateur racer [[spoiler:who's teaching his daughter to race his Porsche.]]
* ClosedCircle: The POV almost never leaves the Wheelman or a vehicle of his.
* ICanSeeYou: Wheelman gets several calls from someone suggesting they can see him at the time, despite him driving wildly all over town. [[spoiler:There's a TrackingDevice in the money he's been carrying the whole time.]]
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* InstantBulletDeath: Averted. [[spoiler: When Clay accidentally shoots himself in the head, he still manages to slur out some last words, and stumble out of the car.]]
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* InstantBulletDeath: InstantDeathBullet: Averted. [[spoiler: When Clay accidentally shoots himself in the head, he still manages to slur out some last words, and stumble out of the car.]]
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* NoNameGiven: We never learn Wheelman's real name.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: The Wheelman, the bank robbers, [[spoiler:Clay, West End, and Philly]] all seem to have it in for each other, or at least have no reason to stay loyal.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn Wheelman's real name. [[spoiler:The characters known as Philly and West End are never named and almost never seen, despite driving the plot. Even the closed captioning refers to them by those aliases.]]
* NoNameGiven: We never learn Wheelman's real name. [[spoiler:The characters known as Philly and West End are never named and almost never seen, despite driving the plot. Even the closed captioning refers to them by those aliases.]]
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* NoodleIncident: The warehouse fire. The Wheelman spent three years in prison over it, but his exact involvement is never explained.
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* InstantBulletDeath: Averted. [[spoiler: When Clay accidentally shoots himself in the head, he still manages to slur out some last words, and stumble out of the car.]]
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* MacGuffin: The money from the heist is what drives the plot.
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* AntiHero: Wheelman is the main character, and the getaway driver for robberies.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler: Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler: Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]it, and Wheelman never told him the address.]]
* {{Minimalism}}: The film has a very small cast, with the most people onscreen when Wheelman drags Clay out of the bar.
* {{Minimalism}}: The film has a very small cast, with the most people onscreen when Wheelman drags Clay out of the bar.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[ Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[ [[spoiler: Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]
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* BadassDriver: Wheelman himself.
* ClusterFBomb: A lot of Wheelman's dialogue falls under this.
* FilmNoir: The film takes place at night, and features a shady protagonist caught up in events he doesn't understand.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[ Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[ Wheelman realizes that Clay set him up when the latter lets slip the address of the drug deal, when he previously claimed that he didn't know it.]]
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clay's]] accidental headshot is very graphic.
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* NoNameGiven: We never learn Wheelman's real name.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clay's]] accidental headshot is verygraphic.graphic.
* UngratefulBastard: Clay. [[spoiler: Wheelman was willing to give him enough money to disappear, ''after'' he learned Clay set him up. Clay responds by trying to kill him.]]
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clay's]] accidental headshot is very
* UngratefulBastard: Clay. [[spoiler: Wheelman was willing to give him enough money to disappear, ''after'' he learned Clay set him up. Clay responds by trying to kill him.]]
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''Wheelman'' is a 2017 Creator/{{Netflix}} original thriller/action film. Starring Creator/FrankGrillo as Wheelman, it follows him as he transports the money gained from a bank robbery to the safe destination, dealing with multiple people over the phone along the way.
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!!Tropes:
* AdviceBackfire: The Wheelman demands that his daughter stays home, not leave the house, and sends her boyfriend home at 9 PM. [[spoiler:9 PM rolls around and the Wheelman realizes the Mob is coming after his family, so he tells her to have her boyfriend drive her somewhere. Oops; they both followed his advice to the letter and he left already, leaving her home alone exactly as he told them to.]]
* BoomHeadshot: While wrestling with a gun, [[spoiler:Clay]] accidentally shoots himself in the head.
* TheDriver: Subverted. The Wheelman is the main character of the film despite just being "the driver".
* MobWar: Lampshaded. The Wheelman is worried that this is what he caused.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clay's]] accidental headshot is very graphic.
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!!Tropes:
* AdviceBackfire: The Wheelman demands that his daughter stays home, not leave the house, and sends her boyfriend home at 9 PM. [[spoiler:9 PM rolls around and the Wheelman realizes the Mob is coming after his family, so he tells her to have her boyfriend drive her somewhere. Oops; they both followed his advice to the letter and he left already, leaving her home alone exactly as he told them to.]]
* BoomHeadshot: While wrestling with a gun, [[spoiler:Clay]] accidentally shoots himself in the head.
* TheDriver: Subverted. The Wheelman is the main character of the film despite just being "the driver".
* MobWar: Lampshaded. The Wheelman is worried that this is what he caused.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clay's]] accidental headshot is very graphic.
