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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Collie is horrified when he realizes he nearly killed Doc after almost going into one of his fits of rage.
* NiceGuy: Doc Goldman is a kindly doctor who genuinely wants to help Collie and protect him from the outside world. Collie actually notes this multiple times and genuinely appreciates Doc's help, even if his delusional fixation on Fay makes him reject it oftentimes.
* NiceGuy: Doc Goldman is a kindly doctor who genuinely wants to help Collie and protect him from the outside world. Collie actually notes this multiple times and genuinely appreciates Doc's help, even if his delusional fixation on Fay makes him reject it oftentimes.
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* GeniusBruiser: Collie's not exactly a genius, but he's pretty cunning. And seeing as he's an ex-boxer, he's more than capable of handling himself in a fight, to the point he's introduced knocking out a man with a single punch.
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* LawmanGoneBad: Uncle Bud is a former cop who is currently masterminding a kidnapping scheme, though Fay is quick to point out he was never exactly competent at it.
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* DumbMuscle: Subverted. Most people think Collie's this, but he' actually semi-unintentionally ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* GentleGiant: Collie is a fairly friendly and docile guy whenever he isn't set off into a rage.
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William "Collie" Collins is a seemingly gentle and socially awkward drifter and ex-boxer who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Though Collie appears scatter-brained and gentle, it masks a deep capacity for violence and a very short temper. After wandering into a small California town, Collie runs across barfly Fay Anderson and former lawman Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, who quickly wrap him into their plans to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom.
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William "Collie" Collins is a seemingly gentle and socially awkward drifter and ex-boxer who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Though Collie appears scatter-brained and gentle, it masks a deep capacity for violence and a very short temper. After wandering into a small California town, Collie runs across barfly Fay Anderson and former lawman Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, who quickly wrap rope him into their plans to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Collie is introduced sitting at a bar happily rambling on about an obviously false story and attempting to chat with his fellow patrons. However, when the bartender asks him to leave, Collie snaps and knocks him out with a single punch.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Collie is very quick to resort to violence, especially if he's insulted.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While Collie is clearly a VillainProtagonist, by Creator/JimThompson standards he's practically a saint. He has an actual functioning moral code and he at least ''tries'' to help people with no ulterior motive, even if he's violently insane.
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It was later adapted into [[Film/AfterDarkMySweet a film]] in 1990.
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* MotorMouth: Collie is very prone to rambling on about random subjects for long periods of time.
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* SociallyAwkwardHero: While he isn't a hero, Collie is very socially awkward and prone to both rambling and coming up with obvious lies to explain his drifting that makes him come across as stupid. That, however, is a ''very'' dangerous assumption to make.
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William "Collie" Collins is a seemingly gentle and socially awkward drifter and ex-boxer who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Though Collie appears scatter-brained and gentle, it masks a deep capacity for violence and a very short temper. After wandering into a small California town, Collie runs across barfly Fay Anderson and former lawman Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, who quickly wrap him into their plans to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom.
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* CoolOldGuy: Uncle Bud ''tries'' to cultivate this image, but Fay frequently points out that he's just as much of a failure as her and Collie.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Collie's delusions and skewed perspective of the world makes anything he says hard to trust.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Uncle Bud, whenever his FauxAffablyEvil act slips up.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fay is unrepentantly recalcitrant and mean-spirited, and spends a lot of time relentlessly insulting Collie. However, she does genuinely and repeatedly try to warn him off from going along with Bud's plan.
* MoodSwinger: Fay. She can rapidly shift between being friendly or insulting the people around her, which isn't getting into how she repeatedly shifts between trying to rope Collie into Uncle Bud's scheme or trying to warn him away from it.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Collie's awkward demeanor and his seemingly scatterbrained and eccentric personality makes it very easy to dismiss him as a moron. However, he's genuinely cunning and good at judging people. Unfortunately, his delusions make it very easy for him to be manipulated.
* UnreliableNarrator: Collie's delusions and skewed perspective of the world makes anything he says hard totrust.trust.
* VillainProtagonist: Collie, Fay, and Uncle Bud are kidnappers and generally unpleasant to be around. It's telling that [[AxCrazy Collie]] is actually the ''nicest'' of them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fay is unrepentantly recalcitrant and mean-spirited, and spends a lot of time relentlessly insulting Collie. However, she does genuinely and repeatedly try to warn him off from going along with Bud's plan.
* MoodSwinger: Fay. She can rapidly shift between being friendly or insulting the people around her, which isn't getting into how she repeatedly shifts between trying to rope Collie into Uncle Bud's scheme or trying to warn him away from it.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Collie's awkward demeanor and his seemingly scatterbrained and eccentric personality makes it very easy to dismiss him as a moron. However, he's genuinely cunning and good at judging people. Unfortunately, his delusions make it very easy for him to be manipulated.
* UnreliableNarrator: Collie's delusions and skewed perspective of the world makes anything he says hard to
* VillainProtagonist: Collie, Fay, and Uncle Bud are kidnappers and generally unpleasant to be around. It's telling that [[AxCrazy Collie]] is actually the ''nicest'' of them.
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''After Dark, My Sweet'' is a 1955 crime novel written by Creator/JimThompsom.
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''After Dark, My Sweet'' is a 1955 crime novel written by Creator/JimThompsom.
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''After Dark, My Sweet'' is a 1955 crime novel written by Creator/JimThompsom.
William "Collie" Collins is a gentle drifter and ex-boxer who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Though Collie appears scatter-brained and gentle, it masks a deep capacity for violence and a very short temper. After wandering into a small California town, Collie runs across barfly Fay Anderson and former lawman Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, who quickly wrap him into their plans to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom.
!!List of tropes applying to this book:
* AffablyEvil: Collie. He's polite and earnestly friendly to everyone he meets, and just expects to be treated nicely in return. [[BewareTheNiceOnes If you don't, however…]]
* AntiVillain: Collie. He's violent and unhinged, but by Jim Thompson standards he's practically a saint. He has a genuine moral code and at least tries to be a decent person, even if he's hindered by his mental illness, which makes him both easy to manipulate and to set off into a homicidal rage.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Uncle Bud is a friendly, genial man who effortlessly charms anyone he meets, but whenever he's angry he becomes startlingly cruel.
* UnreliableNarrator: Collie's delusions and skewed perspective of the world makes anything he says hard to trust.
''After Dark, My Sweet'' is a 1955 crime novel written by Creator/JimThompsom.
William "Collie" Collins is a gentle drifter and ex-boxer who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Though Collie appears scatter-brained and gentle, it masks a deep capacity for violence and a very short temper. After wandering into a small California town, Collie runs across barfly Fay Anderson and former lawman Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, who quickly wrap him into their plans to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom.
!!List of tropes applying to this book:
* AffablyEvil: Collie. He's polite and earnestly friendly to everyone he meets, and just expects to be treated nicely in return. [[BewareTheNiceOnes If you don't, however…]]
* AntiVillain: Collie. He's violent and unhinged, but by Jim Thompson standards he's practically a saint. He has a genuine moral code and at least tries to be a decent person, even if he's hindered by his mental illness, which makes him both easy to manipulate and to set off into a homicidal rage.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Uncle Bud is a friendly, genial man who effortlessly charms anyone he meets, but whenever he's angry he becomes startlingly cruel.
* UnreliableNarrator: Collie's delusions and skewed perspective of the world makes anything he says hard to trust.
