History Literature / PinotNoir

* BMovie: The story is written in the style of one, with over the top scenarios, larger than life characters, hammy dialogue, and a plot that is just an excuse to for crazy action antics.

Several.

* {{Expy}}: Big D is one toward [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], specifically the one played by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.

* ShoutOut: Several.
** Chapter 1:
*** During Pinot's dream sequence, "[[Film/WildAtHeart Love Me]]" supposedly plays in the background.
** Chapter 2:
*** Mr. Pow and Mr. Blam are clearly based on [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.]]
*** Billy and Lime are named after Let's Players [[LetsPlay/BillyMC BillyMC and TheLimePopsicle.]]
*** Both Billy and Lime talk about the movie ''Film/ThatThingYouDo''.
*** The ninja is a direct reference to [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Gray Fox]].
*** Schultz is named after a character from ''WesternAnimation/DaffyTheCommando'', right down to having Greta call him over by shouting his name.
*** Greta taking a bite out of Jerrel's small intestine is referred to as if she were "[[Wrestling/RandySavage snapping into a Slim Jim.]]"
*** The band playing at The Johnson is called "WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr and WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles".
*** Penelope wears a [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] wristwatch.
** Chapter 3:
*** The name of the chapter is a play-on of the WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} song, "Armed and Ready."
*** K-Diddy is named after [[Film/ReservoirDogs K-Billy]], right down to being a dry, bored man playing nostalgic songs on the radio.
*** Melon [=LaMar=]'s bullseye head scar is similar to [[Film/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye's movie design.]]
*** Melon namedrops ''Film/{{Versus}}'' when bringing up his new laser rifles.
*** Melon's ability to dodge bullets is a parody of GunKata, with Pinot calling it "[[Film/{{Equilibrium}} Kurt Wimmer]] bullshit."
*** Melon's [[spoiler:laser penis canon]] is a nod to the J-sploitation films like ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'' that inspired the story.
*** Melon announcing his [[spoiler:"Super Laser Dick"]] is very similar to [[Webvideo/RealTimeFandub Alfred's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45CznHpEzk&pbjreload=10 Eggman rant]]
*** The wordplay surrounding Melon's death is very similar to [[ComicBook/{{Gear}} Big Tomato's]] death.
*** At one point, Pinot runs into a gang called [[Literature/PeterPan The Lost Teenz]], who wear animal hats.
*** The french Pornomancer's real name, Luc Reno, is a combination of Creator/LucBesson and Creator/JeanReno.

* TheAlcoholic: Implied with Jerrel, who shows up to his meeting for the Gangrew gang with an ankle bracelet.

* BodyHorror: Greta's experiments, from what Pinot glimpses at, are this, with limbs growing from one woman's mouth, a man's eyes and lips being sewn shut, and a human blob with two faces.

* ChubbyChaser: Implied with Schultz. He would've found Greta's physique more appealing had she not been a disgusting person with a belly full of human flesh.

** The ending. [[spoiler:Pinot accomplishes his goal, tackles a giant monster, and gets the sleep he's been craving... until his alarm clock wakes him up after a minute of rest.]]

->''"This has to have been the stupidest night in my entire life.”"''

** Pinot Noir, a psychotic hitman, believes Greta's human experiments to be horrific and disturbing. He later finds [[spoiler:Schultz' forced castration]] to also be frightening.
** Cruelly subverted with Kleetus. He knows it's bad to sell his children to obvious pedophiles, and feels disgusted by them... well, he would be if they didn't pay him well. Then they're allowed to do whatever they want with them.

** Crank is racist towards D, not helped by the fact that D is an enemy of his.

Pinot Noir is an assassin working in Kaos city, a crime-ridden hellhole that really comes alive on Purge Night, where criminals, gangsters, and other violent miscreants are allowed to commit any sort of debauchery they can. Pinot however, chooses tonight to instead get some rest, as he hasn't been able to get any for a few weeks. But when things get too hectic outside, and Pinot realizes that he can't get any sleep at all, he decides to grab his weapons and trenchcoat and gun down every criminal organization in town in order to acquire the shuteye he needs. It's going to be a rocky night.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: In Chapter 6, [[spoiler:Alexander's painstaking plan to escape with the kids is foiled when Kleetus arrives and kills them all.]]

''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3338283/1/Pinot-Noir Pinot Noir]]'' is an ongoing action/comedy/horror/sci-fi/supernatural story written by Tropers/{{Therealjackieboy}} on Fictionpress.

** Subverted with Kleetus. [[spoiler:In Chapter 7, he admits to Clements that he was going to spare him from his upcoming apocalypse, but because he found out his secret and killed his intended sacrifice victim, he casually tells him that he'll just have to use him for the sacrifice.]]

* ForTheEvulz: The reason why [[spoiler:Christopher Cogswell has participated in things like genocide and witch hunts; to satiate his boredom.]]

** Similar to the above, in Chapter 7 [[spoiler:Timmy quits D's gang along with everybody else because of his anger and grief destroying his business, and his minions.]]

* CerberusSyndrome: The story, while having its share of dark moments, is for the most part an over-the-top fest of dark comedy and parody. Then the ending of Chapter 6 happens, and the tone darkens considerably, continuing that way in the next chapter.

** Pinot Noir, a psychotic hitman, believes Greta's human experiments to be horrific and disturbing.

** Kleetus Klementine and his child trafficking operation. It really speaks for itself. [[spoiler:Then there's his slaughtering of kids at the end of Chapter 6.]]

** Greta at one point thought about eating Junior, with the narration mentioning how she hadn't had the taste of children in a while. [[spoiler:To say nothing of what she does to Junior in Chapter 4.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Crank, after realizing that he had just killed everybody in his factory and had failed to kill Pinot, while also thinking about what he must do now that he had stupidly killed off everyone working in his factory, goes on a rampage, bashing his desk in, snorting a lot of cocaine, and even threatening to kill the little Maggie.

** Implied with what happened to Melon [=LaMar=].

* AlliterativeName: '''K'''leetus '''K'''lementine.

** Cruelly subverted with Kleetus. He knows it's bad to sell his children to obvious pedophiles, and feels disgusted by them... well, he would be if they didn't pay him well. Then they were allowed to do whatever they wanted with them.

* ExcusePlot: Pinot's sleepless rampage is really just a silly excuse for action, gore, explosions, and other over the top scenarios. Interestingly, there ''is'' a plot in the background, mainly revolving around Big D, his cohorts, and a separate one involving Kleetus. But because we're seeing a majority of the story through Pinot, none of these are given much gravitas.

* LightIsNotGood: Big D wears a white suit, but he rules the city from his criminal underground, and is one of the reasons Purge Night was created.

* OfCorsetsFunny: In Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Himiko's svelte figure is actually a camouflage thanks to a large corset, hiding the fact that she's actually quite obese.]]

* ThePigPen: Due to working next to dead bodies and refusing to bathe or clean herself, Greta is seen by many as repulsive.

* VillainProtagonist: Make no mistake. Pinot may be taking out criminals more evil than him, he's still a selfish psychopath who's only killing people so he can get some sleep, rather than out of genuine altruism.

* EvilChancellor: What Greta essentially becomes after [[spoiler:D breaks down after the death of Junior,]] giving her boss advice on how to capture Noir and knowing that he would obey her suggestions out of desperation.

* GunsAkimbo: One of Pinot's preferred methods of attacking are firing his two pistols.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Master Torturer is killed by Pinot thanks to [[spoiler:getting all the blood drained out of his system thanks to one of his own torture devices.]]

* NoNameGiven: The Master Torturer is just that.

* OfCorsetsFunny: In Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Himiko's svelte figure is actually covered by the large corset, hiding the fact that she's actually quite obese.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: The Mother's Keep Orphanage, a dark, abandoned place where Richie Sallinger and his gang hang out, murdering children.

* YouKilledMyFather: Parodied. [[spoiler:When Pinot encounters the cyborg ninja for the final time, the ninja reveals that he's after Pinot because he killed his pet mosquito right before his death.]]
* YouNeedABreathMint: Pinot tells Greta this when he meets her for the first time.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: From Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Miss Himiko's innocent, dough eyed, Japanese {{Moe}} girl personality she shows off as the announcer is far from the more cynical, swearing, American accented personality that is truly hers.

* WouldHurtAChild: A recurring motif throughout the story.
** Kleetus Klementine and his child trafficking operation. It really speaks for itself.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Crank runs Pleasure Island like a sweatshop, forcing people to create the deadly drug Pleasure to be sold on the streets of Kaos, having their hearts detonated if they make a mistake. If that wasn't enough, the families of his workers are secretly murdered to make them continue working, his drug dealers also have explosives attached to their hearts, and Crank later on decides that it's better to just detonate his entire factory just because he wasn't thinking straight. Plus, [[spoiler:Crank is secretly assisting Greta in a plan that would involve world domination, having been promised money and co-ownership of the world should her plan succeed.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While D may be a ruthless mob boss, he does ''not'' tolerate rapists in his gang. Especially ones who rape his own members.