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* ActorAllusion: Vignetti, played by Ricky Jay, a renowned card manipulator, asks Marius to show him some card manipulation, claiming that he's not skilled himself. Later, Vignetti displays that he is, in fact, good with cards.



** Season 3: Kilbane, a rich man who wants revenge on the man who conned him, is the antagonist for Marius. Chuck Johnson, a drug lord wrapped up in the Bowmans' family drama, is the antagonist for the Bowmans.



* BadassIsraeli: In season 3, Kilbane has a group of ex-Mossad mercenaries as personal security/thugs.



* FaceHeelTurn: Lizzie, Marius's former colleague and old flame, reunites with him in season 3 to pull a con, but turns against him when his loyalties to the Bowmans endanger the con once too often.



* TheFarmerAndTheViper: After Julia finds out who Marius is, he tries to get her to trust him again. She begins to quote the Scorpion and the Frog fable. Marius says that he wishes people would stop quoting that story and consider that the scorpion isn't dumb enough to drown himself.



* {{Retool}}: If the show had aired on CBS, as it was supposed to initially, it would have been a pretty episodic skiptracer procedural run by David Shore. Then the pilot moved to Amazon who wanted a more serialized show. This change made Shore uncomfortable so he left, and was replaced by Graham Yost. As a result there are a [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness bunch of differences between the pilot and the rest of the show]]

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* {{Retool}}: If the show had aired on CBS, as it was supposed to initially, it would have been a pretty episodic skiptracer procedural run by David Shore. Then the pilot moved to Amazon Amazon, who wanted a more serialized show. This change made Shore uncomfortable so he left, and was replaced by Graham Yost. As a result there are a [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness bunch of differences between the pilot and the rest of the show]]



** The Bowman matriarch is [[spoiler:actually dead. Maggie Murphy has been living under her identity without telling anyone]].



* TheSavageIndian: Partially Subverted. Chayton Dockrey seems to have a large piece of most of the crime going through the reservation, (and then some by the looks of it), and comes off as being more AffablyEvil... but as the Murphy Family finds out, you don’t wanna piss him off. Played straighter with his personal hitman/enforcer Ayawamat, who’s practically a Native American terminator who doesn't show much emotion to begin with, and doesn’t bat an eye at killing witnesses to a crime. We even find out that he once bit a man’s nose off in a fight, and this was after he was already sent to prison for an unknown felony crime.

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* TheSavageIndian: Partially Subverted. Chayton Dockrey seems to have a large piece of most of the crime going through the reservation, (and then some by the looks of it), and comes off as being more AffablyEvil... but as the Murphy Bernhardt/Bowman Family finds out, you don’t wanna piss him off. Played straighter with his personal hitman/enforcer Ayawamat, who’s practically a Native American terminator who doesn't show much emotion to begin with, and doesn’t bat an eye at killing witnesses to a crime. We even find out that he once bit a man’s nose off in a fight, and this was after he was already sent to prison for an unknown felony crime.
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The pilot debuted on Creator/PrimeVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner, who left after season 2 end was replaced by Blake Masters. Three seasons of the show are available so far so far.

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The pilot debuted on Creator/PrimeVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner, who left after season 2 end was replaced by Blake Masters. Three seasons of the show are available so far so far.

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The pilot debuted on Creator/PrimeVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner. Two seasons of the show have aired so far.

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The pilot debuted on Creator/PrimeVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner. Two showrunner, who left after season 2 end was replaced by Blake Masters. Three seasons of the show have aired are available so far so far.


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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Season 3 episodes are named after types of cons.
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The pilot debuted on Creator/AmazonVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner. Two seasons of the show have aired so far.

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The pilot debuted on Creator/AmazonVideo Creator/PrimeVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner. Two seasons of the show have aired so far.
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Sneaky Pete is an American crime drama series created by David Shore and Creator/BryanCranston. The series follows Marius Josipovic (Creator/GiovanniRibisi), a released convict who adopts the identity of his cell mate, Pete Murphy, in order to avoid his past life. The series also stars Marin Ireland, Libe Barer, Michael Drayer, Peter Gerety, and Creator/MargoMartindale. The pilot debuted on August 7, 2015, and was followed by a full series order that September. Shore left the project in early 2016 and was replaced by Graham Yost, who served as executive producer and showrunner for the remaining nine episodes. The series premiered in its entirety on January 13, 2017, exclusively on Amazon Video.

On March 9, 2018, Amazon released the second season.

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Sneaky Pete is an American crime drama series created by David Shore and Creator/BryanCranston. The series follows Marius Josipovic (Creator/GiovanniRibisi), a released convict who adopts the identity of his cell mate, Pete Murphy, in order to avoid his past life. The series also stars Marin Ireland, Libe Barer, Michael Drayer, Peter Gerety, and Creator/MargoMartindale. The pilot debuted on August 7, 2015, and was followed by a full series order that September. Shore left the project in early 2016 and was replaced by Graham Yost, who served as executive producer and showrunner for the remaining nine episodes. The series premiered in its entirety on January 13, 2017, exclusively on Amazon Video.

On March 9, 2018, Amazon released The pilot debuted on Creator/AmazonVideo on August 7, 2015, following which Shore left the second season.
project and was replaced by Graham Yost as executive producer and showrunner. Two seasons of the show have aired so far.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Frank and Joe, the two Private investigators hired by Luka.

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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Frank and Joe, the two Private investigators hired by Luka.Luka to find his $11 million.

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* TheSavageIndian: Partially Subverted. Chayton Dockrey seems to have a large piece of most of the crime going through the reservation, (and then some by the looks of it), and comes off as being more AffablyEvil... but as the Murphy Family finds out, you don’t wanna piss him off. Played straighter with his personal hitman/enforcer Ayawamat, who’s practically a Native American terminator who doesn't show much emotion to begin with, and doesn’t bat an eye at killing witnesses to a crime. We even find out that he once but a man’s nose off in a fight, and this was after he was already sent to prison for an unknown felony crime.

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* TheSavageIndian: Partially Subverted. Chayton Dockrey seems to have a large piece of most of the crime going through the reservation, (and then some by the looks of it), and comes off as being more AffablyEvil... but as the Murphy Family finds out, you don’t wanna piss him off. Played straighter with his personal hitman/enforcer Ayawamat, who’s practically a Native American terminator who doesn't show much emotion to begin with, and doesn’t bat an eye at killing witnesses to a crime. We even find out that he once but bit a man’s nose off in a fight, and this was after he was already sent to prison for an unknown felony crime.



* StraightGay: The clerk at the local liquor store turns out to be gay when Shannon tries to HoneyPot him. He displays no gay mannerisms.

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* StraightGay: The clerk at the local liquor store turns out to be gay when Shannon tries to HoneyPot him. He displays no gay mannerisms.mannerisms.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Frank and Joe, the two Private investigators hired by Luka.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Frank ends up killing Luka in retaliation for his brutal murder of Joe]].
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* KansasCityShuffle: The first season finale revolves around a big one as [[spoiler: Vince thinks Marius is running a big con on him involving a guy who's an Indian tech millionaire. When his bodyguard reveals the guy is an FBI informant and he's an agent who's called in others, Vince just laughs at how good his "act" is and shoots him. It's only when the wounded guy shoots back and the Feds race in that Vince realizes too late he just shot a real federal agent and is going to jail for at least 20 years. Oh, and Marius used the whole thing as a huge distraction for an ally to clean out Vince's safe after all.]]
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* BriarPatching: When Darius pulls the attempted con on Vince, it's clear Vince is going to kill him for it. Darius manages to escape with a gun and a pair of crooked cops on his tail. Bursting into a bank, he holds it up and then allows himself to be arrested for attempted robbery, figuring that being in jail is the safest place for him right now.

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* BriarPatching: When Darius Marius pulls the attempted con on Vince, it's clear Vince is going to kill him for it. Darius Marius manages to escape with a gun and a pair of crooked cops on his tail. Bursting into a bank, he holds it up and then allows himself to be arrested for attempted robbery, figuring that being in jail is the safest place for him right now.
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* BriarPatching: When Darius pulls the attempted con on Vince, it's clear Vince is going to kill him for it. Darius manages to escape with a gun and a pair of crooked cops on his tail. Bursting into a bank, he holds it up and then allows himself to be arrested for attempted robbery, figuring that being in jail is the safest place for him right now.
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* ImposterForgotOneDetail: When Vince exposes how he figured out Marius' con, he presses on how Karolina said both "Slovenia" and "Slovakia" while trying to seduce him. Karolina tries to keep up the act, claiming she only said Slovenia. Vince actually congratulates her for not breaking character but then asks "what's the capitol of Slovenia?" Her lack of reply has him chuckling.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The entire series rests on Marius assuming Pete comes from a rich family into stocks thanks to all the talk of "bond business" and thus it'll be easy to slip in, bilk them out of money and then leave. It's when he meets them that he realizes it's the ''bail'' bonds business and they're not ready for him to go just yet.
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* TheSavageIndian: Partially Subverted. Chayton Dockrey seems to have a large piece of most of the crime going through the reservation, (and then some by the looks of it), and comes off as being more AffablyEvil... but as the Murphy Family finds out, you don’t wanna piss him off. Played straighter with his personal hitman/enforcer Ayawamat, who’s practically a Native American terminator who doesn't show much emotion to begin with, and doesn’t bat an eye at killing witnesses to a crime. We even find out that he once but a man’s nose off in a fight, and this was after he was already sent to prison for an unknown felony crime.
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* BatterUp: Otto threatens a man with a baseball bat and gives a long backstory to its use, which he then admits was completely made up.

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* BatterUp: Otto threatens a man his old friend turned rival Sam with a baseball bat and gives a long backstory to its use, which he then admits was completely made up.



* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Taylor. In spite of acting like he and Marius/Pete are best friends, his interactions with Marius range from inappropriately rough to outright threatening. By the end of the first season, he admits that he bullied Pete as a kid.

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* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Taylor. In spite of acting like he and Marius/Pete are best friends, his interactions with Marius range from inappropriately rough to outright threatening. By the end of the first season, he admits that he bullied Pete as a kid.kid and begins working to better himself as a person.
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** Season 2: Luca, the Montenegrin crimelord who wants his $11 million back.

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** Season 2: Luca, Luka, the Montenegrin crimelord who wants his $11 million back.
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* {{Retool}}: If the show had aired on CBS, as it was supposed to initially, it would have been a pretty episodic skiptracer procedural run by David Shore. Then the pilot moved to Amazon who wanted a more serialized show. This change made Shore uncomfortable so he left, and was replaced by Graham Yost. As a result there are a [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness bunch of differences between the pilot and the rest of the show]]

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* BatmanGambit: Many of Marius's schemes rely on people acting or reacting in a way that he has predicted. For example, in a flashback, impressing Vince with a card trick and then leaving, causes Vince to call him and get hooked into a con.



* GambitRoulette: Many of Marius's schemes rely on people acting or reacting in a way that he has predicted. For example, in a flashback, impressing Vince with a card trick and then leaving, causes Vince to call him and get hooked into a con.

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* TheAntagonist: Vince is the main one, who wants money from Marius.

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* TheAntagonist: TheAntagonist:
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Vince is the main one, who wants money from Marius.Marius.
** Season 2: Luca, the Montenegrin crimelord who wants his $11 million back.
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* DetectiveMole: Taylor is assigned to help investigate the murder he and his grandmother committed.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Taylor usually sports a stubbly beard. While every city's laws are different, almost none of them allow police to wear beards, and most of those that do are only for religious or medical reasons.
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On January 19, 2017, Amazon announced that Sneaky Pete had been renewed for a second season.

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On January 19, 2017, March 9, 2018, Amazon announced that Sneaky Pete had been renewed for a released the second season.

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* BatterUp: Otto threatens a man with a baseball bat and gives a long backstory to its use, which he then admits was completely made up.



* BigScrewedUpFamily: In spite of Pete's idyllic recollections, the Bernhardts have had a lot of strife and tragedy over the past 20 years. They're barely hanging on when Marius arrives.



* ConMenHateGuns: Hate is probably a strong word, but the only time Marius uses a gun is as part of a scam, he clearly has no intention of using it. Also, he is shown not to really want to use guns, despite often having his life or the life of people close to him in danger.

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* TheDanza: Karolina is played by Karolina Wydra.



* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Taylor's lover Shannon works for a competing bail bonds company]].
** [[spoiler:Marius was actually working on a con on Vince to get revenge for the murder of his comrade]].



* ShoutOut: Marius's original con on Vince is lifted almost directly from ''Film/TheSting''. Vince calls him out on it, and Marius begrudgingly admits that it was "inspired by" the film.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Marius's original con on Vince is lifted almost directly from ''Film/TheSting''. Vince calls him out on it, and Marius begrudgingly admits that it was "inspired by" the film.film.
** Vince makes a reference to Bullwinkle from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' and explains it to Karolina while she's pretending to be Slovenian.

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* AffablyEvil: In spite of being a ruthless crime lord, Vince is a very friendly guy who used to be a (corrupt) cop. He takes a liking to the Josipovic brothers in spite of their attempts to betray and rob him.

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* AffablyEvil: In spite of being a ruthless crime lord, Vince is a very friendly guy who used to be a (corrupt) cop. He takes a liking to the Josipovic brothers in spite of their attempts to betray and rob him. him, but does not shrink from punishing them.



* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Carly is a 16-year-old rebel who smokes and has a flippant attitude.



* Main/{{Hustler}}: Marius for the first part of the series



* HoneyPot:
** Karolina's job in the con is to seduce and manipulate Vince. She initially does this by pretending to be a Slovenian sexpot. [[spoiler:In the later con, she's his live-in girlfriend under her own identity but still maneuvering Vince where they want him to be]].
** Shannon tries to seduce the liquor shop owner into giving up the security cam footage, but he turns out to be gay.
* Main/{{Hustler}}: Marius for the first part of the series



* ItsPersonal:
** Winslow wants revenge on Marius for scarring his eye.
** [[spoiler:Marius and his crew want revenge on Vince for killing their comrade. Money is only a side bonus]].



* TheMark: Vince. The real Pete. Audrey and Otto.

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* TheMark: Vince. The first seasons has the audience guessing as to who Marius's real Pete. Audrey and Otto.mark will be, Vince or the Bernhardts.



* PunchClockVillain: Vince's two main bodyguards are decent enough guys and just follow his orders.

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* PoliceBrutality: Taylor beats up a teen he thinks slashed his tire.
* PunchClockVillain: Vince's two main bodyguards are decent enough guys and just follow his orders. Richard in particular seems to sympathize with Eddie.



* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Taylor. In spite of acting like he and Marius/Pete are best friends, his interactions with Marius range from inappropriately rough to outright threatening. By the end of the first season, he admits that he bullied Pete as a kid.



* SpanishPrisoner: Lance is pulling one of these on the Murphys. Marius identifies it by name and predicts each subsequent step in Lance's plan based on the common structure of the con.
* SpannerInTheWorks: While by no means fools, Marius's plans often go awry because of well-meaning plans by the Bernhardts. He often has to get somewhere, such as to his Parole Officer, but can't because his 'grandma' insists on lunch.

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* SnowballLie: Audrey steals collateral to pay for her investment scheme, then has to maintain a charade that the money is still there.
* SpanishPrisoner: Lance is pulling one of these on the Murphys.Bernhardts. Marius identifies it by name and predicts each subsequent step in Lance's plan based on the common structure of the con.
* SpannerInTheWorks: While by no means fools, Marius's plans often go awry because of well-meaning plans by the Bernhardts. He often has to get somewhere, such as to his Parole Officer, but can't because his 'grandma' insists on lunch.lunch.
* StraightGay: The clerk at the local liquor store turns out to be gay when Shannon tries to HoneyPot him. He displays no gay mannerisms.
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* HeroAntagonist: Marius's probation officer genuinely wants to help his charges better themselves and become "eagles." However, Marius is in way too deep to fly straight right now.

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* AffablyEvil: In spite of being a ruthless crime lord, Vince is a very friendly guy who used to be a (corrupt) cop. He takes a liking to the Josipovic brothers in spite of their attempts to betray and rob him.



* CardSharp: Eddie, Marius.
* CelebrityParadox: One character alludes to seeing Creator/BenAffleck in Vince's casino. Creator/BryanCranston, who plays Vince, appeared in Film/{{Argo}}.

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* CardSharp: Eddie, Marius.
Eddie and Marius are very skilled at sleight-of-hand card tricks. They can completely control the way cards are dealt at a table.
* CelebrityParadox: CelebrityParadox:
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One character alludes to seeing Creator/BenAffleck in Vince's casino. Creator/BryanCranston, who plays Vince, appeared in Film/{{Argo}}.



* CorruptCop:
** Vince used to be one. The way he tells it, pretty much ''everyone'' was on the take in his day, and he was not by any stretch the most crooked.
** Vince has his own man on the force in the form of Winslow.
* DecoyProtagonist: The pilot opens with Pete's recollections of his childhood, but these are not the words of our main character.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Vince is almost always friendly, even when he's prepared to shoot someone.



** He also plans running away to Pete's place, although admittedly there are many hitches associated with that plan.



* IntroOnlyPointOfView/ DecoyProtagonist: The story opens with a focus on the real Pete, and Marius as his cellmate.

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* IntroOnlyPointOfView/ DecoyProtagonist: IntroOnlyPointOfView: The story opens with a focus on the real Pete, and Marius as his cellmate.cellmate.
* LifeImitatesArt: Marius got the idea for his initial con on Vince from ''Film/TheSting''.


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* PunchClockVillain: Vince's two main bodyguards are decent enough guys and just follow his orders.


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* ShoutOut: Marius's original con on Vince is lifted almost directly from ''Film/TheSting''. Vince calls him out on it, and Marius begrudgingly admits that it was "inspired by" the film.
* SpanishPrisoner: Lance is pulling one of these on the Murphys. Marius identifies it by name and predicts each subsequent step in Lance's plan based on the common structure of the con.
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* BritishAccents: Marjorie uses Alison Wright's natural Sunderland accent.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Vince is almost always friendly, even when he's prepared to shoot someone.

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