Line #8 Fridge/ReservoirDogs


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4	* Why the team consists entirely of white men who don't know each other: partially to hide identities (a bunch of white males all dressed the same would make police descriptions difficult), and also to keep emotional involvement to a minimum. Even those efforts still fail, with the strong friendship (or [[HoYay more]]) between Mr. White and Mr. Orange, as well as the fact that the close allyship between Eddie and Mr Blonde is very much a motivating factor towards Eddie calling the bluff on Mr Orange's alibi for why he shot Mr Blonde, as well as Eddie's murderous rage (whilst Eddie is not a member of the heist crew itself, he is deeply involved in it).
5	* The opening diner scene famously foreshadows every character's role in the story.
6	** Mr. Pink won't go with the rest of the group, for selfish reasons (he claims to have a conscience, but goes to great lengths to rationalize his actions, as he does after all hell breaks loose).
7	** Mr. White speaks up for the waitresses, showing that he's the sentimental guy who will protect someone in need.
8	** Mr. Blonde pretends to shoot Mr. White on Joe's sarcastic order, showing his comfort with violence and his loyalty to the Cabots.
9	** Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue are heavily involved in the debate at first, but quickly drop out of the conversation, just as they "drop out" of the action when the heist goes horribly wrong.
10	** Mr. Orange agrees with whoever is speaking; he says Mr. Pink convinced him and takes his dollar back, but puts it back when ordered to. And, of course, he rats Mr. Pink out for not tipping to Joe.
11	* Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue barely get any screentime and die unceremoniously. They're also the only members who have cool colors for codenames; the four main thieves are all named after bright, warm colors (orange, pink, etc).
12	* Why does Mr. Blonde hate alarms? Perhaps he had to serve those four years because of one.
13	** It's probably fair to say that anybody who earns their living through robbery will have a strong dislike of alarms.
14	* Out of the four main robbers (Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink), Mr. Pink is the only one whose real name and identity are never revealed (Mr. White -- Larry Dimmick, Mr. Orange -- Freddy Newandyke, Mr. Blonde -- Victor Vega). He's also the only one out of them who operates ''professionally'' throughout the film, and as such, is the only one who makes it out alive at the end of the film.
15	* Mr. Blue's lack of screen time and lack of a death scene makes much more sense when you remember that Eddie Bunker (the actor who played Mr. Blue) was once an actual bank robber, and thus a convicted felon, so he legally wouldn't be allowed to even hold a gun during the filming of the movie.
16	* Mr. White uses two guns throughout the film, a Smith & Wesson 659 and a Smith & Wesson 639; the former pistol is used/carried by other characters (Orange, Blonde, and Pink), meaning that the Cabots must have issued the guns to the robbers for the heist, while the latter pistol is heavily implied to be White’s personal sidearm (a deleted scene revealed that his weapon of choice is a Smith & Wesson 9mm). The subtle detail of White using his own weapon during the heist is one of his many actions that hint at his attitude about following orders, as is getting personal with Orange. The reason why everyone was issued the same guns was probably because they were meant as throwaway weapons for the heist that couldn’t be traced to anyone. But since White used his own pistol, he risks having the crime traced back to him, since the police can learn his choice of weapon from this, and no doubt have ballistic records that would point to him when they analyze the bullets White put into those two cops he encountered in the alleyway.
17	* Why is Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega so violent despite the fact before hand that Nice Guy Eddie referred to him as a "Good luck charm" and was suggested to in general to be more stable? It is because obviously being locked up in prison had long term lingering effects. While Joe and Eddie did send him packages and try to take care of him, Blonde/Vic still was on his own in prison without any real help or support. Extra bonus to why he flipped out so badly during the robbery was because hearing the alarm was a trigger for him; reminding him the very serious reality that at that moment he could risk going back to prison after having just been released, which in turn caused him to flip out.
18	* Why does Mr. Pink become the sole survivor of the group? There are several reasons. We see that he's smart--he's the first one to voice the idea that there's a mole in the group, and even then, he only voices his suspicion to one other member (Mr. White), whom he guesses (correctly) is unlikely to be the mole. He generally remains cool and calm, in contrast to other members who are often hot-headed. He avoids getting into conflict with other members--though, also, he doesn't form any bonds with anyone else, something which is a consistent weakness among several of the other members. (Early on, Joe [[JerkassHasAPoint wisely warns his men]] against forming personal relationships with one another--though he fails to heed this advice himself, given that one of the men is his own son, who himself is close friends with another member. And, of course, the bond Mr. White forms with Mr. Orange becomes the source of his own downfall.) During the final MexicanStandoff, he's the only member alive at that point who isn't directly involved in the dispute they're having, and he tries his best to mediate and calm everyone's nerves: "Come on guys. Nobody wants this. We're supposed to be fuckin' professionals!" His effort fails, but at least he never gives the others any reason to turn their ire on him.
19	** All that said, Mr. Pink's fate doesn't look promising: we hear the cops outside capture him, and given his role in the robbery as well as the fact that he shot a cop (possibly fatally) and may also be implicated in the death of the captured cop whom Mr. Blonde tortured and Eddie killed (of course Mr. Pink played no role in that, but there are no living witnesses to prove his innocence to that act), whatever life he has ahead of him [[AllForNothing isn't likely to be a great one]].

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