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The Crying Game

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The Crying Game	type	TVTItem
The Crying Game	label	The Crying Game
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The Crying Game	comment	So you want to know about The Crying Game? The movie is best remembered for its now-infamous plot twist, but there's more to it than that.Fergus (Stephen Rea) is a grunt in the IRA. He and his cell capture a British soldier stationed in Northern Ireland, Jody (Forest Whitaker). They hold him hostage, hoping Britain will release one of their own in exchange for Jody's safety. If the British government refuses to comply, the IRA will execute Jody. Fergus is only supposed to guard the prisoner. He's not supposed to take his hood off. He's definitely not supposed to humanize Jody. Unfortunately, Fergus is at heart, a decent guy. He can't resist treating Jody humanely.Over the next four days, Fergus and Jody get to know each other. Jody tells his captor about his girl back home, Dil. He even shows Fergus a picture in his wallet. He bemoans the fact that he might never see her again, and asks Fergus to look after her, should the worst befall him.Of course, the order eventually comes down that Jody has to die. Fergus is slated for the task, but can't bring himself to do it, buying Jody a chance for escape... which gets him about as far as the nearest road where he's quickly run over by an APC. The British army has found the IRA hiding spot, it seems. Distraught, Fergus runs for it, fleeing both the British soldiers and his former comrades in arms.Having no other course of action, Fergus makes his way to London to honor Jody's last request. He reinvents himself as Jimmy and finds Dil working as a hairdresser and sometime lounge singer. Though he means to tell her the truth about himself, he finds himself falling for her first. But, he's not the only one with a secret.
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The Crying Game / int_13d6db18	type	One Last Smoke
The Crying Game / int_13d6db18	comment	One Last Smoke: Jody, and he doesn't even smoke in the first place.
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The Crying Game / int_14e1f6b2	type	Assassins Are Always Betrayed
The Crying Game / int_14e1f6b2	comment	Assassins Are Always Betrayed: Fergus knows that Jude wants him to kill a judge in broad daylight because it's suicidal, as shown when Peter impulsively does it himself because Fergus didn't show.
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The Crying Game / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Crying Game / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: When Jody bolts, Fergus chases him. Jody treats it as a kid's game, two boys chasing after each other, laughing as he does. Before he runs into the road and accidentally gets killed by an Army convoy.
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The Crying Game / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Crying Game / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: From a fairly manly action movie to a sympathetic look at gender issues. It still retains some violence and political intrigue though.
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The Crying Game / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Crying Game / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: The eponymous song is sung by Dil.
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The Crying Game / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Crying Game / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: A subtle one, when Jody forces Fergus to pull out his penis for him to urinate. Considering Jody's girlfriend, the deliberate Ho Yay comes back thematically when Fergus' idea of sexuality is tested.
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The Crying Game / int_23a0a0d0	type	Dragon Their Feet
The Crying Game / int_23a0a0d0	comment	Dragon Their Feet: Jude outlives Peter by a few minutes.
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The Crying Game / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
The Crying Game / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: When Jody wants Fergus to tell him a story (after hearing he's set to die), the only thing Fergus can come up with is to quote from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians ("When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things"). Also invoked when Dil visits Fergus in prison:
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The Crying Game / int_25c7b33a	type	Cruel to Be Kind
The Crying Game / int_25c7b33a	comment	Cruel to Be Kind: Peter antagonises Fergus after the latter gets too friendly with Jody, as there's a good chance they will need to execute him and the act will be easier if there's no rapport. When Fergus rejects this line of thinking and requests the burden of both executing the sentence and standing guard on Jody's final night, Peter calls him a good man and acquiesces.
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The Crying Game / int_26fb2f9e	type	Past Experience Nightmare
The Crying Game / int_26fb2f9e	comment	Past Experience Nightmare: Fergus has them about Jody.
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The Crying Game / int_2d409194	type	Unsettling Gender-Reveal
The Crying Game / int_2d409194	comment	Unsettling Gender-Reveal: One of the most (in)famous examples in all of cinema. Fergus becomes violently ill and starts retching when he discovers that Dil has a penis.
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The Crying Game / int_2dcb1d2e	type	Black Gal on White Guy Drama
The Crying Game / int_2dcb1d2e	comment	Black Gal on White Guy Drama: Fergus with Dil. Even more considering he's being pursued by racist IRA agents.
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The Crying Game / int_2e154495	type	Shower of Angst
The Crying Game / int_2e154495	comment	Shower of Angst: This famous post-revelation scene has been hearkened back to many times, most-famously spoofed in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
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The Crying Game / int_356e26da	type	Good Hair, Evil Hair
The Crying Game / int_356e26da	comment	Good Hair, Evil Hair: Jude is murderous when she's blonde, but she's saintly compared to when she goes dark-haired.
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The Crying Game / int_36ae9f5d	type	Traumatic Haircut
The Crying Game / int_36ae9f5d	comment	Traumatic Haircut: Dil. The last thing she wants to be is a boy again. The only way Dil agrees is that Fergus insists that he's doing it for love; she still cries as her hair is cut. To Dil's credit, she wears her newly shortened hair stylishly at the end. As always.
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The Crying Game / int_37cb353b	type	Ate His Gun
The Crying Game / int_37cb353b	comment	Ate His Gun: Dil wants to, but Fergus won't let her.
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The Crying Game / int_3b2ee7b6	type	Instant Turn-Off
The Crying Game / int_3b2ee7b6	comment	Instant Turn-Off: Just when Fergus and Dil begin to make love, Fergus discovers Dil's secret.
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The Crying Game / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Crying Game / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: Fergus is pretty slow on the uptake regarding Dil and who knew about this and that and so on.
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The Crying Game / int_4063acfd	type	Woman Scorned
The Crying Game / int_4063acfd	comment	Woman Scorned: Dil's hatred of Jude indicates a deeper jealousy. When Dil guns her down, she angrily says, "You was there, wasn't you? You used those tits and that ass to get him, didn't you?", then asks Fergus what she wore.
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The Crying Game / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Crying Game / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Fergus is out of the IRA, but in jail. He and Dil seem to be together, though, even if it's a long distance relationship.
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The Crying Game / int_44989f6f	type	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot
The Crying Game / int_44989f6f	comment	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: A tearjerking version, when Fergus sadly says to Jody's photo, "You should have stayed at home."
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The Crying Game / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
The Crying Game / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: One for Fergus (though done off-screen) when he reinvents himself as Jimmy. Another for Dil when she has to go into hiding.
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The Crying Game / int_4b39c18	type	Taking the Heat
The Crying Game / int_4b39c18	comment	Taking the Heat: After Dil kills Jude—arguably in a fit of temporary insanity—Fergus tells her to leave the apartment. He watches her run across the back lot before wiping her fingerprints off the murder weapon, wrapping his own hand around the gun, and sitting down near Jude's body to wait for police.
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The Crying Game / int_4ba6a037	type	Trans Relationship Troubles
The Crying Game / int_4ba6a037	comment	Trans Relationship Troubles: Main character Fergus freaks out and nearly abandons Dil after realizing that she's a trans woman.
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The Crying Game / int_4cacfcc3	type	Honey Trap
The Crying Game / int_4cacfcc3	comment	Honey Trap: The IRA gets Jody by sending one of these (played by Miranda Richardson) after him.
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The Crying Game / int_4db42cf3	type	Male Frontal Nudity
The Crying Game / int_4db42cf3	comment	Male Frontal Nudity: It's used for The Reveal. Fergus undresses Dil to have sex with her, discovering that she's a pre-op trans woman.
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The Crying Game / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
The Crying Game / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: Used for the infamous reveal. As Fergus begins to undress Dil, the camera drops down and shows Dil's penis. Even the music stops.
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The Crying Game / int_505a1021	type	The Farmer and the Viper
The Crying Game / int_505a1021	comment	The Farmer and the Viper: A version of the story is related in the film to show people cannot go against their most basic nature. It's also given a Call-Back near the end, though subverted as Fergus' nature it turns out is quite the opposite from the viper's.
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The Crying Game / int_50b9b3d0	type	Crazy Jealous Guy
The Crying Game / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: Dave is obsessed with Dil. Initially he's violent and controlling towards her despite her standing up to him and telling him to get lost every time he bothers her. He tried to move in to her apartment despite her refusing to date him, and even had his clothes and pet goldfish there. Eventually he resorts to stalking and begging for her time once she meets and falls for Fergus. It bites Dil and Fergus in the ass when they assume that Dave is still stalking them and trying to run them over with a car when in reality it's Fergus' ex-IRA compatriots spying on him.
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The Crying Game / int_51640e80	type	Bond One-Liner
The Crying Game / int_51640e80	comment	Bond One-Liner: "You didn't knock, honey."
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The Crying Game / int_56549b6d	type	Scotireland
The Crying Game / int_56549b6d	comment	Scotireland: Northern Irish terrorist Fergus initially tells Londoner Dil that he is Scottish, and Dil appears to believe him. Possibly justified in that London has a wide variety of accents and Dil, being young and perhaps inexperienced, might not have known the difference. Also, the Scottish Highland accent sounds very similar to the Northern Irish accent due to the two having similar dialects of Gaelic. Scottish Highlanders were also among those who had gone there to settle.
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The Crying Game / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
The Crying Game / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: It's strongly implied Fergus and Jody would have been bestest buddies had they not been IRA and British Army opponents.
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The Crying Game / int_5d4d0c42	type	Northern Irish and Nasty
The Crying Game / int_5d4d0c42	comment	Northern Irish and Nasty: Fergus is a subversion of this trope, as he's a low-level grunt who's initially characterised by his reluctance to harm Jody, the British soldier his superiors in the IRA have taken hostage.
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The Crying Game / int_6205320f	type	Trans Tribulations
The Crying Game / int_6205320f	comment	Trans Tribulations: In the famous twist, Dil is a pre-op trans woman. Fergus had no idea before she undressed. He gets pretty upset at first, even hitting Dil. However, he's soon apologized to her and still wants Dil after this.
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The Crying Game / int_63b02752	type	Hair-Trigger Temper
The Crying Game / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: Peter, a violent and angry member of the IRA.
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The Crying Game / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
The Crying Game / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice:
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The Crying Game / int_648fe274	type	But for Me, It Was Tuesday
The Crying Game / int_648fe274	comment	But for Me, It Was Tuesday: The assassination target is one for the IRA. When Fergus asks Jude who the target is, she shrugs and says "Some judge", though it is probably a case of Jude not knowing either, as the IRA works with multiple cells so no one knows who gives the orders or can be forced to give up names of IRA members.
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The Crying Game / int_65fcc287	type	Lima Syndrome
The Crying Game / int_65fcc287	comment	Lima Syndrome: Fergus develops a genuine affection for Jody, who he's holding prisoner.
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The Crying Game / int_6c8ce33c	type	Lower Half Reveal
The Crying Game / int_6c8ce33c	comment	Lower Half Reveal: When Fergus and Dil become intimate and he starts to undress her, the camera pans down to Dil's groin area and the music stops as Fergus (and the audience) learn Dil's secret: she has a penis.
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The Crying Game / int_6ceb0471	type	UnrequitedLove
The Crying Game / int_6ceb0471	comment	Unrequited Love: A major theme of the film.
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The Crying Game / int_6da4d56e	type	Conspicuously Public Assassination
The Crying Game / int_6da4d56e	comment	Conspicuously Public Assassination: The IRA wants Fergus to perform one of these. It's Suicide by Cop, and Fergus knows it.
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The Crying Game / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Crying Game / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Jude repeatedly calls Dil an "it" as she's being gunned down by the former.
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The Crying Game / int_738d1a0f	type	Because You Were Nice to Me
The Crying Game / int_738d1a0f	comment	Because You Were Nice to Me: Dil feels this is her Fatal Flaw.
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The Crying Game / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Crying Game / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: The story of "The Scorpion and the Frog" near the beginning and at the very end.
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The Crying Game / int_7815ba15	type	N-Word Privileges
The Crying Game / int_7815ba15	comment	N-Word Privileges: Inverted by Jody, who says Ireland is the only place where people still openly call black people "nigger" to their face.
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The Crying Game / int_819b6384	type	Sympathetic Murderer
The Crying Game / int_819b6384	comment	Sympathetic Murderer: Dil kills Jude to protect Fergus and avenge Jody. Jude really had it coming. Fergus as well, as it's implied he's killed for the IRA before, or at least served as an accessory to murder.
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The Crying Game / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Crying Game / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Forest Whitaker is clearly having a blast as Jody with a very bombastic and gregarious performance despite being the fact that heâ€™s being held hostage. Also Miranda Richardson seems to be having the time of her life as Jude. Especially in the second half of the movie when she dyes her hair.
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The Crying Game / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The Crying Game / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast:
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The Crying Game / int_88cee6e2	type	Abhorrent Admirer
The Crying Game / int_88cee6e2	comment	Abhorrent Admirer: Dave for Dil.
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The Crying Game / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
The Crying Game / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Dave is this for Dil. Fergus warning him off is how their relationship begins.
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The Crying Game / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
The Crying Game / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Jude, especially when she goes raven-haired.
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The Crying Game / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
The Crying Game / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: As William Goldman noted, knowing the twist going in actually improves the movie in some ways because you suddenly become aware of how carefully the track is being laid right up until The Reveal.
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The Crying Game / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Jody drops a ton of hints that Dil won't be what she seems. Firstly he says that Jude is not his type, despite falling for her Honey Trap. Second, he says Jude and women in general are cruel and untrustworthy, but that Dil is special and she's not like women in general. When Jody needs to urinate, he asks Fergus to pull out his penis on account of his hands being bound, saying "it's just a piece of meat". Finally Jody says about Dil: "Love her, whatever she is."
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The Crying Game / int_9dfb8296	comment	This Is Gonna Suck: Dil's reaction after Fergus discovers she is pre-op transgender.
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The Crying Game / int_9e447c8c	comment	Suspiciously Apropos Music: The film opens with "When a Man Loves a Woman", and ends with "Stand By Your Man".
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The Crying Game / int_a3eae597	comment	Award-Bait Song: Averted. "The Crying Game" wasn't original, so it wasn't eligible for an Academy Award.
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The Crying Game / int_a536f3a3	comment	Gender-Blender Name: Jody, Jude, and Dil. This is by no means an accident.
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The Crying Game / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Dil, since Fergus takes the rap for her.
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The Crying Game / int_afc6df04	comment	What You Are in the Dark: Fergus gets one of these when it's time to kill Jody. He can't bring himself to do it. There's an Ironic Echo when Dil wants to kill Fergus, but can't bring herself to do it, either.
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The Crying Game / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Crying Game / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Do not threaten or insult Dil in front of Fergus. See Badass Boast above.
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The Crying Game / int_bd0230fb	comment	Ambiguously Bi: Jody says Jude is not his type (though he's enthusiastic enough about trying to have sex with her) and expresses dislike towards women in general, while Dil, who turns out to be biologically male, is "special" and "different". What all this means for Jody being homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual is up for debate. Fergus as well. He clearly feels strong romantic love (though not necessarily sexual attraction) toward Dil even after the reveal, and his recurring dreams of Jody seem to have a homoerotic undertone. On the other hand, he was in a previous sexual relationship with Jude and presumably other women.
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The Crying Game / int_be5e459b	comment	The Bartender: Col is a particularly humorous one, serving as a deadpan go-between for Fergus and Dil.
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The Crying Game / int_c3b51bb3	comment	You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Dil, for all her bravado, has a very low self-esteem. Fergus's actions make her far more confident and self-assured, especially judging by the way she walks visiting him in jail.
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The Crying Game / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Fergus, according to Jody. Beware the Nice Ones: He is a highly trained IRA operative, however, and fiercely protective of Dil.
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The Crying Game / int_c57a6051	comment	If I Do Not Return: Or rather "If they kill me". Jody's last will is for Fergus to find Dil out.
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The Crying Game / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Crying Game / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: "The Scorpion and the Frog" parable is imported from Mr. Arkadin.
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The Crying Game / int_d076bd7a	comment	Manslaughter Provocation: This is probably what Fergus gets convicted of.
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The Crying Game / int_d31da2e3	type	If It's You, It's Okay
The Crying Game / int_d31da2e3	comment	If It's You, It's Okay: Implied to be the resolution for Dil and Fergus. Even after finding out that Dil is pre-op transgender, Fergus still loves her.
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The Crying Game / int_d49f90ea	comment	Western Terrorists: Fergus, Jude and Maguire are members of the Irish Republican Army. Their kidnapping of a British soldier kicks off the plot.
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The Crying Game / int_db4b76d1	comment	Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: "You didn't knock, honey." (BLAM!)
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The Crying Game / int_df410b77	comment	Decoy Protagonist: Jody is the equal main character of the film's first quarter, alongside Fergus, until he's killed off before a Time Skip.
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The Crying Game / int_dfbf8667	type	Right Under Their Noses
The Crying Game / int_dfbf8667	comment	Right Under Their Noses: Jude is pretty pissed off at Fergus when she finds him, but she notes that he vanished really well, and hasn't outlived his usefulness to the IRA.
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The Crying Game / int_e250f2af	comment	We Do Not Know Each Other: Played with. When the IRA comes after Fergus again, he tries to get Dil to play along with this, since Jude has identified her as "the wee black chick". He puts her up in a hotel and cuts her hair, but his plan doesn't quite work out.
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The Crying Game / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: Dil lights up one after her Unsettling Gender-Reveal and Fergus goes to vomit.
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The Crying Game / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
The Crying Game / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Dil continues to call Fergus loving terms after The Reveal, to his consternation.
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The Crying Game / int_ebb900a7	comment	Resignations Not Accepted: Jude to Fergus.
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The Crying Game / int_eff65ef6	comment	Chained to a Bed: Dil ties a sleeping Fergus to the bed with her black nylon tights.
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The Crying Game / int_f9e16ef	comment	Distressed Dude: Jody spends most of his screen time as a prisoner.
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The Crying Game / int_fcdf597b	comment	Titled After the Song: Dave Berry's "The Crying Game", covered by Boy George.
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