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{{quote|''"There are three kinds of policemen in Rio. Those who are [[Dirty Cop|corrupt]], those who [[True Neutral|look the other way]], and those who [[Cowboy Cop|go to war]]."''
|'''Roberto Nascimento''', ''The Elite Squad''}}
''[[The Elite Squad]]'' (originally named ''Tropa de Elite'') is a Golden Bear-winning Brazilian movie depicting the war between Rio de Janeiro drug dealers and the police - specifically, the BOPE (''Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais'': "Special Police Operations Battalion"), the most feared police force in the State. In the midst of this war, Captain Nascimento prepares for retirement as his first child is born. To replace him, there are two regular police officers - hotheaded Neto and the more intelectual Matias. Add in the mixture police corruption, and you've got it.
The movie was quite a success in Brazil, strangely, even before being officially released, with the amount of pirated copies of it being sold (which kinda contradicts the spirit of "don't finance crime" of the film). It has been basically the greatest meme generator in Brazil in recent history and the protagonist, Captain Nascimento, is now recognized as a true [[Memetic Badass]].
It has also stirred some controversy regarding human rights, due to the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]] used by the BOPE crew, being the cover of some of the most important magazines in the country.
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José Padilha, who directed both films, has been recently chosen by MGM to helm the ''[[RoboCop]]'' remake.
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* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]] - A very [[Squick|squicky]] example.
* [[Anyone Can Die]] - {{spoiler|Sure, Matias, you survived the first film all right. [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome|Guess you're now immune, right?]]}}
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* [[Black Best Friend]]: Matias is this towards Neto; both of them grew up together.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Averted. {{spoiler|Between white Neto and black Matias, it's ''Neto'' who bites the dust. Interestingly, it was in a trap intended for ''Matias''. Who then dies in the sequel.}}.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|The BOPE operators who crash Nascimento's shootout with the militia in Tropa 2.}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: A lot of crap happens to Fabio, and he's singled out for the worst treatment at the BOPE training camp in ''Tropa 1''. In ''Tropa 2'', although he managed to get promoted to Colonel, he's still being bossed around by everyone, and his nominal subordinate Rocha pretty much ignores him. {{spoiler|Until he kills Rocha and takes over his militia.}}
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* [[Knight Templar]]: Captain Nascimento. {{spoiler|Matias}} also becomes one by the end.
* [[Large Ham]]: André Mattos as Fortunato, the pundit from ''Mira Geral''. He is funny in the beginning, but then [[Complete Monster|it is not.]]
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Basically everyone.
* [[Married to the Job]]: Nascimento, who in the first movie practically crushes his marriage because of his commitment to police duty.
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|After killing Neto, Baiano}} almost pisses himself.
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* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: "BRING THE 12!"
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: BOPE, full stop.
* [[Strawman Political]]: Fraga starts as Strawman Leftist. Then he [[Took a Level
* [[SWAT Team]]: BOPE originally started as a relatively peaceful hostage rescue team, before evolving into a [[Badass Army]] fighting fire with fire. ''Tropa 2'' shows an example of an attempt to return to their roots, when deployed to suppress the prison riot... except that rather than control the situation, Nascimento suggests letting the criminals kill each other and then mop up once they're spent.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Villainous example in the sequel. After Nascimento and BOPE weaken the drug dealers that they do not have the ability to secure the favelas as their strongholds, Rochoa and the dirty cops find another source of income by becoming illegal essential services providers to the favelas, in addition to protection rackets.
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** The sequel also is a [[Take That]] on the entire corrupt system.
* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in the World|There Are Three Kinds of Cops in Brazil]]: Capt. Nascimento's opening monologue.
* [[Training
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The US release trailer implies Matias and Neto as joining BOPE to avenge a girl they loved who was killed by gang violence. {{spoiler|They got into BOPE after inadvertently triggering a shootout between drug dealers and [[Dirty Cop|Dirty Cops]], and were sick of the corruption in the police. Said girl is killed after they're already recruits and leave her, in the scene listed above in [[Kill It with Fire]].}}
* [[Values Dissonance]]: Brazilian critics loved it, whereas foreign critics not so much, with some calling it "fascist". This dissonance might be in part to the fact that the movie seems to be mainly trying to 'show' things as they are, but [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]] aspects might have made it seem otherwise.
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