>>91338696No, no, not the soft spot for animals, the repetition of phrases. In that episode, any time X9 says the dog's name, he doesn't just say "Lulu", he says "Lulu, sweet thing". In Sin City, we hear the phrases, "Old man dies so a young girl can live. Fair trade", "I took his weapons. Both of them", and "Ava. Damn" repeatedly. Is that sort of thing a trope in film noir, or is it just a coincidence that it shows up in two examples of the genre that I'm aware of?
