20 Things You Somehow Missed In Pulp Fiction

18. Bad Things Happen When Vincent Goes To The Bathroom

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There are so many themes, trends, and details running through Pulp Fiction that it would be almost impossible to keep track of them all, particularly as the movie isn’t in complete chronological order. One of these is that Vincent seems to like going to the bathroom a lot.

He went to give himself a pep talk when he and Mia returned from Jack Rabbit Slim's, he popped in to use Butch’s facilities while staking the place out, and finally/firstly he went to the bathroom while having breakfast with Jules after his run in with Mr. Wolf.

There is a common theme through each of these trips to the toilet, which is that every single time he goes something bad happens. Mia OD’d while he was talking to himself in the mirror, Butch came home and gunned him down as he finished up there, and it was while he was in the bathroom at the diner that Pumpkin and Honey Bunny tried to rob the place.

If it wasn’t for Jules being as calm as he was, Vincent could have come in all guns blazing and ruined everything.

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