# Reservoir Dogs Ending (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605 "2004-02-17T04:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/21 "2004-02-17T15:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > what exactly does it say on the Pink DVD? At the end of the little blurb on Mr. Pink, it says: > [@](#): > > It should be no surprise that he’s the only one to survive the ordeal, though he does not escape justice ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/22 "2004-02-17T15:30:17Z")
> [@gyt\_fx](#): > > At the end, Does White kill Nice Guy Eddie? > I always thought Joe(big bald guy, I think thats his name) was aiming at Orange, so White was aiming at him, and Nice Guy was aiming at White in turn. And then Pink Shot from under the ramp, got the goods and ran off. Mr White shoots them both. If you watch it in slow motion, you can see that he shoots Joe, Eddie shoots Mr White, and Mr White spins and shoots Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/23 "2004-02-17T18:16:10Z")
Don’t they say at the beginning of the movie something to the effect of “at the end of this movie, four will be dead”? Maybe I’m imagining it and it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, but I thought they made a point to mention that one of them survived. Obviously, that’s Mr. Pink and he’s arrested outside the garage/warehouse/whatever the hell that building is. I don’t think Mr. Pink shot anyone. Didn’t Mr. Orange have a gun? I always assumed that he and Mr. White shot the other guys in the stand-off. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/24 "2004-02-17T19:28:38Z")
> [@](#): > > So maybe he’s a waiter after he gets out of jail? And what poetic justice it would be for him to have to work as a waiter after making it so clear that he himself does not believe in tipping! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Wrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mr.Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Wrong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/25 "2004-02-17T23:59:27Z")
_Posted by **Jabba** :_ > [@](#): > > Mr White shoots them both. If you watch it in slow motion, you can see that he shoots Joe, Eddie shoots Mr White, and Mr White spins and shoots Eddie. This is true. You can also see Chris Penn react to Mr. White’s gunshot a little early. ---
**Author:** ![ddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@ddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddown)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/26 "2004-02-18T07:21:39Z")
According to the original script (published by faber & faber), there were some lines at the end which were cut from the completed film. First it explains: Mr Pink is standing motionless. Finally he grabs the satchel of diamonds and runs out the door. ## [following lines were cut] We hear outside a car start. Then the sound of a bullhorn yells out: POLICE FORCE (off) Freeze! Get out of the car and lie face down on the ground! ## MR PINK (off) Don’t shoot! We now hear sirens, the sounds of more cars driving up, men running to the warehouse. Also, according to the script, Joe shoots Orange three times; White shoots Joe twice, in the face; Eddie shoots white three times; White shoots Eddie; and then White and Eddie fall to their knees firing at each other. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/27 "2004-02-23T08:39:00Z")
> [@Grace](#): > > Didn’t Mr. Orange have a gun? I always assumed that he and Mr. White shot the other guys in the stand-off. IIRC, Orange shot Blonde, after Blonde cut the cop’s ear off and doused him with gasoline, but before he could light the match. Then when Joe walked in, he shot Orange, lamenting the fact that “he was the only one I wasn’t 100% on”. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/28 "2004-02-23T12:55:32Z")
I saw this thread last week and wanted to read it, but I knew I was going to see Reservoir Dogs over the weekend, so I waited. I’m so glad you guys covered who shot who at the end, because that’s exactly the question I had. For what it’s worth, from my one viewing, I came away with the impression that Mr. Pink got away with the jewels. (And that’s the way I want to go on believing it was.) ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605/29 "2004-02-23T16:13:21Z")
The original script had a caption over the walking scene at the beginning that read: “One of these men is a cop. And by the end of the movie, all but one will be dead.” We see the deaths of all but Mr Blue and Mr Pink, but Joe informs the others that Blue is “dead as Dillinger” when he finally arrives at the warehouse. From that, I understood it that Pink survived, but, from the indistinct shouts in the background as White crawls over to Orange (before he admits he’s a cop), he was caught by the police as he ran out of the warehouse with the diamonds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reservoir-dogs-ending-spoilers/229605.md?page=1)