They Call Me Jeeg (2017) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Enzo gains his powers after falling into the Tiber River while escaping police. He comes into contact with radioactive waste submerged in the river, which leaves him feverish and sick for hours. When he wakes up, he discovers he has been transformed with remarkable healing abilities and superhuman strength, though he develops a persistent cough as a reminder of his near-death experience.

Foreshadowing: The radioactive waste was already present in the river long before Enzo's fall, waiting for an unsuspecting victim.

• enzo powers
• radioactive waste
• tiber river
• transformation
• superhuman abilities

Alessia calls Enzo Hiroshi Shiba because that is the name of the hero from her favorite anime series, Steel Jeeg. After Enzo rescues her from Gipsy's gang, she sees him as her real-life hero and equates him with the character who saves people in her beloved show.

Foreshadowing: Alessia's obsession with Steel Jeeg throughout the film foreshadows her identification of Enzo as her personal hero.

• alessia
• hiroshi shiba
• steel jeeg
• anime
• hero

The rivalry escalates when Enzo steals valuables from an armored truck that Gipsy had been planning to rob. This directly undermines Gipsy's criminal operation and makes him see Enzo as a threat. Additionally, Enzo's rescue of Alessia from Gipsy's clutches creates personal enmity, as Gipsy wants to use her to force Enzo to reveal the source of his powers.

Foreshadowing: The tension between them builds gradually through competing heists and Gipsy's growing jealousy over Enzo's rising reputation.

• enzo gipsy rivalry
• gipsy
• armored truck
• criminal rivalry

Gipsy kidnaps Alessia at the Tiber quay to force Enzo to reveal where his powers come from. During the chaotic confrontation, Alessia is fatally shot. In her dying moments, she urges Enzo to use his powers for good rather than for personal gain, which ultimately convinces him to fully embrace his role as a hero.

Foreshadowing: Gipsy's earlier threat to kidnap Alessia foreshadows the tragic confrontation at the quay.

• alessia death
• tiber quay
• gipsy kidnapping
• final moments

After being seemingly killed in the explosion at the Tiber quay, Gipsy emerges from the river the next day, just like Enzo did. He has survived the fiery confrontation and now possesses similar powers to Enzo's - including enhanced strength and healing abilities. This sets up their final showdown in Naples and at the bridge.

Foreshadowing: Enzo's earlier survival after being shot and falling from a construction site establishes that Gipsy could also survive deadly situations.

• gipsy powers
• survival
• river
• transformation
• final boss

After Alessia learns the truth about her father Sergio's fate from Enzo, she runs away in anger. To apologize and bring her back, Enzo uses his superhuman strength to stop a moving tram in the middle of the street. This dramatic act catches the attention of both the public and Gipsy, who witnesses the display of power.

Foreshadowing: This is the first time Enzo openly uses his powers in public for a non-criminal purpose, signaling his gradual shift toward heroism.

• enzo stops tram
• apology
• alessia
• public display

The Jeeg mask is crafted by Alessia as a symbol of her belief in Enzo as her hero. At the film's end, Enzo wears the mask while standing on the Colosseum, representing his acceptance of the heroic role Alessia always saw in him. It symbolizes his transformation from a selfish criminal into a protector who uses his powers for good.

Foreshadowing: Alessia's love for the Steel Jeeg anime and her calling Enzo "Hiroshi Shiba" foreshadow the mask's creation and meaning.

• jeeg mask
• colosseum
• alessia gift
• hero symbol

Enzo confronts Gipsy at the bridge where they have their final battle. Using his superior combat skills and powers, Enzo overpowers Gipsy. He throws a bomb into the Tiber River, causing a fiery explosion that engulfs Gipsy and kills him, ending the threat he poses to the city.

Foreshadowing: The river has been a recurring element throughout the film, first giving Enzo his powers and now becoming the site of Gipsy's demise.

• final confrontation
• bridge
• gipsy death
• bomb
• tiber

Enzo's transformation into a hero is triggered by his growing connection with Alessia and her traumatic past. Watching Steel Jeeg together and learning about her abuse history creates an emotional bond that makes him want to protect her. After her death, her final plea for him to use his powers for good cements his decision to fight against evil rather than exploit his abilities.

Foreshadowing: Enzo's rescue of Alessia from Gipsy marks the first moment he uses his powers to help someone else.

• enzo hero journey
• redemption
• alessia influence
• good vs evil

After Enzo uses his superhuman strength to empty an ATM machine, the video goes viral and the media dubs him a "super-criminal." The police and press focus on his criminal activities - stealing the watch, the failed cocaine job, and the ATM theft - rather than seeing him as a potential hero, creating the sensationalized moniker.

Foreshadowing: The media's labeling of Enzo sets up the contrast with his later transformation into an actual hero.

• super-criminal
• media
• atm
• viral
• public perception

Sergio is a henchman who works for Gipsy. He accompanies Enzo on the failed cocaine extraction job, and when one of the drug mules overdoses, Sergio refuses to call for help, leading to violence. Later, Sergio is killed as part of the fallout from the botched operation, leaving Alessia orphaned and traumatized.

Foreshadowing: Sergio's criminal background and involvement with Gipsy directly lead to his death and Alessia's vulnerable situation.

• sergio death
• alessia father
• henchman
• gipsy

Enzo meets Alessia when he intervenes to save her from Gipsy's gang. Gipsy's crew had gone to Sergio's home looking for the missing cocaine and encountered Alessia there. Enzo arrives and heroically rescues her from their clutches, which is when she first sees him as her protector and calls him Hiroshi Shiba.

Foreshadowing: This rescue sets in motion the entire emotional arc of the film and Enzo's transformation.

• first meeting
• enzo alessia
• rescue
• gipsy gang