History Film / AFistfulOfDollars

* CompositeCharacter: The Baxters (led by town's sheriff) and the Rojos are stated to be directly in charge of the businesses in the town, unlike in Film/{{Yojimbo}}, where the gangs have the mayor and a rival business owner of his in their pockets for the sake of appearances. As such, Ramon directly takes ownership of Marisol for the DamselInDistresssubplot, unlike his Japanese counterpart who pawned her off to one of the merchants.

* CompositeCharacter: The Baxters (led by town's sheriff) and the Rojos are stated to be directly in charge of the businesses in the town, unlike in Film/{{Yojimbo}}, where the gangs have the mayor and a rival business owner of his in their pockets for the sake of appearances. As such, Ramon directly takes ownership of Marisol for the DistressedDamsel subplot, unlike his Japanese counterpart who pawned her off to one of the merchants.

** Also justified in that, even for an expert marksman with high-end modern sniper gear, headshots are actually really, ''really'' hard to pull off.

* CorruptCop: The patriarch of the Baxter crime ring is also the town sheriff.

* AlliterativeName: Ramón Rojo.

* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: The Rojo brothers and the Baxters are both family gangs.

* CoolGuns:
** Joe uses a Single Action Army 5 1/2" Artillery with a color case hardened frame.
** Ramón uses a Winchester 1892 rifle throughout the film, although it tends to switch to a Winchester 1894 rifle and a '92 Saddle Ring Carbine in some scenes.

* ArcWords: "When you shoot to kill, aim for the heart." Ramon takes his mantra [[spoiler:[[AttackAttackAttack a little too seriously]]]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: Essentially what defines Ramon's over-reliance to heartbound kill shots with his rifle. [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Sure, he could just end Joe]] [[BoomHeadshot then and there]], but [[RuleOfCool if it's not as stylish as a shot to the heart, why bother?]].
* AxCrazy: Ramon. He is [[{{Yandere}} extremely obsessed with a woman]], is widely paranoid, and tortures and kills in cold blood. He is a dangerous psychopath and many a massacre brings an insane SlasherSmile to his face.

* {{Bandito}}: The Rojos are [[TheCartel banditos-turned-bootleggers]], who sell alcohol on both sides of the border, and have an ugly rivalry with the Baxters, a family of white-collar American gunrunners. While two of the brothers are absolutely stereotypical, Ramon (also Gian Maria Valonte) subverts it somewhat by being completely evil, but very bright.

* BatmanGambit: Due to previous interactions with Ramon, [[spoiler: Joe knew he wouldn't try for a headshot so he built a bullet proof vest to block his shots.]]

* BigBad: Ramon. Don Miguel may be the leader of the Rojos, but Ramon is on par with him in terms of strategy and participates in a lot more of the gang's atrocities in person.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Joe towards Ramon, though it's clearly a display of bravado rather than mercy (and the gun was empty anyway).

* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Ramon, when Joe finally gets to shoot him. Downplayed with Silvanito, who was merely roughed up by the Rojos and shows a visible blood trail from his mouth in the final closeup of the film and neither is nor looks none much the worse for wear.]]
%%* BloodKnight: Ramon.
* BookEnds: The Stranger begins his stay in San Miguel by gunning down four of the Baxter men in a display of quick-draw shooting. The final confrontation with Ramon sees him perform the exact same feat by gunning down the four men Ramon has flanking him, leaving Ramon at the Stranger's mercy.

* BulletproofVest: Joe fashions one out of scrap metal before the film's climax, giving him a chance against Ramon and his rifle.

* ChekhovsSkill: Ramon's ability to make perfect heartshots to a suit of armour. His rifle's bullets don't penetrate it [[spoiler:and also cannot penetrate Joe's boiler plate.]]

%%* ColdSniper: Ramon.

** Ramon uses a Winchester 1892 rifle throughout the film, although it tends to switch to a Winchester 1894 rifle and a '92 Saddle Ring Carbine in some scenes.

* DamselInDistress: Marisol has to be rescued by Joe and re-united with her husband Julio and son Jesus.

* {{Determinator}}: After finding out Joe was responsible for getting Marisol and her family out of the town, Ramon has Joe beaten to a bloody pulp. Yet he was still able to not only make it out of the room he was locked into alive, but also was able to take a few more henchmen down.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Ramon is a master at it:

* TheDragon: Esteban. He's the second most bloodthirsty of the Rojo brothers, and he plays an active role in Joe's torture (that role being reduced in the original theatrical cuts released in the US and the UK), but he's basically subordinate to both Ramon and Don Miguel.
* DragonInChief: Ramon is this to his elder brother Miguel. Miguel is the Don of the family, but Ramon is a much more dangerous fighter, and is the true power of the family.
* TheDreaded: Early in the film, when Joe has met Don Miguel and Esteban, he comments to Silvanito that he has yet to meet Ramon. Silvanito tells him to hope he never does.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Don Miguel looks shocked when [[spoiler:Esteban shoots Consuela.]] Heck, even ''[[AxCrazy Ramon]]'' is a little shocked.
* EvilGenius: Ramon. He's the only one of the villains who has a clue about Joe, and seems to be the Rojos' planner as well.

* AlliterativeName: Ramon Rojo.