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* DeathByAdaptation: Albert's mother, who is killed early on in the novel by a random cougar attack. As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed in the film, but this is never elaborated upon. However, [[spoiler:in the unrated version, it's revealed that she died from a splinter.]]

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* DeathByAdaptation: Albert's mother, who is killed early on in the novel by a random cougar attack. As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed in the film, but this is never elaborated upon. However, [[spoiler:in the unrated version, it's revealed that she died from a splinter.splinter, and her funeral is shown.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: Albert's mother, who is killed early on in the novel by a random cougar attack. As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed (possibly by the same occurrence) in the film, but this is never elaborated upon.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Albert's mother, who is killed early on in the novel by a random cougar attack. As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed (possibly by the same occurrence) in the film, but this is never elaborated upon.upon. However, [[spoiler:in the unrated version, it's revealed that she died from a splinter.]]



* MissingTrailerScene: The bit with the doctor that accidentally killed his patient and the bit where Albert is in a hot air balloon over a burning forest is not in the film. The former is included in the unrated cut, where the patient is revealed to be [[spoiler:Albert's mother.]]

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* MissingTrailerScene: The bit with the doctor that accidentally killed his patient and the bit where Albert is in a hot air balloon over a burning forest is not in the film. The former is included in the unrated cut, version, where the patient is revealed to be [[spoiler:Albert's mother.]]
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* MissingTrailerScene: The bit with the doctor that accidentally killed his patient and the bit where Albert is in a hot air balloon over a burning forest is not in the film.

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* MissingTrailerScene: The bit with the doctor that accidentally killed his patient and the bit where Albert is in a hot air balloon over a burning forest is not in the film. The former is included in the unrated cut, where the patient is revealed to be [[spoiler:Albert's mother.]]
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* FamilyValuesVillain: Clinch justifies his cold-blooded murder of the prospector near the beginning because he lied about having gold.
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The film takes place in Arizona, 1882, where literally AnyoneCanDie (even by a splinter). This tale of the west is about Albert ([=MacFarlane=]), a sheep herder whose girlfriend (Creator/AmandaSeyfried) left him after he chickens out of a duel, but when notorious outlaw (Creator/LiamNeeson) arrives in town looking for trouble, the outlaw's runaway wife (Creator/CharlizeTheron) teaches Albert how to shoot and prove he's got what it takes. The film also stars Creator/SarahSilverman, Giovanni Ribisi, and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

The film is produced by Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions and Bluegrass Films, and was released by [[{{Creator/Universal}} Universal Pictures]] on May 30, 2014. A tie-in novel written by [=MacFarlane=] is now available.

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The film takes place in Arizona, 1882, where literally AnyoneCanDie (even by a splinter). This tale of the west is about Albert ([=MacFarlane=]), (played by [=MacFarlane=] himself), a sheep herder whose girlfriend (Creator/AmandaSeyfried) left him after he chickens out of a duel, but when notorious outlaw (Creator/LiamNeeson) arrives in town looking for trouble, the outlaw's runaway wife (Creator/CharlizeTheron) teaches Albert how to shoot and prove he's got what it takes. The film also stars Creator/SarahSilverman, Giovanni Ribisi, and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

The film is produced by Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions (the same production company behind [=MacFarlane=]'s animated shows) and Bluegrass Films, and was released by [[{{Creator/Universal}} Universal Pictures]] on May 30, 2014. A tie-in novel written by [=MacFarlane=] is now available.
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* VulgarHumor: Oh yes. It has sex jokes, prostitute jokes, potty humor, anatomy humor, religious jokes, sudden violent deaths, racial humor, and hypocritical humor.

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* VulgarHumor: Oh yes. It has sex jokes, prostitute jokes, potty humor, anatomy humor, religious jokes, sudden violent deaths, racial humor, and hypocritical humor. Justified as vulgar humor is a SethMacFarlane hallmark.
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'''''A Million Ways to Die in the West''''' is the second full-length theatrical comedy film from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' creator Creator/SethMacFarlane, after ''{{Film/Ted}}''.

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'''''A ''A Million Ways to Die in the West''''' West'' is the second full-length theatrical comedy film from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' creator Creator/SethMacFarlane, after ''{{Film/Ted}}''.

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* DirtyCoward: Whenever Clinch gets into a gunfight, he tells his opponent "We shoot on three," then proceeds to shoot on two.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[{{UsefulNotes/Abraham Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]] pops up for a cameo in the film, played by Creator/GilbertGottfried [[{{RuleOfFunny}} of all people]].

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[{{UsefulNotes/Abraham Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]] pops up for a cameo in the film, played by Creator/GilbertGottfried [[{{RuleOfFunny}} of all people]].people]] (although Albert surmises that he's an imposter, due to his unpleasant demeanour).


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* ItsNotYouItsMe: Louise invokes this during her breakup with Albert, telling him she's not looking date anyone at the moment, and that she has to "go home and work on myself." Her relationship with Foy shows this was BlatantLies.
* JerkAss: Foy never misses an opportunity to insult and belittle Albert. He even performs an impromptu musical number at the town dance for the sole purpose of mocking Albert.


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* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: When Louise tries to get back together with Albert after he kills Clinch, he throws her earlier "I need to go home and work on myself" line right back at her.]]
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** Of course Rattlesnake venom would not kill a person that quickly.

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* TheCameo: [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].

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* TheCameo: [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/BillMaher, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/PatrickStewart ([[ItMakesSenseInContext as the voice of a sheep.]]), Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].



* SceneryPorn: Absolutely ''gorgeous'' vistas of the American southwest, notably Monument Valley, enhanced by the thrilling classic-movie-Western-style soundtrack.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So about the guy Albert owes money to in the first scene who gives him two days to come up with the cash... and who's never mentioned again...

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So about the guy Albert owes money to in the first scene who gives him two days to come up with the cash... and who's cash. He's never mentioned again...seen again, although in a later scene where Edwards says that Albert hasn't left his house in over a week, Albert does mention that he did leave to pay the rancher off.

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The film is produced by Media Rights Capital and Fuzzy Door Productions, and was released by [[{{Creator/Universal}} Universal Pictures]] on May 30, 2014. A tie-in novel written by [=MacFarlane=] is now available.

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The film is produced by Media Rights Capital and Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, Productions and Bluegrass Films, and was released by [[{{Creator/Universal}} Universal Pictures]] on May 30, 2014. A tie-in novel written by [=MacFarlane=] is now available.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So about the guy Albert owes money to in the first scene who gives him two days to come up with the cash... and who's never mentioned again...

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* ButtMonkey: Albert

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* ButtMonkey: AlbertAlbert.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Arizona is played by New Mexico.
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* DeconstructiveParody: The movie seeks to tear down the over-romanticized view people have of the wild West, mainly by showing how dangerous and unsanitary it could be.

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* BadassMustache: Foy

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* BadassMustache: FoyFoy.



* DeadpanSnarker: Albert

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* DeadpanSnarker: AlbertAlbert.
* DeathByAdaptation: Albert's mother, who is killed early on in the novel by a random cougar attack. As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed (possibly by the same occurrence) in the film, but this is never elaborated upon.


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* NewMediaAreEvil: Parodied. Albert and Edward see a child playing with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_rolling stick and a hoop]], and claim it's destructive to their developing attention spans.
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* CharacterFilibuster: Albert, shockingly, has quite a few of these.
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** And in a lesser example, the shooting gallery at the fair has runaway slaves as targets, in a movie that takes place after the AmericanCivilWar.

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** And in a lesser example, the shooting gallery at the fair has runaway slaves as targets, in a movie that takes place after the AmericanCivilWar.UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.

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* TheCameo: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].

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* TheCameo: [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].



* RuleOfCool: Doc Brown's presence with the [=DeLorean=]. He did travel back to the Old West in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', but it was to California in 1885.

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* RuleOfCool: Doc Brown's presence with the [=DeLorean=]. He did travel back to the Old West in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', but it was to California in 1885.



* SharedUniverse: With ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', though purely through RuleOfFunny.
* ShoutOut: The theme to ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' is teased during the credits.
** The aforementioned Cameo by [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doctor Brown and his time travelling De Lorean.]]

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* SharedUniverse: With ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', though purely through RuleOfFunny.
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The theme to ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' is teased during the credits.
** The aforementioned Cameo by [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doctor Brown and his time travelling De Lorean.]]
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* BadassPreacher and DarkShepherd: Mentioned, the priest killed a man and then killed his son so he couldn't get revenge later. He then did a sermon about it.

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* BadassPreacher and DarkShepherd: Mentioned, the priest killed a man and then killed his that man's son so he couldn't get revenge later. He then did a sermon about it.
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** Also a more literal 'pet the dog' moment when Anna adopts the dead prospector's dog in the beginning.

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** Albert is such a terrible shepherd that one of the sheep somehow keeps getting on the roof. He later claims that one of them got into the brothel and earned $20.

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** Albert is such a terrible shepherd that one of the sheep somehow keeps getting on the roof. He later claims that one of them [[BestialityIsDepraved got into the brothel and earned $20. $20.]]


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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Inverted: When Foy wages a dollar on the shooting match, townspeople don't believe he even has that much money, until he takes it out and shows them.
--> "Take your hat off, boy, that's a dollar bill!"
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* TheCameo: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].

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* TheCameo: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] is found in a barn where he hides the [=DeLorean=] from Albert. Also keep a look out for Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/GilbertGottfried as an UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln impersonator, and Jamie Foxx as [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].
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** And in a lesser example, the shooting gallery at the fair has runaway slaves as targets, in a movie that takes place after the AmericanCivilWar.
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* IndecisiveParody: [[http://www.flickrev.com/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west This review]] paints the film as such--there are moments that seem more appropriate for a legitimately dramatic Western, and others (especially the VulgarHumor) that scream "parody". At times, the two elements seem a ''bit'' incompatible.
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** The "Muslim Death Chant" is the vocalization from [[Music/Baltimora]]'s ''Tarzan Boy", specifically the drawn-out "whoa!".

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** The "Muslim Death Chant" is the vocalization from [[Music/Baltimora]]'s Music/{{Baltimora}}'s ''Tarzan Boy", specifically the drawn-out "whoa!".
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** The aforementioned Cameo by [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doctor Brown and his time travelling De Lorean.]]
** The "Muslim Death Chant" is the vocalization from [[Music/Baltimora]]'s ''Tarzan Boy", specifically the drawn-out "whoa!".
** [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]] shows up in TheStinger.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/BlazingSaddles''.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/BlazingSaddles''.''Film/BlazingSaddles'', and possibly ''Film/TheHallelujahTrail''.



* ToiletHumour: The whole laxative incident where Foy gets a serious case of diarrhea, and right before facing Albert in a duel, he steals two cowboy's hats (who don't really seem to care, even if one resists a little) and proceeds to do his business in them in front of the whole town.

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* ToiletHumour: The whole laxative incident where Foy gets a serious case of diarrhea, and right before facing Albert in a duel, he steals two cowboy's hats (who don't really seem to care, even if one resists a little) and proceeds to do his business in them in front of the whole town. And then [[UpToEleven the film actually cuts to]] [[{{Squick}} the hat ITSELF, showing us how it's filled with...]]
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: [[Django drops this joke after the credits.]]

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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: [[Django [[spoiler: Django drops this joke after the credits.]]
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: [[Django drops this joke after the credits.]]

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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Unless that man is Edward.



* AluminiumChristmasTrees: There was really a song written in 1864 by Stephen Foster called [[http://www.stephen-foster-songs.com/foster012.htm If You've Only Got a Moustache"]].

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: There was really a song written in 1864 by Stephen Foster called [[http://www.stephen-foster-songs.com/foster012.htm If "If You've Only Got a Moustache"]].


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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Unless that man is Edward.

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