History Film / LemonadeJoe

* KnightErrant: Thanks to Joe, a DoubleSubversion. At first we think Joe's a defender of the law; then we think he works in private business; then we realize that [[UsefulNotesCapitalism private businesses CONTROL the laws]]!

-->--'''[[CharacterTitle Lemonade Joe]]'''

* ActionHero: Joe. He protects the law no matter what it's like and he fights crime, unfair treatment and bad manners wherever he encounters them; saves Damsels in Distress; has excellent horse-back riding and aiming skills. And he utterly thrashes Horace Badman in something what'S not even a fist fight because Horace doesn't punch him once.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Most of the men seem to have a crush on Tornado Lou, and Doug Badman hopelessly loves her too, but she dreams about a perfect love that would change her into a better woman. She falls for Joe, who doesn't reciprocate her feelings. [[spoiler:What is worse, they are all in fact long-lost siblings. Perhaps it was good that Lou didn't love Doug and that Joe was so chaste after all. Good job averting a Brother/Sister Incest.]]

* ColorcodedForYourConvenience: The filmed is always tinged according to the setting or characters present. The outside is yellow (dark blue at night), the whisky saloon is brown, when Lou sings it gets purplish, the Kolaloka saloon is white, and love scenes are tinged with dark pink. It's visually stunning.

* DistressedDamsel: Winnifred Goodman.

* ForeignLanguageTheme: Parodied with the opening song, "So Far To You I May." It sure ''sounds'' like GratuitousEnglish... until you notice the WordSaladLyrics. Transcriptions of said lyrics take this UpToEleven by writing the English words...[[WordSaladHumor with Czech spellings]].

* HeartwarmingMoment: In-universe when Winnifred cries tears of joy at the end of the movie [[spoiler:when she witnesses the happy family reunion.]]

* InstantDeathBullet: When two gunslingers duel to death, the bell tolls for them even efore they draw their guns. Sure enough, they're dead on the spot.

* LongLostRelative: Doug and Horace remained together when they were blown away from their parents, but they have one sister and one brother [[spoiler: -- Lou and Joe! Mr Kolalok is overwhelmed with happiness when they are reunited.]]

* {{Undertaker}}: Exactly as expected. He's pleased whenever there is shooting and a body.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Winnifred is light and Lou is dark, of course. Lou even has a song about it: ''"My soul is as dark as a tub of tar..."''

* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative: Doug and Horace remained together when they were blown away from their parents, but they have one sister and one brother -- Lou and Joe! Mr Kolalok is overwhelmed with happiness when they are reunited.]]

* MissFanservice: The saloon girls in their skimpy outfits are very sexy, especially during their dance number on the bar counter.

Critically acclaimed and dearly loved by the Czech audience, this film is a classic and a true gem among Czech films.

!!''Lemonade Joe'' includes examples of

''Lemonade Joe, or the Horse Opera'' (Czech: ''Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera'') is a 1964 Czech film, a ruthless [[TheMusical musical]] [[TheParody parody]] of TheWestern, and [[ClicheStorm a veritable landmine]] of [[{{Troperiffic}} deliberately planted tropes]].

* TheGunslinger: Too many examples to name, really.

* PrettyBoy: Doug is shocked, shocked! that Lou, a lioness of a woman, a storm of a woman, a fate of a woman would fall for such a pretty naive boy.

* DistractedByMMyOwnSexy: Joe, twice.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Winnifred has long fair hair and she's very feminine and sweet wholesome girl, admired by many.

* MasterOfDisguise: Horace Badman. He wears wigs, false beards, glasses... He's really unrecognisable.

* [[spoiler:SeparatedAtBirth: Doug and Horace remained together when they were blown away from their parents, but they have one sister and one brother -- Lou and Joe! Mr Kolalok is overwhelmed with happiness when they are reunited.]]

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The title song is in Spanglish. It sounds very English and some Spanish words can be heard, but it actually means nothing. Best gibberish ever!

* ThoseTwoGuys: Old Pistol's henchmen, [[TheTropeKid Pancho the Kid]] and [[TheTropeKid the Coyote Kid]]. Sure, they look vaguely different, but they're both obvious {{bandito}}s, and the only real way to tell them apart is that one of them sings TheSongBeforeTheStorm.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: When Dough and Horace reminisce about happy days of their youth, they mention how they used to rob banks, mug coaches or shoot sheriffs together.
* TitleDrop: When Lemonade Joe first appears in Stetson City, Grimpo recognizes him as soon as he asks for Kolaloka.
-->'''Grimpo''': Did you say a glass of Kolaloka, stranger?
-->'''Joe''': I did, gunman.
-->'''Grimpo''': Then you must be... the Lemonade Joe.
-->'''Joe''': So what?

* AffectionateParody: You can get a clear sense of just how much the screen writer and director knew and loved their pulp western books, magazines and movies.

* SittingSexyOnThePiano: Very rare gender-flipped version. Doug half-lies on the piano when he tries to persuade Lou to leave with him for Europe.

* NotableQuotables: "Then I should wear... warm underwear!" -- "Kolaloka is ''the'' law!" -- "Cemetery or no cemetery..." -- "Fire! Not fire! Fire! Not fire!" -- "Little bit of torture is my little bit of pleasure." -- "You stinky opossum!" -- "Doubled opossum!" Plus lots of rhymed or almost rhymed exchanges... Some people know the film by heart, really.

** Doug Badman loves Tornado Lou. She doesn't love him back, but she falls in love with Lemonade Joe. Sadly, Joe doesn't love her.
** Both Lou and Winni love Joe. He seems to prefer Winnifred, and later falls in love with her.

* {{Troperiffic}}: It plays with every trope and cliché imaginable for the Old Western genre. Deliberately {{Exaggerated}}, {{Parodies}} and PlayedForLaughs.

To provide context for the tropes below, [[ItsALongStory a plot summary]] [[ThePromise will appear here]] [[WikiMagic as soon as possible]]. If you've already seen the film, plow ahead and enjoy the analysis.

* ActionHero: Joe.

* {{Troperiffic}}: It plays with every trope imaginable for Old Western genre. Deliberately {{Exaggerated}}, {{Parodies}} and PlayedForLaughs.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Doug hopelessly loves Lou, but she dreams about a perfect love that would change her into a better woman. She falls for Joe, who doesn't reciprocate her feelings. [[spoiler:What is worse, they are all in fact long-lost siblings. Perhaps it was good that Lou didn't love Doug and that Joe was so chaste after all. Good job averting a Brother/Sister Incest.]]

* HeartwarmingMoment: [invoked] Winnifred cries tears of joys at the end of the movie [[spoiler:when she witness the happy family reunion.]]