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** Maybe it's memetic because he also wore it in the first film of the trilogy, AFistfulOfDollars.

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* NoNameGiven: "Blondie", the eponymous Good, is a nickname, used only by Tuco; his real name is never mentioned, and the character is known as the Man With No Name. Also, "Angel Eyes", the eponymous Bad. The latter is also referred to as Sentenza, which may or may not be his true name.
** It isn't. "Sentenza" is his original italian name, which means "Sentence", or "Judgement".

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* NoNameGiven: "Blondie", the eponymous Good, is a nickname, used only by Tuco; his real name is never mentioned, and the character is known as the Man With No Name. Also, "Angel Eyes", the eponymous Bad. The latter is also referred to as Sentenza, which may or may not be isn't his true name.
** It isn't. "Sentenza" is his original italian name, which means "Sentence", or "Judgement".
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** They are less funny in Italian, to be fair. "Biondo" is a neutral word, like "blond one". "Angel Eyes" is called Sentenza, which means [[PsychoForHire judgement, or verdict]].

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** They are less funny in Italian, to be fair.Italian. "Biondo" is a neutral word, like "blond one". "Angel Eyes" is called Sentenza, which means [[PsychoForHire judgement, or verdict]].
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Subverted. Angel Eyes tortures Tuco for information, but not Blondie. Angel Eyes explains that this isn't because Blondie won't break under torture, but because he knows talking won't save him.

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** Maybe even moreso. Blondie is GenreSavvy enough to unload Tuco's gun before the MexicanStandoff so he doesn't have to face him in a gunfight.

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** Maybe even moreso. Blondie is GenreSavvy enough to unload [[spoiler:unload Tuco's gun before the MexicanStandoff so he doesn't have to face him in a gunfight.]]



* TheDragon: Wallace to Angel Eyes.
** He's also TheBrute.

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* TheDragon: Wallace to Angel Eyes.
** He's also TheBrute.
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* BondOneLiner:
-->'''Tuco:''' "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
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* PopculturalOsmosis: The music, the last 15 minutes, hell, even the title have all permeated pop culture.

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* PopculturalOsmosis: The music, the last 15 minutes, hell, even the title have all permeated pop culture.
* POWCamp: Blondie and Tuco end up in a Union [=POW=] camp after their scavenging of Confederate uniforms backfires on them. Angel Eyes is running the show. It's nasty.

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* HeroicSociopath: Tuco



* OverlyLongName: Tuco Benedicto Paci­fico Juanmaria Ramirez, "known as the Rat".

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* OverlyLongName: Tuco Benedicto Paci­fico Juanmaria Ramirez, "known as the Rat".Rat."


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* SociopathicHero
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* EpicRiff: The flute part at the beginning of the main theme.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Some of the more outrageous moments of the film (like the train cannon with the deserter tied to it) are actually Leone [[ShownTheirWork showing off his research]].

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Some of the more outrageous moments of the film (like the train cannon with the deserter spy tied to it) are actually Leone [[ShownTheirWork showing off his research]].
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** He's also TheBrute.
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** And, of course, [[ClintSquint Blondie's]].
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** Maybe even moreso. Blondie is GenreSavvy enough to unload Tuco's gun before the MexicanStandoff so he doesn't have to face him in a gunfight.
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** Subverted in that he doesn't actually shoot the store owner.

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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Tuco may be a LaughablyEvil goof, but he is every bit as dangerous as the other two.



* HiredGuns: Angel Eyes

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* HiredGuns: Angel EyesEyes is best described as a mercenary.


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* ProfessionalKiller: Angel Eyes is equal parts bounty hunter, mercenary, and assassin.
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* DistractedFromDeath: Bill Carson finally dies of thirst and exposure in the minute it takes Tuco to run to his horse and grab a canteen. In a subversion, while Tuco is distracted Blondie does come over and hears Carson say where he buried the gold.
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** It isn't. "Sentenza" is his original italian name, which means "Sentence", or "Judgement".
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** Tuco pulls one quick when Blondie reveals the corpse he dug and did the Catholic Cross Sign. [[spoiler:though his guilt turned to anger when he found out Blondie lied about the grave name.]]

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** Tuco pulls one quick when Blondie reveals the corpse he dug and did the Catholic Cross Sign. genuflects [[spoiler:though his guilt turned to anger when he found out Blondie lied about the grave name.]]
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** A Fistful of Dollars also has a tombstone with the Date of Death as 1873, as the American Civil War was fought ten years before that, in 1861–1865, so it is reasonable to assume that this is actually the Prequel.
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* EnemyEatsYourLunch
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* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Would you believe there is an adorable kitten in this movie?

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* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: CuteKitten: Would you believe there is an adorable kitten in this movie?
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'''''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''''' (Italian: '''''Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo''''', "The Good, the Ugly, the Bad"), released in 1966, is one of the [[DollarsTrilogy "Dollars" trilogy]] of {{Spaghetti Western}}s that served as a DeconstructorFleet to the entire Western genre. It is the last, and probably the most famous of the trilogy, and is credited with helping to kill the Western genre and inventing a bevy of new tropes (not to mention popularizing the MexicanStandoff). It's had an incredible impact on nearly all films since then, and is generally regarded as one of the best films ever created.

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'''''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''''' (Italian: '''''Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo''''', "The Good, the Ugly, the Bad"), released in 1966, is one of the [[DollarsTrilogy "Dollars" trilogy]] of {{Spaghetti Western}}s that served as a DeconstructorFleet to the entire Western genre. It is the last, and probably the most famous of the trilogy, and is credited with helping to kill the Western genre and inventing a bevy of new tropes (not to mention (even popularizing the MexicanStandoff). It's had an incredible impact on nearly all films since then, and is generally regarded as one of the best films ever created.
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* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Blondie pretends to write a name of the grave where the gold is buried on the bottom of a rock. After the climatic showdown, Blondie tells Tuco that there was no name on the rock because the grave where the gold was has no name. Had Angel Eyes succeeded in killing Blondie and Tuco, he would have no leads to search for the gold. Then again, they were at Arch Stanton's grave a few minutes earlier, so unless Angel Eyes is a complete idiot and fails to put two and two together, it's unlikely this backup plan would've succeeded.]]

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* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Blondie pretends to write a name of the grave where the gold is buried on the bottom of a rock. After the climatic showdown, Blondie tells Tuco that there was no name on the rock because the grave where the gold was has no name. Had Angel Eyes succeeded in killing Blondie and Tuco, he would have no leads to search for the gold. Then again, they were at Arch Stanton's grave a few minutes earlier, which was right next to the unmarked grave, so unless Angel Eyes is a complete idiot and fails to put two and two together, it's unlikely this backup plan would've succeeded.]]
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*SoundtrackDissonance: The hauntingly beautiful "Story of a Soldier" is played while Tucco is brutally tortured.
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!!''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' provides examples of:


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!!''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' provides examples of:

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Blondie is every bit as violent and ruthless as Tuco and Angel-Eyes, but he's much less flamboyant. He barely ever talks above a whisper, and he frequently confronts life-threatening situations without uttering a single word. Even when he's crawling through the desert, half-dead from sun-burns and dehydration, he never once begs Tuco for his life.
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* ArcWords: "There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend..." Alternately said by Tuco and Blondie, and always with a different ending.
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* MemeticOutfit: Blondie's poncho has become his trademark outfit, even though he doesn't wear it until the last 20 minutes of the 3 hour long movie.
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* SoundEffectBleep: "Just the greatest son of a--" *[[{{Leitmotif}} AAAAAAAH]]*

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* SoundEffectBleep: "Just the greatest son of a--" *[[{{Leitmotif}} AAAAAAAH]]*See CurseCutShort.

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