History Film / TheGoodTheBadTheWeird

* DiedinyourArmsTonight: Possibly [[spoiler: Man-gil, who was last scene lying, critically wounded, in Tae-goo's arms]].

* GigglingVillain: Tae-goo.

* MrFanservice: Chang-yi

* AntiHero: Do-won. It's interesting to note that if one tallies kill counts throughout the film by the three protagonists, Chang-yi (The Bad) is the least murderous of the three while Do-won (The Good) racks up the highest body count. This reflects the on-screen kill count in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': Angel Eyes, for all of his OffscreenVillainy, has the lowest body count of three, while Blondie has the highest body count: 11.

* AnachronismStew: With guns and most of the military hardware. If it's supposed to be set in the early 1930s in Manchuria, then Good uses mostly outdated guns from the 1890s (except a very "modern" revolver), Bad is using a "modern" revolver and submachine gun that wasn't even produced till 1941, while Weird's Walthers P38, as the name implies, were put into service in 1938. Not to mention the military trucks and jeeps, being mostly post-WWII models (but still Imperial Army soldiers are the most accurately outfitted to the time period).
** Maybe not - during the course of the film, it is stated that Tae-goo is 35 years old, and [[spoiler: his new wanted poster at the end of the film]] says that he was born in 1906, which would place the film in the year 1941.
*** The jeeps still don't belong there.

** Do-won could also arguably be considered an AntiHero. It's interesting to note that if one tallies kill counts throughout the film by the three protagonists, Chang-yi (The Bad) is the least murderous of the three while Do-won (The Good) racks up the highest body count.

Three Koreans in exile cross paths [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar in 1930s Manchuria during the Japanese occupation.]] Park Chang-yi, the hitman/bandit leader, is hired to steal a treasure map from a Japanese official, but a train robber, Yoon Tae-goo, beats him to the punch -- only to be captured by a BountyHunter, Park Do-won. Tae-goo talks Do-won into helping him search for the treasure instead, and they set off through the desert together, with Chang-yi's gang ''and'' the Japanese army in pursuit. During the action-filled chase that follows, each of the three turns out to have some hidden motives.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: For all three of the protagonists: Do-won dresses like a cowboy, Chang-yi like a pop star, and Tae-goo like a hipster RummageSaleReject. And they are all in 1930s Manchuria.

* HandwrapsofAwesome: Tae-goo.

* MythologyGag: The whole story around Chang-yi's finger alludes to the fact that Lee Van Cleef had part of a finger missing (which he lost while building a treehouse for his daughter)

* MoralityPet: Tae-goo's family.

* WhatADrag: Man-gil and Tae-goo both have this happen to them, although it's not known whether Man-gil lives in the end.
* WhatHappenedtotheMouse: Granny and Man-gil are never seen again after the Ghost Market, although it's possible that Man-gil may have died from his injuries after his ''brutal'' beating.

* ImperialJapan: The occupiers of Manchuria [[TheExile and Korea]] and a major opponent.

* {{Guyliner}}

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' WITH KOREANS IN 1930s MANCHURIA!

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Possibly Man-gil]].

'''''The Good, the Bad, the Weird''''' is a colorful Korean film that plays homage to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', and a self described "Kimchi Western" by WordOfGod. While the original is an epic SpaghettiWestern, the remake is a more fast-paced and less serious action film.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Instead of Tae-goo like his original counterpart, it's his friend ''Man-gil'' who receives this at the hands of Chang-yi.

* KatanasOfTheRisingSun: One of the major antagonists and providers of cannon fodder.

Compare and Contrast with ''SukiyakiWesternDjango''.

* {{Expy}}: Do-won, Tae-goo and Chang-yi are Expies of [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes]], respectively.

** The Italian title is ''Il buono, il matto, il cattivo'' (The Good, the Crazy, the Bad''), as a reference to the original film's Italian title, ''Il buono, il '''brutto''', il cattivo''.

* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: A 9 or 10. As well as Do-won mowing people down, there's stabbing in the throat, Japanese spies getting spikes shoved up their asses, impaling, and a ton of {{Fingore}} (thanks to the reveal of [[spoiler:Tae-goo's]] past identity.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Chang-yi]]. Missing the right index finger but can shoot just fine.

** Do-won could also arguably be considered an AntiHero. It's interesting to note that if one tallies kill counts throughout the film by the three protagonists, Chang-yi is the least murderous of the three while Do-won racks up the highest body count.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The international trailer plays up the scenes between Do-won and Tae-goo, when in fact they have very few scenes together and team up only briefly.

* SuperWindowJump

** This counts for triple in Do-won's case as Blondie is himself an Expy of [[{{Yojimbo}} Sanjuro Kuwabatake]], who was himself based on the protagonist of RedHarvest.