History YMMV / VForVendetta

** V himself crossed it either by [[spoiler:torturing Evey to make her come around to his way of thinking]] or by [[spoiler:systematically ruining Rosemary Almond's life in order to radicalise her into assassinating Susan.]]

** The government leader and blatant Hitler {{expy}} is named Adam ''Susan''. [[SarcasmMode Heil Susan!]] Changing it to "Sutler" in the film seems [[{{Anvilicious}} overwrought]], as now the reference is way too obvious, but at least it actually sounds ''menacing''. Likely intentional, as Susan himself is not a very impressive person.[[note]]Some have theorized this was meant as a potshot at UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, whose last name was also universally regarded as a girl's name until his election.[[/note]]

** Gordon is quite the fan favorite, largely because of his [[RefugeInAudacity anti-Sutter comedy sketch]].

* MagnificentBastard: The enigmatic "V" himself is a cunning, charismatic anarchist with a love of theatre and poetry. Once a victim of the atrocious Larkhill camp where he was horrifically experimented on to the point of losing his memories of who he once was, he began plotting the Norsefire Party's destruction as revenge for himself and his fellow camp victims. He starts his plot destroying the Old Bailey statue on November the 5th to the banned tune of The 1812 Overture before breaking into a news station and broadcasting a rallying speech to all of Britain to join him on the next year's November 5th. After brilliantly orchestrating his escape, he spends the next year killing those involved with Larkhill and setting up his revolution, exposing the truth of Norsefire's rise to power to Eric Finch and offering a deal to Peter Creedy. He finally sends replicas of his iconic Guy Fawkes costumes Across Britain, inspiring Insurgency throughout the UK, all while predicting the decisions Sutler would make, ensuring the dictator's demise. After killing Norsefire's leaders, he dies peacefully in Evey's arms confessing his love to her, before she finishes his plan to Destroy parliament.

** Given V's knowledge of the terrorist attack that led to the rise of the Norsefire government (assuming he isn't just manipulating Finch and Dominic) some fans wonder if he might have once been part of Suttler's cabal before being sent to Larkhill for either protesting or knowing too much, which would give his character elements of TheAtoner.

** Gordon's sketch mocking Suttler.

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero. It really celebrates the fact that England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital, and Guy Fawkes was the terrorist responsible. Effigies of Fawkes are burned on the holiday because he's the ''bad guy'', in case the message got missed. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind; he was TheHeavy of the operation and somewhat incompetent at that. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable compared to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it.

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero. It really celebrates the fact that England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital, and Guy Fawkes was the terrorist who nearly succeeded. Effigies of Fawkes are burned on the holiday because he's the ''bad guy'', in case the message got missed. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind; he was TheHeavy of the operation and somewhat incompetent at that. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable compared to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it.

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero. It really celebrates the fact that England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital, and Guy Fawkes was nearly the man responsible. Effigies of Fawkes are burned in effigy on the holiday, in case the message got missed. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version at that. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it.

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero. It really celebrates the fact that England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital. and Guy Fawkes was nearly the man responsible. Effigies of Fawkes are burned in effigy on the holiday, in case the message got missed. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a memorial to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version at that. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it.

* TheWoobie:
** Valerie, a young woman who is first disowned by her own parents for coming out as a lesbian. Then later on in life finds her first true love, only to have the world around them turn to fascism and hatred, and loses her loved one who is arrested in a scary, sadistic prison. She's also arrested shortly after and sent to the same prison, where she too is dehumanized to the extreme, with only used toilet paper to write her memoirs on, shortly before dying, and [[NightmareFuel being thrown in a ditch]].

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero, instead of what it ''really'' celebrates: the fact that ''England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital and Guy Fawkes was nearly the man responsible, whom they burn in effigy''. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11th]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version of that to boot. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it....
** V. Though the film does play the hero angle a bit more straightforward than the comic book, it's still made very clear in the film that V is a terrorist who took his likings of Fawkes' philosophy too far.

** Valerie, a young woman who is first disowned by her own parents for coming out as a lesbian. Then later on in life finds her first true love, only to have the world around them turn to fascism and hatred, and loses her loved one who is arrested in a scary, sadistic prison. She's also arrested shortly after and sent to the same prison, where she to is dehumanized to the extreme, with only used toilet paper to write her memoirs on, shortly before dying, and [[NightmareFuel being thrown in a ditch]].

** The [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure general]] who orders his men to stand down rather than open fire to avoid a massacre.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is clearly set amidst the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Iraq War]] (referred to obliquely as "America's war"), which is implied to have raged on until 2020 and beyond. This rather dates the film - while this ''was'' a concern in 2005, in the event the U.S. vacated its troops Iraq in 2011, and it didn't appear to spark a wider morass as is implied, it generally being seen as something far in the past and not strictly relevant to the present day. Throughout the 2010s and into the 2020s, many key politicians who were in favour of the Iraq War at the time have admitted its status as a boondoggle, and, in 2021, the US had pulled out of Afghanistan as well.

* MagnificentBastard: The enigmatic "V" himself is a cunning, charismatic anarchist with a love of theatre and poetry. Once a victim of the atrocious Larkhill camp where he was horrifically experimented on to the point of losing his memories of who he once was, he began plotting the Norsefire Party's regime destruction as revenge for himself and his fellow camp victims. He starts his plot destroying the Old Bailey statue on November the 5th to the banned tune of The 1812 Overture before breaking into a news station and broadcasting a rallying speech to all of Britain to join him on the next year's November 5th. After brilliantly orchestrating his escape, he spends the next year killing those involved with Larkhill and setting up his revolution, exposing the truth of Norsefire's rise to power to Eric Finch and offering a deal to Peter Creedy. He finally sends replicas of his iconic Guy Fawkes costumes Across Britain, inspiring Insurgency throughout the UK, all while predicting the decisions Sutler would make, ensuring the dictator's demise. After killing Norsefire's leaders, he dies peacefully in Evey's arms confessing his love to her, before she finishes his plan to Destroy parliament.

** Speaking of COVID, the virus was stated to have killed a hundred thousand people. [[https://www.itv.com/news/2021-01-26/100000-uk-covid-deaths-the-moments-which-led-to-the-grim-milestone COVID death toll in the UK has surpassed 100,000 deaths as of January 26 2021.]]
*** 200k+ by September of 2022

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes as a plucky rebel and hero, instead of what it ''really'' celebrates: the fact that ''England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital and Guy Fawkes was nearly the man responsible, who they burn in effigy''. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11th]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version of that to boot. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it....

** The robber who shouts [[Music/SexPistols "Anarchy in the UK!"]], because of course they just can't let that line away.

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes, the plucky rebel, instead of what it ''really'' celebrates: the fact that ''England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital and Guy Fawkes was nearly the man responsible, who they burn in effigy''. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11th]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version of that to boot. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it....

** The movie has spread the misconception that November 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, honors Guy Fawkes, the plucky rebel, instead of what it ''really'' celebrates: the fact that ''England narrowly averted a terrorist attack on the capital and they burn the man who was nearly responsible in effigy''. It's like thinking [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11th]] honors UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Adding to this, Fawkes wasn't the mastermind, he was TheHeavy of the operation and a somewhat incompetent version of that to boot. One of the reasons he was sent to be the triggerman was because he was deemed relatively expendable to the more important conspirators. One guesses "Robert Catesby Mask" doesn't have the same ring to it....