History YMMV / Willow

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: GeorgeLucas reportedly wanted ''Willow'' to be a trilogy of films like ''StarWars'' and ''IndianaJones'' but weak box office forced him to scrap the idea.

** Or you can pick and choose among the novels too. The first is DarkerAndEdgier but still has the same general feel of adventure and tension as the movie. The following ones follow an Elora Dannon who wobbles between JerkSue, PuritySue, and GodModeSue and at one point [[{{Narm}} melodramatically]] recites a story that's basically Film/{{Braveheart}} [[InSpace with dragons]].

* RecycledPlot: It's basically StarWars in a ''Lord of the Rings'' setting. Willow = Luke Skywalker, Madmartigan = Han Solo, Airk = Lando Calrissian, General Kael = Darth Vader, etc.

* RecycledPlot: It's basically StarWars in a ''Lord of the Rings'' setting. Willow = Luke Skywalker, Madmartigan = Han Solo, Airk = Lando Calrissian, General Kael - Darth Vader, etc.

** Madmartigan is none other than Jim Morrison, Doc Holiday and Batman all rolled into one.

* RecycledPlot: It's basically StarWars in a ''Lord of the Rings'' setting. Willow = Luke Skywalker, Madmartigan = Han Solo, Airk = Lando Calrissian, etc.

*** Of course, as some parts of the internet will show you, that scene was instead FetishFuel for a lot of impressionable young people.

* NeutralGood: The midwife, protecting the baby she didn't even know not for being TheChosenOne, but because it was the morally right thing to do at the time

* NeutralGood: The midwife, protecting the baby she didn't even know not for beingTheChosenOne, but because it was the morally right thing to do at the time

* CrazyAwesome: Madmartigan has plenty of this. [[spoiler: Taking on armies single-handedly. Seducing the BigBad's daughter. And last but not least - ''launching himself from a catapult'' in the general direction of a massive two headed dragon.]].

** The opening on the movie, in which Elora Danan's mother hands the child to the midwife before Bavmorda orders the former executed. Later, the midwife is attacked by ferocious death dogs and forced to place Elora on a makeshift raft. ** Then of course there's the fight with the dragon.

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* CrazyAwesome: Madmartigan has plenty of this. [[spoiler: Taking on armies single-handedly. Seducing the BigBad's daughter. And last but not least - ''launching himself from a catapult'' in the general direction of a massive two headed dragon.]].

** Or you can pick and choose among the novels too. The first is DarkerAndEdgier but still has the same general feel of adventure and tension as the movie. The following ones follow an Elora Dannon who wobbles between JerkSue, PuritySue, and GodModeSue and at one point [[{{Narm}} melodramatically]] recites a story that's basically {{Braveheart}} [[InSpace with dragons]].

** Or you can pick and choose among the novels too. The first is DarkerAndEdgier but still has the same general feel of adventure and tension as the movie. The following ones follow an Elora Dannon who wobbles between JerkSue, PuritySue, and GodModSue and at one point [[{{Narm}} melodramatically]] recites a story that's basically {{Braveheart}} [[InSpace with dragons]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: When Madmartigan finally gets his hands on a sword.
--> '''Willow''': "You ''are'' great!"
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The [[HumanSnowball Human Snowball]] moment ranks pretty high.
** The entire scene at the crossroads where they meet Madmartigan, in fact most things Madmartigan says or does could count.
** Or even this:
--> '''Llug''': "Wanna BREED?"
** And pretty much any scene with the Prefect being the ButtMonkey.
** Bavmorda's army and Madmartigan RunAway from the two-headed dragon. Madmartigan takes a breather when he realized he's with the army. He has a OhCrap look on his face, and runs back inside.
** "What the hell happened to ''you?!''"
** The High Aldwin is freaking classic.
--->'''High Aldwin''': Go in the direction the bird is flying!
--->'''Burgelcutt''': It's going back to village!
--->'''High Aldwin''': Ignore the bird! Follow the river!
** Or this:
--> '''High Aldwin''': "The BONES have SPOKEN!"
** Rool (one of the Brownies) gets hit with the Fairy Dust (aka LovePotion), and what's the first thing he sees? A ''cat''. HilarityEnsues.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "I serve the Nelwyn."
** The scenes between Willow and his wife are incredibly sweet, especially their good-bye at the beginning. And they have the cutest kids ''ever''.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Willow (accidentally) cast a spell on a troll, causing its skin to rip out of it, and transforming into an egg, which hatched a two-headed dragon. It leaves a question if the troll ''became'' the dragon, died and the dragon was ''birthed'', or the troll simply ceased and the dragon came into existence in the troll's ''place''.]]
** The [[PainfulTransformation pig scene.]] Dear lord, the pig scene.
* TearJerker: The midwife sacrificing her life for a stranger's child. Simply because it was the right thing to do.