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1	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/SteveMartin was originally going to play Dusty Bottoms. He would eventually play Lucky Day.
2	* TheCastShowoff: Creator/SteveMartin learned the lasso tricks while working in a magic shop at Disneyland as a teenager.
3	* CreatorBacklash: In his memoir, ''Life Itself'', Creator/RogerEbert recounted appearing as a guest on ''Series/TheTonightShow'' alongside Creator/ChevyChase who was promoting the film. During the interview, Ebert was asked what his least favorite film of the holiday season was, he replied ''Three Amigos''. Chase said "looking forward to your next picture", but later confided with Ebert backstage that he didn't "think it's so hot, either."
4	* DeletedRole: Creator/SamKinison had a role as a cannibalistic mountain man that was filmed and later cut from the film. There was also a deleted subplot involving Creator/FranDrescher as rival actress Miss Rene (see the next trope).
5	* DeletedScene: Several deleted scenes were included in the Blu-ray release. An alternate opening featured the peaceful village of Santo Poco being rampaged upon by El Guapo and his men, prompting Carmen's search for help. Extended sequences of the Three Amigos at the studio mansion and backlot lead into another deleted subplot involving an up-and-coming rival actress at the studio, Miss Rene.
6	* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/JohnLandis said in an ''Empire'' magazine piece on the film that it was taken out of his hands in post-production by the studio, and heavily edited. It had its first scene cut for instance.
7	* HostilityOnTheSet: In a 2009 interview with Creator/SamKinison's brother Bill, Sam and Chevy Chase hated each other and that Sam was convinced that Chevy got it removed due to jealousy. Bill adds that he didn’t personally believe it though and Chevy denied the claim.
8	** Chase and John Landis also didn't get along with Chase making a ''very'' poor taste joke about the recent tragedy of the ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' that resulted in the deaths of Vic Morrow and two child actors and which Landis was in court for at the time, enraging Landis so much the two nearly came to blows.
9	* MissingEpisode: Creator/SamKinison's appearance [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Three_Amigos_-_Sam_Kinison_scene_(lost_deleted_scene_of_comedy_film;_1986) has been lost]].
10	* MoneyDearBoy: According to Tony Plana, who played Jefe, the only reason he accepted a role in this movie was to stay in a five-star hotel during shooting.
11	* ProductionPosse: As well as two of them being SNL stars, all three of the studio staff - Harry Flugleman (Creator/JoeMantegna) and his assistants Sam and Morty (Creator/PhilHartman and Creator/JonLovitz) have all been regular guest stars on WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
12	* StarringAStarAsAStar: Comedy stars Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, and Creator/ChevyChase play silent film western stars Lucky Day, Ned Nederlander, and Dusty Bottoms.
13	* VindicatedByCable: The film was only a modest money-earner (it opened directly against an Creator/EddieMurphy vehicle, ''Film/TheGoldenChild'', which ended up the big hit of Christmas 1986) and received mixed reviews on release. Today it's more fondly regarded by fans of 80s comedies, thanks to plenty of repeat showings on HBO, and eventually earned a spot on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list.
14	* WagTheDirector: There were difficulties between the main actors and Creator/JohnLandis. Most famously, it included a scene where Creator/ChevyChase refused to tell a joke because he thought it would make his character look like a "moron." Chase agreed to do the line after he threatened to give it to Creator/MartinShort instead.
15	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
16	** Creator/StevenSpielberg considered directing the film, but chose to do ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' instead. He has said in interviews, his choices for the roles of the Three Amigos were Creator/SteveMartin for Lucky Day, Creator/BillMurray for Dusty Bottoms, and Creator/RobinWilliams for Ned Nederlander.
17	** Originally, Martin's costars were Creator/DanAykroyd, and Creator/JohnBelushi. Martin mentioned it in a Playboy interview published in January 1980, referring to the movie as ''The Three Caballeros''.
18	** Had Creator/MartinShort not been available, his role would have gone to Creator/RickMoranis.
19	** Creator/JohnCandy was considered for the role of Ned, but expressed concern about riding a horse at his weight (he later did ride a horse in two of his films, The Great Outdoors and Delirious) and was the one who recommended his SCTV co-star, Martin Short.
20	** Early on, Steve Martin was considering pitching this to Disney as a live action remake of sorts of ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''. It was originally a WorkingTitle, after all. He eventually decided against it due to the possibility of creative conflicts.

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