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Possibly not an example. I thought Inconsistent Spelling was the correct trope due to how it seems like a replacement for Spell My Name With An S previously. I apologize, it is my mistake.


* InconsistentSpelling: In the novel and the shooting script, it's Martin '''Pauley''' and Charlie '''[=MacCorry=]''', but the film's casting sheets use Pawley and [=McCorry=], and those generally are the spellings that anything written about the film use. Lack of closing credits doesn't help.

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Spell My Name With An S has been disambiguated. Replacing and adding Inconsistent Spelling.


* InconsistentSpelling: In the novel and the shooting script, it's Martin '''Pauley''' and Charlie '''[=MacCorry=]''', but the film's casting sheets use Pawley and [=McCorry=], and those generally are the spellings that anything written about the film use. Lack of closing credits doesn't help.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the novel and the shooting script, it's Martin '''Pauley''' and Charlie '''[=MacCorry=]''', but the film's casting sheets use Pawley and [=McCorry=], and those generally are the spellings that anything written about the film use. Lack of closing credits doesn't help.
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Stockholm Syndrome has been disambiguated.


* StockholmSyndrome: Whether Debbie has developed this with the Comanches or is eager to be rescued is one of the eternal debates surrounding this film. When they first find her, Debbie says "These are my people" and rebuffs Ethan and Martin. But at the climax she's happy to see Martin and wants to leave immediately. The book is a lot clearer on the topic: Debbie had repressed the memory of the raid, but talking with Martin and Amos made her remember that Scar killed her family, so she wanted to get away from him.
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* VillainProtagonist: ''Ethan Edwards''. He views the Comanches with hatred and anger after the killed his mother and most of his family and tries to kill his own niece who he thought got demonized by the Comanches. It's until the end, he finally lets his hatred go.
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Once Acceptable Targets is no longer a trope


* HostageMacGuffin: Ethan & Co. spend years searching for his niece, abducted by [[OnceAcceptableTargets Injuns]].

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* HostageMacGuffin: Ethan & Co. spend years searching for his niece, abducted by [[OnceAcceptableTargets Injuns]].Injuns.

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* DeterminedHomesteader: Aaron Edwards and his family, as well as his neighbors.
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: Mrs. Jorgensen, especially in her rousing speech of how this country (which her husband just blamed for the death of his son) will become a good place to live, even if it may take their bones in the ground to achieve it.

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Aaron Edwards and his family, as well as his neighbors.
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: ** Mrs. Jorgensen, especially in her rousing speech of how this country (which her husband just blamed for the death of his son) will become a good place to live, even if it may take their bones in the ground to achieve it.

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* NiceHat: Reverend Clayton is very fond of his top hat. When getting ready to gallop the horses to escape the Comanche ambush, he makes sure to tie it down with a handkerchief. When he's yelling at Greenhill, he almost throws it down in the dirt, but stops himself at the last moment.


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* SignatureHeadgear: Reverend Clayton is very fond of his top hat. When getting ready to gallop the horses to escape the Comanche ambush, he makes sure to tie it down with a handkerchief. When he's yelling at Greenhill, he almost throws it down in the dirt, but stops himself at the last moment.

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* EiffelTowerEffect: The fairly distinct landscape of Monument Valley is seen all over the South.

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* EiffelTowerEffect: The fairly distinct landscape of Monument Valley is seen all over the South.Southwest.


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* EpicMovie: While it doesn't quite hit the two-hour mark (it runs 119 minutes), the battle scenes, the [[Creator/{{Homer}} Homeric]] storyline, and the sweeping panorama shots of Monument Valley all give the film this feel.

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