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* LawOfTimeTravelCoincidences: Kevin and the dwarves arrive on the ''Titanic'' not long before it sinks.
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* Bowdlerise: For the Japanese release back in 1983, part of the scene with Robin Hood and the cannibal couple and the final scene where the parents die were cut, resulting in a running time of approximately 103 minutes, approximately 13 minutes shorter than the original.
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** The Bandits believe "The Most Fabulous Object In The World" will be easy to get from a place called [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Fortress of Ultimate Darkness]].
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Fans have interpreted the six titular Time Bandits are all inspired by the six Pythons as seen by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.
** Randal: The self-appointed leader aka Creator/JohnCleese.
** Fidgit: The nice one aka Creator/MichaelPalin.
** Vermin: The filth loving one aka Creator/TerryGilliam.
** Wally: The acerbic one/TheLancer aka Creator/EricIdle.
** Strutter: The smart one aka Creator/TerryJones.
** Og: The quiet one aka Creator/GrahamChapman.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: The hideous ogre has a normal human wife, played by the middle-aged but still very presentable Katherine Helmond. The character was originally going to be an ogre as well until she was changed at Helmond's suggestion.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081633/mediaviewer/rm967943169/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk The hideous ogre has a normal human wife, wife,]] played by the middle-aged but still very presentable Katherine Helmond. The character was originally going to be an ogre as well until she was changed at Helmond's suggestion.
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* CreepyCircusMusic: The demented calliope music that blares when Evil gets rid of the cowboys attempting to restrain him. Given that he's spinning them around wildly before cutting their ropes and hurling them to their doom, the carnival tune is meant to make it all feel like a nightmare merry-go-round.

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* CreepyCircusMusic: The demented calliope fairground organ music that blares when Evil gets rid of the cowboys attempting to restrain him. Given that he's spinning them around wildly before cutting their ropes and hurling them to their doom, the carnival tune is meant to make it all feel like a nightmare merry-go-round.
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* CreepyCircusMusic: The demented calliope music that blares when Evil gets rid of the cowboys attempting to restrain him. Given that he's spinning them around wildly before cutting their ropes and hurling them to their doom, the carnival tune is meant to make it all feel like a nightmare merry-go-round.
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* SubhumanSurfacingShot: During the exploration of the Time of Legends, the voyage by ship is interrupted when a ''giant'' slowly rises from the ocean in a close-up shot. Already thuggish and intimidating, the giant's lack of human reaction is further driven home by the fact that it's using the heroes' ship as a ''hat'' and either doesn't notice or just doesn't care.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** Evil's rant about God "look how he spends his time. Forty-three species of parrots!" : There are actually 410 species of parrots
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* RobinHood: In carrying on with the tradition of taking from the rich and giving to the poor, Robin takes the Bandits' ill-gotten gains to divvy up among the poor, much to the Bandits' disgust.
--> '''Robin Hood:''' Jolly good!
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Evil has been defeated, the Bandits are back in the Supreme Being's employ, all seems well. Then Kevin wakes up to his house burning down, his parents touch a shard of evil and explode, and Agamemnon seemingly doesn't care and takes off, leaving Kevin an orphan in the remains of his home.
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* PrisonersLastMeal: {{Invoked|Trope}}. After Evil imprisons the dwarves in a cage that's suspended over a dark void, Vermin starts eating a rat before offering the others a bite, this being a possible "last meal" as his justification.
--> '''Vermin''': Rat, anybody? Might be the last meal you get.
--> '''Randall''': Oi, leave off!
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