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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Say what you will about Longshanks. At least he gets shit done himself. Robert the Bruce also gets to be this at the end of the film.
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* ISurrenderSuckers: How William Wallace starts his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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* InvulnerableHorses: Actually [[AvertedTrope averted]]. The depiction of horse wounding was so realistic that the film was actually INVESTIGATED too see if animal cruelty had ocurred.
* ISurrenderSuckers: How William Wallace starts his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. that
* ISurrenderSuckers: How William Wallace starts his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. that
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Wallace during his trial and execution.
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* MadeOfIron: Old man Campbell is shot with an arrow, has his hand chopped off, takes an axe to the stomach, and still keeps fighting. [[spoiler:That last one finally does him in.''
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* MadeOfIron: Old man Campbell is shot with an arrow, has his hand chopped off, takes an axe to the stomach, and still keeps fighting. [[spoiler:That last one finally does him in.'']]
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* MadeOfIron: Old man Campbell is shot with an arrow, has his hand chopped off, takes an axe to the stomach, and still keeps fighting. [[spoiler:That last one finally does him in.''
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Possibly the only admirable attribute of Longshanks.
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** He ''was'' a total bastard, just a different sort of bastard than the film portrays. For instance, he kicked the Jews out of Englang so he could steal their property and repay his debts. He wasn't a sadistic homicidal maniac, but he was definitelly a grade-A arsehole.
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** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT! to which
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent pikes. Since these are merely very long spears, these have been used since ancient if not prehistoric times.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
** Much like the Balian of Ibelin in KingdomOfHeaven, this movie's main character is entirely a fictional construct, any similarities to the real William Wallace other than the events of the war against England are entirely coincidental.
** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT! to which
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent pikes. Since these are merely very long spears, these have been used since ancient if not prehistoric times.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
** Much like the Balian of Ibelin in KingdomOfHeaven, this movie's main character is entirely a fictional construct, any similarities to the real William Wallace other than the events of the war against England are entirely coincidental.
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** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent pikes. Since these are merely very long spears, these have been used since ancient if not prehistoric times.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
** Much like the Balian of Ibelin in KingdomOfHeaven, this movie's main character is entirely a fictional construct, any similarities to the real William Wallace other than the events of the war against England are entirely coincidental.
** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent pikes. Since these are merely very long spears, these have been used since ancient if not prehistoric times.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
** Much like the Balian of Ibelin in KingdomOfHeaven, this movie's main character is entirely a fictional construct, any similarities to the real William Wallace other than the events of the war against England are entirely coincidental.
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it\'s true he inspire not only Scotland but Ireland and France as well
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[[IThoughtItMeant It should not be confused]] with the [[IOSGames iPhone game]] or the leonine leader of the [[CareBears Care Bear Cousins]]. Or a song from a certain [[DigimonAdventure cartoon]]...
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[[IThoughtItMeant It should not be confused]] with the [[IOSGames iPhone game]] or the leonine leader of the [[CareBears Care Bear Cousins]]. Or a song from a certain [[DigimonAdventure [[Anime/DigimonAdventure cartoon]]...
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** Supposedly nothing. In the commentary for this film, Mel Gibson eagerly points out every historical inaccuracy, and defends them in the same sentences for the sake of 'cinematic whimsy', as he puts it.
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** William Wallace did not invent really pikes. Since they are merely very long spears, a.k.a. pikes.spears they have been used since ancient if not prehistoric times.
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** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place.
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place.
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** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
IT! to which
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent really long spears, a.k.a. pikes.
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place. There's a story about a Stirling resident walking on set when the battle was being shot. When he asked about the bridge, he was told the film crew couldn't work with it, to which he quipped "that's what the English found."
** William Wallace did not invent really long spears, a.k.a. pikes.
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** Much like the Balian of Ibelin in KingdomOfHeaven, this movie's main character is entirely a fictional construct, any similarities to the real William Wallace other than the events of the war against England are entirely coincidental.
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1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring Creator/MelGibson. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward the Longshanks]] of England, in which he battled for the freedom of Scotland and... well... got himself killed.
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1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring Creator/MelGibson.Creator/MelGibson, and written by RandalWallace, a RealLife descendant of the main character. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward the Longshanks]] of England, in which he battled for the freedom of Scotland and... well... got himself killed.
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: "ALBA GU BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!"
** Not really a foreign language, seeing as how they're Scottish.
** But they're speaking English the rest of the time...[[TranslationConvention wait...]]
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...
** Not really a foreign language, seeing as how they're Scottish.
** But they're speaking English the rest of the time...[[TranslationConvention wait...]]
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: "ALBA GU BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!"
** Not really a foreignBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!" sort of counts. That is the old Scottish language, seeing as how they're Scottish.
** But they're speaking Englishbut the rest of the time...[[TranslationConvention wait...]]
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...film is in English.
** Not really a foreign
** But they're speaking English
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...
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* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: William Wallace.
** Possibly Downgrade, depending on your point of view. The real William Wallace really was close to 7 feet tall for a start, and did quite a bit of the stuff he does in the film (not all of it, but it does cut out other badass feats as well). Of course, he was also a textbook example of TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and WouldHurtAChild, but being a bastard doesn't make him not a BadAss.
** Possibly Downgrade, depending on your point of view. The real William Wallace really was close to 7 feet tall for a start, and did quite a bit of the stuff he does in the film (not all of it, but it does cut out other badass feats as well). Of course, he was also a textbook example of TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and WouldHurtAChild, but being a bastard doesn't make him not a BadAss.
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* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: William Wallace.
** Possibly Downgrade,Wallace was either this or a downgrade, depending on your point of view. The real William Wallace really was close to 7 feet tall for a start, and did quite a bit of the stuff he does in the film (not all of it, but it does cut out other badass feats as well). Of course, he was also a textbook example of TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and WouldHurtAChild, but being a bastard doesn't make him not a BadAss.BadAss.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Edward I was tough and ruthless when he needed to be, but this films makes him into an almost total bastard.
** Possibly Downgrade,
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Edward I was tough and ruthless when he needed to be, but this films makes him into an almost total bastard.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: King Edward the Longshanks, though in reality he lived two years beyond Wallace's death. More Mel Gibson history.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: King Edward the Longshanks, though in reality he lived two years beyond Wallace's death. More Mel Gibson history.
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* KickTheDog (Longshanks repeatedly kicks the dog in his treatment of Scotland, and even throws a man out a window for being his son's lover.
** No, he throws him out the window for annoying him. Being his son's lover was only tangentially related.
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.
** No, he throws him out the window for annoying him. Being his son's lover was only tangentially related.
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.
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* KickTheDog (Longshanks KickTheDog: Longshanks repeatedly kicks the dog in his treatment of Scotland, and even throws a man out a window for being his son's lover.
** No, he throws himbest friend out the window for annoying him. Being his son's lover was only tangentially related.
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.window.
** No, he throws him
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.
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* StabTheScorpion StabTheScorpion: Stabbing the would-be assassin in this case. Steven seems to be attacking Wallace, but is actually taking down a guy trying to kill Wallace.
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If Word Of God says it\'s not, I think we can leave it out for now. Plus it got loads of natter.
* BigWordShout: Wallace shouts "FREEDOM!", as his last word, until he is out of breath.
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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding:William Wallace gets executed in the end, but his soldiers fight on and end up winning the war]].
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* BloodKnight: Steven the Irishman. He seems to has only joined the Scots because he'll be able to kill Englishmen, [[NotInThisForYourRevolution not to help the Scots to get freedom]].
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* BloodKnight: Steven the Irishman. He seems to has have only joined the Scots because he'll be able to kill Englishmen, [[NotInThisForYourRevolution not to help the Scots to get freedom]].
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* BuryYourGays: Prince Edward's lover Philip is thrown out a window by King Edward in a scene that drew some criticism, less over [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory the lack of LGBT-friendliness in Medieval Britain]] than that the scene seemed to be yet another example of Mel Gibson's well-publicized homophobia. Note also that Edward II is portrayed as as a [[CampGay stereotypical foppish gay man]].
** Historically Edward II was rumoured to have died by having a red-hot poker [[AssShove shoved into his... uh... significant orifice]], specifically ''because'' of the rumours about his sexuality. However, the red-hot poker story first appeared thirty years after Edward II's death and is not corroborated by any contemporary source. It became the "authorised version" only after 1430 as part of Lancastrian propaganda. Even the "fact" of Edward's homosexuality is dubious, so this is more down to Mel Gibson than history.
** To be fair though, Mel did deny that the scene was meant to portray anything other than a KickTheDog moment for Edward I and wasn't meant to say anything about gays. Plus, though the circumstances of Edward II's death or whether he was a homosexual might be unverified, there does seem to be evidence that people at the time at least ''thought'' that he might be, due to the way he favoured certain male retainers. So this, at least, is more a case of historical ambiguity, at least compared to most of the film which is flat-out made up.
** Historically Edward II was rumoured to have died by having a red-hot poker [[AssShove shoved into his... uh... significant orifice]], specifically ''because'' of the rumours about his sexuality. However, the red-hot poker story first appeared thirty years after Edward II's death and is not corroborated by any contemporary source. It became the "authorised version" only after 1430 as part of Lancastrian propaganda. Even the "fact" of Edward's homosexuality is dubious, so this is more down to Mel Gibson than history.
** To be fair though, Mel did deny that the scene was meant to portray anything other than a KickTheDog moment for Edward I and wasn't meant to say anything about gays. Plus, though the circumstances of Edward II's death or whether he was a homosexual might be unverified, there does seem to be evidence that people at the time at least ''thought'' that he might be, due to the way he favoured certain male retainers. So this, at least, is more a case of historical ambiguity, at least compared to most of the film which is flat-out made up.
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* ShoutOut: In the DVD commentary track Gibson cheerfully admits to stealing the final scene between Robert the Bruce and his father, the one where the door closes on Papa Bruce, from the shot that ends ''TheGodfather''.
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* ShoutOut: In the DVD commentary track Gibson cheerfully admits to stealing the final scene between Robert the Bruce and his father, the one where the door closes on Papa Bruce, from the shot that ends ''TheGodfather''.''Film/TheGodfather''.
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1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring Creator/MelGibson. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward the Longshanks]] of England.
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1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring Creator/MelGibson. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward the Longshanks]] of England.
England, in which he battled for the freedom of Scotland and... well... got himself killed.
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->''"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our... '''[[BattleCry FREEDOM]]'''!"''
1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring MelGibson. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward Longshanks]] of England.
Wallace starts as a [[CallToAgriculture simple farmer]] who [[RefusalOfTheCall only wants to live a peaceful life]] with [[TheLostLenore his beloved wife Murron]] (Catherine [=McCormack=]), despite [[YouKilledMyFather his father's death]] at the hands of the English. Unfortunately, he stops a rape of his wife by marauding English soldiers, and after the evil English magistrate executes her in retaliation, Wallace continues the spiral of revenge and soon the other villagers rise up as well. As the whole of Scotland is drawn into the rebellion against England, Wallace takes command of the Scottish army to kick ass... for FREEDOM!
The cast also includes Patrick [=McGoohan=] as Edward I "Longshanks", King of England, Peter Hanly as a young Edward II, Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabella of France, and Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce (later King of Scotland). The film won five awards at the 1995 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
[[IThoughtItMeant It should not be confused]] with the [[IOSGames iPhone game]] or the leonine leader of the [[CareBears Care Bear Cousins]]. Or a song from a certain [[DigimonAdventure cartoon]]...
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!! Tropes found in ''Braveheart'' include:
* AnachronismStew: Let's face it. This is what the movie is.
* AntiHero ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]]): Steven the Irishman.
** Wallace is a Type III AntiHero.
* ArrowsOnFire: Justified, as they are used to ignite flaming tar.
* ArtisticLicense: Most of the inaccuracies are supposedly deliberate for the sake of the story.
* AttemptedRape: Murron and the English soldiers.
* {{Badass}}: '''William Wallace.'''
* BadassArmy: The Scotsmen.
* BadassBoast: "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our '''[[BattleCry FREEDOM!]]'''" This has became a popular meme.
* BadassGrandpa: Campbell the Elder.
* [[BarbarianHero Barbarian Heroes]]
* BattleCry: "FREEEEEEEDOM!" and "ALBA GU BRATH!"
* TheBeard: The French princess.
* {{BFS}}: Wallace's claymore. It slices, it dices, it cuts warhorses down and then takes heads off with one swing. [[TruthInTelevision Which is one part of the film that was somewhat close]] to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Sword historical record]].
* BilingualBackfire: The princess speaks with her courtiers in Latin, but Wallace knows Latin as well as French.
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: William Wallace gets executed in the end, but his soldiers fight on and end up winning the war]].
* BlackKnight
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Done in the ending sequence with Wallace's claymore.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack
* BloodKnight: Steven the Irishman. He seems to has only joined the Scots because he'll be able to kill Englishmen, [[NotInThisForYourRevolution not to help the Scots to get freedom]].
* BonnieScotland: Cheesy pish abounds. Scortash people are portrayed like complete Iron Age throwbacks but they cannae help tha'selves, ken!
* BraveScot: Of course!
* BuryYourGays: Prince Edward's lover Philip is thrown out a window by King Edward in a scene that drew some criticism, less over [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory the lack of LGBT-friendliness in Medieval Britain]] than that the scene seemed to be yet another example of Mel Gibson's well-publicized homophobia. Note also that Edward II is portrayed as as a [[CampGay stereotypical foppish gay man]].
** Historically Edward II was rumoured to have died by having a red-hot poker [[AssShove shoved into his... uh... significant orifice]], specifically ''because'' of the rumours about his sexuality. However, the red-hot poker story first appeared thirty years after Edward II's death and is not corroborated by any contemporary source. It became the "authorised version" only after 1430 as part of Lancastrian propaganda. Even the "fact" of Edward's homosexuality is dubious, so this is more down to Mel Gibson than history.
** To be fair though, Mel did deny that the scene was meant to portray anything other than a KickTheDog moment for Edward I and wasn't meant to say anything about gays. Plus, though the circumstances of Edward II's death or whether he was a homosexual might be unverified, there does seem to be evidence that people at the time at least ''thought'' that he might be, due to the way he favoured certain male retainers. So this, at least, is more a case of historical ambiguity, at least compared to most of the film which is flat-out made up.
* CaliforniaDoubling: For tax reasons, most of the movie was filmed in Ireland. Although it's doubtful that most American viewers [[{{Scotireland}} noticed the difference]], Ireland's rolling green hills and Scotland's rugged, mountainous landscape really don't resemble each other very much.
** And those parts of Scotland which they did use were on the wrong side of the country; they use the West Highlands, which historically played little part in Wallace's campaign.
** The scenes filmed in Ireland were actually filmed in the Wicklow Mountains, one of the many rugged and barren areas of the country. Not "rolling green hills" by any means.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: And it's going to make sure Wallace doesn't try to avoid his destiny of fighting...
* CallThatAFormation?: Played depressingly straight. The Scottish infantry fought as disciplined pike formations, it was their lack of armour and cavalry which made them so vulnerable to the longbow. (Also, what wasn't in those days?) They would not have charged wildly into battle, but advanced in disciplined rows in order to push back cavalry and infantry with massed ranks. The Scots didn't win the battles where they managed to close for battle with the individually more skilled English knights for no reason.
* CulturedBadass: Wallace.
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to happen to Wallace after he finds out who betrayed him at the Battle of Falkirk. His previous anger instantly vanishes and he just seems to give up.
* TheDeterminator: Wallace during his trial. Even the English crowd, who at first calls for his blood, eventually get sick of seeing the torture and eventually start calling out for mercy. He was defiant to the end against the English.
* DidNotDoTheResearch / HollywoodHistory: So very, very much.
** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
* DoomedHometown: Seems to be the case at first, but then subverted as the townspeople rise up in rebellion and end up completely kicking the collective butts of the English soldiers who've been holding their town hostage. This scene ends up being a massive CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the townspeople.
* DisposableWoman: Murron dies to set the film in motion.
* DirtyCoward: The Scottish noblemen.
* DoomedMoralVictor
* DramaticUnmask: Robert the Bruce, while fighting on the English side.
* DroitDuSeigneur: Called ''prima nocte'' in this movie, instated by Longshanks to win support for the lords and to keep the Scots under their thumb. Morrison and his wife are two of many people who suffer under this, and when Morrison confronts Lord Bottoms, the lord responsible for raping his wife, during Wallace's attack on the English garrison, he invokes "the right of a husband" by killing him.
* TheDungAges
* EpicFlail: how Wallace exacts revenge on Mornay.
** After losing his left hand at the Battle of Stirling, Campbell the Elder spends the rest of the movie using a flail.
* EtTuBrute: Wallace when Robert the Bruce is unmasked at Falkirk.
* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Irish pipes though, not Highland.
* EvilChancellor: Craig is this to Robert Bruce
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: At the Battle of Stirling:
-->'''Scottish Soldier #1''': It's William Wallace.
-->'''Scottish Soldier #2''': Can't be. Not tall enough.
** Possibly a ShoutOut to the historical Wallace, who was probably at least 6'8". Mel Gibson, in contrast, is only about 5'8".
* FamousLastWords: FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
* FateWorseThanDeath: Wallace was Hung, Drawn and Quartered for his troubles. This involved being stretched until his limbs dislocated, hung by the neck but cut down before unconsciousness set in, strapped to a table, having his innards reeled out, his [[GroinAttack private parts cut off]] and eventually, when his suffering had ceased to be entertaining, having his head cut off. The corpse would then be cut into four and displayed as a warning to any other would-be challengers of the Crown. Somewhat distressingly, this is one of the bits that's ''pretty accurate'' to history.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: William Wallace
** TheLancer: Hamish Campbell
** TheBigGuy: Stephen the Irishman (also a SixthRanger)
** TeamDad: Campbell the Elder
** ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Robert the Bruce
** TheChick: Murron in the beggining, then Princess Isabella (also a SixthRanger)
* FriendsAllAlong: The Scottish and Irish troops.
-->'''Longshanks:''' Irish...
* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: The rousing speech.
* GoOutWithASmile
* {{Gorn}}: Mostly averted... though in the original cut, [[spoiler:Wallace's execution by disemboweling]] was this.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: [[ThisIsSparta "ALBA GU BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!"]]
** Not really a foreign language, seeing as how they're Scottish.
** But they're speaking English the rest of the time...[[TranslationConvention wait...]]
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Robert The Bruce.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After Wallace discovers that Robert Bruce was at the Battle of Falkirk, but [[spoiler:with Longshanks]].
** Bruce himself gets one later on when [[spoiler:his father's machinations lead to Wallace's betrayal and capture]].
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: William Wallace.
** Possibly Downgrade, depending on your point of view. The real William Wallace really was close to 7 feet tall for a start, and did quite a bit of the stuff he does in the film (not all of it, but it does cut out other badass feats as well). Of course, he was also a textbook example of TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and WouldHurtAChild, but being a bastard doesn't make him not a BadAss.
* TheHouseOfPlantagenet: Edward I and his son.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: King Edward Longshanks, though in reality he lived two years beyond Wallace's death. More Mel Gibson history.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Prince Edward
* ISurrenderSuckers: How William Wallace starts his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* KickTheDog (Longshanks repeatedly kicks the dog in his treatment of Scotland, and even throws a man out a window for being his son's lover.
** No, he throws him out the window for annoying him. Being his son's lover was only tangentially related.
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.
* TheLostLenore: Murron, see also DisposableWoman above. Not all [[DisposableWoman disposable women]] are also [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenores]] but Murron fits this trope as her relevance to the story doesn't end with her death. Wallace clearly still loves and mourns her, and she appears in dream sequences and flashbacks.
* ManInAKilt: Although plaid kilts were introduced only three centuries later.
** And the Scottish didn't wear them until much later than that (and even then, they were typically saffron or brown, not plaid).
*** [[IShallTauntYou Flashing and mooning]] ''was'' a combat tactic, however.
* MementoMacGuffin
* MemeticBadass: William Wallace becomes one InUniverse, promptly {{Lampshaded}}:
--> '''Young Soldier''': William Wallace is [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller seven feet tall]]!
--> '''William Wallace''': Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse!
* TheMiddleAges
* MuggedForDisguise: Near the beginning of the film, Wallace steals the uniform off an English soldier in order to get his wife out of town.
** Later, "Were they dressed like this?"
* MultiMeleeMaster: In addition to his iconic [[CoolSword claymore]], William Wallace is seen to be proficient with a huge mallet, a flail (both ball-and-chain and hinged stick), a dagger, a longspear, a bow, a deer's antler, and rocks of various shapes and sizes.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Robert the Bruce suffers from this [[spoiler: after seeing Wallace's face at the Battle of Falkirk.]]
* NightmareSequence: Mornay's dream of Wallace charging at him out of a firestorm, screaming, and replete in blue warpaint. It then becomes HighOctaneNightmareFuel for the viewer given the way Mornay is then despatched straight afterwards.
* {{Oireland}}: Although {{Scotireland}} is obviously avoided.
* OneMarioLimit: Wallace's wife was really named Marian, but it got changed to Murron to avoid confusion/comparison with RobinHood's love interest Maid Marian.
* OneSidedBattle
* PimpedOutDress: This film avoids GorgeousPeriodDress by reserving the fancy clothes, even for the royals.
* PlayingGertrude: James Cosmo, who plays Campbell the Elder, is only seven years older than Brendan Gleeson, who plays his son Hamish.
* ThePowerOfHate: After Robert the Bruce disowns his father, the Elder Robert the Bruce, and wishes for him to die, the Elder Bruce says he's now ready to be king now that he knows hate (oddly enouHgh, in addition to saying this [[StarWars Palpatine-esque]] line, the Elder Bruce also ''looks'' unnervingly like Emperor Palpatine). The Younger Bruce answers, in calm example of ShutUpHannibal, that his hate will die with the elder Bruce.
* RainOfArrows: Thank goodness their shields were up.
* RatedMForManly
* RefusalOfTheCall: Wallace refused to fight the English at first, preferring to raise a family and live a quiet farming life.
* RegionalRiff
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What happens to Wallace after finding out Murron was killed by English soldiers.
* RomanceGenreHeroes
* RoseTintedNarrative: {{Lampshaded}} in the opening narration, as Robert Bruce says "Historians in England will say I am a liar. But [[WrittenByTheWinners history is written by those who have hanged heroes]]."
* RousingSpeech
* SadBattleMusic: Begins playing once Wallace realizes the two nobles he was relying on for Cavalry support instead deserts him, continues on as his own troops are killed by English arrows, until finally he discovers that [[spoiler: Robert the Bruce]] also betrayed him after promising to help.
* SceneryPorn: The Scottish highlands.
* ShoutOut: In the DVD commentary track Gibson cheerfully admits to stealing the final scene between Robert the Bruce and his father, the one where the door closes on Papa Bruce, from the shot that ends ''TheGodfather''.
* SociopathicHero: Steven the Irishman.
* StabTheScorpion
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Wallace and Murron]]. Possibly due to hallucination, possibly played straight, but for those few moments, together nonetheless.
* UnwantedSpouse
* WeHaveReserves: The TropeNamer, in this case referring to Longshanks' justification, when called for one, for calling the archers to fire in the middle of a heated infantry battle -- granted, his own troops would be hit, but so would the Scots.
** Also used with sending the Irish conscript infantry in first.
--> '''Longshanks:''' Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Robert Bruce's father is a leper with permanent wounds on his face.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Version 3. Wallace tells Isabella he was secretly married to Murron. "I don't know why I tell you now except I see her strength in you."
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->''"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our... '''[[BattleCry FREEDOM]]'''!"''
1995 film directed, produced, written by and starring MelGibson. ''Braveheart'' tells the fictionalized story of the legendary Scottish rebel William Wallace and his revolution against [[EvilOverlord King Edward Longshanks]] of England.
Wallace starts as a [[CallToAgriculture simple farmer]] who [[RefusalOfTheCall only wants to live a peaceful life]] with [[TheLostLenore his beloved wife Murron]] (Catherine [=McCormack=]), despite [[YouKilledMyFather his father's death]] at the hands of the English. Unfortunately, he stops a rape of his wife by marauding English soldiers, and after the evil English magistrate executes her in retaliation, Wallace continues the spiral of revenge and soon the other villagers rise up as well. As the whole of Scotland is drawn into the rebellion against England, Wallace takes command of the Scottish army to kick ass... for FREEDOM!
The cast also includes Patrick [=McGoohan=] as Edward I "Longshanks", King of England, Peter Hanly as a young Edward II, Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabella of France, and Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce (later King of Scotland). The film won five awards at the 1995 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
[[IThoughtItMeant It should not be confused]] with the [[IOSGames iPhone game]] or the leonine leader of the [[CareBears Care Bear Cousins]]. Or a song from a certain [[DigimonAdventure cartoon]]...
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!! Tropes found in ''Braveheart'' include:
* AnachronismStew: Let's face it. This is what the movie is.
* AntiHero ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]]): Steven the Irishman.
** Wallace is a Type III AntiHero.
* ArrowsOnFire: Justified, as they are used to ignite flaming tar.
* ArtisticLicense: Most of the inaccuracies are supposedly deliberate for the sake of the story.
* AttemptedRape: Murron and the English soldiers.
* {{Badass}}: '''William Wallace.'''
* BadassArmy: The Scotsmen.
* BadassBoast: "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our '''[[BattleCry FREEDOM!]]'''" This has became a popular meme.
* BadassGrandpa: Campbell the Elder.
* [[BarbarianHero Barbarian Heroes]]
* BattleCry: "FREEEEEEEDOM!" and "ALBA GU BRATH!"
* TheBeard: The French princess.
* {{BFS}}: Wallace's claymore. It slices, it dices, it cuts warhorses down and then takes heads off with one swing. [[TruthInTelevision Which is one part of the film that was somewhat close]] to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Sword historical record]].
* BilingualBackfire: The princess speaks with her courtiers in Latin, but Wallace knows Latin as well as French.
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: William Wallace gets executed in the end, but his soldiers fight on and end up winning the war]].
* BlackKnight
* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Done in the ending sequence with Wallace's claymore.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack
* BloodKnight: Steven the Irishman. He seems to has only joined the Scots because he'll be able to kill Englishmen, [[NotInThisForYourRevolution not to help the Scots to get freedom]].
* BonnieScotland: Cheesy pish abounds. Scortash people are portrayed like complete Iron Age throwbacks but they cannae help tha'selves, ken!
* BraveScot: Of course!
* BuryYourGays: Prince Edward's lover Philip is thrown out a window by King Edward in a scene that drew some criticism, less over [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory the lack of LGBT-friendliness in Medieval Britain]] than that the scene seemed to be yet another example of Mel Gibson's well-publicized homophobia. Note also that Edward II is portrayed as as a [[CampGay stereotypical foppish gay man]].
** Historically Edward II was rumoured to have died by having a red-hot poker [[AssShove shoved into his... uh... significant orifice]], specifically ''because'' of the rumours about his sexuality. However, the red-hot poker story first appeared thirty years after Edward II's death and is not corroborated by any contemporary source. It became the "authorised version" only after 1430 as part of Lancastrian propaganda. Even the "fact" of Edward's homosexuality is dubious, so this is more down to Mel Gibson than history.
** To be fair though, Mel did deny that the scene was meant to portray anything other than a KickTheDog moment for Edward I and wasn't meant to say anything about gays. Plus, though the circumstances of Edward II's death or whether he was a homosexual might be unverified, there does seem to be evidence that people at the time at least ''thought'' that he might be, due to the way he favoured certain male retainers. So this, at least, is more a case of historical ambiguity, at least compared to most of the film which is flat-out made up.
* CaliforniaDoubling: For tax reasons, most of the movie was filmed in Ireland. Although it's doubtful that most American viewers [[{{Scotireland}} noticed the difference]], Ireland's rolling green hills and Scotland's rugged, mountainous landscape really don't resemble each other very much.
** And those parts of Scotland which they did use were on the wrong side of the country; they use the West Highlands, which historically played little part in Wallace's campaign.
** The scenes filmed in Ireland were actually filmed in the Wicklow Mountains, one of the many rugged and barren areas of the country. Not "rolling green hills" by any means.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: And it's going to make sure Wallace doesn't try to avoid his destiny of fighting...
* CallThatAFormation?: Played depressingly straight. The Scottish infantry fought as disciplined pike formations, it was their lack of armour and cavalry which made them so vulnerable to the longbow. (Also, what wasn't in those days?) They would not have charged wildly into battle, but advanced in disciplined rows in order to push back cavalry and infantry with massed ranks. The Scots didn't win the battles where they managed to close for battle with the individually more skilled English knights for no reason.
* CulturedBadass: Wallace.
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to happen to Wallace after he finds out who betrayed him at the Battle of Falkirk. His previous anger instantly vanishes and he just seems to give up.
* TheDeterminator: Wallace during his trial. Even the English crowd, who at first calls for his blood, eventually get sick of seeing the torture and eventually start calling out for mercy. He was defiant to the end against the English.
* DidNotDoTheResearch / HollywoodHistory: So very, very much.
** Isabella of France was nine years old at the time of Wallace's death. And not yet married to Edward II. And still living in France. And first son was not born for another seven years.
** Scots had not used woad (blue battle paint) for a millennium or so and would not use kilts for several more centuries.
*** Probably partially justified as the Scots were likely wearing the woad in homage to the ancient Picts who also managed drive a foreign aggressor (The Romans) from their lands.
** Er, Mel? Hello? Just FYI, the Battle of Stirling Bridge HAD A FUCKING BRIDGE IN IT!
*** Arguably justified, to an extent- they were ''going'' to use the bridge, but found it was too dangerous. Which is fair, because the danger of it as a battleground is why the Scots chose it in the first place.
** Edward I and the members of his court spoke French, not English; this could be written off as part of the TranslationConvention, except that the Queen and her lady are shown speaking French.
*** This is actually mildly justified, as Edward greatly encouraged his nobility to speak in English and to identify as Englishmen. He was the first of the Normandy descendants to be properly labelled as a truly 'English' Monarch. While French was still the [[StealthPun Lingua Franca]] of the day and of his court, his efforts were beginning to change that trend.
** The Scots won their independence at the Battle of Bannockburn after an English army had arrived to lift the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle, not after Robert the Bruce changed his mind about a peace parley.
** The existence of ''Primae noctis'' or ''DroitDuSeigneur'' -- the right of a Lord to take the virginity of serf maidens within his lands -- is severely questioned by historians.
** Bagpipes were not outlawed in 13th-century Scotland.
** The makers were very nearly sued by the Scottish government for this one. Robert the Bruce did NOT betray Wallace, and in fact is considered a much bigger hero than Wallace ever was (and guess what, the name "Brave Heart" was actually given to Robert, NOT Wallace). Portraying him as Wallace's betrayer is considered a worse crime than every other problem with this movie combined.
*** Well, to be fair, Wallace was probably the one person Bruce [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder didn't betray]] at one point or another, and that mostly because they never actually met. That, and Wallace didn't support Robert's claim to the throne- he backed John Balliol, Edward's hostage in the Tower of London and the nominal and official King of Scotland.
*** Winning the Battle of Bannockburn has given Robert the Bruce a HistoricalHeroUpgrade for years. He was an accomplished political manipulator, and was just as brutal as Longshanks towards his enemies - he invited John Comyn to peace talks in a church, then murdered him. His army then rampaged through the Great Glen, slaughtering Comyn's supporters.
* DoomedHometown: Seems to be the case at first, but then subverted as the townspeople rise up in rebellion and end up completely kicking the collective butts of the English soldiers who've been holding their town hostage. This scene ends up being a massive CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the townspeople.
* DisposableWoman: Murron dies to set the film in motion.
* DirtyCoward: The Scottish noblemen.
* DoomedMoralVictor
* DramaticUnmask: Robert the Bruce, while fighting on the English side.
* DroitDuSeigneur: Called ''prima nocte'' in this movie, instated by Longshanks to win support for the lords and to keep the Scots under their thumb. Morrison and his wife are two of many people who suffer under this, and when Morrison confronts Lord Bottoms, the lord responsible for raping his wife, during Wallace's attack on the English garrison, he invokes "the right of a husband" by killing him.
* TheDungAges
* EpicFlail: how Wallace exacts revenge on Mornay.
** After losing his left hand at the Battle of Stirling, Campbell the Elder spends the rest of the movie using a flail.
* EtTuBrute: Wallace when Robert the Bruce is unmasked at Falkirk.
* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Irish pipes though, not Highland.
* EvilChancellor: Craig is this to Robert Bruce
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: At the Battle of Stirling:
-->'''Scottish Soldier #1''': It's William Wallace.
-->'''Scottish Soldier #2''': Can't be. Not tall enough.
** Possibly a ShoutOut to the historical Wallace, who was probably at least 6'8". Mel Gibson, in contrast, is only about 5'8".
* FamousLastWords: FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
* FateWorseThanDeath: Wallace was Hung, Drawn and Quartered for his troubles. This involved being stretched until his limbs dislocated, hung by the neck but cut down before unconsciousness set in, strapped to a table, having his innards reeled out, his [[GroinAttack private parts cut off]] and eventually, when his suffering had ceased to be entertaining, having his head cut off. The corpse would then be cut into four and displayed as a warning to any other would-be challengers of the Crown. Somewhat distressingly, this is one of the bits that's ''pretty accurate'' to history.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: William Wallace
** TheLancer: Hamish Campbell
** TheBigGuy: Stephen the Irishman (also a SixthRanger)
** TeamDad: Campbell the Elder
** ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Robert the Bruce
** TheChick: Murron in the beggining, then Princess Isabella (also a SixthRanger)
* FriendsAllAlong: The Scottish and Irish troops.
-->'''Longshanks:''' Irish...
* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: The rousing speech.
* GoOutWithASmile
* {{Gorn}}: Mostly averted... though in the original cut, [[spoiler:Wallace's execution by disemboweling]] was this.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: [[ThisIsSparta "ALBA GU BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!"]]
** Not really a foreign language, seeing as how they're Scottish.
** But they're speaking English the rest of the time...[[TranslationConvention wait...]]
** Though since he was a noble from Renfrewshire (south west Scotland) Gaelic would have been pretty foreign to him... [[YouFailHistoryForever So yeah...]]
*** Not quite. Medieval Gaelic was still, at this time, the language of the nobility and Wallace was a minor Scottish noble, after all. Then again, his family's origins were ''Norman'', or possibly French. Nobody really knows for sure...
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Robert The Bruce.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After Wallace discovers that Robert Bruce was at the Battle of Falkirk, but [[spoiler:with Longshanks]].
** Bruce himself gets one later on when [[spoiler:his father's machinations lead to Wallace's betrayal and capture]].
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: William Wallace.
** Possibly Downgrade, depending on your point of view. The real William Wallace really was close to 7 feet tall for a start, and did quite a bit of the stuff he does in the film (not all of it, but it does cut out other badass feats as well). Of course, he was also a textbook example of TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized and WouldHurtAChild, but being a bastard doesn't make him not a BadAss.
* TheHouseOfPlantagenet: Edward I and his son.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: King Edward Longshanks, though in reality he lived two years beyond Wallace's death. More Mel Gibson history.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Prince Edward
* ISurrenderSuckers: How William Wallace starts his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* KickTheDog (Longshanks repeatedly kicks the dog in his treatment of Scotland, and even throws a man out a window for being his son's lover.
** No, he throws him out the window for annoying him. Being his son's lover was only tangentially related.
** And what a kickass KickTheDog moment that is. Patrick [=McGoohan=] is vicious in this movie.
* TheLostLenore: Murron, see also DisposableWoman above. Not all [[DisposableWoman disposable women]] are also [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenores]] but Murron fits this trope as her relevance to the story doesn't end with her death. Wallace clearly still loves and mourns her, and she appears in dream sequences and flashbacks.
* ManInAKilt: Although plaid kilts were introduced only three centuries later.
** And the Scottish didn't wear them until much later than that (and even then, they were typically saffron or brown, not plaid).
*** [[IShallTauntYou Flashing and mooning]] ''was'' a combat tactic, however.
* MementoMacGuffin
* MemeticBadass: William Wallace becomes one InUniverse, promptly {{Lampshaded}}:
--> '''Young Soldier''': William Wallace is [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller seven feet tall]]!
--> '''William Wallace''': Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse!
* TheMiddleAges
* MuggedForDisguise: Near the beginning of the film, Wallace steals the uniform off an English soldier in order to get his wife out of town.
** Later, "Were they dressed like this?"
* MultiMeleeMaster: In addition to his iconic [[CoolSword claymore]], William Wallace is seen to be proficient with a huge mallet, a flail (both ball-and-chain and hinged stick), a dagger, a longspear, a bow, a deer's antler, and rocks of various shapes and sizes.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Robert the Bruce suffers from this [[spoiler: after seeing Wallace's face at the Battle of Falkirk.]]
* NightmareSequence: Mornay's dream of Wallace charging at him out of a firestorm, screaming, and replete in blue warpaint. It then becomes HighOctaneNightmareFuel for the viewer given the way Mornay is then despatched straight afterwards.
* {{Oireland}}: Although {{Scotireland}} is obviously avoided.
* OneMarioLimit: Wallace's wife was really named Marian, but it got changed to Murron to avoid confusion/comparison with RobinHood's love interest Maid Marian.
* OneSidedBattle
* PimpedOutDress: This film avoids GorgeousPeriodDress by reserving the fancy clothes, even for the royals.
* PlayingGertrude: James Cosmo, who plays Campbell the Elder, is only seven years older than Brendan Gleeson, who plays his son Hamish.
* ThePowerOfHate: After Robert the Bruce disowns his father, the Elder Robert the Bruce, and wishes for him to die, the Elder Bruce says he's now ready to be king now that he knows hate (oddly enouHgh, in addition to saying this [[StarWars Palpatine-esque]] line, the Elder Bruce also ''looks'' unnervingly like Emperor Palpatine). The Younger Bruce answers, in calm example of ShutUpHannibal, that his hate will die with the elder Bruce.
* RainOfArrows: Thank goodness their shields were up.
* RatedMForManly
* RefusalOfTheCall: Wallace refused to fight the English at first, preferring to raise a family and live a quiet farming life.
* RegionalRiff
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What happens to Wallace after finding out Murron was killed by English soldiers.
* RomanceGenreHeroes
* RoseTintedNarrative: {{Lampshaded}} in the opening narration, as Robert Bruce says "Historians in England will say I am a liar. But [[WrittenByTheWinners history is written by those who have hanged heroes]]."
* RousingSpeech
* SadBattleMusic: Begins playing once Wallace realizes the two nobles he was relying on for Cavalry support instead deserts him, continues on as his own troops are killed by English arrows, until finally he discovers that [[spoiler: Robert the Bruce]] also betrayed him after promising to help.
* SceneryPorn: The Scottish highlands.
* ShoutOut: In the DVD commentary track Gibson cheerfully admits to stealing the final scene between Robert the Bruce and his father, the one where the door closes on Papa Bruce, from the shot that ends ''TheGodfather''.
* SociopathicHero: Steven the Irishman.
* StabTheScorpion
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Wallace and Murron]]. Possibly due to hallucination, possibly played straight, but for those few moments, together nonetheless.
* UnwantedSpouse
* WeHaveReserves: The TropeNamer, in this case referring to Longshanks' justification, when called for one, for calling the archers to fire in the middle of a heated infantry battle -- granted, his own troops would be hit, but so would the Scots.
** Also used with sending the Irish conscript infantry in first.
--> '''Longshanks:''' Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Robert Bruce's father is a leper with permanent wounds on his face.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Version 3. Wallace tells Isabella he was secretly married to Murron. "I don't know why I tell you now except I see her strength in you."
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