History Film / Bruno

* DepravedHomosexual / AllGaysArePromiscuous: Bruno's character is extremely flirtatious and kinky in bed. Though interestingly he mentions he's only ever actually had sex with three people.

* AdaptationExpansion - Like ''Film/{{Borat}}'', Bruno originated in ''Da Ali G Show''.

* BilingualBonus - Whatever the terrorist leader said before the interpreter told Bruno to get out. (Note: The guy actually sued Baron Cohen and lost because the CIA considers his group a terrorist organization.)

* [[ThoseWackyNazis Diese Verrückten Nazis]] - Bruno desires to be the biggest Austrian superstar since UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.

[[spoiler:* HappilyEverAfter / BabiesEverAfter: The movie ends with Bruno and Lutz becoming a couple and getting their baby, little OJ, back.]]

** Though Larry Charles has stated multiple times that Bruno isn't written as any worse a person then Borat, but that the film itself comes off harsher, giving this impression.
--> '''Larry Charles:''' There's so much more heat on Bruno then Borat. And it's not because Bruno is a meaner character, it's because people are meaner to Bruno. It shows a darker side of the American psyche.

* DeletedScene: Many. Most notably an entire section where Bruno is reporting for a local news station in Texas. During one of his interviews Diesel shows up and breaks up with him. (Instead of the breakup at the airport before Bruno leaves for LA.) This causes him to contemplate suicide and talk with a funeral planner.

* YoungerThenTheyLook: Bruno is only 19 years old.

* BilingualBonus - Whatever the "terrorist leader" said before the interpreter told Bruno to get out. (Note: The guy was actually a Christian charity worker and sued Baron Cohen.)

* DepravedHomosexual / AllGaysArePromiscuous: The sheer volume of "gays are sex perverts" jokes is enough to make even the most self-deprecating gay people feel nauseous.

* HappilyEverAfter / BabiesEverAfter: The movie ends with Bruno and Lutz becoming a couple and getting their baby, little OJ back.

* PoesLaw: Parts of the film were staged or deliberately misrepresented. Which parts are real, and which are fake? And does it make a difference?

* StraightGay: Lutz.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Bruno, to a much greater degree than Borat, who is mostly a well-meaning idiot reared in a ridiculous {{Ruritania}}. In fact, this is a significant part of the reason the film was not as well-received as ''Borat'' or anything involving Ali G, and was specifically mentioned in ''The Irish Times'''s review of the film.

* HappilyEverAfter/BabiesEverAfter: The movie ends with Bruno and Lutz becoming a couple and getting their baby, little OJ back.

* ConcertKiss/TheBigDamnKiss: The climax at the cage fight is a play on this. Sacha Baron Cohen was apparently inspired by romantic comedies that end at sporting events where the couple kisses and the audience cheers, only here of course, the audience starts a riot.

* ArabIsraeliConflict: A world issue that Bruno attempts to "fix" in order to become famous.

* CampGay: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].

'''''Brüno''''' (2009) is a mockumentary film from SachaBaronCohen, and the third based upon one of his characters from ''DaAliGShow'' (after ''AliGIndahouse'' and ''{{Borat}}''). Brüno, a fabulously gay Austrian fashion reporter and TV host, is fired from his show ''Funkyzeit'' after ruining a fashion show. To add insult to injury, his lover leaves him for another man. He decides to go to America (with his assistant Lutz) to become the "biggest Austrian superstar since Hitler".

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: ''Ja!''

* CharityMotivationSong: Bruno puts one together at the end (see AllStarCast above). It's more about how great he is than any particular cause.

* BilingualBonus - Whatever the "terrorist leader" said before the interpreter told Bruno to get out. (Note: The guy was actually a Christian charity worker and sued Cohen.)

* [[ThoseWackyNazis Diese Verrückten Nazis]] - Bruno desires to be the biggest Austrian superstar since AdolfHitler.

* AllStarCast: The film ends with Bruno making a charity music video with [[{{U2}} Bono]], [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]], SnoopDogg, [[{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]], [[ThePolice Sting]] and EltonJohn.

* [[BilingualBonus Zweisprachigkeitsbonus]] - Whatever the "terrorist leader" said before the interpreter told Bruno to get out. (Note: The guy was actually a Christian charity worker and sued Cohen.)

* EnforcedMethodActing: Like ''Film/{{Borat}}'', very little was traditionally scripted and SachaBaronCohen literally had to improvise as though his life depended on it.

* DepravedHomosexual / AllGaysArePromiscuous: The sheer volume of "gays are sex perverts" jokes is enough to make even the most self-deprecating homos feel nauseous.

** Part of the humour of it is that many homosexuals know of [[StopBeingStereotypical and are embarrassed by this type of person]]. Many feel that people with outrageous CampGay identities get far more public exposure than hardly noticeable StraightGay, and as a consequence, those on the outside think all gay people are like Bruno when that is definitely not the case.