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* NeverMyFault: Gilly reeks of this, especially during the climax, where he angrily proclaims he won't let Paul get away with killing his men. Never once does it occur to him that the violence began with ''him'' killing Paul's dog.
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* HurtingHero: Paul is assumed to be dead halfway through the film, and while he's able to recover, by the end he's unable to walk under his own power.
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* WretchedHive: When the nearby mine dried up, everybody who could leave left. The people who remained are either the town jerks or too undecided about whether or not to leave. The place is named "the valley of violence" by one of its inhabitants.
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Ellen tells her fiancee [[BigBad Gilly]] that she's pregnant right before he leaves to die in a gunfight.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Harris tries to FaceDeathWithDignity, while acknowledging that he's undercut himself by [[IHaveAFamily noting he has a daughter]].
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Harris tries to do this, while also acknowledging that he's undercut himself by noting he has a daughter.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Averted, for the most part. Mary-Anne claims to be 16, and wants to run away with Paul, but he thinks she's young enough to be his daughter [spoiler:And he actually does have a wife and daughter that he abandoned to enlist in the Army, but has no plans to return to either.]
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* MayDecemberRomance: Averted, for the most part. Mary-Anne claims to be 16, and wants to run away with Paul, but he thinks she's young enough to be his daughter [spoiler:And [[spoiler:And he actually does have a wife and daughter that he abandoned to enlist in the Army, but has no plans to return to either.]]]
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Even at the end Paul is still asking why Gilly would do such a thing. Trying to kill Paul himself, on the other hand, is completely understandable to him.
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* MoralityPet: Literally the case for Abbie the dog. Paul fights Gilly, but doesn't actually kill anyone until they hurt his dog.
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* MoralityPet: Literally the case for Abbie the dog. Paul only fights Gilly, but doesn't actually Gilly after he turns his attention to her, and once he and his gang kill anyone until they hurt his dog.her, he informs each of them that he'll kill them for it.
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''In a Valley of Violence'' is a 2016 [[TheWestern western film]] directed by Ti West, starring Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/JohnTravolta, James Ransone, Creator/JamesRansone, Creator/TaissaFarmiga and Creator/KarenGillan.
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A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.
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* BathtubScene: Paul gets one in the first act of the film. Roy gets one later, which doesn't turn out as well for him.
* DeadlyBath: Roy's overgrown beard results in Ellen sending in a shaving kit, but the straight razor doesn't get used for shaving.
* MayDecemberRomance: Averted, for the most part. Mary-Anne claims to be 16, and wants to run away with Paul, but he thinks she's young enough to be his daughter [spoiler:And he actually does have a wife and daughter that he abandoned to enlist in the Army, but has no plans to return to either.]
* SmallTownBoredom: Part of why Mary-Anne is so interested in Paul and his dog.
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* WarIsHell: Paul has flashbacks to his service against Indian tribes. Marshal Martin lost his own leg in the service and sympathizes even with his decision to desert.
* WouldHitAGirl: Gilly, when he's supposed to be protecting them in the lastact.act.
* YouAreFat: "Tubby" is constantly subjected to fat jokes, even by people who are supposed to be his friends.
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* YouAreFat: "Tubby" is constantly subjected to fat jokes, even by people who are supposed to be his friends.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Harris tries to do this, while also acknowledging that he's undercut himself by noting he has a daughter.
* GhostTown: Mary-Anne explains away the lack of people in Denton by noting that most people left when the silver mine gave out, and more left because the Marshal and Gilly did a terrible job of running things. By the end of the film, the town may well follow the Marshal's prediction of dying without him.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Gilly says he hopes Paul killed every Indian he came across, and that Gilly holds him in contempt for deserting the Indian Wars.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mary-Anne thinks the Marshal and Gilly have both helped to ruin the town, but within the film we see the Marshal being the most reasonable antagonist to Paul.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Limited by the size of the cast populating the town, and also dragging in the Marshal, though he wanted to avoid this but also can't permit Paul to go murdering all his deputies.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mary-Anne thinks the Marshal and Gilly have both helped to ruin the town, but within the film we see the Marshal being the most reasonable antagonist to Paul.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Limited by the size of the cast populating the town, and also dragging in the Marshal, though he wanted to avoid this but also can't permit Paul to go murdering all his deputies.
* TitleDrop: Not precisely. Gilly says the place is called "the valley of violence", but the entire phrase is never said.
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''In a Valley of Violence'' is a 2016 western directed by Ti West, starring Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/JohnTravolta, James Ransone, Creator/TaissaFarmiga and Creator/KarenGillan.
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!!This movie contain examples of the following tropes:
* AnimatedCreditsOpening: A la a SpaghettiWestern from Creator/SergioLeone.
* AssholeVictim: The priest who tries to rob Paul at gunpoint, as well as the people who attack him and his dog later. Especially Gilly and Roy.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Paul had promised his dog he wouldn't kill anybody in Denton. He decides he has to break that promise when Gilly pushes him too far.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Even at the end Paul is still asking why Gilly would do such a thing. Trying to kill Paul himself, on the other hand, is completely understandable to him.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Gilly, after getting punched by Paul.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Gilly's father warns him that Paul is from one of the most dangerous military units the country has seen, but Gilly doesn't heed his warning.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Paul thinks of himself as a coward rather than a hero, but he's the hero within this film.
* HurtingHero: Paul is assumed to be dead halfway through the film, and while he's able to recover, by the end he's unable to walk under his own power.
* KickTheDog: There is literally a dog that Gilly hurts to metaphorically hurt Paul.
* MoralityPet: Literally the case for Abbie the dog. Paul fights Gilly, but doesn't actually kill anyone until they hurt his dog.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Harris. The Marshal himself is far more reasonable than his son, but clearly hasn't done enough to prevent him from lording over the town with his toady friends.
* WouldHitAGirl: Gilly, when he's supposed to be protecting them in the last act.
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!!This movie contain examples of the following tropes:
* AnimatedCreditsOpening: A la a SpaghettiWestern from Creator/SergioLeone.
* AssholeVictim: The priest who tries to rob Paul at gunpoint, as well as the people who attack him and his dog later. Especially Gilly and Roy.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Paul had promised his dog he wouldn't kill anybody in Denton. He decides he has to break that promise when Gilly pushes him too far.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Even at the end Paul is still asking why Gilly would do such a thing. Trying to kill Paul himself, on the other hand, is completely understandable to him.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Gilly, after getting punched by Paul.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Gilly's father warns him that Paul is from one of the most dangerous military units the country has seen, but Gilly doesn't heed his warning.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Paul thinks of himself as a coward rather than a hero, but he's the hero within this film.
* HurtingHero: Paul is assumed to be dead halfway through the film, and while he's able to recover, by the end he's unable to walk under his own power.
* KickTheDog: There is literally a dog that Gilly hurts to metaphorically hurt Paul.
* MoralityPet: Literally the case for Abbie the dog. Paul fights Gilly, but doesn't actually kill anyone until they hurt his dog.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Harris. The Marshal himself is far more reasonable than his son, but clearly hasn't done enough to prevent him from lording over the town with his toady friends.
* WouldHitAGirl: Gilly, when he's supposed to be protecting them in the last act.
