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* CallToAgriculture: After experiencing the horrors of the French and Indian War, Benjamin took up farming, and he refused to fight in the American Revolution, at first.
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2000 war epic starring Creator/MelGibson and HeathLedger, set during TheAmericanRevolution. The movie isn't about the actual founding fathers (ie Washington) but is instead about some of the biggest and most brutal engagements that were waged in the southern colonies, as seen through an [[CallToAgriculture Officer turned Farmer Farmer]] turned Officer again. Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, a [[OldShame veteran of the]] French And Indian War who was changed by the horrors he has seen (and committed). South Carolina had just voted to join the war, but Ben said he would not. His eldest son Gabriel decides to go anyway. He isn't seen again until two years later, when he staggers home, wounded and carrying dispatches between two rebel leaders.
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*** Notably, they were more accurate because many of them used ''rifles''. Rifling dates back to as early as the 16th century. The reason that rifling was impractical for mass-produced military arms was because the benefits of rifling require a tight fit (usually provided by a greased patch) between the round and barrel, so the grooves can impart spin. This could slow loading, especially as fouling built up. So although Continental regulars were armed with muskets like those of the British, the irregular militia troops commonly used longarms such as the Kentucky ''Rifle'' in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution (see also ''LastOfTheMohicans'').
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This is where Colonel Tavington comes in. The commander of the elite Green Dragoon forces, Tavington orders the deaths of the rebel wounded, has the Martins' house burned down, and takes Gabriel in as a spy to be hanged. Thomas, his next oldest son, tries to intervene, and gets a bullet in the back for his trouble. This sparks Benjamin Martin's decision to join the Revolution to fight the Redcoats (and to ambush and slaughter the British detachment).
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** Also used for military purposes in the movie itself, as during Gabriel's rescue Martin shoots the more-conspicuously uniformed officers first, then goes to work on the grunts.
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* OneBulletLeft: Benjamin Martin deliberately saves a special bullet made from one of his murdered son's lead soldiers especially for the BigBad who killed him, Colonel Tavington. Subverted in that while he does get his final, poetic justice-y shot in on Tavington, a cannonball landing nearby throws off his aim and only wounds the villain, leading to a rather fierce duel between Benjamin and the now ''very'' pissed-off Tavington in the midst of the battle.
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* OneBulletLeft: Benjamin Martin deliberately saves a special bullet made from one of his murdered son's lead soldiers especially for the BigBad who killed him, Colonel Tavington. Subverted in that while he does get his final, poetic justice-y shot in on Tavington, a cannonball landing nearby throws off his aim and only wounds the villain, leading to a rather fierce duel between Benjamin and the now ''very'' pissed-off Tavington in the midst of the battle.
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* PoisonousFriend: Gen. Cornwallis wants to fight the war honorably, as do most of the other British soldiers encountered in the film. However, Tavington attempts to prove his worthiness/dedication to the cause by taking actions that Cornwallis expressely forbids, until Tavington finally manages to corrupt Cornwallis at the end of the film and he gives Tavington permission to capture Martin using brutal tactics.
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* PoisonousFriend: Gen. Cornwallis wants to fight the war honorably, as do most of the other British soldiers encountered in the film. However, Tavington attempts to prove his worthiness/dedication to the cause by taking actions that Cornwallis expressely forbids, until Tavington finally manages to corrupt Cornwallis at the end of the film and he gives Tavington permission to capture Martin using brutal tactics.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Mel Gibson [[{{Braveheart}} Hates The English]], Part II. Also known as "Braveheart with Flintlocks".
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Mel Gibson [[{{Braveheart}} [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Hates The English]], Part II. Also known as "Braveheart with Flintlocks".
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* ShownTheirWork: Charleston, South Carolina is referred to as Charles' Town, which was its actual name during that time period.
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Is however also known for it extreme cases of PoliticallyCorrectHistory, having plenty of (partly blatant) [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Historical Villain Upgrades]] for the [[EvilBrit British]] and [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade Historical Hero Upgrades]] for the [[WeHelpTheHelpless rebels]], to make the conflict [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified more justified]].
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* EnemyMine: The French aren't about American independence as much as they are seeing their old rivals, the British, humiliated.
** Personified by the relationship between Benjamin Martin and the Frenchman Jean Villeneuve. Martin is well-known to have massacred and mutilated a French force during the French And Indian War.
** And that seeing the British humiliated was part of the reason the French joined the Patriot cause. It was also after this that the French joined the British in [[KickTheDog kicking the American's dog again and again.]]
** Personified by the relationship between Benjamin Martin and the Frenchman Jean Villeneuve. Martin is well-known to have massacred and mutilated a French force during the French And Indian War.
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* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Part of [[TruthInTelevision historical fact]], but especially notable for the well-dressed French soldier. When Martin takes note of Villeneuve in his proper uniform, he Frenchman insists that if is to die he is going to die well-dressed.
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->'''Benjamin Martin''': "Before this war is over, I'm going to kill you."
->'''Colonel Tavington''': "Why wait?"
2000 war epic starring MelGibson and HeathLedger, set during TheAmericanRevolution. The movie isn't about the actual founding fathers (ie Washington) but is instead about some of the biggest and most brutal engagements that were waged in the southern colonies, as seen through an Officer turned Farmer turned Officer again. Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, a [[OldShame veteran of the]] French And Indian War who was changed by the horrors he has seen (and committed). South Carolina had just voted to join the war, but Ben said he would not. His eldest son Gabriel decides to go anyway. He isn't seen again until two years later, when he staggers home, wounded and carrying dispatches between two rebel leaders.
This is where Colonel Tavington comes in. The commander of the elite Green Dragoon forces, Tavington orders the deaths of the rebel wounded, has the Martins' house burned down, and takes Gabriel in as a spy to be hanged. Thomas, his next oldest son, tries to intervene, and gets a bullet in the back for his trouble. This sparks Benjamin Martin's decision to join the Revolution to fight the Redcoats (and to ambush and slaughter the British detachment).
The rest of the film is spent with Martin and his militia harassing Tavington (and by extension, Cornwallis) throughout South Carolina, holding out until [[BigDamnHeroes The French arrive to reinforce the Colonials]].
Nominated for three Academy Awards, the film is known for its gruesome battles and the hit-and-run tactics employed by the militia. It's also noted for [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome its score]], which BarackObama had playing in the background during his Presidential acceptance speech.
Is however also known for it extreme cases of PoliticallyCorrectHistory, having plenty of (partly blatant) [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Historical Villain Upgrades]] for the [[EvilBrit British]] and [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade Historical Hero Upgrades]] for the [[WeHelpTheHelpless rebels]], to make the conflict [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified more justified]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAmericanRevolution
* BadassPreacher: Reverend Oliver is recruited for the militia by Gabriel.
-->"A shepherd must tend his flock...''(snatches off wig and puts on [[NiceHat black, broad-brimmed hat]])'' and at times, '''fight off the wolves'''."
* BadAssLongHair : Most people in the 18th century
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: After taking a supply convoy full of Cornwallis' personal effects (and two prized Great Danes), which include numerous officers' uniforms, Martin rides into Cornwallis' base for formal parlay, claiming he's captured eighteen officers. The talks quickly turn to prisoner exchange, and Martin offers the "officers" (really just stuffed dummies) for the members of his militia, who were captured earlier.]]
** He then [[spoiler: whistles on his way out, prompting the great danes to ''leave'' Cornwallis, back to Martin.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: The French making the save at the Siege/Battle of Yorktown.
* BlackVikings: Sort of. Martin's Carolina plantation workers state they're all freed men, despite such a thing not historically happening until the Civil War.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack
* BrickJoke: Benjamin's inability to build a rocking chair. He finds one in Cornwallis' headquarters and tries to examine it until Cornwallis catches him.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jean Villeneuve, on behalf of the French; they promised their navy and ten thousand soldiers.
* CombatPragmatist: Martin learned about hit-and-run guerilla tactics employed by the Indians and later explained that his unit during that time period would respond in kind. In his first engagement in the movie he instructed his sons to target the officers, shoot the soldiers from back to front (while he went front to back), stay low to the ground and hidden behind logs, trees and small hills. This was all reflective of the time period, the American Revolution was the first war to edge away from typical open field, lines of soldiers confrontations (although until barrel rifling was devised snipers were not nearly as helpful or useful in wars).
* CompositeCharacter: Both Martin and Tavington were a combination of several colonial militia leaders and brutal British commanders.
* ConceptsAreCheap: All the talk of freedom often amounted to just that, as Gabriel notes. Its his hope that after winning their independence the Americans will have a chance to make them a reality.
* CurbstompBattle: The first one seen in the film has the British wiping the floor with the rebels.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tavington
* DualWielding: The climax fight scene features Tavington wielding a sword and unfixed bayonet while Ben uses his Cherokee tomahawk in one hand and a dagger in the other.
* EnemyMine: The French aren't about American independence as much as they are seeing their old rivals, the British, humiliated.
** Personified by the relationship between Benjamin Martin and the Frenchman Jean Villeneuve. Martin is well-known to have massacred and mutilated a French force during the French And Indian War.
** And that seeing the British humiliated was part of the reason the French joined the Patriot cause. It was also after this that the French joined the British in [[KickTheDog kicking the American's dog again and again.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While not actually evil, Cornwallis is still appalled at Tavington's brutal tactics and (rightly) faults him for the increasing resistance against the British from the American militia. Also, one of Tavington's men complains that there's no honor in burning down a church full of civilians, and is clearly reluctant to follow his orders to do so.
* EvillyAffable - Travington.
* EvilBrit - Again, Tavington is spot on. To a much lesser extent General Cornwallis, his staff and Tavington's loyalist aide-de-camp. Yet, they all belong to the least sympathetic characters of the story, mainly because AristocratsAreEvil.
* FakeAmerican - Heath Ledger as Gabriel
** Joely Richardson, too. She's a Brit, but plays the sexy sister-in-law/aunt.
* FatalFlaw: To defeat Cornwallis in the climactic battle, Martin takes advantage of Cornwallis' pride and penchant to ignore the fighting ability of American militia.
* FireForgedFriends: Dan and Occam. Dan repeatedly insults Occam because he's a black slave but after Occam saved Dan's life during a battle, Dan softened on him. After the war, they work together to help rebuild Benjamin's house. Occam was a free man by that time, voluntarily staying with the militia even though he no longer owed them service.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Anne Howard and Mrs. Howard sew Gabriel Martin into a bundling bag when he stays the night, Mr. Howard listens nervously at the door. Mrs. Howard says, "Don't worry, I'm a better seamstress than my mother was." Mr. Howard looks mortified and replies, "I hope so!"
** HilariousInHindsight given what the occupation of "Seamstress" [[TheOldestProfession was often taken to be.]]
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Part of [[TruthInTelevision historical fact]], but especially notable for the well-dressed French soldier. When Martin takes note of Villeneuve in his proper uniform, he Frenchman insists that if is to die he is going to die well-dressed.
** Also used for military purposes in the movie itself, as during Gabriel's rescue Martin shoots the more-conspicuously uniformed officers first, then goes to work on the grunts.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Martin is chiefly based on Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, the foremost guerrilla fighter of the Revolution; unfortunately, Marion had no qualms about slavery (he certainly didn't free any of his slaves). Hence, to make Martin more sympathetic to modern audiences, Martin is made to reflect the anti-slavery sentiments of John Laurens, a South Carolina Revolutionary leader who was anti-slavery.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Although Banastre Tarelton, the prototype for Tavington, was a rather nasty individual (cf his actions at the Waxhaws Massacre and his fervent support of the Slave Trade as an MP), he was not nearly as bad as the film would have you believe. Many of the things Tavington does, such as locking up villagers inside their church and then setting it and them on fire, are the kinds of things Nazis did, rather than 18th century British soldiers.
** The movie makes it look like Cornwallis was in charge of the whole war effort in America when he was just TheDragon of Sir Henry Clinton.
* HollywoodHistory: Aside from most of the battle depicted, about two thirds of the movie.
* HollywoodTactics: Lord Cornwallis, did you ever learn that you DON'T fire cannons into the center of your army unless you want to hit them too? Remarkable though, this is TruthInTelevision because there were occasions where Cornwallis actually did fire cannons into his own troops in order to hit the Americans.
** The whole final battle in general, which was a mix between the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (The latter one the British actually won!). It is very very difficult to hide a reserve army of app. 10.000 men only 500 meters away from the enemy behind a small hill. It was impossible for Cornwallis ''not'' to notice it. Although the Battle of Cowpens ''did'' have a forward line of Militia luring the British into [[SuicidalOverconfidence charging headlong]] into the better-trained regulars hiding behind a dip in the terrain. The circumstances of the Battle of Cowpens and the battle in the movie were rather different, of course.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Most notably when Tavington shoots a fleeing revolutionary... from a hundred yards away... with a flintlock pistol... while on ''horseback''...
* INeedAFreakingDrink
* InsultBackfire
* IronicEcho: Cornwallis calls Martin and his militia [[TorchesAndPitchforks "a bunch of farmers with pitchforks."]] After Benjamin Martin's gambit (see below), Tavington tells him, "Quite impressive for a farmer with a pitchfork, wouldn't you say?"
** Capt. Wilkins, a Loyalist, answered Tavington's question on why he should trust a man who "betray his neighbors" with "Those neighbors of mine who stand against England deserve to die a traitor's death". Later on, Tavington orders Capt. Wilkins to burn his said neighbours to death inside the church. When Capt. Wilkins says there's no honor in it, Tavington coldly throw his own words at him to make him do it anyway.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: An exchange given between two of Martin's militiamen, one a bigot and the other a slave working for his freedom. Even better, it was instigated by the bigot when he remarked that the freed slave had already done his time.
* KickTheDog: Tavington does this constantly, and in fact struggles against Cornwallis to continue doing so when he disapproves of his methods.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Cornwallis upholds the "set piece battles" (soldiers lining up and shooting in open fields) as highly honorable, and won't have any of Tavington's barbarity.
** Not surprising. Like the real man, he's literally a genius at these open engagements. The open battle where he was defeated (before the French arrive) was a [[SarcasmMode slightly]] altered version of the Battle of Cowpens, which shares little more than its (supposed) location, result, and (to some extent) strategic effect with the actual thing.
* MissingMom: Benjamin's wife died before the movie's events
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: You would think, given the title of the movie, Mel Gibson's motivation would have something to do with love of country. Instead, he refuses to get involved until it gets personal.
* OldShame: Benjamin Martin's tenure during the French And Indian War.
* OneBulletLeft: Benjamin Martin deliberately saves a special bullet made from one of his murdered son's lead soldiers especially for the BigBad who killed him, Colonel Tavington. Subverted in that while he does get his final, poetic justice-y shot in on Tavington, a cannonball landing nearby throws off his aim and only wounds the villain, leading to a rather fierce duel between Benjamin and the now ''very'' pissed-off Tavington in the midst of the battle.
* PapaWolf: Benjamin Martin.
* ParentalHypocrisy: Gabriel spends the night with his fiancée, Anne Howard, and her family. Mrs. Howard sews Gabe into a bundling bag for the night, to keep him and Anne from getting up to anything. Afterwards, Gabe and Anne talk, while her dad listens nervously at the door.
-->'''Mrs. Howard''': Don't worry, I'm a better seamstress than my mother was.\\
'''Mr. Howard''': ''[mortified]'' I hope so!
* PetTheDog: Ben was kind enough to take care of the two Great Danes he captured.
* PlayingAgainstType: AdamBaldwin as a pro-British anti-American Independence man? Impossible!
* PoisonousFriend: Gen. Cornwallis wants to fight the war honorably, as do most of the other British soldiers encountered in the film. However, Tavington attempts to prove his worthiness/dedication to the cause by taking actions that Cornwallis expressely forbids, until Tavington finally manages to corrupt Cornwallis at the end of the film and he gives Tavington permission to capture Martin using brutal tactics.
* PyrrhicVictory: (With shades of HeroicSacrifice and WasItReallyWorthIt.) By the end, Benjamin Martin has [[spoiler:violently lost his home, his two eldest sons, his daughter-in-law and her family and her entire village, his sister-in-law's home, and at some points his own self-respect. Many of his friends and comrades made similar sacrifices; he watches as a longtime friend shoots himself in the head after finding his own family slain]].
** And his younger sons have lost their innocence when he enlisted them to rescue Gabriel.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Martin's militia.
* [[RedShirtArmy Red Shirt Armies]]
** Don't you mean Red Coat Armies?
* {{Retirony}}: Occam, the black slave subverts this trope, Ben's son who comes back to kill the man who killed his newly wedded wife? Not so much.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Benjamin Martin does this twice: the first time, [[spoiler: he ambushes the British detachment that captured his oldest son after Tavington shot his second oldest in the back]]. The second time, [[spoiler: Martin keeps his promise to kill Tavington by the war's end]].
** Gabriel also attempts this after [[spoiler: Tavington corrals a bunch of innocent townspeople -- including his new bride (who was also his UnluckyChildhoodFriend) -- into their town's church and burns it down, killing everyone inside.]] His didn't work.
* RunningGag: Gabriel and Anne have -- and continue to -- slip ink into one another's tea. Both are seen at one point or another smiling with ink-stained teeth)
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveANuke: Col. Tavington in his introductory scene. When Martin tries to reason with him about his brutal conduct by citing the Rules of War, Tavington responds by aiming a pistol at his head (an unarmed civilian, natch) and asks him if he would like a lesson in the rules of war. [[KickTheDog Then he points it at Martin's children]].
* ShirtlessScene: [[EvenTheGuysWantHim As if their wasn't enough reason to like Tavington...]]
* SophisticatedAsHell
-->'''General Lord Cornwallis''': ''(referring to a replacement formal coat)'' It is a horse blanket.\\
'''Colonel William Tavington''': Oh, I don't know, my Lord. It's really...quite nice.\\
'''General O'Hara''': Very nice, my Lord.\\
'''General Lord Cornwallis''': Very well, it is a ''nice'' horse blanket.
** Then later on in the same scene:
-->'''General Lord Cornwallis''':...give me the horse blanket...
* SpiritualSuccessor: Mel Gibson [[{{Braveheart}} Hates The English]], Part II. Also known as "Braveheart with Flintlocks".
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Surprising considering how cartoonishly evil the British are, but the militia is utterly merciless to surrendering redcoats and ignores the standard rules of engagement of the time.
* UnstoppableRage: fueled when Thomas is killed and used to destroy an entire British detachment.
* WarIsHell
* WretchedHive: Where Benjamin goes to recruit men for his militia. Them getting pissed at someone shouting "God save King George!" tells him he's in the right place.
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[[caption-width-right:330:[-Watch out men, it's MelGibson's [[FloatingHeadSyndrome giant face]]!-] ]]
->'''Benjamin Martin''': "Before this war is over, I'm going to kill you."
->'''Colonel Tavington''': "Why wait?"
2000 war epic starring MelGibson and HeathLedger, set during TheAmericanRevolution. The movie isn't about the actual founding fathers (ie Washington) but is instead about some of the biggest and most brutal engagements that were waged in the southern colonies, as seen through an Officer turned Farmer turned Officer again. Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, a [[OldShame veteran of the]] French And Indian War who was changed by the horrors he has seen (and committed). South Carolina had just voted to join the war, but Ben said he would not. His eldest son Gabriel decides to go anyway. He isn't seen again until two years later, when he staggers home, wounded and carrying dispatches between two rebel leaders.
This is where Colonel Tavington comes in. The commander of the elite Green Dragoon forces, Tavington orders the deaths of the rebel wounded, has the Martins' house burned down, and takes Gabriel in as a spy to be hanged. Thomas, his next oldest son, tries to intervene, and gets a bullet in the back for his trouble. This sparks Benjamin Martin's decision to join the Revolution to fight the Redcoats (and to ambush and slaughter the British detachment).
The rest of the film is spent with Martin and his militia harassing Tavington (and by extension, Cornwallis) throughout South Carolina, holding out until [[BigDamnHeroes The French arrive to reinforce the Colonials]].
Nominated for three Academy Awards, the film is known for its gruesome battles and the hit-and-run tactics employed by the militia. It's also noted for [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome its score]], which BarackObama had playing in the background during his Presidential acceptance speech.
Is however also known for it extreme cases of PoliticallyCorrectHistory, having plenty of (partly blatant) [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Historical Villain Upgrades]] for the [[EvilBrit British]] and [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade Historical Hero Upgrades]] for the [[WeHelpTheHelpless rebels]], to make the conflict [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified more justified]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAmericanRevolution
* BadassPreacher: Reverend Oliver is recruited for the militia by Gabriel.
-->"A shepherd must tend his flock...''(snatches off wig and puts on [[NiceHat black, broad-brimmed hat]])'' and at times, '''fight off the wolves'''."
* BadAssLongHair : Most people in the 18th century
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: After taking a supply convoy full of Cornwallis' personal effects (and two prized Great Danes), which include numerous officers' uniforms, Martin rides into Cornwallis' base for formal parlay, claiming he's captured eighteen officers. The talks quickly turn to prisoner exchange, and Martin offers the "officers" (really just stuffed dummies) for the members of his militia, who were captured earlier.]]
** He then [[spoiler: whistles on his way out, prompting the great danes to ''leave'' Cornwallis, back to Martin.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: The French making the save at the Siege/Battle of Yorktown.
* BlackVikings: Sort of. Martin's Carolina plantation workers state they're all freed men, despite such a thing not historically happening until the Civil War.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack
* BrickJoke: Benjamin's inability to build a rocking chair. He finds one in Cornwallis' headquarters and tries to examine it until Cornwallis catches him.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jean Villeneuve, on behalf of the French; they promised their navy and ten thousand soldiers.
* CombatPragmatist: Martin learned about hit-and-run guerilla tactics employed by the Indians and later explained that his unit during that time period would respond in kind. In his first engagement in the movie he instructed his sons to target the officers, shoot the soldiers from back to front (while he went front to back), stay low to the ground and hidden behind logs, trees and small hills. This was all reflective of the time period, the American Revolution was the first war to edge away from typical open field, lines of soldiers confrontations (although until barrel rifling was devised snipers were not nearly as helpful or useful in wars).
* CompositeCharacter: Both Martin and Tavington were a combination of several colonial militia leaders and brutal British commanders.
* ConceptsAreCheap: All the talk of freedom often amounted to just that, as Gabriel notes. Its his hope that after winning their independence the Americans will have a chance to make them a reality.
* CurbstompBattle: The first one seen in the film has the British wiping the floor with the rebels.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tavington
* DualWielding: The climax fight scene features Tavington wielding a sword and unfixed bayonet while Ben uses his Cherokee tomahawk in one hand and a dagger in the other.
* EnemyMine: The French aren't about American independence as much as they are seeing their old rivals, the British, humiliated.
** Personified by the relationship between Benjamin Martin and the Frenchman Jean Villeneuve. Martin is well-known to have massacred and mutilated a French force during the French And Indian War.
** And that seeing the British humiliated was part of the reason the French joined the Patriot cause. It was also after this that the French joined the British in [[KickTheDog kicking the American's dog again and again.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While not actually evil, Cornwallis is still appalled at Tavington's brutal tactics and (rightly) faults him for the increasing resistance against the British from the American militia. Also, one of Tavington's men complains that there's no honor in burning down a church full of civilians, and is clearly reluctant to follow his orders to do so.
* EvillyAffable - Travington.
* EvilBrit - Again, Tavington is spot on. To a much lesser extent General Cornwallis, his staff and Tavington's loyalist aide-de-camp. Yet, they all belong to the least sympathetic characters of the story, mainly because AristocratsAreEvil.
* FakeAmerican - Heath Ledger as Gabriel
** Joely Richardson, too. She's a Brit, but plays the sexy sister-in-law/aunt.
* FatalFlaw: To defeat Cornwallis in the climactic battle, Martin takes advantage of Cornwallis' pride and penchant to ignore the fighting ability of American militia.
* FireForgedFriends: Dan and Occam. Dan repeatedly insults Occam because he's a black slave but after Occam saved Dan's life during a battle, Dan softened on him. After the war, they work together to help rebuild Benjamin's house. Occam was a free man by that time, voluntarily staying with the militia even though he no longer owed them service.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Anne Howard and Mrs. Howard sew Gabriel Martin into a bundling bag when he stays the night, Mr. Howard listens nervously at the door. Mrs. Howard says, "Don't worry, I'm a better seamstress than my mother was." Mr. Howard looks mortified and replies, "I hope so!"
** HilariousInHindsight given what the occupation of "Seamstress" [[TheOldestProfession was often taken to be.]]
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Part of [[TruthInTelevision historical fact]], but especially notable for the well-dressed French soldier. When Martin takes note of Villeneuve in his proper uniform, he Frenchman insists that if is to die he is going to die well-dressed.
** Also used for military purposes in the movie itself, as during Gabriel's rescue Martin shoots the more-conspicuously uniformed officers first, then goes to work on the grunts.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Martin is chiefly based on Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, the foremost guerrilla fighter of the Revolution; unfortunately, Marion had no qualms about slavery (he certainly didn't free any of his slaves). Hence, to make Martin more sympathetic to modern audiences, Martin is made to reflect the anti-slavery sentiments of John Laurens, a South Carolina Revolutionary leader who was anti-slavery.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Although Banastre Tarelton, the prototype for Tavington, was a rather nasty individual (cf his actions at the Waxhaws Massacre and his fervent support of the Slave Trade as an MP), he was not nearly as bad as the film would have you believe. Many of the things Tavington does, such as locking up villagers inside their church and then setting it and them on fire, are the kinds of things Nazis did, rather than 18th century British soldiers.
** The movie makes it look like Cornwallis was in charge of the whole war effort in America when he was just TheDragon of Sir Henry Clinton.
* HollywoodHistory: Aside from most of the battle depicted, about two thirds of the movie.
* HollywoodTactics: Lord Cornwallis, did you ever learn that you DON'T fire cannons into the center of your army unless you want to hit them too? Remarkable though, this is TruthInTelevision because there were occasions where Cornwallis actually did fire cannons into his own troops in order to hit the Americans.
** The whole final battle in general, which was a mix between the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (The latter one the British actually won!). It is very very difficult to hide a reserve army of app. 10.000 men only 500 meters away from the enemy behind a small hill. It was impossible for Cornwallis ''not'' to notice it. Although the Battle of Cowpens ''did'' have a forward line of Militia luring the British into [[SuicidalOverconfidence charging headlong]] into the better-trained regulars hiding behind a dip in the terrain. The circumstances of the Battle of Cowpens and the battle in the movie were rather different, of course.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Most notably when Tavington shoots a fleeing revolutionary... from a hundred yards away... with a flintlock pistol... while on ''horseback''...
* INeedAFreakingDrink
* InsultBackfire
* IronicEcho: Cornwallis calls Martin and his militia [[TorchesAndPitchforks "a bunch of farmers with pitchforks."]] After Benjamin Martin's gambit (see below), Tavington tells him, "Quite impressive for a farmer with a pitchfork, wouldn't you say?"
** Capt. Wilkins, a Loyalist, answered Tavington's question on why he should trust a man who "betray his neighbors" with "Those neighbors of mine who stand against England deserve to die a traitor's death". Later on, Tavington orders Capt. Wilkins to burn his said neighbours to death inside the church. When Capt. Wilkins says there's no honor in it, Tavington coldly throw his own words at him to make him do it anyway.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: An exchange given between two of Martin's militiamen, one a bigot and the other a slave working for his freedom. Even better, it was instigated by the bigot when he remarked that the freed slave had already done his time.
* KickTheDog: Tavington does this constantly, and in fact struggles against Cornwallis to continue doing so when he disapproves of his methods.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Cornwallis upholds the "set piece battles" (soldiers lining up and shooting in open fields) as highly honorable, and won't have any of Tavington's barbarity.
** Not surprising. Like the real man, he's literally a genius at these open engagements. The open battle where he was defeated (before the French arrive) was a [[SarcasmMode slightly]] altered version of the Battle of Cowpens, which shares little more than its (supposed) location, result, and (to some extent) strategic effect with the actual thing.
* MissingMom: Benjamin's wife died before the movie's events
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: You would think, given the title of the movie, Mel Gibson's motivation would have something to do with love of country. Instead, he refuses to get involved until it gets personal.
* OldShame: Benjamin Martin's tenure during the French And Indian War.
* OneBulletLeft: Benjamin Martin deliberately saves a special bullet made from one of his murdered son's lead soldiers especially for the BigBad who killed him, Colonel Tavington. Subverted in that while he does get his final, poetic justice-y shot in on Tavington, a cannonball landing nearby throws off his aim and only wounds the villain, leading to a rather fierce duel between Benjamin and the now ''very'' pissed-off Tavington in the midst of the battle.
* PapaWolf: Benjamin Martin.
* ParentalHypocrisy: Gabriel spends the night with his fiancée, Anne Howard, and her family. Mrs. Howard sews Gabe into a bundling bag for the night, to keep him and Anne from getting up to anything. Afterwards, Gabe and Anne talk, while her dad listens nervously at the door.
-->'''Mrs. Howard''': Don't worry, I'm a better seamstress than my mother was.\\
'''Mr. Howard''': ''[mortified]'' I hope so!
* PetTheDog: Ben was kind enough to take care of the two Great Danes he captured.
* PlayingAgainstType: AdamBaldwin as a pro-British anti-American Independence man? Impossible!
* PoisonousFriend: Gen. Cornwallis wants to fight the war honorably, as do most of the other British soldiers encountered in the film. However, Tavington attempts to prove his worthiness/dedication to the cause by taking actions that Cornwallis expressely forbids, until Tavington finally manages to corrupt Cornwallis at the end of the film and he gives Tavington permission to capture Martin using brutal tactics.
* PyrrhicVictory: (With shades of HeroicSacrifice and WasItReallyWorthIt.) By the end, Benjamin Martin has [[spoiler:violently lost his home, his two eldest sons, his daughter-in-law and her family and her entire village, his sister-in-law's home, and at some points his own self-respect. Many of his friends and comrades made similar sacrifices; he watches as a longtime friend shoots himself in the head after finding his own family slain]].
** And his younger sons have lost their innocence when he enlisted them to rescue Gabriel.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Martin's militia.
* [[RedShirtArmy Red Shirt Armies]]
** Don't you mean Red Coat Armies?
* {{Retirony}}: Occam, the black slave subverts this trope, Ben's son who comes back to kill the man who killed his newly wedded wife? Not so much.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Benjamin Martin does this twice: the first time, [[spoiler: he ambushes the British detachment that captured his oldest son after Tavington shot his second oldest in the back]]. The second time, [[spoiler: Martin keeps his promise to kill Tavington by the war's end]].
** Gabriel also attempts this after [[spoiler: Tavington corrals a bunch of innocent townspeople -- including his new bride (who was also his UnluckyChildhoodFriend) -- into their town's church and burns it down, killing everyone inside.]] His didn't work.
* RunningGag: Gabriel and Anne have -- and continue to -- slip ink into one another's tea. Both are seen at one point or another smiling with ink-stained teeth)
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveANuke: Col. Tavington in his introductory scene. When Martin tries to reason with him about his brutal conduct by citing the Rules of War, Tavington responds by aiming a pistol at his head (an unarmed civilian, natch) and asks him if he would like a lesson in the rules of war. [[KickTheDog Then he points it at Martin's children]].
* ShirtlessScene: [[EvenTheGuysWantHim As if their wasn't enough reason to like Tavington...]]
* SophisticatedAsHell
-->'''General Lord Cornwallis''': ''(referring to a replacement formal coat)'' It is a horse blanket.\\
'''Colonel William Tavington''': Oh, I don't know, my Lord. It's really...quite nice.\\
'''General O'Hara''': Very nice, my Lord.\\
'''General Lord Cornwallis''': Very well, it is a ''nice'' horse blanket.
** Then later on in the same scene:
-->'''General Lord Cornwallis''':...give me the horse blanket...
* SpiritualSuccessor: Mel Gibson [[{{Braveheart}} Hates The English]], Part II. Also known as "Braveheart with Flintlocks".
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Surprising considering how cartoonishly evil the British are, but the militia is utterly merciless to surrendering redcoats and ignores the standard rules of engagement of the time.
* UnstoppableRage: fueled when Thomas is killed and used to destroy an entire British detachment.
* WarIsHell
* WretchedHive: Where Benjamin goes to recruit men for his militia. Them getting pissed at someone shouting "God save King George!" tells him he's in the right place.
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