History Film / VForVendetta

* ThoseWackyNazis: The Head's name was changed from Adam Susan in the book to Adam Sutler in the film. Truly, there never was a [[IncrediblyLamePun subtler pun on Hitler]].

* LipstickLesbian: Valerie, in the flashbacks, is portrayed as being classically feminine. It doesn't stop her from being persecuted by the Norsefire regime.

* AttemptedRape: V meets Evey when he saves her from a police gang-rape. Later, the Archbishop tries to rape her when he mistakes her request for help as roleplay

* BuryYourGays: Valerie, a lesbian actress who was in the cell beside V's while they were used as test subjects in Larkhill. She didn't survive these tests, but he did. Also her imprisonment was due to being queer in the first place-the regime rounded them all up. However, unlike in many cases this is the point of the segment, to help highlight Norsefire's evil as it persecuted LGBT people just for existing, and she relates her experience later in a letter to V (without actually knowing who he is) along with wishing her love to him as a fellow human being, something which gave him strength (then Evey later, who gets it in a recreation of the situation). This is about the most positive use of the trope that can happen. Gordon, who's gay and in the closet as the result of this persecution, is also killed for having a Quran in his house which the secret police find after they raided it because he insulted Sutler.

* ArmiesAreEvil: Subverted. The British Army is called out at the end to defend Parliament, [[spoiler:but they actually stand down in the face of the civilian rebellion]].

** Subverted in one scene, where it briefly looks like they're actually going to reveal V's identity. [[spoiler:Finch sets up a meeting with a mysterious informant named William Rockwood, who turns out to be played by an unmasked Creator/HugoWeaving. At first, we're led to believe that V has finally been unmasked...but then "William Rockwood" turns out to be a pseudonym, and the face that looks like Hugo Weaving turns out to be another of V's masks]].

* NoodleIncident: In one scene, the police detectives are reviewing the military history of Protheroe, who served in the armed forces during several middle eastern conflicts. They make a passing, but ominous reference to him having been in Syria “before... and after,” but what exactly this is referring to is never mentioned.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Norsefire is essentially the British version of the Nazi Party, complete with a Hitler-esque leader (he even has a very similar mustache plus last name), a swastika-like cross symbol, genocidal persecution of LGBT people and religious minorities (in their case Muslims instead of Jews, at least that we see), concentration camps and brutal feared secret police. They also came into power as the result of a crise which they'd engineered, not unlike some claims about the real Reichstag Fire, which helped the Nazi Party take over.

'''[[HeelRealization V]]:''' No. No more tricks. No more lies. Only truth. And the truth is you made me understand that I was wrong that the choice to pull this lever is not mine to make.\\

'''V:''' Because this world -- the world that I'm a part of that I helped shape -- will end tonight.

* DualWielding: V's main weapons are half a dozen knives. The version has a coat full of 'em.

* OlderThanTheyLook: A rough estimate of V's age puts him at anywhere from 30s to 60s. However, due to the experiments conducted on him, V can still move like an Olympic athlete.