History Film / Westworld

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* MadeOfIron: [[{{Pun}} The robots, of course.]] '''Slightly''' less so in ''Futureworld''.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When John gets shot by the Gunslinger and falls to the dirt, after he stands up back he just stares in disbelief at his chest wound and says "I'm shot." from shock and unable to grasp he could actually be hurt by the Gunslinger

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Averted, the guns the guests (and presumably the robots) use have a sensor so you can't kill anything "warm," only something cold, like a machine. One of the guests actually tries playing quick draw with his gun, and shoots out the mirror. The book of the movie has a robot removing the sensor from its gun, something the movie missed explaining, after it takes the trouble to explain the guns have heat sensors. Still there never is any explanation as for why the robots are given live ammo in their guns.

* BigDoor: In ''Futureworld''. In a scene with a rocket launch there is a giant circular door, in real life the Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the [[UsefulNotes/NASA Johnson Space Center]]. That door has since appeared in other movies as well.

* BigDoor: In ''Futureworld''. In a scene with a rocket launch there was a giant circular door, as seen here and here. That door has appeared in other movies as well.

* TypoOnTheCover: Some posters for the film included the line

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the near future]], Delos is an expensive[[note]]$1000 a day in 1973, equivalent to about $5525 a day in 2015[[/note]] adult amusement resort offering simulations of TheWildWest, [[TheMiddleAges Medieval Britain]], and {{Ancient Rome}}. Each park has a population of humanoid [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots robots]], with whom visitors can interact however they wish. As a part of the Delos experience, one can fight with them, seduce them, and even kill them. After all, the robots are programmed not to feel pain or fight back, and the weapons provided only work on machines. [[BlatantLies They're harmless.]]

* ShoutOut: Yul Brynner's Gunslinger character wears the same outfit as Brynner's character Chris from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''. It is possible that in-universe, the Gunslinger was specifically modeled after Chris from that film.

* TemptingFate: "Nothing can go wrong."

* SexBot: Pretty much all the female robots at Delos.

* NoOSHACompliance: The safety hazards in the park are flat out obscene. The Delos control room has doors that are entirely reliant on electric power. There is no way open them or alternative means to exit the room of the electricity ever goes down. Then of course there is the fact that the robots in Westworld are inexplicably armed with live ammunition in their guns. Meanwhile the robots in Roman world and Medieval world have real edged weapons.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Averted, the guns the guests (and presumably the robots) use have a sensor so you can't kill anything "warm," only something cold, like a machine. One of the guests actually tries playing quick draw with his gun, and shoots out the mirror. The book of the movie has a robot removing the sensor from its gun, something the movie missed explaining, after it takes the trouble to explain the guns have heat sensors.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: The ''[[Series/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Itchy & Scratchy Land" is far more well-known by young people than this film, which it parodies. That is, when they don't assume it's a parody of Crichton's ''other'' story [[Literature/JurassicPark about a theme park breaking down]], only with robots instead of dinosaurs.

* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Robot]]: The Gunslinger is more-or-less the predecessor to Film/TheTerminator in all but name.

* [[OhCrap Oh My God!]]: Peter's reaction when the Gunslinger [[spoiler:fatally shoots John]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:The fate of the guest who played a medieval knight. Also, most of those who were killed by robots in the AncientRome section of Delos.]]

* KillAllHumans: [[spoiler: The Delos Corporation's endgame in ''Futureworld''.]]

* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: ''Westworld'' gets a pretty light 7, due to some of the blood-gushing squibs on [[spoiler:the Gunslinger (Yul Brynner)]].

** Even more flagrant in ''Futureworld'', in which the simulated "space mission" looks cheesy ''even by 1976 standards'', despite being staged by androids more human-like than anything we have in the 2010s.

A [[Series/{{Westworld}} television series adaptation]] of the movie is premiered on Creator/{{HBO}} in 2016, co-created by Jonathan Nolan (Creator/ChristopherNolan's brother), executive-produced by Creator/JJAbrams, and starring Creator/AnthonyHopkins, Creator/EdHarris, Creator/EvanRachelWood, Creator/JamesMarsden, and Creator/ThandieNewton.

* MalevolentArchitecture / NoOshaCompliance: The main control room has no emergency exit, and shutting down the power means they can't open the doors at all. The room is also airtight for some reason, with air being pumped in through vents. This essentially turns the function of shutting down power from that room into a suicide button.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Speaking of Dick Van Patten, what the hell was going on with his voice? Was that him trying to sound even nerdier than he sounded naturally? Or did they overdub his lines?

* AbsoluteCleavage: Daphne.

* KillAllHumans: [[spoiler:The Delos Corporation's endgame in ''Futureworld''.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Gunslinger's first criticism of Peter is that he is sloppy with his drink. Somewhat subverted as he is programmed to goad people into fights.

A sequel, 1976's ''Futureworld'', removes the original's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, with John Moore (the head of security for Delos) and agent Pamela Williams sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world. [[SarcasmMode Shocker.]]