History ComicBook / VForVendetta

** At one point in the comic, V is depicted reading the novel ''V.'' by Creator/ThomasPynchon, one of Moore's acknowledged influences.
** The chapter titled "The Land of Do-As-You-Please" is a shoutout to Creator/EnidBlyton, of all things. Specifically her ''Faraway Tree'' books.

* WidowMistreatment: The sudden murder of her abusive husband Derek sends poor Rose Almond on a dark path, as her pension is denied, she's forced to pimp herself out to one of Richard's rivals for money (after which he himself is murdered, giving her an undeserved reputation as a BlackWidow), then ends up having to get a job as a cabaret dancer, during which she's raped by her boss. [[spoiler:All of this ends up having been orchestrated by V in order to drive her insane; convinced that the government was responsible for all her suffering, she ends up assassinating Adam Susan, sending the government into a succession crisis from which it never emerges.]]

** Once everything falls apart at the end of the story Helen Hayer finds herself trapped in a world where she can no longer manipulate anyone, whether because the people are too strong willed or just so disinterested in her that they can't be bothered to do her bidding and just ignore her while she cries and screams in impotent rage.

* FutureSocietyPresentValues: was first published in the 80s and depicted a dystopian future in which homosexuality was outlawed and most of Britain's LGBT people were persecuted in death camps. This kind of thing still felt plausible in the 2000s when the film adaptation was made, but in TheNewTens, acceptance for LGBT people got a massive amount of traction - making it come across as rather fantastical from a modern perspective that the public would accept such a thing. Ah, but here comes TheNewTwenties...

* SelfDesposingVillain: After destroying Jordan Tower, V doesn't need to kill any more of the Norsefire Government. The leaders- and some of their wives- all turn on one another in a desperate scramble for power and revenge.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Britain is free of the Dictatorship that had been ruling the country, but V lost his life in the process, and we don't know how well Britain will be able to take care of itself without a government in charge. The comic also ends with Evey possibly guiding the future society as the new V, and implies that she will train a successor of her own.]]

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:V puts Evey through a fake dungeon, starving her and shaving her hair to test her loyalty to the cause and her moral fiber. She passes]].

* ProfoundByPopSong:

[[Film/VForVendetta A film adaptation]] was released in 2006 with reasonably good reviews and box office success, though Moore, as with all other film adaptations of his works, publicly disowned it and asked to have his name removed from the credits. The BBC announced they were working on another adaptation in 2017, but little has been heard from it since. It has been confirmed that the third season of the ''Creator/{{Epix}}'' show ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'' will adapt elements of the comic and act as a {{prequel}}, featuring predecessors to V and showing how the show's British Civil War will lead to the rise of the Norsefire government.

* MonochromeCasting: Every character in the graphic novel (except for some people in flashbacks or hallucinations) is Caucasian; a stereotypical black FunetikAksent is depicted in the in-universe series ''Series/StormSaxon'', but it's anyone's guess who's playing them. This is due to [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Norsefire]] carrying out their idea of a FinalSolution, so every non-white person in England ([[FridgeHorror and it's implied in other parts of the world]]) is either dead, in hiding or left the country.

* FascistButInefficient: The Norsefire Government, as it's supporters point out the Norsefire dictatorship "stabilized" a post-war England. However, they utterly failed to progress past that. When the story begins, there are massive shortages and substantial rationing; with propaganda suggesting by 1998 some limited rationing will be released(it wont.) Furthermore, the fact that there is a thriving black market means other countries and their economies have recovered enough to export. Lastly, having actually completed their purge of "undesirables" the government lack a boogeyman to pin all of their ineptitude on. As a result, they have to constantly invent enemies and take increasingly repressive acts to remain in power. Frankly some in the government actually seem relieved when V begins his campaign.

* FutureSocietyPresentValues: was first published in the 80s and depicted a dystopian future in which homosexuality was outlawed and most of Britain's LGBT people were persecuted in death camps. This kind of thing still felt plausible in the 2000s when the film adaptation was made, but in TheNewTens, acceptance for LGBT people got a massive amount of traction - making it come across as rather fantastical from a modern perspective that the public would accept such a thing.

* TheSpook: Finch discuss this trope with Susan. V had killed Larkhill personnel that tortured him. The interesting part is that [[UnreliableNarrator the only proof the government has of that story is the documents V had left for them to find]]. What if this is just a smokescreen? What if this was done not as a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but to erase all proof of Vs past? What if this is only the beginning of something more great? How can they hope to stop him?

[[Film/VForVendetta A film adaptation]] was released in 2006 with reasonably good reviews and box office success, though Moore, as with all other film adaptations of his works, publicly disowned it and asked to have his name removed from the credits. The BBC announced they were working on another adaptation in 2017, but little has been heard from it since.

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** He also likes to quote people, including Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/VelvetUnderground, Creator/AleisterCrowley, Creator/MarkTwain, and various others

* SympathyForTheDevil: V. Yes he is a murderer and terrorist, but his cause is a worthy cause. In fact, that particular ''Music/TheRollingStones'' song appears in the graphic novel.

-->'''V:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste.]]

* TheSpook: Finch discuss this trope with Susan. V had KillThemAll Larkhill personnel that tortured him. The interesting part is that [[UnreliableNarrator the only proof the government has of that story is the documents V had left for them to find]]. What if this is just a smokescreen? What if this was done not as a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but to erase all proof of Vs past? What if this is only the beginning of something more great? How can they hope to stop him?

* FascistButInefficient: The Norsefire Government, as it's supporters point out the Norsefire dictatorship "stabilized" a post-war England. However, they utterly failed to progress past that. When the story begins, there are massive shortages and substantial rationing; with propaganda suggesting by 1998 some limited rationing will be released(it wont.) Furthermore, the fact that their is a thriving black market means other countries and their economies have recovered enough to export. Lastly, having actually completed their purge of "undesirables" the government lack a boogeyman to pin all of their ineptitude on. As a result, they have to constantly invent enemies and take increasingly repressive acts to remain in power. Frankly some in the government actually seem relieved when V begins his campaign.