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** Ella shows she is one by the end of the movie.
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A 2011 film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, OliviaWilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.

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A 2011 film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, Creator/RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, OliviaWilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.
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* DontCallMeSir: Dolarhyde, a colonel in the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, hates being referred to by that title. (Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.)

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* DontCallMeSir: Dolarhyde, a colonel in the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, hates being referred to by that title. (Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.)



* ShellShockedSenior: Dolarhyde, as a result of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and the atrocities he witnessed in the Indian Wars.

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* ShellShockedSenior: Dolarhyde, as a result of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and the atrocities he witnessed in the Indian Wars.
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* DontCallMeSir: Dolarhyde, a colonel in the AmericanCivilWar, hates being referred to by that title. (Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.)

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* DontCallMeSir: Dolarhyde, a colonel in the AmericanCivilWar, UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, hates being referred to by that title. (Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.)



* RetiredBadass: Dollarhyde was a Colonel in TheAmericanCivilWar, and does not like being called by that title. Lonergan was trying to quit his life as an outlaw and settle down with the woman he loved. Both are called back into action by the sudden attacks of the aliens.

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* RetiredBadass: Dollarhyde was a Colonel in TheAmericanCivilWar, UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, and does not like being called by that title. Lonergan was trying to quit his life as an outlaw and settle down with the woman he loved. Both are called back into action by the sudden attacks of the aliens.



* ShellShockedSenior: Dolarhyde, as a result of the AmericanCivilWar and the atrocities he witnessed in the Indian Wars.

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* ShellShockedSenior: Dolarhyde, as a result of the AmericanCivilWar UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and the atrocities he witnessed in the Indian Wars.
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** And, of course, Ford saying "[[MemeticMutation I am your father.]]"
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* HiddenDepths: almost all characters started out as standard Western characters archetypes, only to display more subtle personnality that are revealed by the unusual situation.

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* HiddenDepths: almost Almost all characters started out as standard Western characters and archetypes, only to display more subtle personnality personalities that are revealed by the unusual situation.



* NonIndicativeName: Despite the title, all the cowboys except Dolarhyde and Nat quit, so the final fight is mostly bandits/indians and aliens.

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* NonIndicativeName: Despite the title, all the cowboys except Dolarhyde and Nat quit, so the final fight is mostly bandits/indians bandits/Indians and aliens.
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* OntologicalMystery: The film starts with Jake not being able to remember anything, up to and including his own name. As they travel across the plains, though, more memories come to him and he pieces together his past.
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* CigarFuseLighting: After one of the bandits drops all the matches off a cliff, he asks how he's going to light the dynamite. The answer is the lit cigarallo he's been smoking the whole scene.

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* CigarFuseLighting: After one of the bandits drops all the matches off a cliff, he asks how he's going to light the dynamite. The answer is the lit cigarallo cigarro he's been smoking the whole scene.
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* ArmCannon[=/=]HandBlast: The device attached to Lonergan's arm packs a ''hell'' of punch.

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* ArmCannon[=/=]HandBlast: The device attached to Lonergan's arm packs a ''hell'' of a punch.
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* HealItWithBooze: Meacham the preacher pours whiskey over Lonergan's wound before stitching it up.
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* ClarkesThirdLaw: The aliens are never called as such. They're most often called demons and the cast never thinks of them as being technologically advanced. [[spoiler: Ella, another alien, says that she came from beyond the stars, giving the impression of an angel]].
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* AllStarCast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown, Keith Karradine.

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* AllStarCast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown, Keith Karradine.Carradine.
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!!''Cowboys And Aliens'' provides examples of:

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!!''Cowboys And Aliens'' !!This film provides examples of:


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A 2011 film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Olivia Wilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.

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A 2011 film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Olivia Wilde, OliviaWilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.
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** One alien [[spoiler: is killed with their gold mining technology.]]

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** One The same alien [[spoiler: is killed with their gold mining technology.]]
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* AlienAmongUs: [[spoiler:Ella.]]

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* AlienAmongUs: [[spoiler:Ella.[[spoiler:Ella, although she's of a different species from the main aliens.]]



* AliensAreBastards: The aliens are complete assholes, [[spoiler:except Ella, of course]].

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* AliensAreBastards: The aliens are complete assholes, [[spoiler:except Ella, of course]].course, who's a different species of alien]].
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* JerkAss: both Dolarhydes, Percy more than his dad
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**Doc has his moments
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* LovableTraitor: Dog the dog starts the film by spotting for the people who find Lonergan, then Lonergan, then the posse, then Lonergan again, if the final fight had gone on any longer presumably the aliens as well.
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* RetiredBadass: Dollarhyde was a Colonel in TheAmericanCivilWar, and does not like being called by that title. Lonergan was trying to quit his life as an outlaw and settle down with the woman he loved. Both are called back into action by the sudden attacks of the aliens.
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* TheUnreveal: [[Ella's human appearance is stated by herself to be AFormYouAreComfortableWith. We never get to see what she actually looks like]].

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* TheUnreveal: [[Ella's [[spoiler: Ella's human appearance is stated by herself to be AFormYouAreComfortableWith. We never get to see what she actually looks like]].
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* TheUnreveal: [[Ella's human appearance is stated by herself to be AFormYouAreComfortableWith. We never get to see what she actually looks like]].
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A 2011 film directed by JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Olivia Wilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.

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A 2011 film directed by JonFavreau, Creator/JonFavreau, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and RonHoward, and starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Olivia Wilde, and Creator/DanielCraig, set in TheWildWest. It is based on a 2006 graphic novel, which even started as a movie pitch but DevelopmentHell made the comic be released first.
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* PreviewsPulse: The pulses of this film's trailers are fairly muted, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV-mii_IrKc but they culminate at 2:07]].

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* ActorAllusion: Ella is the [[LastOfHerKind last of her kind]]...just like [[TronLegacy Quorra]].
* AdaptationDistillation: The comic is an allegorical condemnation of ManifestDestiny - the aliens come to Earth to add it to their empire and treat the indigenous peoples like dirt. There's actually a scene where a white guy screams "they don't have the right to do this to us just because they have better guns!", only to be met with a DeathGlare from an Indian. In the movie, the aliens [[spoiler:have GoldFever]], abduct people via techno-lasso - and it focuses more on people trying to do what seems right no matter their past deeds.

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* ActorAllusion: Ella is the [[LastOfHerKind last of her kind]]...just like [[TronLegacy Quorra]].
* AdaptationDistillation: The comic is an allegorical condemnation of ManifestDestiny - the aliens come to Earth to add it to their empire and treat the indigenous peoples like dirt. There's actually a scene where a white guy screams "they don't have the right to do this to us just because they have better guns!", only to be met with a DeathGlare from an Indian. In the movie, the aliens [[spoiler:have GoldFever]], have GoldFever, abduct people via techno-lasso - and it focuses more on people trying to do what seems right no matter their past deeds.



* AliensInCardiff: The aliens come to Arizona [[spoiler:looking for gold, and the Wild West has still got plenty]].

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* AliensInCardiff: The aliens come to Arizona [[spoiler:looking looking for gold, and the Wild West has still got plenty]].has plenty.



** The scorching effect of the aliens' [[spoiler:gold-mining device]].

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** The scorching effect of the aliens' [[spoiler:gold-mining device]].gold-mining device.



** The fact that the town is a [[spoiler:mining town.]]

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** The fact that the town is a [[spoiler:mining mining town.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Ella is the [[LastOfHerKind last of her kind]]...just like [[TronLegacy Quorra]].
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: When [[spoiler:Ella dies the first time]], the audience knows that she'll get better because this happens before the [[EverybodyRemembersTheStripper "naked in front of a bonfire"]] scene. Additionally, given everyone's reaction to seeing Olivia Wilde naked, savvy viewers may infer that [[spoiler:Ella is an alien]].

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: When [[spoiler:Ella dies the first time]], the audience knows that she'll get better because this happens before the [[EverybodyRemembersTheStripper [[BestKnownForTheFanservice "naked in front of a bonfire"]] scene. Additionally, given everyone's reaction to seeing Olivia Wilde naked, savvy viewers may infer that [[spoiler:Ella is an alien]].
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* ActionGirl: Ella.

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* ActionGirl: Ella. Ella, who [[spoiler:is the person who really defeats the aliens by killing a number of them and then blowing up their evacuating ship.]]
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** Daniel Craig runs around in tight breeches and leather chaps. Not to mention the ShirtlessScene.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The comic is a fairly {{Anvilicious}} condemnation of ManifestDestiny - the aliens come to Earth to add it to their empire and treat the indigenous peoples like dirt. There's actually a scene where a white guy screams "they don't have the right to do this to us just because they have better guns!", only to be met with a DeathGlare from an Indian. In the movie, the aliens [[spoiler:have GoldFever]], abduct people via techno-lasso - and it focuses more on people trying to do what seems right no matter their past deeds.

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* AdaptationDistillation: The comic is a fairly {{Anvilicious}} an allegorical condemnation of ManifestDestiny - the aliens come to Earth to add it to their empire and treat the indigenous peoples like dirt. There's actually a scene where a white guy screams "they don't have the right to do this to us just because they have better guns!", only to be met with a DeathGlare from an Indian. In the movie, the aliens [[spoiler:have GoldFever]], abduct people via techno-lasso - and it focuses more on people trying to do what seems right no matter their past deeds.

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