History Film / DjangoUnchained

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hildi's name is obviously intended to be Brünnhilde (or Brynhildr, Brunhild, or Brynhild), given that the mistress who named her was German. The only times we see it written down, however, it is spelled Broomhilda.

** Quentin Tarantino, [[CreatorCameo as in all his films]], plays one of the [=LeQuint=] Dickey Mining Company employees, and as Randy, one of the bag heads.

'''Bag Head #3/Randy:''' I think we all think the bags was a nice idea. But not pointin' any fingers, they coulda been done better. How about no bags this time? But next time we do the bags right, and ''then'' we go full regalia.\\

** Quentin Tarantino, [[CreatorCameo as in all his films]], plays one of the [=LeQuint=] Dickey Mining Company employees, and is as Robert, one of the bag heads.

* DropTheHammer: Calvin Candie gives his slave fighter a hammer to finish off his opponent in his introductory scene. He later uses a hammer to make an "evolutionary" observation of the Negro skull. Having lulled his guests into an uneasy silence, he then turns the hammer on Broomhilda and threatens to bludgeon her to death on the spot.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: [[spoiler:When their plan to rescue Broomhilda... well, [[JustForPun goes south,]] [[VillainHasAPoint Candie pretty much tells Django and Schultz that if they had just been honest in the first place, he probably would have given her to them for practically nothing.]] Sure, Candie and Stephen would still be kicking and Candieland would still be in operation, but at least Django and Broomhilda would be together again and Schultz would still be alive. Sadly, Schultz had to come up with a [[ComplexityAddiction needlessly complicated plan]] that ends up getting him killed and Django nearly sold back into slavery.]]

** When Django sees John Brittle, he relives a traumatic memory -- him on his knees before John, begging to take the blame for his and Broomhilda's failed escape (and the lashing she's about to get), to which John simply says [[KickTheDog "I like the way you beg, boy."]] After he approaches and shoots him, Django says, "I like the way you die, boy."

* CerebusSyndrome: Once Calvin and Stephen are presented on screen, the plot of the film focuses much more on the drama than the BlackComedy.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner and utter bigot. Ironically, his head slave Stephen [[BoomerangBigot is one as well]].

* SaltAndPepper: Schultz and Django. Their {{Evil Counterpart}}s are Candie and Stephen.

* InstantSoprano: In the final showdown, Django shoots shoots Billy Crash non-fatally in the abdomen, and he writhes around on the ground screaming; then Django shoots him in the groin and the screaming instantly climbs an octave.

* WeHaveReserves: In the Candieland massacre scene, the white plantation henchmen seem to have no compunctions about blasting bullets through their own men (or the house staff, for that matter) trying to shoot at Django.

* PowerWalk:
** Done by Candie's entourage as they walk back to the mansion before the final showdown.
** Django walking amidst the flames of [[spoiler:the demolished Candieland.]]

** He has another moment. After shooting Billy Crash in the dick, Billy screams out Django's name...but pronounces the D.
--> '''Django''': The 'D' is silent, hillbilly. *BANG*

** When Dr. King makes a reference to Alexandre Dumas, Calvin's actor, Leonardo DiCaprio's double role as Philippe Bourbon/King Louis XIV comes to minds.

* AssholeVictim: ''Many'', but for different reasons from the characters' point of view: Django and Schultz go after violent slavers and criminals with bounties on their heads, Schultz doesn't hesitate to kill anyone who can be said to be threatening him, [[spoiler:and finally kills Candie as revenge for ordering the brutal murder of a slave.]]

** Creator/DonJohnson's Big Daddy wears all-white, a reference to his ''Series/MiamiVice'' character's white Ferrari.

* IdiotHero: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], given the time period. Django starts off the film as well-educated as you'd expect the typical 19th-century slave to be; he's ignorant, uneducated, and needs things repeated a few times before he fully grasps them. Under Schultz' influence and tutelage, though, he graduates to a competent, cunning badass with some GuileHero abilities.
** This is also downplayed (or even subverted) by the fact that Django's biggest qualifier for this entry is simply that he was illiterate, which demonstrably doesn't automatically make him a stupid OR incapable character. Bear in mind that even with Schultz' help, Django masters not only reading, but bounty hunting and [[ImprobableAimingSkills expert marksmanship]] in ''less than a year.'' Schultz gets credit for giving Django the opportunity to earn these skills, but there was only a [[BadassBoast "one in ten thousand"]] chance that Django would turn out to be such a gunslinging phenom, and that's talent you ''can't'' teach.

** This is also downplayed (or even subverted) by the fact that Django's biggest qualifier for this entry is simply that he was illiterate, which demonstrably doesn't automatically make him a stupid OR incapable character. Bear in mind that even with Schultz' help, Django masters not only reading, but bounty hunting and [[ImprobableAimingSkills expert marksmanship]] in ''less than a year.'' Schultz gets credit for giving Django the opportunity to these skills, but there was only a [[BadassBoast "one in ten thousand"]] chance that Django would turn out to be such a gunslinging phenom, and that's talent you ''can't'' teach.

** This is also downplayed (or even subverted) by the fact that Django's biggest qualifier for this entry is simply that he was illiterate, which demonstrably doesn't automatically make him a stupid OR incapable character. Bear in mind that even with Schultz' help, Django learns not only reading, but bounty hunting and [[ImprobableAimingSkills expert marksmanship]] in ''less than a year.''