History Film / DjangoUnchained

** "Show your ass" (in the sense of "being rude and disrespectful") is an idiom from the 2000s, not the 1850.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: As typical for Quentin Tarantino's films. The villains are racists and murderers, but the heroes are murdering bounty hunters willing to make a number of morally ambiguous decisions to their own ends. Django himself doesn't really seem too concerned about the plight of other slaves; he is only interested in saving Brunhilda, and he was even willing to play the role of a slave trader. Even Dr. Schultz, the most heroic and moral character in the film, has no problem killing people for money.

** [[spoiler:After Schultz shoots Candie, he realizes that he'll be killed himself by Candie's bodyguard in a moment. He apologizes to Django with a smile and a shrug]].

** This wasn't the first time [[ThoseTwoActors Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington]] [[Film/Ray played a couple]].

** This wasn't the first time Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington played a couple.

* ProfaneLastWords: [[spoiler:Before Stephen gets blown up along with Candyland, he spends his last minutes cursing at Django that he will be caught and killed for his crimes, ending with "Django! You uppity son of a--" [[CurseCutShort before the explosion cuts him off]].]]
* ProtagonistTitle: The one who is unchained.

''Django Unchained'' is a 2012 film written and directed by Creator/QuentinTarantino (his seventh film overall). While it's in the style of a SpaghettiWestern and has the thematic drive associated with the "revisionist" side of the genre, Tarantino calls it a "Southern" because it is set in the DeepSouth rather than TheWildWest.

In 2014, a sequel was announced - a comics CrossOver with Franchise/{{Zorro}}, written by Tarantino and [[Comicbook/{{Grendel}} Matt]] [[Comicbook/MageTheHeroDiscovered Wagner]], and "produced" by Creator/ReginaldHudlin. It is now officially being made into a film.

** "I like the way you die, boy."

** This wasn't the first time [[Film/Ray Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington played a couple]].

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

** This wasn't the first time Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington played a couple.

** This wasn't the first time Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington played [[Film/Ray a couple]].

** This wasn't the first time Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington [[Film/Ray played a couple]].

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* NotSoDifferent: Schultz points out that bounty hunting isn't so different from slavery in that they both deal in the trade of human flesh, though where the slave trade pays for live humans, bounty hunting pays for corpses.

** Despite what the movie shows, you were most certainly ''not'' allowed to immediately assassinate people wanted by the law in the Old West, except for the absolute most dangerous, lethal criminals. I mean the kind of outlaw who massacred an entire town and defiled a church with the victim entrails: MAYBE you could gun him down without arrest. Most (if not all) the bounty killing shown in this movie would have certainly resulted in a murder charge, no matter ''what'' the victim did in the past.

** Despite what the movie shows, you were most certainly ''not'' allowed to immediately assassinate people wanted by the law, except for the absolute most dangerous, lethal criminals. Most (if not all) the bounty killing shown in this movie would have certainly resulted in a murder charge, no matter ''what'' the victim did in the past.

* HilarityEnsues: The discussion about the bags used as hoods in the style of the KKK.

* RealityEnsues: The practicality of the proto-KKK masks.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:After Schultz shoots Candie, he realizes that he'll be killed himself by Candie's bodyguard in a moment. He apologizes to Django with a smile and a shrug]].

** TheStinger has one of the (former) Candyland slaves ask "who was that nigger?" in reference to Django. This phrase is very possibly a subtle reference to ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' another vigilante hero widely known for his supreme marksmanship and fighting skills.

** TheStinger has one of the (former) Candyland slaves ask "who was that nigger?" in reference to Django. This phrase is very possibly a subtle reference to [[''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' another vigilante hero]] widely known for his supreme marksmanship and fighting skills.

** Stephen uses the phrase, "That will be the story of you," when detailing Django's ignomious end as a mining slave. This exchange is lifted from the scene where Bill warns the Bride against showing cheek to Pai Mei; A morally-ambiguous protagonist kills a RetiredMonster in front of their child, though, here, the protagonist is extremely reluctant.

* ScarSurvey: Calvin rips open Broomhilda's dress to expose her scarred back to his dinner party. ("This is a ''painting''", he says excitedly). This is a bit much even for Lady Lara Lee.

In 2014, a sequel was announced - a comics [[CrossOver crossover]] with Franchise/{{Zorro}}, written by Tarantino and [[Comicbook/{{Grendel}} Matt]] [[Comicbook/MageTheHeroDiscovered Wagner]], and "produced" by Creator/ReginaldHudlin. It is now officially being made into a film.

** While slaves did fight other slaves for their masters (the history of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal Battle Royal]] in boxing in particular is enlightening reading), [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/26/django-unchained-mandingo-fighting-real-not_n_2366113.html there are no recorded instances of slaves fighting to the death in "mandingo" fashion.]] (Nor would they be likely to, [[PragmaticVillainy as slaves were such an expensive luxury commodity that these fights would be the economic equivalent of crashing two Ferraris together for fun]] -- the average price of a slave in 1860, as mentioned above, was $800, which would be the equivalent of $25-26 ''thousand'' today.).

* {{Bookends}}: The way Schultz deals with the Speck brothers at the movie's start by suddenly and surprisingly dropping a lantern and drawing a pistol (and subsequentally freeing Django and the rest of Speck slaves) is reminiscent of the end, where Django suddenly drops a candle and draws a pistol (and subsequentally frees Broomhilda and the other Candyland slaves).

* BottomlessMagazines: {{Averted}}. Django often has to take new guns from the guys he drops.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Technically, "A Fate Worse than Getting Your Dick Chopped Off and then Being Killed": Stephen explains Django's punishment in this way. Instead of just castrating him and then torturing him to death (as many of the others want to do to him), Stephen suggests that they sell him to the [=LeQuint=] Dickey Mining Company, where he will do backbreaking mining work until his back gives out- at which point they'll bludgeon him with a sledgehammer and throw his body down the "nigger hole".]]

** Calvin Candie plays a jolly, genial sadist, who seems to treat his slaves properly (if you ignore the fact that he's introduced watching slaves fight each other to the death, and encourages them to kill and maim their opponents) and is nowhere as disgusting as the previous bounty targets, but when finally provoked, the jolly and genial part goes right out the window in a hurry. Just to remind us that he's the villain, he casually lets [[spoiler:a slave get torn apart by dogs.]]

* YesMan: Stephen and the plantation owner behave this way around Candie, exploding with laughter at all of his jokes. Stephen furthermore stands at his master's side and parrots his statements, though [[spoiler:this is revealed to be an act]].