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* StockDesertInterstate: A film about a road trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans, so it features many red-tinted, wide shots of the road in the desert. As the film was made in 1968, the 50's feel of the setting is understandable.
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-->--'''Music/{{Steppenwolf}}''',"Born to Be Wild"
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Since Hopper and Fonda considered the film to be a modern day western, the protagonists are Wyatt (Earp) and Billy (the Kid)
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: The film ends when Billy and Wyatt [[spoiler: are blown off their bikes by two rednecks in a pickup, for fun.]] George Hanson [[spoiler: meets a similarly pointless end in a redneck attack about halfway through the film.]] How was this missed, etc. It was during a ''scenery / music / driving montage'', no less! And... Boom Up and out over the burning heap of motorcycle on the banks of the Mississippi to [[Music/TheByrds Roger McGuinn]] singin' about flowin' rivers and star-spangled deltas.less.
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* UnbuiltTrope: While the film wasn't the UrExample of the BadassBiker, it became the TropeCodifier, and an inspiration for biker culture since that year. While the main characters get rich from drug trafficking, and occasionally provoke and scare people along the road, they are mostly good-natured, in contrast to the intolerant, violent locals. While the bikers have their moments of joy on the journey, it does not turn out nearly as glamorous as they had hoped for, [[spoiler: with a seemingly pointless DownerEnding]].
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* UnbuiltTrope: While the film wasn't the UrExample of the BadassBiker, it became the TropeCodifier, and an inspiration for biker culture since that year. While the main characters get rich from drug trafficking, and occasionally provoke and scare people along the road, they are mostly good-natured, in contrast to the intolerant, violent locals. While the bikers have their moments of joy on the journey, it does not turn out nearly as glamorous as they had hoped for, [[spoiler: with a seemingly pointless DownerEnding]].
%%* WalkingTheEarthpointlessly bleak ending where they're all killed for no reason]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Or riding it on custom bikes, in this case.
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* CoolBike: Captain America's bike especially.Possibly the best-known film motorcycle, Wyatt's "Captain America" chopper. Both this and Billy's more conservative chopper started life as Harley Davidson Hydra Glides.
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Both [[spoiler:Billy is shot by a redneck trucker. As Wyatt goes to get help, his bike gets shot and Billy at the end.]]blown up]].
* KnightKnaveAndSquire: Wyatt is the collected, stoic knight; Billy is the hot-tempered knave; and George is the naive, yet occasionally insightful squire. Given that this film drew a substantial amount of inspiration from classic Westerns (where variations of this trope frequently cropped up), this is not terribly surprising.
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* NewAgeRetroHippie:The Wyatt and Billy run into a commune of kids and teenagers out in the southwest is full of them.desert, with Wyatt gaining respect for them for trying to survive in such a harsh environment.
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A 1969 film directed and co-written by Creator/DennisHopper, ''Easy Rider'' starred Hopper, co-writer and producer Peter Fonda Creator/PeterFonda and Creator/JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' [[TheSixties Sixties]] counterculture film. Made by the guys that gave you ''{{Film/Head}}''.
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A 1969 film directed and co-written by Creator/DennisHopper, ''Easy Rider'' starred Hopper, co-writer and producer Peter Fonda and Creator/JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' [[TheSixties Sixties]] counterculture film. Made by the guys that gave you ''Head''.
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* DownerEnding: The film ends with a textbook example of DiabolusExMachina when Wyatt and Billy are killed by a group of rednecks just when they decide to leave the drug business behind and live a life of luxury.
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* DownerEnding: The film ends with a textbook example of DiabolusExMachina [[spoiler: when Wyatt and Billy are killed by a group of rednecks just when they decide to leave the drug business behind and live a life of luxury.]]
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It follows the tale of two dope-dealing bikers, Wyatt aka "Captain America" (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), who decide to take their bikes across the country. They have no aim other than going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and pure freedom, which is not appreciated by the locals they encounter. Only one man, liberal lawyer George Hanson (Nicholson), shares their sense of freedom. As they ride along, they wonder what ever happened to America.
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It follows the tale of two dope-dealing bikers, Wyatt aka "Captain America" (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), who decide to take their bikes across the country. They have no aim other than going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, and pure freedom, which is not appreciated by the locals they encounter. Only one man, liberal lawyer George Hanson (Nicholson), shares their sense of freedom. As they ride along, they wonder what ever happened to America.
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-->'''Billy''': We gotta get to Mardi Gras, man. We're going to Mardi Gras.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Wyatt and Billy.
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Billy. Reputedly an OddCouple due to RealLifeWritesThePlot, with Fonda as the StraightMan and Hopper as the CloudCuckooLander best friend.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: George Hanson, is fairly certain that aliens already live amongst us, and that they are not revealed by our government because of the general panic that would ensue.
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* ShoutOut: The very name of CaptainAmerica.ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
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