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* RiddledAndRattled: At the ending when [[spoiler:the basterds shoot Hitler and Goebells]]. They both twitch for a few seconds, with their bodies getting shredded before falling.
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* CoolGuns: The Sedgley [=OSS=] .38 caliber glove pistol that is used to take out the guards outside the theatre box. You ''punch it into the target to fire the bullet.'' It's awesome ''and'' based on a real OSS weapon.
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* Blooper: When Donny kills the German Sergeant, his head is briefly seen splitting completely open. In the following shots, not only is the Sergeant's head intact but there's barely a drop of blood on him.
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* Blooper: When Donny kills the German Sergeant, his head is briefly seen splitting completely open. In the following shots, not only is the Sergeant's head intact but there's barely a drop of blood on him.
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* NinetiesAntiHero: The Basterds. Their campaign of brutal terror behind enemy lines is deliberate and pretty effective, but it's also filled with untold brutality towards their enemies, as they intend to [[TerrorHero make the Naxis as scared of them as humanly possible]] by way of the pain and death they inflict on Nazi troops.

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* NinetiesAntiHero: The Basterds. Their campaign of brutal terror behind enemy lines is deliberate and pretty effective, but it's also filled with untold brutality towards their enemies, as they intend to [[TerrorHero make the Naxis Nazis as scared of them as humanly possible]] by way of the pain and death they inflict on Nazi troops.
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* InformedJudaism: The Basterds themselves don't appear show any signs of being Jews aside from getting identified as Jewish. It also applies with Shosanna. This has been criticized by some reviewers, compared to other films like ''Film/{{Munich}}''.

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* InformedJudaism: The Basterds themselves don't appear show any signs of being Jews aside from getting identified as Jewish. It also applies with Shosanna.Shosanna, but that's very justified as for most of the film she had to hide herself from the Nazis. This has been criticized by some reviewers, compared to other films like ''Film/{{Munich}}''.

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* {{Fanservice}}: The under-dressed cigarette-serving girls at the movie premiere. This is entirely in-keeping with the standard Nazi decadence, so it's TruthInTelevision.

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* {{Fanservice}}: FanserviceExtra: The under-dressed cigarette-serving girls at the movie premiere. This is entirely in-keeping in keeping with the standard Nazi decadence, so it's TruthInTelevision.



** Aldo complains of their meeting spot being in a basement, since it's very difficult to fight there. It soon turns out that he's right, with a gunfight there getting nearly everyone soon killed.



* InformedJudaism: The Basterds themselves don't appear to be practicing Jews, just Jewish by descent. This has been criticized by some reviewers, compared to other films like ''Film/{{Munich}}''.

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* InformedJudaism: The Basterds themselves don't appear to be practicing Jews, just Jewish by descent.show any signs of being Jews aside from getting identified as Jewish. It also applies with Shosanna. This has been criticized by some reviewers, compared to other films like ''Film/{{Munich}}''.



* {{Irony}}: Omar is the only Basterd of the three fake Italians who doesn't speak any Italian, but he's the one with the best accent when he pronounces his fake name. Landa even congratulates him.

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Omar is the only Basterd of the three fake Italians who doesn't speak any Italian, but he's the one with the best accent when he pronounces his fake name. Landa even congratulates him.him.
** Shosanna is Jewish, but has blue eyes and blonde hair, so the looks like the Aryan ideal the Nazis lionize. They murdered her entire family for being Jews, and she's forced into hiding after escaping them.

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