History Film / TheBrothersGrimm

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: It's kind of required here. So they put one in the middle of a spooky forest. Jakob must get in to rescue his lady love. Yay.

* HotWitch: The Mirror Queen.

* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:When [[PapaWolf the Woodsman]] throws the Queen's Magic Mirror out of the window, she screams "Who's the fairest of them -- !"]]

%%* DontGoInTheWoods

%%* {{Grimmification}}: Well, ''yeah''...

* ChekhovsGun: The mirror armors that the Grimms wear only for show end up saving Cavaldi's life, who [[PocketProtector wears one under his clothes]] when Delatombe shoots him.

* HorrorStruck: William and Jacob made their fame setting up fake apparations and ghosts and getting paid for "exorcizing" them. Personality-wise, William is the more rational of the duo, while Jacob is the bookish MrImagination. When they go to the village, William just discovers how real magic can be.

* HorrorStruck: William and Jacob made their fame setting up fake apparations and ghosts and getting paid for that. Personality-wise, William is the more rational of the duo, while Jacob is the bookish MrImagination. When they go to the village, William just discovers how real magic can be.

%%* HorrorStruck

%%* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:The Woodsman, type 1.]]

* AgeWithoutYouth: A central plot point. The queen gained immortality to protect herself from plague, but she [[DidntThinkThisThrough forgot that eternal life does not necessarily entail eternal youth]]. Thus, she ended up indefinitely prolonged, but still aging. So now, she tries to kidnap twelve young girls and use them as a sacrifice in a ritual to revitalize herself, a project the aforementioned Grimms are eager to stop. When Jakob finds out and warns Will, Will incredulously comments about how old the queen must be and Jakob replies, "Yes, but [the years] haven't been kind to her."

Also stars Creator/MonicaBellucci, Creator/LenaHeadey and Creator/JonathanPryce. Has practically nothing to do with the ''real'' [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Brothers Grimm]] or the Cinerama classic The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, which stars Creator/LaurenceHarvey and Creator/RussTamblyn.

* TheLostWoods: Every fairy tale has to have a big spooky forest. It's in the contract.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Sasha is a girl, but is mistaken by a boy by the brothers until her father indignantly snaps that the "strapping young lad is my daughter!" [[note]] FridgeBrilliance in that dressing her as a boy may be her parents' attempt to try and prevent her from meeting the same fate as the other kidnapped girls; ultimately it proves unsuccessful. [[/note]]

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Sasha is a girl, but is mistaken by a boy by the brothers until her father indignantly snaps that the "strapping young lad is my daughter!"

Also stars Creator/MonicaBellucci, Creator/LenaHeadey and Creator/JonathanPryce. Has practically nothing to do with the ''real'' [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Brothers Grimm]]. (Or Does It?)

* FamousLastWords: Delatombe, after getting mortally stabbed by Will: "All I wanted was a little order. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking A slice of cuisine would be nice]]".

* SelfPlagiarism: The "hand forest" sequence was originally written for ''Film/TimeBandits'' and was almost used in ''Film/{{Brazil}}''.* SweetPollyOliver: Used to conceal the daughters of a local village from being kidnapped by an evil sorceress. It doesn't help.

* EvilIsSexy: The Mirror Queen.

%%* {{Steampunk}}
* SweetPollyOliver: Used to conceal the daughters of a local village from being kidnapped by an evil sorceress. It doesn't help.

* DancePartyEnding: An early-19th century peasant version. [[spoiler:after the defeat of the evil queen, the whole village throws an impromptu festival in celebration, complete with traditional dancing, and the protagonists all join in.]]

* DancePartyEnding: An early-19th century peasant version. [[spoiler:after the defeat of the evil queen, the whole village throws an impromptu festival in celebration, and the protagonists all join in the dancing.]]

* AxCrazy: General Delatombe is a downplayed example, but still, he seems to get ''too much'' joy from hurting and killing others and nothing -- not even freaky stuff happening right in front of his eyes -- can draw away his attention from brutally murdering someone. His dying words (see below) are not a sign of his good mental health either.

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in the climax by Will, who begs Delatombe (on his own insistence, no less) for mercy... only to use distraction thus caused to suddenly throw a crucifix at him. And then exploit resulting opening to quickly [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stab him with a broken pole]].

* AxCrazy: General Delatombe is a downplayed example, but still, he seems to get ''too much'' joy from hurting and killing others and nothing -- not even freaky stuff happening right in front of his eyes -- can draw away his attention from brutally murdering someone.