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** A more minor example, but in Part I Jack Woltz is so determined to blacklist Johnny Fontaine from Hollywood in retaliation for seducing and "ruining" a promising young starlet that he's willing to risk displeasing one of the most powerful crime lords in the country. It's only when [[DeadAnimalWarning he wakes up with the severed head of his prized horse Khartoum in his bed the following morning]] that he reconsiders.
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** A more minor example, but in Part I Jack Woltz is so determined to blacklist Johnny Fontaine from Hollywood in retaliation for seducing and "ruining" a promising young starlet that he's willing to risk displeasing one of the most powerful crime lords in the country. He hates Fontaine so much he's even willing to sacrifice his own finances to screw over Fontaine -- he explicitly acknowledges that Johnny is perfect for the role and the movie would be a huge hit, which is exactly why Woltz is not going to let Johnny get the role. It's only when [[DeadAnimalWarning he wakes up with the severed head of his prized horse Khartoum in his bed the following morning]] that he reconsiders.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: A consistent theme throughout the movies and how it always ends poorly.
** After the assassination attempt on Vito, Sonny ready to go on the absolute warpath, only held in check by the more restrained Tom. Then after the hospital hit he retaliates with a successful hit on Bruno Tattaglia, escalating the mob war until [[spoiler:it eventually costs Sonny his own life.]]
** Michael leans into this heavily in Part II, insisting that all of the traitors be purged regardless of collateral damage, up to and including [[spoiler:Fredo]].
** A more minor example, but in Part I Jack Woltz is so determined to blacklist Johnny Fontaine from Hollywood in retaliation for seducing and "ruining" a promising young starlet that he's willing to risk displeasing one of the most powerful crime lords in the country. It's only when [[DeadAnimalWarning he wakes up with the severed head of his prized horse Khartoum in his bed the following morning]] that he reconsiders.
** After the assassination attempt on Vito, Sonny ready to go on the absolute warpath, only held in check by the more restrained Tom. Then after the hospital hit he retaliates with a successful hit on Bruno Tattaglia, escalating the mob war until [[spoiler:it eventually costs Sonny his own life.]]
** Michael leans into this heavily in Part II, insisting that all of the traitors be purged regardless of collateral damage, up to and including [[spoiler:Fredo]].
** A more minor example, but in Part I Jack Woltz is so determined to blacklist Johnny Fontaine from Hollywood in retaliation for seducing and "ruining" a promising young starlet that he's willing to risk displeasing one of the most powerful crime lords in the country. It's only when [[DeadAnimalWarning he wakes up with the severed head of his prized horse Khartoum in his bed the following morning]] that he reconsiders.
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* MeaningfulEcho: During his meeting with Michael at the beginning of Part 3/"Coda", Joey Zasa tells Michael that he "has a stone in his shoe", referencing his troubling subordinate Vincent Mancini. Later, Don Altobello uses the exact same phrase while conferring with Mosca de Montelepre, the assassin Altobello hires to kill Michael. This provides subtle (if superfluous, by this point) confirmation that [[spoiler: Zasa and Altobello are in league to destroy Don Corleone]].
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** Jack Woltz shoots a [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms hurricane of racial slurs]] to Tom Hagen.
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** After a fight with Fredo, his wife Deanna yells, "Never marry a wop! They treat their wives like shit!"
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** After During a fight with Fredo, his wife Deanna yells, "Never marry a wop! They treat their wives like shit!"
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* ImprovisedWeapon: In ''Part III'', [[spoiler:Don Lucchesi]] is assassinated in a truly [[IncrediblyLamePun spectacular]] fashion when he is stabbed in the throat with his own [[spoiler:glasses]].
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* ImprovisedWeapon: In ''Part III'', [[spoiler:Don Lucchesi]] is assassinated in a truly [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} spectacular]] fashion when he is stabbed in the throat with his own [[spoiler:glasses]].
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** This goes back to the original novel. Puzo specifies that the Corleones make their money from illegal gambling and union corruption, which while not nice are not that big a deal to most of his audience. He states further that they (or at least Vito and Michael) hold the Tattaglias, who make their money from prostitution, and of course Sollozzo, who makes his money off drugs, in contempt. The novel also establishes that Vito's heart's desire was to see Michael go completely legit. On top of that, every characterized NYPD officer in the novel is either corrupt (Detective Phillips), brutal (Albert Neri) or both (Captain Mc Cluskey). Puzo's later protestations aside, one begins to wonder if the novel actually was a case of BlackAndGreyMorality if not BlueAndOrangeMorality -- perhaps [[IncrediblyLamePun Black and Blue Morality]].
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** This goes back to the original novel. Puzo specifies that the Corleones make their money from illegal gambling and union corruption, which while not nice are not that big a deal to most of his audience. He states further that they (or at least Vito and Michael) hold the Tattaglias, who make their money from prostitution, and of course Sollozzo, who makes his money off drugs, in contempt. The novel also establishes that Vito's heart's desire was to see Michael go completely legit. On top of that, every characterized NYPD officer in the novel is either corrupt (Detective Phillips), brutal (Albert Neri) or both (Captain Mc Cluskey). Puzo's later protestations aside, one begins to wonder if the novel actually was a case of BlackAndGreyMorality if not BlueAndOrangeMorality -- perhaps [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Black and Blue Morality]].
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* HollywoodHypeMachine: Two in-universe examples.
** Jack Woltz spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on acting, singing and dancing lessons for a promising young actress, planning on turning her into a big star. Johnny Fontane seducing the young starlet and causing her to "throw it all away" causes Woltz to blacklist him from the entire movie industry, causing Fontane to plead for help from Vito.
** Fontane's pursuit of a major movie role that Woltz is blacklisting him from can be seen as Fontane's own effort to live up to the hype machine, as he fears his career will be over if he can't secure the role. With Vito's help in securing the role, Fontane lives up to the hype machine and becomes a superstar.
** Jack Woltz spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on acting, singing and dancing lessons for a promising young actress, planning on turning her into a big star. Johnny Fontane seducing the young starlet and causing her to "throw it all away" causes Woltz to blacklist him from the entire movie industry, causing Fontane to plead for help from Vito.
** Fontane's pursuit of a major movie role that Woltz is blacklisting him from can be seen as Fontane's own effort to live up to the hype machine, as he fears his career will be over if he can't secure the role. With Vito's help in securing the role, Fontane lives up to the hype machine and becomes a superstar.
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''The Godfather'' is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and based upon Mario Puzo's [[TheFilmOfTheBook novel of the same name]], revolving around a fictional [[TheMafia Italian-American crime family]], the Corleone Family. The first movie came out in 1972, followed by ''The Godfather Part II'' in 1974 and ''The Godfather Part III'' in 1990. Puzo and Coppola co-wrote all three films, with Music/NinoRota composing the music for the first two films.
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''The Godfather'' is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and based upon Mario Puzo's [[TheFilmOfTheBook novel of the same name]], revolving around a fictional [[TheMafia Italian-American crime family]], the Corleone Family.Family, who have roots in UsefulNotes/{{Sicily}}. The first movie came out in 1972, followed by ''The Godfather Part II'' in 1974 and ''The Godfather Part III'' in 1990. Puzo and Coppola co-wrote all three films, with Music/NinoRota composing the music for the first two films.
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* RiddledAndRattled: Sonny Corleone is ambushed at a toll booth by a full hit squad. He manages to open the door and stagger out of his car while still being perforated. He doesn't get much further, as he's still being blasted by all sides before finally collapsing. Just for good measure, [[AssholeVictim one of the goons kicks him in the head]] before walking away.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: ''The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone'' has the titular demise [[spoiler:be symbolic rather than literal as in ''Part III''. Instead of dying, the ending has him live a long life alone, and haunted by his failures.]]
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* TheForties: Most of the action in ''part I''.
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* HopeSpot: In a seeming PetTheDog moment Michael embraces a crying Fredo at Connie's behest, appearing to forgive him in ''Part II.'' [[spoiler:Instead he gives a pointed look at Al Neri, signifying that the protection from assassination Fredo had while Carmela Corleone was alive is over.]]
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** In a seeming PetTheDog moment Michael embraces a crying Fredo at Connie's behest, appearing to forgive him in ''Part II.'' [[spoiler:Instead he gives a pointed look at Al Neri, signifying that the protection from assassination Fredo had while Carmela Corleone was alive is over.]]]]
** ''Part III/Coda'' in general follows Michael, being at the cusp of genuinely going legitimate, trying his best to seal the deal, only for enemies and circumstances to render said efforts all for nought.
** In a seeming PetTheDog moment Michael embraces a crying Fredo at Connie's behest, appearing to forgive him in ''Part II.'' [[spoiler:Instead he gives a pointed look at Al Neri, signifying that the protection from assassination Fredo had while Carmela Corleone was alive is over.
** ''Part III/Coda'' in general follows Michael, being at the cusp of genuinely going legitimate, trying his best to seal the deal, only for enemies and circumstances to render said efforts all for nought.
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-->-- '''Amerigo Bonasera'''
Bonasera''', first lines of the first film
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* BludgeonedToDeath: In extended scenes for ''Part II'', [[spoiler:Vito takes revenge on one of Don Ciccio's former enforcers by beating him to death with an oar.]]
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* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: Vito initially refuses Bonasera's request to take revenge on the men who abused Bonasera's daughter not because he disagrees with it, but because Bonasera has a history of not appreciating friendship and initially tries to talk about how much it will cost, as though Vito is a hired goon. Once he asks the correct way, Vito agrees to do it.
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** Willie Cicci, during the Senate hearings, essentially betrays omerta (the code of silence). He gets prison time anyway due to his admission of crimes that he committed. It is not known what ultimately happened to him but most assume that he would eventually have been killed in prison due to his violation of omerta. Reportedly, Cicci was supposed to have returned for ''Part III'' but didn't only because Coppola remembered that actor Joe Spinell had died in 1982. Allegedly, his place is taken by Joey Zasa. So the assumption is probably TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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** Willie Cicci, during the Senate hearings, essentially betrays omerta (the code of silence). He gets prison time anyway due to his admission of crimes that he committed. It is not known what ultimately happened to him but most assume that he would eventually have been killed in prison due to his violation of omerta. Reportedly, Cicci was supposed to have returned for ''Part III'' but didn't only because Coppola remembered that his actor Joe Spinell had died in 1982.1989, before the movie began filming. Allegedly, his place is taken by Joey Zasa. So the assumption is probably TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
