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{{quote|''When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man''|'''Ramòn Rojo'''}}
''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' is [[The Remake|the 1964 (originally unauthorized) remake]] of the Japanese film ''[[Yojimbo]]''. It's the first in what's known as The [[Dollars Trilogy]] by Western fans, and was followed by ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' and ''[[The Good, the Bad
The Man With No Name (played by [[Clint Eastwood]] and called "Joe" by the coffin maker) wanders into a small poverty-stricken town on the Mexican border dominated by two feuding crime gangs, the [[Bandito|Rojos]] and the Baxters, and he decides to play the clans against each other, ostensibly so that he can profit from their conflict. The opportunity arises in the form of a Mexican shipment of gold passing through the town. However, his sympathies for Marisol, a hostage of the Rojos gang, leads to a change in plans with near-fatal consequences for the Man With No Name.
The gunfight at the end is the most famous part of the film. ''[[Back to
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* [[Animated Credits Opening]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]- The Man With No Name
* [[Arc Words]]- "When you shoot to kill, Aim for the heart."
** Ramon takes his mantra {{spoiler|[[Suicidal Overconfidence|a little too seriously.]]}}
* [[Badass]] - [[Tagline|In his own way, The Man With No Name is perhaps the most dangerous man who ever lived.]]
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* [[Hollywood Healing]] - Not as bad as ''[[Yojimbo]]'', as [[Clint Eastwood]]'s character does take some time to recover from his injuries.
* [[Honor Before Reason]] - At the end of the movie, the Man With No Name has killed all of Ramon's associates, tricked him into using up all the bullets in his rifle, and [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|shot the rifle out of his hands for good measure]]. Instead of just shooting the defenseless Ramon, however, the MWNN empties his own gun and throws it on the ground, just so he and Ramon can have a who-can-pick-up-their-gun-reload-it-and-shoot-the-other-guy-first contest.
** But he is TMWNN, he KNOWS he is more Badass than Ramon.
* [[Improvised Armour]] - The metal chest piece.
* [[Ironic Name]]: Chico, [[Bilingual Bonus|which is Spanish for]] "[[Fluffy the Terrible|Tiny]]".
* [[Irony]] - At the start of the film, Joe is giving [[Undertaker|Piripero most of his business]]. Unfortunately for Piripero, Joe's cleared out most of his customers by the end of the film.
** Though, the bodies pile up at a fast enough rate at one point that they just don't bother with coffins anyway.
* [[Jerk
* [[Knight Errant]] - The Man With No Name
* [[Mexicans With Machine Guns]]
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* [[No Name Given]]- The coffinmaker refers to him as Joe. Might as well.
* [[One Bullet Left]]
* [[Only in It For
** In his words: "That crazy bellringer was right. There's money to be made in a place like this."
** Though, he does offer a good amount of his earnings to the family he rescues from the hands of the Rojos.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Silvanito, the bartender, who at first reluctantly befriends Joe.
* [[Pet the Dog]]- The protagonist saves a family caught in between the troubles of the Two [[Gang of Hats|Gangs Of Hats]], [[Jerk
** The family is so damn thankful, Joe practically has to [[Shoo the Dog|shoo them in order for them to leave.]] And with good reason: dire consequences would befall both if they don't.
* [[Power Trio]]- The Rojo Bros.
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* [[Recycled in Space]]- ''[[Yojimbo]]'' WITH COWBOYS!
** Not that there's anything wrong with that.
*** There is a ''[[
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: Ramon attempts to subvert this in the page quote. It doesn't go well.
** Well... he is trying it with Clint after all... Which is usually a bad idea.
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