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** Dolarhyde is an old, grizzled war veteran who proves he's still got some spunk left in him.
** Doc becomes one by the end of the movie.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]:
* [[Badass Preacher]]: Meacham. His advice to Doc is to get a gun and learn how to shoot it. So much for turning the other cheek.
* [[BFG]]: The aliens who aren't packing arm cannons are packing these.
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* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jake does this even when [[Silent Snarker|not talking.]]
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Happens twice: first with
* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]: The dog that follows Lonergan around -- nobody bothers to give it a name except Emmett, who calls it "Dog".
* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: Dolarhyde, a colonel in the [[American Civil War]], hates being referred to by that title. (Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.)
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* [[The Medic]]: Meachum the preacher stitches up Lonergan's wound, even though there's a trained doctor just across the street running the saloon. Doc eventually joins the group as [[The Medic]], though he rarely gets a patient who isn't already dead.
* [[Meek Townsman]]: Doc...at first.
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: {{spoiler|
* [[Misplaced Names Poster]]: That's not Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde! It's Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig, and Harrison Ford!
* [[Minion With an F in Evil]]: Hunt.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Three men try to take Jake in at the beginning of the film, thinking that he is a suspicious person and there might be a reward. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Things do not go well for them]].
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Ella.
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** In a bad sense, cowboys and aliens. Both {{spoiler|lust for gold}}, and are more than willing to destroy the natives that stand in their way. When Lonergan learns that the aliens {{spoiler|are [[Planet Looters]]}}, he very visibly [[Heel Realization|hangs his head down in shame]].
** In a neutral sense, Dolarhyde and Jake. Although they hate each other's guts (at first), they are both less-than-entirely-moral men with a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] who rediscover the brighter side of their souls.
* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: Not once is the word "alien" used. Makes sense; at the time, the word "alien" referred solely to "people from another country." Instead, thanks to
* [[The Noun and the Noun]]
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ella. Being an alien, she revives herself from death, but she admits she wasn't sure if she would be able to do that in her human form.}}
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* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: Dolerhyde and Jake running through the caves staying ahead of a blastwave.
* [[Outside Context Villain]]: Alien invaders isn't exactly something the average 19th century cowboy would even ''consider''.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Dolarhyde turns out to be this. Also,
* [[Pet the Dog]]:
** Dolarhyde with Emmett (giving him a piece of apple and a knife) and later Nat (telling him that he's the son he's always wanted).
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* [[Pistol-Whipping]]: Used against Jake.
* [[Planet Looters]]: This time, aliens come {{spoiler|for gold}}.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Harrison Ford]] is a [[Corrupt Hick]] who rules the town with an iron fist. Also, [[Clancy Brown]] in a non-villain role, playing a kindhearted preacher.
* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: {{spoiler|Jake covers a [[Naked on Revival]] Ella with a blanket, though he does seem to stare a bit before finishing the job.}}
* [[Preacher Man]]: The preacher, who's also something of a [[Badass Preacher]].
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Despite having the option to flee to Mexico, Lonergan's old gang opt to stand and fight despite overwhelming odds, and are almost all killed while distracting the aliens in the climatic battle. The few that survive however are treated as heroes in the town.
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: Spacefaring aliens repulsed by revolvers, dynamite, arrows, and spears. However, it does take quite a lot to bring an alien down, and the aliens suffer very few casualties against inferior weapons. It's only when the humans get a good bead on their vital spots (the head and the eyes, as well as the interior of the torso with the two "chest-arms") that they manage to kill them.
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: Meachum.
* [[Saharan Shipwreck]]: A riverboat is found in the scrub, 500 miles from the nearest river that would hold it, upside down. Though it was obviously dumped there by the aliens, there's no explanation as to why or how.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Percy believes that since his father practically runs the town, he can do whatever he wants. And he's almost right, were it not for the timely intervention of certain things not of this world showing up right around the time his dad comes to try and pick him up.
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