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* [[Blast Out]]

* [[Blown Across the Room]]

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: To the annoyance of all Spanish-speakers everywhere the word "desperado" is horribly mangled Spanish. The correct spelling should be "desesperado".

** However, the word "desperado" has its own connotations in English (likely borrowed from Spanish itself) that quite befits El Mariachi. And one can hardly accuse [[Robert Rodriguez]] of not knowing Spanish.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|It is revealed when Mariachi and Bucho finally face off that they are brothers}}.

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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: A variation: He ''used'' to be a Mariachi, but now is a hitman with a guitar case full of guns.

* [[Fade to White]]: Used in the climax.

* [[Fake Nationality]]: In a case of [[Spexico]], Spaniard Antonio Banderas as Mexican El Mariachi.

* [[Flashback with the Other Darrin]]: A scene from the end of the original ''[[El Mariachi]]'' is reprised at the beginning of ''[[Desperado]]'', with Banderas in the role instead of Carlos Gallardo. It's fairly convincing.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: The movie has an extended, passionate love scene -- one of the hottest in mainstream cinema -- between El Mariachi ([[Badass Spaniard|Antonio Banderas!]]) and Carolina ([[Hello, Nurse!|Salma Hayek!]]). Cut to the villain Bucho lying on his bed, smoking a cigar and looking bored while a prostitute bounces up and down on him. Then she kisses him and he blows smoke into her mouth, sending her into a coughing fit.

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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Who do you think?

* [[No Name Given]]: El Mariachi, the Short Bartender, the guy played by [[Quentin Tarantino]], and many of the other characters don't have names.

* [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]]: El Mariachi keeps dual Ruger KP90s up his sleeves. The KP90 is a large pistol, so the prop guns had their grips cut off to fit up his sleeves, which you can briefly see when he draws them.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Antonio Banderas]] replaces Carlos Gallardo in the role of El Mariachi, including editing him into [[Flashback with the Other Darrin|flashback]] scenes from [[El Mariachi|the first movie]].

* [[Pillow Pistol]]: Mariachi does this with one of his Rugers, which concerns Buscemi:

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* [[Suspect Is Hatless]]

* [[A Tankard of Moose Urine]]: The [[Bad Guy Bar]] has terrible beer, to keep casual customers away (it's a front for the drug smuggling operation). After one of the customers says that the beer tastes like piss, Tavo makes a crack about pissing in the beer, and based on some of the reactions people have when drinking it, it's very possible he wasn't joking.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In the first movie, "El" was an [[Action Survivor]] who spent most of the time on the run and only made a single kill. By the time this movie starts, he is clearing out bars and making a name for himself.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In the first movie, "El" was an [[Action Survivor]] who spent most of the time on the run and only made a single kill. By the time this movie starts, he is clearing out bars and making a name for himself.

* [[Two Shots From Behind the Bar]]: The opening shootout ends with the bartender pulling a shotgun to try to take out the Mariachi as he was walking away. As for how it turned out...

{{quote|'''Buscemi:''' ...No, man. The bartender got it worse than anybody.}}

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* [[What Could Have Been]]: If not for his untimely death in 1994, [[Raul Julia]] would have played Bucho.

* [[World of Badass]]

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Bucho does this to one of his underlings.

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Bucho does this to one of his underlings.

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