Once Upon a Time In Mexico: Difference between revisions

* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Any character played by [[Antonio Banderas]], and El Mariachi is no exception.

* [[Bad Boss]]: It is implied that Barillo sent his piano teacher to be mutilated -- for being "condescending".

'''Barillo:''' I wasn't. }}

* [[Bar Brawl]]: In the flashback in the opening scene.

** If one assumes that he is the [[Hero of Another Story]] (as he is presented in the movie), then this could very well be the source of the narration if he ''were'' the star. As it is, he ends up spending much of the movie talking to himself and [[Lampshade Hanging|commenting on]] whatever foolish thing he is about to do, as well as justifying the fact that he is explaining (to nobody in particular [[Fourth Wall|other than the audience watching the movie]]) the significance of various minor details.

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: By now El Mariachi has had TWO love interests killed.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Sands, initially.

* [[Church Shootout]]: The first big shootout that takes place in the present day.

* [[Covers Always Lie]] - See the above picture with [[Salma Hayek]] in it? {{spoiler|She's not really a major character because she's DEAD in this film and only shows up in flashbacks.}} Johnny Depp's Character is also of secondary importance to Antonio Banderas's, yet Depp is in the foreground.

* [[Death by Irony]]: {{spoiler|Ajedrez.}} Killed due to {{spoiler|[[Failed a Spot Check|failing to notice that a blind man had a third, fake arm.]]}}

* [[Eagle Land]]: Sands is a CIA agent [[Gambit Pileup|manipulating Mexico]] by tricking a power-mad general, a drug overlord, political handlers, local drug agents, a retired FBI agent, and the mythic El Mariachi into playing against each other to "maintain the balance".

* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Poor Sands.}} If you want to know, {{spoiler|he got his ''eyes drilled out'', and near the end we get to see his empty sockets. Fun. You get to see the approaching drill from Sands' point of view.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Sands' plot backfires spectacularly on him.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Pretty much any time anyone talks to {{spoiler|Agent Sands}} after he loses both of his eyes.

'''*[[Bait and Switch Gunshot|BANG]]*''' ''[[Bond One-Liner|...No.]]'' }}

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: {{spoiler|Sands}} manages to kill a total of three mooks {{spoiler|while blind. He first fires a number of wildly inaccurate shots, then when the mooks laugh at him, he zeroes in on the sound.}}