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* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]] - {{spoiler|Harmonica's brother is hanged from a bell.}}
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Hooker
{{quote| '''Cheyenne''': You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived]]. Whoever my father was, for an hour or for a month - he must have been a happy man. }}
* [[Ho Yay]]: Cheyenne and Harmonica, especially in the tavern during their first meeting.
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** They even go [[Riding Into the Sunset]] together at the end. {{spoiler|And then, Cheyenne dies. But Harmonica ''keeps his body''.}}
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]] - Subverted, as {{spoiler|Jill complies in order to save her life, even pretending to like it.}} There's also a bizarre scene near the beginning where Harmonica ambushes Jill in a barn, roughs her up a little and rips her dress... Nothing happens, though.
** Harmonica was actually [[Playing
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] - Mr. Morton doesn't do much killing, being a crippled and dying old man. His last dream is to see the Pacific Ocean before he dies. {{spoiler|He spends his dying moments desperately crawling towards a small, muddy puddle as a substitute for the Pacific.}}
* [[Invincible Hero]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] right from the beginning, as Harmonica, [[Badass]] though he unquestionably is, is wounded in the very first fight. From then on it's not inconceivable that he might lose to Frank.
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** Harmonica pushing Jill around and tearing at her clothes. He doesn't actually hurt her, but still.
** Frank kicking Morton's crutches out from under him.
* [[Leitmotif]]: most of the main characters have their own, with [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Left the Background Music On]]: Just before Harmonica's entrance, the music changes subtly. Everybody starts looking around, then it is revealed the new tune is being played by a man with a harmonica.
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Cheyenne
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