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* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: The original novel by Mario Puzo is less well-known than the films. The way that the films are titled "Mario Puzo's The Godfather" were actually an attempt by director Francis Ford Coppola to avoid this.
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Micheal Corleone. Even though he probably deserves every last bit, it's hard not to feel sorry for the guy.
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: There was a quite lengthy subplot in the original novel about one of Sonny's mistresses who went out to Hollywood, became friends with Johnny Fontane, and eventually fell in love with a plastic surgeon who [[Narm|performed reconstructive surgery on her vagina]] and then married her. Francis Ford Coppola later said he was so disturbed by this portion of the book that it almost put him off filming it. ''Part III'' ignores this entirely by introducing Vincent, who is the same mistress's son (the book makes a point of saying Sonny never knocked her up before he was killed).
* [[Broken Ace]]: Michael in ''Part II'', especially towards the end. He is the most powerful Mafia Don in the country, has secured the Corleone Family's power and prosperity and eliminated all his enemies but he has alienated those who love him and relinquished his own happiness in the process.
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* [[Harsher in Hindsight]], or [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The Vatican plot of ''Part III'', now that we know all the shady business deals involving the Papacy depicted in the movie doesn't even come close to the horrible things the Catholic Church has covered up in real life!
* [[It Was His Sled]]: It is basically impossible to watch this movie without already knowing some of the major plot twists, due to [[Popcultural Osmosis]] and [[Memetic Mutation]]. In fact, if you are on this website, reading these words, ''it' is already too late''.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Vito. Michael flirts with it but lacks the raw charisma to truly clinch the deal.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Arguably the whole movie is a Memetic Badass.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "An offer he can't refuse", the horse's head, "the day of my daughter's wedding", "may your first foist child be a masculine child", the first known use of the phrase "badabing!", and many more.
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The scene in which Woltz, after actually refusing [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|an offer he couldn't refuse]], wakes up in bed the next morning with {{spoiler|the bloody head of his favorite horse}}. Creepier still is that {{spoiler|''they used the head of a real dead horse''.}}
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Woltz has this realisation in the novel after that (in)famous scene, recognizing that if The Mafia could sneak onto his grounds and do the deed they did... In the sequel novels written by Mark Winegardner, when Tom Hagen is obligated to pay Woltz a visit several years later, he finds that much of the tasteful statuary and landscaping on the property have been removed and replaced in favor of greater visibility and security, giving the house a stark, almost fortress-like feel.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Toward the end of Part I, after Vito and Michael have had a final consultation, Vito is hit by an overwhelming wave of sadness, as he looks back on all the things he's done in his life. He says he [[I Did What I Had to Do|Did What He Had To Do]], and he has no regrets. Well, except one: that it's Michael who must now carry on the family business. He confesses that he once had hopes that the Corleones could be legitimately powerful, maybe even have had a mayor or a senator in the family...and that he had hopes that Michael could have been that. The broken way he says to Michael, "I never wanted this for you," speaks volumes.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Mary Corleone. Sofia Coppola's performance as Mary in the third film is hated by nearly all. Compounding the issue is the apparent nepotism of her casting. She was actually cast only because Winona Ryder backed out at the last minute and there was no time to get another actress. [[Rescued
* [[The Woobie]]: Fredo. Oh, Fredo.
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