The Brothers Grimm (film): Difference between revisions

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A wrench is thrown in their familiar plans when, passing through a small town in French-occupied Germany, they are charged with solving a mystery there. While the townsfolk believe supernatural forces are at work, their employer believes the disappearances to be the work of con artists like the Grimms themselves. What the brothers find is far darker than any con they have ever pulled off, and unraveling the curse will require true bravery rather than their usual theatrics.

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Angelika.

* [[Adorkable]]: Heath Ledger's portrayal of Jakob.

* [[Boomerang Comeback]]: Jakob throws the magic axe at the general's aide-de-camp and miss... only to have him killed by the return.

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]:

'''Hidlick:''' Oh, good... I thought it was me. }}

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: When the brothers find genuine monsters in the woods, the French General doesn't believe them anymore.

* [[Fake Nationality]]: The German lead characters are played by an American and an Australian, the (presumably) German Queen is played by an Italian, the Italian [[Torture Technician]] is played by a Swede, and the French general is played by an Englishman.

* [[Grimmification]]: Well, ''yeah''...

* [[Hellish Horse]]: [[Nightmare Fuel|The spiderweb horse]].

* [[Horror Struck]]

* [[Just a Stupid Accent]]: Cavaldi and General Delatombe. They are Italian and French respectively, in case you didn't know.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: or the cat, in this case

* [[The Lost Woods]]: Every fairy tale has to have a big spooky forest. It's in the contract.

* [[Monster Protection Racket]]: The brothers, at first, using legerdemain and stage tricks to simulate monster attacks. Later on, they use those same tricks to fight real supernatural menaces.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: {{spoiler|The Woodsman, type 1.}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: It happens [[Redemption Equals Death|too late to save him]] but {{spoiler|soon after the spell on the Woodsman breaks:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Pocket Protector]]: The flashy, mirror armor that the Grimms wear as part of their con saves Cavaldi's life.}}

* [[Primal Fear]]: The scene with the spiderweb horse.

* [[Public Domain Character]]: Lots of them, referred to in oblique ways.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|The Woodsman}}.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]:

'''Delatombe:''' ''(shoots him)'' Resignation accepted. }}

* Steampunk

* [[Torture Technician]]: The Italian "torture artist", before his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Troperiffic]]: Especially for [[Fairy Tale]] tropes.

* [[Vain Sorceress]]: The Mirror Queen.

* [[The Vamp]]: The Mirror Queen again.

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