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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Vito believes that his political connections, which regard gambling as "[[Catch Phrase|a harmless vice]]", will abandon the Family if they learn that hard drugs like heroin is being sold. Even after they agree to the trade, the Dons refuse to allow the drugs into schools or children.

* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]: Vito to Michael. Vito figures on Sonny following his path, and Fredo... [[Spanner in the Works|well]]... He wanted [[Parental Favoritism|something better with Michael]]. The expression on his face when he's told that Michael killed Sollozzo and McKlusky is one of [[Tear Jerker|pure heartbreak]].

* [[Executive Meddling]]:

** According to Coppola & Puzo, ''The Godfather Part III'' was meant to be titled ''The Death of Michael Corleone'' to highlight the fact that it did not follow on directly from ''Part II'', but rather was meant to be "[[Distant Finale|an epilogue]]." They were overruled, with executives saying "You can't make a Godfather movie without 'The Godfather' in the title!" This after Coppola had to '''demand''' the second film be titled ''The Godfather Part II'' instead of something else.

** This also occurred during the first film as well. Stanley R. Jaffe, who was then Paramount's executive vice president and chief operations officer, along with producer Robert Evans, frequently fought with Coppola over creative matters during the film, from his decision to cast Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in the main roles, to his editing of the final product. It got so bad, that Coppola had to have the film's on-set physician prescribe him sleeping pills in order to combat his stress related insomnia.

* [[The Exile]]:

** [[Noble Fugitive|Michael takes refuge]] in Sicily to avoid the heat of the mob war that ensues in ''Part I''.