The Godfather: Difference between revisions

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Pentangeli. The Family wants him dead, but Tom Hagen tells him that if he kills himself the Corleones will provide for his surviving family from that point on.}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Subverted, {{spoiler|Pentangeli}} is put under [[Witness Protection]] and is going to testify against the Corleone family. Michael and Tom Hagen find a way to prevent him breaking the ''omertà''; his brother shows up the day he has to testify. It's interpretable if they stop {{spoiler|Pentangeli}} by shaming him in front of his old school brother or there's some kind of [[Implied Death Threat]] going on.

* [[Historical In-Joke]]: Part III [[Retcon|RetCons]] the death of Pope John Paul I and the murder of the Vatican's chief banker into part of a Mafia vs. Vatican conspiracy. Assuming they weren't in the first place.

* [[Hidden Weapons]]: The Corleones correctly assume Michael is going to be thoroughly frisked before a meeting and discuss a method to plant a gun in a restaurant.