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''Note: This is about the original 1960 film. For the 2016 remake, see ''[[The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)]]''. For the ensemble/plot, see [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]]''.▼
{{quote|'''Vin''': I guess right about now you kinda wish you'd given your crops to Calvera, huh?
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Mexican villagers, plagued by a band of bandits, send a few of their number north to the border, to buy guns so they can defend themselves. They end up hiring seven gunmen to help them instead.
''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' is a western retelling (in both senses of the term) of ''[[Seven Samurai|The Seven Samurai]]'' (with a brilliant and memorable [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA score], to boot). This film [[Rated "M" for Manly|has so much testosterone that a girl risks getting pregnant just by watching it]]. It is widely considered one of the last great westerns, and was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2013.
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* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]] - co-namer, along with ''[[Seven Samurai]]''
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* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]: Britt kills a bandit fleeing on horseback with a single rifle shot from a long distance. When Chico praises it as the best shot he's ever seen, Britt replies that it was the ''worst'' - he was aiming for the ''horse''.
** Also subverted, because the reason that he was aiming at the horse is that they wanted to take one of the bandits ''alive'' so they could question him about how strong the bandit force really was.
* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Vin and Hilario having the page quote conversation in the middle of a firefight. Also Lee's scene in which he wakes from a nightmare and talks about losing his nerve.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: [[Akira Kurosawa]] was so pleased with the result, he gave the director, John Sturges, a samurai sword.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Regarding Calvera, given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization in ''[[Seven Samurai]]'', and only gets about five minutes of total screen time.
* [[Adapted Out]]: Petra's Dad was referenced, but he never appeared.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Calvera. Although maybe [[Faux Affably Evil]], its hard to tell.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It's a western based on a movie by [[Akira Kurosawa]]. What'd you expect?
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{{quote|'''Chris:''' No enemies?
'''Lee:''' ''Alive...''}}
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: This could be said of almost any role Yul Brynner has played, but this one stands out the most.
* [[Bandito]]: Calvera and his gang.
* [[Batman Cold Open]]: A Western variation (escorting a dead Indian to a cemetery whilst under fire) of the [[Batman Cold Open]] Kambei undergoes in Kurosawa's original. It establishes not only Chris and Vin's credits as [[Badass|awesome gunslingers]], but also solidifies their respect for each other.
** It's also their [[Establishing Character Moment]].
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Chico, yet again. You have to wonder: Did Chris write a song about him, as promised?
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Calvera.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The bandits are all dead, but so are four of the seven. One of the survivors [[I Choose to Stay|gives up on adventure]], while the other two ride off to a future without prospects. "The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We'll always lose."
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: Chico really hates farmers.
** This is directly taken from ''[[The Seven Samurai]]'' film from which ''The Magnificent Seven'' was based. There it explains why the seventh member tries so hard to be a Samurai, constantly boasting and showing off before tearfully admitting he came from a family of selfish farmers.
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Chico, in spite of explicitly stating in an earlier scene that he had no intention of settling down.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Lee scrambles across the room in a panic when he awakens from a nightmare.
* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]]: A couple of times during the [[Avengers Assemble]] section, but the best example of the trope is {{spoiler|Harry returning for the [[Final Battle]].}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Subverted with Britt's knife-throwing. In the final gunfight he draws the blade -- and is killed before he can throw it.
* [[Composite Character]]: Chico, whose character combines those of Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo from the original film.
* [[Film/Awesome Music|Crowning Music Of Awesome]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S34S_rk53Q The main theme.] [[Elmer Bernstein]]'s Masterpiece.
** Actor Eli Wallach, who delivers a great performance as the bandit leader, Calvera, remarked that if he'd have heard Elmer's music while they were filming the movie, he'd have ridden his horse better!
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Vin.
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** [[The Hero]]: Chris.
** [[The Lancer]]: Vin.
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Harry.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Britt.
** [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Chico.
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* [[The Runt At the End]]: Chico, the inexperienced young gun, tagging along behind the other more experienced gunslingers on the ride to the Mexican village.
* [[Say My Name]]: [[Invoked]] by Bernardo {{spoiler|as he's dying.}}
* [[Setting Update]]: From feudal Japan to the American West.
* [[The Siege]]: Of the village, although pretty short.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Calvera.
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