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''Note: This is about the film. For the ensemble/plot, see [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]]''.▼
'''Hilario''': Yes. And no. Both at the same time. Yes, when I think of what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling in my chest this morning as I saw him running away -- from ''us''. That's a feeling worth dying for. Have you ever... felt something like that?
▲{{quote| '''Vin''': I guess right about now you kinda wish you'd given your crops to Calvera, huh?<br />
▲'''Hilario''': Yes. And no. Both at the same time. Yes, when I think of what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling in my chest this morning as I saw him running away -- from ''us''. That's a feeling worth dying for. Have you ever... felt something like that?<br />
▲'''Vin''': Not for a long, long time. I, uh, I envy you. }}
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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* [[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''.▼
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* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]] - co-namer, along with ''[[
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▲* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]
** 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]]
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[Adapted Out]]: Petra's Dad was referenced, but he never appeared.
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: Chris delivering [[The Call]].
▲* [[Anyone Can Die]] -- It's a western based on a movie by [[Akira Kurosawa]]. What'd you expect?
* [[
* [[Beard of Evil]] -- Calvera. ▼
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]] -- Chico, yet again. You have to wonder: Did Chris write a song about him, as promised?▼
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
▲* [[Badass Boast]] -- ''We deal in lead, friend.''
▲{{quote| '''Chris:''' No enemies?<br />
* [[Batman Cold Open]]
▲'''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 creds as [[Badass|awesome gunslingers]], but also solidifies their respect for each other.
** It's also their [[Establishing Character Moment]].
▲* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]
* [[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.▼
▲* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
** 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]]
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]
* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
* [[Composite Character]]
* [[Film/Awesome Music|Crowning Music Of Awesome]]
** 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]]
** O' Reilly as well:
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'''O'Reilly''': [chopping wood] Nah. I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Chris.
** [[The Lancer]]: Vin.
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Harry.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Britt.
** [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Chico.
** [[The Heart]]: O'Reilly.
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Lee.
* [[Foreign Remake]]
* [[Friend to All Children]]
* [[I Choose to Stay]] -- Chico▼
* [[I Gave My Word]]
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'''Chris:''' You forget one thing. We took a contract.
'''Vin:''' Not the kind any court would enforce.
'''Chris:''' That's just the kind you've got to keep.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]:
** Played straight: Actually not terrible compared to some westerns, but several characters make shots on the run, shoot guns out of hands, etc.
** Averted: Britt, acknowledged to be the best with a gun, takes several seconds to line up a shot that, while not point blank, isn't terribly long range either, and he still claims to have missed his target (whether or not he actually did is debatable).
* [[Instant Fanclub]]
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Or rather, co-trope namer.
* [[Naive Newcomer]] -- Chico again.▼
▲* [[The Gunslinger]] -- Did we mention this is a western movie?
* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]
▲* [[The Gunfighter Wannabe]] -- Chico.
▲* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]] -- [[Trope Namer]]. Or rather, co-trope namer.
* [[Noodle Incident]]
▲* [[Meaningful Name]] -- Chico means "Kid" in Spanish.
▲* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]] -- The titular Seven are six actors who became major stars... and Brad Dexter. (Horst Bucholz had a huge career in Germany.)
* [[Not Even Bothering
▲* [[Noodle Incident]] -- Vin answers the question in [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]] above with a story about this man he witnessed jumping buck naked into a patch of cactus. "He said it seemed like a good idea at the time."
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]
▲* [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]] -- Yul Brynner (a Russian) and Horst Buchholz (a German) both sport their natural accents. Hilariously, the film tries to [[Hand Wave]] this by making Brynner's character a Cajun and Buchholz's a Mexican.
* [[The Quiet One]]
▲* [[The Notable Numeral]] -- Guess which?
▲* [[Pyrrhic Victory]] -- Lampshaded, as with the original film, with the whole "only the farmers won" speech.
▲* [[The Quiet One]] -- ''Two'' of them. James Coburn's character 'Britt' (the knife-thrower), with 11 lines total during the 128 minute-long film; and Robert Vaughn's 'Lee' (the gambler), who has a whopping 16 lines.
** Britt's lines also tend to be ''short.'' In his [[Establishing Character Moment|introductory scene]], he only speaks five words.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* [[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]]
* [[
* [[The Siege]]: Of the village, although pretty short.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[South of the Border]]
* [[Spared
* [[The Stoic]]
** You could make an argument for everyone (except Chico). The point being that everyone else on the crew has seen so much in their day it takes a lot to make them shocked, surprised, hurt, etc.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]
* [[The Team Wannabe]]
* [[Token Romance]]
* [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]]
* [[Wall Slump]]
* [[The Western]]
* [[What You Are in
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'''Chris:''' "Go ahead, Lee. You don't owe anything to anybody."
'''Lee:''' "Except to myself."
* [[Young Gun]]
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