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'''Colonel Tavington''': "Why wait?" }}
 
A 2000 war epic starring [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Heath Ledger]], set during [[The American Revolution]]., '''''The moviePatriot''''' isn't about the actual founding fathers (ie Washington, etc.) but is instead about some of the biggest and most brutal engagements that were waged in the southern colonies, as seen through an Officer turned Farmer turned Officer again. Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, a [[Old Shame|veteran of the]] French And Indian War who was changed by the horrors he has seen (and committed). South Carolina had just voted to join the war, but Ben said he would not. His eldest son Gabriel decides to go anyway. He isn't seen again until two years later, when he staggers home, wounded and carrying dispatches between two rebel leaders.
 
This is where Colonel Tavington comes in. The commander of the elite Green Dragoon forces, Tavington orders the deaths of the rebel wounded, has the Martins' house burned down, and takes Gabriel in as a spy to be hanged. Thomas, his next oldest son, tries to intervene, and gets a bullet in the back for his trouble. This sparks Benjamin Martin's decision to join the Revolution to fight the Redcoats (and to ambush and slaughter the British detachment).
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Nominated for three Academy Awards, the film is known for its gruesome battles and the hit-and-run tactics employed by the militia. It's also noted for [[Crowning Music of Awesome|its score]], which [[Barack Obama]] had playing in the background during his Presidential acceptance speech.
 
Is also known, however, for it extreme cases of [[Politically-Correct History]], having plenty of (partly blatant) [[Historical Villain Upgrade|Historical Villain Upgrades]]s for the [[Evil Brit|British]] and [[Historical Hero Upgrade|Historical Hero Upgrades]]s for the [[We Help the Helpless|rebels]], to make the conflict [[The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified|more justified]].
 
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* [[Badass Preacher]]: Reverend Oliver is recruited for the militia by Gabriel.
{{quote|"A shepherd must tend his flock...''(snatches off wig and puts on [[Nice Hat|black, broad-brimmed hat]])'' and at times, '''fight off the wolves'''."}}
* [[Badass Long Hair]] : Most people in the 18th century
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|After taking a supply convoy full of Cornwallis' personal effects (and two prized Great Danes), which include numerous officers' uniforms, Martin rides into Cornwallis' base for formal parlay, claiming he's captured eighteen officers. The talks quickly turn to prisoner exchange, and Martin offers the "officers" (really just stuffed dummies) for the members of his militia, who were captured earlier.}}
** He then {{spoiler|whistles on his way out, prompting the greatGreat danesDanes to ''leave'' Cornwallis, back to Martin.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Try to harm Martin's family and you will have a tomahawk stuck in your skull before long.
* [[Berserker Tears]]: At the end of the ambush, in [[Chewing the Scenery|slowmotionslow motion]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The French making the save at the Siege/Battle of Yorktown.
* [[Black Vikings]]: Sort of. Martin's Carolina plantation workers state they're all freed men, despite such a thing not historically happening until the Civil War.{{verify}}
* [[Blood Is the New Black]]
* [[Brick Joke]]: Benjamin's inability to build a rocking chair. He finds one in Cornwallis' headquarters and tries to examine it until Cornwallis catches him.
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** And his younger sons have lost their innocence when he enlisted them to rescue Gabriel.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Martin's militia.
* [[Redshirt Army|Red ShirtRedshirt Armies]]
** Don't you mean Red Coat Armies?
* [[Retirony]]: Occam, the black slave, subverts this trope,. Ben's son who comes back to kill the man who killed his newly wedded wife? Not so much.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Benjamin Martin does this twice: the first time, {{spoiler|he ambushes the British detachment that captured his oldest son after Tavington shot his second oldest in the back}}. The second time, {{spoiler|Martin keeps his promise to kill Tavington by the war's end}}.
** Gabriel also attempts this after {{spoiler|Tavington corrals a bunch of innocent townspeople -- including his new bride (who was also his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]) -- into their town's church and burns it down, killing everyone inside.}} His didn't work.
** Also, the ambush can be considered as both a [[Roaring Rampage of Rescue]] to save Gabriel and a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] as mentioned above.
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* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
{{quote|'''General Lord Cornwallis''': ''(referring to a replacement formal coat)'' It is a horse blanket.
'''Colonel William Tavington''': Oh, I don't know, my Lord. It's really... quite nice.
'''General O'Hara''': Very nice, my Lord.
'''General Lord Cornwallis''': Very well, it is a ''nice'' horse blanket. }}
** Then later on in the same scene:
{{quote|'''General Lord Cornwallis''':...give me the horse blanket...}}
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: fueled when Thomas is killed and used to destroy an entire British detachment.
* [[War Is Hell]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: The scene when Martin and some of his men slaughter a group of surrendingsurrendering redcoats. The rest of the group gets scandilized, making Martin realize the brutality of their actions.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Where Benjamin goes to recruit men for his militia. Them getting pissed at someone shouting "God save King George!" tells him he's in the right place.
 
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