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Patton

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Patton	label	Patton
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Patton	comment	Patton is a 1970 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the life of General George S. Patton and starring George C. Scott in his most iconic role.The film concerns Patton as he leads the American forces during World War II. On the battlefield, he was a competent commander respected by both sides. Off the battlefield, Patton's planet-sized ego and volatile temperament more than often reared its ugly head. While Patton believed himself destined for greater glory, his very delusional temperament is what proves to be the undoing of his military career. This was the winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year.Scott reprised the role in a much lesser-known 1986 TV sequel, The Last Days of Patton, which takes place during and after the car accident that took his life, as well as his earlier career during World War I.
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Patton / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
Patton / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: Patton shoots two horses that are blocking a bridge, prevented his armored column from advancing. He shoots them in the head, from point-blank range, with a .45 revolver. When the horses are shown lying on the ground afterwards, there's no damage to their heads at all, and no blood in sight. In reality, the .45 rounds would have left massive wounds and blood would have been gushing everywhere.
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Patton / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Patton / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: In an argument over the availability of Allied air support, a British officer declares that Patton would never see another German plane on the battlefield. Immediately afterwards, two German planes strafe the headquarters.
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Patton / int_19d06ef7	type	A Father to His Men
Patton / int_19d06ef7	comment	A Father to His Men: Of a harsh and stern variety, but he can be gentle and understanding when the situation calls for it. Except when it comes to not grasping that "battle fatigue" is real.
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Patton / int_1a6237b8	type	Beta Outfit
Patton / int_1a6237b8	comment	Beta Outfit: Patton recalls a design he made for tank uniforms. It was rejected by the army though (in Real Life because the form was considered too out of date).
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Patton / int_1b395eea	type	Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
Patton / int_1b395eea	comment	Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure During the attack on Patton's headquarters by the Nazi bombers, the machine gunners in the planes' nose turrets strafe the ground, sending the American forces into confusion. During the ambush of Rommel's attacking force, another pair of bombers strafes the location of General Bradley's command post. The invasion of Sicily While Patton is driving along an obstructed roadway, a German bomber flies along the road strafing the column of vehicles. While trying to cross a bridge that's blocked by a donkey cart that refuses to budge, Patton's troops get strafed by another pair of bombers, causing an enraged Patton to shoot both donkeys and have their bodies and the cart they were pulling thrown off the bridge.
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Patton / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Patton / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Despite being mentioned dozens of times, Dwight Eisenhower is never seen or heard in the film.
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Patton / int_1c3d047e	type	The Rival
Patton / int_1c3d047e	comment	The Rival: GeneralField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Subverted with Rommel, since Patton never actually gets the chance to face him in the field.
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Patton / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
Patton / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: While touring the aftermath of a tank skirmish in France, Patton sees an American and a German soldier who stabbed each other to death with bayonets.
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Patton / int_1f6a62cc	type	Winter Warfare
Patton / int_1f6a62cc	comment	Winter Warfare: The final act features the Battle of the Bulge, in which Patton's 3rd Army disengaged from a separate battle and raced 100 miles north to relieve the besieged 101st Airborne at Bastogne, during one of the coldest European winters in history.
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Patton / int_1fd2efc9	type	Byronic Hero
Patton / int_1fd2efc9	comment	Byronic Hero: Patton. Flamboyant, intelligent, courageous, charismatic if controversial, and with Blood Knight tendencies.
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Patton / int_23015b1f	type	Magnificent Bastard
Patton / int_23015b1f	comment	Magnificent Bastard: Patton's In-Universe line is the Trope Namer, in reference to his Worthy Opponent, Erwin Rommel:
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Patton / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Patton / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Omar Bradley, who spends the entire movie trying to rein in Patton, first as his deputy, then as his commanding officer.
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Patton / int_246989a4	type	Circling Vultures
Patton / int_246989a4	comment	Circling Vultures: They aren't circling, but they're there, on the ground amongst the bodies of dead American soldiers at Kasserine Pass. An angry soldier shoots a pair of them.
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Patton / int_2737c505	type	Shoot the Dog
Patton / int_2737c505	comment	While trying to cross a bridge that's blocked by a donkey cart that refuses to budge, Patton's troops get strafed by another pair of bombers, causing an enraged Patton to shoot both donkeys and have their bodies and the cart they were pulling thrown off the bridge.
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Patton / int_28c1812e	type	Cheated Death, Died Anyway
Patton / int_28c1812e	comment	Cheated Death, Died Anyway: As it happened in real life. One of the more awesome scenes is Patton firing at a Nazi bomber strafing his command. Towards the end, he barely avoids a runaway cart, which foreshadows his death in a traffic accident several months later. The TV movie sequel The Last Days of Patton, takes place during and after said car accident that took his life.
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Patton / int_2a195285	type	Revolvers Are Just Better
Patton / int_2a195285	comment	Revolvers Are Just Better: Instead of carrying a M1911 pistol like other American officers do, Patton carries two revolvers instead: a Colt SAA and a S&W .357 Magnum, both featuring engraved frames and ivory handles. He uses his SAA to gun down two stubborn donkeys blocking a bridge that his army needs to cross. A bit averted when he pulls out a M1903 Hammerless pistol and tries to shoot a flying German plane with it.
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Patton / int_2ae277ab	type	Mauve Shirt
Patton / int_2ae277ab	comment	Mauve Shirt: Jenson, Patton's first aide, who gets killed pretty early on by a bombing run mid-fight.
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Patton / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
Patton / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Patton himself to the Germans. They've got a whole subsection of their intelligence department keeping track of his whereabouts.
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Patton / int_2b3bd260	type	Readings Are Off the Scale
Patton / int_2b3bd260	comment	Readings Are Off the Scale: During the advance through France, a confused group of Allied officers is trying to figure out where they are on the map, until one of them figures out they've gone beyond the edge of the map, prompting cheers of triumph.
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Patton / int_2d92c43c	type	Little "No"
Patton / int_2d92c43c	comment	Little "No": The reaction of the Sicilian farmer when Patton shoots his donkeys.
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Patton / int_31237f3e	type	Custom Uniform
Patton / int_31237f3e	comment	Custom Uniform: Patton reminisces about one he proposed for tank crewmen, which was rejected. Green leather, red stripes, brass buttons, and a gold football helmet. Here he is wearing it.
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Patton / int_31efd8fa	type	Celebrating the Heroes
Patton / int_31efd8fa	comment	Celebrating the Heroes: At the very end of the film Patton narrates a story about The Roman Empire's version of this:
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Patton / int_34f8042a	type	Gratuitous French
Patton / int_34f8042a	comment	Gratuitous French: Patton, on at least three occasions in the film. The first one (an untranslated conversation with his aide in North Africa) is long enough to count as a Bilingual Bonus for those who understand the language.
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Patton / int_37b5c1b0	type	Big Badass Battle Sequence
Patton / int_37b5c1b0	comment	Big Badass Battle Sequence: Even in this movie, the Battle of El Guettar stands out as one of the most impressive depictions of WWII tank warfare.
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Patton / int_38b48685	type	Born in the Wrong Century
Patton / int_38b48685	comment	Born in the Wrong Century: Patton. "The pure warrior. A magnificent anachronism." To hear him tell it, he was born in a lot of them.
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Patton / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
Patton / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Since this is a biopic set towards the end of World War II, anyone who is familiar with Patton's history will already know that his forces will triumph in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Patton / int_3be94971	type	Glory Seeker
Patton / int_3be94971	comment	Glory Seeker Patton. Monty as well. The Ham-to-Ham Combat between the two generals is what drives the real conflict of the movie. Subverted at the end, when a humbled Patton — after being relieved of command for the second (and final time) — remembers his Roman history:
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Patton / int_3bfd638c	type	Warts and All
Patton / int_3bfd638c	comment	Warts and All: Despite the film portraying Patton as a brilliant commander, it also shows him as a complete and utter asshole whose bloodthirstiness and lack of tact caused no end of frustration to the Allies, to say nothing of him slapping a soldier suffering from battle fatigue for supposed cowardice, and immediately starting to antagonize the Soviets and trying to urge Eisenhower to start a war against them immediately after the Second World War has ended.
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Patton / int_3c502b7c	type	Desert Warfare
Patton / int_3c502b7c	comment	Desert Warfare: The first act of the film shows battles between Patton's II. Corps and Rommel's Afrika Korps in Tunisia.
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Patton / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Patton / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Several. Notably, the unseen opening Battle of Kasserine Pass, in which the Afrika Korps thoroughly wipe the floor with the inexperienced American soldiers.
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Patton / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
Patton / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: Bradley, to an extent. Was he a greatly respected five-star general? Absolutely. Did he and Patton respect each other's military abilities? Without a doubt. But were the two of them best friends? Not at all. Did they even like each other? Not really, given their vastly different personalities.
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Patton / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
Patton / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex machina: Invoked by Patton during the Battle of the Bulge. With his forces bogged down by bad winter weather and stiff German resistance, he calls his Chaplain and orders him to write up a weather prayer to God, so they can 'get him on our side'. Sure enough, the next day there are clear blue skies, allowing Allied airpower to swoop in and help break the stalemate.
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Patton / int_43964f3	type	Worst News Judgment Ever
Patton / int_43964f3	comment	Worst News Judgment Ever: During a speech to a crowd of British women, Patton says that the Americans and British will rule the world, and makes no mention of the Soviets. The newsreel headline goes "PATTON INSULTS RUSSIAN ALLIES".
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Patton / int_44cdd259	type	War Is Glorious
Patton / int_44cdd259	comment	War Is Glorious: Patton certainly thinks so.
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Patton / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
Patton / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent Rommel, of course. Patton also mentions he would give the German pilots who strafed his command center far behind the lines medals if he could. The German pilots had unwittingly proved Patton's point more eloquently than the man could himself. As his artillery pummels the German forces: During the Sicily campaign, Patton scoffs at a claim that he's been facing light resistance when one of the enemy units was the Hermann GÃ¶ring Division, one of the best outfits in the German Army.
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Patton / int_468d28be	type	Million Mook March
Patton / int_468d28be	comment	Million Mook March: Lots of scenes of military traffic by both Redshirts and Mooks.
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Patton / int_49d18492	type	Scenery Gorn
Patton / int_49d18492	comment	Scenery Gorn: Lots of shots showing battles and their aftermath, but the one that sticks out the most is the scene immediately following Patton's famous Rousing Speech, showing the aftermath of the Battle of Kasserine Pass, with the corpses of American soldiers strewn across the desert and left for vultures and looters to pick at.
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Patton / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Patton / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The movie is gorgeous to look at. Until everything gets blown up by tanks.
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Patton / int_4bfcfa7c	type	Kansas City Shuffle
Patton / int_4bfcfa7c	comment	Kansas City Shuffle: The First U.S. Army Group, drawing from Real Life.
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Patton / int_4c2e7c11	type	Staff of Authority
Patton / int_4c2e7c11	comment	Staff of Authority: General Patton is portrayed frequently carrying a riding crop, indicating both his status as an officer with something of a flair for the dramatic, and his background in the cavalry.
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Patton / int_50f5dabe	type	Reincarnation
Patton / int_50f5dabe	comment	Reincarnation: Patton believes in this, unusually for someone who otherwise seems to skew more toward Christianity. He claims that he was present at past battles such as the Siege of Carthage. While unveiling his plan of invading Sicily to a group of British officers, one of them says that, had Patton been born in the 18th century, he would have made a hell of a marshal for Napoleon, to which Patton responds that, as a matter of fact, he was.
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Patton / int_519c2e3a	type	Trashcan Bonfire
Patton / int_519c2e3a	comment	Trashcan Bonfire: Shown being used to burn documents in the German headquarters at the end of the war.
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Patton / int_55bf1a48	type	At Least I Admit It
Patton / int_55bf1a48	comment	At Least I Admit It: Patton says the difference between himself and Montgomery is that he admits he's a prima donna, while Monty won't.
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Patton / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Patton / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: When Rommel is introduced, he is listed as being the commander of the Afrika Korps, which he was only in direct command of for six months in 1941. At the time of the Tunisia Campaign, he was in command of Army Group Africa. This can be justified as the Allies often referred to all of the German desert forces as the Afrika Korps, even when the German presence in North Africa (which included the DAK as a distinct formation) greatly expanded to include several corps and an army group. At no point is Rommel depicted wearing his Pour le MÃ©rite medal from World War I. The morning of the Battle of El Guettar, Patton is shown with a copy of Rommel's "The Tank in Attack" on his nightstand. However, Rommel never actually completed that book; the one he wrote was "Infantry Attacks." When he is meeting with Bradley to receive a command in France, Patton mentions that Hitler's own men have just tried to kill him, a reference to the July 20 plot. In the following scene, Rommel tries to convince Jodl to release the 15th Army from Calais. The July 20 plot occurred six weeks after D-Day. By then, the Germans had already realized that Normandy was indeed the anticipated Allied invasion. In addition, Rommel was wounded in an air strike three days prior to Stauffenberg's attempt. By the time Operation Cobra started, he was recovering in hospital. During the Battle of the Bulge, one of the attacking German armies is identified as "6th SS Panzer Army." There was no such unit. It was actually the 6th Panzer Army, though it did include multiple SS units and was commanded by an SS general.
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Patton / int_5798bfbf	type	Reassigned to Antarctica
Patton / int_5798bfbf	comment	Reassigned to Antarctica: Downplayed. Patton's reassignment to a reserve command isn't nearly as bad as being reassigned Stateside (the fate of his significantly less competent predecessor), and he still plays a major role in the aftermath of D-Day — but to Patton, Blood Knight Glory Seeker that he is, being posted anywhere other than the thick of battle is a snub.
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Patton / int_590e1c70	type	Frontline General
Patton / int_590e1c70	comment	Frontline General: During the battle with the 10th Panzer, Patton's on the front lines giving tactical orders. During the invasion of Sicily, he's shown scouting out a ford across a river while under enemy artillery fire. On several other occasions he's depicted driving around in battle areas.
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Patton / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
Patton / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: In reality, Patton slapped two soldiers in two separate incidents in August 1943. We only see the latter one.
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Patton / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
Patton / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: Guess who. Patton can go from relatively composed to histrionic and back again at the drop of a hat.
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Patton / int_5de76bce	type	Answer to Prayers
Patton / int_5de76bce	comment	Answer to Prayers: During the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans are overwhelming American positions in Belgium, the titular American General asks the Chaplain to write a prayer for good weather, interspersed with him visiting a church and praying in silence. The very next day, his prayer is answered, with clear skies overhead and American troops pushing the Germans back.
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Patton / int_60b21fa3	type	The Lancer
Patton / int_60b21fa3	comment	The Lancer: General Omar Bradley is Patton's Lancer in the early days of the war, in North Africa and Sicily. Then he gets promoted over Patton after the slapping incident and Patton becomes Bradley's Lancer in France after D-Day.
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Patton / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Patton / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Patton is a downplayed one. On the battlefield, he's a competent and aggressive (if somewhat reckless and callous) commander who gets results. Off the battlefield, he's a public relations nightmare who doesn't know what to do with himself.
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Patton / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
Patton / int_627264e0	comment	Death Glare: After refusing Russian caviar at a celebration for the end of the war, Patton gives a pointed look to the only one of his officers who accepts it until he puts it down.
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Patton / int_6480c255	type	Robbing the Dead
Patton / int_6480c255	comment	Robbing the Dead: After the disastrous Battle of Kasserine Pass, the bodies of American soldiers are being looted by the locals.
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Patton / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Patton / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: See Tempting Fate below.
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Patton / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
Patton / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Patton takes dress code seriously, even telling a doctor he'll wear his helmet at all times, even when the man points out he can't use his stethoscope with it on. He also tells the cook he must be in full uniform, then has him fined for it (and that all officers must attend meals, you guessed it, in full uniform, right down to ties and clean shoes.)
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Patton / int_70c73c20	type	TheUnseen
Patton / int_70c73c20	comment	The Unseen: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Film makers wanted to cast someone to have Ike appear as a cameo but it never worked out. Instead, Eisenhower becomes a God-like being, always off-screen, but able to pass judgment on Patton and his (mis)deeds. Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt is repeatedly mentioned during the Battle of the Bulge, but he doesn't appear.
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Patton / int_72856b70	type	Godzilla Threshold
Patton / int_72856b70	comment	Godzilla Threshold: Somewhat jokingly played when Bradley says they'll need someone gutsy to lead a successful attack.
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Patton / int_73733868	type	Awesomeness by Analysis
Patton / int_73733868	comment	Awesomeness by Analysis: Of the decidedly villainous flavor. Steiger is able to work out what Patton's plan in Sicily would be by studying the man's history and mentality.
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Patton / int_7a1856ba	type	I Reject Your Reality
Patton / int_7a1856ba	comment	I Reject Your Reality: Air Vice-Marshal Coningham protests to Patton saying how a German plane strafed his command car, saying that the RAF has air supremacy throughout the Mediterranean. A minute later, Patton's headquarters is attacked by a pair of He 111s.
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Patton / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
Patton / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Steiger is able to figure out how Patton thinks, comparing him misinterpreting a young woman being helped into a van to Don Quixote rescuing Dulcinea. Jodl doesn't get what he's talking about.
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Patton / int_7c1207c1	type	Weapons Understudies
Patton / int_7c1207c1	comment	Weapons Understudies The German and American tanks were played by M41 Walker-Bulldogs and M48 Pattons. The Afrika Korps' Heinkel He-111s are played by Spanish-built CASA 2.111s.
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Patton / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Patton / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Bradley to Patton when the latter is pushing his army beyond reason in Sicily just so he (Patton) can get the personal satisfaction of reaching Messina before Gen. Montgomery:
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Patton / int_7e9a0f3a	type	Wrote the Book
Patton / int_7e9a0f3a	comment	Wrote the Book Played with. General Patton knows that Rommel literally wrote a book on infantry tactics ("Infantry Attacks"), so he reads it and uses that knowledge to predict what Rommel will do at their first big showdown. Rommel did plan a book on tank tactics, but it was never completed; much of the material which was intended to go into it is available in The Rommel Papers. Patton himself was actually more of a pioneer of tank tactics than Rommel was, as Rommel's contributions had actually been very marginal compared to those of Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Hans von Seeckt, Oswalt Lutz, and Heinz Guderiannote the lattermost of whom greatly inflated the inter-war importance of himself and his later friend, Sir Basil Liddel Hart. In return Sir Basil (supporter of the renowned military theorist General JFC Fuller in the interwar period and author of The Rommel Papers) vouched for Guderian's character at his War Crime trial and promoted Guderian's memoirs, to the point of writing the foreword for it .
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Patton / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Patton / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: The famous Cold Open in which Patton gives a speech to his men, outlining his philosophy of war, is an iconic example.
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Patton / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Patton / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: George S. Patton believes himself to be a larger-than-life figure, and it shows in his every word and mannerism.
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Patton / int_82b48dc	type	Stupid Jetpack Hitler
Patton / int_82b48dc	comment	Stupid Jetpack Hitler: After the war, Patton is asked by a reporter his thoughts on some of the German "wonder weapons" that have been captured. He's not impressed.
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Patton / int_830b0ac9	type	Final Battle
Patton / int_830b0ac9	comment	Final Battle: In the film, the Battle of the Bulge, which took place in the Ardennes forest.
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Patton / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
Patton / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: Patton actually had a quite high-pitched voice, unlike George C. Scott's gravelly tones.
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Patton / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Patton / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: One of his famous ones, delivered during Operation Cobra:
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Patton / int_87504252	type	The Big Board
Patton / int_87504252	comment	The Big Board: German Captain Steiger keeps one to keep track of German casualties as he researches Patton. Also funny on a meta-level, because Scott's character in Dr. Strangelove was the Trope Namer for The Big Board.
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Patton / int_87f5a0c	type	Bandage Mummy
Patton / int_87f5a0c	comment	Bandage Mummy: Just prior to the infamous slapping incident, Patton encounters a badly wounded soldier, swathed in bandages. Even Patton is visibly affected; he pins a Purple Heart to the man's pillow, then leans over to whisper in his ear.
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Patton / int_881b90be	type	Bling of War
Patton / int_881b90be	comment	Bling of War: In the opening flag speech scene, Patton is decked out in all his regalia he earned at the summit of his career, including his engraved ivory-handled revolvers.
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Patton / int_8930448	type	Soldier vs. Warrior
Patton / int_8930448	comment	Soldier vs. Warrior: Discussed by by Generals Bradley (soldier) and Patton (warrior).
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Patton / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
Patton / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: The German officer Captain Steiger. Screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola said part of the reason he invented the character was to give out biographical information about Patton to the audience.
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Patton / int_8d189cee	type	Nothing Can Stop Us Now!
Patton / int_8d189cee	comment	Nothing Can Stop Us Now!: At one point, Patton tells Cod that he is perfectly positioned to smash through the German lines and take Berlin within ten days. Unfortunately, his fuel supplies have been cut off and he is forced to hold.
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Patton / int_8f9f71a8	type	Crazy Enough to Work
Patton / int_8f9f71a8	comment	Crazy Enough to Work: The German counterattack that lead to the Battle of the Bulge, according to Patton himself:
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Patton / int_924d0f71	type	Cavalry Officer
Patton / int_924d0f71	comment	Cavalry Officer: The title character. Not only was he once a horse Cavalry Officer, he played the trope to a hilt.
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Patton / int_945c8d7d	type	War Hero
Patton / int_945c8d7d	comment	War Hero: The film has the American general seek to push his forces through Western France and into the Rhineland, but terrible weather hampers their advance, and worse, makes it difficult for American aircraft to locate their targets. General Patton charges a chaplain with composing a prayer for better weather, which the man does. Patton is heard reciting the prayer as American soldiers slog forth and die. The next day is clear and sunny, with American aircraft raining bombs galore on German positions. "Get me that chaplain," Patton orders. "That man stands in good with the Lord, and I want to decorate him." Specifically, Patton awarded him the Silver Star.
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Patton / int_964b9464	type	Benched Hero
Patton / int_964b9464	comment	Benched Hero: Hero in the "protagonist" sense, anyway. Patton is forced to sit out a pretty long spell of the war as punishment for his outbursts, which for a Blood Knight with a sense of destiny is a daily torture.
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Patton / int_96b89043	type	Not So Above It All
Patton / int_96b89043	comment	Not So Above It All: Subverted. During his tour of his new headquarters, Patton goes through the barracks and sees a pinup girl poster on the wall. He initially gives an approving look...then whacks it down with his riding crop.
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Patton / int_9751f6eb	type	Tanks, but No Tanks
Patton / int_9751f6eb	comment	Tanks, but No Tanks: The German and American tanks were played by, ironically enough, M41 Walker-Bulldogs and M48 Pattons. They didn't even try to hide the fact.
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Patton / int_97b4abdd	type	Team Prima Donna
Patton / int_97b4abdd	comment	Team Prima Donna: Patton and Monty. Their battling egos provide as much entertainment as the actual combat.
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Patton / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Patton / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: When Patton first arrives at the headquarters for II Corps, he visits the hospital and declares that no one will be admitted for "battle fatigue."
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Patton / int_9da6354b	type	Reality Has No Subtitles
Patton / int_9da6354b	comment	Reality Has No Subtitles: When Patton makes a comment in French to his new aide, the aide responds in French and they have a brief conversation, none of which is translated for the audience.
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Patton / int_a32dcd7f	type	Desk Jockey
Patton / int_a32dcd7f	comment	The reaction of a sloppy Desk Jockey officer when he is giving his excuses about a getting a new commanding officer and realizes that CO, Gen. Patton, is here now and he is obviously disgusted by the state of the unit.
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Patton / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Patton / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The hospital scene, in which Patton goes from having a touching, almost fatherly moment with a badly wounded soldier, to angrily slapping - and being barely restrained from shooting - a shell shocked private, can be quite jarring.
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Patton / int_a61fc28e	type	Desperate Plea for Home
Patton / int_a61fc28e	comment	Desperate Plea for Home: General Patton drives past several wounded soldiers, one of whom has his head bandaged, his arm in a sling, and keeps muttering "Home. Please take me home."
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Patton / int_a796d2a6	type	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Patton / int_a796d2a6	comment	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: The soldiers during the bombing run early on in the movie fail to hit two planes who make multiple strafes over them in broad daylight.
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Patton / int_a7c904c3	type	America Won World War II
Patton / int_a7c904c3	comment	America Won World War II: Averted. Despite focusing on one of America's most famous generals, the film quite clearly shows British efforts in Africa, Italy, and France. The fact that the Soviets got to Berlin first is also a minor plot point, since Patton is convinced he could have done it himself if he had been allowed to.
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Patton / int_a863ef67	type	Cultured Warrior
Patton / int_a863ef67	comment	Cultured Warrior: Patton, again.
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Patton / int_a9eb984b	type	Warrior Poet
Patton / int_a9eb984b	comment	Warrior Poet: Patton, arguably the Trope Codifier for American war movies.
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Patton / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
Patton / int_aaece264	comment	Rousing Speech: The movie opens with a slightly-abridged version of the one Patton made to the men of the US 3rd Army right before they were deployed (the real speech had a lot more profanity).
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Patton / int_ac928039	type	Four-Star Badass
Patton / int_ac928039	comment	Four-Star Badass: Patton
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Patton / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Patton / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap! The reaction of a sloppy Desk Jockey officer when he is giving his excuses about a getting a new commanding officer and realizes that CO, Gen. Patton, is here now and he is obviously disgusted by the state of the unit. Erwin Rommel has this look on his face when he is first briefed on Patton's history and his Attack! Attack! Attack! attitude.
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Patton / int_b02f21f	type	Digital Destruction
Patton / int_b02f21f	comment	Digital Destruction: The overly smooth and grain-free Blu-Ray Disc released in 2008 helped open people's eyes to the negative side effects of digital noise reduction. 20th Century Fox released a Blu-Ray with a more detailed and film-like picture quality four years later.
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Patton / int_b542cf17	type	Opposing Combat Philosophies
Patton / int_b542cf17	comment	Opposing Combat Philosophies: A general theme is the conflict between Patton's aggressive philosophy and the other generals' more conservative approach.
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Patton / int_b5785433	type	ColdOpen
Patton / int_b5785433	comment	Cold Open: Patton's famous speech in front of the giant flag.
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Patton / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Patton / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor:
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Patton / int_b7c53a22	type	Blood Knight
Patton / int_b7c53a22	comment	Blood Knight: Patton:
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Patton / int_ba5bd7	type	Ignored Expert
Patton / int_ba5bd7	comment	Ignored Expert: German High Command orders Captain Steiger to thoroughly research General Patton and his history, so they can better predict his movements and tactics. They then proceed to completely ignore his advice during the Sicilian and Normandy campaigns, to their own detriment.
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Patton / int_bbe740e2	type	Tyrant Takes the Helm
Patton / int_bbe740e2	comment	Tyrant Takes the Helm: Patton's change of command at the beginning of the film has him laying down the law on the American II Corps, but given they've just been depantsed after the Battle of Kasserine Pass and are getting very lax in basic duty, they do need a kick in the ass or five.
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Patton / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Patton / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Patton has the belief that all Humans Are Warriors, especially Americans, and is not fond of any soldier claiming to suffer from "Battle Fatigue": to him, such a man is just a Dirty Coward.
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Patton / int_c06ec61e	type	Corpsing
Patton / int_c06ec61e	comment	Corpsing: In universe. When the Allied Generals debate what to do about Bastogne and Patton remarks that he can attack almost immediately because his staff figured out how to do it days ago, his Operations Officer sits with a hand over his mouth barely containing a smile.
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Patton / int_c2299d6e	type	Cutting the Knot
Patton / int_c2299d6e	comment	Cutting the Knot: When Patton shoots the mules blocking the bridge in Sicily.
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Patton / int_c3648b87	type	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
Patton / int_c3648b87	comment	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Patton and Monty are on the same side, but there's no force on Earth that will compel them to like each other.
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Patton / int_c59cfa2e	type	Felony Misdemeanor
Patton / int_c59cfa2e	comment	Felony Misdemeanor: Patton views being relegated to a reserve command in the upcoming Normandy Invasion over the private-slapping incident to be entirely unjustified. The Germans don't believe the western Allies would really put their best mobile force commander on the bench over something so minor, either... which allows the western Allies to exploit Patton's reputation in Operation Fortitude, the massive deception campaign concealing Operation Overlordnote The invasion of Normandy, to draw suspicion away from their actual plans by sending Patton all over the European Theater.
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Patton / int_c7ae6f12	type	Outscare the Enemy
Patton / int_c7ae6f12	comment	Outscare the Enemy: Patton says that he'll make his men unafraid of the Germans, but "I hope to God they never lose their fear of me."
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Patton / int_c87660d5	type	Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
Patton / int_c87660d5	comment	Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Patton's preferred method of discipline.
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Patton / int_c914e68d	type	Cigar Chomper
Patton / int_c914e68d	comment	Cigar Chomper: Patton pulls a cigar out of his pocket to celebrate his promotion to Lieutenant General.
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Patton / int_ca01f9a3	type	Mononymous Biopic Title
Patton / int_ca01f9a3	comment	Mononymous Biopic Title: One of the most recognizable ones.
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Patton / int_cad6fc25	type	Desolation Shot
Patton / int_cad6fc25	comment	Desolation Shot: The opening (after the famous "flag speech" that is) where a battlefield is shown full of corpses with human and animal scavengers poking around.
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Patton / int_cbdd9a55	type	We ARE Struggling Together
Patton / int_cbdd9a55	comment	We ARE Struggling Together: Patton, Montgomery, and Bradley spend as much time bickering over tactics as they do fighting the Germans, perhaps more.
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Patton / int_cfb3edb2	type	Weather Saves the Day
Patton / int_cfb3edb2	comment	Weather Saves the Day: Weather continues to delay and threaten the advancement of the Allied forces commanded under General Patton. Patton, a religious man, asks his head chaplain to write a prayer to God asking for His assistance lifting the terrible weather. The next morning, the skies are pure clear blue, and Patton asks that the Chaplain be summoned to him to be decorated with a medal.
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Patton / int_d320bbd5	type	Insult Friendly Fire
Patton / int_d320bbd5	comment	Insult Friendly Fire: A German officer notes that Bradley has a modest demeanor, unusual for a general, which gets him a glare from the German generals in the room. Early in the film, Rommel's aide reports on Kasserine Pass by remarking, "British generals, American soldiers... the worst of everything!" Rommel shoots back, "I remind you that Montgomery is a British general, and he has chased us halfway across North Africa."
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Patton / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Patton / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Patton suffers this after he slaps a soldier in the medical tent suffering from battle fatigue, in sharp contrast to him giving Purple Heart medals and even praying for one who was seriously wounded. He is forced to write an apology to his entire army as a result of it. In reality, he was only ordered to apologize to the soldiers he slapped (there was actually two). Patton went ahead and turned his PR blunder into an opportunity by making a formal apology not just to them, but to the other wounded men and the entire medical battalion. Also, one of them was actually being hospitalized for malaria, and when Patton learned of this, he summoned the private to his office and sincerely apologized for slapping him.
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Patton / int_d7ecbd57	type	You're Insane!
Patton / int_d7ecbd57	comment	You're Insane!: General Bedell Smith says this when Patton claims he'll get them into a war with the Soviets in ten days and make it look like their fault.
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Patton / int_db911ee	type	Field Promotion
Patton / int_db911ee	comment	Field Promotion: When an attack in Sicily doesn't go as quickly as planned, Patton fires the officer he deems responsible, and promotes the second in command. Then he tells him if he doesn't succeed in four hours, his ass is getting fired as well.
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Patton / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
Patton / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: Many people feel Montgomery receives this. Since the movie focuses on Patton, it would be hard to avoid making him a nominal antagonist, and the film does acknowledge Montgomery's military skill and contributions to the war.
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Patton / int_e3277b30	type	Contrast Montage
Patton / int_e3277b30	comment	Contrast Montage: As Patton reads the preacher's "weather prayer", we get scenes of night-time battles across snow-covered hills with only Patton's voice for sound. The silent explosions and falling soldiers are stark and shocking, but the prayer provides just cause for why American soldiers fought and died.
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Patton / int_e3c36782	type	Call-Forward
Patton / int_e3c36782	comment	Call-Forward: Patton's death is not covered in the movie, but when he is saved in the nick of time from the oxcart and says "After all I've been through, imagine getting killed by an oxcart!", it's looking forward to it. Patton was in a motor vehicle accident in Europe on December 8, 1945, paralyzing him from the neck down. He died two weeks later.
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Patton / int_e42e91b4	type	Godwin's Law
Patton / int_e42e91b4	comment	Godwin's Law: A complex Unbuilt Trope example. While fielding questions from reporters near the end, Patton is asked to explain why he is letting local Nazis continue to run day-to-day affairs in towns his troops have occupied despite the official denazification policy. He nonchalantly and somewhat absentmindedly agrees with one reporter's suggestion that most Germans were Just Following Orders, and that mere membership in the Nazi party was hardly any different from membership in the Democrat or Republican parties. This gets his superiors angry at him for supposedly equating the two American parties with the Nazi party.
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Patton / int_e6ecbb82	type	Battle Epic
Patton / int_e6ecbb82	comment	Battle Epic: A relatively restrained example: although there are numerous battle scenes throughout the film, they're mostly shown in short snippets or montages rather than depicted in detail. The main exceptions are the air raid at Patton's headquarters, El Guettar and the night ambush during Operation Cobra.
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Patton / int_e7c671f3	type	Mildly Military
Patton / int_e7c671f3	comment	Mildly Military: When Patton takes command of II. Corps in Tunisia, his headquarters is in shambles, the mess is open far longer than it should, and the soldiers barely maintain their uniforms. He remarks that it's no wonder they got the hell kicked out of them in their first engagement against the Germans. He quickly goes about instilling discipline.
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Patton / int_e88e8a8f	type	Writer on Board
Patton / int_e88e8a8f	comment	Consultant on Board: Omar Bradley (Patton's subordinate, then commander) was the primary consultant for the film. Naturally, Bradley's awesomeness is talked up by nearly everyone in the film.
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Patton / int_ea8c9e21	type	You Will Know What to Do
Patton / int_ea8c9e21	comment	You Will Know What to Do: When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face.
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Patton / int_ed51d0	type	That Russian Squat Dance
Patton / int_ed51d0	comment	That Russian Squat Dance: Seen at a party after Third Army has linked up with the Russians at the end of the war. Patton, who hates the Russians, is not impressed.
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Patton / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
Patton / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Averted. Patton's aide is also named George.
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Patton / int_f0864fd9	type	Combat by Champion
Patton / int_f0864fd9	comment	Combat by Champion: Patton considers himself and Rommel to be the best commanders on either side and wishes he could face Rommel in single combat to decide the outcome of the entire war. While in tanks.
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Patton / int_f09e6c1c	type	Ironic Juxtaposition
Patton / int_f09e6c1c	comment	Ironic Juxtaposition: Patton's iconic opening speech about the glories of war is followed by a scene of American corpses at Kasserine Pass being looted by locals. During his visit to a field hospital, Patton gets a brief Pet the Dog moment where he whispers something (unintelligible to the audience, but clearly words of praise or encouragement) to a soldier who has obviously sustained crippling injuries. The audience gets a few seconds to entertain the idea that Patton may be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold... and then the private-slapping incident happens.
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Patton / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
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Patton / int_f740a274	type	Historical Beauty Update
Patton / int_f740a274	comment	Historical Beauty Update Not in actual physical handsomeness, but the real Patton was a much less impressive orator than this movie would lead you to believe. He actually had a higher-pitched, somewhat squeaky voice, at odds with Scott's portrayal with a deep, gravelly voice. The real Patton still managed to steal the spotlight when speaking, but that was because he practiced his posture, poses, and facial expressions literally for hours in order to increase his stage presence, and purposefully cultivated his (deserved) badass image with his immaculate uniform, dual holstered pistols, etc, in large part to compensate for the fact that his voice was weak and uninspiring by itself. The movie also tones down Patton's legendary profanity. Particularly in the opening speech, several f-bombs were removed and some expressions were so foul they had to be cut, while others were toned-down. At the same time, according to those who knew him, he was not habitually foul-mouthed. While no boy scout, he was actually coarser in public than in private, cultivating it as part of his image and leadership style, saying, "You can't run an army without profanity." Also Rommel receives one of these, which is odd since the other main generals in the movie were portrayed by actors with at least a passing resemblance. George C. Scott has some features in common with Patton, Michael Bates looks a lot like Monty, and Karl Malden is a dead-ringer for Bradley. But Karl Vogler looks nothing at all like the real Rommel. While Rommel was not unattractive, he was in his 50s, balding, and often ill or fatigued, while Vogler at the time of filming was 41 years old with a full head of hair.
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Patton / int_f818b637	type	Dude, Where's My Respect?
Patton / int_f818b637	comment	Dude, Where's My Respect?: It's hard to blame Patton for being upset that, at the end of the day he's a soldier fighting to help win his country a war, and yet the press seems to opportunistically seize any chance they can get to villainize him or make him out to be a fool, all for the cynical goal of selling more papers.
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Patton / int_f8e010ce	type	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Patton / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Capt. Steiger tells Wehrmacht Chief of Staff Alfred Jodl that Patton is being disciplined by the Allies for slapping an enlisted soldier. He might even be court-martialed. Jodl responds, "You believe their newspapers? Do you really think they would sacrifice their best general just because he slapped a soldier?" He laughs and walks off. Gilligan Cut to just that.
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Patton / int_fa7d3dfe	type	Number Two
Patton / int_fa7d3dfe	comment	Number Two: Patton, to Bradley, late in the film.
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Patton / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Patton / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Patton tells Bradley that, when he was a young soldier, what terrified him more than anything was the thought of a bullet coming straight for his nose. Not long after, when German bombers are strafing his headquarters, he runs outside and dares the pilots to take a shot at his nose.
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Patton / int_ff070bbd	type	Attack! Attack! Attack!
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