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This section of the Kill Bill References Guide lists all references with Western films, for example American Westerns or Spaghetti Western.

===American Westerns===
====The Searchers (1956) Directed by John Ford====
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* When [[the Bride]] exits the church before finding [[Bill]] on the porch.
* When [[the Bride]] limps off from the trailer after her encounter with [[Elle Driver]]. 
* The latter is a version of the last shot from ''The Searchers'' - where John Wayne limps off into the desert before the door of the house shuts - which in itself was a reference to an earlier William S. Hart western - taking Tarantino's references all the way back to the silent era.

===Spaghetti Westerns===
====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Buono%2C_il_brutto%2C_il_cattivo%2C_Il The Good, The Bad and the Ugly] (1967) Directed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Sergio_Leone Sergio Leone]====
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* The opening shot is a reference to a similar scene in  ''The Good The Bad and The Ugly'' in which [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Eli_Wallach Eli Wallach] points a gun at [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Clint_Eastwood Clint Eastwood], who is near-death from dehydration and being out in the sun for hours and hours.

* The music played when Sentenza ([http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Lee_Van_Cleef Lee Van Cleef]) appears for the first time ("Il Tramonto" by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Ennio_Morricone Ennio Morricone]) is used in ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]] '' when [[the Bride]] exits the church and finds [[Bill]].

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====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/C%27era_una_volta_il_West Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968) Directed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Sergio_Leone Sergio Leone]====

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* On her way to [[Budd]]'s trailer (after escaping the coffin), [[The Bride]] is walking through a sun-bathed desert out of focus, then slowly comes into focus, just like [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Henry_Fonda Henry Fonda] in  ''C'era una volta il West''.

* It's clear as well, that the perfil image of Budd it's the same as [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Charles_Bronson Charles Bronson] in ''Once Upon A Time In The West''.

====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Da_uomo_a_uomo Da uomo a uomo] aka Death Rides a Horse (1969) Directed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Giulio_Petroni Giulio Petroni]====
* Starring [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Lee_Van_Cleef Lee van Cleef]

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* The extreme closeup of the eyes followed by a bright orange/yellow spaghetti western flashback of the massacre. When The Bride's Vengeance Theme plays, we also get a red/orange spaghetti western flashback. 

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* The opening scene of the movie is very similar to the first part of the anime sequence in ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]''  (The little kid assists to his family massacre hidden somewhere, the villains burn the house and one of them weres a skull pendant similar to [[O-Ren]] father's killer skull ring). 

* The trailer says: "The bandits who killed 5 defensless people made one big mistake. They should have killed 6". In Kill Bill The Bride says "The DiVAS thought they killed 10 people that day but they made a mistake, they only killed 9". 

* Lee Van Cleef  says: "Somebody once wrote that revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold". 

* The main theme composed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Ennio_Morricone Ennio Morricone] plays during The House of Blue Leaves fight.

====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Mercenario%2C_Il Il Mercenario] aka A Professional Gun (1968) Directed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Sergio_Corbucci Sergio Corbucci]====

* Starring [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Franco_Nero Franco Nero], [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Jack_Palance Jack Palance] and Tony Musante. 

* The music '''Il Mercenario (ripresa)''' and '''L'Arena''' composed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Ennio_Morricone Ennio Morricone]

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* A kind of "Death List Five" (The word bank is underlined twice like Bill's name in Beatrix list).

====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Se_sei_vivo_spara Django Kill...If You Live...Shoot!] (1967) Directed by Giulio Questi====

* The main character only known as "The Stranger" (Tomas Milian) is buried alive but manages to dig himself out. The scene is almost take for take reenacted in Kill Bill Vol 2 when Beatrix escpes from the grave of Paula Schultz.

====[http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Navajo_Joe Un dollaro a testa] aka Navajo Joe (1966) Directed by: [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Sergio_Corbucci Sergio Corbucci]====

* Starring Burt Reynolds

* The music '''"A Silhouette Of Doom"''' and '''"The Demise Of Barbara, And The Return Of Joe"''' composed by [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Category:Ennio_Morricone Ennio Morricone]

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* Throw an axe in the head

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