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After completing the Godfather trilogy, I have discovered what could be an obvious pattern that I'm giving myself way too much credit for "discovering", or if it really is something that Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo only intended for the really-invested viewers to catch.

I think it's probably really obvious and most people have caught onto the fact that all three Godfather movies have a scene at the end or towards the end of the movie where every conspirator against the Corleone family is killed. In the first Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the heads of the rivaling Five Families to be assassinated during his nephew's baptism: Barzini, Tattaglia, Stracci, Cuneo, Bruno, and also Moe Greene from Las Vegas. In the second Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the deaths of Johnny Ola, Hyman Roth, his own brother Fredo, and he is also technically the root cause of Frank Pentangeli's death, which is a suicide to preserve his honor for bringing shame to the Corleone name. Then in the third Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the deaths of Lucchesi, Archbishop Gilday, Keinszig, and Don Altobello. It's not only that all of these movies feature deaths orchestrated by Michael, but they're all done in the same series of shots to show resemblance to one another. Maybe that part was obvious, but here's the more underlying half.

Each Godfather movie has its own villain (villain as in enemy of the Corleone family since they are all villains in the end), all of them older men who started as somewhat friends of the Corleone family for many years before betrayal. Every betrayer of the Corleone family were friends of Vito Corleone at some point in time before they got older, and betrayed the Corleone's. The first Godfather movie has Don Emilio Barzini, who maintained a business-centralized relationship with Vito, even receiving an invitation to his daughter's wedding at the beginning of the film. But then Barzini betrayed the Corleone's by backing the attempt on Vito's life, the murder of Sonny, and he tried to lure Michael in for a meeting on Tessio's ground for yet another assassination. He was one of the mobsters that Michael murders during the Baptism scene. The second Godfather movie had Hyman Roth, who was business partners with Vito during prohibition when they ran molasses into Canada, though Vito never trusted him. Roth would inevitably betray the Corleone family when he tried to have Michael assassinated at his home, via help of Fredo Corleone. He would also join Barzini in meeting an end-of-film in a series of shots of Corleone betrayers being killed off, ordered by Michael. Then the third film has Don Osvaldo Altobello, who was a good friend of Vito Corleone and even stood Godfather to his daughter Connie. Ultimately, he would come to betray the Corleone family when he felt threatened by Michael's efforts to legitimize the family. He backed Lucchesi in an attempt on Michael's life, though the two met the classic end-of-film fate as Barzini and Roth did.

It's just a theory, but it's a pretty interesting theory in my opinion.

I'm not sure if the Godfather Trilogy is too recent for this subreddit, but I thought I would post it anyway because it's been on my mind. After completing the Godfather trilogy, I have discovered what could be an obvious pattern that I'm giving myself way too much credit for "discovering", or if it really is something that Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo only intended for the really-invested viewers to catch.

I think it's probably really obvious and most people have caught onto the fact that all three Godfather movies have a scene at the end or towards the end of the movie where every conspirator against the Corleone family is killed. In the first Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the heads of the rivaling Five Families to be assassinated during his nephew's baptism: Barzini, Tattaglia, Stracci, Cuneo, Bruno, and also Moe Greene from Las Vegas. In the second Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the deaths of Johnny Ola, Hyman Roth, his own brother Fredo, and he is also technically the root cause of Frank Pentangeli's death, which is a suicide to preserve his honor for bringing shame to the Corleone name. Then in the third Godfather film, Michael orchestrates the deaths of Lucchesi, Archbishop Gilday, Keinszig, and Don Altobello. It's not only that all of these movies feature deaths orchestrated by Michael, but they're all done in the same series of shots to show resemblance to one another. Maybe that part was obvious, but here's the more underlying half.

Each Godfather movie has its own villain (villain as in enemy of the Corleone family since they are all villains in the end), all of them older men who started as somewhat friends of the Corleone family for many years before betrayal. Every betrayer of the Corleone family were friends of Vito Corleone at some point in time before they got older, and betrayed the Corleone's. The first Godfather movie has Don Emilio Barzini, who maintained a business-centralized relationship with Vito, even receiving an invitation to his daughter's wedding at the beginning of the film. But then Barzini betrayed the Corleone's by backing the attempt on Vito's life, the murder of Sonny, and he tried to lure Michael in for a meeting on Tessio's ground for yet another assassination. He was one of the mobsters that Michael murders during the Baptism scene. The second Godfather movie had Hyman Roth, who was business partners with Vito during prohibition when they ran molasses into Canada, though Vito never trusted him. Roth would inevitably betray the Corleone family when he tried to have Michael assassinated at his home, via help of Fredo Corleone. He would also join Barzini in meeting an end-of-film in a series of shots of Corleone betrayers being killed off, ordered by Michael. Then the third film has Don Osvaldo Altobello, who was a good friend of Vito Corleone and even stood Godfather to his daughter Connie. Ultimately, he would come to betray the Corleone family when he felt threatened by Michael's efforts to legitimize the family. He backed Lucchesi in an attempt on Michael's life, though the two met the classic end-of-film fate as Barzini and Roth did.

It's just a theory, but it's a pretty interesting theory in my opinion.

I've always wondered what it would've been like if Chuck E. Cheese's had kept any of the other guest stars rather than Helen Henny, and what kind of music they would sing in the newer Chuck E. Cheese's band. I think that if Harmony Howlette was kept instead of Helen, she would be singing modern country music like Carrie Underwood or early Taylor Swift. If Sally Sashay was kept instead of Helen, she would probably be singing hip hop like clean versions of Nicki Minaj or Rihanna and maybe a little bit of Ariana Grande. But I can't really figure out what Madame Oink or Foxy Colleen would be singing because their style of music is pretty old, cabaret and Irish folk. You don't really hear burlesque cabaret numbers or Irish folk jigs on the radio anymore, lol. Does anybody have any ideas?