Black Panther (film)



""You are a good man, with a good heart. And it's hard for a good man to be a king.""

- King T'Chaka, to his son.

Black Panther is a superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, based on the Black Panther comics of the same name, and released in February 16, 2018 in the United States. It was directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler.

It tells the story of T'Challa (with Chadwick Boseman reprising his role)'s ascension to the throne of Wakanda after his father, the previous Black Panther, was killed in a bombing in Vienna (as shown in Captain America: Civil War). Once T'Challa returned back in his home country to ascend the throne, he, his friends, and family learns of a plot to ruin Wakanda, especially involving theft of Wakanda's most precious metal, Vibranium. He, along with old and new friends, must save Wakanda from their dark secret and an impending international crisis.

Black Panther won the BET Award for Best Movie. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won three for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design.


 * Asteroid Miners: This is a rare non-space version, after the asteroid filled with Vibranium landed in Africa, the latter became miners to take advantage of this special alloy. Eventually, forming a country that eventually became Wakanda in the process.
 * Advanced Ancient Acropolis


 * Amazon Brigade: The Dora Milaje is a played straight example.
 * Amplifier Artifact: Played straight with the Heart Shape Herb.
 * Animal-Themed Superbeing
 * Animal Motifs: Used very much with the Wakandan tribes:
 * The lion (Mining)
 * The panther (The Golden tribe).
 * Badass in Distress: Kinda averted. Nakia infiltrated and "pretended" to be one of the woman prisoners of the terrorist group.
 * Bad Guy Bar: Played straight. It's a wretched hive that no sane person would go in.
 * Averted. Since Everett Ross is also there to snag a bad guy and
 * Bald Women: All of the Dora Milaje, especially their general.
 * Bar Brawl: This ensues when Klaue was trying to escape from the bar, it also escalates into a Car Chase.
 * Battle Strip: Participants for the Duel to the Death (or yield) ritual are required to fight shirtless, except for bringing some armor and wearing a tribal mask.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Bilingual Dialogue : Xhosa, Wakanda's native tongue.
 * Makes characters like Nakia, the War Dogs, and a few other characters as polygots because of this.
 * Makes the movie seemingly bilingual at times, with subtitles.
 * Bloodless Carnage: In several scenes,
 * Bodyguard Babes: Played straight with the Dora Milaje, once again.
 * Bulletproof Vest: The Black Panther habits, especially the upgraded one that Shuri. Since it's laced with Vibranium.
 * Cain and Abel: T'Challa and Shuri's Abel to Erik "Killmonger" Stevens' Cain.
 * The Cameo: Stan "the Man" Lee makes a cameo as the "Thirsty Gambler" in the Hong Kong den.
 * Car Chase: As Ulysses Klaw and his cohorts make a speedy get away in the Hong Kong streets, T'Challa and co. chases them in hot pursuit.
 * Car Skiing: Both the heroes and villains done this, just to avoid hitting innocents or to escape from the heroes.
 * Cats Are Superior: Bast, the cat/panther goddess.
 * Character Title: Black Panther
 * Chase Fight: While Kluwe, Erik, and make their get away in Hong Kong, the heroes go after them in hot pursuit. Whizzing though the streets and fighting to capture Wakanda's Most Wanted.
 * Gets more insane when Ulyssus uses his prostectic arm which doubles as a Energy Weapon/ Ray Gun.
 * Cloak and Dagger: Played straight with the "War Dogs". But Deconstructed with Prince N'Jobu, who shows that spying isn't glamorous.
 * Crystal Spires and Togas: Wakanda is more technological advance and enlighten compare to the rest of the world, especially 1st world countries.
 * Ulysses Klaw even states that the explorers/conquistadors are barking up the wrong tree, El Dorado is actually in Africa. Including the claim that Vibranium is used in clothing, food, and etc.
 * The Coats Are Off:
 * Color-Coded for Your Convenience: T'Challa's Habit (Purple) is
 * This trope is the reason one can tell the Wakandan tribes apart:
 * The Border Tribe's colors are blue with wooden grain-based textures.
 * The Golden Tribe uses black as their traditional colors.
 * The River Tribe's colors are green, with river and shell-based textures on their clothes.
 * The Mining Tribe's colors are red and orange.
 * The Jabari Tribe's colors are brown and white. Since their culture is agriculture and wood works.
 * The Merchant Tribe colors are purple.
 * Cool Starship: Wakanda has little versions of these, similar to the pin jet.
 * T'Challa's Royal Talon Flyer.
 * Cool Train: The Wakandan Maglev mining train is this.
 * Combat by Champion: This trope is what happens if the challenger yields, in this ritual duel to the death combat.
 * Come with Me If You Want to Live:
 * Country of Illusion: All of Wakanda has an illusion for the rest of the world to see and that they're a Third World country, like the rest of Africa (saved Egypt). When actually, they're a First World country in a Up to Eleven sense.
 * Culture Clash: Wakanda's first encounter with Erik (and Ulysses's) North American ways are a villainous example.
 * Everett Ross is a good guy version.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Erik Killmonger, whose father was killed in the beginning part of the movie
 * Deleted Scenes: There's a few scenes that are cut, but were shown in the Blu-Ray, like:
 * W'Kabi and Okoye were arguing about Erik and the type of future that'll await their kids
 * A brief scene at the United Nations, were Everett tells T'Challa that he doesn't have to tell about the real Wakanda.
 * T'Chaka telling his son and Nakia not to play in the catacombs, adding that he was force to make a difficult choice.
 * Discredited Memes: Shuri loves these.
 * Domed Hometown: Wakanda became this, since they have a force field wall to protect and camouflage the whole city.
 * Duel to the Death: This duel is to determined which of the five tribes' representative will rule as the new Black Panther, unless the challenger yields.
 * Erik Killmonger came in and throw T'Challa over the waterfall, making him the victor.
 * Easily-Conquered World: In their meetings, Wakanda politicians debate and worry about becoming this trope. Since they realize that there's a chance that the outside world will catch up to them, technological-wise.
 * Energy Absorption: The Panther Habit and any certain Vibranium clothes and weapons.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: The Jabari Tribe loves this trope. Justified, since they revere and worship gorillas.
 * Fantastic Flora: The Heart-Shaped Herb, which is native only to Wakanda.
 * The rhinos are domesticated and have strange markings/patterns.
 * Evil Counterpart: Erik Killmonger.
 * Fed to the Beast: M'Baku threatens to throw Everett to his "children." {spoiler|turns out he's joking and that him and the whole tribe are vegetarians}}.
 * Final Battle:
 * Flashback: After swallowing the Heart-Shaped herb, T'Challa experienced a bit of a flashback were he talked with his father at the Accord Meeting.
 * Fumbling the Gauntlet: Averted. Killmonger knows everything about Wakanda, despite not being there, and prepares to Duel to the Death.
 * Gadget Watches: The Kimoyo Beads are all of this and more.
 * The Good Chancellor: Zuri, the Wakandan shaman.
 * Good Cop, Bad Cop: Ross suggested this trope that he'll be the "good cop" interrogates Klaue, while T'Challa and his buddies do the "bad cop" part.
 * Good Colors, Evil Colors:
 * The Good King: T'Challa.
 * Hologram: These pop out in their advance bracelets, since the latter also functions like a smartphone.
 * Hover Board: Hover boards are here.
 * Higher-Tech Species: The Five Tribes that formed Wakanda are this.
 * The High Queen: Queen Ramonda.
 * Holographic Terminal: Some the hi-tech stuff, like the bracelets, does this.
 * Other Wakandan tech are part of this trope as well.
 * The holographic car and are this and so much more.
 * Innocent Bystanders: Some of the Hong Kong bystanders began to take pictures with their smartphones, while T'Challa and Uyssues's are doing a smack down. Until, Ulysses reminds him of them that the bystanders are watching.
 * Kill It with Fire:
 * Kill the Ones You Love: T'Chaka kills his brother, Prince N'Jobu, for
 * Erik Stevens has to
 * Legacy Character: The Black Panther title, which is passed down to the Wakandan ruler only.
 * Long-Lost Relative: Erik Stevens is a villainous Ur Example.
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me: The Border Tribe's
 * MacGuffin: The  spear, which Killmonger stole from the museum.
 * Magic Meteor: In the prologue, when the meteor which had Vibranium fell into Africa. The surrounding land, plants, and animals got powers and develop in strange yet fantastical ways. The Five warring tribes took advantage of this.
 * Magic From Technology: Some of Wakanda's scientific advancements are this or appear like this, especially to "Outsiders," like Everett Ross.
 * Magnetic Weapons
 * Masquerade: The Border Tribe is very good at making Wakanda appear as a run of the mill third-world African country.
 * Monumental Theft: Klaue and co.'s robbing the British Museum is this.
 * Mountain Tribe: All of the Jabari Tribe are this in spades, even shunning mainstream Wakandan society, Vibranium, and living in the snowy nearby mountains.
 * Noodle Incident: Nakia explains a bit that she made a mess involving poaches and ivory.
 * The Nicknamer:
 * No One Should Survive That:
 * Origins Movie: The film expands on both the titular character, his family, friends, and all of Wakanda.
 * Orphan's Plot Trinket:
 * Outside Context Villain: Erik Killmonger is this to some Wakandans.
 * Outlaw Couple: Both Eric Stevens and Linda.
 * Powered Armor: The Panther Habit.
 * Power Crystal: Up to Eleven. Since Vibranium can be used for different things (Besides weapons), like food, medicine, clothes, and other endless possibilities.
 * Praetorian Guard: The Dora Brigade.
 * Origins Movie: The film expands on both the titular character, his family, friends, and all of Wakanda.
 * Orphan's Plot Trinket:
 * Outside Context Villain: Erik Killmonger is this to some Wakandans.
 * Outlaw Couple: Both Eric Stevens and Linda.
 * Powered Armor: The Panther Habit.
 * Power Crystal: Up to Eleven. Since Vibranium can be used for different things (Besides weapons), like food, medicine, clothes, and other endless possibilities.
 * Praetorian Guard: The Dora Brigade.


 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: All the Black Panthers in the past and the current T'Challa.
 * Shuri isn't a slouch, either.
 * Running Gag: "He froze, like an antelope in front of headlights." And many other teasing and banters between T'Challa, Shuri, and Nakia.
 * Schizo-Tech: Wakanda's blend of old fashion African culture meets future tech is this.
 * Sequel Episode: To Captain American: Civil War and Avengers: Age of Ultron
 * Shockwave Stomp
 * : Erik

""We don't call him 'Man-Ape', we call him M'Baku. Having a black character dress up as an ape, I think there's a lot of racial implications that don't sit well, if done wrong. But the idea that they worship the gorilla gods is interesting because it's a movie about the Black Panther, who, himself, is a sort of deity in his own right.""
 * Sibling Team: Shuri and T'Challa are this.
 * Sins of the Father: Turns out that T'Chalka has some things which he kept as a secret.
 * Shout Out:
 * Snow Means Death:
 * Snowball Lie:
 * Space Clothes: Wakanda is a blend of this and various African cultural clothes.
 * The Spartan Way: According to Everett, Erik has this training
 * Spandex, Latex, or Leather: The Black Panther habit, especially when Shuri provided upgrades to the original suit, by giving updated versions of it.
 * Take That: To pan-Africanism, the worldwide movement that aims to strengthen bonds between indigenous Africans and the African diaspora. Like most pan-African leaders (Mugabe, Gaddafi, Idi Amin Dada), Killmonger is a brutal dictator with a lot of blood on his hands who seems to ignore that Africa and Africans are not a monolithic group of people while pushing an agenda which seems to be much more about putting him on the top of pyramid of power.
 * The Stinger:
 * Super Soldier: Similar to the Marvel comics, the Heart-Shape herb is used for the Black Panthers' Ascension ritual, granting them super abilities/heighten senses.
 * Talking to the Dead: The second part of ritual is to swallow the Heart-Shape Herb, then go to the spiritual realm, and get advise from the ancestors.
 * Tap on the Head:
 * There Was a Door: Erik and co. did this to the place were Ulysses Klue was held and being interrogated.
 * Tribal Face Paint: Wakandans wear these.
 * Tron Lines: Some of the Vibranium clothes, like the Panther habits, and tech, especially the maglev train mining tracks are these.
 * Town with a Dark Secret
 * Thunderbolt Iron: Every weapon in Wakanda is this trope, because of the Vibranium there (Even that prosthetic arm which also functions as a weapon that Klaue uses).
 * Unfortunate Implications: According to one of the movie's producers, Nate Moore,
 * Town with a Dark Secret
 * Thunderbolt Iron: Every weapon in Wakanda is this trope, because of the Vibranium there (Even that prosthetic arm which also functions as a weapon that Klaue uses).
 * Unfortunate Implications: According to one of the movie's producers, Nate Moore,


 * Unusual User Interface
 * Watching the Sunset: What Erik wanted as a kid was to watch the Wakandan sunset,.
 * What the Hell, Hero?:


 * Withholding the Aid: Wakanda's Vibranium tech is so advance that it can be used for food . Nakia and Erik criticizes Wakanda for not participating in foreign aid, knowing that Wakanda can do better than other first world countries in this department.