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{{quote|''"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 [[Disney|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 (
''Black Panther'' won the BET Award for Best Movie. It was nominated for seven [[Academy Award]]s, including Best Picture, and won three for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design.
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* [[Asteroid Miners]]: This is a rare non-[[In Space|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]]
<!-- * [[Adaptation Personality Change]]:
** Nakia in the [[Marvel Comics|comics]], she's a [[Yandere (trope)|Yandere]] and ex-Dora Milaje, who even teams up with Killmonger just to get her T'Challa senpai. In the movie, Nakia is part of the War Dogs, helps T'Challa, his family, and her friends out against Erik.
** Erik Killmonger's childhood/background. He was originally known as N'Jadaka and an actual Wakandan native that was exile, because his father and some family members were forced to work for Ulysseus Klaue. The movie Erik is an Wakandan-American, who grew up in the ghetto parts of California.
** M'Baku is the leader of the White Gorilla Cult and one of T'Challa's rogue gallery. The movie change M'Baku's role to be that of a [[Friendly Enemy]] thingy and the leader of a tribe, instead of a cult. MOD: Nonexistent trope -->
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Dora Milaje is a played straight example.
* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Played straight with the Heart Shape Herb.
** {{spoiler|The Heart Shape Herb can also take away the Panther powers.}}
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Used very much with the Wakandan tribes:
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|The Jabari tribe. Later in the movie, they fished out a comatose T'Challa and brought him to safety.}}
** {{spoiler|The Jabari tribe shows up in the film's final climax to team up with T'Challa and friends.}}
** Makes characters like Nakia, the War Dogs, and a few other characters as [[Polyglot|polygots]] because of this.▼
** Makes the movie seemingly bilingual at times, with subtitles.▼
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: In several scenes, {{spoiler|When Killmonger slits the throat of one of the Dora Milaje, there's no blood.}}
** {{spoiler|Also, T'Challa stabbing him with the spear, there's no blood, not even spitting out of his mouth.}}
* [[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.
* [[Bystander Syndrome]]: Some of the Hong Kong bystanders began to take pictures with their smartphones, while T'Challa and Uyssues's are doing a smack down.▼
* [[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'''
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* [[The Coats Are Off]]:{{spoiler|In and the final the Battle of , Erik removes his coat. Only using his Panther Habbit.}}
* [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]]: T'Challa's Habit (Purple) is {{spoiler|different from Erik's Habit (which has Yellow spots).}}
** This trope is the reason
*** The Border Tribe's colors are blue with wooden grain-based textures.
*** The Golden Tribe uses black as their traditional colors.
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* [[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]]: {{spoiler|Not word for word, but Nakia does this with Everett Ross.}}
▲* [[Con Lang]]: Xhosa, Wakanda's native tongue.
▲** Makes characters like Nakia, the War Dogs, and a few other characters as [[Polyglot|polygots]] because of this.
▲** Makes the movie seemingly bilingual at times, with subtitles.
* [[Master of Illusion|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.
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* [[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]]: {{spoiler|The Battle of Mt. Bashenga.}}
* [[Flashback (trope)|Flashback]]: After
** {{spoiler|The same happened with Erik, back in California when little Erik found the hidden Wakanda stuff. He shared some tender moments with his own father and talked about Wakanda.}}
* [[Fumbling the Gauntlet]]: Averted. Killmonger knows everything about Wakanda, despite not being there, and prepares to [[Duel to the Death]].
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* [[The Good Chancellor]]: Zuri, the Wakandan shaman.
* {{spoiler|[[Graceful Loser]]}}:{{spoiler|The Border Tribe surrendered when they lost the Battle of Mt. Bashenga.}}
* [[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]]: {{spoiler|T'Challa's purple and Erik's golden spots.}}
* [[The Good King]]: T'Challa. {{spoiler|T'Chaka was also regarded as this, until he died in [[Captain America: Civil War (film)|Captain America: Civil War]]. Then his son step up to become king.}}
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* [[Holographic Terminal]]: Some the hi-tech stuff, like the bracelets, does this.
** Other Wakandan tech are part of this trope as well.
▲* [[Innocent Bystander|Innocent
* [[Kill It with Fire]]:{{spoiler|Erik ordered that all of the Heart Shape herb plants be destroyed.}}
* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]: T'Chaka kills his brother, Prince N'Jobu, for {{spoiler|betraying Wakanda, by giving Ulysses some very special metals, falling in love with an North American "Outsider," and a few other things.}}
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* [[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 Man|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]]: {{spoiler|The Wakandan kids gave Bucky Barnes of "White Wolf."}}
* [[No One Should Survive That]]: {{spoiler|T'Challa survives falling off of a waterfall and freezing.}}
** {{spoiler|Killmonger manages to survive being speared into the heart, just long enough to see a Wakandan sunset and do his final request.}}
* [[Origins Episode|Origins Movie]]: The film expands on both the titular character, his family, friends, and all of Wakanda.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: {{spoiler|Erik has a Wakandan ring of T'Challa's grandfather which he threads as a necklace of sorts.}}
* [[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 [[Amazon Brigade|Dora Brigade]].
<!-- * [[Really Royalty Reveal]]: Thanks to {{spoiler|Killmonger's [[Orphan Plot Coupon|grandfather's royal ring]] and bringing Klaue's corpse, Killmonger was finally able to reveal himself to Wakanda.}} MOD: No such trope -->
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: All the Black Panthers in the past and the current T'Challa.
** Shuri isn't a slouch, either.
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* [[Sequel Episode]]: To [[Captain America: Civil War (film)|Captain American: Civil War]] and [[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]
* [[Shockwave Stomp]]
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Hostage]]}}: Erik {{spoiler|had to do this when Ulysseus took Linda hostage.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|"Sorry."}}|{{spoiler|Linda}}}}
** {{spoiler|Killmonger's reaction to the Heart Shape Herb after consuming it. Is a shout out to his comic book counterpart, who can't even eat it, since Killmonger's body has a deadly reaction, hence why he made a clone of the plant.}}▼
* [[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]]:
▲** {{spoiler|Killmonger's reaction to the Heart Shape Herb after consuming it. Is a shout out to his comic book counterpart, who can't even eat it, since Killmonger's body has a deadly reaction, hence why he made a clone of the plant.}}
* [[Snow Means Death]]: {{spoiler|T'Challa was found in a hypothermia/coma state by some of the Jabari fishermen in somewhere near the freezing cold waters near the mountains, the Jabari's home.}}
** {{spoiler|Averted. Nakia, Shuri, and Ramonda uses snow to cover him up, while they're healing him with the Heart-shaped herbs.}}
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* [[The Spartan Way]]: According to Everett, Erik has this training {{spoiler|as a Navy Seal and trained to be a [[Professional Killer]], just to overthrow other governments and royalty. To Erik this was all just training to help him on his quest to kill off the Black Panther.}}
* [[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]]: {{spoiler|Bucky Barnes came out of an Wakanda hut and seemingly recovered/deprogrammed from being [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. Tells the kids that were staring at him earlier to not call him "White Wolf."}}
* [[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]]: {{spoiler|During the Battle of Mount Bashenga, T'Challa while fighting bump his head on some boulders and is briefly K.O.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Treachery Cover-Up]]}}: {{spoiler|King T'Chaka, Zuri, and the Wakandan politicians hid the very deep details that Prince N'Jobu betrayed Wakanda, by giving Vibranium to Ulysseus Klaue, and such. Instead they said that T'Chaka's younger brother just disappeared and remains missing.}}
* [[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,
* [[Unusual User Interface]]
* [[Watching the Sunset]]: What Erik wanted as a kid was to watch the Wakandan sunset, {{spoiler|the Wakandan sunset was the last beautiful thing that he sees when he died}}.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|T'Challa asked this to his Father, when he returned back to the Ancestor/Heaven realm, because T'Chaka unintentionally created Killmonger.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''T'Chaka''': I chose a lie.}}}}
* [[Withholding the Cure|Withholding the Aid]]: Wakanda's Vibranium tech is so advance that it can be used for food {{spoiler|and even heal spinal bullet injuries}}. 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.
* {{spoiler|[[World War
* {{spoiler|[[Zipping Up the Bodybag]]
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