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[[File:captain_america_salinger_2098.jpg|frame|Starring the son of the guy who wrote ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]''.]]
A 1990 superhero film based on the
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▲A 1990 superhero film based on the ''[[Captain America]]'' comics, directed by Albert Pyun and starring Matt Salinger, Ronnie Cox, Ned Beatty and Scott Paulin. Not to be confused with the 2011 film, ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''.
Not to be confused with the 2011 film, ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' or the [[So Bad It's Horrible]] [[Captain America (TV Movie 1979)|1979 Made-for-TV movie and its sequel]] starring [[Reb Brown]].
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Kim Gillingham plays both of Captain America's girlfriends: Bernice Stewart in 1943, and her daughter Sharon Cooperman in 1993.
** Also, Scott Paulin (who plays the [[Red Skull]]) appears sans-makeup as the army doctor who treats Steve's gunshot wounds in the 40's.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Red Skull commands a group of supermodel henchwomen. One of
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Thomas Kimball, twice. Not only does he grow up to be the President, but once he does so, he ''also'' gets to help Captain America.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The tape recording from the prologue of the movie.
* [[Composite Character]]: Bernice's character was based off both Bernie
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Sharon [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|suddenly produces]] a fluency in Italian, remarking that she [[Hand Wave|spent a summer in Italy before.]]
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Red Skull.}}
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* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: The Red Skull. As he has Captain America tied to a rocket, he asks him for help with his English.
* [[Greasy Spoon]]: The front for a secret government laboratory.
* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: Captain America feigns sickness to lure the unsuspecting driver out from the car before he steals it, twice. Subverted when he appears to steal a bike from a civilian during his and Sharon's escape from the Red Skull's thugs, but he throws down money towards the owner for compensation.
* [[Iconic Item]]: It wouldn't be Captain America without the shield.
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]: The Red Skull chops off his own hand after Captain America (tied to a missile about to launch) grabs him to invoke [[Taking You with Me]].
* [["London, England" Syndrome]]
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: [[Iconic Item|Well, yeah.]]
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: Captain America thinks that Sam Kowlawetz is a spy for the Japanese, because he has a tape recorder that was made in Japan.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: When young Thomas Kimball tells his friend Sam about Captain America, they discard the idea of the hero having been the Human Torch or the Sub-Mariner, heroes who fought in World War Two along with Cap in the
* [[The Mole]]: General Fleming, going all the way back to [[World War II]].
* [[Negated Moment of Awesome]]: Captain America spent so much time frozen in Alaska, he didn't get to accomplish ''nearly'' as many awesome things as most of his other incarnations have.
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: The research which gave both Captain America and the Red Skull their abilities.
* [[Not So Different]]: Captain America and The Red Skull both got their powers as a result of the same research. Because of this, the Red Skull insists on referring to Captain America as his "American Brother".
* [[The Only One]]: But not by design. The scientist working on the project [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup|did not have any written notes]], for fear that they would be used for evil again. Shortly after Rogers is successfully given the treatment, a Nazi assassin kills the scientist and her knowledge is lost. Otherwise, the intent was for him to lead an entire [[Badass Army|company]] of super soldiers.
* [[Off with His Head]]: {{spoiler|The Red Skull's daughter [[Gory Discretion Shot|apparently]] met this fate when Cap's shield returned.}}
** {{spoiler|Though it's left ambiguous enough so she could have just been knocked out}}.
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