Chekhov's Hobby: Difference between revisions

For example, before going on the adventure the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] apologizes for being late because he had to help his sister who locked herself out of their car. Later, when everyone is detained and bound by shackles, this guy gets a hairpin from [[The Chick]] and manages to free himself and the others. It was mentioned he had the talent, but it isn't until now that we see him use it. If we actually saw him unlocking his sisters car then it would be a [[Chekhov's Skill]].

 

 

 

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** In the second movie, Ian Malcolm's daughter Kelly mentioned about her being cut from the gymnastics team. She later used those skills on an improvised uneven bars to kick a raptor out a window.

** Combined with another [[Chekhov's Gun]], Billy from the third movie mentions he has experience with base jumping as he starts to pack up the parachute they found.

* It was established in the first ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movie that Mikaela had a criminal record for helping her dad steal cars. In the climax she demonstrated the knowledge of how to hot wire a tow truck when Bumblebee was injured. Interestingly enough, this turns into a [[Chekhov's Skill]] in the sequel, where she has to hotwire another vehicle in a hurry.

* In ''[[Independence Day]]'' they made mention that the President was a fighter pilot during the Gulf War. In the climax he decided against reason and took control of an aircraft in their [[Last Stand]]. "I'm a pilot. I belong up in the air."

* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode 4: ''[[A New Hope]]'', [[Farm Boy]] [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] is actually a [[Ace Pilot|hot-shot bush pilot]] who used to bullseye womprats with his T-16 back home. Surely the wacky adventures Luke must have had while growing up on Tatooine had much to do with flying a military space fighter at extremely high speeds in a tunnel while evading fire from the most skilled pilots of the galactic [[The Empire|empire]]

** T-16s are, as explained in the Expanded Universe, common civilian craft, the equivalent of a Cessna. The advantage it gave Luke to have flown a T-16 is the fact that the T-65 X-Wing has almost the same control scheme, being made by the same shipyard. And T-16s have a low-power (by Star Wars standards) laser. Luke wouldn't have had to evade the Empire chasing him down just for flying around in his legally-owned civilian-grade aircraft.

* [[Zoe Bell]]'s ability to always land on her feet in [[Death Proof]]. It is mentioned in a funny way when the girls talk, but when attacked by the [[Big Bad]], it becomes very important.

* In ''[[Planet Terror]]'', Cherry literally catalogues her "useless skills" most of which involve her ability to bend and flex as a dancer. Damned if they don't come in handy at the end of the picture though.