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* [[Action Girl]]: Sue, of course. Also Cpt. Frankie Raye. (Nova from the comic books)
* [[Actor Allusion]]: More "actor input", actually: Julian McMahon, who plays Dr Doom, suggested that metal staples be used to help stitch the scar at the beginning of his transformation. This comes from McMahon's experience playing a cosmetic surgeon on ''[[Nip Tuck]]''.
* [[A God Am I]]: Victor starts thinking this way once he embraces his powers. Sue notes that he always thought of himself as above others, though.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Johnny at the end of the second movie. After being a screw up due to his unstable form for most of the movie he uses it to his advantage at the end.
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** The Four themselves are only very rarely called by their codenames, Ben in particular because calling him "The Thing" is seen as unnecessarily cruel.
*** Sue also takes offense to being called the Invisible ''Girl''.
* [[Cool Car]]: The Fantasticar from ''Rise of the Silver Surfer.''
{{quote|'''Johnny:''' (sees the [[Product Placement|"Dodge" logo]] on the front) Hemi?<br />
'''Reed:''' Of course! }}
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the comics, Alica Masters (Ben's blind girlfriend) was the one who appealed to the Surfer's "humanity" and convinced him to save the world from Galactus. Here, Sue is given that job, and Alicia is only given two scenes in the sequel.
** She only has two scenes in the first movie too, so while it's a demotion from the comics it's a pretty consistent (if minor) role in the films.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] / [[Artistic License Astronomy]]: Reed Richards, of all people. Reed's hypothesis states that cosmic rays triggered the supposed evolutionary cycle when a storm of them ran over Earth. There's just one problem: Cosmic rays are prevented from reaching the earth by the earth's magnetic field, which, if Reed's model is anything to go by, still up and running. Furthermore, even if the cosmic rays ''did'' manage to penetrate the field and strike Earth, it would wipe out all (if any) life on it, not create any.
** He may have a point though as these particular cosmic rays are not the "murdering all life as we know it" kind, but the "give people random superpowers" kind.
* [[Die or Fly]]: Johnny
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Galactus (called Gah Lak Tus here).
* [[Enemy Mine]]: They team up with Dr. Doom in the sequel to get the Silver Surfer.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Chris Evans...just Chris Evans * swoon*
** Michael Chiklis as The Thing has a disturbingly large number of female admirers for a giant rock covered dude...
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Again, ''Chris Evans''.
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** This is best seen in ''RotSS'' when Reed is given photos of a 'comet' (actually the Silver Surfer) that's entered the Earth's atmosphere. Reed immediately hands the photos to Ben, who points out that the object can't be a comet because "the trail's all wrong". A subtle but brilliant nod to Ben's astronaut career.
* [[Gratuitous Russian]]: In a wild example of [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]], the name of the Latverian ship {{spoiler|in the [[Sequel Hook]]}}. "Головка пальца ноги" stands for "Head of toe" and made the scene obscenely yet understandably hilarious for Russian viewers.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Reed and Ben don't have much difficulty figuring out their powers but Sue and Johnny have a some trouble with it at first. This is the rare franchise to manage this again in the sequel with the four struggling to use each ''other's'' powers.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Johnny is so hot for Reed too.
** To say nothing of the subtle homosexual subtext between Johhny and Ben during both movies.
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* [[Jumped At the Call]]: The Human Torch, but only because there was no higher calling than getting girls and making money.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Whilst it doesn't last long, Johnny accidentally switching powers with Ben & becoming the Thing after all the crap he puts Ben through. Ben ''clearly'' enjoyed it.
* [[Layman's Terms]]:
{{quote|'''Reed: '''If we're going to identify the source of the mutation, we need to isolate your recombinant DNA so we can activate positional genomes.
'''Ben: '''Huh?
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** In the second movie the makup had improved to be lighter and allow Chiklis more freedom (in the first movie he couldn't even sit down while wearing the full costume and makeup). This means that he gets even ''faster'' and more dangerously agile in the sequel.
* [[Logo Joke]]: The two movies--released by [[Twentieth Century Fox]]--featured the TCF logo segue into the page-flipping Marvel logo. The Marvel logo also has a logo joke of its own, featuring only ''Fantastic Four'' panels and making the background behind "MARVEL" blue (like the F4 outfits) instead of the traditional red. Sadly, the extended cut of the 2005 movie removes the segue between the logos.
* [[Look Ma, No Plane]]: In the second movie, the Human Torch flies next to the plane in which the rest of the Fantastic Four is flying, annoying the Thing.
* [[Misguided Missile]]: Johnny does this.
* [[Moment Killer]]:
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** Even more specifically, Jessica Alba. ''In a skintight spandex jumpsuit''. Lampshaded during the 2005 film.
*** Not to mention getting all her clothes burned off when she and Johnny switch powers in the sequel. In front of a whole load of people. At least in the first movie she still has her underwear. ''Which she has to take off so no one can follow her...''
*** To give you an idea just how shameless it was, Alba reports that her death scene in the second movie was reshot with the direction to ''die sexier''.
** Made even more obvious since her power is to bend perceptions or something to that effect. There is no reason whatsoever why she should have to strip.
*** Actually, they justify this - The spandex suits received the same dose of cosmic radiation as they did, so they're the only things they can wear that won't set on fire when Johnny flames on, will turn invisible Sue does, and will stretch as much as Reed can. By the second film, Reed's managed to replicate the effects so they don't need their uniforms on at all times.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Johnny makes popcorn using his powers. Ben uses Thing-strength to squeeze orange juice. Reed uses his stretching to write on blackboards far away from him, and to retrieve toilet paper from another room.
** As mentioned under [[Fridge Brilliance]] the Four's uniforms are modified from the underclothes they wore on the space station.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The Thing saying, "You know, I used to smoke." Also:
{{quote|'''Johnny:''' That's the Invisible Girl!
'''Sue:''' "Girl"? }}
** Stan Lee's cameo doubles for this in the second movie; in the film, he was turned away from Reed and Sue's wedding, just as he (and [[Jack Kirby]]) were for the wedding in the comic.
** Johnny getting the powers of all his teammates makes him very similar to FF nemesis Super Skrull. He even hits Doom with a stretchy rock covered flaming fist.
** The Puppetmaster, Alicia's stepfather, is given a brief mention in one of the deleted scenes.
** {{spoiler|The cloud of Galactus features a brief shadow of his helmet as shown [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Galactus_Cloud.jpg here]}}
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* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Michael Chiklis has been a comic book fan since he was a kid. [[Captain Obvious|Guess which one was his favorite.]]
* [[Race Lift]]: Alicia Masters was white in the comic books.
* [[Re Cut]]: The Extended Edition, which adds in scenes fleshing out Ben and Alicia's romance as well as a different title sequence that provides some backstory.
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: Possibly averted, as Reed wanted to use his research to benefit the handicapped and the sick, but just look at the [[Did Not Do the Research]] / [[Artistic License Geology]] entry above.
* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]: The Four feel compelled to use their powers for good... often at the cost of their personal lives and relationships, as seen in the wedding opening of the second movie.
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* [[Skunk Stripe]]: The movie shows how Reed got his, part cosmic radiation, part obsessive guilt over the accident that caused their powers.
* [[Snow Means Cold]]: Subverted when the Surfer's passage causes snow to fall on the Great Sphinx outside Giza, Egypt ... ''without'' a corresponding drop in temperature.
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* [[Tempting Fate]] / [[Ironic Echo]]: "A few days in space. It'll be great. What's the worst that could happen?"
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* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Alica Masters is a blind, black female.
* [[Ultimate Evil]]: Gah Lak Tus.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: In-Universe example. In the extended cut of this film, Reed Richards transforms in to Wolverine when saying something along the lines of 'I thought you wanted a stronger man'. This suggests that mutants exist at the time the movie takes place. I'm sure Johnny Storm's comments about Ben Grimm on public television ('every team needs a mascot'!) went over really well with the mutant community.
** A CEO suggests that Doom 'go back to the home country,' and that maybe he belongs there. Usually the audience could just suspect that he was being the average [[Jerkass]] CEO. But then at the end of the movie, they actually pack him up in a storage container headed for Latveria while the American heroes celebrate their victory.
** The TV version just has make a Superman-like chin.
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: Johnny Storm's car has tags that read TORCH'D.
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** This feel is best seen in the hilarious breakfast scene and the montage that follows it. The whole thing plays out like an hilarious cross of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' and ''[[The Addams Family]]''.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: "All I've seen is a guy who almost got his team killed."
* [[With Catlike Tread]]: In Rise of the Silver Surfer, they decide that the only way to get the Silver Surfer's board back from Dr. Doom is to use The Human Torch's new "powers" to combine all their abilities to allow him to fly, but also be as strong as The Thing, and be invisible so he can sneak up on Doom. It works perfectly and he gets to within 2 feet of Doom. But rather than just knock him out, he has to say "To quote a friend, It's clobbering time." thus blowing the cover and starting a drawn out battle..all while the Earth is about to be destroyed.
** Well, Doom ''had'' just killed his sister.
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