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A [[
Sounds [[Strictly Formula|sickeningly derivative]], doesn't it?
Well just because the plot is a [[
It was originally supposed to be the official ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' movie (under the title ''The Dragons Of Krull''), but the license was somehow lost before the film was released. ''Krull'' has a similar reputation as ''[[Hawk the Slayer]]'', another D&D kind of film; both were made in Britain. But this may simply be a [[Blatant Lies|persistent rumor]], given that it has been [http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=506454&sid=2d1b9ed5266c5aa9b2863c456cf6a6b9#p506454 officially denied] by [[Gary Gygax]] himself.
Has nothing to do with the island state of Krull from [[Discworld]]
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* [[All That Glitters]]: Implied as a lesson of the Emerald Seer's when the thieves try and take emeralds from his cave, only to find that outside they're simply [[Worthless Yellow Rocks|ordinary stones]]. In this case, presumably the real treasure of the seer's cave is knowledge. Unsurprisingly, [[Trickster Mentor|he seems to have a nice chuckle over this lesson]].
* [[Backstory]]: Ynyr and the Widow's past.
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* [[Binary Suns]]
* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: A form of [[Glamour Failure]] sported by both the Changeling that replaces the Seer and the seductress Vella.
* [[Blessed
** Using the knowledge to avoid their death? [[You Can't Fight Fate|That just brings a much more painful death.]]
* [[Blind Seer]]: The Emerald Seer.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Ergo most of the time, and is it ever enjoyable watching it happen.
* [[Carpet of Virility]]: Ken Marshall had one.
* [[Casanova]]: Kegan (Liam Neeson), who has a wife or lover in numerous towns ([[Urban Legend Love Life|or so it is rumored]]). Two wives are known of for sure, and while he never falls prey to [[Oops, I Forgot I Was Married]], he does have to do some quick thinking and fancy maneuvering to keep them from finding out about each other.
* [[Cool Horse|Cool Horses]]: Fire mares.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Played with. In the scene when Colwyn retrieves the Glaive from the lava pit, he clearly acts as if there is a great deal of heat rising from the pool, yet is still able to reach in and retrieve the weapon without burning himself or catching fire. However, this is justified by the fact he is [[The Chosen One|the prophesied hero]] who would carry the Glaive, so its magic is implied to protect him from all effects of the lava. So, [[A Wizard Did It]].
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: A glaive is actually a type of single-bladed polearm (and also an obscure name for a sword) not a five-bladed shuriken-discus. Though this may actually be a case of [[They Just Didn't Care]] motivated by [[Rule of Cool]], by combining [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|an awesome weapon]] with the equally cool name of another. Considering the Glaive was "just an old symbol" and Krull was a place of mythical archetypes and cliches, there's nothing to say the name couldn't be attached to something different there anyway.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Ynyr leaves the Widow to go off on his mad adventures, not knowing he had left [[Someone to Remember Him By]]. Furious and hurt, she kills their child after it is born. It is to the credit of Francesca Annis and Freddie Jones that the scene revealing this [[Moral Event Horizon]], for which she was consigned to the web, is played with immense sympathy and tragedy thanks to the genuinely pity-inducing punishment she received and her clear regret for her crime.
* [[Dolled
* [[Dwindling Party]]: As the party nears the end of its quest, several characters start dying.
* [[Precious Puppies]]: When the boy mentions he always wanted one, Ergo transforms into a puppy for a few scenes.
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* [[Fuuma Shuriken]]: The glaive is a Western example.
* [[Galactic Conqueror]]: The Beast.
* [[Genius Loci]]: While not strictly alive or even sentient, the Black Fortress does seem to obey the Beast with great alacrity as if it is just an extension of his will--witness how the dome forms around Lyssa, or how the floor just so happens to crack open under the heroes, then close as Colwyn is trying to climb through. {{spoiler|This would also explain why it [[Load
* [[Giant Spider]]: The crystalline spider guarding the Widow of the Web.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The cyclops and the widow of the web.
** Don't forget the Old One. And in the case of the Widow it was more of a [[Redemption Equals Death]] kinda thing.
* [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]]: Ergo changed to a puppy to grant the boy's wish. After changing back, he said it was a stupid wish, although [[Jerk
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Very much how the Beast treats Lyssa during her captivity, whether [[Scarpia Ultimatum|attempting to woo her]], offering her [[Pimped
** In the novelization, it's more of a case of [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]?. The Beast says "You have been brought here for a marriage, though not of the sort you can imagine. It will be a much more intimate melding than you can conceive of."
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: The glaive, a giant, telekinetic ninja star, with retractable blades. And manually adjustable rotation rate; Colwyn uses it as a rotary saw at one point.
* [[Inept Mage]]: Ergo
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Lyssa's twisting of the Beast's words back to him might be [[Narm]] to some, a delicious [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] to others who truly believe in [[The Power of Love]].
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* [[Kill and Replace]]: {{spoiler|a shapeshifter kills the Emerald Seer and takes his form to get close to Colwyn and kill him.}}
* [[Kill It
* [[Licensed Game]]: Yes, it existed...three of 'em, in fact! There was a pinball game, a 2600 game, and a really confusing arcade game.
** And a [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast], AND [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game.]
* [[Load
* [[Load
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Colwyn made bandits about to rob him do a [[Heel Face Turn]] and join him.
** He also seems to have so much appeal that a woman sent to seduce and trap him falls in love with him at first sight instead.
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* [[Mooks]]: The Slayers
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: From bad to good -- from {{spoiler|another of Torquil's men dying by walls with [[Spikes of Doom]] closing in and the others in general peril}} to Lyssa and Colwyn happily meeting again. Also, a milder example in (paraphrased) dialogue:
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'''Titch:''' ''(ponders)'' A puppy.
'''Ergo:''' Only one? Why not a hundred?
'''Titch:''' Only want one.
'''Ergo:''' Well, that's a foolish wish...what about you, Rell, what'd you wish for?
'''[[The Comically Serious|Rell]]''': ''(gloomily)'' Ignorance. }}
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Thanks to the [[Special Effects Failure]] in how the Beast was portrayed, rather like the shark in ''[[Jaws (
* [[The Obi
** "Well, not as old as all ''that!''"
* [[One
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Literally, but inverted: the moment where it's first shown that Ergo has a heart and a more selfless side is when he turns ''himself'' into a dog for Titch to pet and hold.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Ergo
* [[Poke in
* [[The Power of Love]]: Which is considerably less metaphoric than in other examples. {{spoiler|Part of the marriage ceremony in this story involves the female taking a literal fire from a ceremonial pool and holding it in her immune-to-this-flame bare hand. Lyssa literally [[Chekhov's Gun|carries this flame for Colwyn through the entire film]] until the [[Final Battle]], where it proves to be more than the [[Big Bad]] can handle.}}
* [[Princess Classic]]: Lyssa. Though in her opening scenes she shows courage, strength of heart, and more than a little independence (for one thing, it's made quite plain that the alliance by marriage was her idea and she bullied her father into it), and when she is captured it's clearly due to lack of fighting skills and training, not lack of desire to fight back.
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* [[Save the Princess]]
* [[Shapeshifting Seducer]]: Or at least ''would-be'' lover, at two points. The Beast assumes Colwyn's form, and at least one of his minions can do so as well {{spoiler|by impersonating the Emerald Seer}}. Whether the Changling sent to "make [Colwyn] betray her; if not, kill him" had a similar ability or was somehow assigned the form is not revealed.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Ergo definitely has shades of this, considering his [[Overly Long Name]] is clearly [[Compensating for Something]]. It turns out by the end, though, that much of this is a pose.
* [[Super Speed]]: Fire Mares can travel "a thousand leagues in a day." The definition of "league" differed according to era and location, but it refers to the distance a healthy horse can most efficiently travel in an hour - about five and a half kilometers. Fire Mares thus have a cruising speed of ''231 kph'' or '''143 mph!'''
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: The Black Fortress vanishes from one location during a sunrise and appears in another (never the same place twice), to thwart enterprising young heroes. Figuring out where it will appear next so it can be intercepted is one of the major plot points.
* [[Troperiffic]]
* [[The Walls Are Closing In]]: Includes the [[Spikes of Doom|spiked walls]] version, and a gruesome death for one character who could have escaped but went back for his cherished knife.
* [[Wangst]]: [[In
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'''Ynyr:'''
* [[We All Do It Together]]: At the climax of the film, Colwyn and Lyssa jointly use the flame from their wedding ritual as a weapon to defeat the Beast, firing and directing it together.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: The Widow by Ynyr, in [[Backstory]].
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Not if you're a Cyclops. Well, you can (as in, [[Do Not Go Gentle|refuse to go off into self-imposed exile]] to await your foreseen death), but [[Fate Worse Than Death|you'll regret it]]. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Rell doesn't]] -- he may regret the pain, but not the reason for it.
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