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** “Another day in paradise.”
** “Another day in paradise.”
* [[Cat Scare]]: In one scene, we see scavs lurking and watching Jack. A frightened Vika warns Jack of impending enemy contact—but what ''she'' sees turns out to just be a stray dog.
* [[Cat Scare]]: In one scene, we see scavs lurking and watching Jack. A frightened Vika warns Jack of impending enemy contact—but what ''she'' sees turns out to just be a stray dog.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The lightning storm in the film’s first flight that kills Jack’s engines. He later flies into a storm intentionally to throw off his pursuers.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The film’s first flight, when Jack pilots through a lightning storm that kills his engines. He later flies into a storm intentionally to throw off his pursuers.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Bob the bobblehead.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Bob the bobblehead.
{{quote|'''Jack''': Buck up, Bob. Don’t go all shaky on me.}}
{{quote|'''Jack''': Buck up, Bob. Don’t go all shaky on me.}}
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* [[Dress Hits Floor]]: Done without a cut, but [[Sexy Silhouette|from behind and silhouetted]].
* [[Dress Hits Floor]]: Done without a cut, but [[Sexy Silhouette|from behind and silhouetted]].
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]:
** For Jack, when he fixes a drone with bubblegame while talking about the Super Bowl and wearing a Yankees cap. Depicts in one scene both his ingenuity and his curiosity and nostalgia for Earth‐related things.
** For Jack, when he fixes a drone with bubble gum while talking about the Super Bowl and wearing a Yankees cap. Depicts in one scene both his ingenuity and his curiosity and nostalgia for Earth‐related memorabilia.
** For Vika, the moment when Jack offers her a patch of grass from the surface, and she wordlessly turns around, throws it off the balcony, and chides Jack for breaking the rules and putting them danger.
** For Vika, the moment when Jack offers her a patch of grass from the surface, and she wordlessly turns around, throws it off the balcony, and chides Jack for breaking the rules and putting them danger.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]:
* [[Gilligan Cut]]:
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