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== The Heroes ==
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* [[Stepping Stone Sword]]: He uses crossbow bolts to scale the city walls.
* [[Stepping Stone Sword]]: He uses crossbow bolts to scale the city walls.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
* [[Used to Be A Sweet Kid]]: Dastan, the boy that risked his life to save someone wrongly persecuted ends up leading the attack on an innocent nation, though doing so from misinformation and out of a concern to avoid, as much as possible, the horrendous death tolls that the original attack plan's full frontal assault would most likely incur going by [[Real Life]] historical record<ref> there's a reason attacking walled cities tended towards long sieges to starve out the defenders, after all</ref>.
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: Dastan, the boy that risked his life to save someone wrongly persecuted ends up leading the attack on an innocent nation, though doing so from misinformation and out of a concern to avoid, as much as possible, the horrendous death tolls that the original attack plan's full frontal assault would most likely incur going by [[Real Life]] historical record<ref> there's a reason attacking walled cities tended towards long sieges to starve out the defenders, after all</ref>.
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: He's apparently famous for it.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: He's apparently famous for it.
* [[Heel Face Door Slam]]: He gets better.
* [[Deadly Change-of-Heart]]: He gets better.
* [[Inspector Javert]]: Garsiv and Tus think Dastan [[You Killed My Father|killed their father]].
* [[Inspector Javert]]: Garsiv and Tus think Dastan [[You Killed My Father|killed their father]].
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Heart of Gold]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Heart of Gold]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}: {{spoiler|Subverted, he ''and'' Dastan appear to suffer one of these at first. Turns out time had been reversed instead. Though he dies for real a few moments later...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}: {{spoiler|Subverted, he ''and'' Dastan appear to suffer one of these at first. Turns out time had been reversed instead. Though he dies for real a few moments later...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]}}: {{spoiler|While beating him up, Nizam remarks to Dastan his dislike of the king adopting the homeless boy and making him Prince.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]}}: {{spoiler|While beating him up, Nizam remarks to Dastan his dislike of the king adopting the homeless boy and making him Prince.}}
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Nizam}}:''' {{spoiler|I never understood why my brother brought ''trash'' into our house! Enjoy the gutter, Dastan! It's where you will stay under ''my'' reign!}}}}
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Nizam}}:''' {{spoiler|I never understood why my brother brought ''trash'' into our house! Enjoy the gutter, Dastan! It's where you will stay under ''my'' reign!}}}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Uncle]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Uncle]]}}
* [[Guyliner]]
* [[Guyliner]]
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* [[Revealing Injury]]: Dastan realizes {{spoiler|his uncle is the true [[Big Bad]] when he notices that his hands are burned from handling the poisoned mantle that killed the king - despite having never touched the robe onscreen.}}
* [[Revealing Injury]]: Dastan realizes {{spoiler|his uncle is the true [[Big Bad]] when he notices that his hands are burned from handling the poisoned mantle that killed the king - despite having never touched the robe onscreen.}}
* [[Treacherous Advisor]]
* [[Treacherous Advisor]]
* [[Used to Be A Sweet Kid]]: Saving his brother's life and all. Well, until he became [[The Resenter|resentful]].
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: Saving his brother's life and all. Well, until he became [[The Resenter|resentful]].
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}: {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, with his plans ruined by Dastan (because he had already lived through all the events and knew what would happen), Nizam furiously attacks him, thus making evident he was the conspirator.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}: {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, with his plans ruined by Dastan (because he had already lived through all the events and knew what would happen), Nizam furiously attacks him, thus making evident he was the conspirator.}}
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* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: [[Eye Scream|bitten in the eye]] by {{spoiler|his own snake}}, impaled by Dastan's scimitar, ''[[Rule of Three|and]]'' finally thrown into a [[Bottomless Pit]], [[No Kill Like Overkill|just to be sure]]. For a [[Disney]] film (and not of a subsidiary, but Disney itself), there's quite a bit of this trope in play.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: [[Eye Scream|bitten in the eye]] by {{spoiler|his own snake}}, impaled by Dastan's scimitar, ''[[Rule of Three|and]]'' finally thrown into a [[Bottomless Pit]], [[No Kill Like Overkill|just to be sure]]. For a [[Disney]] film (and not of a subsidiary, but Disney itself), there's quite a bit of this trope in play.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: His favorite tactic was to call one of his ''pet'' snakes to attack, {{spoiler|so Tamina grabs it and forces it to bite ''HIM'' in the climax.}}
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: His favorite tactic was to call one of his ''pet'' snakes to attack, {{spoiler|so Tamina grabs it and forces it to bite ''HIM'' in the climax.}}
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]


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The Heroes

Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Dastan was born a street urchin in 6th-century Persia he was adopted by the king, after he shows valor and integrity, in an effort to prevent his two others sons from fighting over the throne.

Tamina (Gemma Arterton)

Princess Tamina is second protagonist of the Prince of Persia film. Tamina is a Princess whom Prince Dastan teams up with to protect the Sands of Time. While her relationship with Dastan appears to begin badly, the two eventually get over their differences.

Sheik Amar (Alfred Molina)

Sheik Amar is an entrepreneur and an ostrich racing organizer.

Seso (Steve Toussaint)

Seso is a Ngbaka, an expert knife thrower and man-servant to Sheik Amar.

Tus (Richard Coyle)

Tus is the first son of King Sharaman (and therefore crown prince), and adopted older brother to Dastan.

Garsiv (Toby Kebbell)

Garsiv is the second son of King Sharaman and adopted older brother to Dastan. Garsiv is also the hot-headed leader of the Persian Army.

The Villains

Nizam (Ben Kingsley)

Nizam: I never understood why my brother brought trash into our house! Enjoy the gutter, Dastan! It's where you will stay under my reign!

The Hassansins' Leader (Zolm) (Gísli Örn Garðarsson)

  1. ↑ there's a reason attacking walled cities tended towards long sieges to starve out the defenders, after all
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