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* [[The Movie]]: Starring [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] as the Prince.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In the movie:
** One of the Hassansins wields the Dark Prince's [[Whip It Good|Daggertail]] and the [[Kung Pow|iron claw]] of the 2008 ''Prince of Persia''.
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** The Prince finds himself on the run from the royal army after {{spoiler|being framed for his father's murder}}. The second game in the original series, ''The Shadow & The Flame'', has a similar setup. Even better, the reason he's running in that game is because the Princess has been tricked into thinking that he's a beggar from the streets.
** Early in the movie, we see Dastan attempting a vertical wall run with somersault, a move frequently used in the games, and failing. Later, however, he pulls out a perfect one while on the run.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Jake Gyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as [[Spider-Man]] in ''[[Spider
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: The series and the movie adaptation gets a lot of flack for making the Prince [[Mighty Whitey|"too white"]], due to Western audiences expecting [[Phenotype Stereotype|everyone who lives in the Middle East]] to [[Unfortunate Implications|be brown as can be and not even vaguely similar to the rest of the world]]. In truth, the Persian people were close relatives of the Europeans, and the majority of modern Iran's population could be considered "white". And most people there identify as white. [http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/4/128728998449020593.jpg Compare Iranian prime minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Jake Gyllenhaal.] Also, [http://kotaku.com/5547892/is-prince-of-persia-really-a-racial-whitewash read Kotaku's article.]
** Even better, compare him to former deputy culture minister [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5aumgLlZ7iE/S5IbljYk34I/AAAAAAAABA8/DVyoARfvAP4/s1600-h/mohammad+ali+ramin.jpg Mohammad Ali Ramin], who has a very light complexion.
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