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* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Polly tears her skirt to run better during the NYC robot attack. But leaves on the heels....
* [[Action Girl]]: Commander Francesca "Franky" Cook of the Royal Navy, who sports an [[Eyepatch of Power]]. There's also [[The Nameless|The Mysterious Woman]], a [[He Who Must Not Be Heard|silent]] but deadly woman who controls Totenkopf's machines {{spoiler|and turns out to be a [[Robot Girl]].}}
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* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Spoofed. Joe Sullivan believes Polly Perkins deliberately sabotaged his plane in China while [[Going for the Big Scoop]]. When they're trapped in a cave packed with dynamite that's about to explode, Joe looks her in the eyes and asks...if she really did cut his fuel line. Polly is understandably annoyed that they're going to spend their last moments on Earth discussing this point. And on Totenkopf's island, she admits she did. A pissed off Joe then admits that he did sleep with Franky.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]] - [[Played With]]: {{spoiler|Totenkopf's note at his deathchair reads "Forgive me", and there's indications he tried to shut down his robot servant that was hunting scientists.}}
* [[Bedmate Reveal]]: After an [[Outrun the Fireball]] moment, Polly wakes up naked in a bed next to an equally naked Joe. An embarrassed Polly tells him to turn around, which a grinning Joe does only to find he's also in bed with their guide, Kaji, who [[Fan Disservice|is also naked.]]▼
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Polly and Joe bicker throughout the movie.
{{quote|'''Joe:''' Could we just for once die without all this bickering? }}
▲* [[Bedmate Reveal]]: After an [[Outrun the Fireball]] moment, Polly wakes up naked in a bed next to an equally naked Joe. An embarrassed Polly tells him to turn around, which a grinning Joe does only to find he's also in bed with their guide, Kaji, who [[Fan Disservice|is also naked.]]
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Polly can understand both written and spoken German.
* [[Bring It]]: Dr. Totenkopf's female [[The Dragon]] makes a gesture to Sky Captain before fighting him outside the rocket ship.
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* [[Herr Doctor]]: All the scientists are German and Austrian.
* [[Hologram Projection Imperfection]]: As the protagonists approach Dr. Totenkopf's office a Tesla-type generator creates a [[Huge Holographic Head]] of Totenkopf that explains his motives and warns them to get out or die. Both the image and voice are distorted when powering up, highlighting the more primitive 1930's zeerust technology of the film. {{spoiler|The imperfections also hint this is a case of [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]].}}▼
* [[Homage|Homages]]: The attack by giant bipedal robots is copied from the 1941 Superman cartoon "The Mechanical Monsters". Their laser sound-effects are the same as the Martian [[Disintegrator Ray]] in the 1953 ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' film; similarly Polly's phoned-in report on the attack uses lines lifted from the famous [[Orson Welles]] radio broadcast. On seeing one of the robots, Dex mutters "[[Shazam]]!" The silhouette of [[Godzilla]] can be seen in a newspaper from Japan. During an underwater sequence we see both the wreck of the [[Titanic]] and the ship from ''[[King Kong]]'', complete with ape-holding cage. King Kong himself can be seen at the top of the Empire State Building during one shot with the robots in the streets. The flying robots on Totenkopf's island have the same chest controls as Commando Cody's [[Jet Pack]]. Et cetera.
* [[Hostage for Macguffin]]: When Dr. Totenkopf's thugs capture Polly Perkins in the uranium mine.
* [[Hot Scoop]]: Polly.
▲* [[Hologram Projection Imperfection]]: As the protagonists approach Dr. Totenkopf's office a Tesla-type generator creates a [[Huge Holographic Head]] of Totenkopf that explains his motives and warns them to get out or die. Both the image and voice are distorted when powering up, highlighting the more primitive 1930's zeerust technology of the film. {{spoiler|The imperfections also hint this is a case of [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]].}}
* [[Info Dump]]: Dex and the [[Reluctant Mad Scientist|scientists]] explain Totenkopf's entire plan (as well as mentioning an [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|offscreen escape where several of them got killed]]) in a single moment of exposition. Although not unusual in the [[Comic Books]] on which the movie is based, the scene appears clumsy on screen.
* [[It Is Beyond Saving]]: Totenkopf's [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|motive]] in creating his World of Tomorrow (and destroying the old one in the process).
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Dr. Totenkopf ([[Gratuitous German|Death Head in German]]) {{spoiler|Subverted, he's [[Dead All Along]]}} and it is implied that he was rather a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]. It's more commonly used by Germans as name for the bare skull. Hence the skull motif.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Angelina Jolie is in the movie for all of 15 minutes, but you'd think she was a main character.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: The walkways inside the rocket ship. They're barely wide enough to walk on, and have no railings.▼
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Polly is visibly annoyed when fellow fliers (and [[Love Triangle|implied ex-lovers]]) Franky and Joe share an incomprehensible nostalgia moment.
{{quote|'''Joe and Franky:''' PROTECT THE RABBITS!!! PROTECT THE RABBITS!!!}}
▲* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: The walkways inside the rocket ship. They're barely wide enough to walk on, and have no railings.
* [[One Bullet Left]]: Polly is down to one shot left in her camera, so she's forced to forgo the chance to photograph {{spoiler|the lost kingdom of Shangri-La, a top-secret flying aircraft carrier, a giant prehistoric bird, and every creature on Earth being loaded two-by-two into a giant rocketship. In the end Polly passes up the Scoop of the Century for a photograph of Joe... who [[Crowning Moment of Funny|promptly informs her she left the lens cap on]].}}<ref>Except the point of view during the shot is facing Polly and the front of her camera, and the audience can clearly see the lens cap is ''not'' on. Though you could [[Hand Wave]] this as Joe messing with her again.</ref>
* [[Percussive Prevention]]: Joe knocks out Polly {{spoiler|to stop her accompanying him on a one-way trip to destroy Totenkopf's rocketship. It doesn't work.}}
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