Taking Chance: Difference between revisions

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Almost everybody that Strobl and Ellison meet on their travels know what their mission is without being told.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Strobl notices that the girl in the seat next to him is sending a text about the "[[Good Looking Privates|HOT Soldier]]" sitting next to her.

* [[Personal Effects Reveal]]: Twice. First when the mortician carefully cleans the blood off Chance's personal effects near the beginning of the movie, and again when his family receives them towards the end of the movie.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Expect to spend much of the movie with a lump in your throat.

* [[Thicker Than Water]]: Strobl is making small talk with another of the escorts when they cross paths again about midway through the movie.

'''Ellison''' Yes Sir. [[Tear Jerker|He's my brother.]] }}

* [[The Quest]]: Strobl volunteers to escort Phelps home to his family, and has to ensure that Phelps' body is accounted for at every step of the way.

* [[Quit Your Whining]]: The night before the memorial service, when Strobl starts expressing his angst over not going on a combat tour to Iraq in favor of being able to spend more time with his family, a [[Retired Badass|veteran]] sets him straight:

* [[Semper Fi]]: Both Phelps and Strobl are United States Marines.

* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Sergeant Arenz, who was with Chance when he died. His guilt is even more pronounced because he ''trained'' Chance. He takes Chance's death as a personal failing, as if Chance wouldn't have died if he had somehow trained him better.

* [[To Absent Friends]]: The local VFW post hosts a get-together the night before the memorial for this purpose.

* [[Truth in Television]]: [[Based on a True Story]].

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