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* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Justified. Elora is just a baby, and is born in captivity. They don't just kill her because she'll be reborn elsewhere. Instead, Bavmorda plans to use the Ritual of Obliteration to [[Deader Than Dead|banish her soul from the world permanently]].
* [[Born-Again Immortality]]: Elora has this power.
* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler| Willow's "disappearing pig" trick. The way he botches it at the beginning of the movie is funny at first, but at the climax, he uses it with Elora in place of the pig to fool Bavmorda, betting everything he has on it. Thankfully, he does it ''right'' that time.}}
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Sorsha.
* [[Character Title]]
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** To be fair, he actually succeeds in the pig trick: it's the pig itself that gives the trick away.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Elora Danan is prophesied to bring about Bavmorda's end. {{spoiler|However, see the [[Prophecy Twist]] entry below}}.
* [[Co-Dragons]] General Kael and Sorsha, although Sorsha has far more [[Character Depth]] {{spoiler|and joins the heroes' side eventually.}}
* [[Contemptible Cover]]: The DVD release doesn't use the well-made movie poster for its artwork, but rather a rushed clip job featuring Willow doing an extremely cheesy "Ta-da!" flourish.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: {{spoiler|Sorsha}}.
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** Later, the roles are reversed when {{spoiler|Sorsha}} is very much taken by Madmartigan's battle prowess.
* [[Door Step Baby]]: Elora Danan.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Sorsha and Madmartigan}} in the sequel novels.
* [[Evil Matriarch]]/[[Evil Overlord]]: Bavmorda.
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* [[Hobbits]]: The Nelwyn are basically halflings with the serial numbers filed off, being a collection of homebodies who live in burrows and tend to be shorter than humans. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, mind you]].
** The novels, perhaps actually inspired by the look of the actors, actually describes them with traits more often used in association with fantasy dwarves than hobbits/halflings: stocky, broad and with impressive upper-body strength.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|When Willow seems to ruin Bavmorda's plan by sending Elora away, she slams her fist down on the altar in rage, spilling the concoction she had meant for Elora, and is eradicated as a result.}}
* [[Home, Sweet Home]]: {{spoiler|Willow gains a hero's welcome when he returns to his village and runs straight into his loving family's arms}}.
* [[Human Snowball]]: A rare live-action example.
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* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Willow is very protective of his children even Elora Danan.
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: Elora Danan is prophesied to bring about Bavmorda's end; most believe this means she is a prophesized savior who will defeat the villain as an adult. However, {{spoiler|her defeat comes by the hands of those protecting the infant princess: Elora Danan is the catalyst who brings about Bavmorda's end, not herself the agent of it}}. And, of course, it also never would have happened [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|if Bavmorda hadn't been trying to kill Elora because of the prophecy in the first place]].
* [[The Quest]]
* [[Rage Helm]]: General Kael's skull-faced helmet.
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* [[Wizard Duel]]: Between Fin Raziel and Bavmorda. Willow ''very'' briefly tries, but Bavmorda obviously is too powerful to combat. {{spoiler|So he thinks outside the box and hides Elora under the guise of a magic teleportation spell}}.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' meets ''[[Prydain Chronicles|The Book of Three]]''.
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]:
** Naturally, Bavmorda is trying to kill Elona in order to prevent a prophecy, {{spoiler| her actions turning it into a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].}}
** {{spoiler| Bavmorda's court magician warns her that Sorsha will betray them. She does not believe him, claiming she trusts her more than she does him. Turns out, he's right.}}
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