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* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Cuban and Russian troops speak their own language, with subtitles. Played for laughs in one scene when a Russian officer playing tourist [[Fun With Foreign Languages|pretends to translate]] a forestry sign, saying it commemorates [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|a bloody Indian revolt]].
* [[Bittersweet Ending]], The kids lose their innocence and {{spoiler|All but two lose their lives}}, though it's suggested by the Partisan Rock memorial that [[America Wins the War]].
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: The History teacher at the beginning of the movie is the ''very first person'' killed onscreen when he walks up to some [[
** Everyone thought it was a military training drop which had been blown off course -- people don't automatically [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|assume they're being invaded]].
** In addition, Aardvark, the [[Token Minority|one Latino]] among the Wolverines, is the first one of them to get killed.
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* [[Funny Moments]]: Most notably the elite paramilitary group...Eagle Scouts. It was a blink and miss moment, but the Arapaho National Forest information sign [[Russian Humour|when translated by Yuri turned out hilarious]].
* [[Gag Sub]]: Done with the Spanish and Russian subtitles on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B3Ewl1CzWg this youtube version]. There's a [[Rifftrax]] out there as well.
* [[The Great Politics Mess
* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]}}: Which contributes to several more tropes being played straight.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Several.
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** One of the Wolverines asks this when Jed is about to execute both a captured soldier and {{spoiler|The Mayor's completely unwilling [[The Mole|turncoat]] of a son}}.
{{quote| '''Matt''': "What's the difference, Jed? Tell me, what's the difference between us and them?"<br />
'''Jed''': "Because...[[Occupiers Out of Our Country!|WE LIVE HERE!]]" ''(shoots soldier)'' }}
** Colonel Bella gets his moment as well when the aftermath of a Wolverines raid [[Heel Realization|reminds]] him of his own guerrilla fighter past:
{{quote| '''Bella''': "I have seen this before. But these are my men!"}}
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{{quote| "Then you'll be a real hunter. My dad said that once you do that, there's going to be something different about you, always."}}
* [[Recycled in Space]]: [[Ripped from the Headlines|The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]....in America!
* [[Reds With Rockets]]. And [[Tank Goodness|tanks]]. And [[
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]: Unarmed prisoners and [[Coup De Grace|enemy wounded]] are shot by the Wolverines.
* [[Shmuck Bait]]: The Wolverines see a Soviet truck drop some supplies on the road so clumsily that it screams too easy, yet they get them without suspicion and pay the price as a Soviet attack helicopter attacks.
** Though to be fair, they were likely starving by that point.
* [[Spot the Imposter]]: On being asked what's the capital of Texas, Colonel Tanner replies "Austin" and is immediately accused by Toni of being a [[Dirty Communist]]. He replies that she's seen too many movies. It doesn't help that Tanner's answer that Austin was the capital of Texas was correct, while Toni was certain that ''[[What an Idiot!|Houston]]'' was its capital. Likely a [[Shout
* [[Truth in Television]]: When the film was released, NPR had a former member of the Dutch Resistance give a review of it. He said the movie exactly portrayed the life of a partisan force, including the desperation, mistrust, and "cannibalism" (ie, "swallowed a bug" scene) that occurs.
* [[Token Minority]]: Averted for the remake. Early scripts mentioned an Asian American Wolverine named Erica Yu. However, "Erica" is now being played by the white Isabel Lucas.
** [[Token Enemy Minority]]: The remake's [[Wikipedia]] page lists Asian American actor Ken Choi as part of the [
* [[Voice of the Resistance]]: Radio Free America.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: When Col. Bella writes home to his sweetheart, it's nothing if not beautiful.
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