Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Difference between revisions

 

 

'''Kirk''': "[[Big Word Shout|KHAAAAAAAAAN!!]]" }}

 

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Saavik in the ''Kobayashi Maru'' scenario, but ''only'' in the novelization. She takes on a ''dozen'' Klingon fighters and might have actually won by running away, if it hadn't been for the last three. (She gets her ass handed to her far more quickly in the movie.)

* [[Badass Boast]]: "I don't believe in the no-win scenario."

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Kirk's plan to trick Khan into chasing the ''Enterprise'' into the Mutara Nebula

* [[Battle Butler]]: Joachim.

* [[Best Served Cold]]: "[[Space Is Cold|It is very cold in space...]]"

** Although this makes Khan's motive a sort of [[Informed Attribute]]. He wants revenge for something that happened ''between'' the original episode and the movie, which has to be ''told'' to the audience.

* [[Call Back]]: The last line, delivered by Kirk (if you don't count Spock's "space: the final frontier" voiceover) call back to what he told Dr. Marcus during the [[Darkest Hour]] ("How do I feel? Old. Worn out.") and what Dr. Marcus told him back ("Let me show you something... that'll {{spoiler|make you feel young as when the world was new}}.").

'''Kirk''': Young. I feel young. }}

* [[The Cameo]]: Mr. Kyle, the Transporter Chief from ''TOS'', is the Communications Officer on the ''Reliant'' - making him the only [[Red Shirt]] known to have survived the five-year mission.

* [[Dies Wide Open]]: Joachim.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Argued about with Jim and Carol.

'''Carol:''' How can you ask me that? Were we together? Where we going to be? You had your world and I had mine. I wanted him in ''mine''... not chasing through the universe with his father. }}

* [[Doomsday Device]]: Ironically, Genesis, if it falls into the wrong hands.

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The wrath of Khan]]. [[Shout-Out|Like]] [[Moby Dick|Ahab]] [[Shout-Out|before him]], his all-consuming desire for revenge on Kirk ultimately gets in the way of his better judgement and ends up destroying him.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Ricardo Montalban's monologue on the subject is just fantastic.

** What {{spoiler|Kirk suffers when Khan's last gambit with the Genesis Device forces Spock to [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifice himself]] to save the ship. "I've hurt you" [[Ho Yay|indeed]].}}

* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Khan is a "product of late 20th century engineering" and the chief reason for [[The Federation]]'s [[No Transhumanism Allowed|policy against it.]]

** Even [[Family Guy]] takes this one seriously. That should tell you just how highly it's regarded.

* [[He's Back]]: When Kirk appears on the ''Enterprise'' again after Khan attempts to maroon him on Ceti Alpha V.

* [[Hide and No Seek]]: [[Lampshaded]] when Carol Marcus wants to have a private talk with Kirk without her David or the others listening in.

'''David''': This is just to give us something to do, isn't it. Come on. }}

* [[Holy Backlight]]: Kirk's entrance.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Peter Preston stays at his post, saving a fellow engineer along the way.

* [[I Never Said It Was Poison]]: Chekov unintentionally reveals he and Terrell meant to beam down to Ceti Alpha VI.

'''Khan:''' '''[[Large Ham|THIS]]''' [[Large Ham|is Ceti Alpha V!]]<br />

(''some [[Large Ham|hammy]] exposition later'')<br />

* [[Man Hug]]: Kirk and David. Awwwk-waardd.

* [[Mathematician's Answer]]:

'''Kirk:''' You may ''ask.'' }}

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: In-universe. ''[[Moby Dick]]'' is part of Khan's private library and he quotes Captain Ahab throughout the movie. Seems like Khan kind of missed the point of the novel.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: As mentioned above, the Battle in the Nebula at the end is not what you'd expect from two warships duking it out. It's slow, quiet, tense and ''very'' effective.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Done several times.

'''Khan:''' (dawning realization) Where's the override!? ''' THE OVERRIDE?!!''' }}

** And earlier on:

** During the final battle: The viewscreen clears just in time to reveal Reliant bearing down on Enterprise, [[Orchestral Bombing|the music goes nuts]], and there's barely enough time to order evasive manoeuvres before they slam into each other.

** The most brutal one of all is the last one....

And then Kirk looks over to see {{spoiler|Spock's empty chair}}. }}

* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: Spock after the final battle.

* [[Space Clouds]]: The Mutara Nebula.

* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: More pronounced than ever before, complete with a [[Lampshade Hanging]].

* [[Space Mines]]: In the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]] that starts off the movie, the ship the Enterprise needs to rescue was disabled by a gravitic mine.

* [[The Spock]]: Naturally. Quite notable here, however, {{spoiler|1=in what Spock's sacrifice said about how this archetype should be written. Yes, Virginia, that "cold Vulcan logic" that McCoy is always harping on Spock about applies to his ''own'' life as much as anyone else's... and he doesn't hesitate even for a moment when applying it.}}

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: No less than ''three''.

* [[This Is Sparta]]: A precursor to the [[Trope Namer]] and so close to it, it almost counts as the [[Trope Maker]] to its [[Trope Codifier]].

* [[Throw It In]]: Harve Bennett accidentally saw the Reliant designs upside down, and the crew made the models to fit that.

* [[Time Bomb]]

* [[2-D Space]]: Both used (for filmmaking purposes) and inverted (for story purposes).

* [[The Ubermensch]]: Khan would like to think he is. In reality, he's [[Sanity Slippage|gone half-mad]] since being marooned on Ceti Alpha V.

* [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]: The Kobayashi Maru test.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In response to Kirk's [[Batman Gambit]].

'''Khan:''' '''FULL POWER, ''DAMN YOU!''''' }}

* [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: The Genesis Device.