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The Paul Verhoeven film is generally considered to be the biggest [[Flipping the Bird|middle finger]] the [[Starship Troopers (~~Literature~~)|novel]] will ever receive, and that is no accident. It's a satire of militarism, the Cold War, dehumanization of the enemy, war movies, propaganda and military sci-fi in general. It originally started out as an unrelated script called ''Bug Hunt'', before the studio acquired the rights to the novel and rewrote the script to accommodate it. The film was intentionally designed as the polar opposite of the book in terms of message, characterization, and theme --an attack on the "pro-war fascist dogma" detractors of the novel attribute to it. A fairly detailed exploration of the film's themes can be found on [http://www.avclub.com/articles/starship-troopers,41966/ The AV Club].

The Paul Verhoeven film is generally considered to be the biggest [[Flipping the Bird|middle finger]] the [[Starship Troopers (novel)|novel]] will ever receive, and that is no accident. It's a satire of militarism, the Cold War, dehumanization of the enemy, war movies, propaganda and military sci-fi in general. It originally started out as an unrelated script called ''Bug Hunt'', before the studio acquired the rights to the novel and rewrote the script to accommodate it. The film was intentionally designed as the polar opposite of the book in terms of message, characterization, and theme --an attack on the "pro-war fascist dogma" detractors of the novel attribute to it. A fairly detailed exploration of the film's themes can be found on [http://www.avclub.com/articles/starship-troopers,41966/ The AV Club].

There was a direct to video sequel or two, with [[Puppeteer Parasite]] in the form of brain-eating Control Bugs and the introduction of [[Powered Armor]] and religious subtext (respectively). They can be viewed on Hulu.

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=== These films provide examples of: ===

* [[Abandon Ship]]: Occurs in both the first and third movies. The third movie proceeds on to the main plot, a group of survivors making their way across the planet while defending themselves against the bugs until they can regroup with a squad of Marines from their ship. {{spoiler|They find the Marines, still in their dropship, dead as soon as they left their home ship due to an [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|air leak.]]}}

* [[Abandon Ship]]: Occurs in both the first and third movies. The third movie proceeds on to the main plot, a group of survivors making their way across the planet while defending themselves against the bugs until they can regroup with a squad of Marines from their ship. {{spoiler|They find the Marines, still in their dropship, dead as soon as they left their home ship due to an [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|air leak.]]}}

* [[Ace Pilot]]: Carmen, overlapping with [[Drives Like Crazy]].

* [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]]: The Mobile Infantry operating without armor or artillery support was actually justified in the novel, because the MI powered armor suits let them provide their ''own'' support. When the movie eliminated the powered armor, it failed to account for this, making the MI's tactics look very silly.

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** At the end of the second film, [[Pregnant Badass|Sahara]] is the only soldier from the outpost who makes it out alive, with [[The Hero|Dax]] opting for a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and others having been killed by Dax and Sahara after they were infected with the [[Puppeteer Parasite|Control Bug]].

** At the end of the third film, [[Action Girl|Lola]] and [[Bridge Bunny|Holly]] are the only ones who survive from the group that crash-landed on the planet.

* [[An Arm and A Leg]]: {{spoiler|Rasczak in spades.}}

* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: {{spoiler|Rasczak in spades.}}

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Rasczak's mechanical left hand.

* [[Artistic License Biology]]: In a Biology class in the beginning of the film, the teacher refers to the Bugs as both "arachnids" and "insects." Moments later, she calls up a holographic image of one. It only has four legs.

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* [[Author Tract]]: According to his commentary, almost every scene was supposed to convey some sort of social or political message.

** If you're aware of who director Paul Verhoeven is, you already know [[Anvilicious|he didn't need to point that out]].

** Averted in the commentary for the second film, where the film-makers point out that everyone assumes the movie is about [[The War On Terror|Iraq]], but the script was written long before that war started.

** Averted in the commentary for the second film, where the film-makers point out that everyone assumes the movie is about [[The War on Terror|Iraq]], but the script was written long before that war started.

* [[Auto Doc]]: An injured Rico is placed in a nutrient tank with automated metal hands mending his thigh wound.

* [[Back in ~~The~~ Saddle]]: Rico's teacher Mr. Rasczak returns to duty as Lieutenant in the MI. Drill Sergeant Zim is so eager to get back on the front lines that he deliberately gets himself demoted to Private to do so.

* [[Back in the Saddle]]: Rico's teacher Mr. Rasczak returns to duty as Lieutenant in the MI. Drill Sergeant Zim is so eager to get back on the front lines that he deliberately gets himself demoted to Private to do so.

* [[Badass]]: Sgt. Zim! Starts the movie as a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], then takes a VOLUNTARY DEMOTION so that he can go into combat, THEN captures a brain bug! Being played by [[Clancy Brown]] certainly doesn't hurt his badassitude.

** Dax in the second film qualifies.

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* [[Big Bad]]: The Bugs

* [[Big Book of War]]: In ''Marauder'', General Hauser is attacked by a civilian and cites every regulation he is violating by attacking an officer. Yes, for each punch, uppercut, and kick to the balls there is a regulation for that.

* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]

* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]

* [[Black Dude Dies First]]:

** Inverted in the first movie, where the black dude dies last {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|holding the line for his comrades to escape]], with a [[Taking You ~~With~~ Me|ticking tactical nuke in one hand]].}}

** Inverted in the first movie, where the black dude dies last {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|holding the line for his comrades to escape]], with a [[Taking You with Me|ticking tactical nuke in one hand]].}}

** And in the third the only major black character not only makes it to the end of the movie but gets a massive promotion {{spoiler|and the girl}}.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: In the third film, just about everything the Federation says on the news seems to be this whenever it involves the main plot. Which makes you doubt the veracity of the news reels' ongoing B Plot about the growing Peace Movement and its leader.

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* [[Colonel Badass]]: Michael Ironside as Lieutenant Rasczak from the first movie qualifies.

** General Shepherd from the second flick seems like this at first. He eventually becomes the movie's [[Big Bad]] after he gets [[Puppeteer Parasite|infested]], and gives the heroes a pretty nasty [[Hannibal Lecture]].

* [[Communications Officer]]: A series of ([[Red Shirt|usually short-lived]]) characters fulfill this role throughout the first film, including [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Dizzy]] and [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold|Ace]] towards the end.

* [[Communications Officer]]: A series of ([[Red Shirt|usually short-lived]]) characters fulfill this role throughout the first film, including [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Dizzy]] and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Ace]] towards the end.

* [[Composite Character]]: In the novel, Carl is Rico's childhood friend who dies offscreen, the only psychic is an unnnamed "sensitive" who makes one brief appearance (and Rico suspects his talent is really just very good hearing), and Jenkins is one of Rico's later squadmates. Also in the novel, Colonel DuBois, Rico's teacher, and Lt. Rasczak are separate characters, but [[Michael Ironside]] pulls double duty when the two are combined.

* [[Covered in Gunge]]: [[Ludicrous Gibs|Bug guts]] ''everywhere''.

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* [[Dead Line News]]

* [["Dear John" Letter]]: Rico gets one from Carmen via video mail.

* [[Death By Cameo]]: Scriptwriter Edward Neumeier briefly appears as a murderer who is sentenced to death by lethal injection in a show trial (from what we can tell there wasn't even a trial, just a verdict).

* [[Death by Cameo]]: Scriptwriter Edward Neumeier briefly appears as a murderer who is sentenced to death by lethal injection in a show trial (from what we can tell there wasn't even a trial, just a verdict).

* [[Death By Sex]]: After spending over half of the movie pining, the day after {{spoiler|Dizzy and Rico have sex, she dies}}.

* [[Death by Sex]]: After spending over half of the movie pining, the day after {{spoiler|Dizzy and Rico have sex, she dies}}.

* [[Death From Above]]: The Bugs use this by ([[Hand Wave|somehow using plasma]]) shooting asteroids, but the humans seem to have trouble with the concept. Yes, this makes no sense [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|on so many levels]]. It's implied it's bull anyway; the more likely explanation is that the government did it themselves as an excuse for war.

* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: {{spoiler|Dizzy. And, for that matter, arguably Zander.}}

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** Medic!

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Ibanez flies this way.

* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: In ''Marauder'', a squad of Marines are introduced, their leader gets a few [[Badass]] moments by way of an introduction, and then {{spoiler|The entire squad dies off-screen as soon as their dropship launches because it wasn't properly sealed to keep the atmosphere in. We don't even learn of their fates until the final act.}}

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: In ''Marauder'', a squad of Marines are introduced, their leader gets a few [[Badass]] moments by way of an introduction, and then {{spoiler|The entire squad dies off-screen as soon as their dropship launches because it wasn't properly sealed to keep the atmosphere in. We don't even learn of their fates until the final act.}}

* [[Drop Ship]]: Appear to basically be shuttles carrying shipping containers for the troops to ride in. A smaller version is used to recover Rico's Roughnecks from the outpost in the first movie.

* [[Dwindling Party]]: In ''Marauder''. Specifically, all the ''interesting'' characters get killed off as they make they way to the Marines' dropship.

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* [[Field Promotion]]: Taken to extreme levels with Rico once they end up in the Roughnecks. After taking out a tanker in an extremely reckless move, he was elevated to corporal. After the {{spoiler|Lieutenant Rasczak dies?}} You're now acting {{spoiler|Lieutenant}}. And when they go back to HQ, instead of assigning another one they just make the promotion permanent. Not that he did nothing that ever warranted those promotions.

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] Rico and Ace, with Ace initially starting out as [[The Rival]], but he is eventually humbled and becomes Rico's friend.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: The original script "Bug Hunt" was an ''[[Alien (~~Film~~)|Aliens]]'' ripoff, and much of ''[[Aliens]]'' was inspired by the [[Starship Troopers]] novel.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: The original script "Bug Hunt" was an ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' ripoff, and much of ''[[Aliens]]'' was inspired by the [[Starship Troopers]] novel.

* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: Subverted in ''Marauder''. Turns out that using the zombified remains of the dwindled members of the [[Dwindling Party]] as your mouthpiece only really serves to make everybody a lot ''less'' comfortable. Even [[The Mole]] is visibly thrown a bit by this.

* [[Gender Flip]]: Dizzy Flores, mostly to add a [[Love Triangle]] and a [[The Squadette|Squadette]].

* [[Gender Is No Object]]: Men and women serve together in all parts of the Federation military (and even shower together). In the book the Mobile Infantry is strictly male, and women do serve, but they are almost universally in the Space Navy since they make better pilots.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: The Federation

* [[Good Looking Privates]]: In all the movies, but especially ''Starship Troopers 3: Marauder'' where we have tall, black and uniformed Boris Kodjoe as General Dix Hauser, Lt Manion who has an (apparently genuine) [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|hot French accent]], cute [[Bridge Bunnies|Bridge Bunny]] types Lamb and Holly, and last but not least [[Star Trek Enterprise|Jolene Blalock]] as Captain Lola Beck. She's seen striding through her spaceship in pseudo-fascist uniform and calf boots while men watch with their tongues hanging out. To the disappointment of countless Trekkies, however, we never see her in a co-ed shower. There is however a gratuitous nude scanning with Casper Van Dien and his Marauder team.

* [[Good Looking Privates]]: In all the movies, but especially ''Starship Troopers 3: Marauder'' where we have tall, black and uniformed Boris Kodjoe as General Dix Hauser, Lt Manion who has an (apparently genuine) [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|hot French accent]], cute [[Bridge Bunnies|Bridge Bunny]] types Lamb and Holly, and last but not least [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Jolene Blalock]] as Captain Lola Beck. She's seen striding through her spaceship in pseudo-fascist uniform and calf boots while men watch with their tongues hanging out. To the disappointment of countless Trekkies, however, we never see her in a co-ed shower. There is however a gratuitous nude scanning with Casper Van Dien and his Marauder team.

* [[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half The Woman She Used To Be]]: Carmen's commander, thanks to a descending bulkhead door.

** [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: The bugs ate up this trope. Literally.

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*** Ships parked shoulder-to-shoulder in orbit? Check.

*** Underestimating an enemy that can throw asteroids at you from across the galaxy? Check.

*** Fighting a ground war against a planet-bound enemy instead of [[It's the Only Way To Be Sure|just nuking them from orbit]]? Check.

*** Fighting a ground war against a planet-bound enemy instead of [[It's the Only Way to Be Sure|just nuking them from orbit]]? Check.

*** No artillery, armor, air, or orbital support for your massive ground assault, even when clearly shown having carpet bombing capabilities? Check.

*** After landing, announcing their presence to all of Klendathu by exiting the landing craft screaming while the craft shoot off flares? Check.

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** This may go so far as being [[Anvilicious]] or a [[Take That]] since the obligatory colony that gets annihilated by the bugs is a ''Mormon'' colony named Port Joe Smith which was apparently set up in bug territory against Colonial authority.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: In the third movie. FINALLY! And while they used [[Hollywood Tactics]] when using them, they did much, much better than how the grunts did normally in the films.

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in ~~The~~ Face]]: The horridly unsafe live-fire exercise where, [[Tempting Fate|sure enough]], someone gets accidentally shot in the face. [[Didn't See That Coming]].

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]]: The horridly unsafe live-fire exercise where, [[Tempting Fate|sure enough]], someone gets accidentally shot in the face. [[Didn't See That Coming]].

** Its worse than that. The beams the pop-up targets fire can and do, cause involuntary muscle spasms in humans. Which of course, is how Breckenridge is killed. Why no one ever noticed that before or thought it might be tad unsafe during live-fire practice is anyones guess. But as bad as all this is, if you look in the background you can CLEARLY see other people marching and walking about, to the sides and probably in BACK of the range. Wow...

** Earlier in the film, during one of the propaganda commercials, three soldiers pass off their guns to children, even teaching them how to aim them. ''The kids actually fight over the guns!'' In case you had any faith that these soldiers aren't complete imbeciles, they then proceed to '''pass out bullets'''.

* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Flip-6-3-hole!

* [[In Name Only]]

* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Actually [[New Powers As the Plot Demands|depends on the scene]].

* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Actually [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|depends on the scene]].

** In one of the news inserts it's mentioned that Bugs can be incapacitated quickly and easily with only a few shots to a specific nerve cluster. This place is so hard to hit that even when a Bug is restrained the demonstrator only barely pulls it off.

* [[Improbable Parking Skills]]: It's implied that Carmen Ibanez had to have them to land her shuttle in the middle of a besieged Mobile Infantry outpost during a fierce battle. Of course, she had already been established as the [[Ace Pilot]].

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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Invoked. "It's afraid!" *cheers*

* [[New Meat]]: Used quite a bit. A common phrase used to refer to new recruits is "fresh meat for the grinder". Quite funny, in a horrible sort of way. In the sequel a soldier says "Grow up big and strong, we need fresh meat for the grinder" to a newly-born child ''in the arms of its mother''. Upon receiving new arrivals at the end of the first one (earily reminiscent of [[World War II]] footage of the Nazis throwing in [[Child Soldiers]] by the end of the war), Rico asks "Who are all these kids?", the reply being "we just got 'reinforced'". Upon this he quips that they ([[Dawson Casting|20-year old soldiers]]) are the "old men" now before proceeding to give them the exact same speech the unit commander he replaced did when he, Ace, and Dizzy joined the unit.

* [[No New Fashions in ~~The~~ Future]]

* [[No New Fashions in the Future]]

* [[Nuke'Em]]: the MI seem to have only two weapons-- assault rifles, and tactical mini-nuke grenades.

** This troper imagines the fine print on these grenades somewhere along the lines of

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* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: The United Citizen Federation, where civil rights are plenty (unless you want to have kids) but political freedoms are virtually nonexistent, executions are televised, and the media is a fully interactive [[Propaganda Machine]].

* [[Physical Fitness Punishment]]: In the first movie, one of several methods of punishment used by the instructors in boot camp. One trooper is sent running around a distance armory (with a Corporal swatting him with a cane to keep pace) as punishment for failing to address his instructor as "Sir".

** [[Played With]] in the second film. A group of troopers are couped up in an abandoned outpost waiting for rescue, and a comely female trooper<ref> who is possessed by a [[Puppeteer Parasite]] that she is trying to spread</ref> makes a pass at Captain Dax, claiming that she needs to burn off "excess energy". So he decides to help her out by having her do a hundred pushups [[Not Distracted By the Sexy|as he walks off]].

** [[Played With]] in the second film. A group of troopers are couped up in an abandoned outpost waiting for rescue, and a comely female trooper<ref> who is possessed by a [[Puppeteer Parasite]] that she is trying to spread</ref> makes a pass at Captain Dax, claiming that she needs to burn off "excess energy". So he decides to help her out by having her do a hundred pushups [[Not Distracted by the Sexy|as he walks off]].

* [[Pin Pulling Teeth]]: In the first movie, Dizzy pulls out a grenade's pin with her teeth. Which seems entirely unnecessary, as pushing the big red button on top of the grenade is also shown to remove the pin.

* [[Planetville]]

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** Carl uses these on his pet ferret ("Go bug Mom!"), the brain bug at the end ("It's afraid!"), and {{spoiler|to guide Rico to Carmen}}.

** In the second movie, Lieutenant Dill has psychic abilities as well. [[Informed Ability|sort of.]] At the very least, he can "sense" oncoming swarms of bugs. [[Action Girl|Sahara]], too. When she tells the lieutenant that she's pregnant, he informs her that pregnancy has been known to enhance psychic abilities.

** In the third movie, Sky Marshal Anoke is a psychic. {{spoiler|This turns out to be a case of being [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck]], as it's his telepathic sensitivity that allows the Brain Bug to [[Face Heel Turn|turn him to their side]].}}

** In the third movie, Sky Marshal Anoke is a psychic. {{spoiler|This turns out to be a case of being [[Blessed with Suck]], as it's his telepathic sensitivity that allows the Brain Bug to [[Face Heel Turn|turn him to their side]].}}

* [[Puny Earthlings]]:

** The Bugs can take a full magazine of ammo (or more as [[Rule of Drama|drama demands]]) and still fight. In general it took three people all their ammo to kill one bug, which would kill at least two of them in the process. The only person who had an effective weapon only used it ''after'' the bugs had torn him in half. This is (almost) consistent with the book, as warrior bugs have no sense of self preservation and may not even feel pain: if your torrent of bullets fails to hit a vital organ but only chops away at limbs, the bug will keep coming so long as it has a limb left. But in the book, they realized this and aimed for the brain case on the back to disable them quickly. Not so in the movie... even though the psychic specifically recommended it to the troops!

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** Played straight in the second film: when the [[Puppeteer Parasite|Puppeteer Parasites]] take over a new host, they become much harder to kill.

* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The plot of the second film.

* [[Putting On the Reich]]: Taken to extremes. It is impossible to look at a dress or officer's uniform and not think "How very German." Given the film's send up of militarism and the fact that Verhoeven grew up in the Netherlands during World War II, it's not exacting surprising. But note how they are ''never portrayed as anything but good'', even while ''saying and doing horrible things'' -- thus reinforcing the film's take on propaganda.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: Taken to extremes. It is impossible to look at a dress or officer's uniform and not think "How very German." Given the film's send up of militarism and the fact that Verhoeven grew up in the Netherlands during World War II, it's not exacting surprising. But note how they are ''never portrayed as anything but good'', even while ''saying and doing horrible things'' -- thus reinforcing the film's take on propaganda.

** Carl's uniform is the worst offender: the cap and black longcoat haven't been seen on an officer [[Those Wacky Nazis|since 1945.]]

* [[Race Lift]]: Rico was Filipino in the book; now he's [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkling]] white. Similarly, Dizzy and Carmen have Hispanic-sounding last names like Flores and Ibanez, but neither actress is Hispanic. Coupled with the [[Dawson Casting]], this is [[Uncanny Valley|very disconcerting]], and was thus probably done on purpose.

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* [[Vasquez Always Dies]]: Dizzy and Rake.

* [[Video Phone]]: Johnny Rico is talking to his parents in Buenos Aires via [[Video Phone]] {{spoiler|when the Bug asteroid hits the city.}}

* [[Villain ~~With~~ Good Publicity]]: In the 3rd sequel, Omar Anoke, Sky Marshall of the Federation Forces and propaganda pop star, who secretly defects to the "God Bug" [[Behemocoatl]]'s side and orchestrated the massacre on Roku San by shutting down the electric fences thereby letting the bugs massacre the troops.

* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: In the 3rd sequel, Omar Anoke, Sky Marshall of the Federation Forces and propaganda pop star, who secretly defects to the "God Bug" [[Behemocoatl]]'s side and orchestrated the massacre on Roku San by shutting down the electric fences thereby letting the bugs massacre the troops.

* [[War Is Glorious]]:

** Parodied - [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing|or at least they tried to, anyway]]. Sweaty bulging muscles, A faceless implacable enemy guilty of genocidal war crimes, big guns and comradeship. And if you don't fight you are a nonperson.

** The troopers are also alarmingly blase about the horrible deaths happening around them sometimes. When the panicked general during the trap is crushed by a bug, Ace has this big grin on his face like "Hey, that was really cool!" And even during a panicked evacuation, killing one big bug is enough to get at least a couple of them cheering like they're at a football game, even while they're supposed to be running for their lives.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: Both the Bugs ''and'' the humans apparently follow this philosophy.

* [[We Will Wear Armor in ~~The~~ Future]]: Rather noticeably by fans, not [[Powered Armour]]. Here the armour is more like modern GI flak armour in terms of bulk and coverage.

* [[We Will Wear Armor in the Future]]: Rather noticeably by fans, not [[Powered Armour]]. Here the armour is more like modern GI flak armour in terms of bulk and coverage.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Many times. The [[Asskicking Pose|scene]] [[More Dakka|at the end]] of the second film [[No Kill Like Overkill|is notable]].

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Inverted. A character prays, in conjunction with obviously [[Doing in ~~The~~ Wizard|non-supernatural stuff]] happening around them. "Lord, send us an [[Humongous Mecha|army of angels]]. And arm them with [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire|your fire]], and [[More Dakka|your sword]], that they may smite the evil around us."

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Inverted. A character prays, in conjunction with obviously [[Doing in the Wizard|non-supernatural stuff]] happening around them. "Lord, send us an [[Humongous Mecha|army of angels]]. And arm them with [[Kill It with Fire|your fire]], and [[More Dakka|your sword]], that they may smite the evil around us."

** Bonus points for the fact that the suits' retro-rockets as they're [[It's Raining Men|air-dropping to the field]] are seen in the background behind her, ''distinctly'' forming a halo around her head as she prays.

* [[Writer On Board]]: Again, in the opposite direction.

* [[Writer on Board]]: Again, in the opposite direction.

* [[When She Smiles]]: Say what you will about the third film in general, and about [[The Load|Holly]] in general, but the scene when the [[Drop Ship]]'s lights come back on, and her face in turn lights up with a huge smile? ''Gorgeous''.

* [[You Fail Physics Forever]]: When hit with missiles, orbiting space ships do not fall perpendicular to the planet and they especially do not fall down [[Space Does Not Work That Way|RELATIVE TO THE CAMERA]].