The A-Team (film): Difference between revisions

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=== Contains the following tropes: ===

* [[~~Three D~~ Movie]]: Murdock gets to watch one, along with the other inhabitants of the psych ward he's in. {{spoiler|That 3D is really damn realistic, what with the Humvee smashing through the wall and dragging in Murdock. The 3-D glasses also make it look like they're really being shot at.}}

* [[3D Movie]]: Murdock gets to watch one, along with the other inhabitants of the psych ward he's in. {{spoiler|That 3D is really damn realistic, what with the Humvee smashing through the wall and dragging in Murdock. The 3-D glasses also make it look like they're really being shot at.}}

** {{spoiler|The Humvee [[Stealth Pun|broke the fourth wall]], you might say.}}

* [[Action Prologue]] - Also explains how the A-Team comes together, detailing Hannibal recruiting BA and Murdock to rescue Face.

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** Though in the case of the latter, it's less that he can't be a real man without killing, and more that it would be rather difficult for him to be a ''soldier''. None of the others ever question his manhood, nor his valor or dedication.

* [[Arrow Cam]]: Shown on Reaper UAV missiles. [[Truth in Television]].

* [[A Team Firing]]: While there is still a ''lot'' of gunfire, many people - random [[Mook]] soldiers and main characters alike - actually do get shot. Since this A-Team actually shoots to kill it isn't as extreme an example of the original [[Trope Namer]].

* [[A-Team Firing]]: While there is still a ''lot'' of gunfire, many people - random [[Mook]] soldiers and main characters alike - actually do get shot. Since this A-Team actually shoots to kill it isn't as extreme an example of the original [[Trope Namer]].

** Actually played with within the movie itself. B.A. becomes a pacifist and refuses to shoot to kill during part of the movie (perhaps a [[Shout Out]] to the trope), and one of the things the A-Team prides themselves on is getting things done with minimal casualties (note minimal, not ''none''); that is in contrast to the trigger-happy Pike.

* [[A Team Montage]]: You knew this had to happen... and since the movie's a little over two hours, we get two of them, and two others are a blend of planning and executing the plan instead of a straight montage.

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* [[Clear My Name]]: The main reason for the A-Team to take up the job offer.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Murdock provides some ''REALLY'' wonderful commentary in just about every situation.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]/[[Precision F Strike]]: Hannibal {{spoiler|in the gag reel during a briefing. It upgraded the Blu-Ray release from a 12-Certificate to a 15.}}

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]/[[Precision F-Strike]]: Hannibal {{spoiler|in the gag reel during a briefing. It upgraded the Blu-Ray release from a 12-Certificate to a 15.}}

* [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: Tank versus two Reaper UAVs...''in midair''.

* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: Hannibal's plan to steal the plates from Baghdad is described by Murdoch as "batshit insane".

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* [[Cutting the Knot]]: Face develops an elaborate plan that uses cargo containers as a giant-sized shell game. This works fine until one of the bad guys decides "screw this!" and knocks over all the containers!

* [[The Danza]]: Agents Blair, Daly, and Kyle are named after their actors (though [[All There in the Manual|only in the credits]]).

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: No more [[A Team Firing]], B.A.'s {{spoiler|trademark overhead throw}} is now lethal.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: No more [[A-Team Firing]], B.A.'s {{spoiler|trademark overhead throw}} is now lethal.

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Murdock using a tape recorder to mimic the General, who was pretty damn dead.}}

* [[Delicious Distraction]]: One sure way to get B.A. off your case, especially if you're Murdock, is to give him curry tapenade.

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* [[Good Looking Privates]]: Jessica Biel as <s>Cpt.</s> Lt. Sosa. Also, [[Mr. Fanservice|for the ladies]], Bradley Cooper as Face and [[Liam Neeson]] as Hannibal.

** Face actually gets into trouble in the beginning because of this... and has a [[Luxury Prison Suite]] by seducing the female guards.

* [[Good Smoking Evil Smoking]]: [[Colonel Badass|Hannibal]] [[Cultured Badass|loves a fine cigar.]] {{spoiler|He's [[Badass Bookworm|able to calculate how much tetrodotoxin to put in his favorite Cuban]] to render him unconscious long enough to feign death and escape, with [[Ludicrous Precision]]}}.

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: [[Colonel Badass|Hannibal]] [[Cultured Badass|loves a fine cigar.]] {{spoiler|He's [[Badass Bookworm|able to calculate how much tetrodotoxin to put in his favorite Cuban]] to render him unconscious long enough to feign death and escape, with [[Ludicrous Precision]]}}.

* [[Great Escape]]

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Face.

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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|It looks like Pike is the [[Big Bad]], except he's [[The Dragon]] to Morrison, and both of them, combined, are arguably [[The Dragon]] for Lynch.}}

* [[Marquee Alter Ego]]: Sort of. When the team disguises themselves to get through seaport security, Hannibal is disguised as, basically, {{spoiler|Liam Neeson.}}

* [[~~Mathematicians~~ Answer]]:

* [[Mathematician's Answer]]:

{{quote| '''Sosa:''' Gilbert, you've either deliberately aided and abetted a federal fugitive's escape, or you're the single dumbest human being I've ever come into contact with. Would you like to know which way I'm leaning?<br />

'''Gilbert:''' [[Male Gaze|Forward!]] }}

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* [[Watch the Paint Job]]: Very early on, {{spoiler|B.A.'s GMC is wrecked by a Air Conditioning block dropped by Murdock.}}

** And earlier, {{spoiler|getting shot by Hannibal doesn't annoy him. ''His blood staining the seats from getting shot annoys him.''.}}

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]]: Due to a traumatic experience with Murdock's flying style, B.A. is deathly afraid of flying. Guess what the team has to do a lot of during missions?

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Due to a traumatic experience with Murdock's flying style, B.A. is deathly afraid of flying. Guess what the team has to do a lot of during missions?

** Made more [[Irony|tragic]] when you think that he used to be part of an [[Its Raining Men|air-dropped battalion.]]

* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him]]: {{spoiler|At two different points, Pike has B.A. and Face in his gunsights, but takes too much time gloating before actually trying to shoot.}}

* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: {{spoiler|At two different points, Pike has B.A. and Face in his gunsights, but takes too much time gloating before actually trying to shoot.}}

** {{spoiler|Also, Hannibal could have easily shot Pike when he took the plates from him in Frankfurt, but didn't, and ends up with Pike gunning after both him and B.A. almost immediately thereafter.}}

* [[Window Pain]]: a LOT during the snatch-and-grab on the Arab in Germany.