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* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Subverted, somewhat, as Jenny does participate in her own rescue.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Subverted, somewhat, as Jenny does participate in her own rescue.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]
* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Sinclair is the main antagonist, but he works for [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
* [[Easy Logistics]]: Exactly how the Nazis intended an army of jetpack-equipped soldiers to fly clear across the Atlantic nonstop and conquer Washington DC, is not addressed but then, this Trope applies for a ''lot'' of stuff the real ones thought up.
* [[Easy Logistics]]: Exactly how the Nazis intended an army of jetpack-equipped soldiers to fly clear across the Atlantic nonstop and conquer Washington DC, is not addressed but then, this Trope applies for a ''lot'' of stuff the real ones thought up.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|During a gunfight in the climax, Valentine finds himself fighting the Nazis alongside the police chief. They glance at each other, and then resume firing.}}
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|During a gunfight in the climax, Valentine finds himself fighting the Nazis alongside the police chief. They glance at each other, and then resume firing.}}
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* [[The Thirties]]
* [[The Thirties]]
* [[Those Two Guys]]: FBI agents Fitch and Wooly.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: FBI agents Fitch and Wooly.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: The [[Bigger Bad]]s of the story.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Some people said they didn't need to see the film, the trailer told the whole story.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Some people said they didn't need to see the film, the trailer told the whole story.
** [[Tropes Are Not Bad|That doesn't make the full movie any less awesome though.]]
** [[Tropes Are Not Bad|That doesn't make the full movie any less awesome though.]]