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''Thirteen Days'' is a 2000 film about the [[History of the Cold War|Cuban Missile Crisis]], shown primarily from the point of view of President [[John F. Kennedy]] (Bruce Greenwood) and his senior
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* [[Ass in Ambassador]]: Subverted; everyone thinks that Adlai Stevenson is too weak to stand up to the Soviets, and he initially gives this impression, but he [[Ambadassador|soon proves them wrong]].
* [[Balance of Power]]: One of the main reasons not to start shooting.
* [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]]: The Joint Chiefs, and, to a lesser extent, Kennedy, are still smarting from the backlash of this, part of why they keep advocating
* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]: Alluded to by Adlai: "I'm an old political cat, Kenny, but I've still got one life left." Doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], due to his humble and graceful embrace of his ending political career (or at least as it seems to him and everyone at the time).
* [[Cold War]]: Very close to getting hot.
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* [[Freudian Trio]]: Jack would be the Id, tending to act impulsively; Bobby is the Superego, leading the people coming up with the ideas, and Kenny is the Ego, cooling Jack's impulses and pressing Bobby for better solutions.
* [[General Ripper]]: Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Curtis LeMay seems awfully eager for shooting to start. Although he's probably the most prominent example, in general the high-up military leaders are commonly depicted as Cold Warriors with an eagerness to fight a Soviet and slightly-too-itchy trigger fingers.
** Also the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Anderson, while at the Pentagon monitoring the
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: At one point Jack and Kenny are arguing about Jack's schedule:
{{quote|'''Kenny''': You don't show for Chicago, everyone'll know there's something going on.
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(''Next day in Chicago'')
'''Daly''': Mr. President, we're so glad you could make it.
'''Jack''': (''Exchanging an uncomfortable glance with a stone-face Kenny'') Of course Mr. Mayor, I wouldn't miss this for the world.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Discussed. After an early meeting about how to react to the missile threat.
{{quote|'''Jack''': You know they think I froze in there.
'''Bobby''': You didn't freeze.
'''Kenny''': You did exactly what you should've done - you stayed out of the corner. You didn't decide.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Kenny and the Kennedy brothers.
* [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]: The film was
* [[Hope Spot]]:
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* [[Hot Line]]: Averted. The hot line between Moscow and Washington was put in as a result of this incident.
* [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves]]: [[Defied Trope|Defied]]; despite how much the [[General Ripper]] hardliners advocated for escalation and "chicken" game theory, in the end, the more level-headed and open-minded people on both sides prevailed. Defying this trope is one of the major implied thoughts going through President Kennedy's head throughout the movie--he knows how quickly things could escalate to nuclear war, and how that needs to be avoided at all costs. The other main protagonist, near the end of the movie, notes how "the sun came up. Every day the sun comes up, it says something about [[Rousseau Was Right|us]]."
* [[The Ishmael]]: Kenny's purpose is to be the guide to the audience around the White House, though he has more impact on the story than most Ishmaels.
* [[It Got Worse]]: The last third of the movie is basically a series of these.
* [[John F. Kennedy]]: Obviously.
* [[Landing Gear Shot]]: An undercarriage shot of a B-52 taking off is used to mark when
* [[Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering]]: The UN. As great as Adlai Stevenson's line to Zorin was, this was mostly political posturing. If the shooting had really started, there wouldn't be much the UN or anyone else could do about it. Although it did have significant morale and propaganda impact in turning world opinion against the Soviets, they having been framing their actions as a purely defensive operation.
* [[Not So Different]]: Although we don't see much of the Soviet side of things, it's implied that
* [[Nuke'Em]]: About as close as we ever came to it.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Kennedys are thrown a bone by LeMay, of all people, when he agrees with their decision to hold off punitive air strikes on missile sites that have shot down one of their aircraft.
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