Wild Wild West (film): Difference between revisions

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* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: Occurs in Dr. Loveless' [[Backstory]], but he survives.

* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: West's hat.

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: [[Harry Potter|Gilderoy Lockhart]] is the [[Big Bad]].

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Harry Potter|Gilderoy Lockhart]] is the [[Big Bad]].

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Jim West's and Dr. Loveless' [[Volleying Insults]].

* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Jim West to Loveless' cyber [[Mook]].

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* [[Intimidation Demonstration]]: During Jim West's battles with several of Dr. Loveless' [[Mooks]] inside the giant spider robot, one of his opponents does some fancy martial arts moves and says "I learned that from a [[Yellow Peril|Chinaman]]."

* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]]: The giant spider.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: The giant spider.

* [[It's Personal]]: West wants to kill Loveless because {{spoiler|he's the one responsible for the massacre that killed his parents.}}

* [[Knockout Gas]]: Artemus Gordon's sleeping gas billiard balls, [[Subverted Trope|except for one]].

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* [[Paid Harem]]: Dr. Loveless' [[Bodyguard Babes]]

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Jim West's insulting Dr. Loveless about his amputee status.

* [[Politically Correct History]]: Jim West is a U.S. Army officer before the U.S. Army had black officers.

* [[Politically-Correct History]]: Jim West is a U.S. Army officer before the U.S. Army had black officers.

** However, it averts it pretty much everywhere else. Jim gets himself in a ''lot'' of trouble for misbehaving at a party full of white people.

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The strongly racist Dr. Loveless.

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: "No more Mr. Knife Guy.''

* [[Punch Punch Punch Uh Oh]]: Jim West while fighting a cyborg mook.

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: Jim West while fighting a cyborg mook.

* [[Pursued Protagonist]]

* [[Quizzical Tilt]]: When the dog looks at Bloodbath McGrath's ear trumpet. Serves as a [[Shout Out]] to [http://www.goodlogo.com/images/logos/rca_entertainment_logo_2544.gif the RCA logo], even [[All There in The Script|referred to as such in the script.]]

* [[Quizzical Tilt]]: When the dog looks at Bloodbath McGrath's ear trumpet. Serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to [http://www.goodlogo.com/images/logos/rca_entertainment_logo_2544.gif the RCA logo], even [[All There in The Script|referred to as such in the script.]]

* [[Race Lift]]: Will Smith. Not the sort of thing that would make a bit of difference in this sort of work but of note since he plays an U.S. Army captain at a time when there were no black Army officers.

** There's also the issue of his dialect. No matter what race, West would not speak like he was, let's say, [[Fresh Prince of Bel Air|1980s West Philadelphia, born and raised]].

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* [[The Remnant]]: The ex-Confederates Jim fights at the start of the movie.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Appears to be occurring with Jim, Artemus and Rita Escobar.

* [[Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]]: President Grant hammering in the Golden Spike.

* [[Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony]]: President Grant hammering in the Golden Spike.

* [[Riding Into the Sunset]]: Played with by Jim West and Artemus Gordon in the last scene.

* [[Rule of Three]]: "That is a man's head".

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[[Hypocritical Humor|JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEST!!!]] }}

* [[Scenery Censor]]

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The scenographic town of Silverado (built for the eponymous film) was destroyed for the scene the spider tank attacks it. (''[[Silverado]]'''s director even receives a [[Shout Out]].)

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The scenographic town of Silverado (built for the eponymous film) was destroyed for the scene the spider tank attacks it. (''[[Silverado]]'''s director even receives a [[Shout-Out]].)

* [[Shiny New Australia]]: Loveless wants most of the U.S. Northwest to retire on.

* [[Shout Out]]: [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Wild_Wild_West_1999.aspx?Page=6 A scene imitates the painting on RCA's logo.]

* [[Shout-Out]]: [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Wild_Wild_West_1999.aspx?Page=6 A scene imitates the painting on RCA's logo.]

* [[Soul Brotha]]: Will Smith. Parodied and lampshaded on occasion, whenever Gordon suggests he act stereotypically black.

* [[Spider Tank]]: An ''eighty foot tall'' [[Giant Spider]] tank.