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Still, if you're in the mood for [[Stuff Blowing Up]], "Non-Stop Action Sequences" (as the clearly-paid-for MPAA warning says), plenty of X-Game athlete cameos, and Vin Diesel badass-ery, you might like this.
Still, if you're in the mood for [[Stuff Blowing Up]], "Non-Stop Action Sequences" (as the clearly-paid-for MPAA warning says), plenty of X-Game athlete cameos, and Vin Diesel badass-ery, you might like this.


Followed by the poorly-received [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]] based installment ''xXx: State of the Union'' (known as ''xXx2: The Next Level'' outside the US and Canada) which stars [[Ice Cube]] as Ex-Navy Seal Darius Stone, who joins the NSA after Xander's apparent death (or at least Vin Diesel's stand-in) and is specifically said to be "[[Creator's Pet|tougher and nastier]]" than Xander.
Followed by the poorly-received [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]] based installment ''xXx: State of the Union'' (known as ''xXx2: The Next Level'' outside the US and Canada) which stars [[Ice Cube]] as Ex-Navy Seal Darius Stone, who joins the NSA after Xander's apparent death (or at least Vin Diesel's stand-in) and is specifically said to be "[[Creator's Pet|tougher and nastier]]" than Xander.
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Xander gets a modified revolver that shoots interchangeable rounds, ranging from [[Staged Shooting]] capsules complete with fake blood to some kind of surveillance bug. Unfortunately the film ignores the weapon most of the time.
* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Xander gets a modified revolver that shoots interchangeable rounds, ranging from [[Staged Shooting]] capsules complete with fake blood to some kind of surveillance bug. Unfortunately the film ignores the weapon most of the time.
* [[Action Girl]]: [[Asia Argento|Yelena]]
* [[Action Girl]]: [[Asia Argento|Yelena]]
* [[Artistic License Law]]: Xander's stunt at the beginning couldn't trigger the Three Strikes law, as they cannot be three felonies from the same "transaction."<ref> Unless he already has two, but that's not what Gibbons said.</ref> Also, they would be state crimes and he wouldn't be sent to Leavenworth (a federal prison). Gibbons was using hyperbole.
* [[Artistic License: Law]]: Xander's stunt at the beginning couldn't trigger the Three Strikes law, as they cannot be three felonies from the same "transaction."<ref> Unless he already has two, but that's not what Gibbons said.</ref> Also, they would be state crimes and he wouldn't be sent to Leavenworth (a federal prison). Gibbons was using hyperbole.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Xander's car, packed with machine guns, flamethrowers, and missiles, {{spoiler|proves to be utterly helpless against the aquatic Ahab. Cue [[Indy Ploy]].}}
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Xander's car, packed with machine guns, flamethrowers, and missiles, {{spoiler|proves to be utterly helpless against the aquatic Ahab. Cue [[Indy Ploy]].}}
* [[Badass]]: Augustus Gibbons (played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]]).
* [[Badass]]: Augustus Gibbons (played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]]).
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* [[Fan Service]]: "Oh, the things I'm gonna do for my country."
* [[Fan Service]]: "Oh, the things I'm gonna do for my country."
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Xander is apparently so good at weapons from his First Person Shooter experience.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Xander is apparently so good at weapons from his First Person Shooter experience.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Oddly averted. The assassin in the infamous [[Take That]] has an incredibly difficult task - hit someone in the middle of a mosh pit several dozen yards away with a handgun. The assassin selects a scoped, laser-sight assisted gun, assumes a prone position, rests the handgun on a stone railing and waits patiently for a clear center-mass shot.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Oddly averted. The assassin in the infamous [[Take That]] has an incredibly difficult task - hit someone in the middle of a mosh pit several dozen yards away with a handgun. The assassin selects a scoped, laser-sight assisted gun, assumes a prone position, rests the handgun on a stone railing and waits patiently for a clear center-mass shot.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: After his prison escape, it's implied that Darius immediately sought out a woman to have sex with. But the camera reveals that all the slurping and the "Who's your daddy?" comments are just him ravaging a cheeseburger.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: After his prison escape, it's implied that Darius immediately sought out a woman to have sex with. But the camera reveals that all the slurping and the "Who's your daddy?" comments are just him ravaging a cheeseburger.
* [[Instant Sedation]]
* [[Instant Sedation]]
* [[Jerkass]]: The Senator who gets his car stolen by Xander near the beginning.
* [[Jerkass]]: The Senator who gets his car stolen by Xander near the beginning.
* [[Made of Explodium]]
* [[Made of Explodium]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: The giant henchman's face when he sees Cage holding the detonator to a bomb on the bike he is riding.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The giant henchman's face when he sees Cage holding the detonator to a bomb on the bike he is riding.
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* [[Sequel Non Entity]]
* [[Sequel Non Entity]]
* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Xander, in the cafe
* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Xander, in the cafe
* [[Shout-Out]]: Triple X was the codename of a Russian secret agent, Bond's opposite number, in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. It was actually the Bond Girl, but there is a bit of misdirection at the start when we are led to believe it is her lover (who turns out to be an assassin gunning for Bond).
* [[Shout-Out]]: Triple X was the codename of a Russian secret agent, Bond's opposite number, in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. It was actually the Bond Girl, but there is a bit of misdirection at the start when we are led to believe it is her lover (who turns out to be an assassin gunning for Bond).
* [[Slo-Mo Big Air]]: Oh yeah.
* [[Slo-Mo Big Air]]: Oh yeah.
* [[Sniper Pistol]]: Used to kill the secret agent at the beginning.
* [[Sniper Pistol]]: Used to kill the secret agent at the beginning.
* [[Soft Water]]: Appears to be subverted as Xander specifically breaks the surface tension with an explosion, but there's no way he wouldn't die in real life, as ''[[Myth Busters]]'' confirmed, thus the trope is actually played straight.
* [[Soft Water]]: Appears to be subverted as Xander specifically breaks the surface tension with an explosion, but there's no way he wouldn't die in real life, as ''[[Myth Busters]]'' confirmed, thus the trope is actually played straight.
* [[Take That]]:
* [[Take That]]:
** The scene introducing Xander to the viewers is also a HUGE Take That against... [[Moral Guardians|Jack Thompson]].
** The scene introducing Xander to the viewers is also a HUGE Take That against... [[Moral Guardians|Jack Thompson]].
** The opening has a [[James Bond]]-style spy, Cage's predecessor, who is killed when he stands out like a sore thumb in a Rammstein concert because he's wearing a [[Memetic Outfit|tuxedo]].
** The opening has a [[James Bond]]-style spy, Cage's predecessor, who is killed when he stands out like a sore thumb in a Rammstein concert because he's wearing a [[Memetic Outfit|tuxedo]].
* [[Tattoo as Character Type]]: Xander has the titular xXx tattoo on the back of his neck and is otherwise fairly tattooed up as a thrill seeker would be.
* [[Tattoo as Character Type]]: Xander has the titular xXx tattoo on the back of his neck and is otherwise fairly tattooed up as a thrill seeker would be.
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