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* [[Becoming the Mask]]: during the ''Men of Harlech'' scene you see dozens of weary demoralized soldiers who enlisted because no one else was poor enough for the job, [[Take a Level In Badass|converting themselves]] into the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] s that they were singing of. |
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: during the ''Men of Harlech'' scene you see dozens of weary demoralized soldiers who enlisted because no one else was poor enough for the job, [[Take a Level In Badass|converting themselves]] into the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] s that they were singing of. |
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** If you look closely at the Zulus you can see how many are obviously youngsters out for the first time. They are becoming a mask too. |
** If you look closely at the Zulus you can see how many are obviously youngsters out for the first time. They are becoming a mask too. |
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***That may have been [[Fridge Brilliance]] rather then intentional. If every one had looked like a veteran of years of campaigning the message would not have gotten across. But because they were [[Real Life]] Zulus hired for a quick job, probably the first job of many of them, the effect was that a lot of them looked like fearful youths like all soldiers trying to live up to their own image and emotionally flagellating themselves to keep from running. |
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: "[[Memetic Mutation|Suddenly, Zulus! Thousands of them!]]" |
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: "[[Memetic Mutation|Suddenly, Zulus! Thousands of them!]]" |
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* [[The Cavalry]]: Rather cruelly subverted. A large force of cavalrymen arrive at the fort...then flee when faced with the Zulu army. |
* [[The Cavalry]]: Rather cruelly subverted. A large force of cavalrymen arrive at the fort...then flee when faced with the Zulu army. |
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