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Real Steel

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Real Steel	comment	A 2011 Science Fiction Action Drama film (loosely) based on a Richard Matheson story first adapted for The Twilight Zone (1959). Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie and Kevin Durand.Real Steel takes place 20 Minutes into the Future, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Jackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler with his girlfriend Bailey (Lilly), exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max (Goyo) dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.Needless to say, neither Charlie nor Max take well to this at first, but they slowly manage to bond over Atom - an obsolete robot they find in the junkyard after Charlie's previous 'bot gets trashed, with the ability to mimic the moves of others and the resilience to survive just about any punishment. Together they rebuild Atom and train him to fight, aiming for the championships through the underground scene for Charlie's last shot at a comeback.Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, although not directed by either (step forward Shawn Levy).
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Real Steel / int_11185d9	type	Motion-Capture Mecha
Real Steel / int_11185d9	comment	Motion-Capture Mecha: Oddly enough, averted for the most part. Most modern (for the film) robots aren't motion-controlled, and Atom's unusual in that he's one of the surviving robots from that era. Atom's only designed to 'capture' movements and reuse them in fights as pre-programmed movements that are voice-activated (called the shadowcopy), and Max thinks that real-time motion control is only useful for his and Atom's gimmick (dancing pre-fight). Charlie reactivates the shadowcopy to beat the stuffing out of Zeus in their fight.)
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Real Steel / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
Real Steel / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Screenwriter John Gatins plays Kingpin, the mohawked promoter who heads The Zoo. That might explain his enthusiasm.
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Real Steel / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Real Steel / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Charlie ends up keeping his promise and giving Max back to his legal parents when they returned out of guilt for having Max getting involved in being beat up with him by Ricky and his men.
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Real Steel / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Real Steel / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: The first half of Noisy Boy vs. Midas was released without editing as one of the later trailers, including the Gold Blooded Killer's comeback. They show Atom mirroring Charlie's moves during Zeus' fight so you knew that the mirror system would be used during the fight.
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Real Steel / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Real Steel / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: "If you fall down here, you'll definitely—" Cue abrupt fall.
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Real Steel / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
Real Steel / int_17ce80aa	comment	Metro's weapon. According to the WRB rules, using a weapon is illegal; however, as Metro is mostly an underground fighter, there isn't a really big deal made of it.
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Real Steel / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Real Steel / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Several times. For example, the eponymous "real steel" is the Real Steel boxing tournament.
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Real Steel / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Real Steel / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer has a scene where Lilly's character describes to Max how Charlie was a boxer, making it sound like a case of I Coulda Been a Contender!. In the film itself, the description she uses is actually directed towards another boxer. The trailers make it look like Charlie uses Atom's "shadow function" to control the robot for all of his fights. This is only used to "train" Atom, enabling the robot to execute Charlie's graceful boxing moves as opposed to purely mechanical attacks. Charlie only controls Atom by motion capture as a last resort in the final round of the fight against Zeus when Atom's other control functions are knocked offline, and is laughed at by the announcers as a desperation tactic.
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Real Steel / int_1b3b48f3	type	David Versus Goliath
Real Steel / int_1b3b48f3	comment	David Versus Goliath: Atom is significantly smaller than most of the opponents he faces. The fight promos between Atom and Zeus specifically refer to the match as such.
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Real Steel / int_1b4ead2d	type	Soft Glass
Real Steel / int_1b4ead2d	comment	Soft Glass: Tak Moshido, Zeus' creator, punches through one of the computer screens for Zeus' controls in frustration, with little damage done to his hand.
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Real Steel / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
Real Steel / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Team Zeus, until they start freaking out when Atom puts up a good fight. Gets worse when Atom starts winning.
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Real Steel / int_1d435a4d	type	A Boy and His X
Real Steel / int_1d435a4d	comment	A Boy and His X: Charlie initially has no interest in Atom; it is his son who does most of the initial work and fights all of the fights, until Charlie takes over for the WRB matches. Ironically, it reflects on his and Max's relationship.
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Real Steel / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
Real Steel / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Charlie fights even more ferociously when Ricky and his men are going to proceed with beating up Max, his son as well.
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Real Steel / int_1e7c47ab	type	Stealth Pun
Real Steel / int_1e7c47ab	comment	Stealth Pun: One of the underground robots Atom fights during his montage is a cowboy-themed boxer named Six Shooter. If one looks closely at Six Shooter's arms, one can see how his biceps are designed to resemble a pistol's revolver. As in his guns. Additionally, when he "fires" his arms, it produces a gunshot sound effect.
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Real Steel / int_2260cfe3	type	Like Father, Like Son
Real Steel / int_2260cfe3	comment	Like Father, Like Son
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Real Steel / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Real Steel / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Atom's shadow function is mentioned early on in an apparent throwaway line. It later becomes crucial to Atom's winning streak due to Charlie's boxing expertise, and ultimately causes his near-victory against Zeus after the voice control breaks mid-match.
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Real Steel / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Real Steel / int_234fa9ba	comment	Mayâ€“December Romance: Debra and Marvin.
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Real Steel / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Real Steel / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Atom got his ass kicked when he went up against Metro. The tides quickly turn to his favor in Round 2. Once he gets the upper hand in their fight, Midas takes Noisy Boy apart, repeatedly stamping on the downed robot's legs before breaking one of Noisy Boy's arms off and knocking the former WRB bot's head clean off.
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Real Steel / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Real Steel / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: A few references are made to the original Matheson story: The robots in the original story looked like regular human boxers. In the film, Charlie tells Max that the first fighting robots resembled humans more closely than the current fighters we see in the film. Atom, being a Generation Two fighter, is still somewhat human-looking, at least more than his opponents. The original story has its main robot breakdown before its fight, leading to its handler to fight in its place. Naturally, this doesn't go very well. In the film, Atom's voice recognition is damaged in the middle of his fight with Zeus. Charlie then has to control Atom through his Shadow Mode, meaning that Charlie is technically the one fighting against Zeus. The original story stated that human boxing was abolished because it was too violent. The film puts a different spin on this: human boxing did die out, but not because it was considered too violent, but because spectators didn't think it was violent enough.
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Real Steel / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Real Steel / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: When Bailey sits down in the bar to watch Atom's fight with Twin Cities, the guy next to her clearly tries to get ready to hit on her, but cannot even get a word out before she turns her attention to the fight.
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Real Steel / int_2767953f	type	Blood Sport
Real Steel / int_2767953f	comment	Blood Sport: There are no more restrictions on where the fighters can hit, and fights in less legitimate venues are often to the "death". An early scene also has Charlie explaining that human boxing was slowly turning into this in its waning years, right around the time the WRB took over.
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Real Steel / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Real Steel / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Charlie, who has been out of Max's life for nearly all of his eleven years of living. Needless to say, his late girlfriend's sister and husband hate him for it.
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Real Steel / int_294f1400	type	Abnormal Limb Rotation Range
Real Steel / int_294f1400	comment	Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: Twin Cities can turn both his heads 360 degrees.
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Real Steel / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Real Steel / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Max. His father Charlie left his then-girlfriend, not knowing how to deal with the responsibility of having a child; and his mother dies prior to the events of the film.
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Real Steel / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
Real Steel / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: Downplayed. In the final fight, Zeus was saved by the bell and won against Atom on the judges' decision, though the commentator described the fight as an "Absolutely Humiliating Near-Loss" for Zeus, and Zeus' controller Tak stormed out of the ring in frustration, leaving no comment.
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Real Steel / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Real Steel / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Ricky and his men had already done quite a number on Charlie, but then when he learns from Max that he's beating on his father, he decides to belittle and beat him some even more, even though he had already taken all their money.
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Real Steel / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Real Steel / int_3b113b7	comment	Charlie himself, at first. He abandons his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son, makes bets he can't cover, borrows money he can't repay, sells his son Max to his deceased ex-girlfriend's sister and her wealthy husband, and stiffs the kid out of what should rightfully be back child support, he finally owns up to it after getting his ass kicked in front of Max and tries to do the right thing and turn him over to a couple that can provide a safer and more stable environment.
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Real Steel / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Real Steel / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Nearly every battle Zeus has ever been in had this result - no-one has never gone two rounds with him. True to form, Zeus knocks down Atom with his first blow. Atom then gets back up and narrowly makes it to the first round's bell, stunning the spectators and Team Zeus.
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Real Steel / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Real Steel / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: All the way through. Zeus retains his title as undefeated champion, but only barely and he's no longer the popular favourite; meanwhile, Charlie and Max have won the hearts of everyone in the world, earning them and Atom the title of the People's Champion. Much like Rocky, it was ultimately about going the distance and making the invincible sweat. Charlie controlling Atom in shadow mode against Zeus in the final round is an act of desperation that almost certainly won't become standard practice and in the end he didn't win, even if it was a glorious moment, but at least he still got to "fight" one more time and basically pull off a last hurrah for human boxers made obsolete by the robots. Finally, Max is probably going to live with his adoptive parents rather than Charlie, but they did get their glorious WRB fight and Charlie's sister-in-law has clearly been won over by the sport, meaning that Max might not have to leave it behind in his new life and it's implied he may be able to see Charlie again.
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Real Steel / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
Real Steel / int_443b78cd	comment	Not exactly a villain, but Tak loses it when he sees his precious robot taking a fierce beating from Atom. First he drags the technician controlling Zeus from his chair and sits down to control Zeus himself. When Zeus takes a really harsh beating, Tak actually punches through the screen. Later, when the paparazzi tries to interview him, Tak can only breathe into the microphone before storming away.
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Real Steel / int_465966a3	type	Drop the Hammer
Real Steel / int_465966a3	comment	Drop The Hammer: Metro's weapon. According to the WRB rules, using a weapon is illegal; however, as Metro is mostly an underground fighter, there isn't a really big deal made of it. Zeus has pistons for fists, making him an example of this as well, though a fairly original one.
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Real Steel / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Real Steel / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Charlie, after Character Development.
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Real Steel / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
Real Steel / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: Ricky and his men take no issue at beating up Max alongside his dad, in fact, they go down harder on the kid upon learning he's Charlie's son.
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Real Steel / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
Real Steel / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Midas' handler, Artie Bakker, has no problem playing dirty in the ring. After knocking Noisy Boy back into a corner, he directs Midas to start stamping on Noisy Boy's legs to prevent him getting up and has no problem with tearing off one of the opponent's arms to reduce his attack capabilities.
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Real Steel / int_4b0ef86e	type	Advertised Extra
Real Steel / int_4b0ef86e	comment	Advertised Extra: Noisy Boy, Midas, and Ambush appear on many posters. They disappear after the first act.
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Real Steel / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Real Steel / int_4e3d253b	comment	The original story has its main robot breakdown before its fight, leading to its handler to fight in its place. Naturally, this doesn't go very well. In the film, Atom's voice recognition is damaged in the middle of his fight with Zeus. Charlie then has to control Atom through his Shadow Mode, meaning that Charlie is technically the one fighting against Zeus.
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Real Steel / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
Real Steel / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Their Years: Max, who not only displays extraordinary technical skills for an 11 year-old, but is also shown to be quite a bit more savvy than his father.
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Real Steel / int_50f848cc	type	Technology Porn
Real Steel / int_50f848cc	comment	Technology Porn: The robots may be beat up or shiny, but they're almost all beautiful in their own way.
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Real Steel / int_5288f02	type	All Your Powers Combined
Real Steel / int_5288f02	comment	All Your Powers Combined: Atom packs its own inherent durability, fists from Ambush note Atom as a sparring 'bot basically had "kid gloves" to avoid damaging the actual boxing 'bot, the voice command processor from Noisy Boy, courtesy of Max, and Charlie's boxing moves programed in via his shadow function.
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Real Steel / int_53a7089a	type	Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Real Steel / int_53a7089a	comment	Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Atom is a fair deal smaller than most of the robots he fights. Max as well.
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Real Steel / int_550f2108	type	Combat Breakdown
Real Steel / int_550f2108	comment	Combat Breakdown: In the final round, all the fancy indirect commands for both Atom and Zeus are dropped through damage or desperation. Charlie is left using Atom's shadow mode after the voice control is broken, and Tak decides to control Zeus manually after he runs almost out of power and Atom starts fighting back. This is particularly visible in the moments before Zeus goes down: the champion is barely able to stand and leaning heavily against Atom is a desperate attempt to pin his arms, with Atom/Charlie furiously punching at Zeus' heavily-armoured midsection to try and damage him.
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Real Steel / int_5558641	type	Gratuitous Japanese
Real Steel / int_5558641	comment	Gratuitous Japanese: Appears on Max's shirt at one point. Max also knows a few Japanese phrases, as shown when he test controls Noisy Boy (at least enough to say 'left', 'right' and 'uppercut'). handwaved by the fact that Max plays Japanese bootlegs of video games.
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Real Steel / int_562abd51	type	Let's Get Dangerous!
Real Steel / int_562abd51	comment	Let's Get Dangerous!: In the final round when Atom starts coming out on top, Tak Moshido takes manual control of Zeus to match Charlie.
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Real Steel / int_566f1565	type	10-Minute Retirement
Real Steel / int_566f1565	comment	10-Minute Retirement: Tak went into retirement after Noisy Boy lost to the Lemkovas' first robot, Rubicon. Shortly after, he came out of retirement after striking a deal with them that culminated in Zeus' creation.
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Real Steel / int_5a0e88d8	type	Bring It
Real Steel / int_5a0e88d8	comment	Bring It: Charlie takes advantage of Atom's shadow mode to have Atom give this gesture to Zeus, firing up the crowd and drawing Zeus into Charlie's Rope-a-Dope.
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Real Steel / int_5a852047	type	Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification
Real Steel / int_5a852047	comment	Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification: A Type 1. Takes only the concept from Matheson's short story. Otherwise, the film has its own separate characters, themes, and world.
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Real Steel / int_5c17c12f	type	Bribing Your Way to Victory
Real Steel / int_5c17c12f	comment	Bribing Your Way to Victory: The Xbox Arcade game seems good value at first, but the high-quality parts cost the equivalent of an Indie game - for each one. You can even buy complete and overpowered robots for the same amount of points you paid to buy the game in the first place. Also, you have to shell out even more to play 2-player, use Zeus or even decorate your robot.
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Real Steel / int_5c5d0032	type	Eyepatch of Power
Real Steel / int_5c5d0032	comment	Eyepatch of Power: Midas' handler. He's portrayed by the movie's stunt coordinator, and apparently the guy is missing an eye in real life.
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Real Steel / int_65df51a6	type	That Poor Car
Real Steel / int_65df51a6	comment	That Poor Car: Atom smashes Blacktop into a car during the montage. Cue the car alarm.
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Real Steel / int_66907f54	type	Hourglass Plot
Real Steel / int_66907f54	comment	Hourglass Plot: At first, Charlie is the reckless one, and Max is the cautious methodical one. As the movie progresses, Max becomes more reckless and aggressive, and Charlie starts thinking things out more.
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Real Steel / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Real Steel / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "You do realize you're talking to a machine." Atom's and Charlie's history. Charlie first came to prominence by being a no-name meat with no previous real experience in a warm-up match, giving a supposed world-class boxer quite a scare by being relentless and implacable. Atom is a sparring bot who came to prominence by winning an exhibition match against a supposed world-class boxing 'bot for exactly the same reasons. In Atom's first fight, as they lead Atom into the Zoo, Charlie tells Max that he'll be bringing Atom home in pieces. Max's response: "We'll see." In the final fight in the film, as they lead Atom into the ring for their fight against Zeus, Max asks Charlie if they're not going to win. Charlie's response: "We'll see."
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Real Steel / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Real Steel / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Atom. The small and invincible. Zeus as well. Just like how his namesake was the "King of the Gods," Zeus, being the WRB World Champion, is "King of the Robots." The title itself. Real Steel doesn't just refer to the tournament itself. It also refers to having the guts to keep on going even when it seems there's just too much to take. Especially evident in the last fight.
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Real Steel / int_6c10754e	type	Secret Art
Real Steel / int_6c10754e	comment	Secret Art: Atom's Shadow Mode, which allows him to mimic a person's moves exactly. When said person happens to be a retired professional boxer who acts as his trainer, this is a serious advantage.
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Real Steel / int_71038217	type	Wrench Wench
Real Steel / int_71038217	comment	Wrench Wench: Bailey acts as Charlie's mechanic and partner, helping to ensure his latest boxing robots run right. She's the one who helps Max fix Atom up after he's pulled out of the junkyard.
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Real Steel / int_7115b262	type	Repeat Cut
Real Steel / int_7115b262	comment	Repeat Cut: In the battle with Twin Cities, the final blow and fall is shown from three different angles. Two of them from behind each robot, then once looking straight down, complete with triumphant music swelling in the background.
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Real Steel / int_71268450	type	Adaptation Title Change
Real Steel / int_71268450	comment	Adaptation Title Change: Real Steel, is based on the short story simply called "Steel".
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Real Steel / int_71bd62b9	type	Calling Your Attacks
Real Steel / int_71bd62b9	comment	Calling Your Attacks: Voice-controlled robots necessitate this, though human operators are typically far enough apart that it doesn't matter.
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Real Steel / int_7282d48a	type	Cranial Processing Unit
Real Steel / int_7282d48a	comment	Cranial Processing Unit: Most of the robots seem to have these; justified as the robots are built to simulate human boxing.
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Real Steel / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
Real Steel / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Ricky, who just has to Kick the Dog further by mockingly calling Finn "home boy!" toward the end of the film.
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Real Steel / int_7315fd38	type	Covers Always Lie
Real Steel / int_7315fd38	comment	Covers Always Lie: The cover of the DVD release showcases Atom and Ambush as if Ambush is a significant character. Ambush is in the movie for all of five minutes and is completely trashed. Zeus would have been a better choice.
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Real Steel / int_737a65f4	type	The Watson
Real Steel / int_737a65f4	comment	The Watson: Max is this in his early scenes; it's to him that Charlie explains the history of the WRB, and Noisy Boy's voice control.
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Real Steel / int_7896ecc3	type	Perpetual Smiler
Real Steel / int_7896ecc3	comment	Perpetual Smiler: The mesh screen on Atom's face has seams that resemble a nose ridge and a smiling mouth. It adds to the child-like appeal of Atom's shape.
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Real Steel / int_79974fb8	type	Rock Beats Laser
Real Steel / int_79974fb8	comment	Rock Beats Laser: Atom is actually a sparring robot, meaning that he's designed to take lots of damage. This proves useful when his durability outlasts Zeus' energy.
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Real Steel / int_7b54f561	type	Sensual Slavs
Real Steel / int_7b54f561	comment	Sensual Slavs: Farra Lemkova, heiress of a Russian oligarchy.
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Real Steel / int_7e6c0522	type	Off with His Head!
Real Steel / int_7e6c0522	comment	Off with His Head!: Happens more than once, including one incident where the head flies straight up — reinforcing the connection to Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Zeus executes Gridlock by squashing his head flat between his fists.
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Real Steel / int_7f0f19e5	type	I Coulda Been a Contender!
Real Steel / int_7f0f19e5	comment	The trailer has a scene where Lilly's character describes to Max how Charlie was a boxer, making it sound like a case of I Coulda Been a Contender!. In the film itself, the description she uses is actually directed towards another boxer.
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Real Steel / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
Real Steel / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: One of Twin Cities' operators laughs when Atom makes his way to the ring, getting as much of a kick out of Max's dance routine as the crowd does.
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Real Steel / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Real Steel / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: The antagonists aren't shy of getting hammy, but King Pin is easily the movie's most unhinged scenery-chewer, especially his Big "NO!" when Metro loses to Atom.
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Real Steel / int_82fc5bdf	type	Bratty Half-Pint
Real Steel / int_82fc5bdf	comment	Bratty Half-Pint: Charlie's first impression of Max. Given that Max just blackmailed him into giving a few dollars...
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Real Steel / int_83641c73	type	Logical Weakness
Real Steel / int_83641c73	comment	Logical Weakness: Metro is a "Frankenbot" seemingly cobbled together out of whatever bits and pieces Kingpin had on hand. Due to this shoddy construction his systems are unstable to the point where a single solid hit causes them to go utterly berserk, with Metro being reduced to randomly flailing about before catching fire and collapsing over.
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Real Steel / int_850258ca	type	I Know Mortal Kombat
Real Steel / int_850258ca	comment	I Know Mortal Kombat: Max learns the fight game quickly partially in thanks to his video game experience.
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Real Steel / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
Real Steel / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: Charlie's International Harvester Sightliner. Debra and Marvin's Cadillac Sixteen.
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Real Steel / int_8a356e5a	type	Robot Athlete
Real Steel / int_8a356e5a	comment	Robot Athlete: The premise of the movie revolves around them.
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Real Steel / int_8b4f491c	type	Villainy-Free Villain
Real Steel / int_8b4f491c	comment	Villainy-Free Villain: Team Zeus aren't so much "evil" as much as they are "Arrogant and somewhat unpleasant." About the most overtly nasty thing they do on-screen is act arrogant toward Charlie and Max after they enter the League for the first time, but their ownership of Zeus and dominance of the WRB brings them into conflict with Max and Charlie.
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Real Steel / int_8c96ae78	type	No One Could Survive That!
Real Steel / int_8c96ae78	comment	No One Could Survive That!: No robot has ever lasted more than a round with Zeus, most being torn to shreds by him and when Atom gets knocked down several times (once as soon as the fight starts) in the first round, the announcers commentary evokes the trope each and every time he gets up.
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Real Steel / int_8e20ae0d	type	Child Prodigy
Real Steel / int_8e20ae0d	comment	Max manages to greatly enhance Atom overnight by integrating Noisy Boy's voice recognition tech with Atom.
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Real Steel / int_8f842f45	type	Multiple Head Case
Real Steel / int_8f842f45	comment	Multiple Head Case: Twin Cities has two heads that can rotate 360 degrees, letting it track its opponent at all times.
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Real Steel / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Real Steel / int_90e31482	comment	Ricky is so confident that Atom won't last past round one vs Zeus that he tells Finn his exact seat in the stadium so that the can personally bring his money to him. This backfires horribly on him when Finn uses that information to track him when Atom manages to survive to round two.
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Real Steel / int_91697559	type	Half the Man He Used to Be
Real Steel / int_91697559	comment	Half The Robot It Used To Be: While at the WRB Arena, there's a brief scene in which the upper half of Axelrod (one of Zeus' opponents) is carted out of the ring, twitching and punching the air. A later background event reveals what happened - Zeus KO'd him in two hits, with the first one staggering him before the second split him in half at the waist.
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Real Steel / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Real Steel / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Not exactly a villain, but Tak loses it when he sees his precious robot taking a fierce beating from Atom. First he drags the technician controlling Zeus from his chair and sits down to control Zeus himself. When Zeus takes a really harsh beating, Tak actually punches through the screen. Later, when the paparazzi tries to interview him, Tak can only breathe into the microphone before storming away. When the Arrogant Kung Fu Guys controlling Twin Cities find Atom a tougher opponent than they expected, they start getting audibly nervous. When Atom's punches cause a systems to crash, Twin Cities' handlers are reduced to desperate, incoherent screams of frustration and shock as the junkyard underdog wipes the floor with their robot.
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Real Steel / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Real Steel / int_970c790a	comment	Farra Lemkova has a kind of Sensual Slav/Kim Kardashian thing going on.
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Real Steel / int_975ba595	type	Sleep Cute
Real Steel / int_975ba595	comment	Sleep Cute: Near the end Charlie climbs into Baileyâ€™s bed to hold her while she sleeps. The smile that spreads across her face tells you how long sheâ€™s been waiting for that to happen.
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Real Steel / int_97fa0a10	type	Mass "Oh, Crap!"
Real Steel / int_97fa0a10	comment	Mass "Oh, Crap!": Everyone in the stadium when Atom lands a punch on Zeus' head.
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Real Steel / int_986dad9a	type	Killer Robot
Real Steel / int_986dad9a	comment	Killer Robot: Averted. People in the film often stand within punching distance of the boxers, however the machines seem to be mostly inert outside of their programmed fighting modes.
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Real Steel / int_9c4ff236	type	Brutish Bulls
Real Steel / int_9c4ff236	comment	"I think I'll pay attention to flirting with this girl instead of the fight, even though my last robot is fighting a creature with no concept of breaks between rounds." Surprise surprise, Ambush promptly gets dismembered by his rather grumpy opponent.
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Real Steel / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Real Steel / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Bailey tells a story about Charlie's fight against a major championship contender and tells about how Charlie fought him relentlessly, pushed him to the limit, and tired him out — and ultimately lost in the final round.
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Real Steel / int_9d1a935f	type	Brought to You by the Letter "S"
Real Steel / int_9d1a935f	comment	Brought to You by the Letter "S": Ambush has an "A" on his chest.
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Real Steel / int_9e10b88d	type	Defeating the Undefeatable
Real Steel / int_9e10b88d	comment	Defeating the Undefeatable: Subverted. Atom does indeed knock Zeus down near the end of the fight, but Zeus is able to get back up. However, by this point in the fight Zeus is low on energy, and had he not been saved by the bell, Atom probably would have been able to knock him out.
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Real Steel / int_9eb11fac	type	Weak, but Skilled
Real Steel / int_9eb11fac	comment	Weak, but Skilled: In every fight, Atom clearly is at a disadvantage in both size and weight. But when your fighting style is provided by a retired pro-boxer compared to the Unskilled, but Strong standard for most bots, you have a recipe for success. Similarly, Midas is thin and wiry compared to the other non-Atom bots in the movie and is quickly overpowered by the larger Noisy Boy, but compensates with a combination of greater range of motion and sheer brutality, disassembling the larger bot like a seasoned street fighter pulling apart a pro boxer as soon as the rules get tossed out of the window.
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Real Steel / int_9eb71c7c	type	Super-Toughness
Real Steel / int_9eb71c7c	comment	Super-Toughness: Atom's biggest advantage; as a sparring robot, he's designed tougher than even top-of-the-line combat models.
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Real Steel / int_a1a02b6e	type	My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever
Real Steel / int_a1a02b6e	comment	My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever: Charlie/Atom runs a textbook Rope-a-Dope on Zeus in the final round of the title fight, goading Tak into hammering down against Atom until Zeus is almost completely out of power.
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Real Steel / int_a20b2263	type	Purple Is Powerful
Real Steel / int_a20b2263	comment	Purple Is Powerful: In addition to his cool Samurai design, Noisy Boy is colored purple, with yellow decorations.
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Real Steel / int_a414c3f0	type	One-Hit Kill
Real Steel / int_a414c3f0	comment	One Hit Knockout: Zeus specialises in these. The brief montage of him besting other bots ahead of Atom's first League appearance features him taking down other League robots with one blow, occasionally adding a second for theatrics or pure overkill. True to form, Atom falls instantly at the first punch Zeus throws at him. He gets up soon after. Happens in the first fight against Metro. Atom only does one real offensive move the entire fight and it takes Metro down. Said move (known in some circles as Hanuman) has roots in Muay Thai, sacrificing any semblance of defense for pure offensive power.
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Real Steel / int_a43a691b	type	Finishing Move
Real Steel / int_a43a691b	comment	Finishing Move: Deconstructed. With Midas on the ropes, Charlie has Noisy Boy wind up for the big one- giving his opponent enough time for a counter-punch to the gut, leading to Noisy Boy's destruction.
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Real Steel / int_a7ae597a	type	No New Fashions in the Future
Real Steel / int_a7ae597a	comment	No New Fashions in the Future: Clothing styles still look the way they are in 2011. Granted, the film is only in 2020, but you'd expect some things to change. Since 2020 has come and gone and people's fashion didn't change that much, the film didn't miss the mark by employing this trope instead of attempting Space Clothes for the hell of it.
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Real Steel / int_a7c91a10	type	Meaningless Villain Victory
Real Steel / int_a7c91a10	comment	Meaningless Villain Victory: Zeus May have won the match, but the crowd most definitely doesn't care as they still cheer for Atom despite the loss. Tak, despite prevailing, was still humiliated that his masterpiece would have been beaten by an ancient scrapheap not even designed for actual fighting if the fight had continued, and the crowd booing his supposedly-perfect creation.
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Real Steel / int_ab031997	type	Underdogs Never Lose
Real Steel / int_ab031997	comment	Underdogs Never Lose: Averted. Zeus wins in points at the end of the fifth round, but the fact that Atom put up such a strong fight and probably would've won had the match had another round got him the support of the crowd. Atom is even dubbed "The People's Champion", no relation to that other one.
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Real Steel / int_ab2df806	type	Red Baron
Real Steel / int_ab2df806	comment	Red Baron: Most of the robots. Twin Cities is "The Two-Headed Tyrant", Midas is "The Gold-Blooded Killer", Zeus is "The King of the Ring", Noisy Boy is either "The Steel Samurai" or "The Manga Mangler" and Atom eventually becomes "The People's Champion". The games give the minor bots their own nicknames. Blacktop is "The Bot out of Hell", Six Shooter is "The Sheriff of Robotown", Gridlock is "The Bronzed Bodybuilder Bot", Axelrod is "The Wheel-Spinning Fistfighter", and so on.
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Real Steel / int_abc57fc1	type	There Are No Rules
Real Steel / int_abc57fc1	comment	There Are No Rules: Midas gets the upper hand on Noisy Boy when it starts using illegal moves, Max objects pointing them out but Charlie explains that there are no rules in the underworld.
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Real Steel / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
Real Steel / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: Atom seems to shrug off most hits, which they credit to his purpose as a Sparring Robot.
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Real Steel / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Real Steel / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: during their fight, one of Zeus' blows destroys Atom's vocal controls. Max decides to switch Atom to Shadow Mode, which, with Charlie's boxing skills, almost cost Zeus the win.
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Real Steel / int_acff8f77	type	Taste the Rainbow
Real Steel / int_acff8f77	comment	Taste the Rainbow: Each robot incorporates a different theme into its design. Noisy Boy, for example, takes influence from Samurai armor, while Midas has a fitting Greek armor motif to his design.
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Real Steel / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
Real Steel / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: Zeus wins the final fight, but just barely by scoring higher previously. The match ended with Atom raining blows upon the hobbled Zeus, and it's clear that Atom would've won by knockout had the fight gone on for even one more round. More importantly, Zeus loses credibility and the respect of the crowd (as his "never needed more than one round" reputation is broken), while Atom is crowned "The People's Champion."
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Real Steel / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Real Steel / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Max, much to Charlie's annoyance.
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Real Steel / int_ae6adc36	type	Religious and Mythological Theme Naming
Real Steel / int_ae6adc36	comment	Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Zeus ("King of the Robots") and Midas ("The Gold-Blooded Killer"). Additional material also gives us Ida-Ten, Sun Wukong, and Armageddon. And of course, there's Atom, which sounds suspiciously similar to "Adam".
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Real Steel / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Real Steel / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Charlie, for most of the film.
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Real Steel / int_b3d1b7e3	type	Genius Bonus
Real Steel / int_b3d1b7e3	comment	Happens in the first fight against Metro. Atom only does one real offensive move the entire fight and it takes Metro down. Said move (known in some circles as Hanuman) has roots in Muay Thai, sacrificing any semblance of defense for pure offensive power.
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Real Steel / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Real Steel / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: "Oh hey, I'm on a cliff? Yeah, I'm just going to stand here RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE DURING THE RAIN and act coo-WHOOOOAAA!" Only sheer, dumb luck in the form of Atom's arm stops Max falling to his death. "I think I'll pay attention to flirting with this girl instead of the fight, even though my last robot is fighting a creature with no concept of breaks between rounds." Surprise surprise, Ambush promptly gets dismembered by his rather grumpy opponent.
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Real Steel / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Real Steel / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Right before the WRB debut, Charlie tries to reassure Max that they need to remain calm and have fun, while practically in the middle of a nervous breakdown about finally getting into the WRB.
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Real Steel / int_b807624a	type	And Show It to You
Real Steel / int_b807624a	comment	And Show It to You: One of Zeus' victories looks like this, with Zeus punching through the middle of Danger Zone's chestplate and yanking out a vital component, complete with trailing wires.
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Real Steel / int_ba4d38b4	type	Boxing Lesson
Real Steel / int_ba4d38b4	comment	Boxing Lesson: Charlie gives these to Atom, who can then mimic his movements.
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Real Steel / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Real Steel / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Do not call Finn "homeboy".
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Real Steel / int_bddb820f	type	Must Have Caffeine
Real Steel / int_bddb820f	comment	Must Have Caffeine: Max drinks a lot of Dr. Pepper when working on Atom.
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Real Steel / int_bfaff026	type	Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
Real Steel / int_bfaff026	comment	When the Arrogant Kung Fu Guys controlling Twin Cities find Atom a tougher opponent than they expected, they start getting audibly nervous. When Atom's punches cause a systems to crash, Twin Cities' handlers are reduced to desperate, incoherent screams of frustration and shock as the junkyard underdog wipes the floor with their robot.
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Real Steel / int_c04b1231	type	Jump Scare
Real Steel / int_c04b1231	comment	Jump Scare: As Charlie and Max take a look inside Crash Palace, there is a brief shot of a bot named Albino sitting up and throwing a punch, giving Max the creeps.
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Real Steel / int_c0abbbc2	type	Serkis Folk
Real Steel / int_c0abbbc2	comment	Serkis Folk: The robots. Max turns it into a gimmick by using Atom to dance pre-round.
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Real Steel / int_c4500946	type	Break His Heart to Save Him
Real Steel / int_c4500946	comment	Break His Heart to Save Him: A variation: Charlie gives Max back to Debra and Marvin after Ricky beats both of them up, causing him to realize how unfit he is to have custody of Max.
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Real Steel / int_c4f3a09a	type	Share the Male Pain
Real Steel / int_c4f3a09a	comment	Share the Male Pain: During the Midas vs Noisy Boy fight, Midas punches Noisy Boy in "that spot". Being a robot, Noisy Boy doesn't feel anything, but despite that, the entire crowd flinches and reaches reflexively downward.
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Real Steel / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Real Steel / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Atom's name is a twofer. It belongs to both the robot hero Astro Boy and the Golden Age hero The Atom, a diminutive scrapper who was taught to box, and proceeded to outfight thugs much bigger than him. Charlie's first robot Ambush has some similarities to the blue robot in Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots. The statue standing outside the WRB area closely resembles a Gundam. The final fight ending with a judges decision in favour of the antagonist is likely a nod to the first Rocky movie.
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Real Steel / int_c7c4dae7	type	Possession Implies Mastery
Real Steel / int_c7c4dae7	comment	Possession Implies Mastery: Averted. Charlie gets Noisy Boy, a former world champion robot controlled by voice recognition, but he never bothered to learn all the specific command sequences. In his first match, Noisy Boy is defeated because Charlie can not give him anything besides basic instructions, unhelpful combos, and the worst timing in the history of Earth.
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Real Steel / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Real Steel / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Hints of Atom being sentient are dropped, but it is never explicitly stated one way or the other. According to the DVD Commentary, Atom's fight with Metro was originally written to confirm that Atom was indeed sentient, with him fighting without Max operating him. The filmmakers eventually realized that it would be better if this trope was in effect, so the scene was scripted to its final form.
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Real Steel / int_cc4b45f6	type	Word of God
Real Steel / int_cc4b45f6	comment	Word of God admits that Dr. Pepper gave them permission to use their soda on-camera, but the film received no revenue from the appearance. They simply used Dr. Pepper because that was the soda they had on-hand, and needed something with caffeine content to justify Max's hyperactive-ness in one scene.
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Real Steel / int_cdcd7a78	type	Derelict Graveyard
Real Steel / int_cdcd7a78	comment	Derelict Graveyard: Charlie goes to a robotic version of this to look for spare parts. He finds Atom.
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Real Steel / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
Real Steel / int_d028e0da	comment	Once he gets the upper hand in their fight, Midas takes Noisy Boy apart, repeatedly stamping on the downed robot's legs before breaking one of Noisy Boy's arms off and knocking the former WRB bot's head clean off.
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Real Steel / int_d0b95b85	type	Used Future
Real Steel / int_d0b95b85	comment	Used Future: Invoked in some of the robots, who look like they've seen better days. Mostly applies to underground fighters like Midas and Metro; WRB League robots like Twin Cities and Zeus are well taken care of.
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Real Steel / int_d171a8c1	type	Evil Debt Collector
Real Steel / int_d171a8c1	comment	Evil Debt Collector: Charlie has a run-in with one, Ricky. He and his goons drive Charlie to the Despair Event Horizon, but during Atom's fight with Zeus, is Hoist by His Own Petard by trying to renege on a deal with one of Charlie's old buddies.
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Real Steel / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Real Steel / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Atom's powerful double uppercut sends Metro into a malfunction frenzy, ending up destroying himself by hammering his own head no matter what King Pin does to try make him stop.
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Real Steel / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Real Steel / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Max's reaction to finding out that he was "sold" to his aunt and her wealthy husband.
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Real Steel / int_d40e1a9f	type	Break Out the Museum Piece
Real Steel / int_d40e1a9f	comment	Break Out the Museum Piece: Atom is a 2nd generation fighting robot, meaning he's horribly obsolete and outclassed by modern robots. However, Charlie and Max are initially forced to use Atom since its the only robot available to them.
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Real Steel / int_d75bf17e	type	Delinquent Hair
Real Steel / int_d75bf17e	comment	Delinquent Hair: King Pin, Metro's handler, is an Underworld punk who sports a pretty over the top mohawk. Midas' head is modeled after a Greco-Roman helmet, but it also makes him look like he has a mohawk. With the underground fighting setting and his violent fighting style, it also employs this trope.
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Real Steel / int_d7639dba	type	Achilles' Heel
Real Steel / int_d7639dba	comment	Achilles' Heel: Twin Cities has a small hitch in his shoulder whenever he performs a right hook, slowing him down slightly and telegraphing his punches. Once Charlie notices it, he exploits it to dodge out of Twin Cities' longer reach, then batter him into submission. Zeus specialises in destroying his opponent with fast, hard strikes while blitzing through anything they can throw at him. As a result he's ill-prepared to go up against a Stone Wall such as Atom, who can endure his blows until Zeus starts running out of power then beat on the now-exhausted champion until Zeus goes down.
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Real Steel / int_d7d6ed9a	type	Fictional Sport
Real Steel / int_d7d6ed9a	comment	Fictional Sport: Robot boxing, obviously. It's stated that a perfect storm of boxing's decline (in part due to general uninterest and the various scares about boxers developing brain damage) and technological wizardry (and marketing) by Tak Moshido got people far more into robot boxing than real boxing itself.
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Real Steel / int_d8d0a461	type	Fight Clubbing
Real Steel / int_d8d0a461	comment	Fight Clubbing: When we see Charlie, his mech fights have been reduced to this - taking place at unofficial tournaments and outright underground fighting rings - and Atom's first real win takes place at an illegal ring in a former zoo.
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Real Steel / int_daa29091	type	PuppyEyes
Real Steel / int_daa29091	comment	Puppy Eyes: Max pulls this on Charlie.
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Real Steel / int_db6230b7	type	Lightning Bruiser
Real Steel / int_db6230b7	comment	Lightning Bruiser: Atom. As shown many times in the film, the real reason the robot is so dangerous in the ring is because it was designed to react and move instantly while in shadow boxing mode, and is able to keep up with human movements, as well as being designed to take epic levels of punishment as a training robot. Adding in the arm components to throw punches, and given his size means he doesn't need weight behind his punches since he's almost always punching upwards, gives him the Bruiser side of the trope.
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Real Steel / int_ddc4f035	type	Heroic Second Wind
Real Steel / int_ddc4f035	comment	Heroic Second Wind: After the Vo-Com unit gets damaged in the fight against Zeus, Charlie controls Atom via the Shadow Mode directly, at Max's suggestion. After a rope-a-dope, Atom goes on the offensive.
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Real Steel / int_dfa40c1b	type	Didn't See That Coming
Real Steel / int_dfa40c1b	comment	Didn't See That Coming: Atom standing up against Zeus. So much that Zeus starts malfunctioning - see Suicidal Overconfidence.
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Real Steel / int_e0207930	type	Humans Are Special
Real Steel / int_e0207930	comment	Humans Are Special: Partly the reason why Atom has an advantage over other boxers: His Shadow Mode allows him to fight with the grace of a human boxer, as opposed to his opponents, who tend to be operated from outside the ring.
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Real Steel / int_e3b0cd87	type	Morality Pet
Real Steel / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: Ricky's mistress. When debt collectors come looking for Ricky, he performs his first (and possibly last) selfless action by separating himself from his mistress before getting caught.
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Real Steel / int_e4900915	type	Ridiculously Human Robots
Real Steel / int_e4900915	comment	Ridiculously Human Robots: Played with. The robots are mostly tools, and generally have no free will. Zeus is autonomous, but his programming seems only limited to fighting. There's also a brief scene of Metro looking confused when Atom dodges an attack. And of course, it's left to the viewer to decide whether or not Atom is sentient.
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Real Steel / int_e51d31f0	type	Giant Robot Hands Save Lives
Real Steel / int_e51d31f0	comment	Giant Robot Hands Save Lives: Literally, but more feasibly than usual.
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Real Steel / int_e542d80a	type	Gonk
Real Steel / int_e542d80a	comment	Gonk: Metro, compared to the other 'bots. There's a reason why the filmmakers referred to him as "Frankenbot."
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Real Steel / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
Real Steel / int_e567510d	comment	The title itself. Real Steel doesn't just refer to the tournament itself. It also refers to having the guts to keep on going even when it seems there's just too much to take. Especially evident in the last fight.
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Real Steel / int_e7117c09	type	Backstory
Real Steel / int_e7117c09	comment	Going even further, the film's Back Story is that robot boxing started as a hobby among robot enthusiasts in Japan, meaning that the entire sport was the result of this trope.
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Real Steel / int_ea0a3d	type	The Tell
Real Steel / int_ea0a3d	comment	The Tell: In the Twin Cities fight, Charlie sees that a bit of Twin Cities' shoulder armor shifts when it winds up for a punch. Charlie uses this opening to have Atom counter and gain momentum.
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Real Steel / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Real Steel / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Midas does this to Noisy Boy in their fight. They might be robots, but it still made all the men in the room wince. And just like in real life fighting sports, it is heavily implied to be an illegal move.
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Real Steel / int_eb6ed797	type	Children Raise You
Real Steel / int_eb6ed797	comment	Children Raise You: Charlie initially has no interest in Max other than using him to blackmail his sister-in-law's husband out of some quick (though badly-needed) cash. Over the course of the movie he discovers that he actually likes the kid. And when his own screwups come back to haunt both of them, he sends Max back to Debra and Marvin and rejects the second payment out of disgust at his own actions. But after some snuggle time with his girlfriend and a pep talk, he confesses everything to Max and asks him to stand with him in the bout with Zeus. In the end, spending just three months taking care of his son has improved every aspect of him, not only as a fighter but as a human being.
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Real Steel / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
Real Steel / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: Ricky. He ignores Charlie's calls to quit the match when his robot is badly damaged, and then beats Charlie and his son up and steals their winnings. Charlie himself, at first. He abandons his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son, makes bets he can't cover, borrows money he can't repay, sells his son Max to his deceased ex-girlfriend's sister and her wealthy husband, and stiffs the kid out of what should rightfully be back child support, he finally owns up to it after getting his ass kicked in front of Max and tries to do the right thing and turn him over to a couple that can provide a safer and more stable environment.
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Real Steel / int_ef3d1b57	type	Technician Versus Performer
Real Steel / int_ef3d1b57	comment	Technician Versus Performer: The key to Atom's success. Seemingly every other robot in the world is just a bipedal competitor in Robot Wars. Atom's shadow function enables ex-boxer Charlie to effectively "train" him to "perform" elegant punches, and utilize his years of experience to perceive telegraphed moves. And in the final fight, it enables Charlie to effectively fight Zeus himself - and beat him to a pulp like any pro boxer could any undisciplined juiced street fighter. Tak takes direct control of Zeus in the last round, activating the controls' manual override in a desperate attempt to turn the fight around, making the last part of the fight Tak (Technician) and Charlie (Performer) fighting each other through proxy. Tak is using a console while Charlie uses his own abilities to shadow box.
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Real Steel / int_f10d3363	type	Distracted by the Sexy
Real Steel / int_f10d3363	comment	Distracted by the Sexy: How Charlie loses the Ambush fight.
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Real Steel / int_f12d9d83	type	Promotion to Parent
Real Steel / int_f12d9d83	comment	Promotion to Parent: Sure, Charlie is Max's biological parent, but he had never had any involvement in Max's life before the events of the movie, and the only reason he started to was because Max's aunt had a wealthy husband who paid him off to take Max for a few months. Over the course of the film, while he never tries to reclaim legal custody of Max, he does become much more of a father to him.
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Real Steel / int_f25b1ae6	type	Unskilled, but Strong
Real Steel / int_f25b1ae6	comment	In every fight, Atom clearly is at a disadvantage in both size and weight. But when your fighting style is provided by a retired pro-boxer compared to the Unskilled, but Strong standard for most bots, you have a recipe for success.
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Real Steel / int_f32d85ab	type	20 Minutes into the Future
Real Steel / int_f32d85ab	comment	Sponsorships within the movie appear all over the equipment and arenas used by the WRB (considering that it's a professional sport, it would be kind of jarring if they weren't there), including Sprint, Bing, and the Xbox 720. Dr. Pepper appears as a standard product placement when Max drinks it throughout the movie. Royal Purple (synthetic oils and lubricants) appears on the control consoles of Team Twin Cities and Team Zeus. Hewlett-Packard's "HP" logo can clearly be seen through the back of Noisy Boy's control console and the round cards in Zeus' fight.
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Real Steel / int_f3cbaf48	type	Misapplied Phlebotinum
Real Steel / int_f3cbaf48	comment	Misapplied Phlebotinum: Cracked has also written two articles pointing out that there were several better uses for the robots in this setting besides fighting each other.
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Real Steel / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
Real Steel / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Sponsorships within the movie appear all over the equipment and arenas used by the WRB (considering that it's a professional sport, it would be kind of jarring if they weren't there), including Sprint, Bing, and the Xbox 720. Dr. Pepper appears as a standard product placement when Max drinks it throughout the movie. Royal Purple (synthetic oils and lubricants) appears on the control consoles of Team Twin Cities and Team Zeus. Hewlett-Packard's "HP" logo can clearly be seen through the back of Noisy Boy's control console and the round cards in Zeus' fight. Word of God admits that Dr. Pepper gave them permission to use their soda on-camera, but the film received no revenue from the appearance. They simply used Dr. Pepper because that was the soda they had on-hand, and needed something with caffeine content to justify Max's hyperactive-ness in one scene.
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Real Steel / int_f62cc38a	type	Stone Wall
Real Steel / int_f62cc38a	comment	Stone Wall: Atom in his initial function as a sparring robot. He needed to survive even the champions' best hits (that are shown to be easily capable of shattering the parts of actual fighters) but he lacked offensive power, presumably to minimize the repairs needed by said champions after a session. Max's upgrades and Charlie's training turn him into a Lightning Bruiser.
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Real Steel / int_f6e35fd7	comment	Acting Your Intellectual Age: 11-year old he may be, but Max is almost scary adult-like in how he mechanically enhances Atom and plots circles around half the adults in the film.
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Real Steel / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: In a variation, Ricky fails to understand that the only reason why Finn called him "partner" was because of his hat.
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Real Steel / int_f935efbf	type	Unnecessary Roughness
Real Steel / int_f935efbf	comment	Unnecessary Roughness: Zeus didn't get penalized for throwing Atom across the ring. In a regular boxing match, he would have gotten a few points docked off. Presumably, this simply isn't a rule in robot boxing, as Noisy Boy was programmed to perform a similar throw as a pre-recorded move.
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Real Steel / int_f962d8a3	type	Victory by Endurance
Real Steel / int_f962d8a3	comment	Victory by Endurance: Downplayed in that Atom didn't win the match. However, the fight against Zeus plays out like this. Atom was designed as a sparring bot, and as such, built to take a ton of punishment, whereas Zeus was designed for overwhelming power, and usually won by decimating his opponents early on in the fight. Because Atom can take that kind of punishment (and because he was "trained" by a master boxer), Atom manages to go the distance and last longer in the Ring than Zeus can. By round five, Zeus is running on empty and actually gets knocked down by Atom. In the end, Zeus has to be saved by the bell and wins on decision. However, it's heavily implied that, had the fight gone on even just a little longer, the trope would have been played completely straight and Zeus would have outright lost to Atom.
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Real Steel / int_f97ab6a5	comment	Suicidal Overconfidence: Charlie loses not one, but two of his robots through his own hubris and errors. He loses his first robot, Ambush, when he actually turns his back to the arena during the fight in order to flirt with a woman, and he loses his second robot, Noisy Boy, when he puts him into a main event bout without even bothering to learn all of the commands first. Zeus' owners were so confident that Atom would lose early in the match, perhaps in the first round, that they did not even bother to make sure Zeus had enough power to last the full five rounds. Towards the end of the match he actually begins to run out of power, allowing Atom to attack with near impunity. Though given he's never had to go further than one round, it's unlikely they ever bothered. Charlie suckers them in using up all battery power. It is likely Zeus could have gone the distance defending. It is part of the rope-a-dope technique. Get a fighter that is way fitter to burn through his stamina. Ricky is so confident that Atom won't last past round one vs Zeus that he tells Finn his exact seat in the stadium so that the can personally bring his money to him. This backfires horribly on him when Finn uses that information to track him when Atom manages to survive to round two.
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Real Steel / int_f97b5d33	type	Shoo Out the Clowns
Real Steel / int_f97b5d33	comment	Shoo Out the Clowns: Atom and Max are shown to dance before every fight. They don't do this when Atom goes up against Zeus, likely to highlight the seriousness of the match.
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Real Steel / int_fa7226a0	type	You Have No Chance to Survive
Real Steel / int_fa7226a0	comment	You Have No Chance to Survive: Most have this attitude towards Atom at first, to the point of betting large sums of money that he won't even survive the first round. They were proved wrong every time. Those betting venture out into Too Dumb to Live territory considering if nothing else, Atom was designed as a training bot and thus was DESIGNED to take obscene amounts of damage and keep going so champion bots could have a consistent and stable sparring partner. They are literally betting on Atom not being able to do the exact function he was designed for.
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Real Steel / int_fb4e0f18	comment	Asian and Nerdy: Tak Mashido, Zeus' creator. Back Story on the film's website reveals that he was the original creator of Noisy Boy, Charlie's second robot, and was also one of the revolutionary inventors of robot boxing. Going even further, the film's Back Story is that robot boxing started as a hobby among robot enthusiasts in Japan, meaning that the entire sport was the result of this trope.
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Real Steel / int_fb86c5	type	Good Old Robot
Real Steel / int_fb86c5	comment	Good Old Robot: By necessity, at first, but Atom quickly proves his worth.
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Real Steel / int_fbba5e98	type	Gadgeteer Genius
Real Steel / int_fbba5e98	comment	Gadgeteer Genius: Max manages to greatly enhance Atom overnight by integrating Noisy Boy's voice recognition tech with Atom. Tak (Zeus' creator) is hailed as one by the media, being considered one of the revolutionary figures in the robot boxing world.
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Real Steel / int_fdbdc112	type	Practical Effects
Real Steel / int_fdbdc112	comment	Practical Effects: There were a large number of animatronic robots built for this film but the CGI is good enough that most viewers would need Word of God to tell the difference.
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