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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 movie homage to the Two-Fisted Tales of the 1930s, written and directed by Kerry Conran.The film follows the adventures of Ace Pilot H. Joseph "Joe" Sullivan, known as Sky Captain (Jude Law) and Intrepid Reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow). Angelina Jolie also appears as Royal Navy Commander Francesca "Franky" Cook. They begin investigating the affairs of the mysterious German scientist, Dr. Totenkopf, after his machines attack New York City, searching for something. Further implicating Totenkopf is a string of kidnapped scientists, all of whom point back to Totenkopf's work...The film also stars Giovanni Ribisi as Dexter "Dex" Dearborn, Michael Gambon as Mr. Paley, Bai Ling as the Mysterious Woman and Omid Djalili as Kaji.The plot shamelessly uses the outrageous gadgets and cliches of the Pulp Magazine and Comic Book genres, plus numerous shout outs to other media of the period. The film is notable for being one of the first to be filmed on a completely digital backlot, with all shots being done in the studio and against a substantial amount of blue screen.The movie was originally planned to be the start of a franchise, but due to poor box office performance, a sequel never happened. An anime was also planned, but that was also cancelled. While the film was ultimately unsuccessful at the box office, Sky Captain has garnered a cult following in the years since its release. |
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One Bullet Left: Polly is down to one shot left in her camera, so she's forced to forgo the chance to photograph the lost kingdom of Shangri-La, a top-secret flying aircraft carrier, a giant prehistoric bird, and every creature on Earth being loaded two-by-two into a giant rocketship. In the end Polly passes up the Scoop of the Century for a photograph of Joe ... who promptly informs her she left the lens cap on. note Except the point of view during the shot is facing Polly and the front of her camera, and the audience can clearly see the lens cap is not on (and in fact, her camera doesn't even have a lens cap). Though you could handwave this as Joe messing with her again. |
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Visionary Villain |
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Visionary Villain: Dr. Totenkopf plans to restart the world with an Ark of his own design. |
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Never Trust a Trailer |
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Never Trust a Trailer: Angelina Jolie is in the movie for all of 15 minutes, but from the movie's advertising, you'd think she was a main character. |
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Diesel Punk: With a healthy helping of Tesla Punk and Raygun Gothic, to boot. |
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"Totenkopf" is German for "corpse's head" (i.e. the skull of a corpse), which is a subtle clue to the fact that he's been Dead All Along. |
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The Swarm |
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The Swarm: The one-eyed Squid Robots that search the Flying Legion airbase, the radio-controlled UCAVs that engage Sky Captain shortly thereafter, and the horde of flying Killer Robots in the Elaborate Underground Base. |
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Raygun Gothic |
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Raygun Gothic: While the movie is primarily Diesel Punk in style, Dex's and Dr. Totenkopf's inventions add this to the mix, especially in the last third of the film in Dr. Totenkopf's lair. |
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Chekhov's Gun |
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Chekhov's Gun The two metal tubes that Polly Perkins received from Dr. Jennings. Dex also built Chekhov's Ray Gun and is seen chewing Chekhov's Gum. |
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Shiny-Looking Spaceships |
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Shiny-Looking Spaceships: Totenkopf's brobdingnagian Retro Rocket. |
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Anachronism Stew |
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Anachronism Stew: Natch for a Diesel Punk movie, but while the P-40 Warhawk existed in 1939, the Flying Legion are using the P-40E model* distinguished by its larger propeller spinner to accommodate a more powerful engine and 6 machine guns, which was barely on the drawing board at the time. They also have a fleet of later-model B-24s, an aircraft that was just being prototyped, and whose powered gun turrets* which gives the planes away with their notable blunted noseshadn’t been designed yet. |
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Put Down Your Gun and Step Away |
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Put Down Your Gun and Step Away: One of Dr. Totenkopf's Mooks tries this on Joe in the Tibetan uranium mine. |
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Holding Hands |
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Holding Hands: Joe is helping Polly out of the cockpit, only to quickly drop her hand and leave her to clamber off the plane when Frankie shows up. |
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Dragon Ascendant |
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Dragon Ascendant: The agent acts as the effective Big Bad after we learn that Totenkopf's long dead. |
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Island of Mystery |
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Island of Mystery: Totenkopf's Island Base. |
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Bilingual Bonus |
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Bilingual Bonus: Thanks to understanding what "Totenkopf" actually means, German-speaking viewers will figure out a crucial plot twist long before the rest of the audience does. |
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Trespassing to Talk |
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Trespassing to Talk: When Joe (Sky Captain) returns to his dark office, he's surprised by a voice coming from the shadows. He pulls out his pistol and turns a desk light toward the intruder. He's surprised to discover that it's his old girlfriend Polly Perkins. She got in by talking with Dex, one of Sky Captain's subordinates. |
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Apologetic Attacker |
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Apologetic Attacker — Played With: The note Totenkopf leaves at his death chair reads "Forgive me", and there's indications he tried to shut down his entire project, and it's implied his robot assassin/kidnapper rebelled when he tried to shut everything down. |
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Cut and Paste Environments: Toward the beginning of the movie, just after the robots attack Manhattan, Sky Captain lands at his base and drives his plane into a huge hangar. At the top of the doors of the hangar are these huge windows of 8x10 panes. In every window, some of the panes are broken. In every window, it's exactly the same panes that are broken. |
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Plummet Perspective |
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Plummet Perspective: Happens on at least three occasions. |
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Drill Tank |
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Drill Tank: The giant drill machine in Totenkopf's uranium mine. |
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Gratuitous German |
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Gratuitous German: The German in this movie is often mangled. A particularly noticeable example is a button labeled with "Dringlichkeitsfreigabe", which then gets translated as "Emergency Release", while it actually means "Urgency Release". It should be "Notfallfreigabe/-abkopplung/-entriegelung/-freisetzung". (But then they'd have needed a bigger button.) The German newspaper headline about the robot invasion translates to "Very Big Metallc [sic!] Machines Steal Steal Reserves" |
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Anguished Declaration of Love |
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Anguished Declaration of Love: Spoofed. Joe Sullivan believes Polly Perkins deliberately sabotaged his plane in China while Going for the Big Scoop. When they're trapped in a cave packed with dynamite that's about to explode, Joe looks her in the eyes and asks ... if she really did cut his fuel line. Polly is understandably annoyed that they're going to spend their last moments on Earth discussing this point. And on Totenkopf's island, she admits she did. A pissed off Joe then admits that he did sleep with Franky. |
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Flying Car |
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Flying Car: The hoversleds in Totenkopf's Elaborate Underground Base. |
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Zeerust |
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Zeerust: Basically the whole point of the film. Influences include the futuristic designs of Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Lloyd and Hugh Ferriss. |
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Bedmate Reveal |
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Bedmate Reveal: After an Outrun the Fireball moment, Polly wakes up naked in a bed next to an equally naked Joe. An embarrassed Polly tells him to turn around, which a grinning Joe does only to find he's also in bed with their guide, Kaji, who is also naked. |
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Noodle Incident |
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Noodle Incident: Polly is visibly annoyed when fellow fliers (and implied ex-lovers) Franky and Joe share an incomprehensible nostalgia moment. |
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Schizo Tech |
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Schizo Tech: A radio-imager drone sends back underwater pictures to Franky's heliocarrier. Also, zeppelins next to mecha, and UCAVs. |
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"Bringer of War" Music |
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"Bringer of War" Music: The Holst tempo can be heard in the track "Calling Sky Captain", as Totenkopf's war machines are let loose on New York City. |
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Blatant Lies |
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Blatant Lies: Joe looks Polly in the eyes and earnestly says he never had an affair with Frankie. Polly confesses to cutting his fuel line. A pissed-off Joe promptly confesses to the affair. |
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Stylistic Suck |
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Stylistic Suck: A couple of effects were CGI'ed to resemble early stop-motion effects from serials. Note: This does not apply to the film's overall sepia-tone look, which is quite elaborate. |
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Hostage for MacGuffin |
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Hostage for MacGuffin: When Dr. Totenkopf's thugs capture Polly Perkins in the uranium mine. |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent |
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Despite being an American, Joe speaks with Jude Law's natural British accent. |
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Intimidation Demonstration |
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Intimidation Demonstration: When Sky Captain fights The Dragon Robot Girl in order to enter the rocket ship, The Dragon twirls her energy staff to show how proficient she is with it. |
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Advertised Extra |
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Advertised Extra: Angelina Jolie's Frankie appears for about fifteen minutes despite the very heavy presence of Jolie in the film's marketing. Disappointment over this has been blamed for some of the film's negative audience reaction. |
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Body Horror |
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Body Horror: The results of the radiation was not pleasant to those who worked in Totenkopf's uranium mines, as evidenced by the last surviving worker. |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_504a1991 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_53f5119f |
type |
The Dragon |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_53f5119f |
comment |
The Dragon: Dr. Totenkopf's Robot Girl Action Girl agent. A rather extreme case of Dragon Their Feet. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_53f5119f |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_53f5119f |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_53f5119f |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_558245a7 |
type |
Redshirt Army |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_558245a7 |
comment |
Redshirt Army The Flying Legion gets strafed by radio-controlled ornithopters, with exploding hangers and airships galore. On returning to the devastated airbase the only concern of the protagonists however is missing colleague Dex. Mind you, we don't really see anyone die, so perhaps the killer robots were acting under Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy rules too. Franky's (Commander Francesca Cook's) Amphibious Squadron/Manta Team - pilots of planes that can convert from flying to underwater travel and back again. Most of them are wiped out during the approach to Dr. Totenkopf's Island Base, and the last couple of them mysteriously disappear after they fire their cluster torpedoes at a robot and are never seen again, with no explanation. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_558245a7 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_558245a7 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_558245a7 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5a0e88d8 |
type |
Bring It |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5a0e88d8 |
comment |
Bring It: The Mysterious Woman makes a gesture to Sky Captain before fighting him outside the rocket ship. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5a0e88d8 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5a0e88d8 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5a0e88d8 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5c5d0032 |
type |
Eyepatch of Power |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5c5d0032 |
comment |
Eyepatch of Power: Franky (Angelina Jolie's character) |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5c5d0032 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5c5d0032 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5c5d0032 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5db7301f |
type |
Prophetic Names |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5db7301f |
comment |
Prophetic Names: Totenkopf, literally "dead man's head" (i.e. "skull") in German. Not only alluding to the skull symbol on his creations, but guess what you find him as. Well, still sorta... intact. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5db7301f |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5db7301f |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5db7301f |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5deb34da |
type |
Ace Pilot |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5deb34da |
comment |
Ace Pilot: Joseph Sullivan, the "Sky Captain". |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5deb34da |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5deb34da |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5deb34da |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5e032315 |
type |
One-Book Author |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5e032315 |
comment |
One-Book Author: This is Kerry Conran's only theatrical film as a director. He would later go on to direct a few short films not long after that. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5e032315 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5e032315 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5e032315 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5eca52dc |
type |
Distress Call |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5eca52dc |
comment |
Distress Call: As a horde of giant robots is attacking New York City, a radio signal is sent to Sky Captain asking for his help. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5eca52dc |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5eca52dc |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5eca52dc |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5f52cfcf |
type |
Intrepid Reporter |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5f52cfcf |
comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Polly. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5f52cfcf |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5f52cfcf |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_5f52cfcf |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_60fa92ac |
type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_60fa92ac |
comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Dr. Totenkopf (Dead man's head [skull] in German). Subverted, he's literally a dead man and it is implied that he was rather a Well-Intentioned Extremist. It's more commonly used by Germans as a name for the bare skull, hence the skull motif. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_60fa92ac |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_60fa92ac |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_60fa92ac |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_62e3d32a |
type |
Forgot to Feed the Monster |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_62e3d32a |
comment |
Forgot to Feed the Monster: Totenkopf's lair has a giant, now-skeletal beast chained up outside his lair. The other one, however, is either alive or something is tugging on its chain just offscreen, so Joe and Penny opt to use a drainage pipe instead of risking it. This is the first hint that the robots are running the show. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_62e3d32a |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_62e3d32a |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_62e3d32a |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67677940 |
type |
Giant Flyer |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67677940 |
comment |
Giant Flyer: The protagonists encounter giant prehistoric birds on Totenkopf's island. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67677940 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67677940 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67677940 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67e82be2 |
type |
Shoulder Cannon |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67e82be2 |
comment |
Shoulder Cannon: The missile launcher of the Giant Robot guarding the underwater entrance to Dr. Totenkopf's island. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67e82be2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67e82be2 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_67e82be2 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6844f0d5 |
type |
Undressing the Unconscious |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6844f0d5 |
comment |
Undressing the Unconscious: After Sky Captain, Polly and Kaji Out Run The Fireball of the explosion in the uranium mine, they are knocked unconscious. When they wake up in a room in an unknown location, they find that they are all completely naked under a sheet and in the same bed together. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6844f0d5 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6844f0d5 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6844f0d5 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6b4f4350 |
type |
Zeppelins from Another World |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6b4f4350 |
comment |
Zeppelins from Another World: The Hindenburg III docks at the Empire State Building in the opening scene, though in reality the docking spire was inoperable from the beginning due to strong updrafts and the lack of a mooring point for the other end of an airship. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6b4f4350 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6b4f4350 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6b4f4350 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: "Totenkopf" is German for "dead man's head" or "skull" (Totenkopf wanted to destroy the world and create a new one out in space). It also harkens back to Nazi Germany's SS "Totenkopf" division, which was in charge of the concentration camps. It's most likely an allusion to the fact that he appears as a Huge Holographic Head and that he's actually been Dead All Along. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6bda9a30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6bda9a30 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6bda9a30 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6c553873 |
type |
Private Military Contractors |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6c553873 |
comment |
The Flying Legion gets strafed by radio-controlled ornithopters, with exploding hangers and airships galore. On returning to the devastated airbase the only concern of the protagonists however is missing colleague Dex. Mind you, we don't really see anyone die, so perhaps the killer robots were acting under Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy rules too. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6c553873 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6c553873 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6c553873 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6f619fab |
type |
Let's Split Up, Gang! |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6f619fab |
comment |
Let's Split Up, Gang!: Sky Captain, while in Dr. Totenkopf's abandoned uranium mine. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6f619fab |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6f619fab |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_6f619fab |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_740f0e9e |
type |
Wronski Feint |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_740f0e9e |
comment |
Wronski Feint: Subverted. It looks like Joe is doing this with the ornithopters chasing him out over the water, when actually he has every intention of actually crashing into the ocean. His plane is able to transform into a submersible mode! |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_740f0e9e |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_740f0e9e |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_740f0e9e |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_743437c4 |
type |
Chroma Key |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_743437c4 |
comment |
Chroma Key: The actors used only the most basic sets and props, with CGI backgrounds used in every shot. This was allegedly done for two reasons: One, the producers wanted to give the movie a "comic book" atmosphere, and two, the studio was too small to accommodate such large sets. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_743437c4 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_743437c4 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_743437c4 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7484b619 |
type |
Herr Doktor |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7484b619 |
comment |
Herr Doktor: All the scientists are German and Austrian. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7484b619 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7484b619 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7484b619 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_75d6bf40 |
type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_75d6bf40 |
comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Polly and Joe bicker throughout the movie. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_75d6bf40 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_75d6bf40 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_75d6bf40 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_782b8a66 |
type |
Absurdly Dedicated Worker |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_782b8a66 |
comment |
Absurdly Dedicated Worker: Dr. Totenkopf's machines carry on his work of assembling a "Noah's Ark"-type rocket and loading animals on it despite him having died 20 years prior. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_782b8a66 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_782b8a66 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_782b8a66 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_79fdc157 |
type |
Camera Obscurer |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_79fdc157 |
comment |
Camera Obscurer: Polly Perkins spends much of the movie with only one frame left on her only roll of film, and wants to save it for a truly awesome photo. In the film's denouement, she decides to take a photo of Joe Sullivan, only for him to look at her and say "Lenscap". |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_79fdc157 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_79fdc157 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_79fdc157 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7d34f23a |
type |
Reckless Gun Usage |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7d34f23a |
comment |
Reckless Gun Usage: Joe emphasizes his Get Out! to Polly with a brandished Webley pointed at her stomach with his finger on the trigger. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7d34f23a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7d34f23a |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_7d34f23a |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_85650443 |
type |
Noah's Story Arc |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_85650443 |
comment |
Noah's Story Arc: Dr. Totenkopf believed that Earth was doomed due to the destructive nature of humanity, so he built a rocket ship to carry two of every animal on Earth (and genetically engineered humans) to another planet. He intended them to create a technological utopia there. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_85650443 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_85650443 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_85650443 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_863fa679 |
type |
What Happened to the Mouse? |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_863fa679 |
comment |
What Happened to the Mouse? The last we see of Sky Captain's Flying Legion (mercenary pilots) at the base is when Dex says he needs 30 more seconds to find the source of the robots' transmissions. We never see any of them for the rest of the film, so what happened to them? Were they all killed by the robots attacking the base? Did Sky Captain just forget about the survivors? A survivor of Totenkopf's experiments asks for one last favor: to be killed. We never find out if Joe obliges, although his rather sad look after they've left Shangri-La implies that he did it. The two treacherous agents of Doctor Totenkopf manage to obtain the two metal vials from Polly and Joe. Totenkopf's female Robot Girl The Dragon is later shown taking off with the vials, so presumably the agents turned them over to her offscreen. However, what happened to the agents afterwards? Were they captured and punished? Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves? Return to their normal lives? Commander Cook's Red Shirt Army, the Amphibious Squadron/Manta Team (planes that can convert from flying to underwater travel and back again). Most of them are killed during the approach to Dr. Totenkopf's Island Base. After the last few survivors fire their cluster torpedoes at a robot, they mysteriously disappear and are never seen again, with no explanation. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_863fa679 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_863fa679 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_863fa679 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8707260c |
type |
Misguided Missile |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8707260c |
comment |
Misguided Missile: Twice, both by Frankie and Sky Captain. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8707260c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8707260c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8707260c |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8806e0dd |
type |
Action Dress Rip |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8806e0dd |
comment |
Action Dress Rip: Polly tears her skirt to run better during the NYC robot attack. But leaves on the heels... |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8806e0dd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8806e0dd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8806e0dd |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_898266d8 |
type |
Travel Montage |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_898266d8 |
comment |
Travel Montage: As Joe and Polly fly around the world, lines of latitude and longitude, and other cartographic symbols, appear superimposed on the scenery below. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_898266d8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_898266d8 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_898266d8 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8a800d36 |
type |
Bilingual Dialogue |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8a800d36 |
comment |
Bilingual Dialogue: Polly can understand both written and spoken German. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8a800d36 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8a800d36 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8a800d36 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8b6de1eb |
type |
Airborne Aircraft Carrier |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8b6de1eb |
comment |
Airborne Aircraft Carrier: Franky's heliocarrier, which serves as mobile recon outpost for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy has a lot more of them, as seen in the end of the movie. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8b6de1eb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8b6de1eb |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_8b6de1eb |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9035db9f |
type |
The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9035db9f |
comment |
The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles: As a deliberate throwback. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9035db9f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9035db9f |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9035db9f |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_90bc139e |
type |
Justified Title |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_90bc139e |
comment |
Justified Title: The Character Name and the Noun Phrase title is obviously a reference to the retro-futuristic nature of the movie, but "Sky Captain" is the nickname of the main character, and the villain calls his scheme to seed life on another planet the "World of Tomorrow". |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_90bc139e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_90bc139e |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_90bc139e |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_928e13b9 |
type |
He's Dead, Jim |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_928e13b9 |
comment |
He's Dead, Jim: Dr. Jennings slumps and his hand opens, spilling two metal vials. Polly tells Sky Captain "He's dead" and pulls a blanket over his head without checking his life signs. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_928e13b9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_928e13b9 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_928e13b9 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_932e7d07 |
type |
Robot Antennae |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_932e7d07 |
comment |
Robot Antennae: The giant robots and robotic flying machines all had antennae for receiving instructions. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_932e7d07 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_932e7d07 |
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1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_932e7d07 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_99db72ee |
type |
Immune to Bullets |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_99db72ee |
comment |
Big slow-moving robots that are Immune to Bullets and fly around casting ominous shadows and stealing things from baffled citizens? Seems to pay homage to "The Mechanical Monsters", one of the early 40s Superman Theatrical Cartoons. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_99db72ee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_99db72ee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_99db72ee |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9c7e3137 |
type |
Hyperspace Arsenal |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9c7e3137 |
comment |
Hyperspace Arsenal: The many many things concealed in Joe's P-40 Warhawk. It's anyone's guess where the plane's builders found room to put the fuel and engine. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9c7e3137 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9c7e3137 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
hasFeature |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9c7e3137 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9d12bbc1 |
type |
Foreshadowing |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9d12bbc1 |
comment |
Foreshadowing "Totenkopf" is German for "corpse's head" (i.e. the skull of a corpse), which is a subtle clue to the fact that he's been Dead All Along. Totenkopf's monster has starved to death. This would seem like simple cruelty, except the master isn't around to feed it, and the robots aren't interested in pet care. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9d12bbc1 |
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It Is Beyond Saving |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9e9e8623 |
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It Is Beyond Saving: This is Totenkopf's motive in creating his World of Tomorrow: the Great War convinced him that Earth was doomed to be torn apart by strife and internal conflict, so he began working on The Ark to take a sample of every living creature on Earth, along with the genetic essence of humanity, dubbed "Adam and Eve"—and then launch it all into space to seek out a new world elsewhere. However, as he believed Earth itself to be doomed, he designed his ark's rocket boosters to incinerate the Earth's atmosphere and destroy the planet as it sped away, ostensibly to spare the world's population from destruction by war. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_9e9e8623 |
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type |
Practical Voice-Over |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a02ab916 |
comment |
Practical Voiceover: A radio announcer (along with a Spinning Paper montage) is used to show that the robot attack on New York is part of a worldwide phenomenon. |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a1a1491e |
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Homage |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a1a1491e |
comment |
Homages The attack by giant bipedal robots is copied from the 1941 Superman cartoon "The Mechanical Monsters". The giant robots' laser sound-effects are the same as the Martian heat ray in the 1953 The War of the Worlds film. Polly's phoned-in report on the attack uses lines lifted from the famous Orson Welles radio broadcast. On seeing one of the robots, Dex mutters "Shazam!!" The silhouette of Godzilla can be seen in a newspaper from Japan. The headline indicates that the big G popped up to fight off the robots, anachronisms be damned. During an underwater sequence we see both the wreck of the RMS Titanic and the ship from King Kong (1933), complete with ape-holding cage. King Kong himself can be seen at the top of the Empire State Building during one shot with the robots in the streets. The flying robots on Totenkopf's island have the same chest controls as Commando Cody's Jet Pack. The Wizard of Oz is seen playing in the cinema where Polly meets with one of the scientists, and the entire Totenkopf hologram head sequence is a massive homage to the The Wizard of Oz's giant head scene (Captain Sky even mentions the film when the Hologram appears and starts speaking). |
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type |
My God, What Have I Done? |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a1b141f4 |
comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: Totenkopf, realizing the error of his ways and unable to stop what he started (the rocket he's sending off the planet will destroy the Earth's atmosphere to escape its gravity), simply leaves a note on his corpse: "Forgive me." |
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Stripped to the Bone |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a4070b5e |
comment |
Stripped to the Bone: One of the escaping scientists on Totenkopf's island gets skeletonised by a bolt of electricity from a Tesla coil. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a4070b5e |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a4070b5e |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a590182a |
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Disintegrator Ray |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a590182a |
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The giant robots' laser sound-effects are the same as the Martian heat ray in the 1953 The War of the Worlds film. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a590182a |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a5a6d7b3 |
type |
Mutants |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a5a6d7b3 |
comment |
A survivor of Totenkopf's experiments asks for one last favor: to be killed. We never find out if Joe obliges, although his rather sad look after they've left Shangri-La implies that he did it. |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a6c99b08 |
type |
Shoot Out the Lock |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a6c99b08 |
comment |
Shoot Out the Lock: The title character throws an object and hits the control box for a door, causing the door to close. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a6c99b08 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a6c99b08 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a86069f |
type |
Alternate History |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a86069f |
comment |
There are some subtler Alternate History implications as well, such as the apparent absence of Nazi Germany and an American/British evacuation of Nanjing, which of course implies that Japan still annexed Manchuria and China. The point of divergence is either the outcome of World War I, where Germany apparently ended on a stronger position than they did in real life, or just after it where either the Nazis failed to rise to power, or the Weimar Republic didn't fail. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a86069f |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a86069f |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a91f07ee |
type |
"No Peeking!" Request |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a91f07ee |
comment |
"No Peeking!" Request: Subverted, after Joe and Polly wake up naked in the same bed, Polly tells him to turn around, and Joe seemingly assumes she wants him to turn for her privacy, but it's actually to point out that Kaji is also behind him in the same bed. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_a91f07ee |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ab24b030 |
type |
Red Alert |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ab24b030 |
comment |
Red Alert: When Commander Francesca Cook gives the order to alert the Amphibious Squadron, red lights start flashing and a warning klaxon starts sounding as the crews run to their ships. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ab24b030 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ab24b030 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad3a96f5 |
type |
It's the Only Way |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad3a96f5 |
comment |
It's the Only Way: Spoofed. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad3a96f5 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad3a96f5 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad5283e1 |
type |
Robot Girl |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad5283e1 |
comment |
The two treacherous agents of Doctor Totenkopf manage to obtain the two metal vials from Polly and Joe. Totenkopf's female Robot Girl The Dragon is later shown taking off with the vials, so presumably the agents turned them over to her offscreen. However, what happened to the agents afterwards? Were they captured and punished? Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves? Return to their normal lives? |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad5283e1 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ad5283e1 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b01abe4f |
type |
Catchphrase |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b01abe4f |
comment |
Catchphrase: Joe (Sky Captain) says "Good boy, Dex" whenever his Sidekick Dex does something good. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b01abe4f |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b01abe4f |
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Recurring Camera Shot |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b3dce477 |
comment |
Recurring Camera Shot: Has one near the beginning when the robots arrive in New York, first with bystanders pointing at them, three of them lined up in a row, followed by the police shooting at them arranged and framed the same way. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b3dce477 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b47d95be |
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No OSHA Compliance |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b47d95be |
comment |
No OSHA Compliance: The walkways inside the rocket ship. They're barely wide enough to walk on, and have no railings. Justified Trope, in that the "actual" Dr. Totenkopf is long dead, and his operation is being carried out automatically via robots, drones, and mechs. Obviously they would not bother with human safety hazards. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b47d95be |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b6ae5569 |
type |
Transforming Mecha |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b6ae5569 |
comment |
Transforming Mecha: Franky's Manta Squadron, Cool Planes that can transform in mid-dive into submersibles armed with cluster-torpedoes. They also have an Ejection Seat with built-in Jet Pack, leading to a Crowning Moment Of Awesome for Angelina Jolie. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b6ae5569 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_b6ae5569 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbc8a85d |
type |
Reluctant Mad Scientist |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbc8a85d |
comment |
Reluctant Mad Scientist: The former members of Unit 11. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbc8a85d |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbc8a85d |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbeea2fe |
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Percussive Prevention |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbeea2fe |
comment |
Percussive Prevention: Joe knocks out Polly to stop her from accompanying him on a one-way trip to destroy Totenkopf's rocketship. It doesn't work. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bbeea2fe |
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Putting on the Reich |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bcba27a1 |
comment |
Putting on the Reich: Dr. Totenkopf's emblem looks very much like Nazi Germany's coat of arms, with a death's head in place of a swastika. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bcba27a1 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bcba27a1 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bd79d896 |
type |
Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bd79d896 |
comment |
Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: Kidnapping scientists -> Plot to build a spaceship that will destroy the Earth's atmosphere. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bd79d896 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bd79d896 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_be1e5f7e |
type |
Surprise Vehicle |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_be1e5f7e |
comment |
Surprise Vehicle: Dex suddenly appears in one of Totenkopf's hoversleds to save Sky Captain and Polly Perkins from pursuing robots. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_be1e5f7e |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_be1e5f7e |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf4fb49b |
type |
Aerial Canyon Chase |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf4fb49b |
comment |
Aerial Canyon Chase: The title character flies his fighter plane along the streets of New York just above ground level while trying to escape Dr. Totenkopf's robot ornithopters. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf4fb49b |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf4fb49b |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf7c7825 |
type |
He Who Must Not Be Heard |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf7c7825 |
comment |
There's also the Mysterious Woman, a silent but deadly woman who controls Totenkopf's machines and turns out to be a Robot Girl. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_bf7c7825 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c12f0c4 |
type |
Outrun the Fireball |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c12f0c4 |
comment |
Outrun the Fireball: As tons of dynamite inside a uranium mine are about to explode, Sky Captain, Polly Perkins and Sky Captain's friend Kaji try to run out of the mine to safety. When the dynamite explodes they're blasted out of the mouth of the mine and wind up flat on their faces in the snow. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c12f0c4 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c12f0c4 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c3cc5fa0 |
type |
Mad Scientist Laboratory |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c3cc5fa0 |
comment |
Dr. Jenning's laboratory is located in a New York City basement, suite 1138. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c3cc5fa0 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c3cc5fa0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c54d550d |
type |
Novelization |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c54d550d |
comment |
Novelization: By Kevin J. Anderson. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c54d550d |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c558da6a |
type |
Gunship Rescue |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c558da6a |
comment |
Gunship Rescue: An entire fleet of heliocarriers turns up to rescue the protagonists at the end, though they don't really need saving by that stage. And Dex has a Big Damn Heroes moment when he arrives in a hoversled just in time to save Joe and Polly from the swarm of flying killer robots. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c558da6a |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c558da6a |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c5a1fb94 |
type |
Hologram Projection Imperfection |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c5a1fb94 |
comment |
Hologram Projection Imperfection: As the protagonists approach Dr. Totenkopf's office, a Tesla-type generator creates a Huge Holographic Head of Totenkopf that explains his motives and warns them to get out or die. Both the image and voice are distorted when powering up, highlighting the more primitive 1930's zeerust technology of the film. The imperfections also hint this is a case of The Tape Knew You Would Say That. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c5a1fb94 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c5a1fb94 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: By the dozen. Everything from The Land That Time Forgot, The Wizard of Oz, The Neverending Story, Apple's 1984 commercial, Star Wars Episode I and the anime film Castle in the Sky. Some people view the movie as a Spiritual Licensee of Crimson Skies. Godzilla appears on one of the newspaper headlines in a "blink and you'll miss it" cameo. In the scene where Sky Captain is flying back and forth down the street attacking the giant robots, in one shot the Empire State Building is framed in the background ... with King Kong hanging from the top. It goes further, with the wreck of SS Venture being found on the seabed just off Totenkopf's island, which is also implied to be Skull Island. "They've reached Sixth Avenue. They've reached Fifth Avenue. They're a hundred yards away. Oh, my God." Big slow-moving robots that are Immune to Bullets and fly around casting ominous shadows and stealing things from baffled citizens? Seems to pay homage to "The Mechanical Monsters", one of the early 40s Superman Theatrical Cartoons. The sound effects of the giant robots' lasers are the sounds of the Martian heat rays in The War of the Worlds. Dr. Jenning's laboratory is located in a New York City basement, suite 1138. In one scene, the poster of the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights is visible on the cinema marquee. It's even more hilarious when you realise that Sir Laurence Olivier was Heathcliff on that film. Also doubles as Actor Allusion. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c75df49a |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_c75df49a |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ccf46587 |
type |
Redshirt Army |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ccf46587 |
comment |
Commander Cook's Red Shirt Army, the Amphibious Squadron/Manta Team (planes that can convert from flying to underwater travel and back again). Most of them are killed during the approach to Dr. Totenkopf's Island Base. After the last few survivors fire their cluster torpedoes at a robot, they mysteriously disappear and are never seen again, with no explanation. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ccf46587 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ccf46587 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_cec142d6 |
type |
Knuckle Cracking |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_cec142d6 |
comment |
Knuckle Cracking: After Joseph "Joe" Sullivan (AKA Sky Captain) enters his office and pours out some Milk of Magnesia he cracks his neck, presumably to relieve stress. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_cec142d6 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_cec142d6 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d129e13e |
type |
"Eureka!" Moment |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d129e13e |
comment |
"Eureka!" Moment: Sky Captain is given a staff and told to "Follow Rana. The staff will lead you to Totenkopf". |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d129e13e |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d129e13e |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d139ffaf |
type |
Genre Throwback |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d139ffaf |
comment |
Genre Throwback: to 30's sci-fi and 40's-50's war fiction. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d139ffaf |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d355ba37 |
type |
Turned Against Their Masters |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d355ba37 |
comment |
Turned Against Their Masters: Implied. When they finally find Dr. Totenkopf, the good doctor is in no state to argue, and the note reading "forgive me" left on his corpse seems to suggest that he had second thoughts about his plan and tried to shut down his machines, only for them to shut him down first. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d355ba37 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d51263b9 |
type |
Fake Shemp |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d51263b9 |
comment |
Fake Shemp: Laurence Olivier, via the magic of stock footage and CGI, comes back to life as Dr. Totenkopf. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d51263b9 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d51263b9 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d71d51fd |
type |
The End of the World as We Know It |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d71d51fd |
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The End of the World as We Know It: The planet-colonizing rocketship seems benign, until it's revealed that its afterburners will ignite the Earth's atmosphere. |
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Put Them All Out of My Misery |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d7ff49ab |
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Put Them All Out of My Misery: What Totenkopf resolved to do after being disillusioned with humanity. |
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Island Base |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_d8f8da2b |
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Franky's (Commander Francesca Cook's) Amphibious Squadron/Manta Team - pilots of planes that can convert from flying to underwater travel and back again. Most of them are wiped out during the approach to Dr. Totenkopf's Island Base, and the last couple of them mysteriously disappear after they fire their cluster torpedoes at a robot and are never seen again, with no explanation. |
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Action Girl |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_dae5c997 |
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Action Girl: Commander Francesca "Franky" Cook of the Royal Navy, who sports an Eyepatch of Power. She is also part of a Love Triangle in the movie. There's also the Mysterious Woman, a silent but deadly woman who controls Totenkopf's machines and turns out to be a Robot Girl. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_dae5c997 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_dc1761bd |
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A God Am I |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_dc1761bd |
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A God Am I: Totenkopf, in the video that plays while his rocket is rising through the atmosphere. It plays a twisted version of the first few verses of Genesis, replacing him as God and him seeing that "Man was evil." |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e071496c |
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Within Arm's Reach |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e071496c |
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Within Arm's Reach: While the robots are attacking Sky Captain's base, Dex fights them with a Disintegrator Ray pistol. A large beam falls on his legs and knocks him down, causing him to drop the pistol. He has to reach out desperately to grab it and continue the battle. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e071496c |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e08f3fed |
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Chair Reveal |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e08f3fed |
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Chair Reveal: Doctor Totenkopf is revealed to be Dead All Along when a light is turned on, showing him sitting in a chair. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e08f3fed |
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The Shangri-La |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e0a8ebe5 |
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The Shangri-La: Shangri-La itself, whose people were forced to work in Totenkopf's uranium mine. |
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Military Mashup Machine |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e2138f91 |
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Military Mashup Machine: Sky Captain's Curtiss P-40 can change into a submersible. It also has the ability to project limpet mines and grapnel-wires. |
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Hindenburg Incendiary Principle |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e29df5b3 |
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Hindenburg Incendiary Principle: The film, set in an alternate timeline, has multiple Zeppelins from Another World. The zeppelin Hindenburg III arrives safely in New York, but when Dr. Totenkopf's robots attack Sky Captain's base, the zeppelins moored overhead are set aflame by enemy attack. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e29df5b3 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e33e4e8 |
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That Was the Last Entry |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e33e4e8 |
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That Was the Last Entry: When the group finally gets to Totenkopf's office, they find his papers and discover that "the last entry in his journal was made on October 11, 1918", 20 years before the setting of the film. Shortly thereafter, they find his mummified body. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e33e4e8 |
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Infodump |
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Infodump: Dex and the scientists explain Totenkopf's entire plan (as well as mentioning an offscreen escape where the majority of them got killed) in a single moment of exposition. Although not unusual in the Comic Books on which the movie is based, the scene appears clumsy on screen. |
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| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e6f18344 |
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Humongous Mecha |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e6f18344 |
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Humongous Mecha: Giant bipedal robots armed with Frickin' Laser Beams stomp through the streets of New York. They can fly as well. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e6f18344 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e6f18344 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e899b102 |
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Sidekick |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_e899b102 |
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Sidekick: Dex, to Joe (Sky Captain). But there's a lot more to Dex than this; he may look like a skinny little nerd but he's taken a level in badass and has matters well in hand when Joe finally arrives to "rescue" him. To his credit Joe doesn't seem very surprised and just asks for a heads up on the plan. |
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Wait Here |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ea382fea |
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Wait Here: Sky Captain tells Polly Perkins to "stay here" when he goes after the person who mortally wounded Dr. Jennings, and tells the group he's with (including Polly) to "wait here" when he's about to confront the robots guarding Dr. Totenkopf's lair. In each case Polly obeys him, which is a surprise because of how assertive and independent she is. |
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Traitor Shot |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ea8de006 |
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Traitor Shot: Two of the guides look at each other while standing under Joe's plane as sinister music plays. |
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The Grotesque |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_eaf83237 |
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The Grotesque: The sole survivor of Dr. Totenkopf's uranium mining and experiments. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_eaf83237 |
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Jet Pack |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_eb9eaecd |
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Jet Pack: Action Girl and Ace Pilot Francesca 'Franky' Cook ejects from her submersible airplane just in time to avoid a Macross Missile Massacre. After breaking the surface of the water a Jet Pack boosts her the rest of the way up to her Airborne Aircraft Carrier. Even the rival for the hero's affections is impressed. |
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Why Won't You Die? |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ecac4c42 |
comment |
Why Won't You Die?: Invoked word-for-word when The Dragon, beaten, revealed as a Robot Girl, and left for dead at the villain's island, sneaks into the rocketship to attack Joe one last time. |
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Sitting Duck |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ee9a54a0 |
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Sitting Duck: The Flying Legion is caught on the ground by an air raid launched by Totenkopf's robot flyers. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ee9a54a0 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ee9a54a0 |
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Spiritual Licensee |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f18523ee |
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Some people view the movie as a Spiritual Licensee of Crimson Skies. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f18523ee |
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Would Hit a Girl |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f42f96fa |
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Would Hit a Girl: In a rare heroic/noble example, Joe knocks Polly out to keep her from needlessly putting her life in danger. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f42f96fa |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f42f96fa |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f9f2c33 |
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Running Gag |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f9f2c33 |
comment |
Running Gag: Polly and Joe's discussions about whether she cut his fuel line. As it turns out, she did cut it. Polly missing a shot with her camera, or having it not show up for any reason. (She's a reporter, this is very important.) |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f9f2c33 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_f9f2c33 |
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Attack Drone |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fb9afaab |
comment |
Attack Drone: Radio-controlled ornithopters armed with multiple autocannons. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fb9afaab |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fb9afaab |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fbba5e98 |
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Gadgeteer Genius |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fbba5e98 |
comment |
Gadgeteer Genius: Dex works for Sky Captain. He is an expert on radios and Humongous Mecha and can create and use advanced avionics and Disintegrator Rays. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fbba5e98 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fbba5e98 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc225bec |
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Artistic License – Physics |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc225bec |
comment |
Artistic License – Physics Skyscraper-sized giant bipedal robots wouldn't have been able to stomp down the streets of the Big Apple. With their first step, they would have crashed through the streets and kept sinking until they hit bedrock. While the P-40 really is an amazing airplane, banking around Manhattan streets at taxicab-altitude with one is not even remotely possible at any flyable airspeed. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc225bec |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc225bec |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc45bac0 |
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc45bac0 |
comment |
Wouldn't Hit a Girl: On the other hand, when Sky Captain first encounters the Mysterious Woman, he stops to say he doesn't want to hurt her, giving her a chance to escape. |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc45bac0 |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fc45bac0 |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fe0330fb |
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Brick Joke |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fe0330fb |
comment |
Brick Joke: Polly really did sabotage Joe's plane in Manchuria. |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_fe0330fb |
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Spider Tank |
| | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / int_ff8afd14 |
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Spider Tank: The crab robots guarding the underwater approaches to Totenkopf's island. |
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