...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

300

1194 statements
235 feature instances
274 referencing feature instances

300	type	TVTItem
300	label	300
300	page	ThreeHundred
300	comment	300 is a historical Battle Epic film directed by Zack Snyder and based on the 1998 comic miniseries of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The film premiered at an Austin marathon in late 2006 before receiving a wider release in early 2007.In spite of its heavy fantasy influence, the film's story is based on real events: the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC during the Second Greco-Persian War, as described by ancient Greek historian Herodotus. Miller was introduced to the Thermopylae story through a 1962 Sword and Sandal film called The 300 Spartans, which influenced him deeply as a child. The comic and film are extreme examples of being Very Loosely Based on a True Story, as artistic license is liberally employed (more so in the film than in the comic).A young, one-eyed Spartan soldier relates to a group of fellow soldiers how recent events came to pass. King Leonidas of Sparta (Gerard Butler) refuses to bow to the God King Xerxes' demands for Sparta to submit to the vast power of the Persian Empire. Leonidas' visit to the deformed, elderly Ephors and their Oracular Urchin/Sex Slave brings worse news: Sparta cannot wage war against the armies of Persia on the eve of the sacred Carneia festival.After much deliberation, Leonidas decides to defy the oracles' prophecies... sort of.He gathers 300 of Sparta's finest soldiers (referring to them as his "personal bodyguard") and marches them to the Hot Gates, a narrow pass between the ocean and mountains. By rebuilding an ancient wall to bottleneck the vast Persian army, the superior fighting ability of the Spartans would conceivably make up for the small size of their army and give them a fighting chance at holding back the Persian Empire until Sparta's army can launch a full assault.700 or so other Greeks turn up as Leonidas and the 300 make their way to the Hot Gates, and when the Persian Empire brings its forces down upon them, the battle goes exactly according to Leonidas' plan. The fighting skill and perfect defensive position of the Spartans prove to be too much for even the monstrous Persian army to handle. The kill count becomes obscenely lopsided in favor of the Spartans, and the only real problems arise when their information gets sold to Xerxes.The film version of 300 is greatly characterized by Snyder's Signature Style, its comic book roots and the story itself being presented as a morale-boosting story told by Dilios. While accurate in some historical aspects (mostly quotes), it is presented first and foremost as a visual Greek epic tale of glory, death, and how battling half-naked is strategically superior. Trying to justify or explain it is as futile as explaining why John Matrix should face a court-martial for property damage. Think of this as Sin City (also by Frank Miller) with gold and red instead of white and black... and with far fewer prostitutes.A prequel/midquel/sequel film, 300: Rise of an Empire, was released in March 2014, and Miller made a sequel comic called Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander in 2018. Snyder has come forth in 2020 saying he's helped writing a third film, but Warner Bros. haven't picked it up.
300	fetched	2024-03-02T18:31:50Z
300	parsed	2024-03-02T18:31:50Z
300	processingComment	Dropped link to Bowdlerise: Not a Feature - ITEM
300	processingComment	Dropped link to EpicRapBattlesOfHistory: Not a Feature - ITEM
300	processingComment	Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE
300	processingComment	Dropped link to HonourBeforeReason: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
300	processingComment	Dropped link to OneLiner: Not a Feature - IGNORE
300	processingComment	Dropped link to OneSidedBattle: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
300	processingComment	Dropped link to StealthInsult: Not a Feature - ITEM
300	processingComment	Dropped link to VillainousValor: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
300	processingUnknown	HonourBeforeReason
300	processingUnknown	OneSidedBattle
300	processingUnknown	VillainousValor
300	isPartOf	DBTropes
300 / int_121b3725	type	Age Lift
300 / int_121b3725	comment	Age Lift: In the graphic novel, boy Leonidas kills the wolf more than forty years prior to Thermopylae, implying that Leonidas is somewhere around his fifties (Leonidas is indeed thought to have been born somewhere during the 540s-530s BC, making him around 60 by the time he died). In the film, the wolf incident is instead stated to have happened more than thirty years before the events of the film, making Leonidas ten years younger than his comic and real-life counterpart. (Interestingly, Gerard Butler was 36-37 at the making of the film, making him substantially younger than Leonidas both in the film and the comic.)
300 / int_121b3725	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_121b3725	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_121b3725
300 / int_13283911	type	Greek Fire
300 / int_13283911	comment	The "sorcerers" wielding grenades actually reflect a real weapon of war in use at the time. While true "Greek Fire" and explosives would not be introduced until the middle ages, accounts of clay "grenades" filled with burning substances like oil, tar, and sulfur date back as far as records of Assyrian sieges in the 9th century BC.
300 / int_13283911	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_13283911	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_13283911
300 / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
300 / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: Despite the visceral nature of the film, whenever a sword slashes an enemy blood goes everywhere but never hits the ground. It just disperses and never leaves a stain.
300 / int_135b9977	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_135b9977	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_135b9977
300 / int_13e3985d	type	Crucified Hero Shot
300 / int_13e3985d	comment	Crucified Hero Shot: Leonidas assumes this pose as he faces a torrential downpour of arrows that kill him, and we eventually see his corpse in this pose.
300 / int_13e3985d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_13e3985d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_13e3985d
300 / int_1514ecc1	type	Home Guard
300 / int_1514ecc1	comment	Home Guard: The Arcadians are presented as such, having various professions and taking up arms when needed, in contrast to the Spartans, who take soldiering as their profession.
300 / int_1514ecc1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1514ecc1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1514ecc1
300 / int_15210c8a	type	Sexposition
300 / int_15210c8a	comment	Sexposition: In the beginning of the film, there's an exposition where a nude young woman is basically molested by some of the ugliest creatures you've ever seen. Then, the above scene is reversed when The Mole goes to Xerxes and is tempted by Xerxes unleashing hordes of sex slaves to pleasure him, despite his deformed appearance.
300 / int_15210c8a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_15210c8a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_15210c8a
300 / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
300 / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: They really lower Rodrigo Santoro's voice for Xerxes.
300 / int_16364a29	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_16364a29	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_16364a29
300 / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
300 / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: The whole movie is Dilios telling a campfire story to boost morale, and as Frank Miller said, he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. More specifically, he even narrates parts he wasn't even present for (the ending of the battle, for instance). In each campfire scene he's in a different location as well, implying he's been embellishing it more with every retelling.
300 / int_1869b4b1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1869b4b1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1869b4b1
300 / int_197b546a	type	Scarpia Ultimatum
300 / int_197b546a	comment	Scarpia Ultimatum: Theron's offer to Queen Gorgo goes like this: "Have sex with me and I will help you convince the senate to send reinforcements to your husband."
300 / int_197b546a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_197b546a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_197b546a
300 / int_19d06ef7	type	A Father to His Men
300 / int_19d06ef7	comment	A Father to His Men: Leonidas as this exchange proves:
300 / int_19d06ef7	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_19d06ef7	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_19d06ef7
300 / int_19d8d325	type	Darkest Africa
300 / int_19d8d325	comment	Darkest Africa: Some misplaced Sub-Saharan tribes appear as fighters in the Persian army, handling a war rhino that actually sees more action than them. This is possibly a historical reference to Carthage, a city-state that did trade with sub-Saharan Africa, as it is speculated it was in an alliance with the Persian empire against Greece at the time (the Persians were fighting the Greeks in the latter's homeland while the Carthaginians were facing them in their colonies in Sicily).
300 / int_19d8d325	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_19d8d325	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_19d8d325
300 / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
300 / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: Artemis does this, immediately followed by a Big "NO!" just before Astinos is beheaded.
300 / int_1a3a91dd	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1a3a91dd	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1a3a91dd
300 / int_1a8dc238	type	Underestimating Badassery
300 / int_1a8dc238	comment	Underestimating Badassery: Xerxes' massive ego causes him to learn this the hard way, realising far too late, that despite their reputation as savages, the Spartans are clearly stronger and far more intelligent than they let on. The fact that a token force of 300 individuals somehow are managing to hold out for over 3 days against an overwhelming force of tens of thousands of menâ€¦ yeah. Made worse that he still doesn't realise that Leonidas' plan is clearly for the Spartans to go out performing a Last Stand, which will rally the rest of Greece into a furious horde against the Persian army.
300 / int_1a8dc238	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1a8dc238	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1a8dc238
300 / int_1b4e322c	type	Mr. Fanservice
300 / int_1b4e322c	comment	Mr. Fanservice: The Spartans. There's a reason why this movie is considered gay porn. There's a particular shot with Leonidas naked from behind, which means you can see his (very muscular) butt.
300 / int_1b4e322c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1b4e322c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1b4e322c
300 / int_1cf185e6	type	Unflinching Faith in the Brakes
300 / int_1cf185e6	comment	Unflinching Faith in the Brakes: A Spartan performs this maneuver with a charging rhinoceros he's just brought down with a spearâ€”he does have to step to the side just a bit, as the animal's body slides a bit before it actually comes to a complete stop.
300 / int_1cf185e6	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1cf185e6	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1cf185e6
300 / int_1dd14f5a	type	I Surrender, Suckers
300 / int_1dd14f5a	comment	I Surrender, Suckers: At the end Leonidas does a Pose of Supplication, duping King Xerxes into thinking that he was surrendering, while in actuality Leonidas only gathered his strength before the final battle.
300 / int_1dd14f5a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1dd14f5a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1dd14f5a
300 / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
300 / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: At the end, Captain Artemis is speared by Persian footsoldiers. He grabs the shafts, brings them closer to him, and plunges his sword into each spearman.
300 / int_1df37537	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1df37537	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1df37537
300 / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
300 / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: The Captain completely loses it when his son is killed.
300 / int_1dfd19f9	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1dfd19f9	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1dfd19f9
300 / int_1e679bd0	type	The Quisling
300 / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: Ephialtes turns the tide of the battle in the Persians' favour by revealing a mountain pass that will allow them to outflank the Greek forces. The Persians also bribe the Spartan priests and a member of their senate to facilitate the Persian conquest.
300 / int_1e679bd0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1e679bd0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1e679bd0
300 / int_1eb49c19	type	Stripperiffic
300 / int_1eb49c19	comment	Stripperiffic: All the Greeks wear little. Xerxes, too.
300 / int_1eb49c19	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1eb49c19	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1eb49c19
300 / int_1f19f198	type	Back-to-Back Badasses
300 / int_1f19f198	comment	Back-to-Back Badasses: Stelios and Astinos.
300 / int_1f19f198	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_1f19f198	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_1f19f198
300 / int_2044af1	type	Faceless Goons
300 / int_2044af1	comment	Faceless Goons: The Immortals all wear face-concealing silver masks. It turns out that what's underneath is actually much worse, since they're revealed as humanoid monsters with filed-down teeth when one gets his mask blown off by a Spartan.
300 / int_2044af1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2044af1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2044af1
300 / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
300 / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: The comic features a scene depicting Ephialtes post-betrayal in a somewhat sympathetic light: he reacts in horror as the Immortals ambush and mercilessly slaughter the Thespians who stayed behind with the Spartans, when he had only instructed the Immortals to intimidate them with their spears. The scene was cut out of the movie, making his plea to Leonidas to surrender come across as being much less sympathetic.
300 / int_20f689e9	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_20f689e9	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_20f689e9
300 / int_21bf4878	type	Decapitation Presentation
300 / int_21bf4878	comment	Decapitation Presentation: As noted in the page quote, the Persian messenger tries to intimidate Leonidas with a sackful of the severed heads of those who refused his offer.
300 / int_21bf4878	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_21bf4878	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_21bf4878
300 / int_21d41a5b	type	Praetorian Guard
300 / int_21d41a5b	comment	Praetorian Guard: The Immortals are the personal guard of Xerxes.
300 / int_21d41a5b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_21d41a5b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_21d41a5b
300 / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
300 / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The entire Gorgo subplot was created for the movie as were a few fight scenes depicting more fantastic elements (the orc-like monster, the giant rhino, the grenadiers, the uber-Immortal and the executioner, etc.) Also, the Captain's son is a side character in the movie but only had a brief mention in the comic.
300 / int_23473ae7	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_23473ae7	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_23473ae7
300 / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
300 / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: "This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this."
300 / int_237404cc	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_237404cc	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_237404cc
300 / int_23be181a	type	Patriotic Fervor
300 / int_23be181a	comment	Patriotic Fervor: Dilios' purpose in telling the story.
300 / int_23be181a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_23be181a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_23be181a
300 / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
300 / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Daxos the Arcadian is unnerved by the Spartans' axe craziness.
300 / int_24321e44	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_24321e44	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_24321e44
300 / int_251bbe0e	type	Genre Blindness
300 / int_251bbe0e	comment	Genre Blindness: Astinos should have been well-trained enough to know that hearing anyone crying out his name in terror would mean he was in imminent danger and take action accordingly. He loses his head for it.
300 / int_251bbe0e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_251bbe0e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_251bbe0e
300 / int_27b83210	type	Hufflepuff House
300 / int_27b83210	comment	Hufflepuff House: The Arcadians who come help the Spartans.
300 / int_27b83210	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_27b83210	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_27b83210
300 / int_28114487	type	Bald of Evil
300 / int_28114487	comment	Bald of Evil: Xerxes is notably bald and portrayed as quite evil.
300 / int_28114487	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_28114487	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_28114487
300 / int_2916334d	type	It's What I Do
300 / int_2916334d	comment	It's What I Do: Leonidas explains to the Arcadians that despite having a numerically smaller force, he brought more soldiers then they did.
300 / int_2916334d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2916334d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2916334d
300 / int_2a015a74	type	Beauty Equals Goodness
300 / int_2a015a74	comment	Beauty Equals Goodness: The Ephors are grotesque, lecherous and corrupt. Many of the villainous Persians are freakish and inhuman. Ephialtes betrays his fellow Spartans when they do not accept him for his deformity.
300 / int_2a015a74	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2a015a74	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2a015a74
300 / int_2a4e8051	type	Sexual Karma
300 / int_2a4e8051	comment	Sexual Karma: Leonidas and Gorgo passionately make love before Leonidas goes off to war. This is perfectly contrasted with Theron practically raping Gorgo as part of a bribe to maintain his support of Leonidas's mission.
300 / int_2a4e8051	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2a4e8051	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2a4e8051
300 / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
300 / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: The war rhino is certainly quite impressive, but it gets killed by a well thrown spear before it even has a chance to reach the Spartan front line. Furthermore the war elephants, which the Spartans manage to push off the cliff. note A scene maybe inspired by this◊ picture, concerning another war in Antiquity.
300 / int_2bdae2ae	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2bdae2ae	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2bdae2ae
300 / int_2d2e3275	type	Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!
300 / int_2d2e3275	comment	Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: "Those in the rear cry, 'Forward!' Those in front cry, 'baaaaack!'"
300 / int_2d2e3275	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2d2e3275	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2d2e3275
300 / int_2d395ee9	type	Autobots, Rock Out!
300 / int_2d395ee9	comment	Autobots, Rock Out!: Several times during battle sequences, especially during the second day, The Soundtrack breaks out into electric guitar and other modern heavy metal arrangements; usually when the Spartans are doing especially well.
300 / int_2d395ee9	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_2d395ee9	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_2d395ee9
300 / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
300 / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Xerxes is portrayed in this fashion, with Brazillian actor Rodrigo Santoro's skin having been darkened for the role.
300 / int_3036294e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_3036294e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_3036294e
300 / int_319cc4d7	type	Low Fantasy
300 / int_319cc4d7	comment	Low Fantasy: Extremely low. There is zero magic, and the only "fantasy" elements in the film are the immortals (who are orc-like creatures, and even then there isn't really anything magic about them), an executioner character (who is also orc-like) and a half-man half-goat like creature briefly seen in the part where Ephialtes meets Xerxes.
300 / int_319cc4d7	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_319cc4d7	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_319cc4d7
300 / int_323f135b	type	Sorting Algorithm of Evil
300 / int_323f135b	comment	Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Noted by Dilios as a valid tactic. He chastises Xerxes for sending his best men in while the Spartans are still fresh.
300 / int_323f135b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_323f135b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_323f135b
300 / int_33029735	type	Dies Wide Open
300 / int_33029735	comment	Dies Wide Open: When Leonidas is killed his eyes are still open.
300 / int_33029735	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_33029735	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_33029735
300 / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
300 / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: The comic book's narration states the Spartans and the Arcadians are joined by several other Greek tribes until reaching explicitly 7000 soldiers or so, just like they were in real life. The scene in which Ephialtes guides the Immortals also show some Thespians that are quickly massacred. The film doesn't mention or show any of this, the only extra reinforcements being a Phocian contingent that is virtually The Ghost (Astinos and Stelios make a joke about Thespians at one point, though.)
300 / int_33d5b7f2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_33d5b7f2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_33d5b7f2
300 / int_34960f22	type	Vapor Wear
300 / int_34960f22	comment	Vapor Wear: The oracle wears a very thin garment.
300 / int_34960f22	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_34960f22	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_34960f22
300 / int_36e63b81	type	Rule of Cool
300 / int_36e63b81	comment	Rule of Cool: The producer of the film is on record as saying, "I don't want anything in this film that isn't COOL."
300 / int_36e63b81	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_36e63b81	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_36e63b81
300 / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
300 / int_372bc105	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Goodies on the Idealist side, baddies on the Cynical side (specially Theron) but they are NOT! Pacifist! Idealists!
300 / int_372bc105	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_372bc105	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_372bc105
300 / int_382a6399	type	The Hero Dies
300 / int_382a6399	comment	The Hero Dies: Leonidas and all 300 Spartans, with the sole exception of Dilios, die in battle.
300 / int_382a6399	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_382a6399	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_382a6399
300 / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
300 / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: The Spartans, and the Greeks in general, don't have particularly exotic weapons: they're heavy infantry armed with spears and large iron shields (and short swords for close-up work). But they've been intensively trained to use these weapons very effectively, and particularly as a group in the phalanx formation. In contrast, when simple numbers fail the Persians, they use all sorts of exotic trick units from across their empire - they're flashy and intended to make an enemy panic, but as long as the Spartans keep their cool they find impractical flaws that are easy to exploit: war elephants are clumsy in tight quarters and slip off the cliff, smaller rhinos can be taken down with a headshot if you face them head on, and their "magics" (early fireworks used as frag grenades) don't do enough damage and are difficult to use in close quarters without hitting the wielder.
300 / int_39b8d3d6	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_39b8d3d6	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_39b8d3d6
300 / int_3b0479f2	type	You Shall Not Pass!
300 / int_3b0479f2	comment	You Shall Not Pass!: The purpose of the battle was the prevent the Persian army from reaching the rest of Greece through the narrow pass, at least long enough for them to mount a proper defense.
300 / int_3b0479f2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_3b0479f2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_3b0479f2
300 / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
300 / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: The Spartans are shown as a free society of great warriors. In reality, Sparta had a rigid cast system where the majority of people were slaves, who were subjected to a The Purge-like culling twice a year to keep them in submission.
300 / int_3e8d9cd3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_3e8d9cd3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_3e8d9cd3
300 / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
300 / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: Subverted. The Spartans celebrate when a storm hits the Persian ships only for the rest of the fleet to arrive the next morningnote The Spartans are happy about this turn of events because it would mean that the Persian fleet would have to land away from Thermopylae and attack their position, rather than landing at Thermopylae and overwhelming the Spartans with sheer numbers, or simply landing past them. The storm means the Spartans get to fight.
300 / int_3fca462c	featureApplicability	-0.3
300 / int_3fca462c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_3fca462c
300 / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
300 / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: "I thought to take a short stroll. These three hundred soldiers are my personal bodyguard." The counselors clearly know he is lying, but can't do anything about it.
300 / int_40bb59d0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_40bb59d0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_40bb59d0
300 / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
300 / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Leonidas and his 300 (save for Dillios) are dead. But their Heroic Sacrifice inspires all Greece to unite against the Persian invaders.
300 / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_40cc0c7e
300 / int_4127eb1	type	Shut Up, Hannibal!
300 / int_4127eb1	comment	Shut Up, Hannibal!: When the first messenger claims it's madness to oppose Xerxes, Leonidas responds with "This! IS! SPARTA!" before kicking him down a well.
300 / int_4127eb1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4127eb1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4127eb1
300 / int_41914bb3	type	Blade Below the Shoulder
300 / int_41914bb3	comment	Blade Below the Shoulder: The Persian executioner has blades replacing his arms.
300 / int_41914bb3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_41914bb3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_41914bb3
300 / int_4276401c	type	Shoot the Messenger
300 / int_4276401c	comment	Shoot the Messenger: Almost a Running Gag; Persian messengers have a low life expectancy.
300 / int_4276401c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4276401c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4276401c
300 / int_430e801c	type	Instant Oracle: Just Add Water!
300 / int_430e801c	comment	Instant Oracle: Just Add Water!: A meta-example. The oracle's surreal dancing was achieved by filming the actress underwater.
300 / int_430e801c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_430e801c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_430e801c
300 / int_44cdd259	type	War Is Glorious
300 / int_44cdd259	comment	War Is Glorious: For the Spartans, it can't be otherwise.
300 / int_44cdd259	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_44cdd259	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_44cdd259
300 / int_45f63263	type	Mistaken for Quake
300 / int_45f63263	comment	Mistaken for Quake: The approach of the Persian army makes the earth tremble, and [captain guy] thinks for a moment an earthquake is happening.
300 / int_45f63263	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_45f63263	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_45f63263
300 / int_461defa0	type	Two-Faced
300 / int_461defa0	comment	Two-Faced: One of the concubines in Xerxes' harem has massive scarring on only one half of her face. She actually looks normal until she turns her head to look at the traitor Ephialtes.
300 / int_461defa0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_461defa0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_461defa0
300 / int_474a2a5e	type	Cultural Posturing
300 / int_474a2a5e	comment	Cultural Posturing: Leonidas and Xerxes exchange proud statements about their cultures during their first meeting.
300 / int_474a2a5e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_474a2a5e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_474a2a5e
300 / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
300 / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Xerxes orders a demonic executioner with saw blades for arms to decapitate one of his generals for failing to defeat the Spartans with a unit using primitive grenades.
300 / int_474e3977	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_474e3977	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_474e3977
300 / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
300 / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: Leonidas, as the leader of the Spartans, is the highest ranking single character (as opposed to the Athenians in general).
300 / int_4a852458	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4a852458	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4a852458
300 / int_4da6ac	type	Rated M for Manly
300 / int_4da6ac	comment	Rated M for Manly: A bunch of well-muscled bearded men in hardly more than their underwear tear through an invading army like it's nothing.
300 / int_4da6ac	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4da6ac	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4da6ac
300 / int_4eaa9b84	type	Author Tract
300 / int_4eaa9b84	comment	Author Tract: Critics have argued a lot about whether or not the film is an allegorical author tract, whose tract it is, and who represents what.
300 / int_4eaa9b84	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4eaa9b84	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4eaa9b84
300 / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
300 / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Theron is so sure he has Gorgo and the senate under control. The look on his face when Gorgo shanks him is priceless. The Persian ambassador, for a man who is supposed to be a diplomat, (and so, you know, diplomatic) clearly does not know how to read the atmosphere, or when to just stop running his mouth...
300 / int_4f84cdef	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4f84cdef	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4f84cdef
300 / int_4fc4e676	type	Sandal Punk
300 / int_4fc4e676	comment	Sandal Punk: The Persian army includes wizards armed with grenades and elite Ninja warriors.
300 / int_4fc4e676	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4fc4e676	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4fc4e676
300 / int_4ffde1e0	type	Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
300 / int_4ffde1e0	comment	Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: According to Leonidas, it will also protect the soldier to my left. This is historically accurate, considering all the Spartans were trained as heavy-infantry hoplites who were specifically designed with the intention of being deployed in phalanx formations.
300 / int_4ffde1e0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_4ffde1e0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_4ffde1e0
300 / int_50d71a78	type	Dual Wielding
300 / int_50d71a78	comment	Dual Wielding: The Immortals, whose main weapons are a pair of katana-like swords.
300 / int_50d71a78	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_50d71a78	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_50d71a78
300 / int_5532b579	type	Acoustic License
300 / int_5532b579	comment	Acoustic License: At the end of the film, the narrator is revealed to be talking to an army of over thirty thousand men. Somehow, the guys way in the back who are probably half a mile away, hear him perfectly fine.
300 / int_5532b579	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5532b579	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5532b579
300 / int_556a4e20	type	The Empire
300 / int_556a4e20	comment	The Empire: The Persians.
300 / int_556a4e20	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_556a4e20	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_556a4e20
300 / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
300 / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: So much that it comes with its own article.
300 / int_56515a39	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_56515a39	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_56515a39
300 / int_570f2124	type	Minor Injury Overreaction
300 / int_570f2124	comment	Minor Injury Overreaction: Xerxes takes a minor graze on the cheek from Leonidas's spear, and nearly faints from the sight of his own blood on his hand. Having been raised a God-King, he honestly believes himself above such mortal concerns, which is why Leonidas' throw counts as a victory, even if he failed to kill the Persian King.
300 / int_570f2124	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_570f2124	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_570f2124
300 / int_5859124f	type	Gruesome Goat
300 / int_5859124f	comment	Gruesome Goat: One of the characters Ephialtes sees in Xerxes' harem is an anthropomorphic black goat playing a Kamancheh.
300 / int_5859124f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5859124f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5859124f
300 / int_5b415ef2	type	BottomlessPit
300 / int_5b415ef2	comment	Bottomless Pit: Where the Spartans threw the Persian messenger who demanded their surrender. It's supposed to be a well, and the scene based on the historical account of the Spartans telling the emissary to dig out their tribute of earth and water themselves.
300 / int_5b415ef2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5b415ef2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5b415ef2
300 / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
300 / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: The Persian messenger ends up being kicked into the well, along with his bodyguards, shortly after the infamous dialogue between him and Leonidas. "Then let's give them something to drink. To the cliffs!"
300 / int_5bdcc85a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5bdcc85a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5bdcc85a
300 / int_5be7bcfa	type	Older Than They Think
300 / int_5be7bcfa	comment	As recorded/invented by Plutarch: Leonidas' laconic reply, "Come and get them!" when the Persians demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons. The original Greek, "MolÅ�n labe", is the motto of the Greek I Army Corps, as well as the United States Special Operations Command Central.
300 / int_5be7bcfa	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5be7bcfa	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5be7bcfa
300 / int_5c5d0032	type	Eyepatch of Power
300 / int_5c5d0032	comment	Eyepatch of Power: Dilios after losing his eye in the fighting.
300 / int_5c5d0032	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5c5d0032	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5c5d0032
300 / int_5d310fb8	type	Sword Fight
300 / int_5d310fb8	comment	Sword Fight: Leonidas vs Uber-Immortal.
300 / int_5d310fb8	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5d310fb8	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5d310fb8
300 / int_5dd0b462	type	Weather of War
300 / int_5dd0b462	comment	Weather of War: The Spartans catch an early break when some of Xerxes's ships are taken out by a massive thunderstorm.
300 / int_5dd0b462	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_5dd0b462	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_5dd0b462
300 / int_603b77ec	type	Savage Wolves
300 / int_603b77ec	comment	Savage Wolves: Young Leonidas kills a monster of a wolf in the opening flashback. In accordance with the narrator's exaggerations, the creature looks more like a shaggy black tiger than an actual wolf.
300 / int_603b77ec	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_603b77ec	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_603b77ec
300 / int_60b97eed	type	Red Hot Masculinity
300 / int_60b97eed	comment	Red Hot Masculinity: The Spartan Army wears red capes. They are also passionate, proud, muscular, and vicious fighters.
300 / int_60b97eed	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_60b97eed	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_60b97eed
300 / int_61356a74	type	Almost Dead Guy
300 / int_61356a74	comment	Almost Dead Guy: The kid that delivers a few lines and then dies in the hero's arms.
300 / int_61356a74	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_61356a74	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_61356a74
300 / int_61c683d2	type	We Have Reserves
300 / int_61c683d2	comment	We Have Reserves: The general mood among the Persians is that due to the sheer size of their army they can afford to sacrifice plenty of their troops to beat the Spartans, sending in wave after wave that all end in utter defeat. Xerxes declares that he would gladly kill off his own men for victory; Leonidas counters that he would die for his own.
300 / int_61c683d2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_61c683d2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_61c683d2
300 / int_638b65bc	type	Armor Is Useless
300 / int_638b65bc	comment	Armor Is Useless: The Persian troops wear light armor that serves them well where they come from, but is utterly useless against a phalanx formation of heavy bronze shields and spears, although here is 300 half naked men with shields and mostly swords and some spears. Eventually we do see Xerxes' elite guard, The Immortals, wearing Metal chestpieces; but on several occasions swords and spears pierce through them easily, as if they weren't wearing armor at all.
300 / int_638b65bc	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_638b65bc	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_638b65bc
300 / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
300 / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: The eponymous three hundred Spartans are doing this; they're under no illusion that they can actually win.
300 / int_6439de78	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_6439de78	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_6439de78
300 / int_64a5e4f	type	Black Vikings
300 / int_64a5e4f	comment	Black Vikings: The Persian emissary and a couple officers in their army are black. This is technically possible given that the Persian empire reached Egypt, where black tribes from Nubia, Kush and Ethiopia were employed at the fringes (and according to Herodotus, there were Ethiopian footsoldiers in Xerxes' army), but it would be highly unlikely than any of those occupied such high places in the Achaemenid military staff. This becomes flat-out impossible later, when Xerxes reveals he also has some tribes from the Darkest Africa in his army, despite his empire never reaching those places.
300 / int_64a5e4f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_64a5e4f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_64a5e4f
300 / int_6682d6e4	type	Dying Moment of Awesome
300 / int_6682d6e4	comment	Dying Moment of Awesome: The 300-man troop making a Last Stand against the Persians, while Leonidas hurls a spear at Xerxes, cutting his cheek open, basically telling him "'God-King' my ass!", before standing alone and single-handedly facing an onslaught of arrows.
300 / int_6682d6e4	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_6682d6e4	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_6682d6e4
300 / int_68068108	type	Evil Laugh
300 / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh: The Persian emissary who bribed Theron and the Ephors to betray Sparta in exchange for Persian riches laughs diabolically.
300 / int_68068108	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_68068108	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_68068108
300 / int_68f6e811	type	Made of Plasticine
300 / int_68f6e811	comment	Made of Plasticine: The Persians go down easily.
300 / int_68f6e811	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_68f6e811	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_68f6e811
300 / int_69655022	type	Gigantic Moon
300 / int_69655022	comment	Gigantic Moon: The moon is extremely huge in the scene where we first see the Oracle's Temple◊. Some say it's a visual metaphor, others say it just looks cool.
300 / int_69655022	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_69655022	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_69655022
300 / int_6b983bf7	type	Unstoppable Rage
300 / int_6b983bf7	comment	Unstoppable Rage: The Captain flies into one of these after his son is killed.
300 / int_6b983bf7	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_6b983bf7	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_6b983bf7
300 / int_714741cc	type	Like Reality, Unless Noted
300 / int_714741cc	comment	Like Reality, Unless Noted: Averted, which many of the people criticizing the film were not aware of.
300 / int_714741cc	featureApplicability	-1.0
300 / int_714741cc	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_714741cc
300 / int_72bafff5	type	Doomed Moral Victor
300 / int_72bafff5	comment	Doomed Moral Victor: The Spartans fight to defend their homes, knowing full well that they can't possibly win and are just biding time so that everyone else can get their act together enough to form a real defense against Xerxes.
300 / int_72bafff5	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_72bafff5	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_72bafff5
300 / int_72d43279	type	Blocking Stops All Damage
300 / int_72d43279	comment	Blocking Stops All Damage: The film takes this to parodic levels. Anything behind the shields is basically invulnerable.
300 / int_72d43279	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_72d43279	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_72d43279
300 / int_736d791f	type	Adaptational Badass
300 / int_736d791f	comment	Adaptational Badass: Invoked slightly. The original comic was still filled with badasses but the movie version went straight into pure fantasy with monsters and combat feats that defy the laws of physics. The movie was more of a comic book than the comic book.
300 / int_736d791f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_736d791f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_736d791f
300 / int_73731600	type	Lecherous Licking
300 / int_73731600	comment	Lecherous Licking: A deformed priest voluptuously licks the young female oracle's neck and face before receiving her message about the fall of Sparta.
300 / int_73731600	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_73731600	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_73731600
300 / int_743437c4	type	Chroma Key
300 / int_743437c4	comment	Chroma Key: All but one shot were done in a Montreal soundstage in front of a blue screen.
300 / int_743437c4	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_743437c4	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_743437c4
300 / int_745a226c	type	Easy Logistics
300 / int_745a226c	comment	Easy Logistics: Each of 300 Spartans only bring cape, loincloth, spear, shield and some helm in them. There's no mention of incoming and delivering foods, tents or blankets to them. Yet, they fight for more than a week with high spirits.
300 / int_745a226c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_745a226c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_745a226c
300 / int_74ef476c	type	Kneel Before Zod
300 / int_74ef476c	comment	Kneel Before Zod: Xerxes demands that Leonidas kneel to him as part of his sign of submission. Leonidas replies that he's killed so many of Xerxes' soldiers that his knee is locked up.
300 / int_74ef476c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_74ef476c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_74ef476c
300 / int_769dd1e3	type	Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt
300 / int_769dd1e3	comment	Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt: The fact that Theron had Persian coins on him when he died served to convince the assembly that he was a traitor. To clarify, Sparta used iron as currency while Persia (and everyone else) used gold and silver. Persian currency would be useless to Theron unless Persia conquered Sparta.
300 / int_769dd1e3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_769dd1e3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_769dd1e3
300 / int_76a08cd6	type	Friend or Foe?
300 / int_76a08cd6	comment	Friend or Foe?: The Uber-Immortal doesn't have trouble with throwing around his Persian handlers when he is liberated from his chains. In fact, his companions look more worried about him than the Spartans do.
300 / int_76a08cd6	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_76a08cd6	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_76a08cd6
300 / int_788b4436	type	I Like Those Odds
300 / int_788b4436	comment	I Like Those Odds: At the end, just before the Battle of Plataea, Dilios points out that though the Persians number 120,000, they are scared out of their minds. "The enemy outnumbers us a paltry three-to-one, good odds for any Greek!"
300 / int_788b4436	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_788b4436	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_788b4436
300 / int_79857505	type	Not Even Human
300 / int_79857505	comment	Not Even Human: Used in one of the scenes where the Spartans are fighting the Immortals. A Spartan rips off an Immortal's mask to reveal that they're not human.
300 / int_79857505	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_79857505	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_79857505
300 / int_79a0e313	type	Bolivian Army Ending
300 / int_79a0e313	comment	Bolivian Army Ending: The movie ends in the same manner as the comic book on which it was based, showing the Greek army charging towards an inconclusive battle at Platea. Historically, the battle was a Greek victory, and this outcome is heavily implied by the narrator.
300 / int_79a0e313	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_79a0e313	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_79a0e313
300 / int_7e6c0522	type	Off with His Head!
300 / int_7e6c0522	comment	Off with His Head!: Astinos and the Uber-Immortal are both beheaded.
300 / int_7e6c0522	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_7e6c0522	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_7e6c0522
300 / int_7f15b05c	type	Rainbow Pimp Gear
300 / int_7f15b05c	comment	While their garb fell more towards Rainbow Pimp Gear and Bling of War than toward ninja-like garb, and the facemask they wore (which not all accounts mention) is described as more akin to a bandana or ski mask, the Immortalsnote The name is believed to be a mistranslation by Herodotus confusing the Persian name for the force, the AnÃ»Å¡iya ('companions'), with AnauÅ¡a ('Immortals') were in fact the backbone of the Persian infantry. According to several accounts, when one of this unit's 10,000 soldiers was injured, killed, or fell ill he was immediately replaced. It should be obvious why 10,000 disciplined soldiers with deep reserves equipped with light armor and skilled in close combat specializing in mass formation assaults was one of the most feared military units in the ancient world.
300 / int_7f15b05c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_7f15b05c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_7f15b05c
300 / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
300 / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: During one of the arrow bombardments where the Spartans are under their shields, Astinos quickly remembers Stelios's "fight in the shade" Badass Boast towards the second Persian Emissary, and then starts laughing hysterically. Cue every Spartan laughing save for the Captain upon realising the punchline.
300 / int_8042e814	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_8042e814	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_8042e814
300 / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
300 / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In exchange for his loyalty, Ephialtes asks Xerxes for wealth, women ... and a uniform. Xerxes apparently smirks at this.
300 / int_808cbaeb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_808cbaeb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_808cbaeb
300 / int_808edee1	type	A Thicket of Spears
300 / int_808edee1	comment	A Thicket of Spears: The film at some points shows the classic Greek phalanx enacted by the Spartan hoplites, and King Leonidas explains to Ephialtes how important the mutual support each hoplite provides to the next man in the formation is to its success. However, later in the film, the Battle of Thermopylae devolves into a more Hollywood-friendly melee of individual fighters.
300 / int_808edee1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_808edee1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_808edee1
300 / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
300 / int_823c6e3e	comment	Gerard Butler really went the Large Ham route with the role. The comic◊ did not have the emphasis, so this was something Butler added himself. He does the same for "Tonight! We dine! In hell!"
300 / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_823c6e3e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_823c6e3e
300 / int_82f05a5d	type	ConservationOfNinjitsu
300 / int_82f05a5d	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: 300 vs 1,000,000. There were a few thousand Arcadians but they get three seconds of screentime.
300 / int_82f05a5d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_82f05a5d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_82f05a5d
300 / int_84dbc10f	type	McNinja
300 / int_84dbc10f	comment	McNinja: The Immortals look like ninjas with their black face masks and vaguely Japanese swords.
300 / int_84dbc10f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_84dbc10f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_84dbc10f
300 / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
300 / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: While exaggerated to the point of absurdity, a surprising amount has at least a seed of truth in it: While their garb fell more towards Rainbow Pimp Gear and Bling of War than toward ninja-like garb, and the facemask they wore (which not all accounts mention) is described as more akin to a bandana or ski mask, the Immortalsnote The name is believed to be a mistranslation by Herodotus confusing the Persian name for the force, the AnÃ»Å¡iya ('companions'), with AnauÅ¡a ('Immortals') were in fact the backbone of the Persian infantry. According to several accounts, when one of this unit's 10,000 soldiers was injured, killed, or fell ill he was immediately replaced. It should be obvious why 10,000 disciplined soldiers with deep reserves equipped with light armor and skilled in close combat specializing in mass formation assaults was one of the most feared military units in the ancient world. While not used during the invasion of Greece, the Persian army did utilize elephants in combat, always accompanied by handlers from their region of origin experienced in training them. Alexander the Great's historians make many mentions of their use as mobile siege towers, and he considered the best method of handling them to be essentially the manner depicted in the film- exploiting elephants' tendency to panic in battle to scare them off cliffs or through the ranks of soldiers behind them. At various times many historical armies also attempted to field other creatures, like rhinos, with about as much success as depicted in the film. The "sorcerers" wielding grenades actually reflect a real weapon of war in use at the time. While true "Greek Fire" and explosives would not be introduced until the middle ages, accounts of clay "grenades" filled with burning substances like oil, tar, and sulfur date back as far as records of Assyrian sieges in the 9th century BC.
300 / int_85557b38	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_85557b38	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_85557b38
300 / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
300 / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: There is a reason the term "laconic wit" was named for the Spartans. They had a deep cultural love for pithy, badass statements. And the movie is chock-full of them. As recorded/invented by Plutarch: Leonidas' laconic reply, "Come and get them!" when the Persians demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons. The original Greek, "MolÅ�n labe", is the motto of the Greek I Army Corps, as well as the United States Special Operations Command Central. Another example, taken straight from Herodotus, is when the Spartans are warned that the Persian army is so great, its arrows will blot out the Sun. A Spartan soldier casually replies, "Then we will fight in the shade." Gorgo's reply to the messenger's query of why she dared to speak in the presence of men "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men" was something she said, although historically she said it to a visiting Athenean lady, not a Persian messenger. Leonidas alludes to his historical response during the conversation with the Persian Messenger. In reality, his actual response to the Persian's demands for "Earth and Water", was to politely inform them that they could "dig it out for themselves!" Then he threw them down the well! Leonidas asks the Arcadian soldiers what their professions are, then turns to his own men. On the first day of battle, after fighting off the first wave of enemies: "TODAY, NO SPARTAN DIES!" They succeed that day.
300 / int_86b21114	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_86b21114	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_86b21114
300 / int_86ee8070	type	World of Ham
300 / int_86ee8070	comment	World of Ham: Everyone is extremely larger than life, between Leonidas' tendency to shout and Xerxes' claims of godhood.
300 / int_86ee8070	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_86ee8070	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_86ee8070
300 / int_873f9d1e	type	Historical Ugliness Update
300 / int_873f9d1e	comment	Historical Ugliness Update: Both the film and the comic book it was based on portray Ephialtes, who would betray the Spartans to Xerxes and the Persians, as physically deformed. Greek historian Herodotus only states that Ephialtes wanted a great reward from the Persians for betraying Greece, and makes no mention of deformities.
300 / int_873f9d1e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_873f9d1e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_873f9d1e
300 / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
300 / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: Unlike most civilizations of the era, Sparta was a place where women were more or less treated as equals by the men.
300 / int_875615dd	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_875615dd	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_875615dd
300 / int_88574a	type	Narrator All Along
300 / int_88574a	comment	Narrator All Along: Dilios, in his role of retelling the story as a morale-boosting tale.
300 / int_88574a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_88574a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_88574a
300 / int_8878f3be	type	Badass Army
300 / int_8878f3be	comment	Badass Army: The Spartans, who are portrayed as suicidally infatuated with carnage and glory. Subverted by the Immortals, who were never defeated in Xerxes' army of a thousand nations, but become an army of mooks when they meet the Spartans.
300 / int_8878f3be	featureApplicability	-0.3
300 / int_8878f3be	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_8878f3be
300 / int_88799cf4	type	Badass Cape
300 / int_88799cf4	comment	Badass Cape: The Spartans all wear capes and little else, and they are a force to be reckoned with.
300 / int_88799cf4	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_88799cf4	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_88799cf4
300 / int_88b1a0cb	type	Atop a Mountain of Corpses
300 / int_88b1a0cb	comment	Atop a Mountain of Corpses: Leonidas creates a massive wall to block the Persians with the dead acting as the bricks... and the mortar... and the fill.
300 / int_88b1a0cb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_88b1a0cb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_88b1a0cb
300 / int_88e6f113	type	Pull Yourself Down the Spear
300 / int_88e6f113	comment	Pull Yourself Down the Spear: The Captain is impaled by a Persian spearman and a couple of sword-wielding Immortals, but he hacks at the Immortals then pulls himself up the spear to finish off its (at this point terrified) wielder.
300 / int_88e6f113	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_88e6f113	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_88e6f113
300 / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
300 / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Queen Gorgo was awesome enough to shank Theron (by surprise) with a borrowed sword some time after he requires a sex-bribe from her, complete with the Ironic Echo mentioned above.
300 / int_90d44f44	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_90d44f44	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_90d44f44
300 / int_91bab7e0	type	Monstrous Humanoid
300 / int_91bab7e0	comment	Monstrous Humanoid: A number of the Persians. The Immortals are visualized as some undefined race of humanoid monsters with killer teeth. The Persian executioner is an obese, terribly deformed bald man with blades for arms.
300 / int_91bab7e0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_91bab7e0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_91bab7e0
300 / int_91cab736	type	Major Injury Underreaction
300 / int_91cab736	comment	Major Injury Underreaction: "It's just an eye. The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare."
300 / int_91cab736	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_91cab736	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_91cab736
300 / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
300 / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Xerxes. In a most epic manner when Leonidas makes him bleed.
300 / int_957e5fc2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_957e5fc2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_957e5fc2
300 / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
300 / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Xerxes fancies himself as "kind", but it only takes a little prodding for him to drop the act and reveal the bloodthirsty egomaniac within.
300 / int_95b7c400	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_95b7c400	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_95b7c400
300 / int_9620c3a1	type	God-Emperor
300 / int_9620c3a1	comment	God-Emperor: Xerxes, reflecting a mistaken belief on the Greeks' part that ancient Persians supposedly had and explaining why the "making him bleed" bit was so dramatic. The real life Persians were mostly Zoroastrian and thus monotheistic, believing in the divinity of a single deity, Ahura Mazda, and not that of their king.
300 / int_9620c3a1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9620c3a1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9620c3a1
300 / int_966da803	type	Defiant to the End
300 / int_966da803	comment	Defiant to the End: The Spartans. Lampshaded by Xerxes when he first meets Leonidas.
300 / int_966da803	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_966da803	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_966da803
300 / int_967edd3a	type	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
300 / int_967edd3a	comment	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: The scene where Dilios returns to Sparta as the Sole Survivor of the 300 and gives Gorgo Leonidas' necklace is a short, somber scene that has no dialogue, but the two practically have an entire conversation.
300 / int_967edd3a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_967edd3a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_967edd3a
300 / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
300 / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Xerxes, the ruler of the Persian empire that wants to subjugate Sparta and the other Greek city-states.
300 / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_970c790a
300 / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
300 / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Ephialtes blames Leonidas for crushing his dreams of being a Spartan, despite the fact that Leonidas very patiently, and very kindly, explains to him that the reason that he won't let Ephialtes fight is because he can't hold his shield up, which will create a weak spot in the phalanx.
300 / int_973d220f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_973d220f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_973d220f
300 / int_9788e2b1	type	Black Dude Dies First
300 / int_9788e2b1	comment	Black Dude Dies First: Messenger from Xerxes in the beginning of the movie.
300 / int_9788e2b1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9788e2b1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9788e2b1
300 / int_9823f7c	type	ProudWarriorRace
300 / int_9823f7c	comment	Proud Warrior Race: Why are 300 Spartans more of a threat than ten thousand troops from other Greek cities? Because the other troops are bakers, potters, bankers, and other civilian professionals who've been conscripted into militia duty.
300 / int_9823f7c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9823f7c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9823f7c
300 / int_997d5872	type	"Ass" in Ambassador
300 / int_997d5872	comment	"Ass" in Ambassador: Every messenger that Xerxes sends succeeds only in making the Greeks more pissed off, and each one dies a horrible death at the hands of the Spartans. Leonidas deliberately invokes this in his 'negotiation' with Xerxes, knowing that Xerxes killing him will rouse all of Sparta to war.
300 / int_997d5872	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_997d5872	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_997d5872
300 / int_9a8e9926	type	Alternate DVD Commentary
300 / int_9a8e9926	comment	Alternate DVD Commentary: If you love 300 and think it's awesome, you should check out the RiffTrax. If you hate 300 with the passion of a thousand nations of the Persian Empire, you should definitely check out the Rifftrax.
300 / int_9a8e9926	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9a8e9926	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9a8e9926
300 / int_9cbf01d6	type	Stay in the Kitchen
300 / int_9cbf01d6	comment	Stay in the Kitchen: The Persian Ambassador hits Gorgo with this, which pisses Leonidas off right away. This is Truth in Television, given the relative standards of the time and locale, Sparta was practically a feminist enclave.
300 / int_9cbf01d6	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9cbf01d6	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9cbf01d6
300 / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
300 / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The last task of Leonidas' agoge when he's a teen, which pits him against a huge wolf, which he traps and kills in a narrow cliff pass. It foreshadows the 300 Spartan warriors doing the same to Xerxes' gigantic army at the Thermopylae.
300 / int_9d12bbc1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9d12bbc1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9d12bbc1
300 / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
300 / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: The Spartans don't need armor because their abs are harder. The Giant Mook that Leonidas fights during the Immortals' assault takes this to an even crazier level, casually removing a spartan sword stabbed all the way through the muscles of his upper arm and continuing without any real sign of discomfort or impaired ability.
300 / int_9d17b859	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9d17b859	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9d17b859
300 / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
300 / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Three words: "This! IS! SPARTA!". Also the former Trope Namer. Gerard Butler really went the Large Ham route with the role. The comic◊ did not have the emphasis, so this was something Butler added himself. He does the same for "Tonight! We dine! In hell!"
300 / int_9e0c3153	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9e0c3153	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9e0c3153
300 / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
300 / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: What every Spartan is trained to be. Every drop of Spartan blood costs the Persians at least one man.
300 / int_9e943076	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9e943076
300 / int_9ebd9c33	type	UnPerson
300 / int_9ebd9c33	comment	Un-person: Xerxes threatens to do this to all of Sparta if Leonidas doesn't bow down to the King of Kings.
300 / int_9ebd9c33	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9ebd9c33	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9ebd9c33
300 / int_9edbda07	type	Elite Mooks
300 / int_9edbda07	comment	Elite Mooks: The Immortals. They don't fare much better than regular mooks, but they are the first ones to kill Spartans.
300 / int_9edbda07	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_9edbda07	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_9edbda07
300 / int_a0d9c2f3	type	Final Speech
300 / int_a0d9c2f3	comment	Final Speech: Given by Dilios just before the end of the movie, after which the combined Greek army rushes off to battle.
300 / int_a0d9c2f3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a0d9c2f3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a0d9c2f3
300 / int_a19679c5	type	Never Was This Universe
300 / int_a19679c5	comment	Never Was This Universe: While Dilios' tale could be counted as pure exaggeration for the sake of drama, the last shot shows that Spartans do dress like that for battle and fight as he described it, instead of the barely straining explanations more serious historical experts keep giving about how the movie should really be done.
300 / int_a19679c5	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a19679c5	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a19679c5
300 / int_a1ad18cd	type	Loincloth
300 / int_a1ad18cd	comment	Loincloth: This+Badass Cape=Spartan casual wear.
300 / int_a1ad18cd	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a1ad18cd	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a1ad18cd
300 / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
300 / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: Leonidas stabs the uber-Immortal in the eye with a spearhead. Dilios loses an eye during the fighting at the Hot Gates. He quips that it won't hinder him because "the gods saw fit to grace me with a spare."
300 / int_a2b38d3b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a2b38d3b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a2b38d3b
300 / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
300 / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Queen Gorgo, a very minor character in the comics with not so much screen-time, is the Deuteragonist of the movie.
300 / int_a65288e2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a65288e2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a65288e2
300 / int_a6bd0685	type	Died in Your Arms Tonight
300 / int_a6bd0685	comment	Died in Your Arms Tonight: The little boy who survived his village getting sacked by the Persian Immortals survived long enough to die in Leonidas' arms. The pose of the dead child in his arms doubles as a PietÃ Plagiarism.
300 / int_a6bd0685	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a6bd0685	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a6bd0685
300 / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
300 / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: We never see the Ephors punished for selling out their country. It might be presumed that, once corruption in the Senate was discovered, it could be traced back to them.
300 / int_a70223	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a70223	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a70223
300 / int_a8076bdf	type	War Elephants
300 / int_a8076bdf	comment	War Elephants: Used by the Persians, until they die of cliff.
300 / int_a8076bdf	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a8076bdf	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a8076bdf
300 / int_a8826e1e	type	Giant Mook
300 / int_a8826e1e	comment	The Giant Mook that Leonidas fights during the Immortals' assault takes this to an even crazier level, casually removing a spartan sword stabbed all the way through the muscles of his upper arm and continuing without any real sign of discomfort or impaired ability.
300 / int_a8826e1e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_a8826e1e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_a8826e1e
300 / int_aa30e350	type	Sole Survivor
300 / int_aa30e350	comment	Sole Survivor: Dilios for the 300, whom Leonidas sends away before the final stand against the Persians both because he is sincerely injured and because he is a great orator and storyteller.
300 / int_aa30e350	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_aa30e350	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_aa30e350
300 / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
300 / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: The Spartans are portrayed overall as good guys, but the story still contains reminders of their bloodlust. It opens with one of them lovingly describing mass ritual infanticide (which actually happened, by the way).
300 / int_aabe2fb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_aabe2fb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_aabe2fb
300 / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
300 / int_aaece264	comment	Rousing Speech: Dilios gives a magnificent one to the combined Greek army at Platea just before the credits roll.
300 / int_aaece264	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_aaece264	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_aaece264
300 / int_aba972fb	type	Aggressive Negotiations
300 / int_aba972fb	comment	Aggressive Negotiations: The "This is Sparta!!!" scene amounts to the leader of Sparta punt kicking a messenger to death after negotiations failed.
300 / int_aba972fb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_aba972fb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_aba972fb
300 / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
300 / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: The Persians win in the technical sense but the tide has turned by the next battle.
300 / int_ad9fbc1e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ad9fbc1e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ad9fbc1e
300 / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
300 / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Leonidas when he's not in large ham mood. An example would be, in response to Xerxes saying the two could share their culture if allied, "We've been sharing our culture with you all morning."
300 / int_ae3d6438	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ae3d6438	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ae3d6438
300 / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
300 / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Faceâ€“Heel Turn: Ephialtes wanted to join the Spartans but was turned down so he joined Xerxes instead.
300 / int_af3ea0e3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_af3ea0e3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_af3ea0e3
300 / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
300 / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Most of Lena Headey's and The Oracle's attire reveal more skin than clothe it.
300 / int_b032e4ed	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b032e4ed	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b032e4ed
300 / int_b0362613	type	One-Way Trip
300 / int_b0362613	comment	One-Way Trip: Neither Leonidas nor his men are under any delusion of returning alive to Sparta.
300 / int_b0362613	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b0362613	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b0362613
300 / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
300 / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: Leonidas legally cannot send his army to fight the Persians. So, he decides to just take a walk. To the Hot Gates. With 300 bodyguards.
300 / int_b1dde8fd	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b1dde8fd	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b1dde8fd
300 / int_b41acf08	type	AxeCrazy
300 / int_b41acf08	comment	Axe-Crazy: Every other Greek believes the Spartans to be this. They aren't wrongâ€¦ The Uber-Immortal is a literal example, as he wields an axe.
300 / int_b41acf08	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b41acf08	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b41acf08
300 / int_b47d95be	type	No OSHA Compliance
300 / int_b47d95be	comment	No OSHA Compliance: The missing safety railing around Sparta's well is asking for trouble.
300 / int_b47d95be	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b47d95be	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b47d95be
300 / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
300 / int_b58b4e3c	comment	The Persian ambassador, for a man who is supposed to be a diplomat, (and so, you know, diplomatic) clearly does not know how to read the atmosphere, or when to just stop running his mouth...
300 / int_b58b4e3c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b58b4e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b58b4e3c
300 / int_b6844837	type	Evil Is Bigger
300 / int_b6844837	comment	Evil Is Bigger: Emperor Xerxes is a nine feet tall androgynous God-King, towering over both his opponent King Leonidas and his own men.
300 / int_b6844837	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b6844837	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b6844837
300 / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
300 / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: When Xerxes wants to negotiate:
300 / int_b707726f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b707726f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b707726f
300 / int_b7c53a22	type	Blood Knight
300 / int_b7c53a22	comment	Blood Knight: The Spartans are history's definitive example of this. Throughout the film, we get to see that the rest of the Greek forces are somewhat terrified that the Spartans are enjoying themselves too much.
300 / int_b7c53a22	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b7c53a22	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b7c53a22
300 / int_b85c06f2	type	Glowing Eyes of Doom
300 / int_b85c06f2	comment	Glowing Eyes of Doom: In the scene where the (black) emissary of Xerxes bribes the priests of the oracle; the emissary fades to a silhouette with only his eyes remaining, glowing white. Also, the eyes of the wolf Leonidas slays for his initiation.
300 / int_b85c06f2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b85c06f2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b85c06f2
300 / int_b8dbe475	type	Blood from the Mouth
300 / int_b8dbe475	comment	Blood from the Mouth: Captain Artemis is spitting blood immediately after being speared during the Final Battle.
300 / int_b8dbe475	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b8dbe475	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b8dbe475
300 / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
300 / int_b8dde2	comment	Evil Overlord: Persian King Xerxes is portrayed as this, becoming the evil God-Emperor of an invading empire trying to bring the "freedom-loving Greeks" to bow down to him. The Immortals are outright stated to have served the "dark will" of Persian Kings for centuries. He rules his subjects through the lash and his divine power, and the fact that half of his warriors are monsters and dark sorcerors leaves no doubt about how evil his empire is.
300 / int_b8dde2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_b8dde2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_b8dde2
300 / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
300 / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Ephialtes gives up The Greeks' position to Xerxes because Leonidas would not let him join them in battle. Forgetting for a moment Leonidas denied him for practical considerations only, (Ephialtes is severely physiologically deformed, and even then the king still suggested ways he could make himself useful) he essentially sells out all three-hundred men over this one 'slight.'
300 / int_bb18a227	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_bb18a227	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_bb18a227
300 / int_bbf11c0	type	Genius Bruiser
300 / int_bbf11c0	comment	Genius Bruiser: Leonidas shows himself to be a shrewd tactician and leader in addition to being a badass front-line fighter. He also displays full proficiency in Laconic wit.
300 / int_bbf11c0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_bbf11c0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_bbf11c0
300 / int_bdd027c5	type	Den of Iniquity
300 / int_bdd027c5	comment	Den of Iniquity: Xerxes' royal pavilion, filled with drugged courtiers, freaks and all forms of sex. Xerxes throws such a swingin' party that even Baphomet shows up.
300 / int_bdd027c5	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_bdd027c5	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_bdd027c5
300 / int_bf67c13e	type	Opening Monologue
300 / int_bf67c13e	comment	Opening Monologue: Dilios describing The Spartan Way.
300 / int_bf67c13e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_bf67c13e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_bf67c13e
300 / int_bf72d5e8	type	The Spartan Way
300 / int_bf72d5e8	comment	The Spartan Way: Showcased in the beginning with Leonidas's upbringing: brutal sparring, surviving in the wild, killing a wolf with a sharp stick, etc. The Japanese dub during the famous This is Sparta! line says this line literally, courtesy of his voice actor.
300 / int_bf72d5e8	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_bf72d5e8	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_bf72d5e8
300 / int_c0afd51a	type	Evil Cripple
300 / int_c0afd51a	comment	Evil Cripple: Ephialtes, the deformed, treacherous hunchback. While the deformities themselves were added by the adaptation, he's also portrayed more sympathetically than the classical myths show him as. He's depicted as a Spartan outcast who was only saved from being killed in his infancy by his compassionate parents. When he tries to offer his services to King Leonidas he is shot downnote Not even out of hate, either, but for practical reasons: Ephialtes is confirmed as a strong individual warrior, but his deformity prevents him from lifting a shield to stand in the shield wall, making him a liability as a soldier in a group, leading to a switch to the Persian camp that reads less like a Faceâ€“Heel Turn and more like a moment of Then Let Me Be Evil. In the sequel, he is deeply remorseful for his betrayal.
300 / int_c0afd51a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c0afd51a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c0afd51a
300 / int_c186a39c	type	He Didn't Make It
300 / int_c186a39c	comment	He Didn't Make It: Extreme case. Few of the Greeks survived. Reinforced with the fact that Dilios was the sole Spartan to return, making him the deliverer of the bad news.
300 / int_c186a39c	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c186a39c	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c186a39c
300 / int_c3308d09	type	Blood for Mortar
300 / int_c3308d09	comment	Blood for Mortar: Invoked; a Persian emissary sees that the Spartans have stacked up the bodies of the Persian soldiers, and they tell him their blood served as mortar.
300 / int_c3308d09	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c3308d09	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c3308d09
300 / int_c36cba70	type	Mooks
300 / int_c36cba70	comment	Mooks: Every Persian soldier exists in this film to be killed by a Spartan.
300 / int_c36cba70	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c36cba70	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c36cba70
300 / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
300 / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: Leonidas's plan to concentrate the Spartan heavy infantry at a natural choke point works so well that they slaughter wave after wave of Persians, and they even manage to push back the much-hyped Persian Elite Mooks (the Immortals) with minimal losses. Leonidas knows and accepts that he has come here to die, and knows that they have not just a small chance, but zero chance of holding off the vast Persian army forever. But after managing to beat back the Immortals, even though he didn't say anything, Dilios observed that he could see a glint of hope in Leonidas's eyes - desperate, mad hope - but Leonidas spent all night visibly struggling to will it away, tormented with what he intellectually knew to be false hope.
300 / int_c3c18143	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c3c18143	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c3c18143
300 / int_c420a553	type	We Can Rule Together
300 / int_c420a553	comment	We Can Rule Together: Xerxes tries to tempt Leonidas multiple times with making him Warlord of all Greece answerable only to the God-King himself if Leonidas and his army join the Persian ranks.
300 / int_c420a553	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c420a553	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c420a553
300 / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
300 / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The movie actually uses many accurate quotes from the battle, which were recorded by Ancient Greek historians. Sometimes it shifts around the context in which the quotes are given slightly, but otherwise they're arguably one of the most accurate things about the film. When the Persians demanded the Spartans lay down their weapons, the real Leonidas did defiantly respond, "Come and take them!" ("Molon labe" in Greek, though the film translates it as "Come and get them!"). In the film, a Persian emissary warns that their army is so vast that their arrows will blot out the sun, to which a Spartan soldier glibly responds that they will therefore "fight in the shade". This exchange really happened, though the film invented the part about the Spartan soldier cutting the envoy's arm off. The quote the Dilios gives at the end as the camera shows the dead bodies of Leonidas and his men on the battlefield is the actual epitaph that was written on the memorial the Greeks built there after the war ended (wording varies a bit by translation). The real-life Spartans actually did throw Persian envoys into a well when they asked for earth and water as a symbol of Sparta's submission, noting that there was plenty down the well (though the movie loosely adapts the sequence of events around it). The wedge formation the Spartans use at one point is from the earlier 300 Spartans movie which inspired Frank Miller. "Those behind cry Forward! Those in front cry Back!" is very similar to a line of the famous poem Horatius at the Bridge, which described a similar You Shall Not Pass! event in Roman history. At the end, Captain Artemis is run through with a spear, but he drags himself along its length to kill the soldier who did it. As this doesn't appear in the comic, Snyder said this was a homage to King Arthur fighting Mordred in Excalibur, one of his favorite films.
300 / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c75df49a
300 / int_c7ae6f12	type	Outscare the Enemy
300 / int_c7ae6f12	comment	Outscare the Enemy: A major theme. Dilios summation of one part of the battle;
300 / int_c7ae6f12	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c7ae6f12	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c7ae6f12
300 / int_c7f294da	type	Large and in Charge
300 / int_c7f294da	comment	Large and in Charge: Xerxes is the biggest Persian and the emperor.
300 / int_c7f294da	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c7f294da	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c7f294da
300 / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
300 / int_c93a6560	comment	At the end, Captain Artemis is run through with a spear, but he drags himself along its length to kill the soldier who did it. As this doesn't appear in the comic, Snyder said this was a homage to King Arthur fighting Mordred in Excalibur, one of his favorite films.
300 / int_c93a6560	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_c93a6560	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_c93a6560
300 / int_ceec4df5	type	Roaring Rampage of Revenge
300 / int_ceec4df5	comment	Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Artemis' response to his son's death provides the greatest example.
300 / int_ceec4df5	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ceec4df5	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ceec4df5
300 / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
300 / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: The Uber Immortal gets his head cut off by his own sword.
300 / int_d397657d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d397657d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d397657d
300 / int_d3bf2f55	type	Where Do You Think You Are?
300 / int_d3bf2f55	comment	Where Do You Think You Are?: Leonidas gently reminds the Persian messenger that things work a little differently in these parts.
300 / int_d3bf2f55	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d3bf2f55	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d3bf2f55
300 / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
300 / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: Leonidas' plan to use Loophole Abuse to get around the fact he legally can't go to war. He's simply going for a walk, perhaps to the Hot Gates, whilst accompanied by 300 "bodyguards". â€¦what's illegal about that?!
300 / int_d45c0b86	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d45c0b86	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d45c0b86
300 / int_d4bb4e51	type	Walking Shirtless Scene
300 / int_d4bb4e51	comment	Walking Shirtless Scene: Shirts are apparently outlawed for Spartan men. The film actually tones this down from the comic, where Spartans can be seen casually chilling out in the buff. Which is accurate to real life.
300 / int_d4bb4e51	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d4bb4e51	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d4bb4e51
300 / int_d52d28b6	type	Hypocrite
300 / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Leonidas criticizes Athenians as "boy-lovers." Spartans were even more committed to pederasty, the relationship between adult men and adolescent boys, than the other Greek city-states. This was intentional.
300 / int_d52d28b6	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d52d28b6	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d52d28b6
300 / int_d5a674ff	type	Defiant Stone Throw
300 / int_d5a674ff	comment	Defiant Stone Throw: Leonidas' final attack is a purely symbolic gesture.
300 / int_d5a674ff	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d5a674ff	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d5a674ff
300 / int_d5ca97d	type	Dream-Crushing Handicap
300 / int_d5ca97d	comment	Dream-Crushing Handicap: Sorry Ephialtes, but you're too deformed to join the 300 Spartans.
300 / int_d5ca97d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d5ca97d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d5ca97d
300 / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
300 / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Captain Artemis is only referred to as "Captain".
300 / int_d7b34c31	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d7b34c31	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d7b34c31
300 / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
300 / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Unlike the Spartans, most of the other Greek forces decide to withdraw when they discover they've been outflanked by the Persians, who have found the hidden goat-path and are moving to surround them.
300 / int_d9cf40fa	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d9cf40fa	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d9cf40fa
300 / int_d9d2c40b	type	Amazon Brigade
300 / int_d9d2c40b	comment	Amazon Brigade: Gorgo's attitude and actions suggest that Leonidas wasn't kidding when he said he could march Sparta's women to Thermopylae instead of its men. Spartan women enjoyed more political power than in other Greek city-states, since their husbands were so often off at war.
300 / int_d9d2c40b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_d9d2c40b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_d9d2c40b
300 / int_da19c62a	type	Leave No Survivors
300 / int_da19c62a	comment	Leave No Survivors: The Spartans make sure to finish off any live Persia soldier in their path.
300 / int_da19c62a	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_da19c62a	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_da19c62a
300 / int_db4b76d1	type	Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
300 / int_db4b76d1	comment	Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Leonidas and his captain share one before they finish off the first wave of enemies.
300 / int_db4b76d1	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_db4b76d1	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_db4b76d1
300 / int_db71d717	type	Thanatos Gambit
300 / int_db71d717	comment	Thanatos Gambit: Leonidas' plan is to force Sparta into war using his death.
300 / int_db71d717	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_db71d717	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_db71d717
300 / int_dc1761bd	type	A God Am I
300 / int_dc1761bd	comment	A God Am I: Xerxes fancies himself a god. The Spartans think this is hilarious.
300 / int_dc1761bd	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_dc1761bd	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_dc1761bd
300 / int_dd6ce5db	type	Artistic License
300 / int_dd6ce5db	comment	Artistic License: As Frank Miller put it, he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. Neither does Dilios, who is clearly embellishing the tale more with each retelling (although the sequel film reveals there are a lot of crazy things he is definitely not making up).
300 / int_dd6ce5db	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_dd6ce5db	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_dd6ce5db
300 / int_ddfd64b8	type	Have I Mentioned I Am a Dwarf Today?
300 / int_ddfd64b8	comment	Have I Mentioned I Am a Dwarf Today?: It is very important that there is no doubt they are Spartans.
300 / int_ddfd64b8	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ddfd64b8	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ddfd64b8
300 / int_de953d10	type	Rage Helm
300 / int_de953d10	comment	Rage Helm: The Immortals wear them.
300 / int_de953d10	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_de953d10	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_de953d10
300 / int_df41acb	type	Casual Danger Dialogue
300 / int_df41acb	comment	Casual Danger Dialogue: Astinos and Stelios, while covering from a hail of arrows.
300 / int_df41acb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_df41acb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_df41acb
300 / int_e0c00a95	type	Absurdly Sharp Blade
300 / int_e0c00a95	comment	Absurdly Sharp Blade: Both sides hack a lot of limbs and heads off quite cleanly like a hot knife through butter, despite having only bronze weapons.
300 / int_e0c00a95	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e0c00a95	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e0c00a95
300 / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
300 / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: The Persians were not this villainous in real life.
300 / int_e16217f8	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e16217f8	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e16217f8
300 / int_e16fb8ca	type	Hero Killer
300 / int_e16fb8ca	comment	Hero Killer: Even though they are driven back (during their first encounter), once the Immortals show up, the Spartans start to die.
300 / int_e16fb8ca	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e16fb8ca	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e16fb8ca
300 / int_e46f71c3	type	Hollywood Costuming
300 / int_e46f71c3	comment	Hollywood Costuming: The Spartans are dressed in loincloths save for their helmets and shields. This was based on the Greek fondness for athletic male figures in artwork, which fitted in well with Frank Miller's superhero comic background.
300 / int_e46f71c3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e46f71c3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e46f71c3
300 / int_e542d889	type	Gorn
300 / int_e542d889	comment	Gorn: A good example of this would be the end of the first wave, a slow-motion shot of one of the Spartans going through and slashing up several charging Persian soldiers.
300 / int_e542d889	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e542d889	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e542d889
300 / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
300 / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Leonidas is always referred to as being at the front regardless of his actual position, and always having 300 Spartans at his back even after some have been killed or left.
300 / int_e563bf09	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e563bf09	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e563bf09
300 / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
300 / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: The Spartans could count as a reconstructed example of this. They likely knew they couldn't defeat all the Persians. But in the end and historically, the victories they got inspired the other Greek states to unite against the Persians.
300 / int_e567510d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e567510d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e567510d
300 / int_e70127	type	The Mole
300 / int_e70127	comment	Then, the above scene is reversed when The Mole goes to Xerxes and is tempted by Xerxes unleashing hordes of sex slaves to pleasure him, despite his deformed appearance.
300 / int_e70127	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e70127	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e70127
300 / int_e7d7e394	type	Heal It With Fire
300 / int_e7d7e394	comment	Heal It With Fire: One of the soldiers uses a heated spearhead to cauterize the wound of a fellow soldier on the second night.
300 / int_e7d7e394	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e7d7e394	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e7d7e394
300 / int_e96c6f02	type	Shed Armor, Gain Speed
300 / int_e96c6f02	comment	Shed Armor, Gain Speed: At the climax, Leonidas takes off his helmet and drops his shield to give himself the mobility needed for his final Defiant Stone Throw.
300 / int_e96c6f02	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e96c6f02	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e96c6f02
300 / int_e993da98	type	Equal-Opportunity Evil
300 / int_e993da98	comment	Equal-Opportunity Evil: The legions of Xerxes are from all over the world (including Africa and Japan, apparently), and he even hires hunchbacks, which is Truth in Television, as the Persians had territory in the Middle East, parts of India (or at least Pakistan), and also ruled Egypt. The Greeks, however, were allâ€¦ Greek.
300 / int_e993da98	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e993da98	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e993da98
300 / int_e9a97564	type	Evil Wears Black
300 / int_e9a97564	comment	Evil Wears Black: The Persian warrior elite known as the Immortals wear all-black uniforms with creepy silver masks. They're the most dangerous of all of Xerxes's warriors and are soon revealed to literally be monsters.
300 / int_e9a97564	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e9a97564	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e9a97564
300 / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
300 / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: The Persian emissary demands that Sparta give the traditional tokens of submission: Earth and Water. Leonidas complies by kicking the emissary down a well. In fact, his historical response before doing so was that they could "dig it out for themselves!" Leonidas tells Xerxes that before the battle is over, the world will know that even a God-king can bleed. During their Last Stand, Leonidas makes good on that promise.
300 / int_e9e35e8f	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_e9e35e8f	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_e9e35e8f
300 / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
300 / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Gorgo stabs the corrupt senator in the nuts.
300 / int_eaf5a1ac	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_eaf5a1ac	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_eaf5a1ac
300 / int_ed72657e	type	Rhino Rampage
300 / int_ed72657e	comment	Rhino Rampage: A charging armored rhinoceros is a war beast in the Persian army, trampling and goring everything in its path until it is killed by a single Spartan spear.
300 / int_ed72657e	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ed72657e	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ed72657e
300 / int_ef1921bb	type	Is That the Best You Can Do?
300 / int_ef1921bb	comment	Is That the Best You Can Do?: Stelios shouts the trope name ad verbatim at the first wave of Persian footmen as they hopelessly try to break the Spartan phalanx.
300 / int_ef1921bb	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_ef1921bb	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_ef1921bb
300 / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
300 / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Gerard Butler screams about half his lines in the film. In the comic, Leonidas' dialogue is not drawn as yelling quite so often.
300 / int_f15c2859	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f15c2859	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f15c2859
300 / int_f2d8e3c2	type	Evil Plan
300 / int_f2d8e3c2	comment	Evil Plan: The battle at Thermoplyae is triggered by Xerxes' desire to take over Greece.
300 / int_f2d8e3c2	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f2d8e3c2	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f2d8e3c2
300 / int_f44c8cc3	type	Onrushing Army
300 / int_f44c8cc3	comment	Onrushing Army: Both the Spartans as well as the Persian forces like to charge into battle this way.
300 / int_f44c8cc3	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f44c8cc3	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f44c8cc3
300 / int_f5e59782	type	A Real Man Is a Killer
300 / int_f5e59782	comment	A Real Man Is a Killer: If you're not killing someone, then you fail Sparta forever. This was basically Truth in Television in Spartan culture, although it's exaggerated here. (Of course, we're not sure how accurate the historical accounts are, either.)
300 / int_f5e59782	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f5e59782	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f5e59782
300 / int_f6e05922	type	Sarcastic Clapping
300 / int_f6e05922	comment	Sarcastic Clapping: After Queen Gorgo finishes her speech before the Spartan council, the corrupt Theron mockingly applauds her before he tries to discredit her to his colleagues with claims of adultery.
300 / int_f6e05922	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f6e05922	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f6e05922
300 / int_f740a274	type	Historical Beauty Update
300 / int_f740a274	comment	Historical Beauty Update: Inverted. We don't know exactly what the real Ephialtes of Trachis looked like, but he almost certainly wasn't the deformed wretch he is in this movie.
300 / int_f740a274	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f740a274	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f740a274
300 / int_f7cee9b	type	Last Stand
300 / int_f7cee9b	comment	Last Stand: For the 300 Spartans in this film and real life.
300 / int_f7cee9b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f7cee9b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f7cee9b
300 / int_f8e010ce	type	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
300 / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Mixed with Culture Clash. Xerxes offers great wealth and power to Leonidas if he submits to him, adding that "your victory will be complete". Ephialtes chimes in begging Leonidas to surrender so that his men will live. However, the Spartans have no regard for finery, nor are they expecting to actually win: By Sparta Law, they all choose death in battle rather than surrender.
300 / int_f8e010ce	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f8e010ce	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f8e010ce
300 / int_f974d1fc	type	The Shadow Knows
300 / int_f974d1fc	comment	The Shadow Knows: In the destroyed village, when the young boy approaches Leonidas to tell him about the Persian attackers, his shadow's shape is that of a Persian Immortal.
300 / int_f974d1fc	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_f974d1fc	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_f974d1fc
300 / int_fa7226a0	type	You Have No Chance to Survive
300 / int_fa7226a0	comment	You Have No Chance to Survive:
300 / int_fa7226a0	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_fa7226a0	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_fa7226a0
300 / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
300 / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: "Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. Only the hardâ€¦ only the strongâ€¦"
300 / int_fc151e9d	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_fc151e9d	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_fc151e9d
300 / int_fcc33b8b	type	First Injury Reaction
300 / int_fcc33b8b	comment	First Injury Reaction: In the climax, Leonidas hurls a spear at Xerxes, giving him a slash on his cheek this way. Xerxes' reaction is one of shocked incredulousness, as very apparently, he bought into his God-King shtick so deeply he didn't even see getting hurt as possible at all, let alone likely.
300 / int_fcc33b8b	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_fcc33b8b	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_fcc33b8b
300 / int_name	type	ItemName
300 / int_name	comment
300 / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
300 / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
300	hasFeature	300 / int_name
300 / int_name	itemName	300

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Bitterness Trilogy / Fan Fic	seeAlso	300
InvaderZimTheSeries	seeAlso	300
300: Rise of an Empire	seeAlso	300
LimboOfTheLost	seeAlso	300
300	hasFeature	Rule of Cool / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	A Father to His Men / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	A Good Name for a Rock Band / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	A Thicket of Spears / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Abandon the Disabled / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Ability over Appearance / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Acceptable Ethnic Targets / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Acoustic License / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Action Genre / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Adrenaline Time / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Aggressive Negotiations / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	All in the Eyes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Almost Dead Guy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Always Chaotic Evil / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Ancient Greece / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Ancient Persia / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Annoying Arrows / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Armor Is Useless / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	"Ass" in Ambassador / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Assist Character / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	At Arm's Length / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Atop a Mountain of Corpses / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Autobots, Rock Out! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bad Vibrations / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Badass Army / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Banned in China / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bare-Handed Blade Block / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Based on a Great Big Lie / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bash Brothers / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Battle Epic / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Beast of Battle / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Beauty Equals Goodness / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Berserker Tears / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Big Badass Battle Sequence / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Big Shadow, Little Creature / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Black-and-Gray Morality / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Black Blood / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Black Dude Dies First / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Blade Below the Shoulder / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Blocking Stops All Damage / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Blood for Mortar / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Blood on the Debate Floor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Body-Count Competition / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bolivian Army Ending / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bring It / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bring News Back / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Broken Faceplate / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Bullet Time / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	By the Lights of Their Eyes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	California Doubling / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Call That a Formation? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Camp / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Censor Steam / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Chainmail Bikini / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Character Narrator / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Charge-into-Combat Cut / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Chokepoint Geography / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Clean Cut / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Close-Call Haircut / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Coitus Ensues / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Cool Helmet / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Copycat Cover / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Coup de GrÃ¢ce / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Crucified Hero Shot / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Cruelty by Feet / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Death by Disfigurement / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Decapitation Presentation / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Defiant Stone Throw / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Delaying Action / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Deliberate Injury Gambit / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Democracy Is Bad / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Den of Iniquity / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Diamonds in the Buff / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Died in Your Arms Tonight / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Diplomatic Impunity / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dirty Old Man / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Distant Reaction Shot / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dominance Through Furniture / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Doomed Moral Victor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Doomed Protagonist / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dramatization / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dream-Crushing Handicap / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dueling Dubs / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	During the War / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dyeing for Your Art / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Dying Curse / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Elite Mooks / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Epic Movie / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Equal-Opportunity Evil / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Estrogen Brigade / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Ethnic Magician / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Evil Cripple / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Evil Is Easy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Evil Overlord / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Evil Sounds Deep / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Eyepatch of Power / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Faceless Goons / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Fade Around the Eyes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Fake Nationality / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Falsely Advertised Accuracy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Fanvid / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Fashion-Victim Villain / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	First Injury Reaction / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	First-Person Peripheral Narrator / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Foe Romance Subtext / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Foe-Tossing Charge / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Fountain of Memes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Framing Device / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Gag Dub / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Geo Effects / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Giant Mook / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Gigantic Moon / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	God-Emperor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Good People Have Good Sex / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Good Republic, Evil Empire / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Good Scars, Evil Scars / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Gorgeous Greek / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Gratuitous Special Effects / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Greek Chorus / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Gruesome Goat / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Have I Mentioned I Am a Dwarf Today? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	He Didn't Make It / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Heal It With Fire / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Helmets Are Hardly Heroic / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	High-Pressure Blood / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Historical Badass Upgrade / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Historical Hero Upgrade / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Historical Ugliness Update / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Hit Stop / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Hollywood Costuming / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Hope Bringer / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Hufflepuff House / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Human Pincushion / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	I Can Still Fight! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	I Like Those Odds / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Instant Oracle: Just Add Water! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Is That the Best You Can Do? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Is There a Doctor in the House? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	It Has Been an Honor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Katanas Are Just Better / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Klingon Scientists Get No Respect / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Kung Fu-Proof Mook / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Large and in Charge / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Last Chance to Quit / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Lecherous Licking / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Les Collaborateurs / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Macho Camp / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Made of Plasticine / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Martyrdom Culture / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Mary Suetopia / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Matte Shot / int_6300d32a
Matthew Santoro	seeAlso	300
300	hasFeature	McNinja / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Men of Sherwood / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Misplaced Wildlife / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Mistaken for Quake / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Modest Royalty / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Monstrous Humanoid / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Mood Motif / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Multi-Melee Master / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Mutual Kill / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Narrator / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Narrator All Along / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Nemean Skinning / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Never Was This Universe / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	NO INDOOR VOICE / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	No Woman's Land / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Normally, I Would Be Dead Now / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Not Even Human / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Nothing Can Stop Us Now! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	"Number of Objects" Title / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Obi-Wan Moment / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Off with His Head! / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Onrushing Army / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Our Ancestors Are Superheroes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Outscare the Enemy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Padding / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Paid Harem / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Parenthetical Swearing / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	People in Rubber Suits / int_6300d32a
PeterMensah	seeAlso	300
300	hasFeature	Pose of Supplication / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Praetorian Guard / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Pre-War Civilian Career / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Protagonist-Centered Morality / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Proud Warrior Race Guy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Pull Yourself Down the Spear / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Pyrrhic Victory / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Pyrrhic Villainy / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rage Helm / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rain of Arrows / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rape Discretion Shot / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rated M for Manly / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Red Hot Masculinity / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Red Right Hand / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Regretful Traitor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Review Ironic Echo / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rhino Rampage / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rite of Passage / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rose-Tinted Narrative / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Rousing Speech / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Royal Harem / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Royals Who Actually Do Something / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sarcastic Clapping / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Scarred Equipment / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Screw Destiny / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Secondary Adaptation / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	See You in Hell / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sex Starts, Story Stops / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Shed Armor, Gain Speed / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Shield Bash / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Shoot the Messenger / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sidelong Glance Biopic / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sink or Swim Mentor / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Slow-Motion Fall / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	So Beautiful, It's a Curse / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sorting Algorithm of Evil / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Straw Misogynist / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Stripperiffic / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Swipe Your Blade Off / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Sword and Sandal / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Take Up My Sword / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Takes Ten to Hold / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Team Title / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Berserker / int_6300d32a
TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks	seeAlso	300
300	hasFeature	The Empire / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Grotesque / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Lady's Favour / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Queen's Latin / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Shadow Knows / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Siege / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	The Snack Is More Interesting / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Throw-Away Country / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Throwing Your Shield Always Works / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Throwing Your Sword Always Works / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Title by Number / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Too Important to Walk / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Trap Is the Only Option / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Two-Faced / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Underwear of Power / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Unexplained Accent / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Unflinching Faith in the Brakes / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Un-person / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Unstoppable Rage / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Villainous BSoD / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Walking Shirtless Scene / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	War Elephants / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	War Is Glorious / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	War Was Beginning / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Watch It for the Meme / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Watch It Stoned / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Weather of War / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Wet Blanket Wife / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Wet-for-Dry / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	What Do You Mean, It's Not Political? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Where Do You Think You Are? / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	World of Ham / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	You Have No Chance to Survive / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	You Just Had to Say It / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	You're Insane! / int_6300d32a
Spartacus: Blood and Sand	seeAlso	300
300	hasFeature	Evil Wears Black / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Scarpia Ultimatum / int_6300d32a
300	hasFeature	Slave Mooks / int_6300d32a

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.