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Windtalkers
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Windtalkers is a 2002 military film directed by John Woo, about the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific front of World War II.Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is given the job of protecting a Navajo code talker named Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach). Because the code must not be broken, Enders' orders are to kill Yahzee should he fall into enemy hands. The movie mostly follows the Battle of Saipan. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
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Anyone Can Die: It's World War II in the Pacific, so this is to be expected. By the end of the film, only Chick, Yahzee, and Pappas are left of the original squad, and even Pappas gets a Death by Adaptation in the tie-in novelization. | |
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Human Shield | |
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Human Shield: Ox uses one of the Japanese soldiers to block a stab from a bayonet. | |
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Flamethrower Backfire | |
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Flamethrower Backfire: The film does this to Harrigan. | |
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Dressing as the Enemy | |
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Dressing as the Enemy: Yahzee comes up with a way to take out an entrenched Japanese unit through infiltration by putting on a Japanese uniform himself and making his superior Enders look like a captured enemy. The subterfuge is made possible on account of Yahzee's tanner skin color and non-white features as a Navajo native, which Enders had earlier noted might cause others in the field to mistake him for a Japanese soldier. He really doesn’t look Japanese, which is why Enders also smears Yahzee’s face with dirt, hoping that a guy who’s not white in a Japanese uniform will fool the enemy just long enough to get to the radio. | |
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Kid Amid the Chaos | |
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Kid Amid the Chaos: The sobbing little girl in the ruined village that Harrigan tries to comfort with a bar of chocolate. | |
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Death from Above | |
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Death from Above: Again, the Hellcats. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: There was really no reason to withhold the information from the Windtalkers that their babysitters were supposed to kill them should they fall into enemy hands. It wasn't like the windtalkers didn't already know how important they were. Heck, if things were that dangerous, they should have already been trained how best to take themselves out before the enemy gets to them.note Real-life Code Talkers knew they couldn’t allow themselves to be captured and interrogated. | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses: Ox and Whitehorse during their Last Stand. | |
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Tanks for Nothing | |
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Tanks for Nothing: The Sherman and Stuart tanks shown during the assault on Saipan end up as Sitting Ducks to Japanese artillery fire each time. The Japanese tanks prove useless for the most part as well, being taken out easily with small arms and flamethrowers, which is almost Truth in Television. | |
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Fire-Forged Friends | |
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Fire-Forged Friends: Everyone in the unit. | |
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It Has Been an Honor | |
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It Has Been an Honor: Yahzee and Enders toward each other at the end. | |
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Plot Armor | |
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Plot Armor: Subverted. Until the attack on the village, everything seems to follow this trope, with heroes going through impossible situations. After that scene, Anyone Can Die. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Enders turns into a real demon of war during combat, just looking for more kills to score. Later, after Whitehorse is killed, Yahzee takes the role of the ax-crazy soldier. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: Enders. Sure, he is a killing machine with serious problems, but outside the battlefield he's really a nice guy. Even toward nominal enemies, as shown with the sick kid to whom he gave his pain-killers. | |
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Hyperventilation Bag | |
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Hyperventilation Bag: Pappas is shown a few times using one. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Yahzee goes from a Technical Pacifist radioman, to an Ax-Crazy revenge-driven Blood Knight following Whitehorse's death at the hands of Enders and the Japanese, to having a Heel Realization upon accidentally slashing Enders. Chick starts out as a racist Jerkass, but after Whitehorse saves his life during a Japanese attack, he mellows out and becomes much nicer to Yahzee, to the point he risks his life to save him. Enders himself starts off as a Shell-Shocked Veteran with Ax-Crazy tendencies, to slowly mellowing up towards Yahzee, ending with him dying to help protect Yahzee and the other Marines under fire. | |
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Conflict Ball | |
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Conflict Ball: The Windtalkers knew how important they were - so much so that they needed a babysitter to keep them safe - but Yahzee is shocked that among Enders' orders are ones to kill him should he fall into enemy hands. | |
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Trojan Prisoner | |
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Trojan Prisoner: When Yahzee dresses up as a Japanese soldier and takes his "captive" Enders into a Japanese camp in order to gain access to a working radio. | |
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Wide-Eyed Idealist | |
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Wide-Eyed Idealist: Yahzee. He's just an idealistic guy who wants to protect his country and then spread awareness of native culture as a teacher. | |
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Tranquil Fury | |
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Tranquil Fury: Enders. All the time. | |
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White Male Lead | |
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White Male Lead: Advertised as the saga of how Navajo Indians used their language to create an unbreakable code that helped win World War II in the Pacific, the entire movie ends up revolving around Nicolas Cage and demotes the Navajo windtalkers to the sidelines. | |
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Hiding Behind the Language Barrier | |
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Hiding Behind the Language Barrier: The Navajo Code was derived from the tribe’s language, but it was still a code. | |
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Satchel Charge | |
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Satchel Charge: Enders volunteers to use a satchel charge on a heavily-defended Japanese pillbox towards the end of the first battle on Saipan, ultimately blowing the enemy structure sky-high after throwing it into the enemy bunker's machine gun slit. | |
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Manly Tears | |
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Manly Tears: Enders cries during his Not So Stoic moments. | |
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Big Guy Fatality Syndrome | |
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Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: Averted. Chick survives the entire film unscathed. | |
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Overcrank | |
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Overcrank: After all it's John Woo's film. | |
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Action Prologue | |
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Action Prologue: Enders' first scene in the Solomons in 1943. | |
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Technical Pacifist | |
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Technical Pacifist: Yahzee starts as one... where he ends up is another story. | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran: Enders' last battle deeply messed with his mind. | |
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Noun Verber | |
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Noun Verber | |
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Bayonet Ya | |
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Bayonet Ya: Both the Japanese Army and US Marines are shown using bayonets on their rifles, but the former especially so. | |
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Slashed Throat | |
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Slashed Throat: Whitehorse and Yahzee, who uses Bowie knives as their backup weapons, disposes many Japanese soldiers using this method. And then there's a Mexican Standoff between Yahzee and a Japanese soldier, who's interrupted by Enders sneaking up behind the enemy and slicing his throat. | |
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Off with His Head! | |
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Off with His Head!: Henderson suffers this fate. | |
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Unfriendly Fire | |
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Unfriendly Fire: Chick was trying to pull this on Yahzee. | |
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Fatal Family Photo | |
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Fatal Family Photo: The whole unit is watching photos of their beloved ones... right before coming under heavy artillery fire. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: What happened to the inhabitants of the village during and after the IJA attack? The historical record doesn’t bode well for them. | |
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Truth in Television | |
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The Japanese tanks prove useless for the most part as well, being taken out easily with small arms and flamethrowers, which is almost Truth in Television. | |
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Shovel Strike | |
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Shovel Strike: Yahzee is using an entrenching shovel to defend himself during the final battle. | |
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Stab the Scorpion | |
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Stab the Scorpion: During the village battle, Whitehorse throws his friggin' huge bowie knife towards Chick, who was previously shown to be racist towards Native American soldiers... and kills the Japanese soldier sneaking up on Chick. This moment of rescue causes Chick to have a change of attitude towards the minority soldiers. | |
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Communications Officer | |
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Communications Officer: Pretty much the role of all the code-talkers such as Yahzee and Whitehorse. | |
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Take a Third Option | |
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Take a Third Option: When Enders can either fight the Japanese or kill Yahzee to keep the code secured, he choose to take him on his back and run for safety. | |
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Young Entrepreneur | |
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Young Entrepreneur: Youthful Marines Pappas and Ox display hopes of achieving this once they get out of the service. Pappas hopes to start a "fleet of taxis" and Ox is hoping that he can be the person to develop strawberry yoghurt. | |
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Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene | |
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Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Between battles, there's one scene where Whitehorse and his bodyguard Ox (who has secretly been ordered to kill him if he's at risk of being captured) bond while playing a musical duet with Ox's harmonica and Whitehorse's flute. | |
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Kill It with Fire | |
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Kill It with Fire: Numerous IJA soldiers were killed by flamethrowers and incendiary grenades. | |
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One-Man Army | |
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One-Man Army: Enders, combining this with Do-Anything Soldier. While being deaf in one ear and living under the heavy burden of Survivor Guilt, he is still capable of taking down dozens of enemies alone. Heck, he got two Silver Stars for his insane fighting skills and determination. Somewhat justified, as he’s a Death Seeker who takes insane risks that should get him killed. | |
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Fat Best Friend | |
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Fat Best Friend: Fat might be a strong word, but Whitehorse is noticeably stouter than his best friend Yahzee (who plays a bigger role). | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
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Mood Whiplash: After upbeat talk about their families and home the main characters are suddenly under artillery fire. Friendly artillery fire. | |
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Sole Survivor | |
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Enders enjoys killing the Japanese a little too much after being the Sole Survivor of the Solomon Islands campaign. There's actually a close-up of a Cheshire Cat Grin on his face as he gleefully mows down half a dozen Japanese with his Tommy-gun in one scene. | |
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Bottomless Magazines | |
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Bottomless Magazines: Reloading? In a John Woo movie? You're kidding, right? This trope is going to absurd levels with Enders' Thompson. Even if he's the only character ever seen reloading, his mags holds a few times more than they should. That said, it is averted mostly. While Enders got a Thompson with magic mags, his squadmates are not so lucky as they frequently either run low or out of ammo in firefights. | |
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Blood Knight | |
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Blood Knight: Enders enjoys killing the Japanese a little too much after being the Sole Survivor of the Solomon Islands campaign. There's actually a close-up of a Cheshire Cat Grin on his face as he gleefully mows down half a dozen Japanese with his Tommy-gun in one scene. Yahzee becomes one following Whitehorse's death. And, like Enders before him, slaughters any Japanese soldier he comes across. | |
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Blood from the Mouth | |
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Blood from the Mouth: Enders, to indicate that he's really dying. | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: As expected, Yahzee didn't take The Reveal about Enders' orders mildly. | |
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Improbable Aiming Skills | |
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Improbable Aiming Skills: Enders. If the Thompson submachine gun was half as accurate as it's shown in his hands, it would have been the ultimate weapon of WWII, especially with his 30-round mags that are evidently packed with 200+ rounds each. The Thompson actually is a very accurate weapon...when fired semiauto. Enders' long bursts would put one hole in the target and fifteen more...somewhere far, far away. | |
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Blade Enthusiast | |
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Blade Enthusiast: Whitehorse carries a big Bowie knife that he uses to good effect. | |
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Jungle Warfare | |
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Jungle Warfare: The first battle scene, set in the Solomons during 1942 or 1943, is a textbook example, with patrols, ambushes, and supply problems in the span of less than 4 minutes. The first battle set on Saipan counts as well, thanks to the thick overgrowth on the lower areas of the island. | |
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Hold the Line | |
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Hold the Line: Enders' unit in the Solomons at the beginning of the film is assigned this mission. Unfortunately, they soon become outnumbered and outgunned by the Japanese, and are wiped out as a result. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: PFC Harrigan, the flame gunner, whose job it is to incinerate enemy troops with napalm. | |
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Just Plane Wrong | |
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Just Plane Wrong: The F6F Hellcats are appropriate for the Battle of Saipan. Their insistence on dropping bombs from an altitude that should see them blown out of the sky by those very bombs, or the bombs’ defiance of the laws of physics, decidedly less so. It would have been far more appropriate if the planes had just been given HVAR rockets instead, which do pretty much the same thing, and would make much more sense to use at low altitude. Additionally, the close air support mission was much more likely to be performed by Marine F4U Corsairs than Navy Hellcats.note While Hellcats were perfectly capable of ground attack, Corsairs were more frequently utilized in the role. Additionally, while the Navy operated both fighters, the Marines were almost exclusively equipped with Corsairs, and Marines on the ground would generally be in contact with Marine fighter squadrons for air support. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Yahzee, after Whitehorse is killed. | |
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Reckless Sidekick | |
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Reckless Sidekick: During their last fight Yahzee is so enraged that he basically endangers his whole squad by going berserk. | |
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Hypocrite | |
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Later in the film Yahzee mocks his own words toward Enders. First time, he assures Enders that following orders is the most important thing to do, even more important than saving your friends. But when he learns that Enders is ordered to kill him in case of risking capture, he berates him for mindlessly following orders. | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Enders finds he is unable to perform his vital duty of killing his partner if it came down to it, so he goes to his commanding officer and requests an official transfer to another unit. Because of the village attack soon after, he stays on. | |
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The Cavalry | |
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The Cavalry: F6F Hellcat Fighter-bombers. Usually too early or too late. Also, the US Navy ships offshore in the first part of the Saipan invasion. | |
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Absurdly Sharp Blade | |
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Absurdly Sharp Blade: The mass-produced katana used to behead Ox with a single stroke. | |
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Indy Ploy | |
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Indy Ploy: The whole get-to-the-Japanese-radio plan is made more or less on the move. | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story: There were Navajo code talkers, and they really were instrumental in the Pacific Theater,note Adolf Hitler had served in World War I and knew the Allies had used similar code talkers in that war - he sent covert agents to study Native American dialects before the United States entered the war. Knowing this, the US did not use the Navajo code talkers in Europe. Instead, Code Talkers in the ETO were Comanche, whose native language is even more obscure than Navajo. but the characters in this movie are all fictional. At least the posters say "inspired by" rather than "based on". | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Enders. Give him an order. He will do anything to fulfill it. | |
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Secretly Wealthy | |
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Secretly Wealthy: Whitehorse dresses and behaves fairly modestly, but Yahzee says that his family owns one of the biggest flocks of sheep in the Four Corners. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Chick starts out as a racist Jerkass, but after Whitehorse saves his life during a Japanese attack, he mellows out and becomes much nicer to Yahzee, to the point he risks his life to save him. | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Oh, Harrigan, how nice of you to feed a starving little girl... time to blow up your flamethrower and let you burn alive! | |
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Death by Racism | |
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Death by Racism Subverted with Chick, who makes it to the end with nice guys Yahzee and Pappas. He’s definitely improved by the end of the film, though. | |
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Naïve Newcomer | |
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Naïve Newcomer: Both Yahzee and Whitehorse. They not only have no idea into what kind of hell they getting themselves, but are also completely unprepared for racial ostracization by fellow soldiers. | |
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Sitting Duck | |
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Sitting Duck: The Marine Sherman and Stuart tanks usually end up destroyed before being able to fire back. See Tanks for Nothing below. | |
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War Is Hell | |
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War Is Hell: As far as Hollywood allows, this trope is taken to the extreme. Mutilation of bodies, everyone dropping dead like slaughtered animals, extensive use of banzai charges, accidental friendly fire, Mercy Kills for friends... The very worst part of the Battle of Saipan, the mass-suicide of Japanese civilians on the battle’s final day (with Japanese soldiers shooting those who hesitated to kill themselves), is not shown. Probably for the best. | |
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Mercy Kill | |
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Mercy Kill: Enders has orders to do this if his windtalker should fall into enemy hands, to both save the man from torture and protect the code. Also Harrigan is given this. | |
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Never Trust a Title | |
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Never Trust a Title: Enders is the center of attention and the protagonist in the movie, the windtalkers are... there. | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
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Mighty Whitey: Nicolas Cage saves the day and is a hero, while the Navajo characters are relegated to the sidelines and receive far less character development. | |
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Death Seeker | |
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Death Seeker: Enders was the last man standing after his unit got slaughtered, because he insisted that they must obey their orders and hold their ground. It's haunted him ever since, to the point where he's one step from being outright suicidal. | |
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