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* CoversAlwaysLie: The movie poster depicts so many explosions and things going on that watching a movie that is full of {{inaction sequence}}s is a bit disappointing. They hired [[Creator/NoriyoshiOhrai the poster designer]] that did ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and foreign ''[[http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/f20080423/index.html?page=8 Star]] [[http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/f20080423/index.html?page=11 Wars]]'', so that might explain it.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Invoked. After the first volley of nukes hits the US, the President is given a death toll estimate of "fifteen to twenty million" by its military chiefs. He then shows disgust at how five million human lives get written off as a statistical margin of error.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Invoked. After the first volley of nukes hits the US, the President is given a death toll estimate of "fifteen to twenty million" by its his military chiefs. He then shows disgust at how five million human lives get written off as a statistical margin of error.
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* BigRedButton: The Minister of Defense ignores orders and presses the large red button, which launches a massive second wave assault. [[spoiler:Miami, New York City, Chicago, and Tokyo are all destroyed and from space the earth turns red.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Even though Paris, NYC, Miami, Chicago, Tokyo, and other cities are destroyed and millions have died, the survivors along with the rest of the world band together after the Communist leader is killed. Wataru is returned safely to earth after the remaining Soviet have a change of heart.]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}: All of the most violent and bloody scenes, plus most scenes of Japan's involvement are edited out of the dub versions.
* CaptivityHarmonica: During the evacuation trip out of ruined Japan, an African American soldier plays "Deep River", an old classic Negro spiritual. It serves as a comforting DeathSong to fellow soldier on his deathbead.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Laura to Wataru. She makes it very obvious when at the disco and he begins dancing with another partner.
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: The president sends a box of cigars with a note asking for renewed friendship to Russia's leader for Christmas the day after the accident. While they were expensive cigars, Orloff scoffs and is insulted at the "thoughtless gift", assuming that they are cheap and can be bought conveniently. He brands the president a [[AmericansAreCowboys stupid American cowboy]] while smoking it anyways.
* CountryMouse: Marina
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Even though Paris, NYC, Miami, Chicago, Tokyo, and other cities are destroyed and millions have died, the survivors along with the rest of the world band together after the Communist leader is killed. Wataru is returned safely to earth after the remaining Soviet have a change of heart.]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}: All of the most violent and bloody scenes, plus most scenes of Japan's involvement are edited out of the dub versions.
* CaptivityHarmonica: During the evacuation trip out of ruined Japan, an African American soldier plays "Deep River", an old classic Negro spiritual. It serves as a comforting DeathSong to fellow soldier on his deathbead.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Laura to Wataru. She makes it very obvious when at the disco and he begins dancing with another partner.
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: The president sends a box of cigars with a note asking for renewed friendship to Russia's leader for Christmas the day after the accident. While they were expensive cigars, Orloff scoffs and is insulted at the "thoughtless gift", assuming that they are cheap and can be bought conveniently. He brands the president a [[AmericansAreCowboys stupid American cowboy]] while smoking it anyways.
* CountryMouse: Marina
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* BigRedButton: The Minister of Defense ignores orders and presses the large red button, which launches a massive second wave assault. [[spoiler:Miami, New York City, Chicago, Chicago and Tokyo are all destroyed and from space the earth Earth turns red.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Even though Paris, NYC, Miami, Chicago,Tokyo, Tokyo and other cities are destroyed and millions have died, the survivors along with the rest of the world band together after the Communist leader is killed. Wataru is returned safely to earth Earth after the remaining Soviet Soviets have a change of heart.]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}: All of the most violent and bloody scenes, plus most scenes of Japan'sinvolvement involvement, are edited out of the dub versions.
* CaptivityHarmonica: During the evacuation trip out of a ruined Japan, an African American soldier plays "Deep River", an old classic Negro spiritual. It serves as a comforting DeathSong to a fellow soldier on his deathbead.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Laura to Wataru. She makes it very obvious when at the discoand he begins dancing with another partner.
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: Thepresident President sends a box of cigars with a note asking for renewed friendship to Russia's leader for Christmas the day after the accident. While they were expensive cigars, Orloff Orlov scoffs and is insulted at the "thoughtless gift", gift," assuming that they are cheap and can be bought conveniently. He brands the president President a [[AmericansAreCowboys stupid American cowboy]] cowboy]]... while smoking it anyways.
* CountryMouse:MarinaMarina is one.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Even though Paris, NYC, Miami, Chicago,
* {{Bowdlerization}}: All of the most violent and bloody scenes, plus most scenes of Japan's
* CaptivityHarmonica: During the evacuation trip out of a ruined Japan, an African American soldier plays "Deep River", an old classic Negro spiritual. It serves as a comforting DeathSong to a fellow soldier on his deathbead.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Laura to Wataru. She makes it very obvious when at the disco
* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: The
* CountryMouse:
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* HowlOfSorrow: The American President upon realizing that all his negotiation efforts failed miserably and there was no stopping what was to come next.
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* HowlOfSorrow: The American President President, upon realizing that all his negotiation efforts failed miserably were for naught and there was no stopping what was to come next.
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* {{Eagleland}}: At the disco Laura comments to Wataru that it seems he just can't get into an American pasttime, and he snaps back that the USA's HotBlooded and reckless approach to war is causing all of the worlds' problems. Within the movie America is most closely potrayed as type 3.
* FreakOut: Michael suffers a massive one, triggering the nuclear explosion that causes the Russians to continue the war.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:The Minister of Defense]]
* MonumentalDamage: The White House, The Statue of Liberty, Tokyo Tower and the Eiffel Tower. The last one is an unusual example, since rather than being wrecked by kinetic weapons, it's shown melting in the heat of a nuclear strike.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When the Soviet defense minister casually wondered how many millions of people he'd have to kill with nukes for the Americans to back down, one of his colleagues accused him of being "possessed by Hitler's ghost".
* FreakOut: Michael suffers a massive one, triggering the nuclear explosion that causes the Russians to continue the war.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:The Minister of Defense]]
* MonumentalDamage: The White House, The Statue of Liberty, Tokyo Tower and the Eiffel Tower. The last one is an unusual example, since rather than being wrecked by kinetic weapons, it's shown melting in the heat of a nuclear strike.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When the Soviet defense minister casually wondered how many millions of people he'd have to kill with nukes for the Americans to back down, one of his colleagues accused him of being "possessed by Hitler's ghost".
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* {{Eagleland}}: At the disco disco, Laura comments to Wataru that it seems he just can't get into an American pasttime, and he snaps back that the USA's HotBlooded and reckless approach to war is causing all of the worlds' world's problems. Within the movie America is most closely potrayed as type Type 3.
* FreakOut: Michael suffers a massive one, triggering the nuclear explosion that causes theRussians Soviets to continue the war.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:The Minister ofDefense]]
Defense]].
* MonumentalDamage: The White House,The the Statue of Liberty, Tokyo Tower and the Eiffel Tower. The last one is an unusual example, since rather than being wrecked by kinetic weapons, it's shown melting in the heat of a nuclear strike.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When the Soviet defense minister casually wondered how many millions of people he'd have to kill with nukes for the Americans to back down, one of his colleagues accused him of being "possessed by Hitler'sghost".ghost." Considering the death and suffering that Nazi Germany inflicted on the USSR during WWII, and with it still being well within living memory at the time the film was made, this is a grievous insult from one Soviet official to another.
* FreakOut: Michael suffers a massive one, triggering the nuclear explosion that causes the
* TheMole: [[spoiler:The Minister of
* MonumentalDamage: The White House,
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When the Soviet defense minister casually wondered how many millions of people he'd have to kill with nukes for the Americans to back down, one of his colleagues accused him of being "possessed by Hitler's
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* ANuclearError: The cause of the war. The Americans sent out a sea-based Nuclear Warhead to destroy the boat, thinking that it would be a small enough explosion that it can be blamed on an accident aboard. The result is far more enormous than anticipated, killing everyone aboard and putting the world on guard.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Wataru's entire time in outer space, with only one hour of oxygen left and little time to stop the Russians.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Wataru's entire time in outer space, with only one hour of oxygen left and little time to stop the Russians.
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* ANuclearError: The cause of the war. The Americans sent out a sea-based Nuclear Warhead nuclear warhead to destroy the boat, thinking that it would be a small enough explosion that it can be blamed on an accident aboard. The result is far more enormous than anticipated, killing everyone aboard and putting the world on guard.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Wataru's entire time in outer space, with only one hour of oxygen left and little time to stop theRussians.Soviets.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Wataru's entire time in outer space, with only one hour of oxygen left and little time to stop the
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* SpaceIsNoisy: Zig-zagged. American satellites intercepting ICMBs with lasers and [being blown up by Soviet space interceptors] is depicted all its noisy glory. [Wataru's spacewalks] at the beginning and end of the movie, however, are eerily silent.
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* SpaceIsNoisy: Zig-zagged. American satellites intercepting ICMBs ICBMs with lasers and [being blown up by Soviet space interceptors] is depicted in all its noisy glory. [Wataru's spacewalks] at the beginning and end of the movie, however, are eerily silent.
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* TankGoodnessTankGoodness: The fighting between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Europe before the nukes fly for real.
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* WarIsHell: As the president of the USA grimly remarks, "This is a war without victory."
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* WarIsHell: As the president of the USA US President grimly remarks, "This is a war without victory."
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* WorldWarIII
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* WorldWarIII
WorldWarIII: What the film is all about. The warring parties pull themselves from the brink of total mutual destruction at the last second, but millions, if not billions, are still dead and the world is heavily damaged.
