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* In the first fight, Alexander uses his arm torch to critically damage the knee of Alexander's robot, making him stumble back and fall. If Achilles hadn't tried to defend the spectators from Alexander's RocketPunch, he probably would have won the fight shortly thereafter, since Alexander probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.

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* In the first fight, Alexander Achilles uses his arm torch to critically damage the knee of Alexander's robot, making him stumble back and fall. If Achilles hadn't tried to defend the spectators from Alexander's RocketPunch, he probably would have won the fight shortly thereafter, since Alexander probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.
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* In the first fight, Alexander uses his arm torch to critically damage the knee of Alexander's robot, making him stumble back and fall. If Achilles hadn't [[spoiler:tried to defend the spectactors from Alexander's RocketPunch]], he probably would have won the fight shortly thereafter, since Alexander probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.

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* In the first fight, Alexander uses his arm torch to critically damage the knee of Alexander's robot, making him stumble back and fall. If Achilles hadn't [[spoiler:tried tried to defend the spectactors spectators from Alexander's RocketPunch]], RocketPunch, he probably would have won the fight shortly thereafter, since Alexander probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.



** Viewers will probably notice something odd about Alexander's robot as he takes the field, but the angles and exhaust of his jets make it difficult to tell. Then a slow pan up of his robot accompanied by an imposing orchestra rift reveals what's different: Alexander learned from the leg injury in the first fight, and now his robot [[spoiler:has ''four'' legs]]. [[OhCrap Athena's eyes going wide]] says it all.

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** Viewers will probably notice something odd about Alexander's robot as he takes the field, but the angles and exhaust of his jets make it difficult to tell. Then a slow pan up of his robot accompanied by an imposing orchestra rift reveals what's different: Alexander learned from the leg injury in the first fight, and now his robot [[spoiler:has has ''four'' legs]].legs. [[OhCrap Athena's eyes going wide]] says it all.



** The climax of the battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and hotwires it, ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot'', making it explode!]]

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** The climax of the battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and hotwires it, ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot'', making it explode!]]explode!
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-->'''Alexander''': I ''could'', you know, squash you both! Like bugs! \\

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-->'''Alexander''': --->'''Alexander''': I ''could'', you know, squash you both! Like bugs! \\
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** Athena uses the blinding flares on Alexander, but only succeeds in pissing him off: with a furious scream, he ''leaps'' at her and clobbers her robot to the ground.

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** The climax of the battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and hotwires it, ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot'', making it explode!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
*** [[AllThereInTheManual The book]], derived from an expanded version of the script, explains that [[spoiler:the fist is supposed to explode, but a defect caused it to not detonate. The technicians fixed it for the second fight, and the fired fist next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]

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** The climax of the battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and hotwires it, ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot'', making it explode!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
*** [[AllThereInTheManual The book]], derived from an expanded version of the script, explains that [[spoiler:the fist is supposed to explode, but a defect caused it to not detonate. The technicians fixed it for the second fight, and the fired fist next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]
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* The climax of the final battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot, making it explode''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
** [[AllThereInTheManual The book]], derived from an expanded version of the script, explains that [[spoiler:the fist is supposed to explode, but a defect caused it to not detonate. The technicians fixed it for the second fight, and the fired fist next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]

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* In the first fight, Alexander uses his arm torch to critically damage the knee of Alexander's robot, making him stumble back and fall. If Achilles hadn't [[spoiler:tried to defend the spectactors from Alexander's RocketPunch]], he probably would have won the fight shortly thereafter, since Alexander probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.
* The final battle, of course, contains several.
** Viewers will probably notice something odd about Alexander's robot as he takes the field, but the angles and exhaust of his jets make it difficult to tell. Then a slow pan up of his robot accompanied by an imposing orchestra rift reveals what's different: Alexander learned from the leg injury in the first fight, and now his robot [[spoiler:has ''four'' legs]]. [[OhCrap Athena's eyes going wide]] says it all.
** Achilles has finally had enough of Alexander's crap.
-->'''Alexander''': I ''could'', you know, squash you both! Like bugs! \\
'''Achilles''': No, you're a lot of things, Alexander, but you're not a coward. I'm gonna get in this thing, and I'm gonna kick. Your. ASS!
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The climax of the final battle. Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and hotwires it, ''firing Alexander's own RocketPunch into his robot, robot'', making it explode''!]] explode!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
** *** [[AllThereInTheManual The book]], derived from an expanded version of the script, explains that [[spoiler:the fist is supposed to explode, but a defect caused it to not detonate. The technicians fixed it for the second fight, and the fired fist next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]
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* The climax of the final battle. [[spoiler:Achilles blows up Alexander's robot by ''firing his own RocketPunch into it''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
** The book -derived from an expanded version of the film script- establishes that [[spoiler:the rocket fist was supposed to be explosive, but failed to detonate when used on Achilles due to an unspecified defect that would have been fixed by the second battle. The fired hand sitting next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]

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* The climax of the final battle. [[spoiler:Achilles blows up Alexander's robot Achilles defeats Alexander by [[spoiler:climbing into the hand Athena sliced off earlier in the fight and ''firing his Alexander's own RocketPunch into it''!]] his robot, making it explode''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.
** [[AllThereInTheManual The book -derived book]], derived from an expanded version of the film script- establishes script, explains that [[spoiler:the rocket fist was is supposed to be explosive, explode, but failed to detonate when used on Achilles due to an unspecified a defect that would have been caused it to not detonate. The technicians fixed by it for the second battle. The fight, and the fired hand sitting fist next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]
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** The book establishes that [[spoiler:the rocket fist was supposed to be explosive, but failed to detonate when used on Achilles due to an unspecified defect that would have been fixed by the second battle.]]

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** The book -derived from an expanded version of the film script- establishes that [[spoiler:the rocket fist was supposed to be explosive, but failed to detonate when used on Achilles due to an unspecified defect that would have been fixed by the second battle.battle. The fired hand sitting next to Alexander's robot as it explodes is a filming error.]]
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* The climax of the final battle. [[spoiler:Achilles blows up Alexander's robot by ''firing his own RocketPunch into it''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.

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* The climax of the final battle. [[spoiler:Achilles blows up Alexander's robot by ''firing his own RocketPunch into it''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.damned.
** The book establishes that [[spoiler:the rocket fist was supposed to be explosive, but failed to detonate when used on Achilles due to an unspecified defect that would have been fixed by the second battle.]]
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* The climax of the final battle. [[spoiler:Achilles blows up Alexander's robot by ''firing his own RocketPunch into it''!]] It stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief since [[spoiler:Achilles took the same blow to the chest in their first fight and his robot was just thrown off-balance]], but RuleOfCool demands it be allowed anyway, consistency be damned.

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