History Film / BlueBeetle2023

* IgnoredEpiphany: A heroic example, averted. [[spoiler: After Khaji-Da shows a grieving and enraged Jaime all of Carapax's tragic memories of his past when Jaime was about to kill him and asks him if he can understand Carapax now of why they can't kill him, Jaime seemingly doesn't listen and at first furiously goes for the kill anyway. But he does pulls off a BaitAndSwitch by stabbing the ground next to Carapax, having listened to Khaji-Da and ultimately coming to terms with his enemy.]]

* LoveIsAWeakness: Carapax twice calls Jaime's bond with his family a weakness, first when he's about to kill him in front of the Kord building, [[spoiler:second when he's about to kill him on the island]]. Jaime finally gets to [[ShutUpHannibal throw it back in his face]] [[spoiler:after overpowering him and sparing his life, saying that his family makes him strong]].

* NonActionBigBad: Victoria Kord wouldn't last very long in a fight, which is why [[TheDragon Carapax]] does the fighting for her. [[spoiler:Indeed, when Carapax drags her off to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy them both]], all Victoria can do is futilely demand that he release her.]]

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: [[BerserkButton A furious Jaime does this to Carapax in the final battle after the latter almost kills him in battle and seemingly killed Uncle Rudy]] (who survived), to the point where he almost kills him but is fortunately stopped by Khaji-Da at the last second.]]

-->'''Jaime:''' [[ShutUpHannibal You're wrong.]] The love, that I have for my family, that's what makes me strong.

* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Jaime becomes extremely infuriated during the final battle when [[BerserkButton Carapax seemingly kills Uncle Rudy when he distracts him from killing his nephew]], hellbent on killing him as revenge. It is only until Khaji-Da convinces Jaime not to kill Carapax when the former was about to kill the latter.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Jaime's family and Jenny may be subjected to this after [[spoiler:Alberto dies from cardiac arrest and Jaime was kidnapped by Victoria Kord, Carapax and their soldiers, and they do this by using Ted Kord's bug ship and his arsenal of weapons and gadgets to go rescue him and avenge Alberto's death.]]

** [[spoiler:The AfterlifeAntechamber where Jaime's dead father is has Death's [[DyingCandle life candle]] cave from ''Film/{{Macario}}'', which was foreshadowed earlier on when Nana was flipping through the TV channels to the channel showing the movie Macario.]]

* SuperheroMovieVillainsDie: Double subverted. [[spoiler:Jaime has his chance to kill Carapax, until the Scarab itself talks him out of it. Instead Carapax goes for a RedemptionEqualsDeath - [[TakingYouWithMe taking Victoria with him]].]]

** In contrast [[spoiler:the rest of the Reyes family has no such scruples, as Rudy uses the Big Bug's legs to impale mooks and Nana gleefully slaughters mooks by the dozen with a high-tech minigun]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified, as it's in self-defense]], and [[spoiler:Nana]] in particular is a former soldier.

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Happens to Jaime/Blue Beetle as he goes into a [[RageBreakingPoint furious rage]] after Carapax/OMAC seemingly kills Uncle Rudy (although he fortunately survives the ordeal) when the latter distracted the OMAC. This gives Jaime the strength and power to gain the upper hand in defeating Carapax in revenge for his family, but he goes too far as he was hellbent on ending Carapax's life to the point of Khaji-Da intervening and convincing him to spare him.]]

** Carapax also experiences this during the final battle as [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown a furious Jaime beats him down after the former seemingly killed Rudy]], damaging his helmet even to the point of ripping it off his head in a rage.

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:During their second fight in the climax, Carapax/OMAC manages to stab Jaime/Blue Beetle in the abdomen and gains the upper hand, only for it to [[RageBreakingPoint fuel Jaime's rage upon Carapax]] [[NiceJobFixingItVillain even after seemingly killing Rudy in front of him]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and gets overwhelmed by a grieving and infuriated Jaime hellbent on killing him.]]]]

* ThePowerOfFamily: The close bonds the Reyes family have with each other help keep them alive through the film. They rescue Jaime after he is kidnapped by Victoria Kord, and they also rescue each other when Jaime's still figuring out his powers, sticking together despite the odds. On top of that, [[spoiler:Jaime only grows strong enough to defeat Carapax when he believed Carapax killed Uncle Rudy.]]

* SistineSteal: [[spoiler:When Jaime is almost dying and he is in a dream-like estate, his father's spirit convinces him that his time to die has yet to come and that it was always his destiny to have the blue scarab. Jaime's new resolution is symbolically shown by him floating and stretching his right hand and touching with his finger his costume's fingertip, which floats above him. When they finally touch the fingertips, it leads to the creation of Blue Beetle.]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler:Despite inflicting pain and trauma on Jaime, Carapax soon seemingly experiences this when he gets utterly defeated by Jaime who [[RageBreakingPoint unleashing his anger after he tried to kill his uncle Rudy]] and becomes ''terrified'' at the mercy of Jaime when the latter was about to [[EyeScream stab him in the eye]] and hellbent on killing him, but was stopped narrowly thanks to Khaji-Da.]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler:Despite inflicting pain and trauma on Jaime, Carapax soon seemingly experiences this when he gets utterly defeated by Jaime who [[RageBreakingPoint unleashing his anger after he tried to kill his uncle Rudy]] and becomes ''terrified'' when Jaime was about to [[EyeScream stab him in the eye]] and hellbent on killing him, but was stopped thanks to Khaji-Da.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: A heroic example, averted. [[spoiler: After Khaji-Da shows a grieving and enraged Jaime all of Carapax's tragic memories of his past when Jaime was about to kill him and asks him if he can understand now of why they can't kill him, Jaime seemingly doesn't listen and at first furiously goes for the kill anyway. But he pulls off a BaitAndSwitch by stabbing the ground next to Carapax, having listened to Khaji-Da and coming to reason.]]

** Pay attention to the tv when Nana is channel flipping, and you know exactly what will happen the rest of the movie.

* ThePowerOfFamily: The close bonds the Reyes family have with each other help keep them alive through the film. They rescue Jaime and each other when he's still figuring out his powers, stick together despite the odds, and [[spoiler:Jaime only grows strong enough to defeat Carapax when he thinks that Carapax killed Uncle Rudy.]]
-->'''Jaime:''' You're wrong. The love, that I have for my family, that's what makes me strong.

** [[spoiler:The AfterlifeAntechamber where Jaime's dead father is has Death's [[DyingCandle life candle]] cave from ''Film/{{Macario}}''.]]

-->'''Dr. de la Cruz:''' My name is not "Sanchez", pendeja! It's José Francisco Morales Rivera de la Cruz!

* TraumaCongaLine: When he comes home from college, Jaime learns that his family concealed his father's heart attack, their auto shop going out of business, and their inability to pay rent. Then his body is taken over by an alien artifact in a BodyHorror sequence. Then Kord mercenaries break into his house, kidnap him, and [[spoiler:cause his father to suffer a fatal heart attack. Then he's held prisoner in a castle and experimented on by Victoria, nearly dying in the process]].

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Happens to Jaime/Blue Beetle as he goes into a [[RageBreakingPoint furious rage]] after Carapax/OMAC seemingly kills Uncle Rudy (although he fortunately survives the ordeal) when the latter distracted the OMAC. This gives Jaime the strength and power to gain the upper hand to defeat Carapax in revenge for his family.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After being ignored and [[MaliciousMisnaming misnamed]] by Victoria all movie (and implied to be years before that), Dr. De La Cruz helps Jaime escape, yelling his actual name at her before breaking the door separating them and Jaime.]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler:Despite inflicting pain and trauma on Jaime, Carapax soon seemingly experiences this when he gets utterly defeated by Jaime who [[RageBreakingPoint unleashing his anger after he tried to kill his uncle Rudy]] and becomes ''terrified'' when Jaime was about to [[EyeScream stab him in the eye]] and kill him, but was stopped thanks to Khaji-Da.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: A heroic example, averted. [[spoiler: After Khaji-Da shows a grieving and enraged Jaime all of Carapax's tragic memories of his past when Jaime was about to kill him and asks him if he can understand now of why they can't kill him, Jaime seemingly doesn't listen and furiously goes for the kill anyway at first. But he pulls off a BaitAndSwitch by stabbing the ground next to Carapax, having listened to Khaji-Da and coming to reason.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Jaime becomes extremely infuriated during the final battle when [[BerserkButton Carapax seemingly kills Uncle Rudy when he distracts him from killing his nephew]]. It is only until Khaji-Da convinces Jaime not to kill Carapax when the former was about to kill the latter.]]

** Once he acquires the Scarab, Jaime is very adamant about not killing anyone, and only using the non-lethal tech on the suit to deal with his adversaries. [[spoiler:Once they become fully synchronized, Khaji-Da comes to share Jaime's no-killing policy]].

* IgnoredEpiphany: A heroic example, averted. [[spoiler: After Khaji-Da shows Jaime all of Carapax's tragic memories of his past when Jaime was about to kill him and asks him if he can understand now of why they can't kill him, Jaime seemingly doesn't listen and goes for the kill anyway at first. But he pulls off a BaitAndSwitch by stabbing the ground next to Carapax, having listened to Khaji-Da and coming to reason.]]