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* TheGreatSerpent: The Imoogi are a mythical race of gigantic snakes in Korean Mythology that can grow to at least a kilometer long. Every 500 years the most virtuous of them at blessed by Heaven to evolve into [[DragonsAreDivine Celestial Dragons]]. The main antagonist, Buraki, is an evil cobra-like Imoogi who seeks to usurp the good Imoogi's ascension for himself. This movie even provides the trope image for the iconic shot of Buraki encircling the Los Angeles US Bank Building.
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* TheGreatSerpent: The Imoogi are a mythical race of gigantic snakes in Korean Mythology that can grow to at least a kilometer long. Every 500 years the most virtuous of them at is blessed by Heaven to evolve into a [[DragonsAreDivine Celestial Dragons]].Dragon]]. The main antagonist, Buraki, is an evil cobra-like Imoogi who seeks to usurp the good Imoogi's ascension for himself. This movie even provides the trope image for the iconic shot of Buraki encircling the Los Angeles US Bank Building.
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* StunnedSilence: The music momentarily stops when the celestial dragon's back feet strike the ground with a loud crunch.
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* StunnedSilence: The music momentarily stops when the [[spoiler:the celestial dragon's back feet strike the ground with a loud crunch.]]
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* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended into a Celestial Dragon. Ethan and Jack's chosen role as protectors was to safeguard Sarah so she could deliver the Yuh Yi Joo to the benevolent serpent as they're the only one who could stop Buraki.
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* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended into a Celestial Dragon. Ethan and Jack's chosen role as protectors was to safeguard Sarah so [[spoiler:so she could deliver the Yuh Yi Joo to the benevolent serpent as they're the only one who could stop Buraki.]]
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the good Imoogi (now a Celestial Dragon) up into Heaven.
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After [[spoiler:After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the good Imoogi (now a Celestial Dragon) up into Heaven.]]
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the Imoogi (now a dragon) up into Heaven.
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* AlwaysLawfulGood: Save for [[TokenEvilTeammate the utterly evil Buraki]], the Imoogi are [[DelightfulDragon honorable serpents]] that are rewarded with [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension]] for their good deeds.
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the good Imoogi (now adragon) Celestial Dragon) up into Heaven.
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the good Imoogi (now a
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* BigDamnHeroes: Buraki has our two leads cornered at the footsteps to his fortress. Cue the good imoogi rushing into the rescue.
* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended into becoming a Celestial Dragon. Ethan and Jack's chosen role as protectors was to safeguard Sarah so she could deliver the Yuh Yi Joo to the benevolent serpent as they're the only one who could stop Buraki.
* BehemothBattle: [[spoiler:The final battle is Buraki vs the Good Imoogi. Buraki wins round one via brief knock out, though takes a beating in the process. But then Sarah gives the Good Imoogi the Yuh Yi Joo, allowing him to evolve into a Celestial Dragon and defeat Buraki.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Ethan left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles, in which there are countless property damages and the US Army just had lost countless military personnel fighting Buraki's army. On the other hand, Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended into becoming a Celestial Dragon. Ethan and Jack's chosen role as protectors was to safeguard Sarah so she could deliver the Yuh Yi Joo to the benevolent serpent as they're the only one who could stop Buraki.
* BehemothBattle: [[spoiler:The final battle is Buraki vs the Good Imoogi. Buraki wins round one via brief knock out, though takes a beating in the process. But then Sarah gives the Good Imoogi the Yuh Yi Joo, allowing him to evolve into a Celestial Dragon and defeat Buraki.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Ethan left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles, in which there are countless property damages and the US Army just had lost countless military personnel fighting Buraki's army. On the other hand, Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Buraki has our two leads cornered at the footsteps to his fortress. Cue the good imoogi Imoogi rushing into the rescue.
* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended intobecoming a Celestial Dragon. Ethan and Jack's chosen role as protectors was to safeguard Sarah so she could deliver the Yuh Yi Joo to the benevolent serpent as they're the only one who could stop Buraki.
* BehemothBattle: [[spoiler:The final battle is Buraki vs the Good Imoogi. Buraki wins round one via brief knock out, though takes a beating in the process. But then Sarah gives theGood good Imoogi the Yuh Yi Joo, allowing him them to evolve into a Celestial Dragon and defeat Buraki.]]
* BittersweetEnding:Ethan [[spoiler:Ethan left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles, in which there are countless property damages and the US Army just had lost countless military personnel fighting Buraki's army. On the other hand, Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, Celestial Dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.]]
* BigGood: The unnamed heroic Imoogi. The entire reason Buraki is after the Yuh Yi Joo is because his rival would be able to soundly defeat him if they ascended into
* BehemothBattle: [[spoiler:The final battle is Buraki vs the Good Imoogi. Buraki wins round one via brief knock out, though takes a beating in the process. But then Sarah gives the
* BittersweetEnding:
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** [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi managed a few hits in before Buraki kills him]].
* DarkIsEvil: Buraki is a giant, dark-colored serpent. The Good Imoogi, while very similar looking, is a significantly lighter shade of color to tell them apart.
* DarkIsEvil: Buraki is a giant, dark-colored serpent. The Good Imoogi, while very similar looking, is a significantly lighter shade of color to tell them apart.
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** [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi managed a few hits in before Buraki kills him]].
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* DarkIsEvil: Buraki is a giant, dark-colored serpent. The Good Imoogi, while very similar looking, [[LightIsGood is a significantly lighter shade ofcolor color]] to tell them apart.
* DarkIsEvil: Buraki is a giant, dark-colored serpent. The Good Imoogi, while very similar looking, [[LightIsGood is a significantly lighter shade of
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: [[spoiler:Buraki decides to continue attacking the Good Imoogi after it becomes a Celestial Dragon. This [[CurbstompBattle doesn't go well for him.]]]]
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: [[spoiler:Buraki decides to continue attacking the Good good Imoogi after it becomes they became a Celestial Dragon. This [[CurbstompBattle doesn't go well for him.]]]]
* DragonsAreDemonic: The BigBad is an evil member of an otherwise entirely benevolent race of [[TheGreatSerpent giant serpents]], and he [[GodhoodSeeker seeks]] the Yuh Yi Joo so he can become a [[DragonsAreDivine Celestial Dragon]] and lay waste to both Heaven and Earth before [[InTheirOwnImage twisting them into his own sinister image]]. He [[TheUnfettered won't hesitate]] to ''kill'' anything in his path, [[BadBoss his own forces be damned]].
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi, now a Celestial Dragon, kills Buraki by breathing fire down his throat, painfully burning him to ash from the inside out as he roars in agony. Not to say Buraki didn't deserve it.]]
* FearsomeFoot: The celestial dragon stomps his foot in front of the camera with earth-shaking force after he tosses Buraki away.
* FearsomeFoot: The celestial dragon stomps his foot in front of the camera with earth-shaking force after he tosses Buraki away.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:The Good good Imoogi, now a Celestial Dragon, kills Buraki by breathing fire down his throat, painfully burning him to ash from the inside out as he roars in agony. Not to say Buraki didn't deserve it.]]
* FearsomeFoot:The celestial dragon [[spoiler:The Celestial Dragon stomps his their foot in front of the camera with earth-shaking force after he tosses tossing Buraki away.]]
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* GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals: The two imoogi in the film. The evil Buraki resembles a dark cobra, and the unnamed heroic serpent also has cobra-like traits but looks a bit more like a python.
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* GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals: The two imoogi Imoogi in the film. The evil villainous Buraki resembles a dark cobra, and while the unnamed heroic serpent also has cobra-like traits but looks a bit more like a python.
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* TheGreatSerpent: The imoogi are a mythical race of gigantic snakes in Korean Mythology that can grow to at least a kilometer long. Every 500 years the most virtuous of them at blessed by Heaven to evolve into [[DragonsAreDivine dragons]]. The main antagonist, Buraki, is an evil cobra-like imoogi who seeks to usurp the good imoogi's ascension for himself. This movie even provides the trope image for the iconic shot of Buraki encircling the Los Angeles US Bank Building.
* ImmuneToBullets: Buraki and his army aren't totally immune to modern weapons, it just takes a ''lot'' to actually hurt them. Buraki shrugs off multiple Apache helicopters going full-auto with their guns, but does react in pain when hit by anti-tank missiles. Similarly the larger units of his army and the heavily armored mooks are effectively bullet proof to all but an ungodly amount of rounds, with explosives or tank shells doing a better job putting them down.
* ImmuneToBullets: Buraki and his army aren't totally immune to modern weapons, it just takes a ''lot'' to actually hurt them. Buraki shrugs off multiple Apache helicopters going full-auto with their guns, but does react in pain when hit by anti-tank missiles. Similarly the larger units of his army and the heavily armored mooks are effectively bullet proof to all but an ungodly amount of rounds, with explosives or tank shells doing a better job putting them down.
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* TheGreatSerpent: The imoogi Imoogi are a mythical race of gigantic snakes in Korean Mythology that can grow to at least a kilometer long. Every 500 years the most virtuous of them at blessed by Heaven to evolve into [[DragonsAreDivine dragons]]. Celestial Dragons]]. The main antagonist, Buraki, is an evil cobra-like imoogi Imoogi who seeks to usurp the good imoogi's Imoogi's ascension for himself. This movie even provides the trope image for the iconic shot of Buraki encircling the Los Angeles US Bank Building.
* ImmuneToBullets: [[DownplayedTrope Buraki and his army aren't totally immune to modernweapons, weapons]], it just takes a ''lot'' to actually hurt them. Buraki shrugs off multiple Apache helicopters going full-auto with their guns, but does react in pain when hit by anti-tank missiles. Similarly the larger units of his army and the heavily armored mooks are effectively bullet proof to all but an ungodly amount of rounds, with explosives or tank shells doing a better job putting them down.
* ImmuneToBullets: [[DownplayedTrope Buraki and his army aren't totally immune to modern
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Once the Good imoogi becomes a Celestial Dragon, it proceeds to beat the crap out of Buraki like a ragdoll before incinerating him.]]
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Once the Good imoogi Imoogi becomes a Celestial Dragon, it proceeds they proceed to beat the crap out of Buraki like a ragdoll before incinerating him.]]
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** Imoogi: Giant, serpent like dragons with no limbs. Buraki looks like a cobra snake with crocodile-like scutes. The good imoogi is similar, but looks more like a python.
** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo. Though it's shown having the power to breath fire, which is not a trait associated with Eastern dragons.
** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo. Though it's shown having the power to breath fire, which is not a trait associated with Eastern dragons.
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** Imoogi: Giant, serpent like dragons [[TheGreatSerpent Giant serpentine dragons]] with no limbs. arms or legs. Buraki looks like a cobra snake with crocodile-like scutes. The scutes while the good imoogi Imoogi is similar, but looks more like a python.
** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo. Though it's shown having the power to breath fire, which is not a trait associated with Eastern dragons.python.
** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo. Though it's shown having the power to breath fire, which is not a trait associated with Eastern dragons.
** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo, though it's shown having the power to [[BreathWeapon breath fire]], a trait that's not associated with Eastern dragons.
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* SingleTear: At the end, the dragon, as it's ascending into Heaven, looks back at Ethan, and sheds one. Almost immediately after, after seeing Jack fade away, Ethan sheds his own.
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* SingleTear: At [[spoiler:At the end, the dragon, Celestial Dragon, as it's they're ascending into Heaven, looks back at Ethan, and sheds one. Almost immediately after, after seeing Jack fade away, Ethan sheds his own.]]
* SnakesAreSinister: While the Imoogi as a whole avert this trope, the pure evil Buraki wholly embraces this trope by being a power-hungry giant snake that wishes to destroy Earth and the Heavens after becoming a Celestial Dragon, and he has [[TheUnfettered no limits]] to what he'll kill in his [[GodhoodSeeker bloody pursuit for Divine Dragonhood]].
* SnakesAreSinister: While the Imoogi as a whole avert this trope, the pure evil Buraki wholly embraces this trope by being a power-hungry giant snake that wishes to destroy Earth and the Heavens after becoming a Celestial Dragon, and he has [[TheUnfettered no limits]] to what he'll kill in his [[GodhoodSeeker bloody pursuit for Divine Dragonhood]].
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* TransformationSequence: The Good Imoogi as he becomes a Celestial Dragon. His skin peels off, his molted hide rains like snow, then legs and horns burst out of his body and head as he triumphantly roars.
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* TransformationSequence: The [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi as he becomes they become a Celestial Dragon. His Their skin peels off, his their molted hide rains like snow, then legs and horns burst out of his their body and head as he they triumphantly roars.roar.]]
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* CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler:Once the Good Imoogi becomes a Celestia Dragon]], [[spoiler: Buraki]] doesn't stand a chance.
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* CurbstompBattle: CurbStompBattle:
** During the flashback scene in ancient Korea, Buraki's Atrox army wipes out the city's army without a ''single'' casualty.
** [[spoiler:Once the Good Imoogi becomes a Celestia Dragon]], [[spoiler: Buraki]] doesn't stand achance.chance.
* CurbStompCushion:
** The Atrox Army vs. the military and police. The latter gets wiped out, but still managed to kill several dragons in the process (including at least three Dawdlers).
** [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi managed a few hits in before Buraki kills him]].
** During the flashback scene in ancient Korea, Buraki's Atrox army wipes out the city's army without a ''single'' casualty.
** [[spoiler:Once the Good Imoogi becomes a Celestia Dragon]], [[spoiler: Buraki]] doesn't stand a
* CurbStompCushion:
** The Atrox Army vs. the military and police. The latter gets wiped out, but still managed to kill several dragons in the process (including at least three Dawdlers).
** [[spoiler:The Good Imoogi managed a few hits in before Buraki kills him]].
* DragonVarietyPack: The movie has Oriental dragons called Imoogi, based on Korean myths, numerous western-inspired dragons complete with leathery wings, and some vaguely draconic-looking monsters like the Dawdler and Chaccone who looks neither Oriental or Western.
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* BittersweetEnding: For Ethan who is left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles. Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
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* BittersweetEnding: For Ethan who is left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles. Angeles, in which there are countless property damages and the US Army just had lost countless military personnel fighting Buraki's army. On the other hand, Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
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* SingleTear: At the end, the dragon, as it's ascending into Heaven, looks back at Ethan, and sheds one. Almost immediately after, after seeing Jack fade away, Ethan sheds his own.
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* BittersweetEnding: For Ethan who is left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles. Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
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* BittersweetEnding: For Ethan who is left in the scarred wastelands of a forgotten realm, completely alone, and with no obvious way of getting back to present day Los Angeles. Buraki has been defeated and his army destroyed to never return, the heroic Imoogi has ascended into becoming a divine dragon, and Sarah's spirit passes on into Heaven.Heaven after she assures Ethan they will be together again. The last shot is Ethan walking away into the desert.
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After granting the Yuh Yi Joo to the Good Imoogi, she becomes a sort of celestial being, before being absorbed into the Yuh Yi Joo, and being carried by the Imoogi (now a dragon) up into Heaven.
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** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo.
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** Celestial Dragon: Typical Eastern dragon in appearance, and what an Imoogi becomes in possession of the Yooh Yi Joo. Though it's shown having the power to breath fire, which is not a trait associated with Eastern dragons.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Cars and Apaches blow up like fireworks.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Cars and Apaches blow up like fireworks. Granted we do see Bulcos and Dawdlers firing cannons or fireballs at them but merely an Apache crashing into a building or the ground instantly creates an explosion.
