History Film / FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer

* WithCatlikeTread: The 4 decide that the only way to get the Silver Surfer's board back from Dr. Doom is to use The Human Torch's new "powers" to combine all their abilities to allow him to fly, but also be as strong as The Thing, and be invisible so he can sneak up on Doom. It works perfectly and he gets to within 2 feet of Doom. But rather than just knock him out, he has to say "To quote a friend, it's clobbering time." thus blowing the cover and starting a drawn-out battle...all while the Earth is about to be destroyed. Albeit in fairness to Johnny Storm, Doom ''had'' just killed his sister.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Johnny becomes able to absorb the other's powers due to exposure from the Silver Surfer. After being a screw up due to his unstable form for most of the movie, he uses it to his advantage at the end during the final battle.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Johnny becomes able to absorb the other's powers due to exposure from the Silver Surfer. After being a screw up due to his unstable form for most of the movie he uses it to his advantage at the end during the final battle.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Ben is initially incredulous when Johnny claims to have seen a "Silver Surfer", despite the fact that most of the people in the room have superpowers and his body has been transformed into pure rock?!

* FaustianRebellion: The Silver Surfer somehow has enough power to defeat Galactus with a HeroicSacrifice, even though Galactus gave him his power. [[spoiler:And TheStinger reveals he didn't even die]].

* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]DeathEqualsRedemption: The Silver Surfer defeats Galactus by flying straight into its core and discharging all the power contained in his board to implode the world-eating storm, not only destroying the maelstrom but also freeing himself from enslavement as Galactus's herald. [[spoiler:TheStinger reveals that he was not destroyed]].

* {{Negative Space Wedgie}}, a cosmic phenomenon inexplicably destroying planets eight days after the Silver Surfer’s arrival is investigated by Dr. Richards and the “anomaly” as Richards calls it is revealed as a giant planet eating space cloud.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Prior to the trip to London, Johnny’s power-swapping is played for laughs (with him accidentally triggering it by touching Susan and then Ben deliberately stealing his powers to be temporarily reunited with his human form). However during the effort to prevent the London Eye from falling, Johnny accidentally makes contact with Reed while Reed is in the middle of holding up the wheel, causing them to swap powers at the worst possible time. Johnny becomes useless as he can’t properly use Reed’s stretching power to assist and luckily Reed is able to think quick enough to use Johnny’s flames to weld the wheel back to the base. Reed switches back after the event and is very cross with Johnny’s reckless involvement.

* NotQuiteBackToNormal: [[spoiler:Doom is healed of his metallic scars on his skin after the Silver Surfer lands an energy blast on him]]. Even so, [[spoiler:his electricity powers from the first movie is retained]].

* PlotHole: Why the Silver Surfer didn't just [[spoiler: make the HeroicSacrifice and kill Galactus earlier is a mystery. You could say he was too scared, but that casts him in a ''very'' bad light, as he could have saved billions of lives if he weren't such a chicken.]]

* SceneryCensor: When Susan's clothing is burnt from her body and she ends naked on the floor only the strategically placed leg of a reporter preserves her modesty.

** Victor also qualifies. He becomes so engrossed with stealing the Surfer's Board (beacon) that even when Galactus arrives to the point you can hear and see it in the sky, Doom is adamant to keep the board for himself fending off Reed's warning to return the board or else they'll all die. Doom was very much willing to get eaten just to play with a stolen toy for a few more minutes.

* WithCatlikeTread: They decide that the only way to get the Silver Surfer's board back from Dr. Doom is to use The Human Torch's new "powers" to combine all their abilities to allow him to fly, but also be as strong as The Thing, and be invisible so he can sneak up on Doom. It works perfectly and he gets to within 2 feet of Doom. But rather than just knock him out, he has to say "To quote a friend, It's clobbering time." thus blowing the cover and starting a drawn-out battle...all while the Earth is about to be destroyed. Albeit in fairness to Johnny Storm, Doom ''had'' just killed his sister.
* WithOurSwordsScene: Johnny has been power-swapping with the other three members for most of the film, and in the climax, [[spoiler:he takes on all four of their powers to fight the Dr. Doom.]]

* SnowMeansCold: Subverted when the Surfer's passage causes snow to fall on the Great Sphinx outside Giza, Egypt... ''without'' a corresponding drop in temperature.