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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to GI Joe's international members, Scarlet, Ripcord, and other members of the team from the first movie. They were clearly not with the ambush.
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** Cobra's KillSat system is portrayed as something the other world leaders are helpless against. However, China has had anti-satellite weapons since 2007.
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** The 'Nuclear Football' is not a high tech computer designed to let the president of the US essentially play ''VideoGame/{{Defcon}}'' with the nuclear arsenal. All that's in the briefcase are papers with nuclear deployment plans, classified launch sites, bunker locations, and authorization codes. The ''actual'' capability of launching a nuclear missile falls under the purview of the person directly in charge of the missiles themselves (ie submarine captains, base commanders, bomber captains) not the president. There's also the chain of command when the POTUS authorizes a nuclear launch as the command has to be passed down to the SECDEF, NORAD, USSTRATCOM, and then the commanders for the [=ICBMs=], [=SLBMs=], and nuclear bombers before the launch can be triggered. This probably works in a similar way for other countries. Which means nuclear strikes can't be ordered at the push of the button by the respective world leaders. Additionally, many countries, such as the United Kingdom, allow their nuclear submarine commanders independent command of their nuclear missiles, which means that in the event of a launch directed at their country, a captain would order a retaliatory launch and might not be in a position to receive a 'stand down' order.
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** The 'Nuclear Football' is not a high tech computer designed to let the president of the US essentially play ''VideoGame/{{Defcon}}'' with the nuclear arsenal. All that's in the briefcase are papers with nuclear deployment plans, classified launch sites, bunker locations, and authorization codes. The ''actual'' capability of launching a nuclear missile falls under the purview of the person directly in charge of the missiles themselves (ie submarine captains, base commanders, bomber captains) not the president. There's also the chain of command when the POTUS authorizes a nuclear launch as the command has to be passed down to the SECDEF, NORAD, USSTRATCOM, and then the commanders for the [=ICBMs=], [=SLBMs=], and nuclear bombers before the launch can be triggered. This probably works in a similar way for other countries. Which means nuclear strikes can't be ordered at the push of the button by the respective world leaders. Additionally, many countries, such as the United Kingdom, allow their nuclear submarine commanders independent command of their nuclear missiles, which means that in the event of a launch directed at their country, a captain would order a retaliatory launch and might not be in a position to receive a 'stand down' order. This is due to the fact that, in the event of a nuclear war, the country's leadership may not even be alive by the time the submarine's commander finds out a nuclear war has started[[note]]The UK in particular has numerous procedures for their submarine commanders to check if a nuclear strike has occured without returning to port, including things like "checking if BBC Radio 4 is still broadcasting". Each submarine commander is issued a letter of last resort, written by the prime minister, telling them what to do if the prime minister and their designated alternative decision maker have been determined to have been killed in a nuclear strike. When a new prime minister takes office, the previous letters are destroyed unopened, and new ones are issued.[[/note]].
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** While much of the information on them is classified, the vast majority of nuclear missiles do not have self-destruct systems, and cannot be called off after launch, as the ability to remotely cause a nuclear missile to self-destruct would be a major weak-point. This also ignores other delivery systems, such as bomber planes, short and intermediate range missiles, and special forces teams.
** Israel is shown attending the nuclear weapons conference. In reality, Israel stridently refuses to confirm or deny whether or not they have nuclear weapons, and would never attend the conference as that would require them to admit they have such weapons.
** Israel is shown attending the nuclear weapons conference. In reality, Israel stridently refuses to confirm or deny whether or not they have nuclear weapons, and would never attend the conference as that would require them to admit they have such weapons.
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** In any case, the potential energy in this example is contained in a tungston rod, which doesn't have a high cross-sectional area over which the energy is to act if it is converted to kinetic energy when it hits something. In other words, if the tungston rod was to hit the ground point-on with the 'energy of a nuclear missile', it would most like head straight into the Earth for an unspecified depth and disturb the ground around it, but it wouldn't cause anywhere near the devastation or after-math of an ''actual'' nuclear weapon because all that energy is concentrated at a point with a force vector into the Earth, not outwards at the stuff on top of it (like an actual nuclear bomb).
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** In any case, the potential energy in this example is contained in a tungston tungsten rod, which doesn't have a high cross-sectional area over which the energy is to act if it is converted to kinetic energy when it hits something. In other words, if the tungston rod was to hit the ground point-on with the 'energy of a nuclear missile', it would most like head straight into the Earth for an unspecified depth and disturb the ground around it, but it wouldn't cause anywhere near the devastation or after-math of an ''actual'' nuclear weapon because all that energy is concentrated at a point with a force vector into the Earth, not outwards at the stuff on top of it (like an actual nuclear bomb).
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* ShirtlessScene: [[EvilIsSexy Storm]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shadow]] when he's breaking out Cobra Commander. And dripping wet too!
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* ShirtlessScene: [[EvilIsSexy Storm]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shadow]] Storm Shadow is shirtless when he's breaking out Cobra Commander. And dripping wet too!
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* RaceLift: RoadBlock, who is fully black in the source material, is played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, who is half-Samoan and is [[ButNotTooBlack quite lighter skinned as a result.]] Likewise, Jinx goes from fully Japanese to being played by half-French, half-Camboidan Creator/ElodieYung.
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* RaceLift: RoadBlock, who is fully black in the source material, is played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, who is half-Samoan and is [[ButNotTooBlack quite lighter skinned as a result.]] result. Likewise, Jinx goes from fully Japanese to being played by half-French, half-Camboidan half-Cambodian Creator/ElodieYung.
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* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Storm Shadow finds out that Zartan, one of his fellow Cobra members, killed off his master, and framed him for it. He did it so that he could then mold and shape the former into a lethal killing machine for Cobra. Unfortunately, once Storm Shadow finds out the truth, he ends up killing Zartan for it, ending Cobra's plans for world domination.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Storm Shadow finds out that Zartan, one of his fellow Cobra members, killed off his master, and framed him for it. He did it so that he could then mold and shape the former into a lethal killing machine for Cobra. Unfortunately, once Storm Shadow finds out the truth, he ends up killing Zartan for it, ending Cobra's plans for world domination.domination and avenged the hard Master into the bargain.]]
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* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Notice how all of the world leaders were wearing flag pins? That doesn't happen outside of America.
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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Notice how all of the world leaders were wearing flag pins? That doesn't happen outside of America.
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* DeadStarWalking: Zigzagged. The presence of [[spoiler:Channing Tatum]] would have qualified, but he was kept out of the trailers entirely. This actually increases the impact of his character's death.
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* DeadStarWalking: Zigzagged. The presence of [[spoiler:Channing Tatum]] would have qualified, but he was kept out of the trailers entirely.mostly. This actually increases the impact of his character's death.
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* KillEmAll: The original cast is reduced to just Duke and Snake Eyes (plus President Zartan and Storm Shadow on the Cobra side) by killing them in ThePurge. [[spoiler:And even then, [[BackForTheDead Duke's one of the casualties]]]].
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--> '''Cobra Commander:''' The Cobra Revolution has begun...
** Too bad for Cobra Commander, the Joes and [[EnemyMine Storm Shadow]] not only destroy the Zeus satellites and kill Zartan and Firefly, along with many Cobra troops, they rescue the real President, resulting in the Cobra banners and flag on the White House being taken down, and the Stars and Stripes put back up to show that Cobra is stripped of its power and the Joes are back as the elite of the USA Special Forces.
** Too bad for Cobra Commander, the Joes and [[EnemyMine Storm Shadow]] not only destroy the Zeus satellites and kill Zartan and Firefly, along with many Cobra troops, they rescue the real President, resulting in the Cobra banners and flag on the White House being taken down, and the Stars and Stripes put back up to show that Cobra is stripped of its power and the Joes are back as the elite of the USA Special Forces.
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** However, North Korea's nuclear arsenal is still dwarfed by the arsenals of the five main United Nations Security Council permanent members in the USA, UK, France, People's Republic of China, and Russian Federation.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: [[spoiler:Roadblock, after Duke dies early in the film.]]
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: BaldOfAuthority: [[spoiler:Roadblock, after Duke dies early in the film.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Storm Shadow teaming up with the remaining Joes to stop Cobra's plans. Had he not done the EnemyMine, the Joes probably couldn't of launched their assault, since they needed him to get in close proximity of the briefcase, especially since Storm Shadow sought vengeance on Zartan for the Hard Master's murder.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Storm Shadow teaming up with the remaining Joes to stop Cobra's plans. Had he not done the EnemyMine, the Joes probably couldn't of have launched their assault, since they needed him to get in close proximity of the briefcase, especially since Storm Shadow sought vengeance on Zartan for the Hard Master's murder.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome: Roadblock is bald and proves to be an awesome leader for the Joes.
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* SpotTheImposter: Lady Jaye is able to spot tiny inconsistencies in the President's speech patterns and how he's holding his hands in a different way. It's not enough to prove he's Zartan but it does get the Joes on the right track.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Cobra Commander is still at large and there's a possibility that Destro, who was left in the Prison by Cobra Commander, may return as a threat in a possible sequel. Zartan's nanites were shown healing wounds earlier in the film, so he could easily be brought back as well. Also, the opening exposition sequence includes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of Major Bludd, who is nowhere in the present story. Plus, Jinx is made a member of the Joes and there's the promise of Roadblock and Colton rebuilding the team.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Cobra Commander is still at large and there's a possibility that Destro, who was left in the Prison by Cobra Commander, may return as a threat in a possible sequel. Zartan's nanites were shown healing wounds earlier in the film, so he could easily be brought back as well. Also, the opening exposition sequence includes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of Major Bludd, who is nowhere in the present story. Plus, Jinx is made a member of the Joes and there's the promise of Roadblock and Colton rebuilding the team.]]
