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* NonMammalMammaries: Averted with the Green Martians, where on a mild dimorphisism differentiates the two sexes. Played kinda straight with the Reds in that they, at least in the source novels, lay eggs too, but have normal human breasts.
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* FakeAmerican: Taylor Kitsch (Canadian) as John Carter.
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* TheWildWest: The action takes place there before John Carter gets transported to Mars.
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* AlienSky: The two moons of Barsoom (TruthInTelevision, as Mars does have two moons, Phobos and Deimos).
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* RiverOfInsanity: John', Dejah's, and Sola's river travel leads them to an important revelation, but also gets them ambushed by Thraks.
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* DualWielding: Multiarmed Tharks wield up to four weapons at once. John often fights with two swords.
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* OneManArmy: John, particularly in the scene where he takes on a horde of Tharks all by himself (yes, Woola helps him, which he doesn't like at all).
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* HowDoIShotWeb: It takes some time for John to get used to Martian gravity and master his great leaps.
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* BilingualBonus: ''Inter Mundos'', the inscription on John's crypt, means "Between Worlds" in Latin.
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* FantasticRomance: John and Dejah.
* LightningBruiser: Thanks to the {{Heavyworlder}} effect, John can leap incredible heights AND pack a hefty punch. Also, Woola: it runs with great speed and is quite dangerous in close combat.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Tharks have four arms.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: A HandWave for John suddenly being able to understand the Barsoomian language is that he started listening to the mysterious "Voice of Barsoom".
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Played mostly straight (well, duh, the original novel is one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s), [[spoiler:then {{inverted}} when John is banished back to Earth and desperately wants to return to Barsoom}}).
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Played mostly straight (well, duh, the original novel is one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s), [[spoiler:then {{inverted}} when John is banished back to Earth and desperately wants to return to Barsoom}}).
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: When John is banished back to Earth, uses takes a medicine that puts him into a death-like sleep to throw the Therns off his trail]].
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* GambitRoulette: John pulls a pretty impressive one. [[spoiler: He [[FakingTheDead fakes his own death]], sends his nephew his journal, waits until Ned opens his crypt, shoots the Thern that had been following Ned all the time, and regains the medallion that can take him back to Barsoom. It could have been a BatmanGambit (it relies on everyone doing really predictable stuff), but his perfect timing strains its credibility.]]
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* GeorgeLucasThrowback: To One review claims that "''John Carter'' tries to evoke, to reanimate, a fondly recalled universe of [[BMovie B-movies]], [[TwoFistedTales pulp novels]] and boys’ adventure magazines".
* GladiatorGames: John Carter tests his mettle in an arena fight.
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* GladiatorGames: John Carter tests his mettle in an arena fight.
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* HotScientist: Dejah Thoris, by virtue of being Regent of Science.
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: John Carter gets fooled by Matai Shang and sent back to Earth the very night he defeats the enemy army, marries Dejah, and becomes Prince of Barsoom]].
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* AdaptationalBadass- In the novel, Tal Hajus is a lazy VillainousGlutton who pretty much [[OrcusOnHisThrone never moves from the Jeddak's throne he's parked himself on]]. He's just as cruel, but much more active and in much better shape, here (not that it saves him from an ignominious end, though).
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* TheWoobie- Sola.
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* BadassAbnormal- JohnCarter is a BadassNormal on Earth. On Mars, thanks to the lower gravity, he's superhuman (er, super-Martian).
* BadassBookworm- Dejah Thoris, Regent of Science ''and'' LadyOfWar.
* BadassPrincess- Dejah again.
* BadassBookworm- Dejah Thoris, Regent of Science ''and'' LadyOfWar.
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* HumanoidAbomination- The Therns give off this vibe.
* InTheBlood- The reason Sola is one of the kindest Tharks? [[spoiler: Her father, Tars Tarkas, is too, though he hides it better]].
* InTheBlood- The reason Sola is one of the kindest Tharks? [[spoiler: Her father, Tars Tarkas, is too, though he hides it better]].
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* BaldOfEvil- all Therns are naturally bald.
* BigBadEnsemble- Sab Than wants to take over as much of Barsoom as he can, Tal Hajus just wants to be Jeddak of the Tharks, and Matai Shang and the Therns are manipulating ''everyone'' simply because that's how they operate.
* BreakoutVillain- Matai Shang isn't mentioned until the second book, and hangs around the edges of the story before being introduced in person in the third. Here, he's being set up as BigBad from the beginning.
* CompositeCharacter- Several minor characters from the book were merged into more major ones- Than Kosis (Jeddak of Zodanga) was merged with his son Sab Than; Lorquas Ptomel (the original Jed of the Tharks) was merged with his lieutenant Tars Tarkas; Mors Kajak was merged with his father Tardos Mors, making Tardos Dejah's father, rather than grandfather.
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* CompositeCharacter- Several minor characters from the book were merged into more major ones- Than Kosis (Jeddak of Zodanga) was merged with his son Sab Than; Lorquas Ptomel (the original Jed of the Tharks) was merged with his lieutenant Tars Tarkas; Mors Kajak was merged with his father Tardos Mors, making Tardos Dejah's father, rather than grandfather.
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* MightyWhitey - Technically a adaption of the first suchstory.story to use the "human among aliens" version. Subverted with the actual White ''Martians'', the Therns, who are evil.
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* PsychicPowers- The Red and Green Martians are mildly telepathic (which is how Carter learns their language so quickly); the Therns have much more expansive abilities.
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