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* AttemptedRape: A Viet Cong soldier tries to rape one of the orphan girls held hostage. Since RapeIsASpecialKind of evil, Braddock dispatches him [[https://youtu.be/BeCYDTzpGjw in the most awesome way possible]].
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* AttemptedRape: A Viet Cong soldier tries to rape one of the orphan girls held hostage. Since RapeIsASpecialKind of evil, RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Braddock dispatches him [[https://youtu.be/BeCYDTzpGjw in the most awesome way possible]].
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* BlatantLies: General Trau declaring there were no American [=POWs=] left in Vietnam. If he were telling the truth, there would be no film.
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* MoreDakka: Braddock uses a M60 light machinegun to mow down a gunship and its crew during the climax.
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* AttemptedRape: A Viet Cong soldier tries to rape one of the orphan girls held hostage. Since RapeIsASpecialKind of evil, Braddock dispatches him [[https://youtu.be/BeCYDTzpGjw in the most awesome way possible]].
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-->'''Braddock''': I don't step on toes, Littlejohn. I step on ''necks''.
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-->'''Braddock''': I don't step on toes, Littlejohn. I step on ''necks''.
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* RonaldReagan: Appears via StockFootage.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: While Jay Chattaway did write an original score for this one, the movie also reused music composed for previous Cannon productions[[note]]a regular occurrence at the company[[/note]] (including Chattaway's scores for the first movie and ''Film/InvasionUSA1985'').
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. Ron Bloom's song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xev6tAxc7w Freedom Again]], is used appropriately.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. Ron Bloom's song, [[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xev6tAxc7w Freedom Again]], Again]]," is used appropriately.
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In the decade of action films, the ''Missing In Action'' series is a trilogy of action films (one a prequel and the other a sequel) starring ChuckNorris playing the role of Colonel James Braddock, a {{Vietnam}} vet.
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In the decade of action films, the ''Missing In Action'' series is a trilogy of action films (one a prequel and the other a sequel) starring ChuckNorris Creator/ChuckNorris playing the role of Colonel James Braddock, a {{Vietnam}} vet.
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* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal]]: [[spoiler:Happens to Francois in MIA 2. He is killed by Yin so the latter could take over the former's cartel]].
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* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal]]: BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:Happens to Francois in MIA 2. He is killed by Yin so the latter could take over the former's cartel]].
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** Note:It was just a nightmare Braddock had, not an actual event.
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* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:He ends up getting blown up anyway and [[SenselessSacrifice his sacrifice did little to destroy said patrol boat]]]].
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* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:He ends up getting blown up anyway and [[SenselessSacrifice his sacrifice did little to destroy said patrol boat]]]].[[spoiler:The outcome is exactly as one might expect]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:He ends up getting blown up anyway and [[SenselessSacrifice his sacrifice did little to destroy said patrol boat]]]].
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* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] tries this.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] tries this.
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* JustPlaneWrong: The Hind gunship used by Quoc is actually a Sikorsky S-62 that was never used by the PAVN. The American gunship in the movie is also a Sikorsky S-76A instead of an Apache or a Cobra.
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* BeardOfEvil: The NVA officer who tortures Braddock in MIA 1 and General Quoc in MIA 3.
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* BeardOfEvil: The General Trau's aide, the NVA officer who tortures Braddock in MIA 1 and General Quoc in MIA 3.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:General Trau was killed 35 minutes into the film. From then on he is replaced by an unnamed general]].
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* NonActionBigBad: General Trau is the only villain in the series who doesn't fight[=/=]get killed by Braddock.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening.Averted. Ron Bloom's song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xev6tAxc7w Freedom Again]], is used appropriately.
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* AndThisIsFor: Happens at the end of MIA 2 in which Braddock puts the beatdown on Colonel Yin for killing Lester (with a slight [[NeckSnap neck snap]]) and Frankie (belly punch and grabbing his stomach). And finally finishes him off by detonating a bomb in the cabin, blowing him up. "And this is for me."
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Colonel Yin in MIA 2.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Colonel Yin in MIA 2.
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* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal]]: [[spoiler:Happens to Francois in MIA 2. He is killed by Yin so the latter could take over the former's cartel]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Yin]]''': [[spoiler:They needed a new leader after they heard that you had died]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Yin]]''': [[spoiler:They needed a new leader after they heard that you had died]].
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* EvilLaugh: General Quoc in MIA 3.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
* FrenchJerk: Francois in MIA 2.
* GeneralRipper: General Quoc in MIA 3. General Trau, not so much.
* HeroicSacrifice: In MIA 1, [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:[[SenselessSacrifice He ends up getting blown up anyway]]]].
* JumpingOnAGrenade: Braddock is so BadAss he jumps ''holding'' a couple of grenades, surviving the subsequent explosion without loss of limbs.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
* FrenchJerk: Francois in MIA 2.
* GeneralRipper: General Quoc in MIA 3. General Trau, not so much.
* HeroicSacrifice: In MIA 1, [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:[[SenselessSacrifice He ends up getting blown up anyway]]]].
* JumpingOnAGrenade: Braddock is so BadAss he jumps ''holding'' a couple of grenades, surviving the subsequent explosion without loss of limbs.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The [=POWs=] who were declared [[TitleDrop MIA]].
* NonActionBigBad: General Trau is the only villain in the series who doesn't fight[=/=]get killed by Braddock.
* RatedMForManly: ''And. How.'''
* NonActionBigBad: General Trau is the only villain in the series who doesn't fight[=/=]get killed by Braddock.
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* RonaldReagan: Appears in MIA 2 via StockFootage.
* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
* SeriesContinuityError: Braddock managed to witness the fall of Saigon while being imprisoned.
* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
* SeriesContinuityError: Braddock managed to witness the fall of Saigon while being imprisoned.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: Dou Chou in MIA 2.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] tries this in MIA 1.
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:He ends up getting blown up anyway and [[SenselessSacrifice his sacrifice did little to destroy said patrol boat]]]].
* JumpingOnAGrenade: Braddock is so BadAss he jumps ''holding'' a couple of grenades, surviving the subsequent explosion without loss of limbs.
* NeverFoundTheBody: The [=POWs=] who were declared [[TitleDrop MIA]].
* NonActionBigBad: General Trau is the only villain in the series who doesn't fight[=/=]get killed by Braddock.
* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] tries this.
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[[folder:Missing in Action 2: The Beginning]]
* AndThisIsFor: Happens at the end in which Braddock puts the beatdown on Colonel Yin for killing Lester (with a slight [[NeckSnap neck snap]]) and Frankie (belly punch and grabbing his stomach). And finally finishes him off by detonating a bomb in the cabin, blowing him up. "And this is for me."
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Colonel Yin.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal]]: [[spoiler:Happens to Francois in MIA
-->'''[[spoiler:Yin]]''': [[spoiler:They needed a new leader after they heard that you had died]].
* FrenchJerk: Francois.
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* RonaldReagan: Appears via StockFootage.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Despite working together, it's clear that both Colonel Yin and Francois doesn't get along well. [[spoiler:This ultimately ends with the latter getting killed by the former]].
* YouNoTakeCandle: Dou Chou.
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* DamselInDistress: Braddock's wife, Lin.
* EvilLaugh: General Quoc.
* GeneralRipper: General Quoc.
* KickTheDog: General Quoc, [[RuleOfThree again]]. He takes Reverend Polaski's mission hostage in an attempt to trap Braddock.
* SeriesContinuityError: Braddock managed to witness the fall of Saigon while being imprisoned.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening.
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* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal]]: [[spoiler:Happens to Francois in MIA 2. He is killed by Yin so the latter could take over the former's cartel]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Yin]]''': [[spoiler:They needed a new leader after they heard that you had died]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Yin]]''': [[spoiler:They needed a new leader after they heard that you had died]].
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* RatedMForManly: ''And. How.'''''
* RecycledInSpace: ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}: First Blood Part II'' [-WITH Creator/{{CHUCK NORRIS}}!-]
* RecycledInSpace: ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}: First Blood Part II'' [-WITH Creator/{{CHUCK NORRIS}}!-]
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* EveryHelicopterIsAHueyEveryHelicopterIsAHuey: So much that even the PAVN and French drug dealers use them. Averted in the third film.
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* BigBad: Any high-ranking NVA[=/=]PAVN officer, particularly General Trau, Colonel Yin, and General Quoc.
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* BadassBeard: Braddock.
* BeardOfEvil: General Quoc.
* BigBad:Any high-ranking NVA[=/=]PAVN officer, particularly General Trau, Trau in MIA 1, Colonel Yin, Yin in MIA 2, and General Quoc.Quoc in MIA 3.
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* HeroicSacrifice: In MIA 1, [[spoiler:Tuck]] takes over the gunboat when its previous owner was killed by a patrol boat. [[spoiler:[[SenselessSacrifice He ends up getting blown up anyway]]]].
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* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Tuck]] tries this in MIA 1.
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* BigBad: Any high-ranking NVA[=/=]PAVN officer, particularly General Trau, Colonel Yin, and General Quoc.
* DirtyCommunists: The Vietnamese.
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* ShellShockedVeteranShellShockedVeteran: Braddock.
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* TitleDrop: Several times in MIA 1.1 and 2.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The [=POWs=] who were declared [[TitleDrop MIA]].
* RatedMForManly: ''And. How.''
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* JumpingOnAGrenade: Braddock is so BadAss he jumps ''holding'' a couple of grenades, surviving the subsequent explosion without loss of limbs.
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* CompleteMonster: Colonel Yin in Missing in Action 2.
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* CompleteMonster: Colonel Yin CaliforniaDoubling: Vietnam was played by the Philippines in Missing in Action 2.the first (which was actually the second - see SequelFirst) and third films, and by Mexico and the ''Caribbean'' (specifically St. Kitt's) for the second/first.
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?). tab?).
* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
* SequelFirst: ''Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'' was actually made (under the title ''Battlerage'') before ''Missing In Action'', but Cannon decided the latter was a case of an EvenBetterSequel and released that first. This is why the writing credits for the first film, in perhaps the ultimate case of TheyJustDidntCare, have a "Based on characters created by..." credit.
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In the decade of action films, the ''Missing In Action'' series is a trilogy of action films (one a prequel and the other a sequel) starring ChuckNorris playing the role of Colonel James Braddock, a {{Vietnam}} vet.
Not to be confused with NeverFoundTheBody, the actual missing-in-action trope.
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!!These films provide examples of:
* AndThisIsFor: Happens at the end of MIA 2 in which Braddock puts the beatdown on Colonel Yin for killing Lester (with a slight [[NeckSnap neck snap]]) and Frankie (belly punch and grabbing his stomach). And finally finishes him off by detonating a bomb in the cabin, blowing him up. "And this is for me."
* CompleteMonster: Colonel Yin in Missing in Action 2.
* DynamicEntry: Braddock does a magnificent case in one of the films, as he flies down from a tree.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
* SeriesContinuityError: Braddock managed to witness the fall of Saigon while being imprisoned.
* ShellShockedVeteran
* TheVietnamWar
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In the decade of action films, the ''Missing In Action'' series is a trilogy of action films (one a prequel and the other a sequel) starring ChuckNorris playing the role of Colonel James Braddock, a {{Vietnam}} vet.
Not to be confused with NeverFoundTheBody, the actual missing-in-action trope.
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!!These films provide examples of:
* AndThisIsFor: Happens at the end of MIA 2 in which Braddock puts the beatdown on Colonel Yin for killing Lester (with a slight [[NeckSnap neck snap]]) and Frankie (belly punch and grabbing his stomach). And finally finishes him off by detonating a bomb in the cabin, blowing him up. "And this is for me."
* CompleteMonster: Colonel Yin in Missing in Action 2.
* DynamicEntry: Braddock does a magnificent case in one of the films, as he flies down from a tree.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Braddock hooks up with an old army buddy in Thailand, leading to plenty of gratuituous fanservice involving totally naked bar girls. One notable scene has Braddock talking to a bartender; as he walks offscreen a beautiful naked Thai girl is placed on the bar for no apparent reason (security for a bar tab?).
* SeriesContinuityError: Braddock managed to witness the fall of Saigon while being imprisoned.
* ShellShockedVeteran
* TheVietnamWar
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