History Film / PacificRim

** Michael Mirasol of Creator/RogerEbert's [[http://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/a-defense-of-pacific-rim-along-with-other-reflections Far Flung Correspondents]] characterizes the film as the antithesis of Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', with the absence of vulgar humor and greater respect for the mechas, portraying them as elegant rather than merely awesome.

** "Yamarashi" is mentioned as the name of a kaiju that previously attacked Los Angeles. It means "porcupine", and Newt"s tattoo shows it with an impressive array of spines. However, it also sounds similar to "yama-arashi", Japanese for "mountain storm" which is a fitting name for any kaiju.

** "Otachi" is a corruption of “odachi”, meaning "great sword". Three guesses how she dies.
*** It’s also Japanese slang for a masculine lesbian, and Otachi the kaiju is the only confirmed female monster in the film.

** “Raiju” were lightning spirits from Japanese folklore. The kaiju named after them is the fastest on record.
** “Yamarashi” is mentioned as the name of a kaiju that previously attacked Los Angeles. It means “porcupine”, and Newt’s tattoo shows it with an impressive array of spines. However, it also sounds similar to “yama-arashi”, Japanese for “mountain storm” which is a fitting name for any kaiju.

** "Otachi" means "great sword". Three guesses how she dies.

* ''Pacific Rim: The Video Game'' (2013) - A FightingGame developed and published by Yuke's for UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, and PC.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:The last Jaeger standing is American, but the other equally important Jaeger in the final battle is of Australian origin, with Australian and British pilots.]] The nuke supplied for the final mission comes from Russia, while the entire operation is led by a Brit. Furthermore, while Gypsy is American, one of its pilots is Japanese.

* AnswerCut: When Chuck Hansen asks who his co-pilot is supposed to be after his father gets injured, the camera pans over to Pentecost approaching from the hangar gate.

* AttackTheInjury: While fighting Leatherhead, Gipsy Danger gets around the monster's armor by blowing a hole in its armpit, then sticks its arm cannon in the wound and blasts deep into the Kaiju's chest cavity.

* AttackTheInjury: While fighting Leatherhead, Gipsy Danger gets around the monster's armor by blowing a hole in it armpit, then sticks its arm cannon in the wound and blasts deep into the Kaiju's chest cavity.

** We get to see Gipsy blast a Kaiju in [[spoiler:the armpit]] and then rip off the [[spoiler:whole arm]] and fire several attacks through the wound. Later on we see [[spoiler:Striker]] use the same technique.

** The Kaiju as a metaphor is also reconstructed to a point it arguably hasn't been since the original ''Film/{{Godzilla}}''. In this film, the Kaiju are an analogy for climate change, ranked by Category like hurricanes, threatening coastal regions like rising sea levels, and poisoning the earth with their toxic blood if messily killed. Newt comments that anthropomorphic climate change has made Earth more appealing for the Precursors to target for resources. The above-mentioned enforcement of the Kaiju as purely villainous only makes this message stronger.

** The Kaiju as a metaphor is also reconstructed to a point it arguably hasn't been since the original ''Film/{{Godzilla}}'':. In this film, the Kaiju are an analogy for climate change, ranked by Category like hurricanes, threatening coastal regions like rising sea levels, and poisoning the earth with their toxic blood if messily killed. Newt comments that anthropomorphic climate change has made Earth more appealing for the Precursors to target for resources. The above-mentioned enforcement of the Kaiju as purely villainous only makes this message stronger.

** The film also serves as a reconstruction of HumongousMecha, as it addresses many of the problems pointed out by various deconstructions -- like how to pilot the things at all (with or without multiple pilots); why one wouldn't devote the massive resources required to build and maintain a single giant robot to building tons of cheap fortifications instead; the fact that the pilots within the giant robots are not invincible; and even makes nods toward the Artistic License: Physics involved.[[note]] As noted in that trope's entry the last is still fudged quite a bit, but touches like the ponderous motion of the robots and their need for constant maintenance at least acknowledge that there are such constraints and liabilities[[/note]] -- but ultimately uses carefully rationed amounts of AppliedPhlebotinum and HandWaving to keep the focus on the personal stories of the human pilots... who pilot awesome Humongous Mecha to fight awesome Kaiju.

''Pacific Rim'' (or marketed as ''[[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Pictures]] and Creator/LegendaryPictures' Pacific Rim'') is a 2013 {{Kaiju}}/HumongousMecha film directed by Creator/GuillermoDelToro.

** In a DefiantToTheEnd sort of way, when Striker Eureka is disabled and Leatherback is playing with them, Herc prepares to go outside and annoy it. When Chuck opposes that plan, Herc says "You and I are the only things keeping that ugly bastard from a city of 10 million people. Now we got a choice here, either we sit and wait or we take these flare guns and do something ''really stupid.''"

* EiffelTowerEffect: The attack on Sydney shows the Kaiju breaking through the Wall near Sydney Opera House -- which is at the inland end of Botany Bay, nowhere near the mouth of Sydney Harbour, so it should be nowhere near a wall built across the harbour mouth.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While not a domestic flop the film underperformed in the U.S but was wildly popular overseas with it's most successful market being China.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While not a domestic flop the film underperformed in the U.S but was wildly popular overseas with it's most successful market being China.

* ''Pacific Rim: Amara'' (2018) - Website/{{Webtoon}}

* ''Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero'' (2013)

** There's another in the comics.
--->'''Pentecost:''' I've never believed in the end times. We are mankind. Our '''footprints''' are on the moon. [[Literature/TheBible When the last trumpet sounds and the Beast rises from the pit]] -- we will '''[[BlasphemousBoast kill]]''' it.

* ComicbookAdaptation: ''Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero'' which was written by the film's screenwriter, Travis Beacham. The comic acts as a prequel to the film covering the events of the first Kaiju attack, how the Jaegers were created, and goes into detail about the backstories of characters, such as Stacker Pentecost and Mako Mori.

** A ''sievert'' is a measurement of radiation exposure, which is what killed Tamsin ''Siever.''

** The prequel comic also gives us Dr. Caitlin Lightcap, inventor of the Jaegers' neural interface system.

* MotherNatureFatherScience: This is how the Jaeger program was made. Two scientists were behind it. The man came up with the idea to build giant robots, but he himself admitted that the key to making it work (love) could never have come from him. The neural handshake came from his female co-worker and she ended up becoming one of the first Jaeger pilots in the process.

** The prequel comic also gives us [[HotScientist Dr. Caitlin Lightcap]], inventor of the Jaegers' neural interface system.

** Crimson Typhoon's [[ChainsawGood triple buzzsaw]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning hands]] might also count as well.

** While modern Kaiju films like ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' and ''Film/{{Monsters|2010}}'' haven't been 100% {{Deconstruction}}, they have been increasingly focused on CosmicHorror-style scenarios of civilians simply trying to survive as their world is ripped apart by creatures they cannot hope to defeat. Kaiju have also increasingly been portrayed as [[NonMaliciousMonster simple-minded beings]], creatures simply attempting to survive in places that happen to be dangerous for humans. In this film, humans are indeed still fighting a losing battle against incredibly powerful and terrifying giant invaders, but have created the Jaeger, allowing heroes to combat the Kaiju. It also makes Kaiju cool again, rather than just terrifying -- with the exception of the downright horrific Tokyo scene -- and returns them to true villain status, single-mindedly seeking to KillAllHumans. This time, however, there are deeper justifications and motivations than "[[NuclearNasty because nuclear testing]]" behind why a ginormous electricity-shooting monster is attacking Tokyo.