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* Hotblooded - Lightning, gets chewed out for it after starting a bar fight.
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* FiveManBand
** TheHero / TheLeader (type II) - Easy
** TheLancer - Lightning
** TheBigGuy - Joker
** TheSmartGuy / TheChick / TheBumblebee - Ray Gun
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* PapaBear: The Tuskeegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fighters.

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* PapaBear: PapaWolf: The Tuskeegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fighters.
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* PapaBear: The Tuskeegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fighters.
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** That over the top bit with one pilot blowing apart a German Destroyer? ''Really Happened.''
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Got stuck on it for a couple years while a distributor was found.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Got stuck on it for a couple years while a distributor was found.
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Not that I\'m not looking forward to this movie.

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* RecycledINSPACE: ''{{Glory}}'' [-WITH AIRPLANES, IN WORLD WAR II!-]

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Sorry for confusion


* PlayingAgainstType: While GeorgeLucas [[IndianaJones has done]] [[AmericanGraffiti historical fiction before,]] this is the first time he produced something centered around an actual historical event.
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* PlayingAgainstType: While GeorgeLucas [[IndianaJones has done]] [[AmericanGraffiti historical fiction before,]] this is the first time he produced something centered around an actual historical event.

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Forgot Tucker: The Man And His Dream


* PlayingAgainstType: While GeorgeLucas [[IndianaJones has done]] [[AmericanGraffiti historical fiction before,]] this is the first time he produced something centered around an actual historical event.
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A 2012 Action Drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrance Howard, based on the exploits of the Tuskeegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of American fighter pilots in WorldWarII. This is the first feature film to be produced by Lucasfilm since 2005.

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A 2012 Action Drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrance Howard, based on the exploits of the Tuskeegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of American fighter pilots in WorldWarII. This is the first feature film to be produced by Lucasfilm since 2005.
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* JackieRobinsonStory: Obviously, since this is story how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition from within their own army's ranks to prove they were at least, and often times more, than equal to any white pilot.

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* JackieRobinsonStory: Obviously, since this is story how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition from within their own army's ranks to prove they were at least, and often times more, than more than, equal to any white pilot.
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* XMeetsY: {{HBO}}'s ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' meets ''Film/PearlHarbor''.

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* XMeetsY: {{HBO}}'s ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' meets ''Film/PearlHarbor''.''PearlHarbor''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lucas held discussions with SamuelLJackson regarding Jackson possibly directing and acting in the film. Although Jackson praised the script, he did not commit to either role.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lucas held discussions with SamuelLJackson regarding Jackson possibly directing and acting in the film. Although Jackson praised the script, he did not commit to either role.role.
* XMeetsY: {{HBO}}'s ''The Tuskegee Airmen'' meets ''Film/PearlHarbor''.
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* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Lightning]]
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While it doesn't have as huge a budget as most blockbusters, it being a pet project of GeorgeLucas, who also ponied up much of the cash to get it produced, it looks to have ILM's full force behind it regarding the battle sequences.
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Misspelling Chekovs—>Chekhovs


* ChekovsGun: one of the pilots learns a maneuver that he puts to good use in combat.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: one of the pilots learns a maneuver that he puts to good use in combat.
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Then it\'s not the trope. Black Dude Dies First is complicated, not just for any situation where a black character dies. If the entirety (Or majority) of the cast is black it doesn\'t apply


* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Expected, seeing as it's a movie about an all-African-American Fighter Squadron.
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* JackieRobinsonStory: Obviously, since this is story how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition from within their own army's ranks to prove they were at least, and often times more, than equal to any white pilot.
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* AcePilot: What else do you describe pilots who shoot down jet fighters with propeller planes?

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* Checkov'sGun: one of the pilots learns a maneuver that he puts to good use in combat.

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* Checkov'sGun: ChekovsGun: one of the pilots learns a maneuver that he puts to good use in combat.


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** And of course, the Germans' [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience yellow-nosed]] Messerschmidts.
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* DevelopmentHell: George Lucas originally developed the idea in 1988, with a scheduled release for 1992. A number of writers worked on the project until John Ridley was hired in 2007 to write the final screenplay.

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* DevelopmentHell: George Lucas originally developed the idea in 1988, with a scheduled release for 1992. A number of writers worked on the project until John Ridley was hired in 2007 to write the final screenplay.screenplay, which was then subsequently revised by [[TheBoondocks Aaron McGruder]].
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* DevelopmentHell: George Lucas originally developed the idea in 1988, with a scheduled release for 1992. A number of writers worked on the project until John Ridley was hired in 2007 to write the final screenplay.



* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While it doesn't have as huge a budget as most blockbusters, it being a pet project of GeorgeLucas, who also ponied up much of the cash to get it produced, it looks to have ILM's full force behind it regarding the battle sequences.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While it doesn't have as huge a budget as most blockbusters, it being a pet project of GeorgeLucas, who also ponied up much of the cash to get it produced, it looks to have ILM's full force behind it regarding the battle sequences.sequences.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lucas held discussions with SamuelLJackson regarding Jackson possibly directing and acting in the film. Although Jackson praised the script, he did not commit to either role.
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* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Lightning]]

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* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Lightning]]Lightning]]
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While it doesn't have as huge a budget as most blockbusters, it being a pet project of GeorgeLucas, who also ponied up much of the cash to get it produced, it looks to have ILM's full force behind it regarding the battle sequences.
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* Checkov'sGun: one of the pilots learns a maneuver that he puts to good use in combat.
* ComingInHot: Easy and D, complete with "Stay on my wing"-based dialogue.



* FacelessGoons: The only German pilot's face you see is "PrettyBoy," the main antagonist, who never seems to wear his goggles. Could also be HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic.



* ShownTheirWork: The filmmakers went through great pains to make the movie accurate, going as far as interviewing the surviving members of the squadron, and even getting access to their journals.

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* ShownTheirWork: The filmmakers went through great pains to make the movie accurate, going as far as interviewing the surviving members of the squadron, and even getting access to their journals.journals.
* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Lightning]]
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Expected, seeing as it's a movie about an all-African-American Fighter Squadron.

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A 2012 Action Drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrance Howard, based on the exploits of the Tuskeegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of American fighter pilots in WorldWarII.

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A 2012 Action Drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrance Howard, based on the exploits of the Tuskeegee Airmen, an all-black squadron of American fighter pilots in WorldWarII.
WorldWarII. This is the first feature film to be produced by Lucasfilm since 2005.



* NoseArt: The Tuskegee Airmen's trademark red-tailed paintjobs.

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* NoseArt: The Tuskegee Airmen's trademark red-tailed paintjobs.paintjobs.
* PlayingAgainstType: While GeorgeLucas [[IndianaJones has done]] [[AmericanGraffiti historical fiction before,]] this is the first time he produced something centered around an actual historical event.
* ShownTheirWork: The filmmakers went through great pains to make the movie accurate, going as far as interviewing the surviving members of the squadron, and even getting access to their journals.
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* CoolPlane: Going from the trailer alone, the film will be featuring P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, Messerschmidt Me-109s, and the first combat jet in history, the Me-262 Schwalbe.

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* CoolPlane: Going from the trailer alone, the film will be featuring P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, Messerschmidt Me-109s, and the first combat jet in history, the Me-262 Schwalbe. For the bomber fans, there's also B-17s aplenty.
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* CoolPlane: Going from the trailer alone, the film will be featuring P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, Messerschmidt Me-109s, and the first combat jet in history, the Me-262 Schwalbe.

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* CoolPlane: Going from the trailer alone, the film will be featuring P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, Messerschmidt Me-109s, and the first combat jet in history, the Me-262 Schwalbe.Schwalbe.
* NoseArt: The Tuskegee Airmen's trademark red-tailed paintjobs.

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