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** Earlier in the film, Harrison is unfathomably pissed off at [[spoiler:Admiral Marcus]] for all of the torture he put him through, especially when he [[KickTheSonOfABitch Kicks the Son of a Bitch]].

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** Earlier in the film, Harrison is unfathomably pissed off at [[spoiler:Admiral Marcus]] for all of the torture he put him through, especially when he [[KickTheSonOfABitch Kicks the Son of a Bitch]].through.

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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Harrison "surrenders", Kirk tries to beat him up to get ''some'' kind of revenge for Pike. Uhura tries to stop him, Spock looks uncomfortable, and Kirk hurts ''himself'' more than Harrison. The man who just saved all of them, repeatedly. It arguably just comes off as kinda of pathetic.



** Discussed by Harrison as he plans to destroy the ''Enterprise'', to mock Kirk and Spock.
--->'''Harrison:''' [[InvokedTrope No ship should go down without her captain.]]

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** Discussed by Harrison as he [[spoiler:he plans to destroy the ''Enterprise'', to mock Kirk and Spock.
Spock.]]
--->'''Harrison:''' [[InvokedTrope [[spoiler:[[InvokedTrope No ship should go down without her captain.]]]]]]
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Well, the one who comes upon Scotty on the ''Vengeance'' must be legally brain-dead. He's been searching the ship for an intruder that's disabling the weapons and can hear ''everything'' from the communicator on the floor, but rather than stunning Scotty on sight he just stands there repeatedly asking what's going on.

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Well, the one who comes upon Scotty on the ''Vengeance'' must be legally brain-dead. He's been searching the ship for an intruder that's disabling the weapons and can hear ''everything'' from the communicator on the floor, but rather than stunning Scotty on sight he just stands there repeatedly asking what's going on. [[note]]Admittedly, he did have a gun pointed at Scotty the whole time, Scotty ''was'' up to something right then, and it makes sense to try and get intel before stunning the intruder you already have dead-to-rights.[[/note]]
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** A male example: [[spoiler:When Spock was dying of radiation poisoning in ''Wrath of Khan'', he had burns on his hands and face. In this movie, Kirk doesn't get any of that.]]

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** A male example: [[spoiler:When Spock was dying of radiation poisoning in ''Wrath of Khan'', he had burns on his hands and face. In this movie, Kirk doesn't get any of that.the same thing happens to Kirk, but he's completely unblemished.]]



** Spock when [[spoiler:Kirk dies from radiation poisoning from having to enter the energy core to manually fix the ''Enterprise'' after Khan shot it. Beating Khan to death, considering Spock was all originally for a fair trial for Khan, until Uhura tells him to stop is some serious berserk button issues.]]

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** Spock when [[spoiler:Kirk dies from radiation poisoning from having to enter the energy warp core to manually fix the ''Enterprise'' after Khan shot it. Beating Khan to death, considering Spock was all originally for a fair trial for Khan, until Uhura tells him to stop is some serious berserk button issues.]]

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* MildlyMilitary: It's almost startling to see any order actually get obeyed at any point in the film. Kind of {{lampshaded}} with the reveal [[spoiler: that the Starfleet officers who see it as a military organisation are the bad guys. It's one of the best ironies of the film that Kirk gets a dressing down for not obeying orders because he thinks the rules don't apply to him, and is almost immediately given an order that the guy who dressed him down ''wouldn't'' have wanted him to obey, from someone who thinks the rules don't apply to him.]]

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* MildlyMilitary: MildlyMilitary:
** Carol Marcus, not only [[spoiler:sneaking aboard the Enterprise to find out what her father is doing]], but also risking a court martial by changing her clothes in front of her commanding officer (Kirk) without giving him sufficent information about why he has to "Turn around".
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It's almost startling to see any order actually get obeyed at any point in the film. Kind of {{lampshaded}} with the reveal [[spoiler: that the Starfleet officers who see it as a military organisation are the bad guys. It's one of the best ironies of the film that Kirk gets a dressing down for not obeying orders because he thinks the rules don't apply to him, and is almost immediately given an order that the guy who dressed him down ''wouldn't'' have wanted him to obey, from someone who thinks the rules don't apply to him.]]

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* InSpiteOfANail: No matter the universe, [[spoiler:Kirk and Khan]] will always end up at each other's throats.

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* InSpiteOfANail: InSpiteOfANail:
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No matter the universe, [[spoiler:Kirk and Khan]] will always end up at each other's throats.throats.
** [[spoiler:A [[HeroicSacrfice borerline suicidal]] effort to [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan fix a vital component of the Enterprise]] results in Kirk and Spock having a [[DeathIsNotPermanent (temporary)]] final conversation, [[SeparatedByTheWall complete with hands being separated by glass.]]]] The only difference? [[spoiler:[[ProphecyTwist Which side of the glass they were on.]]]]


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* ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler:The allusions to ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' wind up getting turned on their head once ''Kirk'' finds himself taking ''Spock's'' place in Engineering.]]

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* DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction: {{Exploited|Trope}}. John Harrison's agent destroys the Section 31 weapons lab by dropping a ring he's wearing into a glass of what at least looks like water, causing a tremendous explosion.

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* DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction: DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction:
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{{Exploited|Trope}}. John Harrison's agent destroys the Section 31 weapons lab by dropping a ring he's wearing into a glass of what at least looks like water, causing a tremendous explosion.explosion.
** {{Discussed|Trope}}. One reason why Scotty refuses to sign off on the new torpedoes is because he doesn't know anything about their propulsion or how it might affect the warp core on the ''Enterprise''.
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* SubmersibleSpaceship: At the beginning of the film, whilst hiding their existence from a pre-warp civilization, the crew successfully manage to hide the ''Enterprise'' in a nearby ocean. Why they had to do this is never explained, but the ship holds together with no problems and is able to fly out of the water when they need to leave.
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* MagicPlasticSurgery: The ''Star Trek: Khan'' comic prequel to this movie explains that this is how Khan went from looking like Ricardo Montalban to looking like Benedict Cumberbatch. Somewhat justified in that Section 31 wanted to keep Khan a secret (they even attempted to wipe his memory and convince him that he was someone named John Harrison).

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* MagicPlasticSurgery: The ''Star Trek: Khan'' comic prequel to this movie explains that this is how Khan went from looking like Ricardo Montalban Creator/RicardoMontalban to looking like Benedict Cumberbatch. Somewhat justified in that Section 31 wanted to keep Khan a secret (they even attempted to wipe his memory and convince him that he was someone named John Harrison).



* TheManBehindTheMan: Played With. [[spoiler:While Marcus was responsible for bringing Khan back into power, the latter is still the main villain long after the former has left the picture.]]
* ManlyTears: In order, Kirk, Harrison, and Spock, each get a ''single'' tear. From the same eye, even. The good guys are looking at the reason for their tears, while the bad guy is looking away from the good guys.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: Played With.with. [[spoiler:While Marcus was responsible for bringing Khan back into power, the latter is still the main villain long after the former has left the picture.]]
* ManlyTears: In order, Kirk, Harrison, and Spock, Spock; each get a ''single'' tear. From the same eye, even. The good guys are looking at the reason for their tears, while the bad guy is looking away from the good guys.



** The USS ''Vengeance'' is described as a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought Dreadnought]]''-class ship. The class is named after HMS ''Dreadnought,'' a British battleship that made all other battleships obsolete when she was built. The ''Vengeance'' is supposed to do something similar to the warships of the non-Federation states in the ''Star Trek'' Universe, as it packs much more firepower and much more speed and maneuverability than any other ship in the Federation. Considering how [[spoiler: Harrison helped design and build her]], the name ''Vengeance'' might allude to what he planned to do with her if he ever got the chance. Its name is also similar to the name of a ship from the [[spoiler: Mirror Universe episodes of ''Enterprise'', hinting that it stands for something opposite of what a Starfleet ship should]].

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** The USS ''Vengeance'' is described as a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought Dreadnought]]''-class ship. The class is named after HMS ''Dreadnought,'' ''Dreadnought'', a British battleship that made all other battleships obsolete when she was built. The ''Vengeance'' is supposed to do something similar to the warships of the non-Federation states in the ''Star Trek'' Universe, as it packs much more firepower and much more speed and maneuverability than any other ship in the Federation. Considering how [[spoiler: Harrison helped design and build her]], the name ''Vengeance'' might allude to what he planned to do with her if he ever got the chance. Its name is also similar to the name of a ship from the [[spoiler: Mirror Universe episodes of ''Enterprise'', hinting that it stands for something opposite of what a Starfleet ship should]].



** [[spoiler:Khan was originally played by Creator/RicardoMontalban, who was a Mexican playing a Sikh. This version of Khan is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is English. Cumberbatch does have a line or two sorta-implying that "race" may not traditionally apply to Augments, however. ]]

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** [[spoiler:Khan was originally played by Creator/RicardoMontalban, Ricardo Montalbán, who was a Mexican playing a Sikh. This version of Khan is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is English. Cumberbatch does have a line or two sorta-implying that "race" may not traditionally apply to Augments, however. ]]
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** [[spoiler:Khan was originally played by Ricardo Montalban, who was a Mexican playing a Sikh. This version of Khan is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is English. Cumberbatch does have a line or two sorta-implying that "race" may not traditionally apply to Augments, however. ]]

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** [[spoiler:Khan was originally played by Ricardo Montalban, Creator/RicardoMontalban, who was a Mexican playing a Sikh. This version of Khan is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is English. Cumberbatch does have a line or two sorta-implying that "race" may not traditionally apply to Augments, however. ]]

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