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* {{Taps}}: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]] is pops up a number of times; at the beginning when the school reads off the names and dates of alumni who fell in battle, [[spoiler: and when they have their memorial service for General Bache]]. The movie's title also indicates the impending death of the academy.
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* BringMyBrownPants: Mentioned by Bache in a war story he tells Moreland. "Of course I was scared. Must have lost twenty pounds, all of it brown."
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brian during his last BSOD about the kid.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brian during his last BSOD about the kid.Charlie.
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* ChildSoldiers: The senior cadets are teenagers and there are considerably younger ones as well. Moreland even quotes what Bache taught him about children being the last line of muster, something that Col. Kerby finds horrifying.
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!! ''- What in God's name did they teach you in here? What did they turn you into?''
!! ''- A TROPER, which is the only thing I ever wanted to be !''
!! ''- A TROPER, which is the only thing I ever wanted to be !''
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:: ''- What in God's name did they teach you in here? What did they turn you into?''
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"- What in God's name did they teach you in here? What did they turn you into?"
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:: "- What in God's name did they teach you in here? What did they turn you into?"
"- A TROPER, which is the only thing I ever wanted to be !"
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* HeroicBSOD: Brian gets several, when things start to go wrong.
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* HeroicBSOD: Brian gets several, several when things start to go wrong.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brian during his last BSOD about the kid.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The school IS going to be closed. Used by Colonel Kerby when telling Brian that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he can't win this]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: The school IS ''IS'' going to be closed. Used by Colonel Kerby when telling Brian that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he can't win this]].
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* FaceHeelTurn: "Lieutenant West, requesting permission to be dismissed, sir."
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--> '''Col. Kerby''': Mr Moreland, you know, and I know, that it's never gonna go your way. You do know that, don't you ?
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* ForegoneConclusion: The school IS going to be closed. Used with Colonel Kirby who tells Brian [[Foreshadowing he can't win this]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: The school IS going to be closed. Used with by Colonel Kirby who tells Kerby when telling Brian [[Foreshadowing that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he can't win this]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: The school IS going to be closed. Used with Colonel Kirby who tells Brian [[Foreshadowing he can't win this]].
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* SarcasticDevotee / SourSupporter: Alex Dwyer is this to Brian Moreland.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Impersonated with Shawn vs. Dwyer.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Impersonated with Shawn vs. Dwyer.
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** Alex Dwyer is his subversive close friend, mocking the book of remembrance.
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** Alex Dwyer is his subversive [[TheCynic subversive]] close friend, mocking the book of remembrance.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Bache at first, and then Brian.
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--> '''Brian''': He [Bache] is the example we follow!
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--> '''Brian''': He [Bache] [''Bache''] is the example we follow!
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* CallingTheOldManOut : Brian to Sergeant Moreland, who still considers him as a kid.
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* CallingTheOldManOut : Brian to Sergeant Moreland, who still considers him as a kid. kid (see TheyCallMeMisterTibbs).
--> '''Brian''': He [Bache] is the example we follow!
--> '''Brian''': He [Bache] is the example we follow!
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* WeHaveReserves: From Bache : "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. Of course, the Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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* WeHaveReserves: TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Brian to his father :
--> '''Brian''': Stop calling me kid.
--> '''Sgt Moreland''': You expect me to call you Major ? You can forget it.
* [[WeHaveReserves They Have Reserves]]: From Bache : "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. Of course, the Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
--> '''Brian''': Stop calling me kid.
--> '''Sgt Moreland''': You expect me to call you Major ? You can forget it.
* [[WeHaveReserves They Have Reserves]]: From Bache : "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. Of course, the Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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* WeHaveReserves: From Bache : "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. The Of course, the Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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These Tropes are beautiful, man ! Beautiful :
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!!These Tropes are beautiful, man ! Beautiful
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* WeHaveReserves: "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. The Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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* WeHaveReserves: From Bache : "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. The Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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* HonorBeforeReason: Brian, oh so much.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Brian, oh so much.much.
* WeHaveReserves: "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. The Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
* WeHaveReserves: "They kept coming at us, wave after wave. Totally indifferent to casualties. The Chinese always had plenty of bodies to spare."
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* HeroicBSOD: Brian gets several, when things start to go wrong.
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** David Shawn admires Moreland but hates Dwyer (see FlippingTheBird) and already looks like an [[AxCrazy insane]] [[HairTriggerTemper angry]] Jerkass.
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** David Shawn admires Moreland but hates Dwyer (see FlippingTheBird) and already looks like an [[AxCrazy insane]] [[HairTriggerTemper angry]] Jerkass.{{Jerkass}}.
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* CharacterEstablishingMoment: When climbing the stairs and getting to their room, right after the introduction ceremony, the three main characters are exposed :
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* CharacterEstablishingMoment: EstablishingCharacterMoment: When climbing the stairs and getting to their room, right after the introduction ceremony, the three main characters are exposed :
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* FlippingTheBird: Shawn to Dwyer in introduction.
* FourStarBadass: GeneralBache.Bache.
* HonorBeforeReason: Brian, oh so much.
* FourStarBadass: General
* HonorBeforeReason: Brian, oh so much.
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* CharacterEstablishingMoment: When climbing the stairs and getting to their room, right after the introduction ceremony, the three main characters are exposed :
** Brian Moreland is the gentle leader, respected by all others (we don't know yet he is the Cadet Major).
** Alex Dwyer is his subversive close friend, mocking the book of remembrance.
** David Shawn admires Moreland but hates Dwyer (see FlippingTheBird) and already looks like an [[AxCrazy insane]] [[HairTriggerTemper angry]] Jerkass.
** Brian Moreland is the gentle leader, respected by all others (we don't know yet he is the Cadet Major).
** Alex Dwyer is his subversive close friend, mocking the book of remembrance.
** David Shawn admires Moreland but hates Dwyer (see FlippingTheBird) and already looks like an [[AxCrazy insane]] [[HairTriggerTemper angry]] Jerkass.
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->''"Never be ashamed of being human, Mr Moreland. Without humanity, a leader becomes a tyrant."''
-->-- '''General Bache'''
-->-- '''General Bache'''
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* [[spoiler:Downer Ending: JC get seriously burned, the little kid Charlie,Brian and Shawn get shot.]]
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* [[spoiler:Downer Ending: [[spoiler:DownerEnding: JC get seriously burned, the little kid Charlie,Brian and Shawn get shot.]]
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''Taps'' is a 1981 film, directed by Harold Becker and starring Timothy Hutton, Creator/SeanPenn, Creator/TomCruise and GeorgeCScott. The story revolves around young military cadets who take over their academy in order to prevent the directory from closing it. It is based on the book ''Father Sky'', by Devery Freeman.
It was the second role of Creator/TomCruise, and his first major role after a brief appearance in ''Endless Love'', and the first non-TV movie of Creator/SeanPenn. Timothy Hutton had already burst into the acting scene by playing in ''Literature/OrdinaryPeople''.
These Tropes are beautiful, man ! Beautiful :
* Calling the Old Man Out : Brian to Sergeant Moreland, who still considers him as a kid.
* [[spoiler:Downer Ending: JC get seriously burned, the little kid Charlie,Brian and Shawn get shot.]]
* FourStarBadass: General Bache.
It was the second role of Creator/TomCruise, and his first major role after a brief appearance in ''Endless Love'', and the first non-TV movie of Creator/SeanPenn. Timothy Hutton had already burst into the acting scene by playing in ''Literature/OrdinaryPeople''.
These Tropes are beautiful, man ! Beautiful :
* Calling the Old Man Out : Brian to Sergeant Moreland, who still considers him as a kid.
* [[spoiler:Downer Ending: JC get seriously burned, the little kid Charlie,Brian and Shawn get shot.]]
* FourStarBadass: General Bache.
