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* CallingMeALogarithm: Allie tells Huko he's a jerk. Huko's response: "No, I'm not! What's a jerk?"
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* SceneryPorn: Thailand from 200 years ago is a beautiful place filled with jungles, mountains, rivers and waterfalls, and this movie is sure to let you know that.
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* SceneryPorn: Thailand from 200 years ago is a beautiful place filled with jungles, mountains, rivers and waterfalls, and this movie is sure to let you know that.
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* SceneryPorn: Thailand from 200 years ago is a beautiful place filled with jungles, mountains, rivers and waterfalls, and this movie is sure to let you know that.
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* ImprovisedZipline: One is created from a thrown rope anchored on a tree, to allow Billy, Allie, Huko, Anui and Faleka to escape a group of Cobra's henchmen chasing them. Huko even says, "I can't believe that worked."
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* HermitGuru: Faleka, the old man who Billy searches for under the belief that he can help them fight Cobra's army.
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* HostageForMacGuffin: The two men who were spying on Billy later show up at Billy's home with his dad tied up, and offer an exchange for the magic medallion.
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* HostageForMacGuffin: Happens twice.
** The two men who were spying on Billy later show up at Billy's home with his dad tied up, and offer an exchange for the magic medallion.
** Later, Cobra grabs Allie and threatens to kill her if Billy or Huko don't give him the medallion.
** The two men who were spying on Billy later show up at Billy's home with his dad tied up, and offer an exchange for the magic medallion.
** Later, Cobra grabs Allie and threatens to kill her if Billy or Huko don't give him the medallion.
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* BadBoss: Simply being told by a henchman that the people don't realize that Cobra is their king, is enough to make Cobra so angry that he kills the henchman by poking him the neck with his poison-tipped fingernail, then pushing him into a fiery pit.
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* ForeignQueasine: Allie is offered cooked bugs to eat at a feast, and is immediately repulsed, especially when Aui eats one in front of her, since it's normal for him.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: With the king having been killed over an attempt to steal the magic medallion, his son, Huko, is now the new king.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: With the king having been killed over an attempt to steal the magic medallion, his son, Huko, is now the new king. Until Billy becomes the new king by returning with the medallion.
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* OfferedTheCrown: Billy isn't literally offered a crown, but him returning with the medallion makes the people of the past immediately declare him king, over Huko.
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Now trapped in the past, Billy and Allie team up with child king Huko to try and stop the evil Cobra.
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Now trapped in the past, Billy and Allie team up with child king Huko Huko, and a local boy named Anui, to try and stop the evil Cobra.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Seeing his dad tied up and threatened by two men who want the medallion, Billy wishes that "this whole mess had never happened." Technically, that happens - Billy and Allie are transported back in time to when Cobra was trying to steal the medallion.
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* FramingDevice: The events of the movie are framed as a story being told to foster children in a foster home. Sometimes the story is interrupted by narration, or a kid in the foster home asking questions.
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* HostageForMacGuffin: The two men who were spying on Billy later show up at Billy's home with his dad tied up, and offer an exchange for the magic medallion.
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* MementoMacGuffin: Billy was given a distinctive stone by his mother some time before her death. Surprise! It's actually part of the magic medallion that enables it to grant wishes, and only becomes active when near the medallion itself. Of course, the bad guys want it.
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* TheStakeout: A villainous example. Two bad guys spy on Billy and hang out around his house, secretly recording his conversations in the hopes of learning about the medallion.
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* {{Bookworm}}: Allie loves to read books and tries to get Billy into them. This actually leads to the adventure itself.
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* TheRunaway: Allie intends to run away from the orphanage, where her life is very unhappy.
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* ImprovisedParachute: Billy jumps off a waterfall, using a giant leaf as a parachute. It does nothing to slow him down. Allie points out the math for what Billy would need for that to actually work.
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* InTheBlood: In the past, Cobra took over a kingdom, and searched for the magic medallion. In the present, a man who looks just like him and is part of his lineage is continuing the legacy of trying to steal the medallion.
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* CommonTongue: Being (presumed) Americans in Thailand, and even traveling back in time 200 years ago, doesn't result in Billy or Allie having any trouble communicating with anyone, since everyone speaks English just fine.
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* HighDiveEscape: Desperately need to escape Cobra, and running out of options? Just jump! Luckily, Billy and Allie have experience playing around in the jungles of Thailand and making wild jumps, so this escape isn't totally new to them.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: With the king having been killed over an attempt to steal the magic medallion, his son, Huko, is now the new king.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The main villain is named Cobra. And he even has a poison fingernail!
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* PoisonIsEvil: Cobra uses a poisoned fingernail to kill those who disagree with him.
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* FakeNationality: It's very obvious that the actor playing Huko, the child king, is not Thai like the people he leads.
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* FakeNationality: It's very obvious that the actor playing Huko, the child king, is not Thai like the people he leads.
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* TrappedInThePast: Billy's wish to escape danger in the present resulted in him and Allie being trapped in the past.
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* {{Narrator}}: Due to the interference of the distributor, a narrator occasionally interjects thoughts into the story now and then, to try to attach it to the BookEnds.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a group of kids at a home being told a story. Those specific scenes were added by the distributor, who wanted to give the movie a "Christian" touch.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a group of kids at a foster home being told a story. Those specific scenes were added by the distributor, who wanted to give the movie a "Christian" touch. These scenes are jarringly out of place with the rest of the movie, which has better acting, directing, locations, etc.
* InstantExpert: It sure didn't take the kids long to learn how to fight and organize in order to take back the kingdom from Cobra!
* InstantExpert: It sure didn't take the kids long to learn how to fight and organize in order to take back the kingdom from Cobra!
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''The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone'' is a 2013 adventure movie. In modern (2010s) times, Billy Stone and his friend Allie are in Thailand with Billy's researcher dad, and end up discovering an important lost medallion. This brings in some bad guys who threaten Billy's dad, resulting in Billy making a wayward wish that sends him and Allie back in time 200 years ago.
Now trapped in the past, Billy and Allie team up with child king Huko to try and stop the evil Cobra.
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!This movie contains examples of:
* BigBad: Cobra, who raids villages and enslaves the villagers.
* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a group of kids at a home being told a story. Those specific scenes were added by the distributor, who wanted to give the movie a "Christian" touch.
* KidHero: Billy Stone, Allie, Huko and Anui are the protagonists, and they are kids. They even end up telling adults what to do.
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Only those with a kind heart can use the medallion. Cobra is not happy about this.
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Now trapped in the past, Billy and Allie team up with child king Huko to try and stop the evil Cobra.
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!This movie contains examples of:
* BigBad: Cobra, who raids villages and enslaves the villagers.
* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a group of kids at a home being told a story. Those specific scenes were added by the distributor, who wanted to give the movie a "Christian" touch.
* KidHero: Billy Stone, Allie, Huko and Anui are the protagonists, and they are kids. They even end up telling adults what to do.
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Only those with a kind heart can use the medallion. Cobra is not happy about this.
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