History Film / Troll2022

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* GeneralRipper: Averted, which is a nice change of pace in this kind of film. General Lunde is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who behaves courteously to those under him and is horrified by Minister Markussen's proposal to break out the really big weaponry in the middle of Oslo. When he realizes that there are still civilians in the blast radius, he immediately gives the order to abort.

** Andreas and his fellow nerd Sigrid occasionally flash the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' "live long and prosper" MemeticHandGesture to each other. At another point, he calls her the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mister Spock to his Captain Kirk]], and when [[spoiler: talking her into hacking the missile]], he slips into GratuitousEnglish to say [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so."]]

* FourOneNineScam: Sigrid makes this up when asked what she is doing while actually hacking the military's weapon system, before having her laptop snatched.

* 419Scam: Sigrid makes this up when asked what she is doing while actually hacking the military's weapon system, before having her laptop snatched.

* WrittenByTheWinners: According to Tobias, the brutish qualities associated with trolls are because the Christian establishment slandered them after wiping them out. [[spoiler: The reveal of the troll graveyard underneath the Royal Palace indicates that this is true.]]

** A skeptical government agent mockingly suggests that Franchise/KingKong could be responsible for the giant footprints.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: [[spoiler: Tired of the Prime Minister's attitude, Andreas attempts to resign in a dramatic fashion, leaving his access card on the table, when he tries to leave, he remembers that he needs his access card to open the door, so he has to go back and pick up the card.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Andreas correctly identifies Captain Holm's night-vision goggles, he adds that he has some military experience... from ''Call of Duty''. Holm actually smirks at this.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:When the troll succumbs to the sunrise in the end, it's treated somberly, because although it was a destructive man-eating beast, it was an ultimately intelligent, normally peaceful being whose kind were unfairly genocided by humans and that simply wanted to be reunited with its family.]]

* EyeAwaken: One shot in the trailer has the characters standing in front of a cliffside... until the cliff opens its eyes, revealing it to be the troll's recumbent form.

* GiantFootprintReveal: In the trailer, one overhead shot shows the characters standing inside the huge footprint of the troll, which dwarfs the human figures walking around in it.

* LastOfHisKind: The troll is speculated by Nora to be the very last of its kind, as [[spoiler:the rest were exterminated by Christians centuries ago.]] However, [[spoiler:Andrea raises the possibility of other trolls dormant in other glacier caves at the end, and another troll is shown waking up in TheStinger]].
* AMythologyIsTrue: All the fairytales of trolls turn out to be true, but have been twisted by various authors to paint trolls as just that, make-believe creatures.

** One protagonist, the put-upon government agent, has some knowledge of military weapons and procedures… from playing "''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''".

* SympathyForTheDevil: The main heroine feels sorry for the troll, since it is not only the LastOfItsKind, it is also an AntagonistInMourning, having learned of the [[spoiler:mass genocide of its species by man]], and so she tries to set it loose so it can leave in peace.

** When the heroes try to recall the old stories about trolls from their childhoods, one says you're not supposed to feed them after midnight.

* OccamsRazor: Nora is the only one to make the obvious observation that the sequence of depressions look like tracks and a witness' video shows something massive and humanoid. The other scientific experts in the government council meeting scoff at the notion, coming up with convoluted theories, because something that big and bipedal sounds impossible.

Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Troll}}'', or for that matter ''Film/Troll2''.

* OurTrollsAreDifferent: The troll is a huge, stout, shaggy humanoid with rocky skin, a bulbous nose, a clubbed tail, and tall enough to tower over most buildings. It also is able to walk around in sunlight [[spoiler:or at least on very cloudy days. Once Nora figures this out, she makes a plan to unleash UV floodlights on it that do more damage than literal billions of dollars' worth of military hardware could achieve]].

* WeakenedByTheLight: The troll in this film is vulnerable to sunlight, [[spoiler:or rather, direct sunlight]], and UV spotlights work as a good substitute. [[spoiler:The troll succumbs to the sunrise at the end and is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]]. Interestingly, even the centuries old troll skeletons under the Royal Palace still turn to stone when exposed to UV light]].

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: [[spoiler: Tired of the Prime Minister's attitude, Andreas attempts to resign in a dramatic fashion, leaving his access card on the table, when he tries to leave, he remembers that he needs his access card to open the door, so he has to go back to find out. pick up the card.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:When the troll succumbs to the sunrise in the end, it's treated sombrely, because although it was a destructive man-eating beast, it was an ultimately intelligent, normally peaceful being whose kind were unfairly genocided by humans and that simply wanted to be reunited with its family.]]

* OurTrollsAreDifferent: The troll is a huge, stout, shaggy humanoid with rocky skin and a bulbous nose, tall enough to tower over most buildings. It also is able to walk around in sunlight [[spoiler:or at least on very cloudy days. Once Nora figures this out, she makes a plan to unleash UV floodlights on it that do more damage than literal billions of dollars' worth of military hardware could achieve]].

* WeakenedByTheLight: The troll in this film is vulnerable to sunlight, and UV spotlights work as a good substitute. [[spoiler:The troll succumbs to the sunrise at the end]].

* HealingFactor: None of the military's weapons have any use against the troll, partly because it's made of stone and because it's able to immediately regenerate from any injury. Only sunlight (or UV radiation) is able to actually injure it.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Nora realizes killing the troll is wrong, turns off all the UV lights, and tries to tell it to flee to the mountains where it won't be bothered by humans ever again. Unfortunately, at that moment, the sun rises and kills the troll anyway.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Rikard Sinding, an elderly man who knew of the Trolls before the troll woke up, had a great deal of respect for the main heroine's father, who researched trolls for years, but before he could publish his findings, Sinding censored him and shut down his research. He regrets it, but he did it to prevent hysteria and ridicule for her father. She was less than happy about it, since it ruined her father's life and her relationship with him.
* {{Kaiju}}: The trailer focuses on showing the troll, a towering figure larger than buildings, as it tramples its way through the countryside and a city, leaving crater-like footprints in the landscape and casually knocking buildings into rubble with swings of its arms.

* OurTrollsAreDifferent: The troll in the cinematic trailer is a huge, stout, bearded humanoid with rocky skin and a bulbous nose, and tall enough to tower over most buildings. It also is able to walk around in sunlight [[spoiler:or at least very cloudy days. Once Nora figures this out, she makes a plan to unleash UV floodlights on it that do more damage than literal billions of dollars' worth of military hardware could not do]].
* PapaWolf: Nora is able to get the troll to follow her and Andreas in the climax by [[spoiler:mounting the skull of one of his children to the back of a truck. As she expected, it loses interest in reaching the royal palace and immediately starts chasing the truck in a furious rage.]]

* WeakenedByTheLight: The troll in this film is vulnerable to sunlight and UV light works as a good substitute. [[spoiler:The troll succumbs to the sunrise at the end]].

* BadVibrations: In the trailer, the first sign of the approaching troll is when the coffee in a cup starts shaking from the vibrations of its steps.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Andreas correctly identifies Captain Holm's night-vision goggles, he adds that he has some military experience... from ''Call of Duty''; Holm actually smirks at this.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Andreas correctly identifies Captain Holm's night-vision goggles, he adds that he has some military experience... from ''Call of Duty''; Kris actually smirks at this.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Andreas correctly identifies Captain Holm's NVGs, he adds that he has some military experience... from ''Call of Duty''; Kris actually smirks at this.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In the trailer, a bureaucrat says that he has some military experience... from ''Call of Duty''; a soldier smirks at this.