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* LastResortTakeout: To avoid attending a ceremony, Ryback warns the captain about having to do the cheeseburger routine if he doesn't allow him to skip the ceremony and finish preparing the bouillabaisse for the captain's birthday party.
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* HeadSmashesScreen: The movie's final battle between Casey Ryback and BigBad Strannix ends with Ryback stabbing Strannix in the scalp, before shoving Strannix head-first into the USS Missouri's radar monitor screen (which shatters and fizzles, of course) for good measure.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Subverted in that the real president at the time, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush, is shown sending the ship off before its final voyage, even if he's not involved in the bulk of the movie.
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* HilariousInHindsight: the idea that the US Navy would pay for a stripper to be flown out to a ship at sea to entertain the crew, something which nowadays would probably result in the entire service being disbanded.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Even after witnessing Ryback's first victims in Strannix's team, Krill insists that Ryback is just a cook who got lucky until he manages to access Ryback's secured personnel file.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Krill tries to make Ryback a victim of this (before he even knows what Ryback is capable of) by informing a newly-transferred private that Ryback is a psychopath who hates officers and Americans to discourage the private from listening to Ryback's attempts to convince the private to let him out.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Krill tries to make Ryback a victim of this (before he even knows what Ryback is capable of) by informing a newly-transferred private Private Nash that Ryback is a psychopath who hates officers and Americans to discourage the private Nash from listening to Ryback's attempts to convince the private Nash to let him out.
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* KnifeFight: The climax has a knife fight between Strannix and Ryback, [[spoiler: which quickly turns into a CurbStompBattle, with Strannix only getting one lucky scratch, before Ryback [[EyeScream gouges his eye out with his bare hand]], before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill stabbing him through the head and smashing his head through a piece of equipment, electrocuting him]]. And that's ''after'' owning him in the knife fight.]]
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* KnifeFight: The climax has a knife fight between Strannix and Ryback, [[spoiler: which quickly turns into a CurbStompBattle, with Strannix only getting one lucky scratch, before Ryback [[EyeScream gouges his eye out with his bare hand]], before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill stabbing him through the head and smashing his head through a piece of equipment, electrocuting him]]. And that's ''after'' owning him in the knife fight.]] fight]].
* LawfulStupid: Private Nash continually refuses to listen to Ryback's attempts to make logical arguments about why he should ignore Krill's orders to keep him locked up, to the extent that he believes Krill's claim that gunshots were actually party poppers.
* LawfulStupid: Private Nash continually refuses to listen to Ryback's attempts to make logical arguments about why he should ignore Krill's orders to keep him locked up, to the extent that he believes Krill's claim that gunshots were actually party poppers.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Krill tries to make Ryback a victim of this (before he even knows what Ryback is capable of) by informing a newly-transferred private that Ryback is a psychopath who hates officers and Americans to discourage the private from listening to Ryback's attempts to convince the private to let him out.
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* ChekhovsSkill: One of the crewmembers that Ryback recruits to help him happens to be a Gunner's Mate. This becomes very useful when it comes time to take out the sub, since he knows how to operate the ship's 16 inch guns.
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* ChekhovsSkill: One of the crewmembers that Ryback recruits to help him happens to be a Gunner's Mate. This becomes very useful when it comes time to take out the sub, since he knows how to operate the ship's 16 inch 16-inch guns.
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** The two worst decisions in the first part are when Krill provokes Rybeck and throws him in the meat locker, and when Strannix ignores Krill offering to relieve the Marine guard and take Ryback himself ''with more than two men for backup''. To be fair, neither of them had found out about Rybeck's past yet.
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** The two worst decisions in the first part are when Krill provokes Rybeck and throws him in the meat locker, and when Strannix ignores Krill offering offer to relieve the Marine guard and take Ryback himself ''with more than two men for backup''. To be fair, neither of them had found out about Rybeck's past yet.
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*** Ryback is noticed during his sabotage of the submarine, and while he isn't killed he is injured.
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*** Ryback is noticed during his sabotage of the submarine, and while he isn't killed killed, he is injured.
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* SitRep: Chief Ryback does this twice, talking with Admiral Greer in Washington. The first time, he gives Greer information about the terrorists in control of the ship and what they're doing. The second time, Greer calls him while Ryback is fighting the terrorists so they can't talk for long.
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* CurbstompBattle: This is a Steven Seagal movie, so it has to end with one against the BigBad. Though unlike some of his later movies, Steven Seagal is at least standing up while slaughtering [[spoiler:Strannix and then ramming his head into electrical equipment.]]
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** A US Navy Ship hijacking is almost single-handedly thwarted by... said ship's [[ChefOfIron cook]]. Well, he used to be a Navy SEAL, but still.
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** A US Navy Ship hijacking is almost single-handedly thwarted by... said ship's [[ChefOfIron cook]]. Well, he used to be a Navy SEAL, but still. Lampshaded by Ryback just to mess with Jordan when they first meet, until he demonstrates he's MUCH more than just a ship's cook.
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Also the Star-Spangled Banner
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* VillainousBreakdown: Strannix goes completely insane after Krill is killed and his eardrums burst due to the ''enormous'' noise and muzzle blast from ''Missouri'''s 16" guns firing. He proceeds to launch two Tomahawk missiles at Honolulu while babbling about cartoon characters.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Strannix goes completely insane after Krill is killed and his eardrums burst due to the ''enormous'' noise and muzzle blast from ''Missouri'''s 16" guns firing. He proceeds to launch two Tomahawk missiles at Honolulu while babbling about cartoon characters. characters and badly singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
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* DiedOnTheirBirthday: Captain Adams of the USS Missouri is murdered on his birthday by his traitorous XO, Krill, who used preparations for the Captain's party as cover to bring his terrorist allies on board.
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*** Strannix orders roving patrols, and tells them not to play hero, to stay in areas they control, to report in regularly and immediately call for backup should anything happen.
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*** Strannix orders roving patrols, and tells them not to play hero, to stay in areas they control, to report in regularly and immediately call for backup should anything happen. He also tells them to switch to a pre-arranged alternate communications frequency at this point, cutting Ryback off from listening in on their communications (which he was doing).
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Near the end of the movie, Strannix gets the drop on Ryback by sneaking up behind him, but doesn't shoot him, seemingly because he had already broken down and lost his cool, and perhaps because they recognised each other from previous work they'd done together. The actual reason is quite obviously the idea of having them talk about how similar they are and then finishing things with a knife fight between the two of them is [[RuleOfCool awesome]].
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* VillainRespect: Both Strannix and Daumer at different times note their respect for Ryback and his abilities as he makes a mess of their plan. Albeit mixed with exasperation and anger for how he is continually derailing their plans.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:Near Two instances.
** Daumer correctly anticipates that Ryback survived placing a bomb on the sub and tracks him down to where he re-boards the ship, getting him at gunpoint. Subverted in that he ''is'' about to shoot him, but pauses for a moment to note his genuine admiration of his abilities before he does so, which gives Jordan time to shoot him in the back.
**Near the end of the movie, Strannix gets the drop on Ryback by sneaking up behind him, but doesn't shoot him, seemingly because he had already broken down and lost his cool, and perhaps because they recognised each other from previous work they'd done together. The actual reason is quite obviously the idea of having them talk about how similar they are and then finishing things with a knife fight between the two of them is [[RuleOfCool awesome]].
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** Daumer correctly anticipates that Ryback survived placing a bomb on the sub and tracks him down to where he re-boards the ship, getting him at gunpoint. Subverted in that he ''is'' about to shoot him, but pauses for a moment to note his genuine admiration of his abilities before he does so, which gives Jordan time to shoot him in the back.
**Near the end of the movie, Strannix gets the drop on Ryback by sneaking up behind him, but doesn't shoot him, seemingly because he had already broken down and lost his cool, and perhaps because they recognised each other from previous work they'd done together. The actual reason is quite obviously the idea of having them talk about how similar they are and then finishing things with a knife fight between the two of them is [[RuleOfCool awesome]].
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The reaction of the bad guys when they discover the cook just happens to be a highly trained and decorated SEAL. Krill even lampshades it with "how little did I know."
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The reaction of the bad guys when they discover the cook just happens to be a highly trained and decorated SEAL. Krill even lampshades it with "how little did I know.LittleDidIKnow."
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* HilariousInHindsight: the idea that the US Navy would pay for a stripper to be flown out to a ship at sea to entertain the crew, something which nowadays would probably result in the entire service being disbanded.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Glen Morshower's Ensign Taylor seems to have a feud with Ryback but seems to get on well with the rest of the crew and points out that they can't check with the Captain to confirm his own surprise party or it wouldn't be a surprise. At the end when Ryback has saved the day he applauds him along with everyone else.
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* MsFanservice: We are introduced to Jordan when she jumps out of a cake in a thong and naval officer's coat which she quickly strips off to reveal her breasts shamelessly.
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* MsFanservice: We are introduced to Jordan when she jumps out of a cake in a thong and naval officer's coat which she quickly strips off to reveal her breasts shamelessly. Reputedly contemporary video shops had to keep replacing their VHS copies of the film as this scene was continually worn out from being constantly rewatched.
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that's been bugging me for a while
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-->'''Admiral Bates:''' All right, Chief... you are hereby authorized to do whatever is necessary to regain control of that vessel. Because if I can't control you, I might as well at least ''support'' you!
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-->'''Admiral Bates:''' All right, Chief... I see... now since your ass is on the line, sailor, I authorise you are hereby authorized to right now do whatever is necessary you can to regain control aid in the arrival of that vessel. the SEAL team. Because if I GODDAMN can't control you, you... I might as well at least ''support'' you!
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* ChekhovsSkill: One of the crewmembers that Ryback recruits to help him happens to be a Gunner's Mate. This becomes very useful when it comes time to take out the sub, since he knows how to operate the ship's 16 inch guns.
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--> '''Jordan Tate: '''If the sub blows, won't the nukes go?
--> '''Casey Ryback:''' No. They won't detonate. Just sink with the sub.
--> '''Casey Ryback:''' No. They won't detonate. Just sink with the sub.
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* ANuclearError
** Subverted. The U.S.S. ''Missouri'''s big guns are about to fire at a submarine carrying stolen nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
--> '''Jordan Tate: '''If the sub blows, won't the nukes go?
--> '''Casey Ryback:''' No. They won't detonate. Just sink with the sub.
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** Subverted. The U.S.S. ''Missouri'''s big guns are about to fire at a submarine carrying stolen nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
--> '''Jordan Tate: '''If the sub blows, won't the nukes go?
--> '''Casey Ryback:''' No. They won't detonate. Just sink with the sub.
** Played straight when Chief Ryback transmits a self-destruct code to a cruise missile in flight and causes it to blow up.
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* CIAEvilFBIGood: While not the FBI, the dichotomy between CIA and Navy staff when handling the crisis of each movie plays out the same. CIA liaisons are always presented as [[SmugSnake self serving]], irresponsible, short sighted, and [[CreateYourOwnVillain responsible for the creation of the villains]], and the Navy as as an exasperated ReasonableAuthorityFigure that has to clean up after them with the help of Ryback.
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* SteelEardrums: {{Averted|Trope}}. Strannix's eardrums burst due to being in close proximity of the ''Missouri'''s 16" guns firing. His hearing has only partially recovered by the end.
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** The two worst decisions in the first part are when Krill provokes Rybeck and throws him in the meat locker, and when Strannix ignores Krill offering to relieve the Marine guard and take Ryback himself ''with more than two men for backup''. To be fair, neither of them had found out about Rybeck's past at this point.yet.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ryback frees a handful of sailors who are instrumental in saving the day, but they don't quite reach FiveManBand status.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ryback frees a handful of sailors who are instrumental in saving the day, but they don't quite reach FiveManBand status. Disgraced Navy [=SEAL=] Ryback is aided in thwarting the villains by his assistant cook, a party stripper, a loudmouthed laundry worker, a retired UsefulNotes/WorldWarII gunner who is only visiting the ship for the decommissioning, an electrician, and two junior officers.
