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"Paper Chase Guy" is a Fan Nickname not referenced in the film itself.


* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Paper Chase Guy has to defeat the leaders of several Gangs of Hats for them to accept him as leader and become his RagtagBunchOfMisfits so he can [[StormingTheCastle Storm The Castle]].
* BadassBiker: It's what the movie was trying to shoot for with the ''Paper Chase'' Guy.

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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Paper Chase Guy Rider has to defeat the leaders of several Gangs of Hats for them to accept him as leader and become his RagtagBunchOfMisfits so he can [[StormingTheCastle Storm The Castle]].
* BadassBiker: It's what the movie was trying to shoot for with the ''Paper Chase'' Guy.Rider.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Nastasia at the end; Prossor [[spoiler:or rather his clone, orders her to shoot the other heroes. She obeys with Paper Chase Guy, but then snaps out of it rather than shoot her father.]]

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Nastasia at the end; Prossor [[spoiler:or rather his clone, orders her to shoot the other heroes. She obeys with Paper Chase Guy, the Rider, but then snaps out of it rather than shoot her father.]]



-->'''Paper Chase Guy:''' It's time for me to leave.\\

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-->'''Paper Chase Guy:''' -->'''The Rider:''' It's time for me to leave.\\



** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]].[[note]]Caliburn is another name for Excalibur.[[/note]]

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** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" Rider is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]].[[note]]Caliburn is another name for Excalibur.[[/note]]



* GroinAttack: When the ''Paper Chase Guy'' initially refuses to help the Resistance, Nastasia pokes a gun into his crotch and says "Either you help me rescue my father or I ''blow your balls off''." [[spoiler:The closeups of the gun shoved into his crotch were cut from the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode while retaining most of the other shots that surrounded them -- suddenly that episode becomes ''even funnier'' when you realize why he was looking down.]]

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* GroinAttack: When the ''Paper Chase Guy'' Rider initially refuses to help the Resistance, Nastasia pokes a gun into his crotch and says "Either you help me rescue my father or I ''blow your balls off''." [[spoiler:The closeups of the gun shoved into his crotch were cut from the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode while retaining most of the other shots that surrounded them -- suddenly that episode becomes ''even funnier'' when you realize why he was looking down.]]



* HeroicWillpower: Nastasia. Despite being BrainwashedAndCrazy, she resists shooting her father [[spoiler: and shoots Prossor instead]]. She does follow Prossor's orders to shoot the ''Paper Chase'' guy, though.

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* HeroicWillpower: Nastasia. Despite being BrainwashedAndCrazy, she resists shooting her father [[spoiler: and shoots Prossor instead]]. She does follow Prossor's orders to shoot the ''Paper Chase'' guy, Rider, though.



** The hero, a.k.a. "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy". Website/IMDb simply calls him "The Rider."

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** The hero, a.k.a. "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy". hero and titular "Warrior of the Lost World." Website/IMDb simply calls him "The Rider."



* OnlyAFleshWound: Paper Chase Guy gets shot in each shoulder over the course of the movie, and Nastasia gets shot in the leg. All these wounds only bleed slightly, and apparently have no long-term consequences. This may appear to be [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that a group of psychic healers exists, but the characters weren't anywhere near them when they were shot.

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* OnlyAFleshWound: Paper Chase Guy The Rider gets shot in each shoulder over the course of the movie, and Nastasia gets shot in the leg. All these wounds only bleed slightly, and apparently have no long-term consequences. This may appear to be [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that a group of psychic healers exists, but the characters weren't anywhere near them when they were shot.



* UnexplainedRecovery: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy and Einstein somehow survive being shot by Nastasia and run over by Megaweapon, respectively.
* TheUnintelligible: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy; sounds like he just came back from the dentist. Einstein isn't much better, and repeating everything [[RuleOfThree three times rapidly]] doesn't help.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy Rider and Einstein somehow survive being shot by Nastasia and run over by Megaweapon, respectively.
* TheUnintelligible: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy; Rider sounds like he just came back from the dentist. Einstein isn't much better, and repeating everything [[RuleOfThree three times rapidly]] doesn't help.
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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty, aka ''Film/TheExterminator''[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Creator/PersisKhambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.

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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty, [[note]]Creator/RobertGinty, aka ''Film/TheExterminator''[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Creator/PersisKhambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.
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* ColorblindCasting: Professor [=McWayne=] is white, while his daughter Nastasia is played by an Indian actress. Granted, she could be his adopted daughter, but this is never confirmed.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy and Einstein both somehow survive being run over by Megaweapon.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: The ''Paper Chase'' Guy and Einstein both somehow survive being shot by Nastasia and run over by Megaweapon.Megaweapon, respectively.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Paper Chase Guy has to defeat the leaders of several Gangs of Hats for them to accept him as leader and become his RagtagBunchOfMisfits so he can [[StormingTheCastle Storm The Castle]].

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Paper Chase Guy has to defeat the leaders of several Gangs of Hats for them to accept him as leader and become his RagtagBunchOfMisfits so he can [[StormingTheCastle Storm The Castle]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: Our "hero" decks the Tina Turner-lookalike harder than anyone in the film.

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* WouldHitAGirl: Our "hero" decks the Tina Turner-lookalike Music/TinaTurner-lookalike harder than anyone in the film.
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* CoolBike: "Einstein" the "[[AwesomeMcCoolname Supersonic Speedcycle]]" is in theory, although in practice it's actually pretty lame.

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* CoolBike: "Einstein" the "[[AwesomeMcCoolname Supersonic Speedcycle]]" "Supersonic Speedcycle" is in theory, although in practice it's actually pretty lame.
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* StandardPost-ApocalypticSetting: Downplayed, with the world having Pripyat-style scenery.

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* StandardPost-ApocalypticSetting: Downplayed, with StandardPostApocalypticSetting: Averted. The movie apparently takes place long enough after the world having Pripyat-style scenery.nuclear war for the foliage to have grown back, and for society to have been rebuilt as a totalitarian dystopia.

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* StandardPost-ApocalypticSetting: Downplayed, with the world having Pripyat-style scenery.



*** In theory, the lush scenery ''could'' be justified by [[ReclaimedByNature plant life recovering quickly]]. The rebuilding, on the other hand, [[FridgeBrilliance could be explained as the work of Prossor and his Omegas]].

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*** In theory, the lush scenery ''could'' be justified by [[ReclaimedByNature plant life recovering quickly]].quickly]], and/or by there having been a couple of decades since the nuclear war. The rebuilding, on the other hand, [[FridgeBrilliance could be explained as the work of Prossor and his Omegas]].

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A Loner/Drifter rides around the ([[TakeOurWordForIt oddly lush]]) [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic countryside]] on his [[Series/KnightRider computerized motorcycle]] Einstein, dodging evil cops and junkyard dwellers. He stumbles across the {{Mook}} Army of The Omega, a totalitarian colony, and immediately flees; doing so, he commits the major automotive faux pas of not watching where he's going, and drives face-first into a rock wall.

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A Loner/Drifter rides around the ([[TakeOurWordForIt oddly ([[ReclaimedByNature surprisingly lush]]) [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic countryside]] on his [[Series/KnightRider computerized motorcycle]] Einstein, dodging evil cops and junkyard dwellers. He stumbles across the {{Mook}} Army of The Omega, a totalitarian colony, and immediately flees; doing so, he commits the major automotive faux pas of not watching where he's going, and drives face-first into a rock wall.



* PuttingOnTheReich: Prosser's Omegas dress overtly similarly to Waffen-SS troopers, and their flag is a black omega in a white cicle on a red field.



* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Nastasia gets this treatment as Prossor brainwashes her.

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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Nastasia gets this treatment as Prossor Prosser brainwashes her.


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*** In theory, the lush scenery ''could'' be justified by [[ReclaimedByNature plant life recovering quickly]]. The rebuilding, on the other hand, [[FridgeBrilliance could be explained as the work of Prossor and his Omegas]].
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** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]].

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** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]]. [[note]]Caliburn is another name for Excalibur.[[/note]]
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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:The Prosser Natasia shot is actually a robot duplicate of the ''real'' Prosser.]]

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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:The Prosser that Natasia shot is actually a robot duplicate of the ''real'' Prosser.]]



* ATeamFiring: During the chase scene. Several minutes of near point blank range between over a dozen people and fully automatic weapons, and nobody gets hit, not even the trucks get pockmarks.

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* ATeamFiring: During the chase scene. Several minutes of near point blank range between over a dozen people and fully automatic weapons, and nobody gets hit, hit -- not even the trucks get pockmarks.



* BottomlessMagazines: There were all of about two onscreen reloads in this entire film and only once is anyone actually shown running out of ammunition. Possibly justified by these being energy weapons--or possibly not; though all the guns make only soft electronic-sounding noises when fired, a few of them do appear to eject spent cartridges in one or two scenes.

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* BottomlessMagazines: There were all of about two onscreen reloads in this entire film and only once is anyone actually shown running out of ammunition. Possibly justified by these being energy weapons--or weapons -- or possibly not; though all the guns make only soft electronic-sounding noises when fired, a few of them do appear to eject spent cartridges in one or two scenes.



* GroinAttack: When the ''Paper Chase Guy'' initially refuses to help the Resistance, Nastasia pokes a gun into his crotch and says "Either you help me rescue my father or I ''blow your balls off''." [[spoiler:The closeups of the gun shoved into his crotch were cut from the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode while retaining most of the other shots that surrounded them - suddenly that episode becomes ''even funnier'' when you realize why he was looking down.]]

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* GroinAttack: When the ''Paper Chase Guy'' initially refuses to help the Resistance, Nastasia pokes a gun into his crotch and says "Either you help me rescue my father or I ''blow your balls off''." [[spoiler:The closeups of the gun shoved into his crotch were cut from the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode while retaining most of the other shots that surrounded them - -- suddenly that episode becomes ''even funnier'' when you realize why he was looking down.]]



* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Einstein claims the Megaweapon would take 40 megatons - the yield of an ''H-bomb'' - to destroy. What the hell?[[note]]For comparison: "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, had a yield of sixteen ''kilo''tons. A megaton is ''one thousand kilotons''.[[/note]]

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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Einstein claims the Megaweapon would take 40 megatons - -- the yield of an ''H-bomb'' - -- to destroy. What the hell?[[note]]For comparison: "Little Boy", the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, had a yield of sixteen ''kilo''tons. A megaton is ''one thousand kilotons''.[[/note]]
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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty, aka ''Film/TheExterminator''[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Persis Khambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.

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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty, aka ''Film/TheExterminator''[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Persis Khambatta[[/note]], Trek]]''"[[note]]Creator/PersisKhambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.
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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Persis Khambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.

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The movie is largely known for being a glorious ''Mad Max'' rip-off cheesefest starring "The ''Paper Chase'' Guy" [[note]]Robert Ginty[[/note]], Ginty, aka ''Film/TheExterminator''[[/note]], "The Bald Chick From ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek]]''"[[note]]Persis Khambatta[[/note]], Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/FredWilliamson. It was roasted in a 1993 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', though multiple prints of the film exist.
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** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]].

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** According to the Elderly Council, the "''Paper Chase'' Guy" is this because of his IncorruptiblePurePureness. Henchman (Williamson) compares him to KingArthur Myth/KingArthur pulling Excalibur from the rock, although [[SadlyMythtaken they clearly have Excalibur mixed up with Caliburn]].



* EvilOverlord: Prossor
* ExpendableClone: Prossor has one.

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* %%* ExpendableClone: Prossor has one.

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%%* BaldOfEvil: Prossor

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%%* * BaldOfEvil: ProssorProssor shows off Creator/DonaldPleasence's shiny dome.



* DullSurprise: Most of the time, our Hero appears to be half-asleep, even when he's attempting to be a BadassBiker. Prossor, as well is Creator/DonaldPleasence perpetually on cruise control, because he probably doesn't care that much.

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* DullSurprise: Most of the time, our Hero appears to be half-asleep, even when he's attempting to be a BadassBiker. Prossor, as well well, is Creator/DonaldPleasence perpetually on cruise control, because he probably doesn't care that much.



* HealingHands: The Elders.

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* HealingHands: The Elders.Elders use some unexplained magic to heal The Rider's wounds when he (literally) crashes their hidden village.



* HiddenElfVillage: The Elders' hideout.

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* HiddenElfVillage: The Elders' hideout.hideout is disguised by a cliff face.



* LaResistance: The Outsiders/"New Way."

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* LaResistance: The Outsiders/"New Way."Way" are trying to overthrow The Omega.



* RousingSpeech: Professor [=McWayne=] delivers one to the various gangs after The Rider defeats them in gladiatorial combat.



* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Nastasia.

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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Nastasia.Nastasia gets this treatment as Prossor brainwashes her.

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