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* ScaledUp: In the climax of the second segment, [[EvilSorcerer Deimos]] takes the form of a monstrous giant snake to fight the heroes.

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* ScaledUp: In the climax of the second segment, [[EvilSorcerer Deimos]] takes the form of a monstrous giant snake to fight the heroes. [[Main/EvilOverlordList It doesn't help.]]

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* CombatPragmatist: When three of his men challenge his leadership, Jonah sets up his pocket watch and tells them to draw when the music stops. Then he guns all three down while they're waiting for this to happen. Turns out the watch is broken so the music doesn't stop until Jonah turns it off.



* InTheBack: [[spoiler: At the end of the first segment, Bat Lash is shot from behind by Jonah Hex while talking to Diana.]]

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* InTheBack: [[spoiler: At the end of the first segment, Bat Lash is shot from behind by Jonah Hex while talking to Diana.Diana, despite him stopping one of his men from doing this trope earlier.]]

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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Before handing over his payment, Deimos asks Bruce to prove his loyalty to him by executing Mariah and Diana. [[spoiler: Bruce naturally refuses, as Deimos expected.]]

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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Before handing over his payment, Deimos asks Bruce to prove his loyalty to him by executing execute Mariah and Diana. [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Despite having betrayed Warlord earlier, Bruce naturally refuses, as balks at the idea (it's implied he subconsciously remembers his friendship with Diana). Deimos expected.isn't bothered, as now he can kill Bruce for refusing and save the gold he was going to be paid.]]


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* LeaveYourQuestTest: At the end of her segment, Bat Lash asks Diana to stay with them. Before she can answer, he's gunned down from behind. Someone asks Diana if she would have taken the offer if Bat Lash hadn't been killed, but she refuses to answer.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The third segment of the film is portrayed in black and white. Notably, this happens in-universe as well, as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman realize its lack afterword.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The third segment of the film is portrayed in black and white. Notably, At first this happens in-universe appears to be just a {{Retraux}} look to fit the 1950's era but it's happening InUniverse as well, as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman realize its lack afterword.to prevent Clark Kent accessing his full power.
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* StillWearingTheOldColors: Even though he has no memory of who he is, Bruce starts his segment wearing his Batman hood while fighting as a sword-wielding mercenary with no shirt, to cue the audience as to his real identity. Likewise Diana is wearing her Wonder Woman boots. Eventually they find their old supersuits in storage and suit up for the final battle.
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* ShootTheFuelTank: When chased by White Martians in the third segment, Agent Kent shoots a gas tank with a flare gun to blow them up.

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* ShootTheFuelTank: Justified. When chased by White Martians in the third segment, Agent Kent shoots a gas tank fuel tanker with a flare gun to blow them up.up, after Bruce first uses their car to smash open the tanker's exhaust valve, spilling petrol across the road.
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* ChainedHeat: In the second segment, Warlord agrees to follow Bruce to Deimos's castle on the condition that their arms are chained together.

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* ChainedHeat: In the second segment, Warlord agrees to follow Bruce to Deimos's castle on castle, but keeps the condition that their arms are mercenary warrior chained together.to him with a neck collar in case of escape or betrayal.
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* TheMenInBlack: Clark is a rookie agent assigned to Majestic 12, eager to defend Truth, Justice and the American Way from alien invaders. The latter, he realises, means not killing an alien just because you're scared and it looks different from you.
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* WhatTheHellAreYou: Hex's response when Diana stops him firing a Gatling gun by throwing a wagon wheel that smashes the gun [[SuperStrength while still having enough force]] to go flying a long way out of town before coming to rest.
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* ChainedHeat: In the second segment, Warlord agrees to follow Bruce to Deimos's fortress on the condition that their arms are chained together.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: [[spoiler: In the second segment, Bruce saves Machiste from a pterosaur-like monster. In the very next scene, Machiste dies trying to enter Deimos's fortress.]]

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* ChainedHeat: In the second segment, Warlord agrees to follow Bruce to Deimos's fortress castle on the condition that their arms are chained together.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: [[spoiler: In the second segment, Bruce saves Machiste from falling off a pterosaur-like monster. cliff. In the very next scene, Machiste dies trying to enter Deimos's fortress.castle.]]



* CutTheJuice: In the second segment, Bruce finds the cables that power the defenses of Deimos's fortress, and tears them off to be able to enter without danger.

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* CutTheJuice: In the second segment, Bruce finds the cables that power the defenses of Deimos's fortress, castle, and tears them off to be able to enter without danger.



* MagicFromTechnology: Most of Deimos's "sorceries" turn out to be technological in nature, such as the traps in his fortress or his gun. That said, he does have real magical powers as well, such as turning into a giant snake.

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* MagicFromTechnology: Most of Deimos's "sorceries" "magic" turn out to be technological in nature, such as the traps in his fortress castle or his gun. That said, he does have real magical powers as well, such as turning into a giant snake.



* StockNessMonster: When crossing a lake to reach Deimos' fortress, Warlord's raft is attacked by a huge plesiosaur-like monster.
* StrippedToTheBone: This is what happens to [[spoiler: Machiste]] when he tries to enter Deimos's fortress.

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* StockNessMonster: When crossing a lake to reach Deimos' fortress, castle, Warlord's raft is attacked by a huge plesiosaur-like monster.
* StrippedToTheBone: This is what happens to [[spoiler: Machiste]] when he tries to enter Deimos's fortress.castle.

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* BondVillainStupidity: Subverted. After knocking out the three heroes, not only does Lobo not kill them, but he even leaves them unrestrained. [[spoiler: However, it's later revealed that he did this on purpose because he hoped they would get rid of Mongul for him.]]
* ChainedHeat: In the second segment, Warlord agrees to follow Bruce to Deimos's fortress on the condition that their arms are chained together.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: [[spoiler: In the second segment, Bruce saves Machiste from a pterosaur-like monster. In the very next scene, Machiste dies trying to enter Deimos's fortress.]]



* CutTheJuice: In the second segment, Bruce finds the cables that power the defenses of Deimos's fortress, and tears them off to be able to enter without danger.



* DoYouTrustMe: In the first segment, Diana asks this to Bat Lash, who replies without hesitation that he does.
* EasilyForgiven: In the second segment, Warlord doesn't seem too upset at Bruce for abandoning him to the mercy of a ferocious minotaur-like monster.



* FusionDance: [[spoiler: In the climax, J'onn J'onzz merges with a White Martian in order to create the key to activate Warworld’s self-destruct sequence.]]
* GoGoEnslavement: In the second segment, Diana and Mariah are both captured by Deimos and wear revealing outfits. While Mariah was already wearing it before, it's unclear if Diana did as well.
* GuttedLikeAFish: In the second segment, Warlord kills a dinosaur-like monster by cutting its belly open with his sword. Bruce, who was chained to him, finds himself covered in guts.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: In the second segment, Warlord defeats Deimos by shooting him a bullet from his own gun.]]
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Before handing over his payment, Deimos asks Bruce to prove his loyalty to him by executing Mariah and Diana. [[spoiler: Bruce naturally refuses, as Deimos expected.]]
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: At the end of the first segment, Bat Lash is shot from behind by Jonah Hex while talking to Diana.]]
* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore: After seeing Diana beat up his men, Jonah Hex tells her that he has never seen anyone fight like that before.



* LizardFolk: The alien responsible for torturing J'onn J'onzz looks like a humanoid lizard.
* MagicFromTechnology: Most of Deimos's "sorceries" turn out to be technological in nature, such as the traps in his fortress or his gun. That said, he does have real magical powers as well, such as turning into a giant snake.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: After Jonah Hex shoots Bat Lash, a distraught Diana beats him to a pulp in a pretty brutal fashion.]]
* OffWithHisHead: Warlord manages to decapitate the minotaur-like monster [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem with its own axe]].



* PushedAtTheMonster: Discussed. As he abandons Warlord to the mercy of a minotaur-like monster, Bruce tells him "You know the rule. When running from a beast, be faster than the man you're with".
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent:
** In the second segment, most of the monsters that Warlord's army encounters on their journey are reptilian in appearance.
** The EvilSorcerer Deimos can transform into a giant snake as well.
** Also, Mongul's TortureTechnician is a reptilian-looking alien.



* ScaledUp: In the climax of the second segment, [[EvilSorcerer Deimos]] takes the form of a monstrous giant snake to fight the heroes.
* ScarSurvey: During their first meeting, Diana asks [[FacialHorror Jonah Hex]] what happened to his face. He simply answers that he trusted the wrong people.



* ShockStick: The reptilian alien tortures J'onn J'onzz with some kind of metal rod that emits electricity. He later tries to use it against Superman during their fight.
* ShootTheFuelTank: When chased by White Martians in the third segment, Agent Kent shoots a gas tank with a flare gun to blow them up.



* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Lobo]] is acting as the enforcer for Mongul, but double-crosses him by freeing the heroes instead of killing them in the hopes of taking Warworld for himself. [[spoiler: It turns out that J'onn J'onzz telepathically implanted that idea into his mind in order to create an opportunity to destroy Warworld, though given that it's ''Lobo'' he was bound to turn on Mongul of his own volition sooner or later.]]

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* TheStarscream: TheStarscream:
** After a humiliating defeat by Diana, three of Jonah Hex's henchmen try to challenge his authority. Hex makes short work of them.
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[[spoiler: Lobo]] is acting as the enforcer for Mongul, but double-crosses him by freeing the heroes instead of killing them in the hopes of taking Warworld for himself. [[spoiler: It turns out that J'onn J'onzz telepathically implanted that idea into his mind in order to create an opportunity to destroy Warworld, though given that it's ''Lobo'' he was bound to turn on Mongul of his own volition sooner or later.]]




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* StockNessMonster: When crossing a lake to reach Deimos' fortress, Warlord's raft is attacked by a huge plesiosaur-like monster.
* StrippedToTheBone: This is what happens to [[spoiler: Machiste]] when he tries to enter Deimos's fortress.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: In the second segment, Mariah and Diana both wear pretty revealing outfits.
* WeCanRuleTogether: At the beginning of the first segment, Jonah Hex tries to convince Diana to work for him.
* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler: After his defeat, Deimos swears to Warlord that he'll have his revenge before fleeing.]]
* WeNeedADistraction: When they discuss stealing supplies from Jonah Hex's storehouse, Bat Lash points out that they're going to need a distraction. Diana tells him that she can be quite distracting.
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** Clark's segment is a whole plot reference to ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", with Kent performing the role of an agent trying to identify an alien spy among Snapper Carr's diner full of colorful characters.

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** Clark's segment is a whole plot reference to ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", with Kent performing the role of an agent trying to identify an alien spy among Snapper Carr's diner full of colorful characters.
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** Clark's segment is a whole plot reference to ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", with Kent performing the role of an agent trying to identify an alien spy among Snapper Carr's diner full of colorful characters.

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** Clark's segment is a whole plot reference to ''The Twilight Zone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", with Kent performing the role of an agent trying to identify an alien spy among Snapper Carr's diner full of colorful characters.
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* MythologyGag: Wonder Woman being in DC's Old West comics setting, dealing with its characters (Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, etc), and dressed in period garb all references the "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E12WeirdWesternTales Weird Western Tales]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. An emphasis on her wearing her own boots instead of period-appropriate boots references a humorous scene from the episode.

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* MythologyGag: Wonder Woman being in DC's Old West comics setting, dealing with its characters (Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, etc), and dressed in period garb all references reference the "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E12WeirdWesternTales Weird Western Tales]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. An emphasis on her wearing her own colorful boots here instead of period-appropriate boots also references a humorous scene from the episode.
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* MythologyGag: Wonder Woman being in DC's Old West comics setting, dealing with its characters (Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, etc), and dressed in period garb all references the "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E12WeirdWesternTales Weird Western Tales]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. A subtle gag emphasizes her wearing her own boots here instead of wearing period-appropriate boots like in the episode.

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* MythologyGag: Wonder Woman being in DC's Old West comics setting, dealing with its characters (Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, etc), and dressed in period garb all references the "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E12WeirdWesternTales Weird Western Tales]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. A subtle gag emphasizes An emphasis on her wearing her own boots here instead of wearing period-appropriate boots like in references a humorous scene from the episode.

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