History WesternAnimation / StarshipTroopersInvasion

** The sniper gun Trig carries looks very similar to the Cobra Assault Cannon from {{Franchise/RoboCop}}.

* ShoutOut: One, possibly two for ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', most obviously with the motion-tracker and less obviously when Trig climbs into the air duct. [[spoiler:That said, Bishop lives, but Trig doesn't.]]
** The sniper gun Trig carries looks very similar to the Cobra Assault Cannon from {{Film/RoboCop}}.

* DidYouJustHaveSex: Whistles and catcalls ensue when Bugspray and Trig turn up conspicuously last for the MissionBriefing.

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Seeing this is basically "Trope Defiance: The Motion Picture," it's the token black guy, the BetaCouple, and the cameos who make it out alive.]]

** And of course, there is [[spoiler: Carl Jenkins with his mind-controlled bugs.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Chow's martial arts [[spoiler:get him hilariously killed.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Carl Jenkins and Johnny Rico, effectively.[[spoiler: Though Johnny replaces Henry Varro as the male lead in the final act of the movie]]

* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:Daugherty]]. Well, Died Crouching but the effect is the same.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Inverted. Ratzass actually ''wins'' a fight he was [[CurbStompBattle losing badly]] to Chow, evidently because he was ''[[HeroicResolve inspired]]'' by Ice Blonde flashing him. Ratzass goes from straightforward fisticuffs to fighting with a style that's best described as some sort of libido-fueled variant of [[DrunkenBoxing drunken boxing]].

* EscapePod: [[spoiler:Jenkins's shuttle is used to OutRunTheFireball. It barely gets them clear before it is disabled and crash-lands.]]

%%* FlunkyBoss: The Bug Queen [[spoiler:and Carl Jenkins.]]

** Ship lost power, everyone's dead. Doesn't anyone in the rescue team suspect that the bugs might be waiting to ambush them? [[spoiler: They happily split up, don't bother to reinforce their position or create defensible choke points, and quite a number get killed by the bug ambush]].

** When Carmen is alone [[spoiler:after Daugherty is killed, she hears a faint voice that eventually leads her to reunite with the surviving troopers]]. At the end of the film, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Carl was psychically helping her, much like how saved her life in the first movie by directing Johnny psychically to her location.]] He even uses the same line when when Carmen asks him if he was helping her [[spoiler:that he gave Johnny in the first film: "That's classified."]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Carl Jenkins, at first. [[spoiler: However, it's eventually subverted when he [[GoodAllAlong shows up towards the end with some bugs under his control.]]]]

* RescueRomance: Trig and Bugspray meet for the first time when Trig nearly doesn't make it onto the ''Alesia'', save for Bugspray grabbing her hand. She is very [[CoitusEnsues appreciative.]]

* ToAbsentFriends: The MI have a ritual where they hold up their hands as if holding glasses (actual glasses are only provided on Earth) and toast to their fallen friends, as well as those who will [[AnyoneCanDie inevitably fall next.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Ice Blonde is in shock that the more obviously 'good' members of their team didn't make it out alive. Instead, it was [[EveryoneLovesBlondes her]], [[BoisterousBruiser Ratzass]], and [[BlackGuyDiesFirst Mech]], not to mention [[BackForTheDead Carmen, Carl, and Rico]] all making it out alive.]]

* RealityEnsues: Initiating hand-to-hand combat with a bug isn't the smartest decision you can make. Even if you win, there's [[ZergRush still another couple hundred of them]].

* BodyCountCompetition: Trig intends to avenge every single person from her [[DoomedHometown home town]] who were killed by the Bugs, and keeps a running count through the entire film. [[spoiler:After Trig dies, Bugspray picks up the count for her during his YouShallNotPass.]]

%* TheStoic: Holy Man

* {{Tuckerization}}:
** The ship that most of the plot takes place on, the ''John A. Warden'', is named in honor of Colonel [[TheStrategist John A. Warden III]], [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks USAF]], ([[RetiredBadass Ret]]), the officer credited with developing the Coalition's air warfare strategy in [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar Desert Storm]], and an off-and-on creative collaborator with Edward Neumeier.
** Fun trivia: Colonel Warden developed a battle doctrine known as "Warden's Five Rings". Each ring represents a layer of a country's military capability (Leadership, Organic/System Essentials, Infrastructure, Population, and finally the Fielded Military Forces). In an all-out war, Warden's doctrine dictated that you identify and strike as many of the five rings as you effectively can simultaneously, ideally dismantling an enemy's war machine in one blow.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A distressingly literal example, given the Major's nickname.

* {{Fanservice}}: We get to see all three female characters naked.

** In fairness, many themes and plot points from Aliens were inspired from the book Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, so if anything they inspired each other.

** The ship that most of the plot takes place on, the ''John A. Warden'', is named in honor of Colonel [[TheStrategist John A. Warden III]], [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks USAF]], ([[RetiredBadass Ret]]), the officer credited with developing the Coalition's air warfare strategy in [[UsefulNotes/GulfWar Desert Storm]], and an off-and-on creative collaborator with Edward Neumeier.

* MadnessMantra: Carl Jenkins

* NoNudityTaboo: As established in previous films, Mobile Infantry showers are co-ed, and Ice Blonde walking around shirtless isn't treated as any more unusual than a male trooper doing the same. The fan-service aspect of this is touched on, though, with troopers of both genders taking the opportunity to eat the eye candy.

* InASingleBound: The trooper armor has jet-boots, used for moving in zero-gravity, and for making badass leaps through the air.

-->"I hacked her so she hacked me... "I hacked her so she hacked me..."

%%* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:Carl Jenkins]]

%%* CombatMedic: Shock Jock

* RescueRomance: Trig and Bugspray meet for the first time when Trig nearly doesn't make it onto the ''Alesia'', save for Bugspray grabbing her hand. When she runs into him the second time, she doesn't realize who he is until he tells her. She is very [[CoitusEnsues appreciative.]]

%%* ShowerScene: [[spoiler: Carmen]]

%%* TheTease: Iced Blonde.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The PoweredArmor includes a fully-enclosed helmet, which can retract into the armor whenever a character needs to emote.

** Given that [[spoiler:the queen had access to Carl's mind]], it would have known exactly how much the ''John A. Warden'' meant to Carmen and [[FridgeBrilliance how far she'd go to recover it.]]

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