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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Amy Snapp's ultimate goal, [[spoiler: and she's willing to destroy Mars and blame the whole thing on Carl Jenkins to do so. She does ''not'' [[VillainousBreakdown take it well]] when she sees even the slightest decrease in her popularity.]]
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* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Amy Snapp's ultimate goal, [[spoiler:and she's willing to destroy Mars and blame the whole thing on Carl Jenkins to do so. She does ''not'' [[VillainousBreakdown take it well]] when she sees even the slightest decrease in her popularity.]]
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Ratzass is featured for two scenes of dialogue with Rico and nobody else, and then is revealed to have died from an unseen a suit malfunction during the emergency drop before firing even a single shot at the attacking bugs.]]
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Dark Skinned Blond is no longer a trope
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* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Camacho golden hair and her tan skin fit this trope.
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* LostLenore: Rico is still kinda hung up on Dizzy's death, even keeping a photo of her on his work station. [[spoiler: Carl uses this to project a ''very realistic'' psychic hallucination of her to help motivate him to survive long enough to regroup with his squad and stop the Q-Bomb.]].
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* UseYourHead: Carl at one point, since he is tied to a chair, headbutts Amy and breaks her nose.
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** Dutch, one of the members of the Lost Patrol, always seems to get ripped in half by bugs during the training simulations. Towards the end of the movie, he actually is killed in this manner. (And the only member of Lost Patrol to be killed.)
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* TheBusCameBack: Dizzy, which doesn't make sense as to how she survived her supposed death, [[spoiler: which it turns out she was just a psychic hallucination caused by Carl to help Johnny.]] Also with Casper Van Dien, as he voices Johnny in this movie after his last role as Johnny being ''Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.''
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* TheBusCameBack: Dizzy, which doesn't make sense as to how she survived her supposed death, [[spoiler: which it turns out she was just a psychic hallucination caused by Carl to help Johnny.]] Also with Casper Van Dien, Creator/CasperVanDien, as he voices Johnny in this movie after his last role as Johnny being ''Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.''
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* TamerAndChaster: Unlike the pervious movies, this movie had no nudity, sex and co-ed shower scenes.
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* TamerAndChaster: Unlike the pervious previous movies, this movie had no nudity, sex and or co-ed shower scenes.
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I think this trope fits better then the possible misplayed Fanservice example.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Averted; sorry, no co-ed shower scenes or even love scenes.
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* TamerAndChaster: Unlike the pervious movies, this movie had no nudity, sex and co-ed shower scenes.
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* EvilIsPetty: How else can you describe a villain who is willing to [[spoiler:allow a planet to be infested with Bugs, then blow it up]] because, a): she wanted to send a message to any other colonies flirting with the idea of secession, and b): she wanted to up her approval rating?
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* EvilIsPetty: How else can you describe a villain who is willing to [[spoiler:allow a [[spoiler:intentionally protect the growing Bug colony on Mars until they overpower the human colonies, then nuke the whole planet to be infested with Bugs, then blow it up]] hell]] because, a): she they wanted to send a message to any other colonies 'colonies' flirting with the idea of secession, and b): she wanted to up her they were angry that their approval rating?ratings slightly dipped?
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** The return of Dizzy, which led to several theories coming from the fandom. [[spoiler:The truth is Dizzy is really a hallucination created by Carl in order to get Johnny to prevent Mars from being destroyed]].
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** The return of Dizzy, which led to several theories coming from the fandom. [[spoiler:The truth is Dizzy is really a hallucination created by Carl in order to get stop Johnny to prevent Mars from being destroyed]].dying out in the desert.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "What did Snapp know, and when did she start knowing it?"]]
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* ShoutOut: [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "What did Snapp know, and when did she start knowing it?"]]
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* TakeMyHand: Unlike in the last movie this doesn't work, with Rico using his JumpJetPack to try and board a hovering dropship only to miss the outstretched hand and [[NotQuiteDead apparently fall to his death]].
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* BetterThanSex: The Lost Patrol has this reaction to the excitement of their first real combat drop. Though some debate as to whether it really is better than sex. The excitement lasts until they look down and [[OhCrap see their landing zone swarming with bugs]].
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* BetterThanSex: The Lost Patrol has this reaction to the excitement of their first real combat drop. Though some [[SidetrackedByTheAnalogy debate as to whether it really is better than sex.sex]]. The excitement lasts until they look down and [[OhCrap see their landing zone swarming with bugs]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: We have the usual MI squad being briefed as they're going into action, but it quickly becomes apparent that this squad is a bunch of incompetent rookies.
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** Soldiers attempt to arrest Carl, but his uses his powers to mess with their heads and get one to shoot the other. Unfortunately there's an undercover Psi-qualified agent on the scene, who tasers him into unconsciousness.
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** Soldiers attempt to arrest Carl, but his he uses his powers to mess with their heads and get one to shoot the other. Unfortunately there's an undercover Psi-qualified agent on the scene, who tasers him into unconsciousness.
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** [[spoiler: Sky Marshal Amy Snapp knew about the bugs on Mars but did nothing and was going to destroy Mars and use Carl Jenkins as her fall guy just to boost approval ratings toward her.]]
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** [[spoiler: Sky Marshal Amy Snapp knew about the bugs on Mars but did nothing and was going nothing, intending to destroy Mars and use Carl Jenkins as her fall guy FallGuy just to boost approval ratings toward her.]]
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A reprisal is a retaliatory attack; this is now Role Reprise. It's also Trivia.
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* RoleReprisal: Casper Van Dien and Creator/DinaMeyer reprise their respective roles from the live-action movies as Johnny and Dizzy.
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* ShoutOut: [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "What did Snapp know, and when did she start knowing it?"]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "What did Snapp know, and when did she start knowing it?"]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sky Marshal Amy Snapp's appearance is looks like that of Creator/EmmaWatson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sky Marshal Amy Snapp's appearance is looks like that of Creator/EmmaWatson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sky Marshall Amy Snapp's appearance is looks like that of Creator/EmmaWatson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sky Marshall Marshal Amy Snapp's appearance is looks like that of Creator/EmmaWatson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sky Marshall Amy Snapp's appearance is looks like that of Creator/EmmaWatson.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Realising Rico is alive, the Lost Patrol insist on a one-way mission to rescue him. In return Rico refuses to leave Baba behind when his jetpack runs out of fuel.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Realising Rico is alive, the Lost Patrol insist on a one-way mission to rescue him. him, despite the fact that they're safe in orbit and their dropship is almost out of fuel. In return Rico refuses to leave Baba behind when his Baba's jetpack runs out of fuel.
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* MoodWhiplash: The Lost Patrol often jump from pants-wetting terror to gung-ho exhilaration when they escape death, only to MassOhCrap again when more Bugs appear.
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* GoodNewsBadNews: When their DropShip gets hit, the Lost Patrol has to jump out in mid-air and relay on their {{Jet Pack}}s. Surprisingly they make it out of the dropship without a hitch.
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* GoodNewsBadNews: When their DropShip gets hit, the Lost Patrol has to jump out in mid-air and relay rely on their {{Jet Pack}}s. Surprisingly they make it out of the dropship without a hitch.
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* CowardlyLion: Baba gives a BigOMG as they're dropping towards the surface under Bug fire, but screws up his nerve to be the first to jump out of the dropship.
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* GoodNewsBadNews: When their DropShip gets hit, the Lost Patrol has to jump out in mid-air and relay on their {{Jet Pack}}s. Surprisingly they make it out of the dropship without a hitch.
-->'''Rico:''' Good news is we are all-systems-go. [[TemptingFate Everything is working the way it's supposed to.]]
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-->'''Rico:''' The bad news is M.I.'s got a [[CannonFodder 12-percent casualty drop rate]] that's pretty hard to crack.
-->'''Rico:''' Good news is we are all-systems-go. [[TemptingFate Everything is working the way it's supposed to.]]
-->''(Bug plasma incinerates a trooper)''
-->'''Rico:''' The bad news is M.I.'s got a [[CannonFodder 12-percent casualty drop rate]] that's pretty hard to crack.
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* {{Irony}}: Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out himself.
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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** On their first combat drop, Rico tells the troopers that if they remember their training they won't die. But they all got killed during training.
** Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out himself.
** On their first combat drop, Rico tells the troopers that if they remember their training they won't die. But they all got killed during training.
** Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out himself.
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** Rico realises it's not a coincidence that he's been posted away from the front line to a place where an infestation of Bugs has been brewing for years.
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** Rico realises it's not a coincidence that he's been posted away from the front line to a place where an infestation of Bugs has been brewing for years. Turns out Carl Jenkins is still on the ball.
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** "It's a good day to die" gets reused when Rico finds a dead trooper whose JetPack he can use. "You picked a good day to die."
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* DarkIsEvil: The warships sent to detain Carmen, and the troops working for Snapp are all in black. Rico starts off in black PowerArmor, but later discards it when it runs out of power, and helps himself to ordinary armor.
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* DarkIsEvil: The Special Branch warships sent to detain Carmen, and the troops EliteMooks working for Snapp are all in black. Rico starts off in black PowerArmor, but later discards it when it runs out of power, and helps himself to ordinary armor.
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* BookEnds: The movie opens and concludes with Rico briefing the Lost Patrol for a mission.
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* CutPhoneLines: All contact with Mars has been cut off, to prevent anyone knowing there are still people fighting there.
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* CutPhoneLines: All contact with Mars has been cut off, to prevent anyone knowing there are still people alive and fighting there.
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** Baba's EstablishingCharacterMoment is him trying to give a RousingSpeech then wincing as he hurt his knuckles by slapping them in PoweredArmor. It's quickly made clear these are ''not'' the usual badass MI's we're used to.
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** Baba's EstablishingCharacterMoment is him trying to give a RousingSpeech rev up his troopers, then wincing as he he's [[InvulnerableKnuckles hurt his knuckles knuckles]] by slapping them in together while wearing PoweredArmor. It's quickly made clear these are ''not'' the usual badass MI's we're used to.
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** Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out himself.
** The "Do you want to know more?" becomes an IronicEcho when the question of how far in advance did Snapp know about the Mars infestation is raised.
** Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out himself.
** The "Do you want to know more?" becomes an IronicEcho when the question of how far in advance did Snapp know about the Mars infestation is raised.
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* {{Irony}}:
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** "What did Snapp know, and when did she know it?" is followed by the Fed Net CatchPhrase, "Do you want to know more?"
** "What's your malfunction?!" Rico says this to Baba, and later Dizzy says it to Rico when he won't get off his ass.
* {{Irony}}: Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run outhimself.
** The "Do you want to know more?" becomes an IronicEcho when the question of how far in advance did Snapp know about the Mars infestation is raised.himself.
** "What did Snapp know, and when did she know it?" is followed by the Fed Net CatchPhrase, "Do you want to know more?"
** "What's your malfunction?!" Rico says this to Baba, and later Dizzy says it to Rico when he won't get off his ass.
* {{Irony}}: Rico warns the lost patrol to watch their JetPack fuel, only to run out
** The "Do you want to know more?" becomes an IronicEcho when the question of how far in advance did Snapp know about the Mars infestation is raised.
