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* ShoutOut: At several points, when someone is zapped with a heat-ray, their face breifly transforms into [[Music/MotleyCrue a screaming skull with flames jetting from their eyes.]]
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* ShoutOut: At several points, when someone is zapped with a heat-ray, their face breifly briefly transforms into [[Music/MotleyCrue a screaming skull with flames jetting from their eyes.]]
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.* EnergyWeapon: Instant travel/visible ray subtype. Red for humans, green for martians.
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* FrickinLaserBeams: Instant travel/visible ray subtype. Red for humans, green for martians.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Many members of A.R.E.S. have this problem due to their home countries trying to call them back to begin World War I against each other and many have been disowned and disgraced by their families and friends due to joining A.R.E.S. All of the members give a collective ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight and ban together beyond petty country grievances to fight the alien threat that threatens all of humanity.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Conflict between nations is a notable subplot in the movie with Roosevelt and his men bemoaning how much of Europe, notably the Balkans, is more keen on going to war with each other than with the Martians, barely can cooperate under TeethClenchedTeamwork due to an EnemyMine in the Martians, and it's often stated how human conflict and politics prevents proper mobilization against another Martian invasion.
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* RedplicaBaron: One of the {{AcePilot}}s that got the call against the Martians is the Red Baron himself, now armed with his classic Fokker Dr. I triplane but with DieselPunk technology.
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* RedplicaBaron: One of the {{AcePilot}}s {{Ace Pilot}}s that got the call against the Martians is the Red Baron himself, now armed with his classic Fokker Dr. I triplane but with DieselPunk technology.
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* RedplicaBaron: One of the {{AcePilot}}s that got the call against the Martians is the Red Baron himself, now armed with his classic Fokker Dr. I triplane but with DieselPunk technology.
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* RedShirtArmy: Despite having massive amount of armor plate, the Earth tripods are instantly blown to bits by heat rays. Infantry is armed with MGs, that, surprise! Do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Plink, plink, plink.
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* RedShirtArmy: Despite having massive amount of armor plate, the Earth tripods are instantly blown to bits by heat rays. Infantry is armed with MGs, that, surprise! Do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Plink, plink, plink. Though they do a good enough job of shooting down Martian fighter craft.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Despite America having been saved from the Martians, the war is still going on elsewhere in Mars.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Despite America having been saved from the Martians, the war is still going on elsewhere in Mars.on Earth.
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* MileLongShip: A.R.E.S.' airship-based mobile command cemters are 1.5 kilometers long.
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* MileLongShip: A.R.E.S.' airship-based [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld zeppelin]]-based mobile command cemters centers are 1.5 kilometers long.
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* MileLongShip: A.R.E.S.' airship-based mobile command cemters are 1.5 kilometers long.
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* FrickinLaserBeams: Instant travel/visible ray subtype. Red for humans, green for martians.
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* ShoutOut: At several points, when someone is zapped with a heat-ray, their face breifly transforms into [[Music/MotleyCrue a screaming skull with flames jetting from their eyes.]]
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* MoreDakka: A.R.E.S. tripods have machine guns and cannons (plus a coaxial missile launcher on the big ones) in addition to a heat-ray gun, as opposed to the martians, whose heat-ray blasters are sufficient to destroy most opposition.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Martian heat ray beams are green, while human ones are red. Incidentally, green light carries more energy than red.
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* MiniMecha: Both A.R.E.S. and the humans have smaller (but still deadly) single-person mechs in addition to the larger tripods.
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* MiniMecha: Both A.R.E.S. and the humans martians have smaller (but still deadly) single-person mechs in addition to the larger tripods.
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* TripodTerror: But of course! It wouldn't be War of the Worlds without 'em. The martians AND humans have their own versions this time, though.
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* OrificeInvasion: Martian feeding is on full display, unlike the novel, and involves a hollow tentacle being shoved down some poor bastard's throat. His bodily fluids (not just blood) are rapidly drained, leaving him a dessicated husk.
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* BigBad: The ruler of Mars, who is the overlord of the Martians, but not seen or mentioned.
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* AcePilot: Manfred von Richthofen, much like in real life (except with more powerful guns).
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* AcePilot: [[RedBaron Manfred von Richthofen, Richthofen]], much like in real life (except with more powerful guns).
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Despite America having been saved from the aliens, the war is still going on elsewhere in the world.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Despite America having been saved from the aliens, Martians, the war is still going on elsewhere in the world.Mars.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Martian invasion fifteen years prior there are still tensions in the Balkans that culminate in Archduke Franz Ferdinand meeting his end in Sarajevo, sparking a war between the European powers (that is quickly put on hold once the world realizes it has bigger problems, but still).
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Martian invasion fifteen years prior there are still tensions in the Balkans that culminate in Archduke Franz Ferdinand meeting his end in Sarajevo, Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, sparking a war between the European powers (that is quickly put on hold once the world realizes it has bigger problems, but still).
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* MultinationalTeam: A.R.E.S. has soldiers from practically everywhere. Our Goliath crew protagonists are English, American, Irish, (African-)Canadian, and Malayan, serving under a Russian general.
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* MultinationalTeam: A.R.E.S. has soldiers from practically everywhere. Our Goliath crew protagonists are English, American, Irish, (African-)Canadian, and Malayan, serving under a Russian general. Other members of A.R.E.S. include historical figures Nikola Tesla (Serbian-American) and Manfred von Richtofen (German).
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* AlienInvasion: As a sequel to the TropeMaker, naturally. The initial invasion is featured in the opening, and the bulk of the plot is about fighting the second wave.
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* AlienInvasion: As a sequel to the TropeMaker, naturally. The initial invasion is featured in the opening, opening (which is the original novel), and the bulk of the plot is about fighting the second wave.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Sergei rams his ship into Martians' gigantic warship in order to destroy it, which causes it to both of them explode]].
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* AlienBlood: The Martians bleed bright green blood.
* AlienSky: The film's intro depicts Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, as being large and spherical, quite unlike their tiny potato-shaped real-life counterparts.
* AlienSky: The film's intro depicts Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, as being large and spherical, quite unlike their tiny potato-shaped real-life counterparts.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Despite America having been saved from the aliens, the war is still going on elsewhere in the world.
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* CurbStompCushion: Despite humanity having advanced far beyond what they should have at this point in history, with airships, jet planes, and heat rays and tripods of their own, the battle is still very much in the favor of the aliens, especially since in the years since the first invasion the Martians have also advanced. A.R.E.S forces normally suffer pretty good-sized casualties taking on groups of Martians, and just killing three takes ''two'' separate forces of A.R.E.S tripods.
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* HollywoodTactics: Subverted with the Martians, who in addition to landing their forces in Europe deploy diversionary forces in three separate parts of North America before using the absence of A.R.E.S forces there to launch an all-out assault on New York City.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The effects of the Martian heat rays are on full display. Expect to see a lot of close ups of people being burned away.
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* PlotArmor: The crew of the Goliath are never killed, even when the commander runs out of a exploding factory.
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* RedShirtArmy: Despite having massive amount of armor plate, the Earth tripods are instantly blown to bits by heat rays. Infantry is armed with MGs, that, surprise! Do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Plink, plink, plink.
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''War Of The Worlds: Goliath'' is a 2012 English-language Malaysian animated film serving as a sequel to Creator/HGWells's ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
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''War Of The of the Worlds: Goliath'' is a 2012 English-language Malaysian animated film serving as a sequel to Creator/HGWells's ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
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* ETGaveUsWiFi: The setting's technological advances are the result of humanity managing to retroengineer Martian technology.
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* ETGaveUsWiFi: The setting's technological advances are the result of humanity managing to retroengineer Martian technology. [[spoiler:This proves to not be entirely advantageous when the invaders can easily adapt human power plants for their own ends]].
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* DeathRay: Both the Martians and A.R.E.S. have heat rays, which near instantly disintegrate organic matter
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* DeathRay: Both the Martians and A.R.E.S. have heat rays, which near instantly disintegrate organic matter and make short work of everything else.
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: General Kushnikov [[spoiler:sacrifices himself by ramming the burning ''Leviathan'' straight into the Martian mothership, destroying both]].
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: General Kushnikov Kushnirov [[spoiler:sacrifices himself by ramming the burning ''Leviathan'' straight into the Martian mothership, destroying both]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"We're not just French, or German, or Japanese. We are A.R.E.S. We are human."]]
->"Mars's orbit is once again approaching a time of close proximity to Earth. I have detected large scale fluctuations of magnetic energy from the Martian surface, along with a series of low-frequency radio signals. It is my belief that the signals are a Martian military code hidden within sunspot activity. That they and the magnetic energy coming from the planet's surface serve as a prelude to an invasion."
-->--'''Prof. Nikola Tesla'''
''War Of The Worlds: Goliath'' is a 2012 English-language Malaysian animated film serving as a sequel to Creator/HGWells's ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
It is 1914, fifteen years after the invaders from Mars succumbed to Earth bacteria and humanity emerged victorious. The world has embraced a {{Dieselpunk}} aesthetic, with the Allied Resistance Earth Squadrons ([[FunWithAcronyms A.R.E.S.]]) under Secretary of War UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, General Sergei Kushnirov, and Professor UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla fielding an army of [[WalkingTank Walking Tanks]] and [[CoolAirship Cool Airships]] with [[MultinationalTeam soldiers from all over the world]] in defense of the planet. Unfortunately tensions in Europe mean a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]] is on the horizon, and even worse, there are signs that the Martians are preparing another invasion force. Sure enough they invade, and A.R.E.S. must fight a desperate war to protect mankind in a desperate struggle against a technologically superior foe no longer vulnerable to mere diseases.
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!!''War of the Worlds: Goliath'' provides examples of:
*AceCustom: The Red Baron has his iconic red triplane, except updated to the Dieselpunk technology level of the setting.
*AcePilot: Manfred von Richthofen, much like in real life (except with more powerful guns).
*ActionGirl: A.R.E.S. has many women serving as soldiers, most notably Jennifer Carter.
*AlienInvasion: As a sequel to the TropeMaker, naturally. The initial invasion is featured in the opening, and the bulk of the plot is about fighting the second wave.
*CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like Gen. Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons.
*DeathRay: Both the Martians and A.R.E.S. have heat rays, which near instantly disintegrate organic matter
*{{Dieselpunk}}: The film hits the early end of the Dieselpunk era, being set on the cusp of World War I in a world enhanced by retroengineered Martian technology.
*ETGaveUsWiFi: The setting's technological advances are the result of humanity managing to retroengineer Martian technology.
*EvilOverlooker: One of the posters has the Martian tripods looming above out heroes with glowing red eyes.
*FunWithAcronyms: Seems like the founders of A.R.E.S. really wanted their organization's initials to spell out the name of a Greek war god.
*InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Martian invasion fifteen years prior there are still tensions in the Balkans that culminate in Archduke Franz Ferdinand meeting his end in Sarajevo, sparking a war between the European powers (that is quickly put on hold once the world realizes it has bigger problems, but still).
*MiniMecha: Both A.R.E.S. and the humans have smaller (but still deadly) single-person mechs in addition to the larger tripods.
*MonumentalDamage: During the battle of [[spoiler:New York]] many landmarks end up damaged or outright destroyed by the Martians, including [[spoiler:the always unfortunate Statue of Liberty (here armed with a sword instead of a torch), which falls into the bay when the Martian warship rises from the water]].
*MultinationalTeam: A.R.E.S. has soldiers from practically everywhere. Our Goliath crew protagonists are English, American, Irish, (African-)Canadian, and Malayan, serving under a Russian general.
*PublicDomainCharacter: Teddy Roosevelt and Nikola Tesla are both in the A.R.E.S. leadership, and Manfred "The RedBaron" von Richthofen is their AcePilot.
*RammingAlwaysWorks: General Kushnikov [[spoiler:sacrifices himself by ramming the burning ''Leviathan'' straight into the Martian mothership, destroying both]].
*RealRobotGenre: The mechas are Walking Tanks that need full crews to work, and are just the land part of an army that also includes airships and planes.
*SequelHook: [[spoiler:The massive Martian warship is destroyed and (what's left of) New York is saved, but the war isn't over and Teddy Roosevelt promises his troops that the enemy will be defeated, even if humanity has to take the battle to Mars itself]].
*WalkingTank: A.R.E.S. relies on its three-legged tanks to fight its battles on the ground, from smaller scouts to the powerful 65-foot Achilles-class.
*WaveMotionGun: The massive heat ray of [[spoiler:the Martian warship is powerful enough to cut skyscrapers in half and blow up A.R.E.S. airships with a single shot]].
*WeirdHistoricalWar: World War I is just about to begin when the Martians return and turn a world war into a, well, war of the worlds.
*YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: A subplot involves an IRA cell in New York attempting to obtain A.R.E.S. weaponry to be used in the liberation of Ireland from the British. Even when they hear the Martians are invading they insist on going through with it, claiming that the invasion is the perfect opportunity to strike.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"We're not just French, or German, or Japanese. We are A.R.E.S. We are human."]]
->"Mars's orbit is once again approaching a time of close proximity to Earth. I have detected large scale fluctuations of magnetic energy from the Martian surface, along with a series of low-frequency radio signals. It is my belief that the signals are a Martian military code hidden within sunspot activity. That they and the magnetic energy coming from the planet's surface serve as a prelude to an invasion."
-->--'''Prof. Nikola Tesla'''
''War Of The Worlds: Goliath'' is a 2012 English-language Malaysian animated film serving as a sequel to Creator/HGWells's ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
It is 1914, fifteen years after the invaders from Mars succumbed to Earth bacteria and humanity emerged victorious. The world has embraced a {{Dieselpunk}} aesthetic, with the Allied Resistance Earth Squadrons ([[FunWithAcronyms A.R.E.S.]]) under Secretary of War UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, General Sergei Kushnirov, and Professor UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla fielding an army of [[WalkingTank Walking Tanks]] and [[CoolAirship Cool Airships]] with [[MultinationalTeam soldiers from all over the world]] in defense of the planet. Unfortunately tensions in Europe mean a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]] is on the horizon, and even worse, there are signs that the Martians are preparing another invasion force. Sure enough they invade, and A.R.E.S. must fight a desperate war to protect mankind in a desperate struggle against a technologically superior foe no longer vulnerable to mere diseases.
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!!''War of the Worlds: Goliath'' provides examples of:
*AceCustom: The Red Baron has his iconic red triplane, except updated to the Dieselpunk technology level of the setting.
*AcePilot: Manfred von Richthofen, much like in real life (except with more powerful guns).
*ActionGirl: A.R.E.S. has many women serving as soldiers, most notably Jennifer Carter.
*AlienInvasion: As a sequel to the TropeMaker, naturally. The initial invasion is featured in the opening, and the bulk of the plot is about fighting the second wave.
*CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like Gen. Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons.
*DeathRay: Both the Martians and A.R.E.S. have heat rays, which near instantly disintegrate organic matter
*{{Dieselpunk}}: The film hits the early end of the Dieselpunk era, being set on the cusp of World War I in a world enhanced by retroengineered Martian technology.
*ETGaveUsWiFi: The setting's technological advances are the result of humanity managing to retroengineer Martian technology.
*EvilOverlooker: One of the posters has the Martian tripods looming above out heroes with glowing red eyes.
*FunWithAcronyms: Seems like the founders of A.R.E.S. really wanted their organization's initials to spell out the name of a Greek war god.
*InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Martian invasion fifteen years prior there are still tensions in the Balkans that culminate in Archduke Franz Ferdinand meeting his end in Sarajevo, sparking a war between the European powers (that is quickly put on hold once the world realizes it has bigger problems, but still).
*MiniMecha: Both A.R.E.S. and the humans have smaller (but still deadly) single-person mechs in addition to the larger tripods.
*MonumentalDamage: During the battle of [[spoiler:New York]] many landmarks end up damaged or outright destroyed by the Martians, including [[spoiler:the always unfortunate Statue of Liberty (here armed with a sword instead of a torch), which falls into the bay when the Martian warship rises from the water]].
*MultinationalTeam: A.R.E.S. has soldiers from practically everywhere. Our Goliath crew protagonists are English, American, Irish, (African-)Canadian, and Malayan, serving under a Russian general.
*PublicDomainCharacter: Teddy Roosevelt and Nikola Tesla are both in the A.R.E.S. leadership, and Manfred "The RedBaron" von Richthofen is their AcePilot.
*RammingAlwaysWorks: General Kushnikov [[spoiler:sacrifices himself by ramming the burning ''Leviathan'' straight into the Martian mothership, destroying both]].
*RealRobotGenre: The mechas are Walking Tanks that need full crews to work, and are just the land part of an army that also includes airships and planes.
*SequelHook: [[spoiler:The massive Martian warship is destroyed and (what's left of) New York is saved, but the war isn't over and Teddy Roosevelt promises his troops that the enemy will be defeated, even if humanity has to take the battle to Mars itself]].
*WalkingTank: A.R.E.S. relies on its three-legged tanks to fight its battles on the ground, from smaller scouts to the powerful 65-foot Achilles-class.
*WaveMotionGun: The massive heat ray of [[spoiler:the Martian warship is powerful enough to cut skyscrapers in half and blow up A.R.E.S. airships with a single shot]].
*WeirdHistoricalWar: World War I is just about to begin when the Martians return and turn a world war into a, well, war of the worlds.
*YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: A subplot involves an IRA cell in New York attempting to obtain A.R.E.S. weaponry to be used in the liberation of Ireland from the British. Even when they hear the Martians are invading they insist on going through with it, claiming that the invasion is the perfect opportunity to strike.
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