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* CommonalityConnection: Despite her attempts to keep Cage at arm's length, the fact that he's the only person who understands what she went through breaks down her defenses.

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* CommonalityConnection: Despite her attempts to keep Cage at arm's length, the fact that he's the only person who understands what she went through often breaks down her defenses.



* DeathSeeker: Implied in the farmhouse scene; she can't understand why Cage would want to save her when her death is inevitable, and when she ''does'' understand she immediately takes off in the helicopter despite having been warned that it will draw the Mimics down on them.



* FeelNoPain: As a result of the time loops, Rita has become considerably more numb to pain.

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* FeelNoPain: As a result of the time loops, Rita has become considerably more numb to pain.pain (though not indifferent; she asks Cage to shoot her in the farmhouse rather than put up with it).


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* NervesOfSteel: She practices yoga in the middle of a shooting range while the robots, which are capable of causing serious injury, are active.
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* CommonalityConnection: Despite her attempts to keep Cage at arm's length, the fact that he's the only person who understands what she went through breaks down her defenses.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He's a general in the UK military but Brendan Gleeson makes no effort to cover his natural Irish accent. Of course, it's entirely possible that he's simply an immigrant who joined the British army or was brought over from the Irish forces during the attack.

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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He's a general in the UK military but Brendan Gleeson makes no effort to cover his natural Irish accent. Of course, it's entirely possible that he's simply an immigrant who joined the British army or was brought over from the Irish forces during the attack.[[note]]Current British military rules states that anyone with Irish citizenship is eligible to join aside from citizens from Commonwealth countries.[[/note]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While it's partly his own fault for trying to weasel out of his original orders, his concerns about going into combat are valid since he has absolutely no fighting training and is not suited to being anywhere near a battle, let alone one designed as the biggest offensive yet. Even aside from just wanting to save his own skin, a soldier who can't fight is just a hindrance to the whole squad since everyone else has to devote attention to looking out for them that they need for the battle.
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* MysteriousPast: Everything about Rita's experience at Verdun, specifically the fate of the man she had to watch die hundreds of times (and presumably couldn't save before the battle ended).

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* MysteriousPast: Everything about Rita's experience at Verdun, specifically the fate of the man she had to watch die hundreds of times (and presumably couldn't save before the battle ended). She also makes a point of keeping on feeding Cage misinformation about said past and her personal preferences in each loop to keep Cage at arms' length and shut him up.
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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Despite stealing a dead man's identity, he sends his first paycheck to the dead Ford's family.]]

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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Despite stealing a dead man's identity, he sends his first paycheck paychecks to the dead Ford's family.]]
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* VillainsDyingGrace: Unwillingly on its part. [[spoiler:When Cage finally kills the Omega, its blood mingles with the dying Cage's, once again rewinding time and resetting the day for him — only this time, the Omega stays dead and so is the whole Mimic army, finally winning the war for mankind but also giving Cage one last life and a second chance with Rita]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: At first. He gets better.

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* {{Jerkass}}: At first.first, he's a whiny, haughty and cowardly individual who attempts to blackmail his way out of duty. He gets better.



* TookALevelInKindness: In addition to the above trope, he increasingly becomes a nicer dude fight after fight.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In addition to the above trope, he increasingly becomes a much nicer dude following fight after fight.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: He is absolutely right about the PR angle of the war. If Cage had been more cooperative about the whole thing, Brigham probably would have sent him in as a VIP with a fair bit of protection. Brigham even notes that the beach seems to have little enemy movement and Cage would barely see any action (he's horrifically misinformed, but that's not his fault). Cage instead breaks the law and tries disobeying a lawful order and then blackmailing a superior officer. Brigham decided to quietly get rid of him. Cage flouted every standard of conduct for an officer, so Brigham's duty was to have him arrested and tried in a court martial. Instead, Brigham abuses his authority to overstep his bounds. Cage may be nothing but an activated reservist, but being a reservist means ''you can be called up'' and not wanting to go means squat.

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He is absolutely right about the PR angle of the war. If Cage had been more cooperative about the whole thing, Brigham probably would have sent him in as a VIP with a fair bit of protection. Brigham even notes that the beach seems to have little enemy movement and Cage would barely see any action (he's horrifically misinformed, but that's not his fault). Cage instead breaks the law and tries disobeying a lawful order and then blackmailing a superior officer. Brigham decided to quietly get rid of him. Cage flouted every standard of conduct for an officer, so Brigham's duty was to have him arrested and tried in a court martial. Instead, Brigham abuses his authority to overstep his bounds. Cage may be nothing but an activated reservist, but being a reservist means ''you can be called up'' and not wanting to go means squat.
** After handing Cage the device to find the Omega, he sends a security team after them as soon as they leave his office. But consider that Cage just convinced the General that the Mimics can ''control time''--what other abilities could an enemy like that possess? For all he knows, Cage and Rita have actually been brainwashed by the Mimics to steal the device or are even Mimics in human form. [[ProperlyParanoid His paranoia is fully justified]].
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* TranquilFury: When Cage tries to blackmail him, Brigham calmly walks him to the door and, without raising his voice, tells the [=MPs=] to arrest him. In one the later loops, when Rita and Cage confront him, he speaks with them again quite calmly, but it's easy to tell that he's extremely pissed off. When they try to leave, Brigham responds by siccing PoweredArmor security teams on them.

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* TranquilFury: When Cage tries to blackmail him, Brigham calmly walks him to the door and, without raising his voice, tells the [=MPs=] to arrest him. In one of the later loops, when Rita and Cage confront him, he speaks with them again quite calmly, but it's easy to tell that he's extremely pissed off. When they try to leave, Brigham responds by siccing PoweredArmor security teams on them.
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** The subsequent [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Many Deaths of You]] montage as he tries to reach Rita further shows how luck he was to survive as long as he did in the first time loop.

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** The subsequent [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Many Deaths of You]] montage as he tries to reach Rita further shows how luck lucky he was to survive as long as he did in the first time loop.

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* LargeHam: A massive one.

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* LargeHam: A massive one. Then again, he is played by Bill Paxton. It'd be weird if he wasn't hammy.
* PetTheDog: He gives his soldiers a speech just before they jump, telling them that it's okay to be scared and that "there's no courage without fear".


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* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments, especially around Cage and his pitiful attempts to get out of combat. Being played by Brendan Gleeson makes this trope hard to avoid.


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* LargeAndInCharge: He's the chief military leader of humanity's defense and played by the tall and heavyset Brendan Gleeson.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He's a general in the UK military but Brendan Gleeson makes no effort to cover his natural Irish accent. Of course, it's entirely possible that he's simply an immigrant who joined the British army or was brought over from the Irish forces during the attack.

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