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** With two [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, who are staying out of range from the B-52's defensive rear guns, after one of the enemy [=MiGs=] [[BewareMyStingerTail got shot down flying too close behind the bomber]]. The bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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** With two [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, who are staying out of range from the B-52's defensive rear guns, after one of the enemy [=MiGs=] [[BewareMyStingerTail got shot down flying too close behind the bomber]]. The bomber]]; the bomber crew drop drops one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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* ShoutingShooter: Tech Sergeant Hooker, the tail gunner of Polar Bear One, shouts profanities as he engages the Soviet interceptors with his .50-cal machine guns, and soon progresses to just shouting incoherently apart from the word "motherfucker." A slightly unusual example in that he is operating his guns remotely and tracking his targets via rear-facing radar and gun camera, since the B-52G and H models moved the tail gunner's position from the tail to the main cockpit.
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* ShoutingShooter: Tech Sergeant Hooker, the tail gunner of Polar Bear One, shouts profanities as he engages the Soviet interceptors with his .50-cal machine guns, and soon progresses to just shouting incoherently apart from the word "motherfucker." [[JustPlaneWrong A slightly unusual example in that he is operating his guns remotely and tracking his targets via rear-facing radar and gun camera, since the B-52G and H models moved the tail gunner's position from the tail to the main cockpit.cockpit]].
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** With two [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, who are staying out of range from the B-52's defensive rear guns, after one of the enemy MiGs got shot down flying too close behind the bomber. The bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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** With two [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, who are staying out of range from the B-52's defensive rear guns, after one of the enemy MiGs [=MiGs=] [[BewareMyStingerTail got shot down flying too close behind the bomber.bomber]]. The bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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** With [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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** With two [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, who are staying out of range from the B-52's defensive rear guns, after one of the enemy MiGs got shot down flying too close behind the bomber. The bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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** With [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast.
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** With [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast. [[JustifiedTrope It works.]]
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* DefconFive: Not only does USAF General Renning use the "this is a drill" practice names for Defense Conditions COCKED PISTOL (DEFCON 1) and ROUND HOUSE (DEFCON 3); by going from COCKED PISTOL to ROUND HOUSE on his authority, Renning just ordered the reduction of defense readiness when there are Soviet nuclear missiles actively flying towards the United States at that moment! (Odd also is the board, the drill names are also present upon the prop instead of numbers and DEFCON 5 is named APPLE JACK instead of FADE OUT, DEFCON 4 is named SNOW MAN instead of DOUBLE TAKE, DEFCON 3 is named COCKED PISTOL instead of ROUND HOUSE, DEFCON 2 is ROUND HOUSE instead of FAST PACE, the movie's name for DEFCON 1 isn't named in dialog and not lit up on screen to be visible)
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* DefconFive: Not only does USAF General Renning use the "this is a drill" practice names for Defense Conditions COCKED PISTOL (DEFCON 1) and ROUND HOUSE (DEFCON 3); by going from COCKED PISTOL to ROUND HOUSE on his authority, Renning just ordered the reduction of defense readiness when there are Soviet nuclear missiles actively flying towards the United States at that moment! (Odd also is the board, the drill names are also present upon the prop instead of numbers and DEFCON 5 is named APPLE JACK instead of FADE OUT, DEFCON 4 is named SNOW MAN instead of DOUBLE TAKE, DEFCON 3 is named COCKED PISTOL instead of ROUND HOUSE, DEFCON 2 is ROUND HOUSE instead of FAST PACE, the movie's name for DEFCON 1 isn't named in dialog and not nor is it lit up on screen to be visible)
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the book, CONDOR shoots and kills one of the Secret Service agents sent to retrieve him and only identifies himself after the others start shooting back. He's a "shoot first and ask questions later" kind of guy. The movie skips this and introduces CONDOR as he's retrieved to Air Force One, where one of his lines sums up everything about his role in the story:
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the book, CONDOR shoots and kills one of the Secret Service agents sent to retrieve him and only identifies himself after the others start shooting back. He's a "shoot first and ask questions later" kind of guy. The movie skips this and introduces CONDOR as he's retrieved to Air Force One, the E-4, where one of his first lines sums up everything about his role in the story:
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the book, CONDOR shoots and kills one of the Secret Service agents sent to retrieve him and only identifies himself after the others start shooting back. He's a "shoot first and ask questions later" kind of guy.
** Everything about CONDOR's role in the story is summed up by one of his lines as he boards the Air Force One.
** Everything about CONDOR's role in the story is summed up by one of his lines as he boards the Air Force One.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the book, CONDOR shoots and kills one of the Secret Service agents sent to retrieve him and only identifies himself after the others start shooting back. He's a "shoot first and ask questions later" kind of guy.
** Everything about CONDOR's role in the story is summed up byguy. The movie skips this and introduces CONDOR as he's retrieved to Air Force One, where one of his lines as he boards sums up everything about his role in the Air Force One.story:
** Everything about CONDOR's role in the story is summed up by
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**Everything about CONDOR's role in the story is summed up by one of his lines as he boards the Air Force One.
--> '''CONDOR:''' Are we losing the war?
--> '''CONDOR:''' Are we losing the war?
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* GallowsHumor: Cassidy starts letting fly with it as their situation gets worse. When asked by Moreau what he thinks will be left of the world, he replies "Worst case? ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'', darlin'."
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* GallowsHumor: Cassidy starts letting fly with it as their situation gets worse. When asked by Moreau what he thinks will be left of the world, he replies "Worst case? ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'', ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', darlin'."
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** The crew of ''Polar Bear One'' are all stunned when they are ordered to scramble and realize it's not a training excerise, [[ThisIsNotADrill it's a valid launch order]].
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** The crew of ''Polar Bear One'' are all stunned when they are ordered to scramble and realize it's not a training excerise, exercise, [[ThisIsNotADrill it's a valid launch order]].
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* AdaptationalContextChange: The scene where CONDOR takes a moment to consider his options and pray is played differently in each version. In the book, it's a moment of him reinforcing his psychotic religious beliefs, while in the movie, CONDOR seems to be genuinely unsure of what do and is beseeching the Almighty for wisdom.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting[[note]]Though not deliberately; the only reason they don't return to base is because ''[[YouCantGoHomeAgain there is no base to return to]]'', it having been nuked just as they took off.[[/note]] and flying in their damaged B-52 south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
* TalkingThroughTechnique: After the initial nuclear exchange all electronic communication is severed, making it impossible for the American and Russian leaders to speak to each other. HARPOON urges CONDOR to recall some of their bombers, which the Russians will see via their radar, as a way of signaling America's willingness to end the conflict and hoping the Russians reciprocate. CONDOR refuses, but ''Polar Bear One'' gives up on their mission and turns back and the Russians do indeed follow suit.
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* UncertainDoom: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting[[note]]Though not deliberately; the only reason they don't return to base is because ''[[YouCantGoHomeAgain there is no base to return to]]'', it having been nuked just as they took off.[[/note]] and flying in their damaged B-52 south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: CONDOR thinks he need to be a Harry Truman-esque president who is uncompromising and unwilling to stop the war until total victory is achieved. But as HARPOON tries to explain, what the world really needs is a president who recognizes the war is unwinnable and sue for a ceasefire.
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* DefconFive: Not only does USAF General Renning use the "this is a drill" practice names for Defense Conditions COCKED PISTOL (DEFCON 1) and ROUND HOUSE (DEFCON 3); by going from COCKED PISTOL to ROUND HOUSE on his authority, Renning just ordered the reduction of defense readiness when there are Soviet nuclear missiles actively flying towards the United States at that moment!
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* DefconFive: Not only does USAF General Renning use the "this is a drill" practice names for Defense Conditions COCKED PISTOL (DEFCON 1) and ROUND HOUSE (DEFCON 3); by going from COCKED PISTOL to ROUND HOUSE on his authority, Renning just ordered the reduction of defense readiness when there are Soviet nuclear missiles actively flying towards the United States at that moment!moment! (Odd also is the board, the drill names are also present upon the prop instead of numbers and DEFCON 5 is named APPLE JACK instead of FADE OUT, DEFCON 4 is named SNOW MAN instead of DOUBLE TAKE, DEFCON 3 is named COCKED PISTOL instead of ROUND HOUSE, DEFCON 2 is ROUND HOUSE instead of FAST PACE, the movie's name for DEFCON 1 isn't named in dialog and not lit up on screen to be visible)
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* AdultFear: Several Nuclear Alert bomber crews at Fairchild AFB have families and children. Until the flash and shockwave a few minutes after they take off...
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* DangerDeadpan: Shown on several occasions, but particularly by the F/A-18 Hornet pilots before and after (but not during) [[spoiler:the destruction of ''Midway''.]]
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** With [=MiG-25s=] chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast.
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** With [=MiG-25s=] [=MiG-25=] Foxbats chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast.
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* OnlySaneMan: HARPOON quickly becomes this among the staff aboard the E-4.
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* OnlySaneMan: HARPOON quickly becomes this among the staff aboard the E-4. The flight crew of that same aircraft also exhibit this quality at a crucial time.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: The respective crews of the E-4 and EC-135 salute eachother moments before the two airplanes collide.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: The respective crews of the E-4 and EC-135 salute eachother each other moments before the two airplanes collide.
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* BewareMyStingerTail: The B-52 has tail guns, as a [=Mig=] interceptor finds out the hard way.
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* BewareMyStingerTail: The B-52 has tail guns, as a [=Mig=] [=MiG-25=] Foxbat interceptor finds out the hard way.
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* OhCrap: The reaction of SAC Commanding Officer Redding and the whole room when the computer screens indicate the missile they've been tracking explodes in a nuclear detonation over a Soviet Union city.
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* OhCrap: ObstructiveBureaucrat: The director of the FEMA facility where the President is taken after his helicopter crashes, who prevents the Soviet premier from contacting the President. The President is not amused, even though the director [[DumbassHasAPoint points out that, in all the chaos, he had no way of confirming the premier's identity]].
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** The reaction of SAC Commanding Officer Redding and the whole room when the computer screens indicate the missile they've been tracking explodes in a nuclear detonation over a Soviet Union city.
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** The reaction of SAC Commanding Officer Redding and the whole room when the computer screens indicate the missile they've been tracking explodes in a nuclear detonation over a Soviet Union city.
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** The crew of ''Polar Bear One'' are all stunned when they are ordered to scramble and realize it's not a training excerise, [[ThisIsNotADrill it's a valid launch order]].
** In the book, the President is horrified when he's informed the military have sworn in the Secretary of the Interior as his successor. Mostly because the President knows the Secretary is a religious fundamentalist and political hack, good qualities for a hatchet man, not so great for a guy who needs to negotiate a ceasefire.
** In the book, the President is horrified when he's informed the military have sworn in the Secretary of the Interior as his successor. Mostly because the President knows the Secretary is a religious fundamentalist and political hack, good qualities for a hatchet man, not so great for a guy who needs to negotiate a ceasefire.
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* UncertainDoom: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting and flying in their damaged B-52 south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
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* UncertainDoom: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting deserting[[note]]Though not deliberately; the only reason they don't return to base is because ''[[YouCantGoHomeAgain there is no base to return to]]'', it having been nuked just as they took off.[[/note]] and flying in their damaged B-52 south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
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* UncertainDoom: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting and flying south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
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* UncertainDoom: The film and book end with Cassidy and Moreau deserting and flying in their damaged B-52 south to try and reach some tropical islands. It's uncertain if they'll make it or run out fuel in the middle of the Pacific.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: With [=MiG-25s=] chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the blast.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: NoKillLikeOverkill:
** With [=MiG-25s=] chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid theblast. blast.
** In the book, the E-4 has to dodge a dozen nearly simultaneous nuclear blasts after escaping Baton Rouge with CONDOR, the result of a Soviet missile sub firing its entire payload in an attempt to kill CONDOR. HARPOON, himself a former submariner, speculates the Soviet captain had been cornered by American hunter killer subs and decided to [[DefiantToTheEnd go down swinging]].
** With [=MiG-25s=] chasing Polar Bear One, the bomber crew drop one of their nukes in a last-ditch attempt to take them out, while ducking behind a nearby mountain range to avoid the
** In the book, the E-4 has to dodge a dozen nearly simultaneous nuclear blasts after escaping Baton Rouge with CONDOR, the result of a Soviet missile sub firing its entire payload in an attempt to kill CONDOR. HARPOON, himself a former submariner, speculates the Soviet captain had been cornered by American hunter killer subs and decided to [[DefiantToTheEnd go down swinging]].
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Moreau aboard Polar Bear One, eventually convincing Major Cassidy, and ALICE aboard LOOKING GLASS.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Moreau aboard Polar Bear One, eventually convincing Major Cassidy, and ALICE aboard LOOKING GLASS. GLASS, and HARPOON aboard the E-4.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: With the President and most of the rest of the line of succession missing and presumed dead after Washington gets vaporized, the Secretary of the Interior becomes the acting president. Note that in the book it's mentioned he's not the senior living successor, just the one the military can safely extract.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: With the President and most of the rest of the line of succession missing and presumed dead after Washington gets vaporized, the Secretary of the Interior becomes the acting president. Note that in the book it's mentioned he's not the senior living successor, just the one the military can safely extract.
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* SuccessionCrisis: The United States ends up with two conflicting chief executives, the President and CONDOR. Eventually the problem is solved when the LOOKING GLASS rams the E-4.
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* SuccessionCrisis: The United States ends up with two conflicting chief executives, the President and CONDOR.CONDOR; normally, CONDOR would defer to the President once he is confirmed to be alive, but CONDOR, mad with paranoia, is convinced that the President is an impersonator and refused to turn authority over. Eventually the problem is solved when the LOOKING GLASS rams the E-4.
