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* PintSizedPowerhouse: When Conan is just a kid (he looks to be about ten years old) he is ambushed by a group of pictish warriors. He kills every single one of them despite initially being unarmed.
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* LargeHam: Both Khalar Zym and Marique.
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* VillainousIncest: In one scene, Marique attempts to seduce her father. Khalar Zym, however, flatly rejects her advances.

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* VillainousIncest: In one scene, Marique attempts to seduce her father. Khalar Zym, however, [[EvenEvilHasStandards flatly rejects her advances.advances]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: Conan's father kills himself so that Conan will survive.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Khalar Zym wants the Mask of Acheron so that he can resurrect his dead wife... and also conquer the world.


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* VillainousIncest: In one scene, Marique attempts to seduce her father. Khalar Zym, however, flatly rejects her advances.
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* BadassLongHair: Nearly everyone.
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** He wears chest armour late in the movie... the kind that is shaped like a muscled torso, and is pretty much the same colour as his skin, so he looks shirtless anyway.
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''Conan the Barbarian'' is a 2011 film featuring [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan of Cimmeria]]. It is another take on Conan's story rather than a remake or sequel of any previous film. On the one hand, this means that the movie significantly differs from the previous ones by, for example, giving Conan completely different childhood and youth. On the other, the movie retains all the essential elements of a good Conan story: Conan, a DistressedDamsel, an [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorceress]], an EvilOverlord and an ArtifactOfDoom for everyone to quarrel over. In fact, the characters being really simple in terms of psychology, it can be argued that the movie's general feel is even closer to the original than that of the previous films. (All that in spite of the curious fact that particular parts of the setting, though they reflect the mood of their Howardian equivalents, are renamed so as they do not fit neither the stories nor the previous films (there are exceptions - for example, Acheron comes straight from Howard's fiction). Of course, the movie has a lot of blood and some nudity and is extremely [[HeroicFantasy sword and sorcery]].

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''Conan the Barbarian'' is a 2011 film featuring [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan of Cimmeria]]. It is another take on Conan's story rather than a remake or sequel of any previous film. On the one hand, this means that the movie significantly differs from the previous ones by, for example, giving Conan completely different childhood and youth. On the other, the movie retains all the essential elements of a good Conan story: Conan, a DoomedHometown, a DistressedDamsel, an [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorceress]], an EvilOverlord and an ArtifactOfDoom for everyone to quarrel over. In fact, the characters being really simple in terms of psychology, it can be argued that the movie's general feel is even closer to the original than that of the previous films. (All that in spite of the curious fact that particular parts of the setting, though they reflect the mood of their Howardian equivalents, are renamed so as they do not fit neither the stories nor the previous films (there are exceptions - for example, Acheron comes straight from Howard's fiction). Of course, the movie has a lot of blood and some nudity and is extremely [[HeroicFantasy sword and sorcery]].
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* ActionGirl: Tamara, after gradual promotion from DistressedDamsel.

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* ActionGirl: Tamara, after gradual promotion from DistressedDamsel. Marique also qualifies.



* AncientAfrica: Where else would Artus come from?

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* AncientAfrica: Where else would Artus come from?from? One of the tribes in service to Khalar Zym appears to come from here as well. One such warrior, Ukafa, even wields a two-handed version of a khopesh, the traditional sword of ancient Egypt.



* CoolSword: As a part of Conan's backstory. We not only get the claymore looking Cimmerian sword, we get the sword that Conan's dad forges specifically for him.

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* CoolSword: As a part of Conan's backstory. We not only get the claymore looking Cimmerian sword, we get the sword that Conan's dad forges specifically for him. Aside from Conan, Khalar Zym wields a scimitar with 2 blades that are hinged so that one blade can be swung outward or even separated to form a second sword. Several other swords of a sort uncommonly appearing in film are used by various other warriors, such as Ukafa's two-handed khopesh and Artus' falcata.
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* BoundAndGagged: Subverted, as it is Conan, not Khalar Zym, that does it to Tamara.

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* BoundAndGagged: Subverted, as it is Conan, not Khalar Zym, that Conan does it to Tamara.
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** [[FridgeBrilliance Maybe that's why Khalar Zym couldn't beat Conan at the end? He only got half the power.]]
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* ColdBloodedTorture: even [[AntiHero Conan]] does it.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: even Even [[AntiHero Conan]] does it.



* FantasyCounterpartCulture: of a mixed variety, e.g. Shaipur monastery seems to be half-Greek, half-Far Eastern in origin.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: of Of a mixed variety, e.g. Shaipur monastery seems to be half-Greek, half-Far Eastern in origin.



* HeroicFantasy: oh so much.

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* HeroicFantasy: oh Oh so much.



* OldMaster: in the Shaipur monastery.

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* OldMaster: in In the Shaipur monastery.
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* ShoutOut: to original stories. For example, just after a BarBrawl Artus alludes to the story told by Howard in "Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant". (Which would probably make even more sense if the city of thieves was not renamed from Arenjun to Argalon.)

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* ShoutOut: to To original stories. For example, just after a BarBrawl Artus alludes to the story told by Howard in "Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant". (Which would probably make even more sense if the city of thieves was not renamed from Arenjun to Argalon.)

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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: the monastery of Shaipur. The monks (or at least their leader) can predict future and presumably spend the majority of their time studying, when everyone around them is busy with butchering each other.
* AnAxeToGrind: at times, though [[CoolSword Cool Swords]] are Conan's WeaponOfChoice.
* AncientAfrica: where else would Artus come from?

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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: the The monastery of Shaipur. The monks (or at least their leader) can predict future and presumably spend the majority of their time studying, when everyone around them is busy with butchering each other.
* AnAxeToGrind: at At times, though [[CoolSword Cool Swords]] are Conan's WeaponOfChoice.
* AncientAfrica: where Where else would Artus come from?



* CoolMask: with tentacles.
* BadassLongHair: nearly everyone.

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* CoolMask: with tentacles.
* BadassLongHair: nearly Nearly everyone.



* BarbarianHero: first and foremost.
* BarbarianTribe: the Cimmerians.
* BarBrawl: staged by Conan to be taken to Khalar Zym's prison.

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* BarbarianHero: first First and foremost.
* BarbarianTribe: the The Cimmerians.
* BarBrawl: staged Staged by Conan to be taken to Khalar Zym's prison.



* BloodMagic: performed by Marique.
* BoundAndGagged: subverted, as it is Conan, not Khalar Zym, that does it to Tamara.

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* BloodMagic: performed Performed by Marique.
* BoundAndGagged: subverted, Subverted, as it is Conan, not Khalar Zym, that does it to Tamara.



* CombatPragmatist: almost everyone. That's no world for old people, after all.

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* CombatPragmatist: almost Almost everyone. That's no world for old people, after all.



* CoolMask: With tentacles.



* DecapitationPresentation: quite often.

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* DecapitationPresentation: quite Quite often.



* InvincibleHero: guess who?

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* InvincibleHero: guess Guess who?



* PhysicalGod: what Khalar Zym claims to be.

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* PhysicalGod: what What Khalar Zym claims to be.



* RescueRomance: obviously.

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* RescueRomance: obviously.Obviously.



* WalkingShirtlessScene: since Conan becomes an adult, he looks like he did not own a single shirt.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: since Since Conan becomes an adult, he looks like he did not own a single shirt.
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* CastingGag: Back in 2008 there was a project for a new RedSonja movie to be directed by RobertRodriguez and starring RoseMcGowan. The project fell trough... but now [=McGowan=] is an evil witch in the new Conan movie.

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* CastingGag: Back in 2008 there was a project for a new RedSonja ''Comicbook/RedSonja'' movie to be directed by RobertRodriguez and starring RoseMcGowan. The project fell trough... but now [=McGowan=] is an evil witch in the new Conan movie.
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* DoomedHometown
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* BadassNormal: Tamara. While able to hold her ground one-on-one many times, she is often overwhelmed when two or three mooks attack at once.


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* ElementalEmbodiment: Marique conjure some surprisingly nimble Sand Elementals to fight Conan.
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* EverythingBreaks: The only wood that grows in Hyboria is balsa; they make bridges, walls, benches, ships, and more bridges out of the stuff. Likewise, the only material to make chains is apparently candle wax.


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* FruitCart: They don't have cars so they roll boulders downhill.
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* CollapsingLair: The Skull Cave.
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* Audible Sharpness: Nearly everything, but especially the claws.

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* Audible Sharpness: AudibleSharpness: Nearly everything, but especially the claws.
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* AnnoyingArrows: Conan's father is shot by an arrow from behind, on his lower-left side. He doesn't go down, but it provides a crucial distraction for another solider to punch him in the face.
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* DoubleWeapon: Khalar Zym has two swords connected by a hinge at the hilt. They lock together to form a single sword with two blades, but he can easily separate them in combat for unexpected attacks.
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* CoolMask: with TENTACLES!!

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* CoolMask: with TENTACLES!!tentacles.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: Tamara and Marique.


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* WouldHitAGirl: Conan even [[spoiler:cuts off Marique's hand]].
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The story revolves around the CoolMask made of the bones of kings, which in the distant past let the rulers of Acheron take over, the world only to be scattered into pieces and divided between barbarian rulers so as never to become dangerous again. As was [[GenreSavvy to be expected]], an evil leader tries to gather all the pieces and put them into use in order to bring his late wife BackFromTheDead. Accidentally, he happens to be the man who tortured and killed Conan's father. And the man who wants to use a beautiful BlueBlood girl as a reincarnation vessel for his wife. And overall a very, very evil man. The rest is wild screaming.

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The story revolves around the CoolMask made of the bones of kings, which in the distant past let the rulers of Acheron take over, over the world world, only to be scattered into pieces and divided between barbarian rulers so as never to become dangerous again. As was [[GenreSavvy to be expected]], an evil leader tries to gather all the pieces and put them into use in order to bring his late wife BackFromTheDead. Accidentally, he happens to be the man who tortured and killed Conan's father. And the man who wants to use a beautiful BlueBlood girl as a reincarnation vessel for his wife. And overall a very, very evil man. The rest is wild screaming.



* Necromancer: Marique. Apparently, ItRunsInTheFamily.

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* Necromancer: {{Necromancer}}: Marique. Apparently, ItRunsInTheFamily.

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* CastingGag: Back in 2008 there was a project for a new RedSonja movie to be directed by RobertRodriguez and starring RoseMcGowan. The project fell trough... but now [=McGowan=] is an evil witch in the new Conan movie.



* CoolSword: as a part of Conan's backstory.

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* CoolSword: as As a part of Conan's backstory.backstory. We not only get the claymore looking Cimmerian sword, we get the sword that Conan's dad forges specifically for him.


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* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad: Khalar Zym
** TheDragon: Zym's daughter Marique
** EvilGenius: Marique is this due to her sorcery.
** TheBrute: Lucius and Ukafa.
** TheDarkChick: Cheren the archer, and Remo the scout.


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* RaceLift: Conan is best known as being portrayed by a Caucasian (Austrian) actor, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. In the 2011 film, however, he is played by Jason Momoa, a multiracial actor of Native Hawaiian, German, Irish and Native American descent.
** According to Howard's "The Hyborian Age", the Irish and Scottish are direct descendants of the Cimmerians, while the Germanic peoples are of mixed Aesir, Vanir and Cimmerian descent. Make of that what you will.
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* FanserviceExtra: Conan and his crew rescue a group of men and women from slavers, with the women uniformly being buxom and topless. They're collectively listed in the credits as "Topless Wenches".


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* VirginSacrifice: Conan has sex with the potential sacrifice ''before'' she's captured, yet it apparently makes no difference despite it being stated earlier that the sacrifice must be both of pure blood ''and'' a virgin.


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* WolverineClaws: Marique.
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-> ''I live... I love and slay. And I am content.''

''Conan the Barbarian'' is a 2011 film featuring [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan of Cimmeria]]. It is another take on Conan's story rather than a remake or sequel of any previous film. On the one hand, this means that the movie significantly differs from the previous ones by, for example, giving Conan completely different childhood and youth. On the other, the movie retains all the essential elements of a good Conan story: Conan, a DistressedDamsel, an [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorceress]], an EvilOverlord and an ArtifactOfDoom for everyone to quarrel over. In fact, the characters being really simple in terms of psychology, it can be argued that the movie's general feel is even closer to the original than that of the previous films. (All that in spite of the curious fact that particular parts of the setting, though they reflect the mood of their Howardian equivalents, are renamed so as they do not fit neither the stories nor the previous films (there are exceptions - for example, Acheron comes straight from Howard's fiction). Of course, the movie has a lot of blood and some nudity and is extremely [[HeroicFantasy sword and sorcery]].

The story revolves around the CoolMask made of the bones of kings, which in the distant past let the rulers of Acheron take over, the world only to be scattered into pieces and divided between barbarian rulers so as never to become dangerous again. As was [[GenreSavvy to be expected]], an evil leader tries to gather all the pieces and put them into use in order to bring his late wife BackFromTheDead. Accidentally, he happens to be the man who tortured and killed Conan's father. And the man who wants to use a beautiful BlueBlood girl as a reincarnation vessel for his wife. And overall a very, very evil man. The rest is wild screaming.

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!!Exemplifies:
* ActionGirl: Tamara, after gradual promotion from DistressedDamsel.
* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: the monastery of Shaipur. The monks (or at least their leader) can predict future and presumably spend the majority of their time studying, when everyone around them is busy with butchering each other.
* AnAxeToGrind: at times, though [[CoolSword Cool Swords]] are Conan's WeaponOfChoice.
* AncientAfrica: where else would Artus come from?
* AntiHero: Conan.
* CoolMask: with TENTACLES!!
* BadassLongHair: nearly everyone.
* TheBait: Tamara is this for Conan to lure Khalar Zym, and then for Khalar Zym (to lure Conan).
* BarbarianHero: first and foremost.
* BarbarianTribe: the Cimmerians.
* BarBrawl: staged by Conan to be taken to Khalar Zym's prison.
* BerserkButton: Conan's is slavery.
* BigBad: Khalar Zym.
* BloodMagic: performed by Marique.
* BoundAndGagged: subverted, as it is Conan, not Khalar Zym, that does it to Tamara.
* BurnTheWitch: Marique's mom.
* ColdBloodedTorture: even [[AntiHero Conan]] does it.
* CombatPragmatist: almost everyone. That's no world for old people, after all.
* ContinuityReboot
* CoolShip
* CoolSword: as a part of Conan's backstory.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Marique to Khalar Zym.
* DecapitationPresentation: quite often.
* ExactWords: Conan to Lucius:
--> ''"You swore you will spare my life!"''
--> ''"I said, I will not kill you."''
* EyeOfNewt: Marique needs blood to perform some of her magic. Also, her outfit is rather terrifying - one may wonder whether it's just a matter of personal style or, somehow, a necessity for every witch. The latter option is made even more probable by the fact that her mother used to dress in a very similar way... Then again, Marique clearly has [[FreudWasRight some issues]].
* EyepatchOfPower: Ela-Shan.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: of a mixed variety, e.g. Shaipur monastery seems to be half-Greek, half-Far Eastern in origin.
* HeroicFantasy: oh so much.
* HotWitch: Marique.
* InvincibleHero: guess who?
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Marique.
* TheLostLenore: Maliva, the mother of Marique. A rare evil example.
* Necromancer: Marique. Apparently, ItRunsInTheFamily.
* TheNeedForMead: "More mead!!" is one of the first sentences pronounced by the adult Conan in the movie.
* OldMaster: in the Shaipur monastery.
* PhysicalGod: what Khalar Zym claims to be.
* PregnantBadass: Conan's mom. She gives him birth on the battle chariot, immediately after slaying one of her enemies, sword in hand, armoured and all. The Caesarean cut is done by the father with his sword, no less - so that a sword is the first thing seen by Conan outside of his mother's womb.
* RescueRomance: obviously.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Conan.
* ScarsAreForever: Conan has quite a lot of them, and [[EveryScarHasAStory many have their stories]].
* ShoutOut: to original stories. For example, just after a BarBrawl Artus alludes to the story told by Howard in "Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant". (Which would probably make even more sense if the city of thieves was not renamed from Arenjun to Argalon.)
* TheSneakyGuy: Ela-Shan.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: since Conan becomes an adult, he looks like he did not own a single shirt.
* WithMyHandsTied: Conan intentionally becomes a prisoner to meet Khalar Zym face to face, and then [[spoiler: defeats a couple of guards in spite of being handcuffed]].
* WreckedWeapon: Corin intentionally breaks the sword to [[AnAesop show]] Conan that both fire and ice are needed for steel not to perish.
* YouKilledMyFather: Conan and Khalar Zym.
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