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* CanadaEh: The astronauts land, considerably off course, on a beach in what was once the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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* ForeignRescore: When New World Pictures bought the movie, Christopher Young wrote a new score [[BaitAndSwitch intended to make the film seem expansive than it actually was]]. New World later used some of Young's music in [[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla another one of their releases]].
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* ForeignRescore: When New World Pictures bought the movie, Christopher Young Music/ChristopherYoung wrote a new score [[BaitAndSwitch intended to make the film seem expansive than it actually was]]. New World later used some of Young's music in [[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla another one of their releases]].
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* ForeignRescore: When New World Pictures bought the movie, Christopher Young wrote a new score [[BaitAndSwitch intended to make the film seem expansive than it actually was]]. New World later used some of Young's music in [[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla another one of their releases]].
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* KillSat: A space station instead of an autonomous satellite, nevertheless (most of) the film's protagonists were stationed in one and ordered to launch the nuclear missiles if war broke out (and it did). [[spoiler:One warhead that the station did not launched because of an apparent malfunction (but remained armed and began counting down after the station crashed) is the film's biggest DiabolusExMachina.]]
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny completely Mad-Maxed a backhoe with armor and uses that to drive around.
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny completely Mad-Maxed a backhoe with armor and uses that to drive around.
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* KillSat: A case where it's a space station instead of an autonomous satellite, nevertheless (most of) nevertheless, the film's main protagonists were stationed in one and ordered to launch the nuclear missiles if war broke out (and -- which it did). did. [[spoiler:One warhead that the station did was not launched because of an apparent malfunction (but malfunction, but which remained armed and began counting down after the station crashed) crashed, is the film's biggest DiabolusExMachina.]]
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny has completelyMad-Maxed Film/MadMax-ed a backhoe front end loader with armor and uses that it to drive around.
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny has completely
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The unlaunched nuclear warhead in the space station's remains explodes and kills the whole cast.]]
* KillSat: A space station instead of an autonomous satellite, nevertheless (most of) the film's protagonists were stationed in one and ordered to launch the nuclear missiles if war broke out (and it did). [[spoiler:One warhead that the station did not launched because of an apparent malfunction (but remained armed and began counting down after the station crashed) is the film's biggest DiabolusExMachina.]]
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny completely Mad-Maxed a backhoe with armor and uses that to drive around.
* KillSat: A space station instead of an autonomous satellite, nevertheless (most of) the film's protagonists were stationed in one and ordered to launch the nuclear missiles if war broke out (and it did). [[spoiler:One warhead that the station did not launched because of an apparent malfunction (but remained armed and began counting down after the station crashed) is the film's biggest DiabolusExMachina.]]
* WeaponizedCar: Vinny completely Mad-Maxed a backhoe with armor and uses that to drive around.
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''Def-Con 4'' is a 1985 Canadian post-apocalyptic film directed by Paul Donovan and starring Creator/LenoreZann, Creator/MauryChaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, and Tim Choate. The plot revolves around a group of astronauts who survive WorldWarIII onboard a space station and return to Earth to find greatly changed circumstances.
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''Def-Con 4'' is a 1985 Canadian post-apocalyptic film directed by Paul Donovan and starring Creator/LenoreZann, Creator/MauryChaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, and Tim Choate.Creator/TimChoate. The plot revolves around a group of astronauts who survive WorldWarIII onboard a space station and return to Earth to find greatly changed circumstances.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: A rather infamous example. While there is a KillSat in the film, it looks nothing like the one on the poster.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: A rather infamous example. While there is a KillSat in the film, it looks nothing like the one on the poster.poster, and there are no skeletal corpses in space suits. And while the film does take place in a post-apocalyptic setting, it's not located in a desert but rather on the eastern coast of Canada.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: The main premise of the film. AfterTheEnd, the astronauts must return to Earth and then survive there.
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''Def-Con 4'' is a 1985 Canadian post-apocalyptic film directed by Paul Donovan and starring Creator/LenoreZann, Creator/MauryChaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, and Tim Choate. The plot revolves around a group of astronauts who survive WorldWarIII onboard a space station and return to Earth to find greatly changed circumstances.
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* AfterTheEnd: Following the outbreak of WorldWarIII, large areas of Earth's surface are irradiated and [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] mutants known as "terminals" terrorize the few survivors, who live in makeshift fortresses made out of junk.
* CanadaEh: The astronauts land, considerably off course, on a beach in what was once the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
* CentrifugalGravity: The space station is bone-shaped, with living spaces located on either end, and rotates to generate artificial gravity.
* CoversAlwaysLie: A rather infamous example. While there is a KillSat in the film, it looks nothing like the one on the poster.
* CrazySurvivalist: Vinny, a post-apocalyptic scavenger who has fortified his home with barbed wire and various booby traps.
* DefconFive: The film incorrectly gives Defcon 4 as the highest state of alert rather than Defcon 1.
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''Def-Con 4'' is a 1985 Canadian post-apocalyptic film directed by Paul Donovan and starring Creator/LenoreZann, Creator/MauryChaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, and Tim Choate. The plot revolves around a group of astronauts who survive WorldWarIII onboard a space station and return to Earth to find greatly changed circumstances.
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* AfterTheEnd: Following the outbreak of WorldWarIII, large areas of Earth's surface are irradiated and [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] mutants known as "terminals" terrorize the few survivors, who live in makeshift fortresses made out of junk.
* CanadaEh: The astronauts land, considerably off course, on a beach in what was once the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
* CentrifugalGravity: The space station is bone-shaped, with living spaces located on either end, and rotates to generate artificial gravity.
* CoversAlwaysLie: A rather infamous example. While there is a KillSat in the film, it looks nothing like the one on the poster.
* CrazySurvivalist: Vinny, a post-apocalyptic scavenger who has fortified his home with barbed wire and various booby traps.
* DefconFive: The film incorrectly gives Defcon 4 as the highest state of alert rather than Defcon 1.
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