History Film / GodsOfEgypt

* AdaptationalWimp: Thoth, the god of knowledge wisdom, is depicted as a vain KnowNothingKnowItAll, and [[spoiler: gets offed by Set.]] Also, ALL of the major goddesses suffer from this.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Set [[spoiler: takes body parts from other gods -- Osiris' heart, Horus' eye, Thoth's brain and Nephthys' wings -- and bonds them to his armor to gain their powers. It supposedly grants him dominion over the land, omniscience, wisdom, and protection from harm, but for the most part it's just to get him up to Ra's barge and give him enough power to withstand Ra's SwordBeam.]]

** Isis, goddess of magic, ActionMom who fended off Set multiple times in the osirian cycle AND the most powerful goddess of the egyptian pantheon , is reduced to a whimpering mess the second Osiris is shanked by Set, and then kills herself.
** Serqet, a primordial protection goddess considered among the most powerful, is reduced to a weak minion of Set(and is a generic skimpy-dressed human rather than a badass scorpion-taur).

* CombatPragmatist: Set. He is never seen straight up fighting any other characters on equal ground. He uses underhanded means, such as [[spoiler: killing Osiris with a surprise attack, using shields to disorient Horus, etc]] to get the upper hand in fights.
* CoolOldGuy: Ra, the Lord of Light. He's considerably older than the other gods, but he can still keep Apophis at bay and is powerful enough that the new and improved Set isn't enough to kill him. [[spoiler:And at the end he grants Horus' wish to bring Bek and Zaya back to life.]]

* MySkullRunnethOver: When Bek asks Thoth about how he could witness the creation of the world if it there was no world it watch it from, Thoth claims telling him would cause his brain to liquefy.

* AdaptationalWimp: Thoth, the god of knowledge wisdom, is depicted as a vain KnowNothingKnowItAll,and [[spoiler: gets offed by Set.]] Also, ALL of the major goddesses suffer from this.

* MsFanservice: Hathor, who spends her time either ToplessnessFromTheBack, covered with ModestyBedsheet, or dressed in {{Stripperific}} outfits.

* Chickification: ALL of the goddesses shown are victims of this:

* AdaptationalWimp: Thoth, the god of knowledge wisdom, is depicted as a vain KnowNothingKnowItAll,and [[spoiler: gets offed by Set.]]
** ALL of the major goddesses suffer from this, see [[Chickification]].

* AllYourPowersCombined: Set [[spoiler: takes body parts from other gods -- Osiris' heart, Horus' eye, Thoth's brain and Nephthys' wings -- and bonds them to his armor to gain their powers. It supposedly grants him omniscience, wisdom, flight, and dominion over the land, but for the most part it's just to give him enough power to withstand Ra's SwordBeam.]]

** [[spoiler: The other gods Set slew are shown alive at the end, implying Ra resurrected them as well.]]

* LargeAndInCharge: Ra is father and king of the gods, and he grows large enough to tower over his already-towering children when drawing on his full power. To a lesser extent, the gods are about 2-3 times the size of humans and rule over them.

* CharmPerson: Hathor's powers include the ability to make any being in creation obey her will, be it man, woman, god or beast. [[spoiler:Only TrueLove can make a person immune to it]].

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Initially, Osiris makes it so that this is averted by allowing anyone into the afterlife regardless of wealth or station in life. Set, however, changes this once he usurps his brother's rule. Under Set's new law, only those with enough wealth can pass through onto the afterlife. Those that can't pay have their [[DeaderThanDead souls are destroyed upon being judged]]. [[spoiler: In the end, Horus changes the law to have souls judged by their character, not their wealth.]]

* CoolShip: Ra's great barge that he uses to tow the Sun across the sky every day.

* InstantArmor: Some of the gods are able to manifest golden armor at will.

* PhysicalGod: All of the gods in the film are physical beings yet are distinguished from humans by considerable height, liquid gold instead of blood, a variety of powers, and in some cases being connected to the element they represent. For instance, Set is connected to the desert and as long as it exists he can draw strength from it. Getting rid of the desert would weaken him. They're also mortal, though evidently quite longer lived than humans.

* SwordBeam: [[spoiler: Ra's spear is capable of emitting this. Set uses it near the end as a beacon to lure Apophis to destroy Egypt]].

* ImmoralitySeeker: Set seeks true immortality on Earth to rule over his kingdom, not being content with immortality in the afterlife. [[spoiler:He's willing to destroy the barrier between the lands of the living and dead to get it.]]

* GoldenSuperMode: Horus is covered in golden armor in his supermode. Ra also emits a bright golden glow in his most powerful form.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Set's justification for his actions. He feels Ra favored Osiris over him since Osiris was give the fertile Nile and children while Set was cursed to rule the harsh desert and denied children. Ra's explanation for these actions only pushed Set further.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: It's quite clear that Horus is the main hero past the first third of the movie; a human like Bek can't take on the gods in a fight and there's only so much as a smart thief like him can do.

* PunyEarthling: Humans/Mortals are greatly looked down upon by the gods that they worship and are generally protected because of the worship and gifts that they grant. Horus in particular displays abusive and condescending behavior towards Bek for most of the story. Only Osiris seemed to be consistently respectful of humans and genuinely cared of their well-being for reasons beyond service.

* SuperMode: Many gods have this, besides their human-looking appearance.

* TopGod: Ra the Sun God, Lord of Light and the most powerful of the gods by far.

* WingedHumanoid: Horus sports prominent wings when transformed. Nephthys can also sprout a pair of her own [[spoiler:which Set later steals for his own use]].

* AllYourPowersCombined: Set [[spoiler: takes body parts from other gods -- Osiris's heart, Horus' eye, Thoth's brain and Nephthys' wings -- and bonds them to his armor to gain their powers. It supposedly grants him omniscience, wisdom, flight, and dominion over the land, but for the most part it's just to give him enough power to withstand Ra's SwordBeam.]]

* EverybodyHatesHades: Subverted, Anubis (while certainly monstrous) is depicted as being benevolent and helpful to the people who die and have to travel the Underworld, which is actually more in line with Egyptian mythology.

* JerkassGods: Set, who enslaves his followers and plans to destroy the world. Horus is one at first but he later grows out of it.

* MagicalNegro: The only Black Actor who has a significant role plays Thoth, who knows more than everyone else [[spoiler: and is killed off the second he's no longer useful]].

* MsFanservice: Hathor, who spends her time either ToplessnessFromTheBack, covered with ModestyBedsheet, or dressed in Stripperific outfits.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: It's quite clear that Horus is the main hero past the first third of the movie, a human like Bek can't take on the gods in a fight and can only do so much as a smart thief like him can do.

* PhysicalGod: All of the gods in the film are physical beings yet are distinguished from humans by considerable height, liquid gold instead of blood, a variety of powers, and in some cases being connected to the element they represent. For instance, Set is connected to the desert and as long as it exists he can draw strength form it. Getting rid of the desert would weaken him.

* ThePowerOfTheSun: Ra, naturally. Bek has to stand in Horus's shadow to avoid getting burned while in Ra's presence, and when Ra grows his body is surrounded by a fiery corona.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Set [[spoiler: takes body parts from other gods: Osiris's heart, Horus' eye, Thoth's brain and Nephthys' wings, and have them attached to him, to gain their powers. He is able to withstand Ra's SwordBeam, but it is unknown what else he can do.]]

-->'''Bek:''' ...before it kills me, I'm going to tell it that I asked the God of Wisdom to come but he was afraid he'd get the answer wrong.
-->'''Thoth:''' This is the cleverest strategy you could devise? Playing on my ego? How vain do you think I am?
-->''Bek, Horus and Hathor look around at all the [[MesACrowd clones of Thoth]] standing around them.''
-->'''Thoth:''' Yes, well... Fine. Fine! Let's go.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Bek and his wife are both dead near the end, but are brought back when Horus asks Ra to do the impossible]].
** [[spoiler: The other gods Set slew are shown alive at the end implying Ra may have resurrected them as well.]]

-->Even if I were blind, deaf, and bereft of limbs, you would ''still'' be no match for me!
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Initially, Osiris makes it so that this is averted by allowing anyone into the afterlife regardless of wealth or station in life. Set however changes this once he usurps his brother's rule. Under Set's new law, only those with enough wealth can pass through onto the afterlife. Those that can't pay, their [[DeaderThanDead souls are destroyed upon being judged]]. [[spoiler: In the end, Horus changes the law to one wherein what's in one's heart rather than wealth determines passage into the afterlife.]]

* BlindedByTheLight: Set defeats Horus at the beginning of the movie by shining a light into his eyes with a magical shield. His {{Mooks}} carry similar shields to keep Horus off-balance during the fight.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Set [[OffWithHisHead decapitates]] the captain of the Minotaur bull-like gods after underestimating the abilities of a one-eyed Horus.

* LargeAndInCharge: Ra is father and king of the gods, and he grows large enough to tower over his already-towering children when drawing on his full power.

* NayTheist: Bey knows the gods exist; he just can't be bothered to worship them, since they don't answer his prayers.

** It could well be said that the movie is actually a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of this trope. Aside from Set, whose dickishness obviously causes all the problems in the movie and leads to his doom, all the gods who show these tendencies during the film either visibly grow out of them entirely or at least accept the need to put the largest part of it aside in order to help save Egypt.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: It's quite clear that Horus is the main hero past the first third of the movie, a human like Bek can't take on the gods and can only do so much as a smart thief like him can do.

* MesACrowd: Thoth staffs his library with dozens of copies of himself because the only person to handle the knowledge he records is himself.

* PhysicalGod: All of the gods in the film are physical beings yet are distinguished from humans by considerable height, liquid gold instead of blood, a variety of powers, and in some cases being connected to the element they represent. For instance, Set is connected to the desert and as long as it exist he can draw strength form it. Getting rid of the desert would weaken him.

* IdiotBall: Bek suffers from this at times when anyone starts talking about his [[spoiler: dead wife]]. At one point, he comes very close to killing Set and saving Egypt, but becomes easily distracted when Set [[spoiler:tells him that Horus lied and there is no way for him to bring his wife back from the afterlife]].

* HandicappedBadass: Horus, once Bek brings him back one of his eyes. He gets the second back [[spoiler: after defeating Set only]].

* BittersweetEnding: Horus takes back Egypt and saves the world from being destroyed, but his parents are dead and [[spoiler:Hathor sent herself to what seems to be Hell by taking off the bracelet protecting her and giving it to Bek so he can find his wife in the afterlife. However, the film ends with Horus going to rescue her, implying that there's still hope for them to be reunited]].

* GenreSavvy: In the end, just as [[spoiler:Horus has reclaimed Ra's spear and is about to finish off Set for good, Set tries to talk him into sparing his life. Suffice to say, Horus isn't moved.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Set was originally a loyal son, loving brother, and great warrior that Horus admired. A thousand years of being stuck in the harsh desert and perceived favorite, denied a family, and to be told he was supposed to take over the lonely duty of fighting Apophis drove him to ultimately decide to destroy the world and remake it in his image.

* InsufferableGenius: Thoth knows practically everything, a fact that he will remind you of ''constantly''.