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* AlwaysMale: No female Immortals are depicted. This is a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as they do appear in the TV series.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: As Ramirez explains, the Kurgan is the last surviving member of an ancient barbarian culture from the Russian steppes, who would throw babies into pits with starving dogs for entertainment.
* AlwaysMale: No female Immortals are depicted.This is As only four immortals are left by the time 1985 rolls around, perhaps all the female ones were killed off before then. Or it's just a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as they do appear in the TV series.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Given how evil the Kurgan is shown to be, one is led to believe that he would gladly break the [[TruceZone Holy Ground tradition]] to get the drop on Connor. Not only does he never make a move to attack him in the church, but ''Connor'' comes close to breaking the rule after the Kurgan taunts him about how he raped Heather.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Given how evil the Kurgan is shown to be, one is led to believe that he would gladly break the [[TruceZone Holy Ground tradition]] to get the drop on Connor. Not only does he never make a move to attack him in the church, but ''Connor'' comes close to breaking the rule after the Kurgan taunts him about how he [[spoiler:he raped Heather.Heather]].
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* ShotInTheAss: The ultimate fate of Mr. Bassett's fawning manservant. Connor survives multiple impalements and eventually apologizes for insulting Bassett's wife when the manservant comes over with pistols to suggest shooting him. Bassett, perhaps insulted himself by the insinuation he would shoot a man in the back, snatches a pistol and shoots the manservant as he turns and runs away.
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* AlwaysMale: No female Immortals are depicted. This is a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as they do appear in the TV series.
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* MayflyDecemberRomance:
** Connor and Heather Macleod's [[HappilyMarried obviously loving marriage]] comes to a gut-wrenching end in 1590 when the latter dies of old age[[note]]Beatie Edney was 24 when she portrayed Heather in this movie and 38 in ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'', so assuming the same age and the relevant time-frames, Mrs. Macleod lived to her mid-seventies. Which would make her quite LongLived indeed, considering the average life expectancy for a Scottish woman in the 16th Century was ''[[WeAreAsMayflies just 35]]''[[/note]]. By which time she's a little grey-haired old lady, and he still looks in the prime of his years.
** In one scene, Ramirez explains that he was born thousands of years ago in AncientEgypt and has married three times over the course of his life, the last time to a Japanese princess named Shakiko -- whose genius UltimateBlacksmith father gave him his [[CoolSword badass ivory-handled katana]] as a dowry gift. After Shakiko died, Ramirez was devastated and swore off ever having other relationships with mortal women, and the reason he's telling Connor this is to warn him against pursuing Heather to spare him the same inevitable heartbreak. Even millennia after Shakiko's passing, it is very obvious Ramirez still isn't over it by the way he speaks about her.
** Connor and Heather Macleod's [[HappilyMarried obviously loving marriage]] comes to a gut-wrenching end in 1590 when the latter dies of old age[[note]]Beatie Edney was 24 when she portrayed Heather in this movie and 38 in ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'', so assuming the same age and the relevant time-frames, Mrs. Macleod lived to her mid-seventies. Which would make her quite LongLived indeed, considering the average life expectancy for a Scottish woman in the 16th Century was ''[[WeAreAsMayflies just 35]]''[[/note]]. By which time she's a little grey-haired old lady, and he still looks in the prime of his years.
** In one scene, Ramirez explains that he was born thousands of years ago in AncientEgypt and has married three times over the course of his life, the last time to a Japanese princess named Shakiko -- whose genius UltimateBlacksmith father gave him his [[CoolSword badass ivory-handled katana]] as a dowry gift. After Shakiko died, Ramirez was devastated and swore off ever having other relationships with mortal women, and the reason he's telling Connor this is to warn him against pursuing Heather to spare him the same inevitable heartbreak. Even millennia after Shakiko's passing, it is very obvious Ramirez still isn't over it by the way he speaks about her.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Connor heals overnight from what should have been a fatal stab wound. Rather than being awed or overjoyed at his miraculous recovery, his superstitious, uneducated kin believe it to have been the Devil's handiwork, and are doing their best to kill him when Angus gets them to compromise on exiling him instead.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: The Kurgan and the Priest at the church. The former is talking about [=MacCleod=] while later is talking about God.
-->'''The Kurgan:''' He cares about these mortals.\\
'''Priest:''' Of course he cares. He died for our sins.\\
'''The Kurgan:''' And that shall be his undoing.
-->'''The Kurgan:''' He cares about these mortals.\\
'''Priest:''' Of course he cares. He died for our sins.\\
'''The Kurgan:''' And that shall be his undoing.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent:WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Connor has a rather garbled accent from having lived so long in so many places.
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** It's far more jarring in the flashbacks to 16th-century Scotland, where Creator/ChristopherLambert's... questionable brogue stands in stark contrast to his actually-Scots co-stars.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: Kurgan accuses [[NunsNRosaries nuns]] of having this when they are appalled by him [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor waggling his tongue at them]].
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* NoSenseOfHumor: Kurgan accuses [[NunsNRosaries nuns]] nuns of having this when they are appalled by him [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor waggling his tongue at them]].
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* LargeHam: Creator/SeanConnery is no slouch. He rides in on a horse jumping over Connor and Heather. His scene where he and Connor talk about haggis also involves this.
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* LargeHam: Creator/SeanConnery is no slouch. He rides in on a horse jumping over Connor and Heather. His scene where he and Connor talk about haggis also involves this. Creator/ClancyBrown arguably takes this though, and chews nearly every scene he is in.
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* GutturalGrowler: The Kurgan's already deep voice is made raspy by the neck injury he receives from Ramirez. Connor also, when he's angry enough.
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* SwordSparks: Accompanies the various sword fights. To acheive this, swords were attached by cables to car batteries. The cables can be spotted in some scenes.
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* SwordSparks: Accompanies the various sword fights. To acheive achieve this, swords were attached by cables to car batteries. The cables can be spotted in some scenes.
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* LastOfHisKind: By definition, ''"in the end, ThereCanBeOnlyOne "''; so at the end Connor [=MacLeod=] fulfills this trope.
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* LastOfHisKind: By definition, ''"in the end, ThereCanBeOnlyOne "''; so By the time of the gathering which takes place in the 80’s the immortals have been reduced down to the last four: Conner, the Kurgan, Fasil, and Sunda. With Conner killing Fasil and the Kurgan killing Sunda and finally Conner defeating the Kurgan. So at the end Connor [=MacLeod=] fulfills this trope.
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* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler:Centuries after he rapes Heather, the Kurgan learns that she was not Ramirez's wife, but ''Connor's''. He pieces together from his reaction that she never told him, then taunts Connor with villainous relish, suggesting she actually liked it.]]
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* PostRapeTaunt: [[spoiler:Centuries after he rapes Heather, [[spoiler:When Connor observes that Ramirez didn't quite behead the Kurgan, the Kurgan learns responds by saying that she he killed Ramirez and "raped his woman before his blood was not Ramirez's wife, but ''Connor's''. He pieces together even cold." At the resultant KubrickStare from his reaction Connor, the Kurgan figures out that Heather was ''Connor's'' wife; he proceeds to [[SlasherSmile take way too much pleasure]] from realizing that Heather had never told Connor about her rape, and [[PostRapeTaunt taunts him about it, claiming she never told him, then taunts him because she secretly enjoyed the violation]][[note]]The more likely reason is she feared Connor with villainous relish, suggesting she actually liked it.would go on a doomed RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an immortal warrior who was far stronger than him if he found out[[/note]]. In the novelization, Connor almost seizes back that moment by ''thanking'' Kurgan for finally confirming his crime, which he always suspected anyway but which the shattered Heather refused to speak of.]]
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:When Connor observes that Ramirez didn't quite behead the Kurgan, the Kurgan responds by saying that he killed Ramirez and "raped his woman before his blood was even cold." At the resultant KubrickStare from Connor, the Kurgan figures out that Heather was ''Connor's'' wife; he proceeds to [[SlasherSmile take way too much pleasure]] from realizing that Heather had never told Connor about her rape, and [[PostRapeTaunt taunts him about it, claiming she never told him because she secretly enjoyed the violation]][[note]]The more likely reason is she feared Connor would go on a doomed RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an immortal warrior who was far stronger than him if he found out[[/note]]. In the novelization, Connor almost seizes back that moment by ''thanking'' Kurgan for finally confirming his crime, which he always suspected anyway but which the shattered Heather refused to speak of.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Given how evil the Kurgan is shown to be, one is led to believe that he would gladly break the [[TruceZone Holy Ground tradition]] to get the drop on Connor. Not only does he never make a move to attack him in the church, but ''Connor'' comes close to breaking the rule after the Kurgan taunts him about how he raped Heather.
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* CrazySurvivalist: Kirk Matunas is both this and a GunNut: even while driving around his hometown of New York City, he keeps a small arsenal of guns in his car trunk. He uses one of his guns to attack the Kurgan after he sees the Kurgan defeat and behead Kastagir. It doesn't end well for him, but at least he survives.
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* {{Futureshadowing}}: The Kurgan appears in the present with a dramatic neck scar that he didn't have before, and after that in a flashback showing the fight in which he acquired the scar.
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* WaxingLyrical: The Kurgan's line, "I have something to say! It's better to burn out... Than to fade away!!!" is from Music/NeilYoung's "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".
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* WaxingLyrical: The Kurgan's line, "I have something to say! It's better to burn out... Than to fade away!!!" is from Music/NeilYoung's "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)".Black)", although it would be pretty in-character for a few reasons if The Kurgan were directly quoting Music/DefLeppard instead, who also referenced the line in their song "Rock of Ages".
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Connor heals overnight from what should have been a fatal stab wound. Rather than being awed or overjoyed at his miraculous recovery, his superstitious, uneducated kin believe it to have been the Devil's handiwork, and are doing their best to kill him when Angus gets them to compromise on exiling him instead.
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* ArcWords: "ThereCanBeOnlyOne," for which this film is the TropeNamer. A minor example also exists between Connor and Rachel, "It's a kind of magic!" often spoken with a wry smile. The latter even named [[Music/AKindOfMagic the films de-facto soundtrack album]] (and its TitleTrack).
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* ArcWords: "ThereCanBeOnlyOne," for which this film is the TropeNamer. A minor example also exists between Connor and Rachel, "It's a kind of magic!" often spoken with a wry smile. The latter even named [[Music/AKindOfMagic the films film's de-facto soundtrack album]] (and its TitleTrack).
