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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Amphiaraus to Hercules.
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-->'''Amphiaraus''': Excuse me, that was supposed to be my moment.
-->'''Hercules''': You're welcome.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers played up the monsters Hercules fought as part of his Twelve Labours. In the movie, these monsters are shown in a montage and revealed to be [[{{Demythification}} tall tales.]] The rest of the story is more of "ConanTheBarbarian in Ancient Greece" than a ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' monster mash. The original comic wasn't as demythifying, but also did the Labours montage in one page. Discussed in [[http://io9.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-a-lie-dont-fall-for-it-1610881361 an article]] (and it even mentions TVTropes!)
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The film's plot unfolds absolutely nothing like what the trailers indicate. The trailers played up the monsters Hercules fought as part of his Twelve Labours. In the movie, these monsters are shown in a montage and revealed to be [[{{Demythification}} tall tales.]] The rest of the story is more of "ConanTheBarbarian in Ancient Greece" than a ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' monster mash. The original comic wasn't as demythifying, but also did the Labours montage in one page. Discussed in [[http://io9.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-a-lie-dont-fall-for-it-1610881361 an article]] (and it even mentions TVTropes!)
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* LiveActionAdaptation: Of a comicbook called "The Thracian Wars".
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[apoiler:Rhesus [[spoiler:Rhesus and his army are defeated a good half hour before the movie is over, a hint that he's not the real villain]].
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Greek Mythology - Removed Gods since no one questions if they are real and by the end stil wondering if Hercules is half-god.
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* BowAndSwordInAccord: Atalanta doesn't wield a sword, but her how does have a large blade on it that she can use as a melee weapon.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The villagers that Cotys' forces arrive to protect attack him when he arrives. Hercules wonders why, but its attributed to Rhesus "bewitching" them. [[spoiler:It was probably because Cotys was the real villain.]]
* ReligiousBruiser: Atalanta says a prayer to Artemis before the battle against Rhesus' forces.
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* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Hercules does this early in the film. [[spoiler:Which becomes a problem when he and his group then have to fight them]].
* TrueCompanions: Hercules' group. Spelled out by Atalanta who tells him they haven't followed him out of debt, but because they are a family.
* TrueCompanions: Hercules' group. Spelled out by Atalanta who tells him they haven't followed him out of debt, but because they are a family.
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* WorldOfHam: Hercules, Amphiaraus, and Cotys (given their actors, that's hardly a surprise). Iolaus hams it up when he's talking about the deeds of Hercules, is more calm otherwise.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[apoiler:Rhesus and his army are defeated a good half hour before the movie is over, a hint that he's not the real villain]].
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[apoiler:Rhesus and his army are defeated a good half hour before the movie is over, a hint that he's not the real villain]].
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* MagicalRealism: Most of the fantastic elements are dismissed as exaggerations, misconceptions or outright lies. Yet Amphiaraus's visions of the future are stated to always come true and Hercules displays strength far beyond what is humanly possible.
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** Many of Hercules' crew have their own as well.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Amphiaraus]] keeps trying to do this because [[spoiler:he had a vision of his death,]] but [[spoiler:he never actually gets killed. [[{{AmbiguousEnding}} Or does he?]]]]
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* GreekMythology: The setting. Various monsters that Hercules faced as part of his Twelve Labors are shown, including the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar and Cerberus. Cerberus.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Tydeus charges straight at a group of maybe two dozen archers to keep them from shooting Arius.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Tydeus charges straight at a group of maybe two dozen archers to keep them from shooting Arius.]]
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler:Autolycus goes his own way once he's been paid. Fortunately, he also [[{{ChangedMyMindKid}} changes his mind.]]]]
* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta
-->"It would be nice to have some female companionship for a change. Atalanta doesn't count."
* OneOfTheBoys: Atalanta
-->"It would be nice to have some female companionship for a change. Atalanta doesn't count."
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers played up the monsters Hercules fought as part of his Twelve Labours. In the movie, these monsters are shown in a montage and revealed to be [[{{Demythification}} tall tales.]] The original comic did rest of the montage in one page and story is more akin to of "ConanTheBarbarian in Ancient Greece" than a ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' monster mash.mash. The original comic wasn't as demythifying, but also did the Labours montage in one page.
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''Hercules'' is a SwordAndSandal fantasy film to be released in July 2014, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] in the titular role and directed by Brett Ratner. The cast also includes Creator/JohnHurt, Joseph Fiennes, and [[Creator/IanMcshane Ian McShane]]. It is based on the indie comic miniseries ''[[ComicBook/HerculesTheThracianWars Hercules: The Thracian Wars]]'', written by Steve Moore, illustrated by Admira Wijaya, and published by Radical Comics.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The film omits any mentions of Greek bisexuality, including Hercules's. It AdaptedOut Meneus, the youngest member of his crew who was hinted to be his ''eromenos''.
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* TheSevenMagnificentSamurai: Well, six - Hercules and his BadassCrew train and fight for the Thracians.
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* TheSevenMagnificentSamurai: TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Well, six - Hercules and his BadassCrew train and fight for the Thracians.
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* ActionGirl: Atalanta.Atalanta the Amazon.
* AnAxeToGrind: Tydeus wields two axes.
* BladeOnAStick: Amphiaraus uses a spear. Also common to the era.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The deaths of Hercules's wife and children.
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* KnifeNut: Autolycus the rogue who wields throwing knives.
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* TheSevenMagnificentSamurai: Well, six - Hercules and his BadassCrew train and fight for the Thracians.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Happens to Cotys, right after he gets slammed by the statue head of Hera.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: The second battle against Rhesus is remarkably one-sided, with the Hercules-trained Thracian army steamrolling over a force three times larger.
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* TheParagon: Hercules, both man and legend, is seen as an inspiration to others.
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* SadlyMythaken: PlayedWith. For all its liberties and demythtifying attitude to GreekMythology, the movie is generally faithful to even the more obscure bits of the Herakles legend.
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* DualWield: Tydeus fights with twin axes. Most of the "zombie" warriors from the first battle fight with two sickles.
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* BreastPlate / BareYourMidriff: Atalanta's leather armour just ''had'' to have this strategic opening near her belly bottom...
* TheBerserker: Tydeus is a feral warrior that fights with frenetic self-abandon.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Atalanta is TheArcher of the team (however, she still can hold her own in melee).
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The ending seems to imply Amphiaraus gets hit by lightning in the final shot.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Lord Cotys is the BigBad, with his [[TheDragon dragon]] being General Sitacles, and he also turns out to be in league with King Eurystheus.]]
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* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Hercules does this early in the film.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0KAHhKECg Trailer 1,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFjNCls3PI Trailer 2.]]
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* SayMyName: A variation, as Hercules screams his own name.[[note]]Of course it's "Heracles" in Greek, "Hercules" is Latin.[[/note]]
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''Hercules'' is a SwordAndSandal fantasy film to be released in July 2014, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] in the titular role and directed by Brett Ratner. The cast also includes Creator/JohnHurt, Joseph Fiennes, and [[Creator/IanMcshane Ian McShane]]. It is based on the indie comic miniseries ''[[ComicBook/HerculesTheThracianWars Hercules: The Thracian Wars]]'', written by Steve Moore, illustrated by Admira Wijaya, and published by Radical Comics.
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!The film contains examples of the following tropes:
* BadassCrew: Hercules attracts such figures as Autolycus, Iolaus, Tydeus, Atalanta and Amphiaraus to his side.
* BreakingTheBonds: Hercules is chained up but of course this won't last.
* CarryABigStick: Hercules wields a big studded club as his main weapon, though he also uses a bow and arrows.
* GreekMythology: The setting. Various monsters that Hercules faced as part of his Twelve Labors are shown, including the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar and Cerberus.
* IconicOutfit: The lion skin, club and bow and arrows are iconic items of Hercules in mythology and art, especially the first two.
* NemeanSkinning: Happens to the TropeNamer.
* SayMyName: A variation, as Hercules screams his own name.[[note]]Of course it's "Heracles" in Greek, "Hercules" is Latin.[[/note]]
-->'''Amphiaraus:''' Remember the deeds you have performed. The labors you have accomplished. Are you only the legend, or are you the truth behind the legend? Now tell me! WHO ARE YOU?
-->'''Hercules:''' I AMMM HERCULEEEEES!
* TheSeer: Amphiaraus, played by Ian [=McShane=], who is also [[TheMentor a mentor]] of sorts to Hercules.
* SwordAndSandal: The setting. John Hurt plays King Cotys of Thrace, who enlists Hercules's aid to fight a rebel warlord.
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''Hercules'' is a SwordAndSandal fantasy film to be released in July 2014, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] in the titular role and directed by Brett Ratner. The cast also includes Creator/JohnHurt, Joseph Fiennes, and [[Creator/IanMcshane Ian McShane]]. It is based on the indie comic miniseries ''[[ComicBook/HerculesTheThracianWars Hercules: The Thracian Wars]]'', written by Steve Moore, illustrated by Admira Wijaya, and published by Radical Comics.
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!The film contains examples of the following tropes:
* BadassCrew: Hercules attracts such figures as Autolycus, Iolaus, Tydeus, Atalanta and Amphiaraus to his side.
* BreakingTheBonds: Hercules is chained up but of course this won't last.
* CarryABigStick: Hercules wields a big studded club as his main weapon, though he also uses a bow and arrows.
* GreekMythology: The setting. Various monsters that Hercules faced as part of his Twelve Labors are shown, including the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar and Cerberus.
* IconicOutfit: The lion skin, club and bow and arrows are iconic items of Hercules in mythology and art, especially the first two.
* NemeanSkinning: Happens to the TropeNamer.
* SayMyName: A variation, as Hercules screams his own name.[[note]]Of course it's "Heracles" in Greek, "Hercules" is Latin.[[/note]]
-->'''Amphiaraus:''' Remember the deeds you have performed. The labors you have accomplished. Are you only the legend, or are you the truth behind the legend? Now tell me! WHO ARE YOU?
-->'''Hercules:''' I AMMM HERCULEEEEES!
* TheSeer: Amphiaraus, played by Ian [=McShane=], who is also [[TheMentor a mentor]] of sorts to Hercules.
* SwordAndSandal: The setting. John Hurt plays King Cotys of Thrace, who enlists Hercules's aid to fight a rebel warlord.
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