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* ManlyFacialHair: The adult mushers are all bold, skilled, determined men and most of them have beards. Joe [=McPherson=], the only other American among the bunch, only has a mustache but this arguably makes him seem more manly due to how more facial hair provides more protection from the cold.
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* BadassMustache: Joe [=McPherson=] the only other American musher (an experienced one who is supportive of Will) has a notable mustache.

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** Will pulls a gun on Borg and punches him after the latter has one of his dogs attack Will's team. Will then does the same to Kingsley after realizing that the newspaperman is just using him at the moment to sell papers and get a promotion.



* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Will outruns a train at the beginning of the film on a mail run. He then has to cross a bridge during the race after refusing to take a shortcut over a frozen river. Bonus points for him having to free a stuck Gus.

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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Will outruns a train at the beginning of the film on a mail run. He then has to cross a bridge during the race after refusing to take a shortcut over a frozen river. river. Bonus points for him having to free a stuck Gus.



* TheDogBitesBack: Will pulls a gun on Borg and punches him after the latter has one of his dogs attack Will's team. Will then does the same to Kingsley after realizing that the newspaperman is just using him at the moment to sell papers and get a promotion.
** A literal example later on when Borg's dogs attack him after he pushes them too far and then starts beating them in retaliation.

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* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkness. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''

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* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkness. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will run at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''



* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Will outruns a train at the beginning of the film on a mail run.

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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Will outruns a train at the beginning of the film on a mail run. He then has to cross a bridge during the race after refusing to take a shortcut over a frozen river. Bonus points for him having to free a stuck Gus.


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* TheDogBitesBack: Will pulls a gun on Borg and punches him after the latter has one of his dogs attack Will's team. Will then does the same to Kingsley after realizing that the newspaperman is just using him at the moment to sell papers and get a promotion.
** A literal example later on when Borg's dogs attack him after he pushes them too far and then starts beating them in retaliation.
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* WorthyOpponent: Most of the other Mushers obviously respect Will a great deal. When it looks like Borg is going to attack Will, several other Mushers draw their knives to force him to stand down. After Will wins the race, two literally pick him up and carry him to his mother.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Borg does this a few times, but none more obvious than when he lies in wait to ambush Will and sics his most vicious dog on the boy's team.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Borg takes a massive dislike to Will after the latter makes a youthful brag at the opening dinner.


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** The very first thing that Ned does is rouse Will from his sleep in the middle of the night and throws him outside, wearing nothing but his pajamas. Will quickly races to the dog's kennel and sleeps with them, showing that the exercise was to both train him to withstand the cold AND bond with his dogs more.
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--> '''Harper:''' Have we come, so far that we've forgotton what it's like to start out with nothing but a dim chance and a bright hope? I will not be the one to snuff that hope gentlemen. Not I.

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--> '''Harper:''' Have we come, so far that we've forgotton forgotten what it's like to start out with nothing but a dim chance and a bright hope? I will not be the one to snuff that hope hope, gentlemen. Not I.
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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Creator/{{Disney}}, directed by Charles Haid and starring Mackenzie Astin, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers.

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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Creator/{{Disney}}, directed by Charles Haid and starring Mackenzie Astin, Creator/MackenzieAstin, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/DavidOgdenStiers.
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* DistressedDude: Musher Gunnar Tveit, who nearly is lost and dies out there after login out into the cold with too little rest, before Will finds him and takes him to the next station.

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* DistressedDude: Musher Gunnar Tveit, who nearly is lost and dies out there after login going out into the cold with too little rest, before Will finds him and takes him to the next station.
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* SiblingTeam: Mushers Albert and Gabriel Carey.

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* SiblingTeam: Mushers Albert and Gabriel Carey. They are based off of real life mushers Albert and Gabriel Campbell, who competed in the actual 1917 Iditarod, with Albert being the actual person Will Stoneman is based off of.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Borg's own dogs begin attacking him when he pushes them too far.

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* BadassMustache: Joe [=McPherson=] the only other American musher (an experienced one who is supportive of Will) has a notable mustache.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Angus [=McTeague=] who cares far more about winning his bet than the lives of his mushers and is constantly trying to discourage Will or have him pushed out of the race.



* DistressedDude: Musher Gunnar Tveit, who nearly is lost and dies out there after login out into the cold with too little rest, before Will finds him and takes him to the next station.



* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Harry's backing of Will has shades of this.



%%* MagicalNativeAmerican: Ned, a family friend

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%%* * IntrepidReporter: Harry is a headline-chaser who sponsors Will's entry in the race and follows it intently while covering his feats.
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MagicalNativeAmerican: Ned, a family friendfriend who prepares Will for the race.



* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Will outruns a train at the beginning of the film on a mail run.



* SelfMadeMan: Implied with Harper, based on a speech he makes in Will's favor.
--> '''Harper:''' Have we come, so far that we've forgotton what it's like to start out with nothing but a dim chance and a bright hope? I will not be the one to snuff that hope gentlemen. Not I.
* SiblingTeam: Mushers Albert and Gabriel Carey.



%%* TrainingFromHell: From Ned

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%%* * TrainingFromHell: From NedNed who makes Will work all day and night, sleep in the cold and such to prepare him.


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* UnclePennybags: Harper doesn't throw his money around, but he has shades of this character as the race goes on and he watches Will's accomplishments.
* UnderdogsNeverLose: Will is a teenager and novice, going against veteran mushers. Naturally he wins.


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* WhatTheHellHero: J.W. Harper expresses disappointment in Harry for just seeing Will as a way to sell papers at first, and possibly risking his life.
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* TheDogBitesBack: A literal example! When his dogs stop out of exhaustion, Borg attempts to brutalize them into continuing. His abusive threats only prompt his dogs to attack him.


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* KickTheDog: Borg literally kicks Will’s lead dog, Gus one night before the race begins. During the race, Borg sends his most vicious dog to attack Gus. Finally, Borg attempts to brutalize his own dogs when they stop near the end of the race.


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* SaveTheVillain: When Will sees Borg being attacked by his own team, the former saves the latter by firing his pistol just to scare the vicious dogs away.

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%%* GoodParents: Will's parents

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%%* * GoodParents: Will's parentsparents. His father is the one who taught him how to dog sled. His loss is obviously a great tragedy.


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* TraumaButton: After losing his dad, Will has no desire to sled through frozen rivers ever again. When some kids offer to show him s shortcut, Will agrees but the moment he sees it involves going through a river he chickens out and decides to use a train bridge to cross... [[ShortcutsMakeLongDelays which almost leads to everybody getting run over by a train]]. At the climax, because it's all or nothing, is when Will finally gets over his fear.

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* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus, as well as his other huskies.

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* %%* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus, as well as his other huskies.huskies.
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* CutTheRope: How Will's father sacrifices himself at the beginning of the film. It was either him or Will and the dogs being dragged into a frozen lake, and he made the call while Will was begging him not to.

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* CutTheRope: CutTheSafetyRope: How Will's father sacrifices himself at the beginning of the film. It was either him or Will and the dogs being dragged into a frozen lake, and he made the call while Will was begging him not to.
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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Creator/{{Disney}}, directed by Charles Haid and starring Mackenzie Astin, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/DavidOdgenStiers.

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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Creator/{{Disney}}, directed by Charles Haid and starring Mackenzie Astin, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/DavidOdgenStiers.Creator/DavidOgdenStiers.
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* SceneryPorn: Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy frozen Alaska.

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* SceneryPorn: Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy frozen Alaska.Canada.

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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Disney.

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''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Disney.Creator/{{Disney}}, directed by Charles Haid and starring Mackenzie Astin, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/DavidOdgenStiers.



In 1917 Will Stoneman, a seventeen year old boy watches his father drown. To save the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile sled dog race. He puts himself through harsh training and wins beyond all expectations, attaining the title "Iron Will".

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In 1917 1917, seventeen-year-old Will Stoneman, a seventeen year old boy Stoneman watches his father drown. To save the family farm farm, he enters a five-hundred mile five-hundred-mile sled dog race.race in Manitoba. He puts himself through harsh training and wins beyond all expectations, attaining the title "Iron Will".
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A Walt Disney sports film:

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A Walt Disney sports film:''Iron Will'' is a 1994 adventure/sports film released by Disney.



In 1917 Will Stoneman, an seventeen year old boy watched his father drown. To save the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile dog race. He forces himself through and wins beyond all expectations attaining the title "Iron Will"

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In 1917 Will Stoneman, an a seventeen year old boy watched watches his father drown. To save the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile sled dog race. He forces puts himself through harsh training and wins beyond all expectations expectations, attaining the title "Iron Will"
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%%* TheAllAmericanBoy: Will
%%* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus
* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkness. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''
%%* {{Determinator}}: Will
%%* EpicRace

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%%* * TheAllAmericanBoy: Will
%%*
Will, a rookie racing on his own with nothing but some fruitcake for food, his dogs and a very old sled, running some absurdly long odds. The TitleDrop is the nickname the press gives him as they sell his story to the public.
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ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus
Gus, as well as his other huskies.
* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkness. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''
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* CutTheRope: How Will's father sacrifices himself at the beginning of the film. It was either him or Will and the dogs being dragged into a frozen lake, and he made the call while Will was begging him not to.
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{{Determinator}}: Will
%%* EpicRace
Will. All of the other racers have some experience and enough gear, but he has pretty much nothing other than the clothes on his back, the dogs, the sled and some fruit cake for food, running some absurdly long odds against survival, let alone winning.
* EpicRace: The Iditarod Race has always been epic, but the 1800s version of it even more so.



%%* HeroicDog: Gus

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%%* * HeroicDog: GusGus, the leader of Will's sled pulling team.



%%* TheMagnificent: ''Iron'' Will.
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%%* * TheMagnificent: ''Iron'' Will.
%%* SceneryPorn
Will. The nickname the press gives him as they catch on to his story and sell it to the audience, because they know underdogs sell papers.
* SceneryPorn: Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy frozen Alaska.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Vaguely inspired by the racer Albert Campbell

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Vaguely inspired by the racer Albert CampbellCampbell.
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* SledDogsThroughTheSnow: The whole plot. It's about a young man undergoing grueling training to win a dog-sled race and take the money home.
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* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkenss. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''

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* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkenss.darkness. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''

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* TheAllAmericanBoy: Will
* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus

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* %%* TheAllAmericanBoy: Will
* %%* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus



* {{Determinator}}: Will
* EpicRace
* GoodParents: Will's parents
* HeroicDog: Gus
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Ned, a family friend
* TheMagnificent: ''Iron'' Will.
* SceneryPorn
* TrainingFromHell: From Ned

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* %%* {{Determinator}}: Will
* %%* EpicRace
* %%* GoodParents: Will's parents
* %%* HeroicDog: Gus
* %%* MagicalNativeAmerican: Ned, a family friend
* %%* TheMagnificent: ''Iron'' Will.
* %%* SceneryPorn
* %%* TrainingFromHell: From Ned
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Vaguely inspired by the racer Albert Cambell

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Vaguely inspired by the racer Albert CambellCampbell
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In 1917 Will Stoneman, an eighteen year old boy has his father drowned. To safe the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile dog race. He forces himself through and wins beyond all expectations attaining the title "Iron Will"

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In 1917 Will Stoneman, an eighteen seventeen year old boy has watched his father drowned. drown. To safe save the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile dog race. He forces himself through and wins beyond all expectations attaining the title "Iron Will"
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A Walt Disney sports film:

In 1917 Will Stoneman, an eighteen year old boy has his father drowned. To safe the family farm he enters a five-hundred mile dog race. He forces himself through and wins beyond all expectations attaining the title "Iron Will"

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* TheAllAmericanBoy: Will
* ABoyAndHisX: Will and his team leader, Gus
* BadassCreed:''You have one chance. You must run at night when the others have stopped. Run with the moon. Embrace the darkenss. Grow hard with the cold. Put pain from your mind. And on the last day, when all will at night... you alone will be friendly with the dark.''
* {{Determinator}}: Will
* EpicRace
* GoodParents: Will's parents
* HeroicDog: Gus
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Ned, a family friend
* TheMagnificent: ''Iron'' Will.
* SceneryPorn
* TrainingFromHell: From Ned
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Vaguely inspired by the racer Albert Cambell
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