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* [[CompleteMonster Complete Monster]]: Wulfgar. He manipulates everyone around him, and he cares nothing for those who help him as evidenced by his offscreen murder of Pam. He even kills children and thinks nothing of it. [[TruthinTelevision This is how terrorists usually are in real life.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Seeing Stallone cross-dressing while beating up criminals is pretty damn funny. It's also one of the few lighthearted moments that this film has, and it provides a stark contrast to the seriousness that is yet to come.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: While Keith Emerson's style may seem out of place anywhere else, in this movie it works rather well.



* PetTheDog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."
* WhatAnIdiot: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* PetTheDog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."
* WhatAnIdiot: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Badass Beard: Dasilva sports an awesome one throughout the film.
* Beard of Evil: Wulfgar sports one in the beginning of the film, but loses it after he realizes that the police have identified him.
* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift. Before the lift, he had brownish hair.
* Cassandra Truth: When Pam asks Wulfgar what he does for a living, after meeting him, he says "I'm an international terrorist." She doesn't believe him until she opens his suitcase and he then kills her offscreen.
* Chekhov's Gun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it.

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* Badass Beard: BadassBeard: Dasilva sports an awesome one throughout the film.
* Beard of Evil: BeardOfEvil: Wulfgar sports one in the beginning of the film, but loses it after he realizes that the police have identified him.
* Blonde Guys Are Evil: BlondeGuysAreEvil: Well, really just Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift. Before the lift, he had brownish hair.
* Cassandra Truth: CassandraTruth: When Pam asks Wulfgar what he does for a living, after meeting him, he says "I'm an international terrorist." She doesn't believe him until she opens his suitcase and he then kills her offscreen.
* Chekhov's Gun: ChekhovsGun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it.



* Cluster F-Bomb: There are a few throughout the film, but the most memorable one is when Wulfgar has wounded Fox, and Dasilva slips a "fuck" between every other word as he shouts threats to the retreating Wulfgar.

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* Cluster F-Bomb: ClusterFBomb: There are a few throughout the film, but the most memorable one is when Wulfgar has wounded Fox, and Dasilva slips a "fuck" between every other word as he shouts threats to the retreating Wulfgar.



* Crowning Moment of Funny: Seeing Stallone cross-dressing while beating up criminals is pretty damn funny. It's also one of the few lighthearted moments that this film has, and it provides a stark contrast to the seriousness that is yet to come.
* Crowning Music of Awesome: While Keith Emerson's style may seem out of place anywhere else, in this movie it works rather well.
* Curiosity Killed the Cast: Poor Pam, Wulfgar ''told'' you that he was a terrorist, so you really shouldn't have been so surprised when you saw those grenades in his suitcase.
* Dangerously Genre Savvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.
* Disguised in Drag: DaSilva has a penchant for this.
* Genre Savvy: Hartman. There's a reason he's the instructor for the anti-terrorist unit.
* Hey It's That Guy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone. Also, [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]] plays DaSilva's ex-wife.
* Jurisdiction Friction: DaSilva is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar. There are also examples earlier in the film when different divisions of the police department don't seem to like each other much if at all.
* Mood Whiplash: Quite a few. The most tragic of these is perhaps when Hartman dies. One moment, he's talking to DaSilva about getting chinese food, and then he sees Shakka at the top of the escelator he's on. It doesn't end well for him.
* Oh Crap: There are a small number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.
* Pet the Dog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."
* What an Idiot: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Crowning Moment of Funny: CrowningMomentOfFunny: Seeing Stallone cross-dressing while beating up criminals is pretty damn funny. It's also one of the few lighthearted moments that this film has, and it provides a stark contrast to the seriousness that is yet to come.
* Crowning Music of Awesome: CrowningMusicOfAwesome: While Keith Emerson's style may seem out of place anywhere else, in this movie it works rather well.
* Curiosity Killed the Cast: CuriosityKilledTheCast: Poor Pam, Wulfgar ''told'' you that he was a terrorist, so you really shouldn't have been so surprised when you saw those grenades in his suitcase.
* Dangerously Genre Savvy: DangerouslyGenreSavvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.
* Disguised in Drag: DisguisedInDrag: DaSilva has a penchant for this.
* Genre Savvy: GenreSavvy: Hartman. There's a reason he's the instructor for the anti-terrorist unit.
* Hey It's That Guy: HeyItsThatGuy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone. Also, [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]] plays DaSilva's ex-wife.
* Jurisdiction Friction: JurisdictionFriction: DaSilva is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar. There are also examples earlier in the film when different divisions of the police department don't seem to like each other much if at all.
* Mood Whiplash: MoodWhiplash: Quite a few. The most tragic of these is perhaps when Hartman dies. One moment, he's talking to DaSilva about getting chinese food, and then he sees Shakka at the top of the escelator escalator he's on. It doesn't end well for him.
* Oh Crap: OhCrap: There are a small number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.
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* Pet the Dog: PetTheDog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."
* What an Idiot: WhatAnIdiot: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Genre Savvy: Hartman. There's a reason he's the instructor for the anti-terrorist unit.
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* Cassandra Truth: When Pam asks Wulfgar what he does for a living, after meeting him, he says "I'm an international terrorist." She doesn't beleive him until she opens his suitcase and he then kills her offscreen.

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* Cassandra Truth: When Pam asks Wulfgar what he does for a living, after meeting him, he says "I'm an international terrorist." She doesn't beleive believe him until she opens his suitcase and he then kills her offscreen.
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Too Dumb to Live would describe someone who was really stupid the whole way through. Wulfgar was far too intelligent for that to apply.


* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: What an Idiot: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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*** Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's absolutely right.

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*** Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's absolutely right.mostly right. The only thing he got wrong is that Wulfgar has ''Shakka'' do the homework instead of doing it himself.
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*** Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same.

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*** Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same. Turns out that he's absolutely right.
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* Pet the Dog: Subverted. Wulfgar asks DaSilva to take small infant off the tram car holding the hostages, but ''only'' because killing the infant would make terrorist organizations unwilling to hire him, and he wants to find "work."
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* Genre Savvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.

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* Dangerously Genre Savvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.
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* Genre Savvy: ''So very much'' in Wulfgar's case. Underestimating him will get not only yourself killed, but also anybody unlucky enough to be in the general vicinity.


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* Mood Whiplash: Quite a few. The most tragic of these is perhaps when Hartman dies. One moment, he's talking to DaSilva about getting chinese food, and then he sees Shakka at the top of the escelator he's on. It doesn't end well for him.
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* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift.

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* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift. Before the lift, he had brownish hair.
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* Curiosity Killed the Cast: Poor Pam, Wulfgar ''told'' you that he was a terrorist, so you really shouldn't have been so surprised when you saw those grenades in his suitcase.
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* Hey It's That Guy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone.

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* Hey It's That Guy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone. Also, [[TheBionicWoman Lindsay Wagner]] plays DaSilva's ex-wife.

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* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar.

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* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar.Wulfgar, at least after he gets a face-lift.
* Cassandra Truth: When Pam asks Wulfgar what he does for a living, after meeting him, he says "I'm an international terrorist." She doesn't beleive him until she opens his suitcase and he then kills her offscreen.
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* Hey It's That Guy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] from killing everyone.

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* Hey It's That Guy: John J. Rambo and Lando Calrissian team up with a [[PhaseIV scientist killed by ants]] in order to stop [[BladeRunner Roy Batty]] and [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Lt. Ilia]] from killing everyone.

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* Chekhov's Gun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it. <*> Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on teh anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same.

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* Chekhov's Gun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it. <*>
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Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on teh the anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same.
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* Chekhov's Gun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it.

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* Chekhov's Gun: There are a few notable ones. Two of them are found in Hartman's lectures, the most notable one being when he says "hesitation kills." Another one is mentioned twice in the examples below. See if you can spot it. <*> Hartman tells DaSilva that he went through the trouble of studying the background of each person on teh anti-terrorist unit, and he says that Wulfgar will do the same.
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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his [Wulfgar] hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng had caught on after seeing her house listed on a piece of paper at his hide out, and decided to wait for him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, him in her home, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Jurisdiction Friction: DaSilva is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar.

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* Jurisdiction Friction: DaSilva is very uncomfortable with Hartman's "shoot first" mentality that he wants the cops to have when dealing with Wulfgar. He actually has an argument with Hartman over this mentality. His coming to terms with this is the only reason DaSilva survives when facing off against Wulfgar. There are also examples earlier in the film when different divisions of the police department don't seem to like each other much if at all.
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* Oh Crap: There are a samll number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.

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* Oh Crap: There are a samll small number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.
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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites him in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping fromt he hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.

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* Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping fromt he from the hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Oh Crap: There are a samll number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.

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* Oh Crap: There are a samll number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.escelator.
*Too Dumb to Live: After finally escaping fromt he hostage situation, albeit at the cost of Shakka, Wulfgar has a chance to hide. Instead, he decides to find DaSilva's ex-wife and kill her. This bites in the ass hard when it turns out that DaSilva was waitng for him, which leads to the "oh crap" moment above.
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* Oh Crap: Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film.

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* Oh Crap: There are a samll number. Wulfgar has one just as he realizes that he's fallen for DaSilva's trap at the end of the film.film. Hartman also has one when he sees Shakka waiting for him at the top of an escelator.
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* Complete Monster: Wulfgar. He manipulates everyone around him, and he cares nothing for those who help him as evidenced by his offscreen murder of Pam. He even kills children and thinks nothing of it. [[TruthinTelevision This is how terrorists usually are in real life.]]

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* [[CompleteMonster Complete Monster: Monster]]: Wulfgar. He manipulates everyone around him, and he cares nothing for those who help him as evidenced by his offscreen murder of Pam. He even kills children and thinks nothing of it. [[TruthinTelevision This is how terrorists usually are in real life.]]
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* Blonde Guys Are Evil: Well, really just Wulfgar.

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