History Film / PlanetTerror

* CatchPhrase:
** "I never miss."
** "Best in Texas."
** "Two against the world, baby."
** "[[BrainFood I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge.]]"

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: The story not only happens in Texas, J.T.'s CatchPhrase is "best in Texas".

* AdvertisedExtra: Parodied. Creator/BruceWillis is front and centre on the poster, despite having barely any screen time. This parodies a B-movie tradition of casting a big name in a small part and then hyping them up as if they were the star. Note that Willis's character Muldoon rarely shares the frame with another actor, giving the impression that his shots were all filmed separately in one go.

* BareYourMidriff: The female deputy after the "missing reel." Also, [[MsFanservice Cherry all the way]].

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Cherry, whose opening striptease focuses heavily on [[ShesGotLegs her long, beautiful legs]]... one of which later gets torn off by zombies. [[SubvertedTrope She makes an upgrade]], though.

* DeathOfAChild: In one of the film's few genuinely horrific scenes. Creator/RobertRodriguez said he used his own kid, [[AwesomeMcCoolname Rebel]], as Tony because he didn't want to 'kill' anyone else's kid. He also made a less-violent cut of the film where Tony survives the movie for Rebel to watch.

* PantyShot: Cherry gets a lot of these in her opening scene.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Tony blowing his own head off, seemingly by accident.]]

-->''"Science comes first but business comes a close fucking seconds."''

* ChekhovsSkill: Cherry's impressive flexibility, among other "useless skills" of hers. Lampshaded early on by Dakota saying (while she's talking to Cherry) lthat her dad once told her everything anybody learnt throughout his life would always have a moment where it came useful.

* Later on we see Quentin Tarantino’s character ([[ExactlyWhatitSaysOnTheTin The Rapist]]), who stops inhaling the gas which is meant to keep the symptoms in check. The first time he stops, his face quickly becomes bubbly with blister-like formations appearing on his cheek, but when he again inhales the gas, [[HollywoodHealing these are instantly healed]]. Later on, when he prepares to rape Cherry, he also stops inhaling the gas, this time for a longer period. Everyone else in the room is horrified at the sight of Gorn his genitals literally melting into a blackish red sludge and dripping down, but again, the character itself is unphased by the damage, and intends proceed with the rape - which is exactly in character for him.
* Near the end of the movie we see Abby and El Wray confronting LT Muldoon (Bruce Willis), who explains his actions, referring to the fact that he and his soldiers need to keep inhaling the gas to keep the symptoms in check. For the lenght of his explanation, he also stops inhaling the gas, and in about a minute or so, the deformation is so severe, [[BodyHorror he becomes an amorphous blob]], not even resembling a human being. Even during this horrible experience, he continues his monologue in the exact same tone and style as he began, implying that the area of his throat and mouth forming speech are not affected by the deformity at all, and it seems he also doesn’t really mind what exactly is happening to his body anymore - of course this could be because his gig was up, and he most likely knew he won’t make it out of that room alive at that point. The above examples could be explained by the gas numbing the patients, or even that it completely shuts off their perception of pain, but the lack of awareness and understanding of the severe damage to their bodies suggests that the filmmakers invoked this trope as biology should not get in the way of characterization.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Rapist announces his intention to rape Cherry, much to the surprise of his collegaue, who quickly points out that Cherry has only one leg. The response? "Easier access". This elicits a "Good point" from Rapist #2, as he joins in on the planned action.

* Later on we see Quentin Tarantino’s character ([[ExactlyWhatitSaysOnTheTin Rapist #1]]), who stops inhaling the gas which is meant to keep the symptoms in check. The first time he stops, his face quickly becomes bubbly with blister-like formations appearing on his cheek, but when he again inhales the gas, [[HollywoodHealing these are instantly healed]]. Later on, when he prepares to rape Cherry, he also stops inhaling the gas, this time for a longer period. Everyone else in the room is horrified at the sight of Gorn his genitals literally melting into a blackish red sludge and dripping down, but again, the character itself is unphased by the damage, and intends proceed with the rape - which is exactly in character for him.

* Later on we see Quentin Tarantino’s character ([[ExactlyWhatitSaysOnTheTin Rapist #1]]), who stops inhaling the gas which is meant to keep the symptoms in check. The first time he stops, his face quickly becomes bubbly with blister-like formations appearing on his cheek, but when he again inhales the gas, [[HollywoodHealing these are instantly healed]]. Later on, when he prepares to rape Cherry, he also stops inhaling the gas, this time for a longer period. Everyone else in the room is horrified at the sight of [[Gorn his genitals literally melting into a blackish red sludge and dripping down]], but again, the character itself is unphased by the damage, and intends proceed with the rape - which is exactly in character for him.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The infected “sickos” ( [[Our Zombies Are Different this movie’s version of zombies]], essentially) suffer severe tissue damage, evidenced by the visible wounds and heavy bleeding - but the first patient we see in the movie does not display any other symptoms, and is not even in pain, as Dr. Block is poking and probing his arm and later his tongue. The tissue of his tongue even seems to have been almost liquified, and gangrene has already set in in his arm as well - which should cause extreme pain in itself, and the feeling of his tongue being covered in blisters should be extremely uncomfortable and panic inducing, but the patient is largely unphased.