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* BlackSheep: Benjie's father who pursued a career in being a scientist, breaking the family tradition of serving in the military.
* DadsOffFightingInTheWar: Subverted, Benjie volunteered himself to serve in the military instead of his ailing father.
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* TerroristsWithoutACause: Bandidos International, though they were inspired from Islamic militants in the Philippines their motives were never made clear beyond controlling the whole territory of the Philippines.
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* TerroristsWithoutACause: Bandidos International, though they were inspired from Islamic militants in the Philippines their motives were never made clear beyond controlling the whole territory of the Philippines.Philippines.
* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Benjie's father who became a scientist going against the Santos family's tradition of someone named Benjamin serving in the military. Benjie himself too initially.
* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Benjie's father who became a scientist going against the Santos family's tradition of someone named Benjamin serving in the military. Benjie himself too initially.
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* {{Crossover}}: Erickson and his horse Petra from Petrang Kabayo meets Benjie in the end of the film.
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* {{Gaydar}}: Lucresia, when she first met Benjie who was posing as a straight man immediately recognizes Benjie as gay. Lucresia later notices Benjie's sweating over Brandon and catches Benjie wearing a bra while they were sleeping in the barracks.
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* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Benjie was told to be a real man by random folks in his neighborhood after an episode where [[spoiler:his grandfather punched him for being gay on his 75th birthday]].
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* PinkIsForSissies: People around Benjie assumes he's gay because he acts feminine and crossdresses. This is TruthInTelevision though because in the Philippines, effeminate gay men are visible in society. Benjie is indeed gay and some scenes has shown that he is attracted to other men.
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* ChekhovsGun: Benjamin Santos VII's inventions [[spoiler:which were later use by Benjie and the gang when they broke in the terrorist's camp]].
** A fan that can kill hundreds in one shot.
** A literal Chekov's Gun in a form of a fart gun.
** A fan that can kill hundreds in one shot.
** A literal Chekov's Gun in a form of a fart gun.
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* Crossdresser: Benjie often does this before entering the military.
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* Crossdresser: {{Crossdresser}}: Several instances...
** Benjie often does this before entering themilitary.military.
** In the climax [[spoiler:after Benjie got kicked out from the military]], Benjie [[spoiler:and his former platoon-mates (save for Lucresia) breaks in the terrorist's camp by cross dressing to pose as women.]] Lucresia [[spoiler:being the only woman in the group, just dresses up more feminine]]
** Benjie often does this before entering the
** In the climax [[spoiler:after Benjie got kicked out from the military]], Benjie [[spoiler:and his former platoon-mates (save for Lucresia) breaks in the terrorist's camp by cross dressing to pose as women.]] Lucresia [[spoiler:being the only woman in the group, just dresses up more feminine]]
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* ImportantHaircut: Benjie cuts his feminine hair to pass as a straight man in the military.
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* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Benjie and [[spoiler:Brandon's fiance at the end of the movie]].
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* ButchLesbian: Lucresia
Lucresia, her family agreed her to be conscripted so that she may become "a true woman" since the military will be full of handsome guys.
* CampGay:BenjieBenjie. He acts like a text book ''bakla'', a Philippine LGBT term for an effeminate gay man.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Benjie's platoonplatoon is composed of people who either experienced some prejudice in society or has deep flaws that would usually make them unfit for the military; a lesbian, a medium or psyschic, a naive man, a coward, a big-eater, and a gay man posing as a straight macho man.
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However a civil war ensues in the Philippines, after a terrorist organization kidnapped Benjie's grandfather and had several high ranking officials in the country surrender. The Philippine government started a conscription program and Benjie had to enlist himself in liue of his father to save his grandfather and country.
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However a civil war ensues in the Philippines, after a terrorist organization kidnapped Benjie's grandfather and had several high ranking officials in the country surrender. The Philippine government started a conscription program and Benjie had to enlist himself in liue lieu of his father to save his grandfather and country.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Benjie's platoon
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* FlyingUnderTheGaydar: Benjie tries to present himself [[StraightGay as a straight masculine man]] when he was training in the military.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Recruits from the other platoon tries to out Benjie since they are jealous that he was named the best rookie in the camp.[[spoiler:They got him drunk and took a video of him dancing in a stereotypical gay manner and was kicked out from the military]].
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Recruits from the other platoon tries to out Benjie since they are jealous that he was named the best rookie in the camp.[[spoiler:They got him drunk and took a video of him dancing in a stereotypical gay manner and was kicked out from the military]].
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* StraightGay: Benjie miserably tries to present himself as this when he was training in the military.
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* TerroristsWithoutACause: Bandidos International, though they were inspired from Islamic militants in the Philippines their motives were never made clear beyond controlling the whole territory of the Philippines.
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* StraightGay: Benjie miserably tries to present himself as this when he was training in the military.
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* {{Conscription}}: The Philippine government started conscripting men and some women to the armed forces after Bandidos International started a civil war.
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* Crossdresser: Benjie often does this before entering the military.
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*CampGay: Benjie
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* StraightGay: Benjie miserably tries to present himself as this when he was training in the military.
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The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin is a 2011 Philippine comedy film which centers around a Benjamin "Benjie" Santos VIII, who came from a family of military men. However Benjie does not want to become a soldier to continue his family's legacy much to the dismay of his grandfather, a Benjamin Santos VI a high ranking military official who is reputed in the whole country.
However a civil war ensues in the Philippines, after a terrorist organization kidnapped Benjie's grandfather and had several high ranking officials in the country surrender. The Philippine government started a conscription program and Benjie had to enlist himself in liue of his father to save his grandfather and country.
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!!''Praybeyt Benjamin'' contains examples of the following tropes:
*CivilWar: The Philippine government vs. Bandidos International
*IdenticalGrandson: Benjie's ancestors during the start of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Philippine Revolution, and World War II looked exactly liked him. Averted for his immediate grandfather, Benjamin Santos VI and Benjamin Santos VII who are only shown as a senior citizen and a middle aged man respectively.
*LegacyOfTheChosen: Self-imposed by the Santos clan, everyone with "Benjamin Santos" in his name is expected to serve in the military.
*TerroristsWithoutACause: Bandidos International, though they were inspired from Islamic militants in the Philippines their motives were never made clear beyond controlling the whole territory of the Philippines.
However a civil war ensues in the Philippines, after a terrorist organization kidnapped Benjie's grandfather and had several high ranking officials in the country surrender. The Philippine government started a conscription program and Benjie had to enlist himself in liue of his father to save his grandfather and country.
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!!''Praybeyt Benjamin'' contains examples of the following tropes:
*CivilWar: The Philippine government vs. Bandidos International
*IdenticalGrandson: Benjie's ancestors during the start of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Philippine Revolution, and World War II looked exactly liked him. Averted for his immediate grandfather, Benjamin Santos VI and Benjamin Santos VII who are only shown as a senior citizen and a middle aged man respectively.
*LegacyOfTheChosen: Self-imposed by the Santos clan, everyone with "Benjamin Santos" in his name is expected to serve in the military.
*TerroristsWithoutACause: Bandidos International, though they were inspired from Islamic militants in the Philippines their motives were never made clear beyond controlling the whole territory of the Philippines.
