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* ContemplativeBoss: M strikes this pose after hearing that Bond has been shot.

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* ContemplativeBoss: M strikes assumes this pose after hearing that Bond has been shot.
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* ContemplativeBoss: M after hearing that Bond has been shot.

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* ContemplativeBoss: M strikes this pose after hearing that Bond has been shot.
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* EvolutionaryPressureCooker: The BigBad Raul describes utilizing a similar method to deal with rodent problems. He traps rats in oil drums until they are forced to resort to cannibalism, then releases the two survivors. The last two are strengthened by the effort and, more importantly, conditioned to continue killing and eating other rats. Raul compares this to how M and the Secret Intelligence Service train and treat their operatives. [[spoiler:The conversation gets a CallBack in the form of [[BondOneLiner Bond's remark upon killing Raul]]: "Last rat standing."]]
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* MortalWoundReveal: It's revealed in the middle of the climax that [[spoiler:M]] is bleeding to death from what seemed to be a near miss, a wound that proves fatal.

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* MortalWoundReveal: It's revealed in the middle of the climax that [[spoiler:M]] is bleeding to death from what seemed to be a near miss, {{near miss|es}}, a wound that proves fatal.
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* LiteralMetaphor: Near the end when M asks Bond where he's been after Bond [[spoiler:shows up at the last second to stop Silva from performing a MurderSuicide with M]]:
-->'''M:''' 007. What took you so long?\\
'''Bond:''' Well, I got into some deep water.[[labelnote:The joke]]Bond had been delayed coming to the rescue because he had been fighting with a mook underneath the ice of a frozen-over lake.[[/labelnote]]
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* BrokenAesop: Everyone in [=MI6=] talks about how they're not too young/old for the job, yet they all fail at everything. Bond fails to get to his partner on time and Moneypenny fails to take the shot at Patrice. Bond fails his test, fails to reach the informant, then misses the shot-glass. Q falls for the honeypot virus and M falls for the false capture. Finally, [[spoiler:Bond fails to protect M]].
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!!''Skyfall'' contains examples of the following tropes:

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!!''Skyfall'' contains examples of !!Let the following tropes:
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: [[spoiler:In the first half, MI6 arrive at Silva's hideout to apprehend him using the radio signal Q gave to Bond. By then, Bond had already slaughtered Silva's men and Sévérine was already dead.]]

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: [[spoiler:In the first half, MI6 [=MI6=] arrive at Silva's hideout to apprehend him using the radio signal Q gave to Bond. By then, Bond had already slaughtered Silva's men and Sévérine was already dead.]]
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* CoolGuns:
** Bond is given a Walther PPK with an ID lock so only he can fire it.
** Kincaide wields a double-barrelled shotgun at the defense of Skyfall Manor.
** The mooks raiding the eponymous manor at the climax carry Heckler and Koch HK416s. Bond also procures one a short time later, and briefly uses it to shoot at an attacking helicopter.
** The climactic battle scene features a Browning M2HB mounted on a helicopter.
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! Spoilers for the Creator/DanielCraig ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films preceding this one, including ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' will be unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

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! Spoilers !Spoilers for the Creator/DanielCraig ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films preceding this one, including ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' will be unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!



** Silva's EvilPlan exploits various MI-6 protocols to further itself. [[spoiler:Silva knows that [=MI6=] will eventually identify and arrest him, so he spends years planning around his inevitable capture; come the day of his escape, he counter-hacks [=MI6=] and abuses M's overconfidence to close in and assassinate her]].

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** Silva's EvilPlan exploits various MI-6 [=MI6=] protocols to further itself. [[spoiler:Silva knows that [=MI6=] will eventually identify and arrest him, so he spends years planning around his inevitable capture; come the day of his escape, he counter-hacks [=MI6=] and abuses M's overconfidence to close in and assassinate her]].



* BrokenAesop: Everyone in MI-6 talks about how they're not too young/old for the job, yet they all fail at everything. Bond fails to get to his partner on time and Moneypenny fails to take the shot at Patrice. Bond fails his test, fails to reach the informant, then misses the shot-glass. Q falls for the honeypot virus and M falls for the false capture. Finally, [[spoiler:Bond fails to protect M]].

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* BrokenAesop: Everyone in MI-6 [=MI6=] talks about how they're not too young/old for the job, yet they all fail at everything. Bond fails to get to his partner on time and Moneypenny fails to take the shot at Patrice. Bond fails his test, fails to reach the informant, then misses the shot-glass. Q falls for the honeypot virus and M falls for the false capture. Finally, [[spoiler:Bond fails to protect M]].



** After serving as a deconstruction of Bond as a whole, the movie also reconstructs and reintroduces several elements from older Bond movies before Brosnan and Craig took on the role. [[spoiler:Such as MI-6 being based out of the Universal Exports offices, a male M and Bond's flirtatious relationship with Moneypenny]].

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** After serving as a deconstruction of Bond as a whole, the movie also reconstructs and reintroduces several elements from older Bond movies before Brosnan and Craig took on the role. [[spoiler:Such as MI-6 [=MI6=] being based out of the Universal Exports offices, a male M and Bond's flirtatious relationship with Moneypenny]].



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** Silva goes out of his way to humiliate MI-6 and M especially before trying to eliminate them.

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** Silva goes out of his way to humiliate MI-6 [=MI6=] and M especially before trying to eliminate them.



** Bond engaged in this trope earlier in the film right after the {{WilliamTelling}} contest; he stands alone to face Silva, and we are led to believe that a one-on-one contest will ensue... until [[spoiler:MI-6 helicopters appear]].

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** Bond engaged in this trope earlier in the film right after the {{WilliamTelling}} contest; he stands alone to face Silva, and we are led to believe that a one-on-one contest will ensue... until [[spoiler:MI-6 [[spoiler:[=MI6=] helicopters appear]].



* MissionControl: Q, a MI-6 tech genius who serves as the VoiceWithAnInternetConnection for Bond.

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* MissionControl: Q, a MI-6 [=MI6=] tech genius who serves as the VoiceWithAnInternetConnection for Bond.



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: {{Averted}} in the opening when Bond has to leave a fellow agent to bleed to death, in favour of pursuing the man who shot him and stole a microchip containing the identities of NATO undercover agents. Silva turns out to be another SIS agent who was abandoned after he went rogue.

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: {{Averted}} {{Averted|Trope}} in the opening when Bond has to leave a fellow agent to bleed to death, in favour of pursuing the man who shot him and stole a microchip containing the identities of NATO undercover agents. Silva turns out to be another SIS agent who was abandoned after he went rogue.



--->'''Silva:''' Medical evaluation: fail. Physical evaluation: fail. Psychological evaluation, alcohol and substance addiction indicated. Ooh! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma. Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension for service advised. What is this if not betrayal? She sent you off to me, knowing you're not ready, knowing you'll likely die. Mommy was very bad.

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--->'''Silva:''' -->'''Silva:''' Medical evaluation: fail. Physical evaluation: fail. Psychological evaluation, alcohol and substance addiction indicated. Ooh! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma. Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension for service advised. What is this if not betrayal? She sent you off to me, knowing you're not ready, knowing you'll likely die. Mommy was very bad.



* TheSiege: The film climaxes with Bond and two others ([[spoiler:Kinkade, M]]) defending a manor home against more numerous and better-armed villains. Defenders' advantage allows the MI-6 contingent to hold out against 10-to-1 odds, but they technically still lose because the BigBad is able to achieve his mission objective ([[spoiler:killing M]])--or, at best, stalemate, since Bond kills ''him'' right after. (Also, the home gets blown up.)

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* TheSiege: The film climaxes with Bond and two others ([[spoiler:Kinkade, M]]) defending a manor home against more numerous and better-armed villains. Defenders' advantage allows the MI-6 [=MI6=] contingent to hold out against 10-to-1 odds, but they technically still lose because the BigBad is able to achieve his mission objective ([[spoiler:killing M]])--or, at best, stalemate, since Bond kills ''him'' right after. (Also, the home gets blown up.)



---->''Boom, boom, boom, boom''\\
''I'm gonna shoot you right down''

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---->''Boom, boom, boom, boom''\\
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** The scene with the Komodo Dragon fight pit into which an Asian mook falls in and gets attacked by the dragons, is like from the "Dragons of Ashida" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', a series that took heavy inspiration from ''Film/DrNo'', so ''Skyfall'' comes full circle referencing from ''Quest''.

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** The scene with scenes in the Komodo Dragon fight pit into which an Asian mook falls in and gets attacked by the dragons, is are like from the "Dragons of Ashida" episode of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', a series that took heavy inspiration from ''Film/DrNo'', so ''Skyfall'' comes full circle referencing from ''Quest''.

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