History Film / StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation

* FrickinLaserBeams: The movie featured strobe-light weapon props because [[SpecialEffectFailure they couldn't afford real guns]]. Incidentally, [[RealityIsUnrealistic everyone complained that the guns didn't look like they were shooting "lasers"]].

* Disgrace: Captain Dax, he killed his commanding officer after said officer sent a bunch of his men on a mission which resulted in their deaths.

* AuthorTract: Surprisingly not done in the commentary for this film, where the film-makers point out that everyone assumes the movie is about [[TheWarOnTerror Iraq]], but the script was written long before that war started.

* AnyoneCanDie: At the end, [[spoiler:[[PregnantBadass Sahara]]]] is the only soldier sent on the planet to leave it alive, with others having been killed one way or another and [[spoiler:[[TheHero Dax]]]] opting for a HeroicSacrifice and.

* AnyoneCanDie: At the end, [[spoiler:[[PregnantBadass Sahara]]]] is the only soldier sent on the planet to make it out alive, with [[spoiler:[[TheHero Dax]]]] opting for a HeroicSacrifice and others having been killed by [[spoiler:Dax and Sahara]] after they were infected with the [[PuppeteerParasite Control Bug]].

* AnyoneCanDie: At the end, [[spoiler:[[PregnantBadass Sahara]]]] is the only soldier from the outpost who makes it out alive, with [[spoiler:[[TheHero Dax]]]] opting for a HeroicSacrifice and others having been killed by [[spoiler:Dax and Sahara]] after they were infected with the [[PuppeteerParasite Control Bug]].

* IronicNurseryTune: One young female trooper, [[spoiler:under the control of a PuppeteerParasite]], sings "Itsy Bitsy Spider" before trying to take out the heroes with [[TakingYouWithMe a pair of live grenades]].

* IronicTitle: While Captain Dax was a genuine war hero, he hated the Federation and would have detested the epithet bestowed on him post-mortem.

After a disastrous engagement on a Bug world, a group of Mobile Infantry soldiers flee to a deserted Federation outpost, finding only a few custodians and a disgraced soldier in lock-up. They reactivate the electrified defense perimeter, buying them some time for a rescue ship to arrive. It soon becomes clear that the Bugs have infiltrated the place in the form of {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s however, and want to take over the Federation's central command.

* ThinkOfTheChildren: Mocked by the cynical, disgraced Captain Dax when one of his superiors berates him for having refused to follow illegal orders. According to him, cowards hide behind one of two things: orders and children.

''Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation'' (2004) is the first of two DirectToVideo sequels to Paul Verhoeven's 1997 version of ''Film/StarshipTroopers''.

* TheBrigadier: General Jack Gordon Shepherd subverts the [[WeHaveReserves totalitarian style]] of the (film universe's) Terran Federation by [[YouShallNotPass staying behind with a select few troopers]] to cover the retreat of the rest of the platoon. Miraculously, he survives this [[spoiler: and turns out to be TheMole, under the control of a PuppeteerParasite.]]

* FamedInStory: [[spoiler: Dax]], at the end. Played for irony, as the Federation trumpets him as the champion of the very ideals he was shown to be very cynical towards in life.

* IronicNurseryTune: One young female trooper, [[spoiler: under the control of a PuppeteerParasite]], sings "Itsy Bitsy Spider" before trying to take out the heroes with [[TakingYouWithMe a pair of live grenades]].

* BadAss: Dax qualifies, justifiably since he's a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Zim.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Captain Dax, a disgraced but still {{badass}} veteran soldier, is approached by a female trooper who wants to bed him in order to implant him with an [[PuppeteerParasite alien parasite]]. He rejects her advances and instead [[PhysicalFitnessPunishment orders her to do 200 push-ups]] so she can work off all her "excess energy" as he nonchalantly walks away.

* JustFollowingOrders: [[BadAss Dax]] levels a pretty powerful ReasonYouSuckSpeech on [[ThePoliticalOfficer Lt. Dill]] after he uses this excuse.

* Foreshadowing: Done in a very subtle manner, with the medic going straight for the sugar cubes when they come to the mess hall. (Those infected with the parasite are later seen eating the sugar cubes as well.)

-->'''Dax:''' Well, that's good, but you forgot about the children.\\

''Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation'' (2004) is the first of two DirectToVideo sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 1997 version of ''Film/StarshipTroopers''.

-->'''Pavlov:''' "You bastards... you are all under arrest for murder, sedition, for treason against the Federation. Oh! You're going to pay... because we're not going to kill you... oh no... you see, we got special places for things like you... where they cut you up, but they keep you alive when they cut you up... so they can see what makes you tick, and then what makes you sick! And I will be there, oh yeah! I'm going to be there when they see ACK!" (threat cut short by infected soldier cutting his throat).

* PhysicalFitnessPunishment: PlayedWith. A group of troopers are cooped up in an abandoned outpost waiting for rescue, and a comely female trooper[[note]]who is possessed by a PuppeteerParasite that she is trying to spread[[/note]] makes a pass at Captain Dax, claiming that she needs to burn off "excess energy." So he decides to help her out by having her do a hundred pushups [[NotDistractedByTheSexy as he walks off]].

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