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'''''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann''''', directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel-influenced action film starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was written, scored, and produced by [[TheMonkees Michael Nesmith]].
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'''''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann''''', directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel-influenced action film starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was written, scored, and produced by [[TheMonkees [[Music/TheMonkees Michael Nesmith]].
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* ArcNumber: Lyle swan is from 1982. Both the racing number on his chest and the number on his bike are 82.
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* ArcNumber: Lyle swan Swann is from 1982. Both the racing number on his chest and the number on his bike are 82.
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* XMeetsY: TheEighties motocross meets TheWildWest.
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* XMeetsY: TheEighties motocross meets TheWildWest.TheWildWest.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The BigBad's name is Porter Reese. The actor who plays him has an ''even more western name'': Peter Coyote.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Lyle's bike has a cassette deck, but that helmet with a built in zoom feature and distance readings sure isn't 1980's standard (nor 2012, either!)
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''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann'', directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel-influenced action film starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was written, scored, and produced by [[TheMonkees Michael Nesmith]].
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Lyle, in the middle of a motocross race, gets lost and wanders into a time travel experiment which transports him and his bike to 1877.
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** When Porter brings the bike to the camp the other ''poke at it with sticks''. This is people living in a world with ''steam locomotives''.
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** When Porter brings the bike to the camp the other others ''poke at it with sticks''. This is people living in a world with ''steam locomotives''.
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* CuriousAsAMonkey: The boy in the mission basement.
** When Porter brings the bike to the camp the other ''poke at it with sticks''. This is people living in a world with ''steam locomotives''.
** When Porter brings the bike to the camp the other ''poke at it with sticks''. This is people living in a world with ''steam locomotives''.
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Claire is skinny dipping and Lyle comes along and decides to do the same in the same lake without noticing her. The three bad guys arrive, too and notice Lyle but not Claire. Three people at the lake at once. In the wild west, that's practically rush hour.
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* MyCarHatesMe: When Swann is surprised by Porter and his thugs.
** He also ''finally'' runs out of gas at the worst moment, though pretty long after you'd expect him to.
** He also ''finally'' runs out of gas at the worst moment, though pretty long after you'd expect him to.
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* SkinnyDipping: Claire is doing this when she first sees Lyle, who is also doing this.
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* Ramprovisation: Who knew the wild west had so many handy ramps?
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* Ramprovisation: {{Ramprovisation}}: Who knew the wild west had so many handy ramps?
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* InformedAttribute: Everyone at the beginning of the movie talks about how awesome a racer Swann is. We never see any proof aside from long shots of him riding cross-country and popping a wheelie from time to time.
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* RampJump: Many, notably when entering a the mission town.
* Ramprovisation: Who knew the wild west had so many handy ramps?
* Ramprovisation: Who knew the wild west had so many handy ramps?
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* MeaningfulName: Claire's last name is "Cygne". [[spoiler: "Cygne" is french for "Swan".]]
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* MeaningfulName: Claire's last name is "Cygne". [[spoiler: "Cygne" is french for "Swan". They even point out that she's from Louisiana, a heavily French area.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Claire's last name is "Cygne". [[spoiler: "Cygne" is french for "Swan".]]
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* CharacterTitle: We all knew who Lyle Swann was, right?
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* CaptainOblivious: ''Somewhere'' along the line all the STRONG HINTS that he ''could'' be in the wild west add up and he figures out ''when'' he is, but it can't be until shortly before the end of the movie.
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* CaptainOblivious: ''Somewhere'' along the line all the STRONG HINTS that he ''could'' be in the wild west add up and he figures out ''when'' he is, but it can't be until shortly before the end of the movie.movie, because this character is clueless.
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* CaptainOblivious: ''Somewhere'' along the line all the STRONG HINTS that he ''could'' be in the wild west add up and he figures out ''when'' he is, but it can't be until shortly before the end of the movie.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Porter becomes the first man in history to be chopped up by the tail rotor of a helicopter.]]
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* PinballProtagonist: Lyle pretty much just lets things happen to him.
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* RuleOfDrama: Lyle can't slowly wheel into town and politely ask where he is, noo... he has to jump his motorcycle over a wall by complete surprise and continue to ride around town shouting questions at the obviously terrified people. Only after he has done that for a bit do the bad guys show up and give him a reason to continue riding around.
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* StableTimeLoop:ShootTheMoney: A lot of our audience is here to see a cool motorcycle, and the first 20 minutes is spent paying up on that.
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* StableTimeLoop
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* MetaGuy: Porter steps into this for a moment after the camp unloads their guns at the motorcycle.
-->'''Porter:''' You ''shot'' it. What a bunch of dumb sons of bitches, you ''shot'' it! A ''machine'' - you butt-heads!
-->'''Porter:''' You ''shot'' it. What a bunch of dumb sons of bitches, you ''shot'' it! A ''machine'' - you butt-heads!
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* TimeMachine: Under development by a lab.
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* TimeMachine: Under development by a lab.lab.
* XMeetsY: TheEighties motocross meets TheWildWest.
* XMeetsY: TheEighties motocross meets TheWildWest.
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* FreakLabAccident: Hey, there's a guy on a motorcycle!
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademyImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: A group of cowboys unload all their ammo at the motorcycle and only one person hits it.
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* ArcNumber: Lyle swan is from 1982. Both the racing number on his chest and the number on his bike are 82.
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** There is no fence nor guards around the time travel test.
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** There is no fence nor guards around the time travel test.test, despite it taking place near a major motorcycle race.
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* GetBackToTheFuture: Though Lyle seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that he's time traveled for the better part of the film.
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* MyOwnGrampa: And it's seen from a mile away by grandma.
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* TapOnTheHead: Claire is hit on the head and is out for however long it takes to be ridden across a horse to the bad guy's hideout.
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* TapOnTheHead: Claire is hit on the head and is out for however long it takes to be ridden across a horse to the bad guy's hideout.hideout.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy:
** There is no fence nor guards around the time travel test.
** Despite the villain's secret hideout no one is on guard duty on the ridges above.
* TimeMachine: Under development by a lab.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy:
** There is no fence nor guards around the time travel test.
** Despite the villain's secret hideout no one is on guard duty on the ridges above.
* TimeMachine: Under development by a lab.
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* AutomatonHorsesAutomatonHorses: Can't have an [[ImplacableMan Implacable Cowboy]] without one!
* BottomlessMagazines: Early on in the movie the bad guys squeeze off many shots with nary a reload.
* BottomlessMagazines: Early on in the movie the bad guys squeeze off many shots with nary a reload.
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* ImplacableManImplacableMan: Porter Reese really, really, ''really'' wants that machine.
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel-influenced action film starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was written, scored, and produced by Michael Nesmith.
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* AutomatonHorses
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy
* ImplacableMan
* SurpriseVehicle: Both a motorcycle and a helicopter.
* TapOnTheHead: Claire is hit on the head and is out for however long it takes to be ridden across a horse to the bad guy's hideout.
!Tropes present in this film:
* AutomatonHorses
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy
* ImplacableMan
* SurpriseVehicle: Both a motorcycle and a helicopter.
* TapOnTheHead: Claire is hit on the head and is out for however long it takes to be ridden across a horse to the bad guy's hideout.
