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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Jim gives the usual "emergency at work" excuse early in the film when finding out about a robbery. Except the kids he's driving point out that he's an orthodontist and wonder what sort of emergency that could be.
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* SecretIdentity: Naturally, all superheroes have them, although they all appear to know one another personally. Several dozen heroes show up to Scott's 14th Birthday and call each other by name (i.e. not superhero name). They also have regular jobs (Jim is an orthodontist, and Judy has an office job) and engage in typical family activities.
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** Scott's lie is almost exposed during recess at school, when his brother comes to visit. Amy crumples some foil and throws it at him in a "think fast" manner. Scott is about to catch it, when Adam catches it first. He nearly passes out from the power drain before dropping the foil and warns Scott that he has to be careful now.
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** Scott's lie is almost exposed during recess at school, when his brother comes to visit. Amy crumples some foil and throws it at him in a "think fast" manner. Scott is about to catch it, when Adam catches it first. He nearly passes out from the power drain before dropping the foil and warns Scott that he has to be careful now.now.
** Randy doesn't know about the weakness and pretends to be a superhero when faced by some {{Mook}}s. Being GenreSavvy, one of them grabs some foil and hands it to Randy. Trying to be tough, Randy grabs it and tries to chew it, only to mess up his dental filling. Sure, he's hurt, but not in the way a superhero would be, so the bad guys aren't fooled.
** Randy doesn't know about the weakness and pretends to be a superhero when faced by some {{Mook}}s. Being GenreSavvy, one of them grabs some foil and hands it to Randy. Trying to be tough, Randy grabs it and tries to chew it, only to mess up his dental filling. Sure, he's hurt, but not in the way a superhero would be, so the bad guys aren't fooled.
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* CoolBike: Warrior Woman's motorcycle is able to move at SuperSpeed.
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* SuperSpeed: Adam (Silver Charge) can run around the world in under a minute. Warrior Woman's motorcycle is also shown to zoom away at an incredible speed.
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* SuperSpeed: Adam (Silver Charge) can run around the world in under a minute. Warrior Woman's motorcycle is also shown to zoom away at an incredible speed.speed, leaving a red streak in the air behind it.
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* DecidedByOneVote: Averted. As there is an even number of players on the soccer team, half the team votes for Scott and the other for Amy. Amy then votes for Scott, causing him to vote for her. As they're tied, the coach makes them co-captains.
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* LoveInterest: Scott likes Amy, but they have an adversarial relationship, as both want to be the captain of their school's soccer team. After Amy finds out about Scott's family, she admits that she likes Scott too. However, Adam erases Amy's memory of the events (including her admission). They seemingly go back to fighting one another until each one votes for the other as captain. The coach makes them co-captains instead.
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* JustInTime: Scott manages to knock out Malcolm's brainwashing computers with seconds left before his family is mind-controlled to be Malcolm's {{Mook}}s. The family suffers no ill effects.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: After finding out about Scott's real identity and learning of his parent's identity, Malcolm gave him a CD that didn't hypnotize him in case he or his parents got suspicious.
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* PowerIncontinence: Scott pretends to get SuperStrength by rigging a patio door to fly off its hinges when he opens it.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: While Nina genuinely cares for the environment, her methods (using MassHypnosis on children) are decidedly unethical. Malcolm just wants to be rich and dupes Nina into helping him. He even convinces her that robbing banks is necessary to fund her crusade.
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* SuperpoweredMooks: [[spoiler:Malcolm plans to turns Scott's parents and brother into these. Why? So they can rob banks for him]].
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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: Used twice. When Adam is attempting to hack into a bank teller's computer, he does it through the monitor. Later, [[spoiler:Scott stops his parents and brother being turned into SuperpoweredMooks by hitting one of the monitors with a soccer ball]].
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** They didn't just bury it. They drop it into a large garbage can, then buried the container itself. they weren't taking any chances.
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** They didn't just bury it. They drop it into a large garbage can, then buried the container itself. they weren't taking any chances.chances.
** Scott's lie is almost exposed during recess at school, when his brother comes to visit. Amy crumples some foil and throws it at him in a "think fast" manner. Scott is about to catch it, when Adam catches it first. He nearly passes out from the power drain before dropping the foil and warns Scott that he has to be careful now.
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**They didn't just bury it. They drop it into a large garbage can, then buried the container itself. they weren't taking any chances.
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Malcolm manages to capture Scott's parents and brother using their WeaksauceWeakness, aluminum foil. Using foil, he weakens them, while using the program to brainwash them into his personal super-{{Mook}}s. Scott, Randy (his best friend), and Amy arrive and manage to defeat Malcolm without any powers. Adam erases Amy's memories of the events but allows Randy to keep his memories, so that Scott has someone to talk to. Scott and Amy agree to become co-captains, while Scott tells Randy he may try to become a {{Batman}}-like hero.
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Malcolm manages to capture Scott's parents and brother using their WeaksauceWeakness, aluminum foil. Using foil, he weakens them, while using the program to brainwash them into his personal super-{{Mook}}s. Scott, Randy (his best friend), and Amy arrive and manage to defeat Malcolm without any powers. Adam erases Amy's memories of the events but allows Randy to keep his memories, so that Scott has someone to talk to. Scott and Amy agree to become co-captains, while Randy suggests to Scott tells Randy that he may try to should become a {{Batman}}-like hero.
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* BadassNormal: At the end of the movie, it's mentioned that there are heroes without superpowers. Randy suggests that Scott become one. Also, Scott is the one who saves the day despite his lack of powers (in fact, since he doesn't have superpowers, he's not affected by [[WeaksauceWeakness aluminum foil]]).
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* ThemeNaming: Both Jim and his father named their superhero identities after birds-of-prey (no, not [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey those]]). Presumably, had Scott actually developed flight, he would've continued the tradition.
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* TitleDrop: Both Bronze Eagle and Steel Condor utter the title phrase when taking off. Scott says it when pretending to fly.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Scott's soccer skills end up being instrumental in defeating the BigBad.
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* PubertySuperpower: No superhero has ever received his or her powers after the 14th birthday.
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* FlyingBrick, Like Superman (his long-time rival), Steel Condor has {{Flight}}, SuperStrength, and {{Invulnerability}}. However, unlike Superman, Steel Condor ages normally, and his abilities degrade over time (it's faster for him to take a cab then fly).
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* BattleCouple: While Bronze Eagle and Warrior Woman usually work alone, they end up stopping the same crime together, both annoyed that the other took so long to get there (Jim was driving kids to soccer practice, and Judy had a business meeting).
* {{Flight}}: Bronze Eagle and Steel Condor can do this, although the latter is too old to do so effectively (cars on the highway are shown to be passing him). Scott pretends he can. According to Warrior Woman, flying is the hardest power to master.
* FlyingBrick, Like Superman (his long-time rival), Steel Condor has {{Flight}}, SuperStrength, and {{Invulnerability}}. However, unlike Superman, Steel Condor ages normally, and his abilities degrade over time (it's faster for him to take a cab then fly).
* FlyingBrick, Like Superman (his long-time rival), Steel Condor has {{Flight}}, SuperStrength, and {{Invulnerability}}. However, unlike Superman, Steel Condor ages normally, and his abilities degrade over time (it's faster for him to take a cab then fly).
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* SuperStrength: Warrior Woman has this.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: When trying to spot Scott in the sky, Jim has false positives on a bird, a plane, and a UFO. He promptly ignores all three. You'd think a superhero would be concerned about a possibly alien object.
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* LateToTheParty: Due to his age (he can fly but very slowly), Steel Condor arrives to the BigBad's lair just after he is defeated.
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--> '''Steel Condor:''' I knew I should've taken a cab!
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* CelebrityParadox: Averted. Both {{Superman}} and SpiderMan exist in the film's 'verse. In fact, SpiderMan and Mary Jane visited Jim's parents last week, and the former left spiderwebs all over Doris's carpet. Steel Condor has a long-standing rivalry with Superman due to similar abilities.
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* InformedAbility: Molly's XRayVision and Doris's (Scott's grandmother) VoluntaryShapeshifting.
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* MassHypnosis: The Earth Protectors' program is used to do this to school children. Malcolm wants to enhance it to apply to ''everyone''.
* MuggleBornOfMages: Scott doesn't have any powers, unlike everyone else in his family.
* RubberMan: One is present at Scott's birthday party. He stretches his hand to tap on Judy's shoulder from across the room.
* MuggleBornOfMages: Scott doesn't have any powers, unlike everyone else in his family.
* RubberMan: One is present at Scott's birthday party. He stretches his hand to tap on Judy's shoulder from across the room.
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* EyeBeams: Molly has the typical {{Superman}} laser beams, which she uses to prank Scott. According to him, she had the ability at the age of 2. It's a wonder she didn't set the house on fire.
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* {{Technopath}}: Adam (Silver Charge) can manipulate electric and magnetic fields, which he can use to hack into computers (although, the one time he tries in the film, he gets overexcited and fries it) and even induce LaserGuidedAmnesia in people.
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'''''Up, Up and Away''''' is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie about a boy who comes from a family of superheroes but is concerned that he isn't developing his PubertySuperpower as expected.
Scott Marshall is the middle child of two famous superheroes: Bronze Eagle/Jim Marshall (can fly) and Warrior Woman/Judy Marshall (has SuperStrength and excellent combat skills). His older brother Adam (Silver Charge) has SuperSpeed and {{Technopath}}y. Even his baby sister Molly has already developed XRayVision and EyeBeams. Scott himself is rapidly approaching his 14th birthday. No superhero has ever developed his powers after that age, so Scott is worried that he may turn out to be a MuggleBornOfMages. In order not to disappoint his father (who is his greatest hero), Scott pretends to have developed SuperStrength (by rigging a door to fly off its hinges when he opens it) and flight (he goes outside, throws a ball at the tree, and runs away). His grandfather, a retired hero called Steel Condor (a typical FlyingBrick, although his age means that taking a cab is faster than flying), isn't fooled and tells Scott to tell his parents the truth. At the same time, Scott is having typical teenage problems at school and is fighting for the spot of the soccer team captain with a potential LoveInterest Amy.
Meanwhile, an AnimalWrongsGroup called Earth Protectors are conducting a campaign of environmental awareness in Scott's school. They provide computers to the school and distribute [=CDs=] about the environment. However, the [=CDs=], in fact, contain a hypnotic program that its creator Nina sees as a means to save the environment while her partner Malcolm wants to use it to become extremely rich.
Malcolm manages to capture Scott's parents and brother using their WeaksauceWeakness, aluminum foil. Using foil, he weakens them, while using the program to brainwash them into his personal super-{{Mook}}s. Scott, Randy (his best friend), and Amy arrive and manage to defeat Malcolm without any powers. Adam erases Amy's memories of the events but allows Randy to keep his memories, so that Scott has someone to talk to. Scott and Amy agree to become co-captains, while Scott tells Randy he may try to become a {{Batman}}-like hero.
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!! The film contains examples of the following tropes:
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Given their WeaksauceWeakness, the Marshalls must feel this way at every supermarket.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Superheroes (or, at least, Scott's family) are vulnerable to aluminum foil, which glows green in their presence and saps their energy. Early in the film, they freak out when Randy brings a turkey wrapped in foil as a gift from his mother. Scott's family treat it as a bomb and bury the turkey in the backyard.
Scott Marshall is the middle child of two famous superheroes: Bronze Eagle/Jim Marshall (can fly) and Warrior Woman/Judy Marshall (has SuperStrength and excellent combat skills). His older brother Adam (Silver Charge) has SuperSpeed and {{Technopath}}y. Even his baby sister Molly has already developed XRayVision and EyeBeams. Scott himself is rapidly approaching his 14th birthday. No superhero has ever developed his powers after that age, so Scott is worried that he may turn out to be a MuggleBornOfMages. In order not to disappoint his father (who is his greatest hero), Scott pretends to have developed SuperStrength (by rigging a door to fly off its hinges when he opens it) and flight (he goes outside, throws a ball at the tree, and runs away). His grandfather, a retired hero called Steel Condor (a typical FlyingBrick, although his age means that taking a cab is faster than flying), isn't fooled and tells Scott to tell his parents the truth. At the same time, Scott is having typical teenage problems at school and is fighting for the spot of the soccer team captain with a potential LoveInterest Amy.
Meanwhile, an AnimalWrongsGroup called Earth Protectors are conducting a campaign of environmental awareness in Scott's school. They provide computers to the school and distribute [=CDs=] about the environment. However, the [=CDs=], in fact, contain a hypnotic program that its creator Nina sees as a means to save the environment while her partner Malcolm wants to use it to become extremely rich.
Malcolm manages to capture Scott's parents and brother using their WeaksauceWeakness, aluminum foil. Using foil, he weakens them, while using the program to brainwash them into his personal super-{{Mook}}s. Scott, Randy (his best friend), and Amy arrive and manage to defeat Malcolm without any powers. Adam erases Amy's memories of the events but allows Randy to keep his memories, so that Scott has someone to talk to. Scott and Amy agree to become co-captains, while Scott tells Randy he may try to become a {{Batman}}-like hero.
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!! The film contains examples of the following tropes:
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Given their WeaksauceWeakness, the Marshalls must feel this way at every supermarket.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Superheroes (or, at least, Scott's family) are vulnerable to aluminum foil, which glows green in their presence and saps their energy. Early in the film, they freak out when Randy brings a turkey wrapped in foil as a gift from his mother. Scott's family treat it as a bomb and bury the turkey in the backyard.
