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* MundaneWish: The game has a card called Shooting Star, which grants a wish. When Walter gets one of these cards and has to come up with a wish fast, he panics and wishes for a signed football. [[spoiler: Averted the second time he gets the card.]]
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* MonsterDelay: {{Zigzagged}}:
** {{Downplayed}} with the KillerRobot. He's initially summoned about a third of the way through the film, and once that happens, we also see his whole body.
** Somewhat {{exaggerated}} with the Zorgons. Up until the halfway point, we don't even see their {{Retro Rocket}}s, and the Zorgons themselves don't appear on-screen until later than that.
* MundaneWish: The game has a card called Shooting Star, which grants a wish. When Walter gets one of these cards and has to come up with a wish fast, he panics and wishes for a signed football.[[spoiler: Averted {{Averted}} the second time he gets the card.]]
** {{Downplayed}} with the KillerRobot. He's initially summoned about a third of the way through the film, and once that happens, we also see his whole body.
** Somewhat {{exaggerated}} with the Zorgons. Up until the halfway point, we don't even see their {{Retro Rocket}}s, and the Zorgons themselves don't appear on-screen until later than that.
* MundaneWish: The game has a card called Shooting Star, which grants a wish. When Walter gets one of these cards and has to come up with a wish fast, he panics and wishes for a signed football.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Walter and Danny spend most of the film yelling at one another, and their yelling eventually reaches the point where Walter's future self asks his past self and Danny to lower their volume.
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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The Budwing siblings: Walter, Danny, and Lisa. Walter, TheHero, is very callous towards Danny and blames him for everything, from their parents' divorce to stealing their father's exclusive attention away from him. Danny, TheLancer, just wants to play a magical board-game with Walter and not get mistreated by him all the time. Lisa mediates the two brothers whenever their father is away by breaking up their constant fights with one another.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: If you thought Jumanji's cheater penalty of being turned half monkey was a bit harsh, just read the info in the NoFairCheating trope below..
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* DisproportionateRetribution: If you thought Jumanji's cheater penalty of being turned half monkey was a bit harsh, just read the info in the NoFairCheating trope below..below.
* DistressedDude: Walter:
** His AlternateTimeline self becomes stranded within outer space for ''fifteen long years'' after wishing his version of Danny away.
** His AlternateTimeline self must save him from getting ThrownOutTheAirlock once he [[NoFairCheating cheats]] at the game.
** A [[LizardFolk Zorgon]] attempts to eat his and Danny's heads off, only for Lisa to drop a piano onto him.
** Upon the revelation that ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' is a black hole, Lisa attempts to carry him to safety, only for them and Danny to get sucked into it as the game resets both itself and time upon the latter winning it near the end of the film.
* DistressedDude: Walter:
** His AlternateTimeline self becomes stranded within outer space for ''fifteen long years'' after wishing his version of Danny away.
** His AlternateTimeline self must save him from getting ThrownOutTheAirlock once he [[NoFairCheating cheats]] at the game.
** A [[LizardFolk Zorgon]] attempts to eat his and Danny's heads off, only for Lisa to drop a piano onto him.
** Upon the revelation that ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' is a black hole, Lisa attempts to carry him to safety, only for them and Danny to get sucked into it as the game resets both itself and time upon the latter winning it near the end of the film.
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* HopeSpot: After Danny has been lowered into the basement to retrieve [[spoiler:the game from the Zorgons]], he immediately notices it a metre away from him - except when he grabs it, he realises it's just [[spoiler:the cover of the game]]
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* HopeSpot: After Danny has been lowered into the basement to retrieve [[spoiler:the game from the Zorgons]], he immediately notices it a metre away from him - except when he grabs it, he realises it's just [[spoiler:the cover of the game]]game]].
* HystericalWoman: Lisa shows shades of this upon awakening from cryo-sleep and freaking out over Walter and Danny's kitchen fire.
* HystericalWoman: Lisa shows shades of this upon awakening from cryo-sleep and freaking out over Walter and Danny's kitchen fire.
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* GroupHug: Walter and Danny do this to Lisa once she awakens from cryo-sleep and catches them stoking a fire in the kitchen, but [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funnily enough]], said kitchen-fire [[SkewedPriorities isn't the boys' main concern]] during that scene.
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* SkewedPriorities: Walter and Danny both realize everything will "reset" no matter who reaches the end first, but when Walter notices Danny's piece somehow got ahead of his he acts like Danny cheated and that the situation they are in is just a game instead of life and death. If anything Danny being ahead was a good thing because they were both closer to the end, but all Walter cares about is that he's behind because Danny "cheated". It all adds up if one assumes Walter genuinely believes Danny cheated and that the magical game will punish them for it.
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* SkewedPriorities: SkewedPriorities:
** Walter and Danny both realize everything will "reset" no matter who reaches the end first, but when Walter notices Danny's piece somehow got ahead of his he acts like Danny cheated and that the situation they are in is just a game instead of life and death. If anything Danny being ahead was a good thing because they were both closer to the end, but all Walter cares about is that he's behind because Danny "cheated". It all adds up if one assumes Walter genuinely believes Danny cheated and that the magical game will punish them forit.it.
** Walter and Danny GroupHug Lisa upon seeing her freed from cryo-sleep, all while there's a fire burning in the kitchen.
** Walter and Danny both realize everything will "reset" no matter who reaches the end first, but when Walter notices Danny's piece somehow got ahead of his he acts like Danny cheated and that the situation they are in is just a game instead of life and death. If anything Danny being ahead was a good thing because they were both closer to the end, but all Walter cares about is that he's behind because Danny "cheated". It all adds up if one assumes Walter genuinely believes Danny cheated and that the magical game will punish them for
** Walter and Danny GroupHug Lisa upon seeing her freed from cryo-sleep, all while there's a fire burning in the kitchen.
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* BilingualBonus: The celestial object Tsouris-3 causes the characters some problems, distress, or as it would be said in Yiddish, ''tsuris''.
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* BilingualBonus: The celestial object Tsouris-3 is pronounced like the Yiddish word ''tsuris'', which means trouble, and definitely causes the characters some problems, distress, or as it would be said in Yiddish, ''tsuris''.problems.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: The astronaut prevents Walter from making the same mistake he once did: wishing away his younger brother.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The players manage to survive all the hazards and dangers and make it to their destination, Zathura, [[spoiler:which turns out to be a black hole]]. The fact that it's actually the ResetButton makes this a {{subversion}}, but until the moment everything suddenly returns to normal, there's zero indication that they ''aren't'' about to die needlessly.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The players manage to survive all the hazards and dangers and make it to their destination, Zathura, [[spoiler:which turns out to be a black hole]]. The fact that it's actually the ResetButton makes this a {{subversion}}, but until the moment everything suddenly returns to normal, there's zero indication that they ''aren't'' about to die needlessly.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: The astronaut prevents Walter from making the same mistake he once did: wishing away his younger brother.]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: The players manage to survive all the hazards and dangers and make it to their destination, Zathura,[[spoiler:which which turns out to be a black hole]].hole. The fact that it's actually the ResetButton makes this a {{subversion}}, but until the moment everything suddenly returns to normal, there's zero indication that they ''aren't'' about to die needlessly.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The players manage to survive all the hazards and dangers and make it to their destination, Zathura,
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* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Lisa is obviously attracted to the astronaut before she finds out he's a future version of her brother Walter.]]
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* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Lisa Lisa is obviously attracted to the astronaut before she finds out he's a future version of her brother Walter.]]
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* TelescopingRobot: The robot from the game. [[spoiler: It starts out small, then transforms into a human sized killing machine.]]
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* TelescopingRobot: The robot from the game. [[spoiler: It game as it starts out small, small but then transforms rapidly grows into a human sized killing machine.]]
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* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:So, the first time he played the game, Walter never met an older astronaut, and he was stuck in space after wishing his brother away. The "second" time, which was actually the same time, they ''did'' roll up an astronaut for some reason, and things turned out differently. Or else they already met the astronaut the first time, when Walter wished his brother away, and no one knows where he went, leaving Walter alone in space till he was rolled up himself. (Also note: the astronaut quoted the card that rolled him up, so he seems to have seen it before). Another example: If the game granted the wish that the brother had never been born, he wouldn't have been the second player, so the game shouldn't have become unplayable. Furthermore, since the brother wouldn't have been there to start the game, the whole game should have been undone.]]
* UnrealisticBlackHole: [[spoiler: Zathura itself, one that administers the ResetButton.]]
* UnrealisticBlackHole: [[spoiler: Zathura itself, one that administers the ResetButton.]]
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* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:So, So, the first time he played the game, Walter never met an older astronaut, and he was stuck in space after wishing his brother away. The "second" time, which was actually the same time, they ''did'' roll up an astronaut for some reason, and things turned out differently. Or else they already met the astronaut the first time, when Walter wished his brother away, and no one knows where he went, leaving Walter alone in space till he was rolled up himself. (Also note: the astronaut quoted the card that rolled him up, so he seems to have seen it before). Another example: If the game granted the wish that the brother had never been born, he wouldn't have been the second player, so the game shouldn't have become unplayable. Furthermore, since the brother wouldn't have been there to start the game, the whole game should have been undone.]]
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* UnrealisticBlackHole:[[spoiler: Zathura itself, one that administers the ResetButton.]]
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* WastefulWishing: [[spoiler:When Walter gets a wish on the Shooting Star, he gets flustered because the Astronaut keeps badgering him to think carefully and not wish unwisely, and ends up wishing for a football signed by Brett Favre. Which he doesn't even get to keep, because it disappears along with everything else at the end of the game. To be fair, this ''was'' a wiser wish than the one the Astronaut was trying to steer him away from.]]
* WhamLine: When Danny sees [[spoiler: another version of himself after Danny makes a wish to help the Astronaut.]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for ''two'' of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I-I-I wished for The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]
** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something, [[spoiler: revealing what Zathura really is]]:
-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)'' [[spoiler: IT'S A BLACK HOLE! ZATHURA IS A BLACK HOLE!]]
* WhamShot:
** [[spoiler:Walter wishes for the Astronaut to get his brother back. Said brother appears in a flash of light and it is revealed to be Danny because the [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Astronaut is a grown up version of Walter]].]]
** After they [[spoiler: complete the game, Walter, Danny, and Lisa are left in their damaged house, figuring they made it home]]. And then [[spoiler: a Zorgon ship breaks the roof, attempting to hold on from Zathura, which is ''not'' a planet, but a '''black hole''']].
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Lisa at one point gushes over the Astronaut's eyes... [[spoiler:too bad he's [[SurpriseIncest her brother]] all grown up.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The results of Walter wishing away Danny in the first timeline are very ambiguous. It's never explicitly mentioned where Danny was sent, nor is it mentioned what happened to Lisa or what occurred in the real world while Walter was gone. Though it's possible the timeline was erased once everything was restored.]] It's completely left up to the audience what happened to the game after the movie's events.
* WhamLine: When Danny sees [[spoiler: another version of himself after Danny makes a wish to help the Astronaut.]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for ''two'' of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I-I-I wished for The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]
** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something, [[spoiler: revealing what Zathura really is]]:
-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)'' [[spoiler: IT'S A BLACK HOLE! ZATHURA IS A BLACK HOLE!]]
* WhamShot:
** [[spoiler:Walter wishes for the Astronaut to get his brother back. Said brother appears in a flash of light and it is revealed to be Danny because the [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Astronaut is a grown up version of Walter]].]]
** After they [[spoiler: complete the game, Walter, Danny, and Lisa are left in their damaged house, figuring they made it home]]. And then [[spoiler: a Zorgon ship breaks the roof, attempting to hold on from Zathura, which is ''not'' a planet, but a '''black hole''']].
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Lisa at one point gushes over the Astronaut's eyes... [[spoiler:too bad he's [[SurpriseIncest her brother]] all grown up.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The results of Walter wishing away Danny in the first timeline are very ambiguous. It's never explicitly mentioned where Danny was sent, nor is it mentioned what happened to Lisa or what occurred in the real world while Walter was gone. Though it's possible the timeline was erased once everything was restored.]] It's completely left up to the audience what happened to the game after the movie's events.
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* WastefulWishing: [[spoiler:When When Walter gets a wish on the Shooting Star, he gets flustered because the Astronaut keeps badgering him to think carefully and not wish unwisely, and ends up wishing for a football signed by Brett Favre. Which he doesn't even get to keep, because it disappears along with everything else at the end of the game. To be fair, this ''was'' a wiser wish than the one the Astronaut was trying to steer him away from.]]
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* WhamLine: When Danny sees[[spoiler: another version of himself after Danny makes a wish to help the Astronaut.]]
Astronaut.
-->'''Danny:'''[[spoiler: You wished for ''two'' of me?]]
me?
-->'''Walter:'''[[spoiler: No, I-I-I wished for The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]
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** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something,[[spoiler: revealing what Zathura really is]]:
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-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)''[[spoiler: IT'S A BLACK HOLE! ZATHURA IS A BLACK HOLE!]]
HOLE!
*WhamShot:
** [[spoiler:WalterWhamShot: Walter wishes for the Astronaut to get his brother back. Said brother appears in a flash of light and it is revealed to be Danny because the [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Astronaut is a grown up version of Walter]].]]
Walter]].
** After they[[spoiler: complete the game, Walter, Danny, and Lisa are left in their damaged house, figuring they made it home]]. home. And then [[spoiler: a Zorgon ship breaks the roof, attempting to hold on from Zathura, which is ''not'' a planet, but a '''black hole''']].
hole'''.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Lisa at one point gushes over the Astronaut's eyes... [[spoiler:too too bad he's [[SurpriseIncest her brother]] all grown up.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:[[spoiler: The results of Walter wishing away Danny in the first timeline are very ambiguous. It's never explicitly mentioned where Danny was sent, nor is it mentioned what happened to Lisa or what occurred in the real world while Walter was gone. Though it's possible the timeline was erased once everything was restored.]] It's completely left up to the audience what happened to the game after the movie's events.
* WhamLine: When Danny sees
-->'''Danny:'''
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** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something,
-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)''
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** After they
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Lisa at one point gushes over the Astronaut's eyes...
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Lisa develops a crush on the hunky astronaut, who turns out to be an older version of one of her ''brothers''. Once she learns this, she is, understandably, squicked out.]]
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Lisa develops a crush on the hunky astronaut, who turns out to be an older version of one of her ''brothers''. Once ''brothers'', and once she learns this, she is, understandably, is understandably squicked out.]]
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Walter in another timeline actually ''wished his brother out of existence.'' He was unable to complete the game without the other player and ended up wandering the cosmos to look for a way to undo his mistake. He wises up the second time though with a little help from his [[FutureBadass future self.]]]]
* CallASmeerpARabbit: "It's just a goat..." [[spoiler:Except it has four eyes on stalks.]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler:[[SurvivalMantra "It's not a goat! ]][[MadnessMantra It's not a goat!"]]]]
* CallASmeerpARabbit: "It's just a goat..." [[spoiler:Except it has four eyes on stalks.]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler:[[SurvivalMantra "It's not a goat! ]][[MadnessMantra It's not a goat!"]]]]
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Walter Walter in another timeline actually ''wished his brother out of existence.'' He was unable to complete the game without the other player and ended up wandering the cosmos to look for a way to undo his mistake. He wises up the second time though with a little help from his [[FutureBadass future self.]]]]
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: "It's just a goat..."[[spoiler:Except Except it has four eyes on stalks.]]
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-->'''Danny:'''[[spoiler:[[SurvivalMantra [[SurvivalMantra "It's not a goat! ]][[MadnessMantra It's not a goat!"]]]]goat!"]]
* CallASmeerpARabbit: "It's just a goat..."
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** The dumbwaiter, which they use to [[spoiler: sneak past the aliens and get the game in the cellar]].
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** The dumbwaiter, which they use to [[spoiler: to sneak past the aliens and get the game in the cellar]].cellar.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The book ends the Zathura game rather abruptly. [[spoiler:After Danny and Walter vow to work together in order to return to Earth, Walter gets sucked into a black hole. He lands at an earlier point in the story, when Danny found the Jumanji box. Walter throws away the games, effectively preventing their incomplete adventure from ever happening.]] In the movie, this occurrence takes place after one of the boys actually reaches the board's last space. [[spoiler:Plus, both brothers (and Lisa) backtrack retaining their memories of the game.]]
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* PrehistoricAnimalAnalogue: The Zorgons are partially inspired by [[RaptorAttack depictions of raptors]], being bipedal lizard-like human-sized aliens with mouths full of teeth.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The movie, to ''Film/{{Jumanji}}''.
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* AnAesop: The Astronaut to Walter and Danny: "There's just some games you can't play alone and you must work together as a team".
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* AnAesop: The Astronaut delivers a helpful one to Walter and Danny: "There's just some games you can't play alone and you must work together as a team".team". The brothers have spent a majority of their time together fighting. It's only thanks to the board game and The Astronaut did they learn that they have to put aside their petty sibling rivalry and work together as a family to survive.
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* BrickJoke: In every shot of the house floating through space, a bicycle is seen orbiting the house. In the final shot of the film, the bike crashes back into the front yard after everyone leaves.
** Walter to Lisa, which earns him a DeathGlare from her: [[spoiler: "Still think I have gorgeous eyes?"]].
** Walter to Lisa, which earns him a DeathGlare from her: [[spoiler: "Still think I have gorgeous eyes?"]].
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* BrickJoke: Two examples.
** In every shot of the house floating through space, a bicycle is seen orbiting the house. In the final shot of the film, the bike finally crashes back into the front yard after everyone leaves.
** Lisa's compliment about her crush The Astronaut's gorgeous eyes. [[spoiler: Little did anyone know was that The Astronaut was actually Lisa's brother Walter from an alternate timeline. Much to her disgust]]. When everything goes back to normal and the siblings leave to their mother's car, Walter jokes about it to Lisa, which earns him aDeathGlare Death Glare from her: [[spoiler: "Still think I have gorgeous eyes?"]].eyes]]?".
** In every shot of the house floating through space, a bicycle is seen orbiting the house. In the final shot of the film, the bike finally crashes back into the front yard after everyone leaves.
** Lisa's compliment about her crush The Astronaut's gorgeous eyes. [[spoiler: Little did anyone know was that The Astronaut was actually Lisa's brother Walter from an alternate timeline. Much to her disgust]]. When everything goes back to normal and the siblings leave to their mother's car, Walter jokes about it to Lisa, which earns him a
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The robot after it is reprogrammed.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The robot after it is reprogrammed.reprogrammed. The robot spends a majority of it's time trying to kill Walter and Danny. Luckily Walter remembers his "reprogram" card and uses it to change the robot's mind so that it could attack the Zorgons instead.]]
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*** The Astronaut is quick to chastise Walter for his bratty attitude and help Danny around the house even though he only just met them them minutes earlier.
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*** When after insisting on allowing the astronaut to stay against his wishes, [[spoiler: Walter asks Danny, "Whose brother are you, his or mine?" [[TheReveal The correct answer is both.]]]]
*** The astronaut's story about how he played the game with his brother, and accidentally erased his brother from existance by wishing on a shooting star; the way the astronaut is certain that Walter has wished for the same thing foreshadows [[spoiler:them being the same person]].
*** The astronaut mentions that [[spoiler: he passed through time to get here]]. It's treated as a joke, until you realize that [[spoiler: the astronaut is Walter]].
*** The first time we see the astronaut, [[spoiler:Walter's face is reflected in his helmet.]]
*** Lisa comments that her crush The Astronaut is very protective of her, Danny and Walter and that she feels really safe around him. [[spoiler: She should. He's her brother]].
*** The astronaut's story about how he played the game with his brother, and accidentally erased his brother from existance by wishing on a shooting star; the way the astronaut is certain that Walter has wished for the same thing foreshadows [[spoiler:them being the same person]].
*** The astronaut mentions that [[spoiler: he passed through time to get here]]. It's treated as a joke, until you realize that [[spoiler: the astronaut is Walter]].
*** The first time we see the astronaut, [[spoiler:Walter's face is reflected in his helmet.]]
*** Lisa comments that her crush The Astronaut is very protective of her, Danny and Walter and that she feels really safe around him. [[spoiler: She should. He's her brother]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: The Astronaut is this to Walter and Danny, helping them fend off the Zorgons, the giant robot and other dangers in the game.
** Lisa is this to her little brothers, using a piano to crush a Zorgon.
** Lisa is this to her little brothers, using a piano to crush a Zorgon.
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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
** Trapped right between crossfire the Zorgons and the killer robot who still attempts to harm Walter, Walter uses his "reprogram" card to change the robot's mind. It works and the robot immediately comes to Walter and Danny's defense and it targets the Zorgons instead, blasting right after them. The Zorgons panic and flee the house but the robot manages to make it onto one of the Zorgons spaceships and blows it up with the Zorgons inside of it, saving Walter and Danny from enemy fire in the process.
** Just as it seems like a distracted Walter and Danny are about to be eaten by a hungry Zorgon, the creature gets crushed by a piano courtesy of their protective older sister Lisa who used quick thinking and saved her brothers from the Zorgon.
** The Astronautis this to arrives just in the nick of time as Walter and Danny, helping them fend off Danny were being attacked by the Zorgons, Zorgons for the giant robot first time and other had no knowledge of what to do in such a hostile situation or how to complete the game. The Astronaut wastes no time walking Danny and Walter through the steps of how to stay safe and keep their dangers in away. And later, when Walter is ejected from the game.
** Lisa is thishouse (due to her little brothers, using a piano cheating), The Astronaut uses his space flight equipment to crush a Zorgon.fly after Walter into outer space to rescue him and bring him back to the house safely. And he didn't even wear his helmet.
** Trapped right between crossfire the Zorgons and the killer robot who still attempts to harm Walter, Walter uses his "reprogram" card to change the robot's mind. It works and the robot immediately comes to Walter and Danny's defense and it targets the Zorgons instead, blasting right after them. The Zorgons panic and flee the house but the robot manages to make it onto one of the Zorgons spaceships and blows it up with the Zorgons inside of it, saving Walter and Danny from enemy fire in the process.
** Just as it seems like a distracted Walter and Danny are about to be eaten by a hungry Zorgon, the creature gets crushed by a piano courtesy of their protective older sister Lisa who used quick thinking and saved her brothers from the Zorgon.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Astronaut describes this as his genuine reaction when [[spoiler: he made the mistake of wishing his brother away years ago and could not complete the game without him]].
** Walter's reaction after hearing The Astronaut's story. Because moments earlier, he had nearly made the same wish.
** Or what she almost done. [[spoiler: Lisa's reaction upon learning that her crush the Astronaut is actually a future version of her brother Walter.]]
** Walter's reaction after hearing The Astronaut's story. Because moments earlier, he had nearly made the same wish.
** Or what she almost done. [[spoiler: Lisa's reaction upon learning that her crush the Astronaut is actually a future version of her brother Walter.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Living with feelings of guilt, remorse and regret over the one mistake he made years ago, and still horrified at himself over his immature decision to [[spoiler: wish his little brother out of existence because he was so angry at him (without thinking about the consequences)]], The Astronautdescribes this as his genuine reaction when [[spoiler: he made makes various attempts to keep Danny and Walter from making the exact same mistake of wishing his brother away years ago and could not complete he did with the game without him]].
wish when he was their age.
** A brief second but the non-audible guilty look on Walter'sreaction after hearing face upon learning how The Astronaut's story. Because moments earlier, Astronaut [[spoiler: lost his brother by wishing him out of existence]] shows that he had nearly almost made the exact same wish.
wish and he's feeling regret about it.
** Or what she had almost done.[[spoiler: Lisa's reaction upon learning Lisa has been crushing on The Astronaut throughout the journey of the game and when she learns the truth that her crush the The Astronaut [[spoiler: is actually a future version of her brother Walter.]]Walter from an alternate timeline in the game]], she is appropriately shocked, disgusted, guilty and horrified. Implying in her reaction that she was contemplating kissing him at one point.
** Living with feelings of guilt, remorse and regret over the one mistake he made years ago, and still horrified at himself over his immature decision to [[spoiler: wish his little brother out of existence because he was so angry at him (without thinking about the consequences)]], The Astronaut
** A brief second but the non-audible guilty look on Walter's
** Or what she had almost done.
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* {{Doppelmerger}}: When Walter wishes for [[spoiler:the Astronaut to have his little brother back, a duplicate of Danny appears. This is what reveals that the Astronaut is actually an adult Walter from an alternate timeline. After he thanks Walter for bringing back his own Danny, he dissolves into a cluster of stars that enters Danny, representing the two timelines becoming one again.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly gives Zathura it's reality warping abilities? Who made the game and why? How did it end up in the basement of their father's house? None of these questions are ever given any explanation.
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* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly gives Zathura it's its reality warping abilities? Who made the game and why? How did it end up in the basement of their father's house? None of these questions are ever given any explanation.
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** It knows who's turn it is to play and refuses to let anyone else press the button and make it work. [[spoiler: The Astronaut/Walter shot himself in the foot with this one in an alternate past, as he wished his version of Danny out of existence but became trapped in the game forever as a result, because it was his brother's turn.]]
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** It knows who's whose turn it is to play and refuses to let anyone else press the button and make it work. [[spoiler: The Astronaut/Walter shot himself in the foot with this one in an alternate past, as he wished his version of Danny out of existence but became trapped in the game forever as a result, because it was his brother's turn.]]
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* TheDeterminator: Absolutely nothing will stop the robot from killing Walter. Not the gravitational pull of a star, getting stuck in a wall or falling down the stairs and being put out of commission for several hours. So long as the robot is active, it has one singular objective: ''Alien lifeform, must destroy''. [[spoiler: Until Walter uses the reprogram card on it and reboots it's AI that is.]]
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* TheDeterminator: Absolutely nothing will stop the robot from killing Walter. Not the gravitational pull of a star, getting stuck in a wall or falling down the stairs and being put out of commission for several hours. So long as the robot is active, it has one singular objective: ''Alien lifeform, must destroy''. [[spoiler: Until Walter uses the reprogram card on it and reboots it's AI its AI, that is.]]
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* AnAesop: The Astronaut to Walter and Danny: "There's just some games you can't play alone and you must work together as a team".
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-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]
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-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I I-I-I wished for The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]]]
** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something, [[spoiler: revealing what Zathura really is]]:
-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)'' [[spoiler: IT'S A BLACK HOLE! ZATHURA IS A BLACK HOLE!]]
** And after they've manage to complete the game, the house's wall is suddenly busted open by a Zorgon ship trying to flee as it gets sucked away into something, [[spoiler: revealing what Zathura really is]]:
-->'''Danny:''' ''(frightened)'' [[spoiler: IT'S A BLACK HOLE! ZATHURA IS A BLACK HOLE!]]
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* {{Expy}}: Some of the characters in the movie share elements of the characters from Jumanji.
** Walter and Danny playing the game are basically Judy and Peter but with a poor sibling bond.
** Lisa is like Sarah Whittle: (1) being the fourth member to help complete the game and (2) filling in as the love interest role for The Astronaut like Sarah Whittle to Alan Parrish. Except [[spoiler: they're actually siblings but she doesn't know that]].
** The Astronaut is like Alan Parrish, having been spun out of the game Walter and Danny are playing to help them.
** Walter and Danny playing the game are basically Judy and Peter but with a poor sibling bond.
** Lisa is like Sarah Whittle: (1) being the fourth member to help complete the game and (2) filling in as the love interest role for The Astronaut like Sarah Whittle to Alan Parrish. Except [[spoiler: they're actually siblings but she doesn't know that]].
** The Astronaut is like Alan Parrish, having been spun out of the game Walter and Danny are playing to help them.
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*** The Astronaut is quick to chastise Walter for his bratty attitude and help Danny around the house even though he only just met them them minutes earlier.
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*** Lisa comments that her crush The Astronaut is very protective of her, Danny and Walter and that she feels really safe around him. [[spoiler: She should. He's her brother]].
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* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that Walter acts like a brat to his little brother because he's having a hard time dealing with his parent's divorce.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Sure Walter's having a hard time because his parent's are divorced but that doesn't give him any good excuse to blame everything on his little brother Danny.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Sure Walter's having a hard time because his parent's are divorced but that doesn't give him any good excuse to blame everything on his little brother Danny.
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* TheScapeGoat: Danny gets disproportionately blamed for everything by Walter.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: The Astronaut yells at Walter after Danny seemingly disappears from the wish. Only because he didn't want Walter to make the same mistake he did with the wish years ago: ''wishing that his little brother had never born''.
* BigDamnHeroes: The Astronaut is this to Walter and Danny, helping them fend off the Zorgons, the giant robot and other dangers in the game.
** Lisa is this to her little brothers, using a piano to crush a Zorgon.
** Lisa is this to her little brothers, using a piano to crush a Zorgon.
** Walter to Lisa, which earns him a DeathGlare from her: [[spoiler: "Still think I have gorgeous eyes?"]].
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Lisa invokes this trope at the end.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Walter and Danny both mutally agree that wishing for a football and everything in Zathura never happened in the first place. Lisa invokes this trope at the end.
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** Walter's reaction after hearing The Astronaut's story. Because moments earlier, he had nearly made the same wish.
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* ObliviousToLove: The Astronaut is completely unaware of Lisa's attraction to him. And for good reason.
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* BigOMG: Lisa's reaction when [[spoiler: she learns that the astronaut she's been crushing on the entire film is an older version of her brother Danny from an alternate timeline]].
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* BigOMG: Lisa's reaction when [[spoiler: she learns that the astronaut she's been crushing on the entire film is an older version of her brother Danny Walter from an alternate timeline]].
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* BondOneLiner: Lisa, after crushing a Zorgon with a piano, "Lisa...is upstairs!".
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* BondOneLiner: Lisa, after crushing a Zorgon with a piano, "Lisa..."LISA...is upstairs!".
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* BondOneLiner: Lisa, after crushing a Zorgon with a piano, "Lisa...is upstairs!".
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-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for two of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for him to have his brother back...]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for him to have his brother back...]]
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-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for two ''two'' of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished forhim The Astronaut to have his brother back...]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for
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*** Both The Astronaut and Walter have the same "promoted to admiral captain" card.
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*** Both When the Astronaut asks whose turn was it that wished him, The Astronaut and Walter have has this to say to Walter
-->'''Walter:''' ''(Immediately gesturing to Danny with his head)'' [[TheStoolPigeon He did.]]\\
'''Astronaut:''' Don't be so quick to sell out your brother; he's thesame "promoted to admiral captain" card.only one you've got.
-->'''Walter:''' ''(Immediately gesturing to Danny with his head)'' [[TheStoolPigeon He did.]]\\
'''Astronaut:''' Don't be so quick to sell out your brother; he's the
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*** Both The Astronaut and Walter have the same "promoted to admiral captain" card.
** The Astronaut tries to calm Danny and Walter's fighting during the game despite having just met them.
** The Astronaut tries to calm Danny and Walter's fighting during the game despite having just met them.
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* BigOMG: Lisa's reaction when [[spoiler: she learns that the astronaut she's been crushing on the entire film is an older version of her brother Danny from an alternate timeline]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Astronaut describes this as his genuine reaction when [[spoiler: he made the mistake of wishing his brother away years ago and could not complete the game without him]].
** Or what she almost done. [[spoiler: Lisa's reaction upon learning that her crush the Astronaut is actually a future version of her brother Walter.]]
-->'''Lisa:''' Oh my God! And I wanted to...
** Or what she almost done. [[spoiler: Lisa's reaction upon learning that her crush the Astronaut is actually a future version of her brother Walter.]]
-->'''Lisa:''' Oh my God! And I wanted to...
* OhCrap:
** Danny and Walter when they start playing the game and then actual meteors rain down through their house, forcing them to take shelter.
** Lisa, [[spoiler: when she learns that the Astronaut she's been crushing on is actually a future grown-up version of her brother Walter from an alternate timeline]].
** Danny and Walter when they start playing the game and then actual meteors rain down through their house, forcing them to take shelter.
** Lisa, [[spoiler: when she learns that the Astronaut she's been crushing on is actually a future grown-up version of her brother Walter from an alternate timeline]].
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* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:Lisa is obviously attracted to the astronaut before she finds out he's a future version of her brother.brother Walter.]]
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* WhamLine: When Danny sees [[spoiler: another version of himself after Danny makes a wish to help the Astronaut.]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for two of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for him to have his brother back...]]
-->'''Danny:''' [[spoiler: You wished for two of me?]]
-->'''Walter:''' [[spoiler: No, I wished for him to have his brother back...]]
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* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Once the game begins and Danny draws the first card saying "METEOR SHOWER TAKE EVASIVE ACTION", it's made immediately clear just how real the game's effects are when a meteor shoots straight through the card that Walter is holding.
