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This story has been used several times in fiction since then, inspiring paintings by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn and Creator/PeterPaulRubens, having Samson squared off against Superman in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages]] and even having his own title (see ''ComicBook/MightySamson'') highlighting him as a likely inspiration for and UrExample of the modern superhero. Samson has a surprising amount in common with early Superman (superstrength, likes to screw with people, takes on corrupt government/aristocracy/business).
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This story has been used several times in fiction since then, inspiring paintings by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn and Creator/PeterPaulRubens, having Samson squared off against Superman Franchise/{{Superman}} in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages]] and even having his own title (see ''ComicBook/MightySamson'') highlighting him as a likely inspiration for and UrExample of the modern superhero. Samson has a surprising amount in common with early Superman (superstrength, likes to screw with people, takes on corrupt government/aristocracy/business).
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--> '''Saran.''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Lord Athur!]] Military Governor of Dan! Prince of Philistia! Emir of Armies! [[EnragedByIdiocy Beaten with the jawbone of an]] '''[[EnragedByIdiocy ASS!]]'''... Are you a soldier, or a clown commanding fools?
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It should be noted that because of the aforementioned character traits of super strength, trickery, and skirt chasing, as well as the plot point of being crippled and betrayed by a woman he loved, many mythologists believe that Samson was actually a Christianized version of the Greek hero Hercules.
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It should be noted that because of the aforementioned character traits of super strength, trickery, and skirt chasing, as well as the plot point of being crippled and betrayed by a woman he loved, many mythologists believe that Samson was actually a Christianized version of the Greek hero Hercules.
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* CrapsackWorld: The 1949 film depicts the Land of Dan as this, as the Philistines oppress the Je
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* CrapsackWorld: The 1949 film depicts the Land of Dan as this, as the Philistines oppress the JeJewish people with a military dictatorship that abolishes most of their culture and makes them serve their conquerors hand and foot.
* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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--> '''Saran.''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Lord Athur!]] Military Governor of Dan! Prince of Philistia! Emir of Armies! [[EnragedByIdiocy Beaten with the jawbone of an '''ASS!''']]... Are you a soldier, or a clown commanding fools?
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--> '''Saran.''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Lord Athur!]] Military Governor of Dan! Prince of Philistia! Emir of Armies! [[EnragedByIdiocy Beaten with the jawbone of an '''ASS!''']]...an]] '''[[EnragedByIdiocy ASS!]]'''... Are you a soldier, or a clown commanding fools?
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* CrapsackWorld: The 1949 film depicts the Land of Dan as this, as the Philistines oppress the Jewish people with a military dictatorship that abolishes most of their culture and makes them serve their conquerors hand and foot.
* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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* CrapsackWorld: The 1949 film depicts the Land of Dan as this, as the Philistines oppress the Jewish people with a military dictatorship that abolishes most of their culture and makes them serve their conquerors hand and foot.
* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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* CurbStompBattle: Samson versus [[TooDumbToLive anybody who was stupid enough to try fighting Samson]], unless they knew his WeaksauceWeakness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the Saint-Saëns opera and the 1949 film version]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
* DumbMuscle: Gee, Samson, after the first few times Delilah springs the Philistines on you, maybe you'd figure out that she's setting you up and not [[TooDumbToLive tell her the actual secret of your strength]]?
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Samson explains this to Delilah, causing his doom.
* EyeScream: After finally capturing Samson, the Philistines gouge his eyes out.
* FatalFlaw: Samson's {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice in the 1949 film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies.
* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
%%* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces. Averted in [[spoiler:the 1949 film version, where she is killed when Samson brings down the temple on the Philistines.]]
* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
* MrFanservice: It's not uncommon for Samson to be shirtless in either art or the film adaptations.
%%* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
* OneManArmy: Samson killed ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
* RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
* SenseLossSadness: In Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's oratorio, Samson's aria "Total Eclipse" describes his feelings at being blind. As [[RealitySubtext Handel had lost his own sight]], performances were said to move the composer and the audience to tears.
* SuperStrength: Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
* TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, burying himself and his enemies in it.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength, just so she could betray him to the Philistines.
* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
* TooDumbToLive: Samson revealing the real secret of his strength to Delilah, after she'd already demonstrated several times that he would be betrayed to the Philistines with whatever thing he told her was the secret of his strength.
* TouchedByVorlons: The reason for Samson's strength is part of God's plan.
%%* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off by Delilah, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* {{Tsundere}}: Delilah is often portrayed as this towards Samson in the film adaptations.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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This story been used several times in fiction since then, inspiring paintings by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn and Creator/PeterPaulRubens, having Samson squared off against Superman in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages]] and even having his own title (see ''ComicBook/MightySamson'') highlighting him as a likely inspiration for and UrExample of the modern superhero. Samson has a surprising amount in common with early Superman (superstrength, likes to screw with people, takes on corrupt government/aristocracy/business).
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This story has been used several times in fiction since then, inspiring paintings by Creator/RembrandtVanRijn and Creator/PeterPaulRubens, having Samson squared off against Superman in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages]] and even having his own title (see ''ComicBook/MightySamson'') highlighting him as a likely inspiration for and UrExample of the modern superhero. Samson has a surprising amount in common with early Superman (superstrength, likes to screw with people, takes on corrupt government/aristocracy/business).
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Happens all the time in the story. First, Samson robs and kills 30 people over the Philistines figuring out the answer to his riddle through his wife. Then, after finding out his wife's father had her betrothed to someone else, Samson burned Philistine crops, no doubt causing a famine. After the arson attack, the Philistines, instead of punishing him, punish his ex-wife and her father. Then finally, at the end of the story, he topples a Philistine temple, killing 3000 people, because the Philistine military stabbed his eyes.
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* KillEmAll: Happens to both soldiers and civilians throughout the story, from robbing and killing 30 people over a riddle to burning entire fields of Philistine crops, causing mass starvation, from slaying an army of a thousand men sent to apprehend him to toppling a temple full of 3000 people.
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* PyroManiac: Samson burns Philistine crops after learning that his first wife's father betrothed her to someone else.
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* TheFamine: What no doubt happened as a result of Samson burning Philistine crops.
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* BigBad: The 1949 version has the Saran of Gaza, who has conquered the people of Israel.
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* BigBad: The 1949 version has the Saran of Gaza, who has conquered the people of Israel.Israel and sends [[TheVamp Delilah]] to seduce and destroy [[TheHero Samson]], who leads the rebellion against him.
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** The [=DeMille=] film specifies that donkeys' skulls and jawbones were used by court jesters. One is present at Samson's arrest at Etam to mock his "defeat". Samson uses his donkey skull. Lots of "ass" jokes in these scenes as the [[MagnificentBastard Saran of Gaza]] realizes how this is going to make his empire look to the rest of the world.
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** The [=DeMille=] film specifies that donkeys' skulls and jawbones were used by court jesters. One is present at Samson's arrest at Etam to mock his "defeat". Samson uses his donkey skull. Lots of "ass" jokes in these scenes as the [[MagnificentBastard Saran of Gaza]] Gaza realizes how this is going to make his empire look to the rest of the world.
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* AntiHero: A super-strong temperamental man who is tempted easily into committing some questionable deeds.
** And not just him. Sadly, a whole heap of Biblical Israel's heroes and leaders turn out to have their own terrible flaws.
* BadassIsraeli: The most badass of them all.
** And not just him. Sadly, a whole heap of Biblical Israel's heroes and leaders turn out to have their own terrible flaws.
* BadassIsraeli: The most badass of them all.
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* AntiHero: A Samson is a super-strong temperamental man who is tempted easily into committing some questionable deeds.
** And not just him. Sadly, a whole heap of Biblical Israel's heroes and leaders turn out to have their own terrible flaws.
*%%* BadassIsraeli: The most badass of them all.
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* BondOneLiner: "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a jackass, I have made jackasses out of them]]."
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* BondOneLiner: BondOneLiner:
** "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a jackass, I have made jackasses out of them]]."
** "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a jackass, I have made jackasses out of them]]."
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* BreakTheHaughty: Samson's life story, his rise, his fall and his ultimate sacrifice could be seen as this.
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* HoneyTrap: Did we mention Delilah was a Philistine?
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; [[InUniverse but then]], [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement He once killed a bunch of people with a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces.
** [[spoiler:She dies in the 1949 film version, killed in the temple Samson brings down on the Philistines.]]
* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; [[InUniverse but then]], [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement He once killed a bunch of people with a donkey's jawbone]].
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver pieces.
** [[spoiler:She dies in the 1949 film version, killed in the temple Samson brings down on the Philistines.]]
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* IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]];
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Samson once killed a bunch of people with [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement
* KarmaHoudini: Delilah sells Samson to the Phillistines and gets silver
** [[spoiler:She dies
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* NameAndName: Samson and Delilah.
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* RiddleMeThis: Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
** GeniusBonus: The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
** GeniusBonus: The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
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* RiddleMeThis: RiddleMeThis:
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
**GeniusBonus: The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
** Samson challenges his wedding guests with a bet on the riddle, "Out of the eater came something to eat / Out of the strong came something sweet." The guests aren't able to guess it, so they resort to cheating by pressuring his wife to extract the answer from him. Samson [[BerserkButton doesn't take this well at all]]. (The answer is that [[spoiler:Samson killed a lion and discovered that bees had made honey in its carcass.]])
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* SuperStrength: Samson.
* TakingYouWithMe[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: When he destroyed the Philistine temple, with himself and his enemies in it.
** And thereby, with one act, killed more Philistines than in the rest of his life put together.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Delilah nagged Samson day after day until he finally got sick of it and told her the true secret of his strength just to shut her up. Whoops.
* TakingYouWithMe[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: When he destroyed the Philistine temple, with himself and his enemies in it.
** And thereby, with one act, killed more Philistines than in the rest of his life put together.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Delilah nagged Samson day after day until he finally got sick of it and told her the true secret of his strength just to shut her up. Whoops.
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* SuperStrength: Samson.
Samson's strength enabled him to slay a lion with his bare hands and made him a literal OneManArmy. Unfortunately, his power was tied to his hair, which, when cut, turned him into a regular man.
*TakingYouWithMe[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: When he destroyed TakingYouWithMe: The story ends with Samson destroying the Philistine temple, with burying himself and his enemies in it.
** And thereby, with one act, killed more Philistines than in the rest of his life put together.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In an inversion, it's Delilah nagged Samson day after day until he finally got sick of it and told who repeatedly begs the protagonist to tell her the true secret of his strength strength, just so she could betray him to shut her up. Whoops.the Philistines.
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* TragicHero: Samson could be seen as this.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off thanks to Delilah's betrayal, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off thanks to Delilah's betrayal, he lost his SuperStrength and was captured and blinded by the Philistines.
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* TraumaticHaircut: When Samson's hair was cut off
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of his vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength.
** According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules, all ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
** According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules, all ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Cutting his hair, drinking alcohol, or touching the dead were all part of his Samson's vows, and when all of them were broken, he lost his strength.
**strength. According to the Bible, most of Samson's exploits happened after he disregarded ''all'' those rules, all rules ''except'' cutting his hair. His long mane was indeed the key to his strength, even after [[RefusalOfTheCall he reneged on his promise to God]]. (The vows and the ban on haircutting are typical of the Nazirites, a type of consecrated badass, something like warrior monks.)
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Samson is noted for having SuperStrength, a blessing of being [[TouchedByVorlons chosen by God]] to be the one to [[MissionFromGod free Israel from the Philistines]]. He's also the most unlikely person for the job, being something of a [[TheTrickster trickster]] and a [[HandsomeLech skirt chaser]]. He also has a habit of choosing wives who tend to screw him over. In the end he sacrifices himself and takes everybody and everything with him. This is why Israel's massive retaliation plan in case of near military defeat is called UsefulNotes/TheSamsonOption.
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Samson is noted for having SuperStrength, a blessing of being [[TouchedByVorlons chosen by God]] to be the one to [[MissionFromGod free Israel from the Philistines]]. He's also the most unlikely person for the job, being something of a [[TheTrickster trickster]] and a [[HandsomeLech skirt chaser]]. He also has a habit of choosing wives who tend to screw him over. In the end he sacrifices himself and [[TakingYouWithMe takes everybody and everything with him.him]]. This is why Israel's massive retaliation plan in case of near military defeat is called UsefulNotes/TheSamsonOption.
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* BondOneLiner: "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a jackass]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I have made jackasses out of them]]."
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* BondOneLiner: "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a jackass]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome jackass, I have made jackasses out of them]]."
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Betraying someone for money isnt objectively any less villainous than betraying them out of revenge
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In Saint-Saëns' opera Delilah is subject to this, as in the original story she only betrayed Samson for silver, while in the opera she sets out to destroy him as revenge for her people’s and her god's defeat at his hands.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Delilah is killed in the 1949 film version]].
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* CrapsackWorld: The 1949 film depicts the Land of Dan as this, as the Philistines oppress the Jewish people with a military dictatorship that abolishes most of their culture and makes them serve their conquerors hand and foot.
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* TheHeroDies: Samson pulls the Temple of Dagon down upon him and the entire Philistine nobility.
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** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of a jackass, I have heaped them up in a mass."
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** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of a jackass, an ass, I have heaped them up in a mass."
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Samson's downfall comes from making some extremely stupid decisions while pursuing women, most notably Delilah of course.
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** GeniusBonus: The answer they gave, itself in the form of a couple of questions, is actually another ancient riddle. "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" The answer to ''that'' riddle also provides a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: the answer is "love" in the sense of ''erotic desire''. Samson's "love" for Delilah would ultimately lure him into a HoneyTrap, with her wiles ultimately proving to be enough to overcome even his miraculous strength.
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* IdiotPlot: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; [[InUniverse but then]], [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
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* IdiotPlot: IdiotBall: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; [[InUniverse but then]], [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
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* IdiotPlot: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; but then, [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
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* IdiotPlot: Delilah would ''never'' have gotten the secret to Samson's success out of him if he hadn't been [[LoveMakesYouDumb thinking with the wrong head]]; [[InUniverse but then, then]], [[JustifiedTrope that's kind of the point]].
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* BondOneLiner: "[[BadassBoast With a donkey's jawbone]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I have made donkeys of them]]."
** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of an ass, I have laid them in a mass."
** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of an ass, I have laid them in a mass."
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* BondOneLiner: "[[BadassBoast With the jawbone of a donkey's jawbone]], jackass]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I have made donkeys jackasses out of them]]."
** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone ofan ass, a jackass, I have laid heaped them up in a mass."
** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of
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* AnAesop: In addition to the obvious "Think with the head on your shoulders rather than [[LoveMakesYouDumb the one between your legs]]," this tale was originally intended as an analogy for all of Israel: just as Samson's weakness for Delilah got him handed over to his enemies, so too did Israel's idolatry with other nations' gods repeatedly get the Israelites handed over to their enemies; the bigger moral was "[[ThisLoserIsYou You idolatrous Israelites aren't much brighter than Samson.]]"
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* AntiHero: A super strong man who is tempted easily.
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* AntiHero: A super strong super-strong temperamental man who is tempted easily.easily into committing some questionable deeds.
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* BadassIsraeli: The most BadAss of them all.
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* BadassIsraeli: The most BadAss badass of them all.
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His life's story has been the subject of one Creator/CecilBDeMille theatrical film, 1949's ''Samson and Delilah'' starring Creator/VictorMature and Creator/HedyLamarr in the title roles, which was remade twice on TV, the first in 1984 (with Mature doing a cameo as Samson's father) and another in 1996 (which featured Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/MichaelGambon and Creator/ElizabethHurley); Delilah tends to get more screen time in the films than she does in the original story. There's also an {{opera}}tic version by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, the source of the popular concert piece "Bacchanal", and an {{oratorio}} by Music/GeorgeFredericHandel.
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His life's story has been the subject of one Creator/CecilBDeMille theatrical film, 1949's ''Samson and Delilah'' starring Creator/VictorMature and Creator/HedyLamarr in the title roles, which was remade twice on TV, the first in 1984 (with Mature doing a cameo as Samson's father) and another in 1996 (which featured Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/MichaelGambon and Creator/ElizabethHurley); Delilah tends to get more screen time in the films than she does in the original story. There's also an {{opera}}tic version by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, the Saint-Saëns (the source of the popular concert piece "Bacchanal", "Bacchanal"), and an {{oratorio}} by Music/GeorgeFredericHandel.
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* FatalFlaw: Samson's lust--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
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* FatalFlaw: Samson's lust--for {{lust}}--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
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** In the original Hebrew, Samson is making a {{pun}} on the similar sound of the words for "donkey" and "heap" (of bodies); a closer translation might be "With the jawbone of an ass, I have laid them in a mass."
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* FatalFlaw: Samson's lust--for Philistine women in particular--does not work out well for him. {{Pride}} also plays a big part in his downfall.
