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!!The comic book character:
* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female UsefulNotes/{{bodybuilding}} pioneer.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The cancelled ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' video game could have been followed by an Elektra video game.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/Catwoman2004'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2021, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and the previous year's ''Film/Catwoman2004'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2021, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/Catwoman2004'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2020, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/Catwoman2004'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2020, 2021, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide).

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide). The only Marvel films that grossed lower than this film are ''Film/ManThing'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'' and ''Film/TheNewMutants''.
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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, and ''Elektra'' put a firm-sai-into-the-gut into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' ''Film/Daredevil2003'' put it on life support, and ''Elektra'' put a firm-sai-into-the-gut into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.



* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner. She only did the movie due to contractual obligations from ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.

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* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner. She only did the movie due to contractual obligations from ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.''Film/Daredevil2003''.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2020, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' ''Film/Catwoman2004'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2020, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.
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* PreviewPiggybacking: Screenings of the film came with the first trailer of ''Film/FantasticFour2005''.
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* DeletedRole: Creator/BenAffleck filmed a scene as Matt Murdock, but it was cut.

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* DeletedRole: Creator/BenAffleck filmed a scene as Matt Murdock, but it was cut.cut for unknown reasons.



* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a firm-sai-into-the-gut into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.
* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, and ''Elektra'' put a firm-sai-into-the-gut into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.
* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is also the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until 2020, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.



* UncreditedRole: Creator/{{Jason Isaacs}} as De Marco in the first scenes. Also TheCameo.

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* UncreditedRole: Creator/{{Jason Isaacs}} Creator/JasonIsaacs as De Marco in the first scenes. Also TheCameo.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/{{Jason Isaacs}} as De Marco in the first scenes. Also TheCameo.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically and financially.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The cancelled ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' video game could have been followed by an Elektra video game.
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* LyingCreator: Promotional materials claimed that the film had ties to the ''Film/XMen'' film series, as they were more popular than the ''Daredevil'' film. They only mentioned it as actually being only a ''Daredevil'' spin-off a week before its release.

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* LyingCreator: Promotional materials claimed that the film had ties to the ''Film/XMen'' film series, ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', as they were more popular than the ''Daredevil'' film. They only mentioned it as actually being only a ''Daredevil'' spin-off a week before its release.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically.critically and financially.
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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]]'s ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies. It took ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' to eventually prove that a female-led superhero movie can succeed critically.



* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female UsefulNotes/{{bodybuilding}} pioneer.

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* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female UsefulNotes/{{bodybuilding}} pioneer.pioneer.
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* CreatorKiller: ''Elektra'' killed the cinematic career of director Rob Bowman, whose credits past this point are on TV.
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* DeletedRole: Ben Affleck filmed a scene as Matt Murdock, but it was cut.

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* DeletedRole: Ben Affleck Creator/BenAffleck filmed a scene as Matt Murdock, but it was cut.
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** Also one where she has a rather steamy dream involving her ex, [[{{ComicBook/Daredevil}} Matt Murdock.]]

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** Also one where she has a rather steamy dream involving her ex, [[{{ComicBook/Daredevil}} [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock.]]



* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a [[spoiler: firm-sai-into-the-gut/]]dagger into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.
* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''{{Film/Divergent}}'' came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a [[spoiler: firm-sai-into-the-gut/]]dagger firm-sai-into-the-gut into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.
* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''{{Film/Divergent}}'' ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' franchises came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies.



* LyingCreator: Promotional materials claimed that the film had ties to the ''Film/XMen'' film series, as they were more popular than the ''Daredevil'' film. They only mentioned it as a ''Daredevil'' spin-off a week before its release.

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* LyingCreator: Promotional materials claimed that the film had ties to the ''Film/XMen'' film series, as they were more popular than the ''Daredevil'' film. They only mentioned it as actually being only a ''Daredevil'' spin-off a week before its release.



* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner. She only did the movie due to contractual obligations from ''{{Film/Daredevil}}''.

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* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner. She only did the movie due to contractual obligations from ''{{Film/Daredevil}}''.''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.



* StarDerailingRole: This film did some damage to Jennifer Garner's career, not helping matters was ''{{Series/Alias}}'' ending around the same time. She found herself in supporting roles and very few leading parts, and those that she did headline were not big enough hits to change her momentum. While she's had some well-received roles, she has yet to regain the former prominence she had.

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* StarDerailingRole: This film did some damage to Jennifer Garner's career, not helping matters was ''{{Series/Alias}}'' ''Series/{{Alias}}'' ending around the same time. She found herself in supporting roles and very few leading parts, and those that she did headline were not big enough hits to change her momentum. While she's had some well-received roles, she has yet to regain the former prominence she had.



* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} bodybuilding]] pioneer.

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* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} bodybuilding]] UsefulNotes/{{bodybuilding}} pioneer.

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* DeletedScene: A lot of the deleted scenes on the Director's Cut reveal Elektra's backstory from her childhood.

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* DeletedScene: DeletedRole: Ben Affleck filmed a scene as Matt Murdock, but it was cut.
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A lot of the deleted scenes on the Director's Cut reveal Elektra's backstory from her childhood.



* ExecutiveMeddling: The original cut was rated R but had to be toned down due to contractual obligations.



* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner.

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* GenreKiller: The failure of this and ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' put an end to female-led action movies for several years, until ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''{{Film/Divergent}}'' came along. It's widely thought that this is the reason Black Widow did not get a solo movie in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as well as other female superheroes having to be introduced as secondary characters in other movies.
* HeyItsThatPlace: The boat house is the same one from ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
* LyingCreator: Promotional materials claimed that the film had ties to the ''Film/XMen'' film series, as they were more popular than the ''Daredevil'' film. They only mentioned it as a ''Daredevil'' spin-off a week before its release.
* MissingTrailerScene: Trailers and TV spots show a ring of energy spreading out from the maze in the final action scenes. It does not show up in the final film.
* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner. She only did the movie due to contractual obligations from ''{{Film/Daredevil}}''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Elektra does not wear her hoop earrings from the comics, because Jennifer Garner did not have pierced ears.
* StarDerailingRole: This film did some damage to Jennifer Garner's career, not helping matters was ''{{Series/Alias}}'' ending around the same time. She found herself in supporting roles and very few leading parts, and those that she did headline were not big enough hits to change her momentum. While she's had some well-received roles, she has yet to regain the former prominence she had.
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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a [[spoiler: firm-sai-into-the-gut/]]dagger into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a [[spoiler: firm-sai-into-the-gut/]]dagger into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy. The rights reverted back to Marvel within 7 years and they negated the continuity of the movies.



* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} bodybuilding]] pioneer.

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* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} bodybuilding]] pioneer.
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If it didn\'t kill the Superhero genre, it\'s not Genre Killer.,


* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes ''again'' following several flops in the 80's.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide).



* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes.

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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes.superheroes ''again'' following several flops in the 80's.
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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes, or female action heroes in general, for a long time.

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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes, or female action heroes in general, for a long time.superheroes.
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!!The comic book character:
* Elektra's initial appearance was based on Lisa Lyon, a female [[UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} bodybuilding]] pioneer.
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* OldShame: Creator/JenniferGarner.

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* OldShame: For Creator/JenniferGarner.
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* OldShame: Creator/JenniferGarner.
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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes, or female action heroes in general, for a long time.

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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'', ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'' and ''[[{{Film/LaraCroftTombRaider}} Cradle of Life]]'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes, or female action heroes in general, for a long time.
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** Also one where she has a rather steamy dream involving her ex, [[{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock.]]

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** Also one where she has a rather steamy dream involving her ex, [[{{Daredevil}} [[{{ComicBook/Daredevil}} Matt Murdock.]]


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* GenreKiller: Along with ''{{Film/Catwoman}}'', its failure put Hollywood off films about female superheroes, or female action heroes in general, for a long time.
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* DeletedScene: A lot of the deleted scenes on the Director's Cut reveal Elektra's backstory from her childhood.
** Also one where she has a rather steamy dream involving her ex, [[{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock.]]
* FranchiseKiller: ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' put it on life support, ''Elektra'' put a [[spoiler: firm-sai-into-the-gut/]]dagger into the franchise, for lack of a better analogy.

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