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* BoxOfficeBomb: Sadly didn't fare very well in the patriotic United States. Budget, $105 million. Box office, $54,814,377 (domestic), $121,214,377 (worldwide).

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* RecycledScript: This film was originally to be an ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' ripoff called "Bug Hunt", then Verhoeven got the rights to the Heinlein story. Many wept that day.


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* RecycledScript: This film was originally to be an ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' ripoff called "Bug Hunt", then Verhoeven got the rights to the Heinlein story. Many wept that day.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Eric Bruskotter and Tami-Adrian George, who played recruits Breckinridge and Djana’D respectively. They are both introduced together as new recruits, and they both leave the movie together when [[DestructiveRomance Djana’D accidentally shoots Breckinridge in the head during a live firing round]], and Djana'D quits. [[HappilyEverAfter They have been married ever since]].
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** David [=DeLuise=] ([[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto,
** Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard,
** Creator/ElizabethDaily as Dizzy,
** James Marsden ([[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son,
** Creator/RinoRomano as Rico
** R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez,

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** David [=DeLuise=] ([[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto,
Brutto.
** Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) Creator/BillFagerbakke as Gossard,
Gossard.
** Creator/ElizabethDaily as Dizzy,
Dizzy.
** James Marsden ([[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) Creator/JasonMarsden as Brutto's son,
son.
** Creator/RinoRomano as Rico
Rico.
** R. Lee Ermey Creator/RLeeErmey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, Sanchez.



** Creator/ClancyBrown (also known for voicing [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lex Luthor]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Mr. Crabs]]) voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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** Creator/ClancyBrown (also known for voicing [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lex Luthor]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Mr. Crabs]]) voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.
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* MythologyGag: As with Verhoeven's earlier satire ''Film/RoboCop'', someone calls for a medic to help a character who is ''very'' obviously dead.

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* MythologyGag: As with Verhoeven's earlier satire ''Film/RoboCop'', ''Film/RoboCop1987'', someone calls for a medic to help a character who is ''very'' obviously dead.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Who woulda thought [[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] was a great Military Strategist that gets promoted to Colonel.
** [[Series/BreakingBad Hank Schrader]] is the commander of the Mobile Infantry boot camp.
** Amy Smart is one of Carmen's fellow pilots.
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* MythologyGag: As with Verhoeven's earlier satire ''Film/RoboCop'', someone calls for a medic to help a character who is ''very'' obviously dead.
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!! [[Literature/StarshipTroopers]]:

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!! [[Literature/StarshipTroopers]]:[[Literature/StarshipTroopers The book]]:
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!! [[Literature/StarshipTroopers]]:
* ScienceMarchesOn: The planet where life doesn't evolve because it doesn't get enough mutation-causing radiation. We now know that even with zero radiation, the enzymes that replicate DNA still make mistakes sometimes.
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** E.G. Daily ([[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy,

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** E.G. Daily ([[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) Creator/ElizabethDaily as Dizzy,
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** Rino Romano (VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico

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** Rino Romano (VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) Creator/RinoRomano as Rico
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Your only hope to (legally) obtain a copy of this game is via Amazon or Website/EBay.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Your Nowadays, the game is quiet rare; your only hope to (legally) obtain a copy of this game is via Amazon or Website/EBay.Website/EBay. See also AbandonWare.
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** [[BreakingBad Hank Schrader]] is the commander of the Mobile Infantry boot camp.

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** [[BreakingBad [[Series/BreakingBad Hank Schrader]] is the commander of the Mobile Infantry boot camp.
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** Amy Smart is one of Carmen's fellow pilots.

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* DawsonCasting: Casper Van Diem, Patrick Muldoon and Dina Meyer were ''twenty-nine'' playing ''high school graduates'', Denise Richards was 26, and the other "high schoolers" weren't much younger.

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* DawsonCasting: Casper Van Diem, Dien, Patrick Muldoon and Dina Meyer were ''twenty-nine'' playing ''high school graduates'', Denise Richards was 26, and the other "high schoolers" weren't much younger.


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** Rino Romano (VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez,

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** Rino Romano (VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico Rico
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** Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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** Creator/ClancyBrown (also known for voicing [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Lex Luthor]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Mr. Crabs]]) voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.
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** [[BreakingBad Hank Schrader]] is the commander of the Mobile Infantry boot camp.
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* FanNickname: For Creator/NeilPatrickHarris' character -- "[[Series/DoogieHowserMD Doogie Howser]], [[PuttingOnTheReich SS]]".


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* RecycledScript: This film was originally to be an ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' ripoff called "Bug Hunt", then Verhoeven got the rights to the Heinlein story. Many wept that day.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Who woulda thought [[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] was a great Military Strategist that gets promoted to Colonel.
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* DawsonCasting: Casper Van Diem, Patrick Muldoon and Dina Meyer were ''twenty-nine'' playing ''high school graduates'', Denise Richards was 26, and the other "high schoolers" weren't much younger.
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!! [[Franchise/StarshipTroopers The Franchise in general]]:

* TheWikiRule: There's the Starship Troopers Wikia, which can be found [[http://starshiptroopers.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page here]].
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** ''PowerRangers'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' -- the armor from this movie has shown up ''everywhere''. After getting passed around Hollywood for years several of the suits were eventually sold for use in the third movie, making this a weird circular trope.
** The [[Film/AlienResurrection USM Auriga]] appears to have been made from a modified model of the Rodger Young, or one of its sister ships.

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** ''PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' -- the armor from this movie has shown up ''everywhere''. After getting passed around Hollywood for years several of the suits were eventually sold for use in the third movie, making this a weird circular trope.
** The [[Film/AlienResurrection USM Auriga]] Auriga in ''Film/AlienResurrection'' appears to have been made from a modified model of the Rodger Young, or one of its sister ships.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally going to be ported to the PlayStation2.

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!! [[WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles CGI Series]]:

* HeyItsThatVoice: HeyItsThatVoice:
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David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR ([[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Brutto,
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Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, Gossard,
**
E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls ([[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, Dizzy,
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James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents ([[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, son,
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Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) (VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Sanchez,
** [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic
Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein.
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Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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!! [[VideoGame/StarshipTroopers 2005 First Person Shooter]]:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally going to be ported to the PlayStation2.PlayStation2.

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** ''PowerRangers'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' -- the armor from this movie has shown up ''everywhere''. After getting passed around Hollywood for years several of the suits were eventually sold for use in the third movie, making this a weird circular trope.
** The [[Film/AlienResurrection USM Auriga]] appears to have been made from a modified model of the Rodger Young, or one of its sister ships.
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* WorkingTitle: ''Bug Hunt'', an unrelated script that was later changed into an adaptation of [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the novel]].

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.Zim.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally going to be ported to the PlayStation2.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown Creator/ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[{{Gargoyles}} ([[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: David [=DeLuise=] ([[MegasXLR Coop]]) as Brutto, Bill Fagerbakke ([[{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]], [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]]) as Gossard, E.G. Daily ([[ThePowerpuffGirls Buttercup]], [[{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]]) as Dizzy, James Marsden ([[TheFairlyOddparents Chester McBadbat]], [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Max Goof]]) as Brutto's son, Rino Romano (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic) as Rico R. Lee Ermey as Sky Marshal Sanchez, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Raphael Sbarge]] as Lt. Bernstein. ClancyBrown voices his film role of Sergeant Zim.

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