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* {{Woolseyism}}: Because in the Italian language the historical general Hannibal is referred to as "Annibale", the dub changes the origin of Hannibal Chau's first name by having him say "I took it from my favorite [[Franchise/HannibalLecter character]]".
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* FirstInstallmentWins: The movie launched a small franchise of comic books, licensed games, [[Anime/PacificRimTheBlack a spinoff anime]], and a sequel movie, ''Film/PacificRimUprising''. However, only the reception of the original movie is largely positive, while the reception to all the follow-ups and tie-ins ranges from forgettable to terrible, with the sequel in particular being a FranchiseKiller and [[FanonDiscontinuity many fans try not to think about its existence]].
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*** Really, many of the Kaiju names could count. "Knifehead" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, "Mutavore" is nonsensical, "Raiju", the Kaiju, almost borders on ALeopardNamedLeonard and "Scunner" is an Irish term meaning "disgusting".
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*** Really, many of the Kaiju names could count. "Knifehead" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, "Mutavore" is nonsensical, "Raiju", the Kaiju, almost borders on ALeopardNamedLeonard ALizardNamedLiz and "Scunner" is an Irish Scottish slang term meaning "disgusting".
** The Elbow Rocket. Absolutely wacky in concept, but in practice makes the big punching robot punch even ''harder''.
** A lot of the worldbuilding elements are wacky in concept, from the Bone Slums ''literally built into the skeleton of a dead Kaiju,'' to Hannibal Chau's kaiju organ black market, which even sells the ''feces and skin parasites''. Yet strangely they work, helping flesh out the world and how society would respond to giant monsters.
** The very idea of the Jaegers and Kaiju being ''merchandised'' in-universe, with action figures and shoes based off them. Especially the Kaiju, which are ''living natural disasters that kill thousands of people.'' However, it does show humanity's complacency and overconfidence, until the Kaiju start sending in the second wave.
** A lot of the worldbuilding elements are wacky in concept, from the Bone Slums ''literally built into the skeleton of a dead Kaiju,'' to Hannibal Chau's kaiju organ black market, which even sells the ''feces and skin parasites''. Yet strangely they work, helping flesh out the world and how society would respond to giant monsters.
** The very idea of the Jaegers and Kaiju being ''merchandised'' in-universe, with action figures and shoes based off them. Especially the Kaiju, which are ''living natural disasters that kill thousands of people.'' However, it does show humanity's complacency and overconfidence, until the Kaiju start sending in the second wave.
** Trespasser appears for only a few seconds, but it establishes the start of the Kaiju war. Its six-day rampage and eventual death by three nukes are enough fuel for an entire movie on its own.
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* TheScrappy: Gottlieb has his share of haters for being a poor man's attempt at a comic relief, and MrExposition with a ridiculously theatrical posh English accent whilst hobbling around exaggeratedly on a walking stick
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* TheScrappy: Gottlieb has his share of haters for being a poor man's attempt at a comic relief, and MrExposition with a ridiculously theatrical posh English accent whilst hobbling around exaggeratedly on a walking stickstick. He gets better at least when he has Newton to play off against as a comic-relief duo.
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** Slattern rising up from the portal, looking every bit as hellish and demonic as the first known Category V.
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** On the Kaiju side, many express disappointment with Raiju's scant screentime and early demise, as its speed, agility, streamlined shape and split head with NestedMouths made it a quite memorable opponent that just ends up cleaved in two by Gipsy's sword after only two attacks.
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** Leatherback's grumpy personality and surprised OhCrap reaction when Gipsy enters the fray could make him somewhat qualify for this.
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** Fans have debated whether the Pacific Rim universe should have a crossover with the Film/MonsterVerse (Legendary's shared universe centered around Godzilla and King Kong). Those in favor of it claim that the crossover would draw more fans and attention to the Pacific Rim brand and if anything else would be [[RuleOfCool really]], [[CoolVsAwesome really]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny cool]]. Those against it are worried that a crossover could lead to the [=Monster Verse=]'s characters and Kaiju overshadowing those of Pacific Rim and that the two franchises are stylistically incompatible with each other.
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** Fans have debated whether the Pacific Rim universe should have a crossover with the Film/MonsterVerse (Legendary's shared universe centered around Godzilla and King Kong). Those in favor of it claim that the crossover would draw more fans and attention to the Pacific Rim brand and if anything else would be [[RuleOfCool really]], [[CoolVsAwesome really]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny cool]]. Those against it are worried that a crossover could lead to the [=Monster Verse=]'s characters and Kaiju overshadowing those of Pacific Rim and that the two franchises are stylistically incompatible with each other. As of the recent film ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'' taking on a more lighthearted tone veering away from the darker and grittier ''Film/Godzilla2014'', the idea of them crossing over has once again become popular.
** Trespasser too only appears in the prologue and gets little screen time, but the concept of a six-day war against a completely unknown foe in the pre-Jaeger days garnered quite some fan interest to see how it played out.
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*** Generally, most of the kaiju (Trespasser, Knifehead, Leatherback, Scunner, and Raiju) [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial are interpreted as male]], though Scunner occasionally is interpreted as female.
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** Newt and Hermann's fire-forged friendship also counts, given [[spoiler: Newt's FaceHeelTurn in the sequel.]]
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** Fans of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' also came to see Charlie Day as Newton Geizler, who brings the same manic chaotic energy as his other character, though here significantly more educated.
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** The film became quite a meme in the Philippines, due to the scene in the prologue where a Kaiju attacks Manila and [[{{Squick}} defecates all over the city.]] Some took offense at the "disrespect", while others jumped on the meme to poke fun at the Philippines at least getting a shout-out in a Hollywood movie.
*** With the popularity of ''Anime/VoltesV'' in the Philippines, many joked that Voltes V would be the Philippines' Jaeger. Becomes HilariousInHindsight with the release of ''Series/VoltesVLegacy'', a Filipino live-action adaptation that heavily referenced ''Pacific Rim'' for its battle sequences.
*** With the popularity of ''Anime/VoltesV'' in the Philippines, many joked that Voltes V would be the Philippines' Jaeger. Becomes HilariousInHindsight with the release of ''Series/VoltesVLegacy'', a Filipino live-action adaptation that heavily referenced ''Pacific Rim'' for its battle sequences.
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*** Further invoked with the release of ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', another Guillermo del Toro film about a human woman having sexual relations with an aquatic humanoid. Some joked that the title would have been more fitting for ''that'' film instead.
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** Due to the general disappointment the fandom has for ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' it has become a common in-joke to pretend that the sequel simply never existed. Comment sections on videos of the first film are full of jokes saying ''"What a great movie! Too bad it never had a sequel."'' and other similar discontinuity jokes.
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** Romeo Blue and Hardship, who only appear in a night-vision scene for a few seconds yet were liked enough to get action figures (and in-universe get merchandised as shoes themed after them).
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* MagnificentBastard: Hannibal Chau, the brilliant Black Market dealer, named for his "favorite historical character and second favorite Szechuan restaurant in Brooklyn" is a black market dealer in Kaiju parts who keeps his business well out of the authorities. Instantly recognizing the danger when scientist Newton arrives, having drifted with a Kaiju, Hannibal uses him as a decoy to escape to his own Kaiju bunker and helps him later recover a Kaiju brain. Seemingly devoured by a baby Kaiju, Hannibal survives and cuts his way out of the beast, his only concern being one of his missing shoes.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Domestically beaten during its opening week, having been beaten by the ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' and, yeah, ''Film/GrownUps'' sequels, to the point it's often referred to as a flop. Was met with greater success internationally. Especially in China where it made more money than in the United States, something still very rare for a Hollywood production. In general, the film did best in countries that had Jaegers to represent them.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Domestically beaten during its opening week, having been beaten by the ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Despicable Me|2}}'' and, yeah, ''Film/GrownUps'' sequels, to the point it's often referred to as a flop. Was met with greater success internationally. Especially in China where it made more money than in the United States, something still very rare for a Hollywood production. In general, the film did best in countries that had Jaegers to represent them.
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** In Japan, the film suffered from many circumstances such as its release dates coinciding with one of the most popular conventions, the niche-appeal of movie genres in Japan (TV serials are more popular given how movie tickets are very expensive), and Rinko Kikuchi's controversial reputation. Ironically, many big names of the mecha/kaiju genres loved the film, particularly Creator/GoNagai (''Anime/MazingerZ''), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GunBuster''), Creator/HideoKojima (''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'') and Fumito Ueda (''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''). Sadamoto's colleague Creator/HideakiAnno found it "not so interesting", although he admitted the things he finds interesting in the mecha genre are very hard to do in live action cinema.
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** In Japan, the film suffered from many circumstances such as its release dates coinciding with one of the most popular conventions, the niche-appeal of movie genres in Japan (TV serials are more popular given how movie tickets are very expensive), and Rinko Kikuchi's controversial reputation. Ironically, many big names of the mecha/kaiju genres loved the film, particularly Creator/GoNagai (''Anime/MazingerZ''), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GunBuster''), Creator/HideoKojima (''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'') and Fumito Ueda (''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''). Sadamoto's colleague Creator/HideakiAnno found it "not so interesting", although he admitted the things he finds interesting in the mecha genre are [[HardToAdaptWork very hard to do in live action cinema.cinema]].
