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* Rod tells his stepfather he wants to save his life with a heart transplant, just to kill him. There is also the common theme of his father telling him he will never be a man because he cannot match his father in a fight. Eventually, Rod (nearly) lands a jump over more buses than UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel ever jumped, saves his father's life, then beats him up six months later. My theory is that Rod did not become a "man" in the movie, he became a god. His father was right, he could never become a man, but for his final jump he finally managed to call upon several different [[AnimalBattleAura animal ancestor spirits]] for their help (before he could only call one) and beats his dad even though he is told his new heart makes him stronger than before and suffered "10-20 broken bones" just six months earlier. His desire to save his father's life just to kill him is him wanting to be a god, to have the power to give and take away at will.