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* RetroactiveRecognition: The third game features Creator/FrancoisChau and Creator/JoshLucas in early roles. It also served as one of the first "legitimate" acting roles for adult film star Ginger Lynn Allen.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The game's graphics. The page today contains some caveats about the graphics being a bit dated, but both ''Wing 1'' and ''Wing 3'' were famous for being ''absurdly'' cutting-edge when they released - as in, "you probably need to upgrade your computer to even ''consider'' running this game" cutting-edge. ''Wing 1'' set a graphical standard at the start of the [=90s=] that ''everyone'' had to match or exceed. Of course, the entire point is that people eventually did, especially as computers became ever more powerful, and today the games tend to show their age rather badly (although some do think the 2D cutscenes from the earlier games have aged a bit better, simply due to the skill of the artists).
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: OnceOriginalNowOverdone: The game's graphics. The page today contains some caveats about the graphics being a bit dated, but both ''Wing 1'' and ''Wing 3'' were famous for being ''absurdly'' cutting-edge when they released - as in, "you probably need to upgrade your computer to even ''consider'' running this game" cutting-edge. ''Wing 1'' set a graphical standard at the start of the [=90s=] that ''everyone'' had to match or exceed. Of course, the entire point is that people eventually did, especially as computers became ever more powerful, and today the games tend to show their age rather badly (although some do think the 2D cutscenes from the earlier games have aged a bit better, simply due to the skill of the artists).
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* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka]] is the crown prince and the [[BloodKnight most vicious]] of all the Kilrathi commanders. Ruthless [[EnfantTerrible from his youth]], Thrakhath demanded the execution of a minister who showed slight hesitation at the Terran invasion and distinguished himself with titanic bloodshed across the galaxy. As the Kilrathi [[DragonInChief commander-in-chief]] and the Emperor's heir, Thrakhath assumes more responsibility with his grandfather's infirmity, masterminding attacks across numerous systems with the intent to [[KillAllHumans exterminate humanity]] if they will not be enslaved. After capturing a squad of Terran fighters, Thrakhath summarily has them executed on the spot save for the lover of the heroic Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair, Angel Devereaux, whom Thrakhath personally murders with his own claws and saves the video to later taunt Blair with.
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* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka]] is the crown prince and the [[BloodKnight most vicious]] of all the Kilrathi commanders. Ruthless [[EnfantTerrible from his youth]], youth, Thrakhath demanded the execution of a minister who showed slight hesitation at the Terran invasion and distinguished himself with titanic bloodshed across the galaxy. As the Kilrathi [[DragonInChief commander-in-chief]] and the Emperor's heir, Thrakhath assumes more responsibility with his grandfather's infirmity, masterminding attacks across numerous systems with the intent to [[KillAllHumans exterminate humanity]] if they will not be enslaved. After capturing a squad of Terran fighters, Thrakhath summarily has them executed on the spot save for the lover of the heroic Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair, Angel Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux, whom Thrakhath [[TargetedToHurtTheHero personally murders murders]] with his own claws and saves the video to later taunt Blair with.
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* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka]] is the crown prince and the [[BloodKnight most vicious]] of all the Kilrathi commanders. Ruthless [[EnfantTerrible from his youth]], Thrakhath demanded the execution of a minister who showed slight hesitation at the Terran invasion and distinguished himself with titanic bloodshed across the galaxy. As the Kilrathi [[DragonInChief commander-in-chief]] and the Emperor's heir, Thrakhath assumes more responsibility with his grandfather's infirmity, masterminding attacks across numerous systems with the intent to [[KillAllHumans exterminate humanity]] if they will not be enslaved. After capturing a squad of Terran fighters, Thrakhath summarily has them executed on the spot save for the lover of the heroic Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair, Angel Devereaux, whom Thrakhath personally murders with his own claws and saves the video to later taunt Blair with.
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** Anything dealing with flying through a mine cluster in a ''Wing Commander'' game. You have to maneuver ''painfully slowly'' through these if you want to make it through. At least you can shoot {{Asteroid|Thicket}}s out of your way. [[DontTryThisAtHome Try the same with a space mine]] and...''BOOM!'' [[FinalDeath Twenty-one gun salute city for you]].
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** Anything dealing with flying through a mine cluster in a ''Wing Commander'' game. You have to maneuver ''painfully slowly'' through these if you want to make it through. At least you can shoot {{Asteroid|Thicket}}s out of your way. [[DontTryThisAtHome Try the same with a space mine]] and...''BOOM!'' [[FinalDeath Twenty-one gun salute city for you]].you.
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* GoodBadBugs: Asteroids and mines in the first two games only spawn within the area in front of your ship. Therefore, a good way of avoiding them while going at high speed is to constantly make wide turns back and forth, which keeps you from running right into the hazards that just came into existence in front of you.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The game's graphics. The page today contains some caveats about the graphics being a bit dated, but both ''Wing 1'' and ''Wing 3'' were famous for being ''absurdly'' cutting-edge when they released - as in, "you probably need to upgrade your computer to even ''consider'' running this game" cutting-edge. ''Wing 1'' set a graphical standard at the start of the [=90s=] that ''everyone'' had to match or exceed. Of course, the entire point is that people eventually did, especially as computers became ever more powerful, and today the games tend to show their age rather badly (although some do think the 2D cutscenes from the earlier games have aged a bit better, simply due to the skill of the artists).
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* FanPreferredCouple: Averted in that fans generally preferred Rachel to Flint in ''Wing Commander 3'' (perhaps due to the fact loading their own missiles was tedious). The novelizations had Blair marry Rachel after the events of ''Wing Commander 3'' but their relationship didn't last.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people like to pretend the FaceHeelTurn by [[spoiler: Hobbes]] due to his being a SleeperAgent either never happened or else had [[EarthShatteringKaboom a different]] [[NotWhatISignedOnFor justification]].
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* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people like to pretend the FaceHeelTurn by [[spoiler: Hobbes]] due to his being a SleeperAgent either never happened or else had [[EarthShatteringKaboom a different]] [[NotWhatISignedOnFor justification]].justification]].
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** Anything dealing with flying through a mine cluster in a ''Wing Commander'' game. You have to maneuver ''painfully slowly'' through these if you want to make it through. At least you can shoot {{Asteroid|Thicket}}s out of your way. [[DontTryThisAtHome Try the same with a space mine]] and...''BOOM!'' [[FinalDeath Twenty-one gun salute city for you]].
** There's also the mission with cloaking torpedoes in ''Wing Commander III''. Don't stray from that capital ship, or you'll miss the torpedo, and the mission becomes a failure.
** The infamous Kurasawa-2 mission in ''Wing Commander''. Yes, the one with Ralari defense (you have about ten seconds to destroy 4 heavy cat fighters, or else the craft you're supposed to be protecting goes boom). If you do manage to protect the captured enemy cruiser, you are sent straight to the victorious ending mission sequence. [[RammingAlwaysWorks Ramming the enemy fighters works wonders, it turns out.]]
* ThatOneLevel:
** Anything dealing with flying through a mine cluster in a ''Wing Commander'' game. You have to maneuver ''painfully slowly'' through these if you want to make it through. At least you can shoot {{Asteroid|Thicket}}s out of your way. [[DontTryThisAtHome Try the same with a space mine]] and...''BOOM!'' [[FinalDeath Twenty-one gun salute city for you]].
** There's also the mission with cloaking torpedoes in ''Wing Commander III''. Don't stray from that capital ship, or you'll miss the torpedo, and the mission becomes a failure.
** The infamous Kurasawa-2 mission in ''Wing Commander''. Yes, the one with Ralari defense (you have about ten seconds to destroy 4 heavy cat fighters, or else the craft you're supposed to be protecting goes boom). If you do manage to protect the captured enemy cruiser, you are sent straight to the victorious ending mission sequence. [[RammingAlwaysWorks Ramming the enemy fighters works wonders, it turns out.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Hobbes a SleeperAgent or [[NotWhatISignedOnFor a willful deserter]] (''[[HeelFaceTurn Both]]'' [[FaceHeelTurn times]])? [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe a little of both?]]
* DemonicSpiders: The Jalthis in ''Wing Commander'' may be slow, but their six-gun attacks are deadly, making escort missions very difficult.
* FanDislikedExplanation: The reason for [[spoiler: Hobbes']] FaceHeelTurn, that he was a SleeperAgent who was awakened by Thrakhath's use of "[[TitleDrop The Heart of the Tiger]]" in reference to Blair.
* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people like to pretend the FaceHeelTurn by [[spoiler: Hobbes]] due to his being a SleeperAgent either never happened or else had [[EarthShatteringKaboom a different]] [[NotWhatISignedOnFor justification]].
* DemonicSpiders: The Jalthis in ''Wing Commander'' may be slow, but their six-gun attacks are deadly, making escort missions very difficult.
* FanDislikedExplanation: The reason for [[spoiler: Hobbes']] FaceHeelTurn, that he was a SleeperAgent who was awakened by Thrakhath's use of "[[TitleDrop The Heart of the Tiger]]" in reference to Blair.
* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people like to pretend the FaceHeelTurn by [[spoiler: Hobbes]] due to his being a SleeperAgent either never happened or else had [[EarthShatteringKaboom a different]] [[NotWhatISignedOnFor justification]].
