History Animation / WarOfTheWorldsGoliath

-->'''Abe:''' ''(stops repairing the Goliath)'' Can you hear something?

-->'''Patrick:''' ''(smirk)'' [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone Not a thing...]]

* DeerInTheHeadlights: As a child Eric froze at the sight of a tripod during the first invasion, and her parents were killed rushing from cover to save him. He freezes up momentarily on seeing them again as an adult, but fortunately is able to pull himself together.

** The Goliath is armed with an 88mm high-velocity cannon; the rapid-firing French 75 would be more appropriate for the era. O'Brien is shown firing a power-assisted machine gun turret during the New York battle. Infantry use bulky but still handheld air-cooled machine guns.

* CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like General Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons. They can [[AirborneAircraftCarrier launch aircraft from the top]], land mecha troops and deploy heavy weaponry.

* FrontlineGeneral: Teddy Roosevelt refuses to be evacuated during the New York battle, wielding a machine gun and shooting down Martian fighters. General Kushnirov also takes a [[HeroicSacrifice crucial and personal hand]] in the battle.

** The Goliath is armed with an 88mm high-velocity cannon; the rapid-firing French 75 would be more appropriate for the era.
** The infantry are using bulky but handheld air-cooled light machine guns. O'Brien is shown firing a World War 2 era power-assisted machine gun turret during the New York battle.

* AutoErotica: Or mech erotica in this case. After surviving several battles, [[PreClimaxClimax Jennifer Carter decides not to wait]] on expressing her passion for Eric, and throws herself on him while he's in the cockpit of the Goliath.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: A subplot involves an IRA cell in New York attempting to obtain A.R.E.S. weaponry to be used in the liberation of Ireland from the British. Even when they hear the Martians are invading they insist on going through with it, claiming that the invasion is the perfect opportunity to strike.

* CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like General Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons. They can [[AirborneAircraftCarriers launch aircraft from the top]], land mecha troops and deploy heavy weaponry.

* AutoErotica: Or mech erotica in this case. After surviving several battles, [[PreClimaxClimax Carter decides not to wait]] on expressing her passion for Eric.

* CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like General Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons.

* CoolAirship: Fully armed 1,500-foot airships like Gen. Kushnirov's flagship the ''Leviathan'' and the ''Agamemnon'' are A.R.E.S.'s most powerful weapons.

* The TitleSequence and credits use songs from Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds.

* RedShirtArmy: Despite having massive amount of armor plate, the Earth tripods are instantly blown to bits by heat rays. Infantry is armed with MGs, that, surprise! Do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Plink, plink, plink. Though they do a good enough job of shooting down Martian fighter craft.

* ShoutOut: At several points, when someone is zapped with a heat-ray, their face briefly transforms into [[Music/MotleyCrue a screaming skull with flames jetting from their eyes.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Sergei rams his ship into Martians' gigantic warship in order to destroy it, which causes it to both of them explode]].
* HollywoodTactics: Subverted with the Martians, who in addition to landing their forces in Europe deploy diversionary forces in three separate parts of North America before using the absence of A.R.E.S forces there to launch an all-out assault on New York City.

* MiniMecha: Both A.R.E.S. and the martians have smaller (but still deadly) single-person mechs in addition to the larger tripods.

* BigBad: The ruler of Mars, who is the overlord of the Martians, but not seen or mentioned.