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** ...Except when they speak perfectly good English the other half of the time. Consistency, not so much.

* MotiveDecay: Selfridge came to Pandora for his [[{{Unobtanium}} little gray rock]] and presumably Quaritch did too at the beginning. By the end of the film, though, he just seems intent on getting revenge on the entire planet.

* OfficeGolf: Selfridge does this, despite being on a planet where they probably don't make golf clubs.

* DracoInLeatherPants and/or RootingForTheEmpire

* RootingForTheEmpire

** Probably because he just didn't come across that way. He was a bit psyochotic to be sure but not totally evil.

* EvolutionaryLevels: The Na'vi are "more evolutionarily advanced" than humans (according to tie-in media), implying that evolutionary processes have 'levels', rather than just ... results. Could also be taken to describe the level of integration with their surroundings (even if this wasn't intended, it still seems to hold). However it happened, they ''did'' evolve the ability to link into wildlife like Neo plugs into the Matrix, so one could argue an extreme amount of adaptation to their environment could qualify. It seems that most advanced creatures of Pandora have that "Neo plugs", which could mean something (obviously Eywa) directed their evolution, eliminating non-compatible versions with mind-control compatible ones. So, technically, it's Intelligent Design...if that's what happened, which, this being fiction, is unlikely.

** Biblical name references abound, there are a few Hebrew words in the Na'vi language. Navi itself means "the prophet," and Eywa usually translates as "Eve," with the meaning "mother of all life."

* FriendToAllLivingThings: The Na'vi to the flora and fauna of Pandora. They are even able to [[PsychicLink neural link]] with them. Doesn't stop some of the flora and fauna from trying to kill them--nor does it stop them from killing said flora/fauna. Thye just apologize to it afterwords.

* HotAmazon: Neytiri

---{{Rifftrax}}'s interpretation.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Used as part of Quaritch's overall badass image. Oh, sure, he needs the oxygen mask ''eventually'', but he's not gonna waste time putting one on when there's stuff to shoot.

--> "Oh, yeah. Breathing. I suppose some of you [[Badass pussies]] need to do that..."
-{{Rifftrax}}'s interpretation.

** Considering that the native population is picking off humans bit by bit, it should not be surprising that he should feel this way.

* MoralEventHorizon: We understand you had your orders, ''[[spoiler: but did you have to sound so goddamn HAPPY when you destroyed Hometree, and slaughtered an unknown number of children?!?!?!]]''
** He looked more bored than happy. He likes to fight, not to massacre. And don't forget he did keep his promise to drive 'em out with gas first.

** Or he's, ya know, trying to at least stop a war-crazy traitor who's sole job was to get the Na'vi to leave Hometree peacefully, and instead rebelled (in his Avatar body that the RDA paid millions for) and caused the loss of countless human and Na'vi lives.

* HumansAreBastards: TheMovie. Tying, perhaps, with ''DistrictNine''. That said, only two major human characters are bona fide bastards. Grace is openly respectful of the native's culture, and Jake [[spoiler:and Trudy]] switch sides as soon as the MoralEventHorizon is crossed. However, aside from that, humans contribute absolutely nothing positive to the story and are essentially worthless to the plot except as antagonists. They are condemned for killing Mother Earth and even the protagonist [[spoiler: abandons his human identity to become an ACTUAL Navi for the rest of his life.]] If you read the HumansAreBastards article, it follows this movie ''exactly'' until you get to the "In many recent works...". The only thing missing from this movie is the evil hunters.
** Subverted, with WordOfGod stating the general human population of Earth is pissed off at the RDA's actions on Pandora.

* DesignatedHero: Jake, via some AlternateCharacterInterpretation. In the movie he: Screws up peaceful negotiations between the human and Na'vi, leading to the hometree getting destroyed, abandons humanity for a crush, and convince the obviously out-matched Na'vi to fight against the humans, gathers a war party, and promptly gets thousands more people (mostly Na'vi, but including humans) killed. The only reason he actually won in the end was due to a DeusExMachina.

* BloodKnight: The good Colonel seems to love combat [[ColonelKilgore a little too much]].
** On the contrary, considering how badly he tries to keep his men alive, it's more likely he's only so in favor of using force because it would neutralize the hostile forces that are whittling away at his forces, and because all the other proposed solutions seem so glaringly likely to fail. Which they do, and how.
** Not to mention that his entire plan to deal with a massive force of hostiles is to kill a tree to scare them off.

** After specifically sending a man to the Hometree to warn the Na'vi to get out. He might not be the nicest guy, but he sheds no tears for TooDumbToLive aliens.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Just look at this character sheet. Pretty much every morally questionable action he makes can be seen in two lights: A murderous, racist CompleteMonster, or a {{Badass}} War Hero who will stop at nothing to protect humanity or someone who believe's their actions are completely justifiable means to an end, combined with "a little bit" of stress.

* LawfulEvil

* NeutralGood: The Navi race as a whole.

* BaseBreaker - Your opinion of Quaritch depends on how good you thought the movie was - detractors of it often view him as a hero.

** A good ShutUpHannibal does not justify failing to address the "villain's" legitimate point.