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* BadassBoast: Gives out one during his LastVillainStand against Jake.
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* BadassBoast: BadassBoast:
** Gives out one during his LastVillainStand against Jake.
-->'''Quaritch:''' --->'''Quaritch:''' Nothin's over while ''I'm'' breathin'!breathin'!
** ''The Way of Water'' shows that he made another one right before the final battle of the first film directed at his potential future Recombinant copy:
--->'''Quaritch:''' You're a recom now, Colonel... loaded with my memories and my charm. What you won't remember is my death because it hasn't happened yet... and it ain't gonna!
** Gives out one during his LastVillainStand against Jake.
** ''The Way of Water'' shows that he made another one right before the final battle of the first film directed at his potential future Recombinant copy:
--->'''Quaritch:''' You're a recom now, Colonel... loaded with my memories and my charm. What you won't remember is my death because it hasn't happened yet... and it ain't gonna!
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: We first see him right after his death, and he's only briefly mentioned afterward in the first act. But his death paved the way for Jake, who previously didn't have the interest in or aptitude for journeying to Pandora, to join the Avatar program and become a vital actor in the battle for the moon.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: We first see him right after his death, and he's only briefly mentioned afterward in the first act.act; his own twin brother barely even mourns him. But his death paved the way for Jake, who previously didn't have the interest in or aptitude for journeying to Pandora, to join the Avatar program and become a vital actor in the battle for the moon.
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Jake's twin brother. He was a scientist who joined and trained for the Avatar program before the events of the first film. Sadly, he was killed by a mugger before he could take off for Pandora, forcing the RDA to approach Jake as a substitute.
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Jake's twin brother. He Tom Sully was a scientist who joined and trained for the Avatar program before the events of the first film. Sadly, he was killed by a mugger before he could take off for Pandora, forcing the RDA to approach Jake as a substitute.
* PolarOppositeTwins: He was a scientist, while Jake was a marine. Grace's early headbutting with and disappointment with Jake indicate that the differences also went further than just different occupations.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The coffin in which he is cremated has strong visual similarities to both Jake's cryosleep chamber on the spacecraft taking him to Pandora as well as the cradle he lays in to link with his Avatar.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The coffin in which he is cremated has strong visual similarities to both Jake's cryosleep chamber on the spacecraft taking him to Pandora as well as the cradle he lays in to link with his Avatar. It emphasizes how Tom's death allowed Jake to start a new life on a new world both figuratively and, once he starts using his Avatar, literally. As Jake himself puts it: "One life ends, another begins."
* SmallRoleBigImpact: We first see him right after his death, and he's only briefly mentioned afterward in the first act. But his death paved the way for Jake, who previously didn't have the interest in or aptitude for journeying to Pandora, to join the Avatar program and become a vital actor in the battle for the moon.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: We first see him right after his death, and he's only briefly mentioned afterward in the first act. But his death paved the way for Jake, who previously didn't have the interest in or aptitude for journeying to Pandora, to join the Avatar program and become a vital actor in the battle for the moon.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The first we see of him is as a corpse about to be cremated.
* RuleOfSymbolism: The coffin in which he is cremated has strong visual similarities to both Jake's cryosleep chamber on the spacecraft taking him to Pandora as well as the cradle he lays in to link with his Avatar.
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Jake's twin brother. He was a scientist who joined and trained for the Avatar program before the events of the first film. Sadly, he was killed by a mugger before he could take off for Pandora, forcing the RDA to approach Jake as a substitute.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The coffin in which he is cremated has strong visual similarities to both Jake's cryosleep chamber on the spacecraft taking him to Pandora as well as the cradle he lays in to link with his Avatar.
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* HeliCritter: These lizard-like creatures fly by fanning out their circular wings (with each wing making up half of a circle) and twirling them like helicopter rotors.
* SpectacularSpinning: Fan Lizards spin around whenever they fly so their wings do not get twisted. Makes one wonder if they ever get dizzy.
* HeliCritter: These lizard-like creatures fly by fanning out their circular wings (with each wing making up half of a circle) and twirling them like helicopter rotors.
* SpectacularSpinning: Fan Lizards spin around whenever they fly so their wings do not get twisted. Makes one wonder if they ever get dizzy.
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* YouAreGrounded: Jake grounds him near the beginning of ''The Way of Water'' for joining the train raid and convincing Neteyam to come along, getting the latter injured and nearly killed. A rare case where "grounded" refers to both the more common "parent punishing a child" meaning and the original, literal sense of not being allowed to fly, as Jake specifically forbids him from flying for a month -- though Spider's capture and the Sullys' subsequent journey by ikran to the home of the Metkayina means that it doesn't actually last that long.
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* YouAreGrounded: Jake grounds him near the beginning of ''The Way of Water'' for joining the train raid and convincing Neteyam to come along, along against Jake's orders, getting the latter injured and nearly killed. A rare case where "grounded" refers to both the more common "parent punishing a child" meaning and the original, literal sense of not being allowed to fly, as Jake specifically forbids him from flying for a month -- though Spider's capture and the Sullys' subsequent journey by ikran to the home of the Metkayina means that it doesn't actually last that long.
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* YouAreGrounded: Jake grounds him near the beginning of ''The Way of Water'' for joining the train raid and convincing Neteyam to come along, getting the latter injured and nearly killed. A rare case where "grounded" refers to both the more common "parent punishing a child" meaning and the original, literal sense of not being allowed to fly, as Jake specifically forbids him from flying for a month -- though Spider's capture and the Sullys' subsequent journey by ikran to the home of the Metkayina means that it doesn't actually last that long.
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* DistressedDude: He spends most of ''The Way of Water'' captured by the RDA Recombinants, who force him to be their guide and translator.
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* HufflepuffHouse: The way the RDA villains talk about the Ta'unui as they discuss the inhabitants of the islands indicates that they are a culturally distinct tribe along the same lines as the Omatikaya and the Metkayina. But what little we see of them is barely distinguishable from the similarly maritime Metkayina; Tonowari has even given them direct orders to stay quiet about the whereabouts of the Sullys, putting their supposed distinctiveness into question.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: He's very hostile toward Jake from the moment they first meet. But he's had years of experience with RDA brutality, particularly the loss of his beloved Sylwanin, so it's understandable that he'd be wary of humans, especially one who admits to being a marine. And Jake ''does'' turn out to be a spy for Quaritch as part of the latter's plan to relocate the Omaticaya from Hometree.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: He's very hostile toward Jake from the moment they first meet. But he's had years of experience with RDA brutality, particularly the loss of his beloved Sylwanin, so it's understandable that he'd be wary of humans, especially one who admits to being a marine. And Jake ''does'' turn out to be a spy for Quaritch as part of the latter's plan to relocate the Omaticaya from Hometree.Hometree, a revelation that makes the rest of the tribe just as hostile towards him as Tsu'tey.
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* TookALevelToBadass: In the first film, Wainfleet could only fight within an A.M.P suit, and got trampled down by Pandoran wildlife as soon as things heated up. Recombinant Wainfleet manages to tame his Banshee and fight Jake Sulley briefly in melee (notable since most of the other recombinants died rather quickly whenever they got close to him) before getting knocked off the Sea Dragon.
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* TookALevelToBadass: TookALevelInBadass: In the first film, Wainfleet could only fight within an A.M.P suit, and got trampled down by Pandoran wildlife as soon as things heated up. Recombinant Wainfleet manages to tame his Banshee and fight Jake Sulley briefly in melee (notable since most of the other recombinants died rather quickly whenever they got close to him) before getting knocked off the Sea Dragon.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The notion of killing the unarmed Na'vi seemed to make him at least somewhat uncomfortable. He openly questioned Quaritch if they were truly going to follow through with the threat.
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* VillainousValour: For a sleazy businessman who makes a living killing things that completely refuse to fight back, he shows impressive coolheadedness and fighting spirit once he's in an actual battle against an entire Na'vi tribe and a gigantic sea monster. [[spoiler:It keeps him alive for a respectable amount of time, although Payakan's wrath catches up with him in the end.]]
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* VillainousValour: For a sleazy businessman who makes a living killing things that completely refuse to fight back, he shows impressive coolheadedness and fighting spirit once he's in an actual battle against an entire Na'vi tribe and a gigantic sea monster.monster while stuck on a not-especially-large harpoon boat. [[spoiler:It keeps him alive for a respectable amount of time, although Payakan's wrath catches up with him in the end.]]
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* SuicidalPacifism: They refuse to engage in violence even though they're being actively hunted by humans. The Metkayena say that this is due to their species-wide DarkAndTroubledPast - their generational trauma from their history of warfare and bloodshed is so extreme that they really would prefer to die rather than resurrect it.
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* SuicidalPacifism: They refuse to engage in violence even though they're being actively hunted by humans. The Metkayena say that this is due to their species-wide DarkAndTroubledPast - their generational trauma from their history of warfare and bloodshed is so extreme that they really would prefer to die rather than resurrect it. Garvin further notes that their brains allow them to experience emotion with superhuman depth and complexity, which helps explain exactly why violence is so horrifying to them.
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* CameBackStrong: He's like Quaritch returned to life, merging his memories and combat experience as a human with the enhanced biology and heightened senses of a Na'vi avatar. [[spoiler: After taming his own Ikran, Quaritch was essentially able to duel both Neytiri and Jake in the air, as well as fight them in single combat without being vulnerable to his oxygen getting cut off or his mechanical suit being damaged the way they were in the first film. Additionally, his forces are supplemented this time with more advanced Sea Wasp gunships and an entire squadron of other Recoms, which despite being fewer in number, are far more lethal than the average human grunt.]]
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* CameBackStrong: He's like essentially Quaritch returned to life, merging his memories and combat experience as a human with the enhanced biology and heightened senses of a Na'vi avatar. [[spoiler: After Soon after taming his own Ikran, Quaritch was essentially able to duel both Neytiri and Jake in the air, as well as fight them in single combat without being combat, now that he was no longer vulnerable to his oxygen getting cut off or his mechanical suit being damaged the way they were in the first film. Additionally, his forces are supplemented this time with more advanced Sea Wasp gunships and an entire squadron of other Recoms, which despite being fewer in number, are far more lethal than the average human grunt.]]
* TookALevelToBadass: In the first film, Wainfleet could only fight within an A.M.P suit, and got trampled down by Pandoran wildlife as soon as things heated up. Recombinant Wainfleet manages to tame his Banshee and fight Jake Sulley briefly in melee (notable since most of the other recombinants died rather quickly whenever they got close to him) before getting knocked off the Sea Dragon.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: They initially move out with combat boots, but soon opt to operate barefoot as they learn to move and behave like Na'vi in their native environment (due to guidance from Spider).
* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: Beginning off as a group of twelve, Fike, Brown, Walker, Warren, and Zhang are all killed during the first clash with the Sulleys, and the remaining members are picked off one by one during the climax of the final battle. By the end, only Quaritch, Mansk, and Wainfleet are the only ones not confirmed to be dead.]]
* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: Beginning off as a group of twelve, Fike, Brown, Walker, Warren, and Zhang are all killed during the first clash with the Sulleys, and the remaining members are picked off one by one during the climax of the final battle. By the end, only Quaritch, Mansk, and Wainfleet are the only ones not confirmed to be dead.]]
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* SuperSoldier: The idea behind them, combining the superior physical abilities of the Na'vi with human military training and technology to let the RDA finally fight on equal-or-superior terms with their foes.
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* RedBaron: By the RDA, they are referred to as Project Phoenix or "Blue Team", both to highlight their revival and enhanced physiology.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Their official team emblem is a dark blue Na'vi skull with several scars similar to original Quaritch's in the first film, a reference to how they are dead soldiers returned to life in the body of Na'vi Avatar. Fittingly, the accompanying motto is "Deja Blue, We will Tread Over You".
* SuperSoldier: The idea behindthem, combining them is to combine the superior physical abilities of the Na'vi with human military training and technology to let the RDA finally fight on equal-or-superior terms with their foes.foes. Notably, Recombinants do not need oxygen masks or specialized equipment to survive on Pandora, and they are capable of taming the wildlife and avoiding Eywa's immune response due to their Na'vi physiology.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Their official team emblem is a dark blue Na'vi skull with several scars similar to original Quaritch's in the first film, a reference to how they are dead soldiers returned to life in the body of Na'vi Avatar. Fittingly, the accompanying motto is "Deja Blue, We will Tread Over You".
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* UndyingLoyalty: Unlike Jake or the other RDA defectors who had their own Avatar body, none of the Recombinants even consider defecting, and remain by Quaritch's side on his quest to take down Jake even when they're marooned on a burning ship with little reinforcements left.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: While only Fike, Wainfleet, and Quaritch are present in the first film, it is heavily implied that the other members were also military operatives in the RDA, and were similarly killed either during the final assault on Hometree or in other clashes with the Na'vi.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: While only Fike, Wainfleet, and Quaritch are present in the first film, it is heavily implied that the other members were also military operatives in the RDA, and were similarly killed either during the final assault on Hometree or in other clashes with the Na'vi.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Gets an arrow to the face courtesy of Neytiri.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Gets When she attempts to intercept and kill Jake, Neytiri intervenes by first firing an arrow into Zdinark's hip and then finishing her off with another arrow to the face courtesy of Neytiri.face.]]
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: Compared other Recombinants, Zdinarsk is this. She manages to take a giant arrow through the back that pierces through her waist, and still attempts to stagger around to kill Neytiri. Even after receiving an arrow to the face, she fires off a few last shots.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Jake runs a spear through his the chest and pins his corpse to the deck of the SeaDragon.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Jakeruns running a spear through his the chest and pins pinning his corpse to the deck of the SeaDragon.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Jake
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!!Binary Sunshine, or lucinaria fibriata, (Na'vi name: penghrrap meaning "danger-teller")
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* {{BFG}}: Quaritch's Recombinant squad are light infantry, and don't carry much human tech, but they do get to play with a brand-new line of human weaponry upsized for their massive Na'vi bodies, including rifles, grenade launchers, and a colossal mounted Gatling gun.
* SuperSoldier: The idea behind them, combining the superior physical abilities of the Na'vi with human military training and technology to let the RDA finally fight on equal-or-superior terms with their foes.
* FlowerMouth: Like a number of other Pandoran creatures, they have multiple parallel jawbones that open out like petals. In their case, it gives them an impressively enormous gape for hoovering up fish and plankton.
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* LightningBruiser: As hefty as they look, they are fast runners.
* ReCut: They are exclusive to the Extended version of the first movie.
* LightningBruiser: As hefty as they look, they are fast runners.
* ReCut: They are exclusive to the Extended version of the first movie.
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I looked up the sea dragon on the web. The two words are one to form a name.
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