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* DirtyCoward: To begin with. Other characters even call him this outright. He eventually becomes more of a CowardlyLion and eventually the {{Badass}}.
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* DirtyCoward: To begin with. Other characters even call him this outright. He eventually becomes more of a CowardlyLion through repeated loops and eventually the {{Badass}}.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: In each loop, barring Cage's intervention, she barely sees any combat before a Mimic projectile just flies from behind her, instantly killing her. This serves as the first hint that there's more to her reputation than the viewer knows at this point, in addition to reinforcing the horror of war.
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* RedBaron: She's known widely as 'The Angel of Verdun' or alternatively, 'Full Metal Bitch'.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Her frequent deaths (as well as those of friends have taken an emotional toll on her.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Her frequent deaths (as well as those of friends have taken an emotional toll on her.
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* RedBaron: She's known widely as 'The Angel of Verdun' or or, alternatively, 'Full Metal Bitch'.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Her frequentdeaths (as deaths, as well as those of friends friends, have taken an emotional toll on her.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Her frequent
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* ColonelKilgore: He's utterly enamoured with war and has numerous flowery speeches prepared about being 'baptized' in combat.
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* ColonelKilgore: He's utterly enamoured enamored with war and has numerous flowery speeches prepared about being 'baptized' in combat.
* GoodIsNotNice: He may be the BigGood, but he's a very stubborn and quite polarizing figure as seen in the Jerk tropes below.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other hand, he blatantly and illegally falsified documents to put Cage, a completely inexperienced PR officer, on the front lines when he refused to cooperate with his attempt to sell the invasion plan and threatened to cause a PR nightmare for him - in effect sentencing a man to death because he wouldn't ''give him good PR.'' He also had Rita ''dissected'' when she convinced him that she had the time travel power. It says something that she shot him in a previous loop (according to Cage).
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other hand, he blatantly and illegally falsified documents to put Cage, a completely inexperienced PR officer, on the front lines when he refused to cooperate with his attempt to sell the invasion plan and threatened to cause a PR nightmare for him - -- in effect sentencing a man to death because he wouldn't ''give him good PR.'' He also had Rita ''dissected'' when she convinced him that she had the time travel power. It says something that she shot him in a previous loop (according to Cage).
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* CassandraTruth: He tried to explain the whole situation with the Mimics - even came up with a weapon to defeat them. Not only did they ''not'' believe him, but they fired him on the spot.
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* CassandraTruth: He tried to explain the whole situation with the Mimics - Mimics, and even came up with a weapon to defeat them. Not only did they ''not'' believe him, but they fired him on the spot. Brigham kept his invention, though, so it's possible there's more to his disgrace.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: He's a certified genius punted down to grunt maintenance.
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* TooDumbToLive: Is too excited by being in battle to pay attention to what's going on around him.
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* TooDumbToLive: Is too Literally. Every single loop he is so excited by being in the battle that he gets crushed by a crashing dropship. When Cage's loop-apathy hits its peak, he just watches the man die without even trying to pay attention to what's going on around him.save him from his stupidity.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other hand, he blatantly and illegally falsified documents to put Cage, a completely inexperienced PR officer, on the front lines when he refused to cooperate with his attempt to sell the invasion plan and threatened to cause a PR nightmare for him - in effect sentencing a man to death because he wouldn't ''give him good PR.''
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other hand, he blatantly and illegally falsified documents to put Cage, a completely inexperienced PR officer, on the front lines when he refused to cooperate with his attempt to sell the invasion plan and threatened to cause a PR nightmare for him - in effect sentencing a man to death because he wouldn't ''give him good PR.'''' He also had Rita ''dissected'' when she convinced him that she had the time travel power. It says something that she shot him in a previous loop (according to Cage).
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** JerkassHasAPoint: On the other ''other'' hand, the Military needed every able body on the field and Cage threatened to blackmail Brigham to weasel out of having to serve. The fact that Cage also mentioned he only enlisted as a fallback career didn't win him any favors.
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** JerkassHasAPoint: On the other ''other'' hand, the Military needed every able body on the field and as much as he's forcing Cage threatened to blackmail Brigham to weasel out into something he is obviously against, he is absolutely right about the PR angle of having to serve. The fact that the war. If Cage also mentioned had been more cooperative about the whole thing, he only enlisted probably would have been sent in as a fallback career didn't win him any favors.VIP with a fair bit of protection (can't record when you're dead, after all). Cage is the one escalating things by going to blackmail.
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* BodyHorror: His numerous deaths, but his first one deserves special mention. [[spoiler: He's torn apart by a claymore mine.]]
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* CombatTentacles: All of them sport these, either as appendages or as actual skin.
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[[folder:Mimics]]
* EldritchAbomination: The Omega.
* EliteMooks: The Alphas.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The only motive they are suggested to have in destroying humanity it to exploit the earth's resources.
* ILetYouWin: The victory at Verdun was nothing more than a means to give humanity false hope and convince them to invest all their resources into Operation: Endgame.
* SaveScumming: They are practically invincible because the Omega will reset time after every defeat.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Omega.
* EliteMooks: The Alphas.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The only motive they are suggested to have in destroying humanity it to exploit the earth's resources.
* ILetYouWin: The victory at Verdun was nothing more than a means to give humanity false hope and convince them to invest all their resources into Operation: Endgame.
* SaveScumming: They are practically invincible because the Omega will reset time after every defeat.
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* MajorlyAwesome: Yes to the Major part, no to the awesome, at least at the beginning. Cage was in ROTC in college and only joined US Army Media Relations after he lost his advertising firm thanks to the war.
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* NonActionGuy: He prefers to be a major who leads far away the from the actual conflict and even professes a dislike of seeing blood from paper-cuts.
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* NonActionGuy: He prefers to be a major Major who leads far away the from the actual conflict and even professes a dislike of seeing blood from paper-cuts.
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** BadassNormal: Unlike Cage she no longer has the ability to reset and avoid the threat that killed her previously but still can hold her own against the Mimics in close combat.
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* UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships: Brigham is a British General yet the man himself is Irish (His actor is from Ireland and speaks with the Mainland Irish accent rather than a Northern Irish accent which the latter is part of the United Kingdom.) Then again he could have originally been from the Irish Republic who join the British Army Irish Regiments and rose to the ranks of General.
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* UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships: Brigham is a British General General, yet the man himself is Irish (His actor is from Ireland and speaks with the Mainland Irish accent accent, rather than a Northern Irish accent which the latter is part of the United Kingdom.) Then again he could have originally been from the Irish Republic who join Republic, joined one of the British Army Army's Irish Regiments units (either the Irish Guards or Royal Irish Regiment) and rose to the ranks of General.
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** JerkassHasAPoint: On the other ''other'' hand, the Military needed every able body on the field and Cage threatened to blackmail Brigham to weasel out of having to serve. The fact that Bringham also mentioned he only enlisted as a fallback career didn't win him any favors.
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** JerkassHasAPoint: On the other ''other'' hand, the Military needed every able body on the field and Cage threatened to blackmail Brigham to weasel out of having to serve. The fact that Bringham Cage also mentioned he only enlisted as a fallback career didn't win him any favors.
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After losing Rita one too many times he resigns himself to killing the Omega in a solo effort and caring about nothing else. Even letting people die he'd saved in previous loops, Rita included. He snaps out of it once he realises the visions of his target are in fact a trap.]]
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* TheManyDeathsOfYouTheManyDeathsOfYou: Cage dies from a near endless list of horrible, painful and at times darkly humorous deaths.
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* NewMeatNewMeat: Due to his demotion and the disgrace that lead to it, this trope is even more pronounced.
* NonActionGuy: He prefers to be a major who leads far away the from the actual conflict and even professes a dislike of seeing blood from paper-cuts.
* NonActionGuy: He prefers to be a major who leads far away the from the actual conflict and even professes a dislike of seeing blood from paper-cuts.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Cage believes he can blackmail his superior into letting him skip going into combat, thinking him a SlaveToPR. He's promptly arrested, demoted to private and shipped off to join the fight.
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** TookALevelInBadass: Initially, he had zero combat experience despite being a Major.
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*BreakTheHaughty
BreakTheHaughty: Cage is rather content with his current position and station. He makes no secret of the fact he thinks the frontlines are SomeoneElsesProblem. The beginning of the film quickly puts an end to that notion.
* BodyHorror: His numerous deaths, but his first one deserves special mention. [[spoiler: He's torn apart by a claymore mine.]]
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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Despite stealing a Dead man's identity, the Fake Ford sends his first paycheck to the deads Ford's Family.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Despite stealing a Dead man's identity, the Fake Ford sends his first paycheck to the deads Ford's Family.]]
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* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out Ford is not his real name. The real Ford was Killed In Action killed in action and the Fake Ford he took the dead Ford's identity name for himself.]]
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* DirtyCoward: To begin with. He eventually becomes more of a CowardlyLion and eventually the {{Badass}}
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other hand, he blatantly and illegally falsified documents to put Cage, a completely inexperienced PR officer, on the front lines when he refused to cooperate with his attempt to sell the invasion plan and threatened to cause a PR nightmare for him - in effect sentencing a man to death because he wouldn't ''give him good PR.''
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* TooDumbToLive: Is too excited by being in battle to pay attention to what's going on around him.
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CharacterDevelopment: Cage begins as a slimey, cowardly weasel who'll do anything (even blackmail his superiors) to avoid combat. Eventually [[spoiler:he becomes battle-hardened and selfless.]]
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[[folder:William Cage]]
!!Major William Cage
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomCruise
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[[folder:Rita Vrataski]]
!!Rita Vrataski
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EmilyBlunt
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[[folder:Farell]]
!!Master Sergeant Farell
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillPaxton
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[[folder:Brigham]]
!!General Brigham
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrendanGleeson
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[[folder:Carter]]
!!Dr. Carter
->'''Played By:''' Noah Taylor
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[[folder:Griff]]
!!Griff
->'''Played By:''' Kick Gurry
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[[folder:Nance]]
!!Nance
->'''Played By:''' Charlotte Riley
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[[folder:Skinner]]
!!Skinner
->'''Played By:''' Jonas Armstrong
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[[folder:Ford]]
!!Ford
->'''Played By:''' Franz Drameh
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[[folder:Kimmel]]
!!Kimmel
->'''Played By:''' Tony Way
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[[folder:William Cage]]
!!Major William Cage
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomCruise
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[[folder:Rita Vrataski]]
!!Rita Vrataski
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EmilyBlunt
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[[folder:Farell]]
!!Master Sergeant Farell
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillPaxton
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[[folder:Brigham]]
!!General Brigham
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrendanGleeson
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carter]]
!!Dr. Carter
->'''Played By:''' Noah Taylor
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[[folder:Griff]]
!!Griff
->'''Played By:''' Kick Gurry
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[[folder:Nance]]
!!Nance
->'''Played By:''' Charlotte Riley
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[[folder:Skinner]]
!!Skinner
->'''Played By:''' Jonas Armstrong
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[[folder:Ford]]
!!Ford
->'''Played By:''' Franz Drameh
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kimmel]]
!!Kimmel
->'''Played By:''' Tony Way
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