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* HeelFaceTurn: In the stage musical, Rameses cannot go through with having his army slaughter Moses and the escaping Hebrews, which [[TreacherousAdvisor Hotep]] attempts to have them do instead. He makes peace with Moses afterwards and willingly lets the Hebrews go their separate ways from Egypt.
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Music/OfraHaza (all languages)
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* SavedByCanon: Due to being the historical Rameses II, he cannot die in the story as the real Rameses would die peacefully at a ripe old age of 90. Thus, he becomes the SoleSurvivor of his army that drowned in the Red Sea.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Besides "Rameses," it's often spelled as either "Ramses," "Raamses," or "Ramases".
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: This version of the Pharaoh is portrayed very differently from the biblical version and the one in ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments|1956}}''.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Jocheved, Miriam, and Moses all share a ''strong'' family resemblance. Even though he's not the youngest, as an adult, Aaron doesn't resemble any of them. (Presumably he takes after his [[DisappearedDad unseen]] father.)
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* BellyDancer: A more conservative one than most other examples, both in dress and style.
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* MatingDance: A somewhat subdued version, given the culture portrayed and the nature of the film. Still, judging by her [[BellyDancer dance moves]], facial expressions, and the [[EnvironmentalSymbolism huge bonfire nearby]], this is clearly an example of the trope. [[ICantDance Moses does his best to keep up]].
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* MatingDance: A somewhat subdued version, given the culture portrayed and the nature of the film. Still, judging by her [[BellyDancer dance moves]], moves, facial expressions, and the [[EnvironmentalSymbolism huge bonfire nearby]], this is clearly an example of the trope. [[ICantDance Moses does his best to keep up]].
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* ShownTheirWork: The gods they mention are all real Egyptian gods; Ra was the sun god, Mut was a creator goddess of motherhood, Nut was goddess of the sky, Khnum was the source of the Nile and god of river clay and pottery, Ptah was the god of craftsmen and architecture, Nepthys was goddess of death and mourning, Nekhbet was the vulture goddess of Upper Egypt, Sobek was the god of the Nile, crocodiles, and male fertility, Sekhmet was a war goddess, Sokar (more commonly known as Seker) was a god of cemetaries and tombs, Selket was a goddess of healing snakebites and scorpion stings, Reshpu was the god of plagues, Wadjet was the snake goddess of Lower Egypt, Anubis was a god of death, embalming, and judgement, Anukis was the goddess of waterfalls, Seshmu was the god of perfume, Meshkent was a goddess of childbirth, Hemsut was the goddess of fate, Tefnut was the primordial goddess of water, Heket (also spelled Heqet) was the frog goddess of medicine, and Mafdet was the goddess of justice who also protected against venomous creatures.
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* DontSaySuchStupidThings: When Moses protests that he's a bad choice to free the Hebrews, God gets pissed. Are you telling ''God'' that He screwed up?
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* DontSaySuchStupidThings: When Moses protests that he's a bad choice to free the Hebrews, God gets pissed. Are you telling ''God'' that He screwed up?up? Moses would end up proving he was far from a [[HumansAreFlawed perfect choice]], in the ForegoneConclusion.
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** Also in the original story, God "hardened the heart of Pharaoh", making it so that the Pharoah refuses to free the Israelites so that God could unleash the Ten Commandments. Here no mention or implications of this is given, Ramses refusing first out of [[FreudianExcuse personal pride instilled into him by his father]] and later when [[TheGrimReaper the Tenth Plague]] kills his son.
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** Also in the original story, God "hardened the heart of Pharaoh", making it so that the Pharoah refuses to free the Israelites so that God could unleash the Ten Commandments.Plagues. Here no mention or implications of this is given, Ramses refusing first out of [[FreudianExcuse personal pride instilled into him by his father]] and later when [[TheGrimReaper the Tenth Plague]] kills his son.
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** This is also the case in the musical where his name is Seti and portrayed as an infant. Ramesses did have a son named Seti, however he was his ninth son and died in the fifty-third year of his father's reign, at which point Merneptah would have fifty-seven.
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** This is also the case in the musical where his name is Seti and portrayed as an infant. Ramesses did have a son named Seti, however he was his ninth son and died in the fifty-third year of his father's reign, at which point Merneptah would have been fifty-seven.
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* AgeLift: Historically speaking, Rameses' thirteenth son and ultimately his successor Merneptah would have been nineteen when Amun-her-khepeshef, his historical eldest son, died. The boy doesn't even seem to be past fifteen here. That said, however, he is never named or actually said to be Amun-her-khepeshef--it's equally likely he is supposed to be a fictional firstborn.
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** Historically speaking, Rameses' thirteenth son and ultimately his successor Merneptah would have beennineteen twenty-nine when Amun-her-khepeshef, his historical eldest son, died. The boy doesn't even seem to be past fifteen here. That said, however, he is never named or actually said to be Amun-her-khepeshef--it's equally likely he is supposed to be a fictional firstborn.
** This is also the case in the musical where his name is Seti and portrayed as an infant. Ramesses did have a son named Seti, however he was his ninth son and died in the fifty-third year of his father's reign, at which point Merneptah would have fifty-seven.
** Historically speaking, Rameses' thirteenth son and ultimately his successor Merneptah would have been
** This is also the case in the musical where his name is Seti and portrayed as an infant. Ramesses did have a son named Seti, however he was his ninth son and died in the fifty-third year of his father's reign, at which point Merneptah would have fifty-seven.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the musical, Rameses names his son "Seti II", who was historically his grandson, the son and successor of Merneptah. Rameses may just be insanely premature by adding the number.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the musical, Rameses names his son "Seti II", who was historically his grandson, the son and successor of Merneptah. Rameses may just be insanely premature He did have a son named Seti, dubbed "Seti A" by adding the number.Egyptologists, but that was his ninth son.
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* MagiciansAreWizards: Invoked, they call themselves magicians despite most of their powers being FakeWizardy (with hints of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane).
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* MagiciansAreWizards: Invoked, they call themselves magicians despite magicians, although most of their powers being FakeWizardy (with are meant to appear to be real magic or blessings from the gods (most of it is FakeWizardry, with hints of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane).
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* MagiciansAreWizards: Invoked, they call themselves magicians despite most of their powers being FakeWizardy (with hints of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane).
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* StageMagician: Unlike Moses' legitimate divine powers, Hotep and Huy simply [[FakeWizardry created the facade of being blessed by the Egyptian pantheon to keep up appearances]]. This ranges from implied (staffs "turning" into cobras in the midst of a blinding light and fog) to flat-out shown to the audience (using red powder to "turn water into blood"). Huy even referred to themselves as "magicians" during their VillainSong, [[ShownTheirWork though that might be due to the term being used interchangeably with "wizard" in the olden days]]. In fact, they seem less bothered by the fact that Moses' cobra ate theirs than the fact that the audience loved their demonstration.
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* StageMagician: Unlike Moses' legitimate divine powers, Hotep and Huy simply [[FakeWizardry created the facade of being blessed by the Egyptian pantheon to keep up appearances]].appearances]], although MaybeMagicMaybeMundane is in play for some moments. This ranges from implied (staffs "turning" into cobras in the midst of a blinding light and fog) to flat-out shown to the audience (using red powder to "turn water into blood"). Huy even referred to themselves as "magicians" during their VillainSong, [[ShownTheirWork though that might be due to the term being used interchangeably with "wizard" in the olden days]]. In fact, they seem less bothered unbothered by the fact that Moses' cobra ate theirs than and pay more attention to the fact that the audience loved their demonstration.
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Historical Ramses =/= the one portrayed in the movie/Bible.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Not a prophecy per se, but a fear that he would bring about the downfall of his dynasty by being weak. [[spoiler:Downplayed in that both the dynasty and Egypt ultimately don't fall, but are severely weakened instead. His historical counterpart is widely considered to be one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, if not ''the'' greatest.]]
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Not a prophecy per se, but a fear that he would bring about the downfall of his dynasty by being weak. [[spoiler:Downplayed in that both [[spoiler: This very fear leads to the dynasty collapse of his kingdom by multiple plagues and Egypt ultimately don't fall, but are severely weakened instead. His historical counterpart is widely considered to be one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, if not ''the'' greatest.the Hebrew slaves escaping.]]
