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''Alexander the Great,'' directed by Phil Karlson, was originally a 1964 television pilot for a series created by Robert Pirosh. It was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1968, after stars Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/AdamWest reached levels of fame which finally rendered it (in studio executives' opinion) viewable.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Justified when Alexander [[spoiler:hacks Karonos to death in a few swings]] because that kinda ''was'' how you got to be king in those days.
* BeardOfEvil: The Greeks? Clean-shaven good guys. The Persians? Bad guys with beards.
%%* BloodlessCarnage
* BraidsOfBarbarism: Memnon looks like he's wearing a black mop head.
* CaptainObvious: Greek arrow, you say?
* DueToTheDead: Alexander makes sure [[spoiler:Antigonus]] gets his.
* DyingClue: A name written in blood is probably a pretty big hint.
%%* ExactWords: Karonos' toast.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: This version of Alexander is a consistently benevolent and magnanimous king who's a case of GoodIsNotSoft at worst, and who states his primary goal is to put an end to the "barbarism" in Persia, implying he wouldn't be trying to conquer it if he had some other way to do that. In reality, Alexander kept pushing eastward after completing his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. Before his death, he was making plans to invade Arabia and Italy and expand his domains in North Africa. While Alexander really was capable of great kindness and generosity, he was a notoriously volatile man who could also be very ruthless and even cruel to the point of borderline sadism.
%%* ICanStillFight!: I took off my shirt and everything!
* ItsAllMyFault: Antigonus, when he [[spoiler:thinks Alexander is dead]].
* JabbaTableManners: Memnon addresses his troops with food falling out of his mouth.
%%* LuredIntoATrap: And probably knew it and didn't care.
* MrFanservice: [[Creator/WilliamShatner William! Shatner!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the! entire! freaking! movie!]]
%%* MsFanservice: Every female pictured.
%%* OldSoldier: Antigonus.
%%* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or in this case, reassigned to the back of the column with the [[spoiler:traitors]].
%%* RepeatToConfirm: "Boulders!"
%%* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: ''Greatly.'' Get it??
%%* SayMyName
* ShirtlessScene: Shirtless ''film''.
* StartXToStopX: Let's, attack the Persians, because
-->'''Alexander:''' I came to put an end to wars forever!
* SuddenlyShouting:
-->'''Karonos:'''THEN YOU'RE A BIGGER FOOL THAN I THOUGHT!
* WorldOfHam: Averted, surprisingly in a film which stars two of North America's [[LargeHam largest hams]]. Creator/WilliamShatner is unusually subdued (for him) as the Ruler of the World, as is Creator/AdamWest, who, despite being depicted as Alexander's BFF, has maybe three lines.

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''Alexander the Great,'' directed by Phil Karlson, was originally a 1964 television pilot for a series created by Robert Pirosh. It was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1968, after stars Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/AdamWest reached levels of fame which finally rendered it (in studio executives' opinion) viewable.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Justified when Alexander [[spoiler:hacks Karonos to death in a few swings]] because that kinda ''was'' how you got to be king in those days.
* BeardOfEvil: The Greeks? Clean-shaven good guys. The Persians? Bad guys with beards.
%%* BloodlessCarnage
* BraidsOfBarbarism: Memnon looks like he's wearing a black mop head.
* CaptainObvious: Greek arrow, you say?
* DueToTheDead: Alexander makes sure [[spoiler:Antigonus]] gets his.
* DyingClue: A name written in blood is probably a pretty big hint.
%%* ExactWords: Karonos' toast.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: This version of Alexander is a consistently benevolent and magnanimous king who's a case of GoodIsNotSoft at worst, and who states his primary goal is to put an end to the "barbarism" in Persia, implying he wouldn't be trying to conquer it if he had some other way to do that. In reality, Alexander kept pushing eastward after completing his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. Before his death, he was making plans to invade Arabia and Italy and expand his domains in North Africa. While Alexander really was capable of great kindness and generosity, he was a notoriously volatile man who could also be very ruthless and even cruel to the point of borderline sadism.
%%* ICanStillFight!: I took off my shirt and everything!
* ItsAllMyFault: Antigonus, when he [[spoiler:thinks Alexander is dead]].
* JabbaTableManners: Memnon addresses his troops with food falling out of his mouth.
%%* LuredIntoATrap: And probably knew it and didn't care.
* MrFanservice: [[Creator/WilliamShatner William! Shatner!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the! entire! freaking! movie!]]
%%* MsFanservice: Every female pictured.
%%* OldSoldier: Antigonus.
%%* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or in
this case, reassigned to wiki, both concerning [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat the back of the column with the [[spoiler:traitors]].
%%* RepeatToConfirm: "Boulders!"
%%* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: ''Greatly.'' Get it??
%%* SayMyName
historical figure]].

* ShirtlessScene: Shirtless ''film''.
[[Film/AlexanderTheGreat1956 A 1956 theatrical film]].
* StartXToStopX: Let's, attack the Persians, because
-->'''Alexander:''' I came to put an end to wars forever!
* SuddenlyShouting:
-->'''Karonos:'''THEN YOU'RE
[[Film/AlexanderTheGreat1968 A BIGGER FOOL THAN I THOUGHT!
* WorldOfHam: Averted, surprisingly in a film which stars two of North America's [[LargeHam largest hams]]. Creator/WilliamShatner is unusually subdued (for him) as the Ruler of the World, as is Creator/AdamWest, who, despite being depicted as Alexander's BFF, has maybe three lines.
1968 TV film]].
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: This version of Alexander is a consistently benevolent and magnanimous king who's a case of GoodIsNotSoft at worst, and who states his primary goal is to put an end to the "barbarism" in Persia, implying he wouldn't be trying to conquer it if he had some other way to do that. In reality, Alexander kept pushing eastward after completing his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. Before his death, he was making plans to invade Arabia and Italy and expand his domains in North Africa. While Alexander really was capable of great kindness and generosity, he was a notoriously volatile man who could also be very ruthless and even cruel to the point of borderline sadism.
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''Alexander the Great,'' directed by Phil Karlson, was originally a 1964 television pilot for a series created by Robert Pirosh. It was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1968, after stars [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] and [[AdamWest Adam West]] reached levels of fame which finally rendered it (in studio executives' opinion) viewable.

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''Alexander the Great,'' directed by Phil Karlson, was originally a 1964 television pilot for a series created by Robert Pirosh. It was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1968, after stars [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] Creator/WilliamShatner and [[AdamWest Adam West]] Creator/AdamWest reached levels of fame which finally rendered it (in studio executives' opinion) viewable.



* MrFanservice: [[WilliamShatner William! Shatner!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the! entire! freaking! movie!]]

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* MrFanservice: [[WilliamShatner [[Creator/WilliamShatner William! Shatner!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the! entire! freaking! movie!]]



* WorldOfHam: Averted, surprisingly in a film which stars two of North America's [[LargeHam largest hams]]. [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] is unusually subdued (for him) as the Ruler of the World, as is [[AdamWest Adam West]], who, despite being depicted as Alexander's BFF, has maybe three lines.

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* WorldOfHam: Averted, surprisingly in a film which stars two of North America's [[LargeHam largest hams]]. [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] Creator/WilliamShatner is unusually subdued (for him) as the Ruler of the World, as is [[AdamWest Adam West]], Creator/AdamWest, who, despite being depicted as Alexander's BFF, has maybe three lines.

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* ExactWords: Karonos' toast.
* ICanStillFight!: I took off my shirt and everything!

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* LuredIntoATrap: And probably knew it and didn't care.

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* MsFanservice: Every female pictured.
* OldSoldier: Antigonus.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or in this case, reassigned to the back of the column with the [[spoiler:traitors]].
* RepeatToConfirm: "Boulders!"
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: ''Greatly.'' Get it??
* SayMyName

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* %%* MsFanservice: Every female pictured.
* %%* OldSoldier: Antigonus.
* %%* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or in this case, reassigned to the back of the column with the [[spoiler:traitors]].
* %%* RepeatToConfirm: "Boulders!"
* %%* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: ''Greatly.'' Get it??
* %%* SayMyName
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''Alexander the Great,'' directed by Phil Karlson, was originally a 1964 television pilot for a series created by Robert Pirosh. It was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1968, after stars [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] and [[AdamWest Adam West]] reached levels of fame which finally rendered it (in studio executives' opinion) viewable.

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!! ''Alexander the Great'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Justified when Alexander [[spoiler:hacks Karonos to death in a few swings]] because that kinda ''was'' how you got to be king in those days.
* BeardOfEvil: The Greeks? Clean-shaven good guys. The Persians? Bad guys with beards.
* BloodlessCarnage
* BraidsOfBarbarism: Memnon looks like he's wearing a black mop head.
* CaptainObvious: Greek arrow, you say?
* DueToTheDead: Alexander makes sure [[spoiler:Antigonus]] gets his.
* DyingClue: A name written in blood is probably a pretty big hint.
* ExactWords: Karonos' toast.
* ICanStillFight!: I took off my shirt and everything!
* ItsAllMyFault: Antigonus, when he [[spoiler:thinks Alexander is dead]].
* JabbaTableManners: Memnon addresses his troops with food falling out of his mouth.
* LuredIntoATrap: And probably knew it and didn't care.
* MrFanservice: [[WilliamShatner William! Shatner!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the! entire! freaking! movie!]]
* MsFanservice: Every female pictured.
* OldSoldier: Antigonus.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Or in this case, reassigned to the back of the column with the [[spoiler:traitors]].
* RepeatToConfirm: "Boulders!"
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: ''Greatly.'' Get it??
* SayMyName
* ShirtlessScene: Shirtless ''film''.
* StartXToStopX: Let's, attack the Persians, because
-->'''Alexander:''' I came to put an end to wars forever!
* SuddenlyShouting:
-->'''Karonos:'''THEN YOU'RE A BIGGER FOOL THAN I THOUGHT!
* WorldOfHam: Averted, surprisingly in a film which stars two of North America's [[LargeHam largest hams]]. [[WilliamShatner William Shatner]] is unusually subdued (for him) as the Ruler of the World, as is [[AdamWest Adam West]], who, despite being depicted as Alexander's BFF, has maybe three lines.

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