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* SurprisinglyMundaneReason: Once accepted for training in the sorcery, Strange is handed a card with the word, "shamballa". He asks, "What is this, my mantra?" Mordo looks at him funny as he explains, "It's the wifi password."
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Strange, remembering that the Ancient One had originally told him the Mirror Dimension is both a space where sorcerers can train their magic without influencing the real world as well as a place to contain threats, [[spoiler:thrusts Kaecilius and his followers into the Mirror Dimension during their second incursion on the New York Sanctum to prevent Kaecilius from causing damage or affecting reality. However Kaecilius's advanced connection to the powers of the Dark Dimension give him the ability to create even more havoc within the Mirror Dimension. Mordo says while he may have been prevented from doing any harm to the real world, he's now far more capable of killing Strange and Mordo within the confines of the pocket reality, which Strange comes to accept after spending some time running away from Kaecilius as he warps the Mirror Dimension around them]].
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Strange, remembering that the Ancient One had originally told him the Mirror Dimension is both a space where sorcerers can train their magic without influencing the real world as well as a place to contain threats, [[spoiler:thrusts Kaecilius and his followers into the Mirror Dimension during their second incursion on the New York Sanctum to prevent Kaecilius from causing damage or affecting reality. However Kaecilius's advanced connection to the powers of the Dark Dimension give him the ability to create even more havoc within the Mirror Dimension. Mordo says while he may have been prevented from doing any harm to the real world, he's now far more capable of killing Strange and Mordo within the confines of the pocket reality, which Strange comes to accept after spending some time running away from Kaecilius as he warps the Mirror Dimension around them]].
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* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: When Strange and Kaecilius speak while Kaecilius is temporarily restrained, Kaecilius tries to recruit Strange, and makes some points which Strange is sympathetic to. However, Strange refuses in the end, and not because of anything Kaecilius says, but because it's obvious that whatever noble intentions Kaecilius once had, his service to the DimensionLord Dormammu has twisted Kaecilius and turned him into a ruthless killer.
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* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: When Strange and Kaecilius speak while Kaecilius the latter is temporarily restrained, Kaecilius tries to recruit Strange, and makes some points which Strange the hero is sympathetic to. However, Strange refuses in the end, and not because of anything Kaecilius says, but because it's obvious that whatever noble intentions Kaecilius he once had, his service to the DimensionLord Dormammu has twisted Kaecilius and turned him into a ruthless killer.
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* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: When Strange and Kaecilius speak while Kaecilius is temporarily restrained, Kaecilius tries to recruit Strange, and makes some points which Strange is sympathetic to. However, Strange refuses in the end, and not because of anything Kaecilius says, but because it's obvious that whatever noble intentions Kaecilius once had, his service to the DimensionLord Dormammu has twisted Kaecilius and turned him into a ruthless killer.
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Too Dumb To Live is a death trope. In this case, since Strange didn't die, he's not too dumb to live.
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* TooDumbToLive: Of course Strange is arrogant enough to think he can speed on an ess bend while talking on the phone and planning surgeries.
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: The film begins with Kaecilius and his disciples tearing out pages of [[SpellBook the Book of Cagliostro]] for an unknown spell for an equally unknown purpose. Halfway through the movie, Strange uses [[TimeMaster the Eye of Agamotto]] to restore the book to its past self, restoring the pages and revealing that they were finding [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique a means to summon Dormammu]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: Mordo, having overheard Stephen asking about Kamar Taj, shows up in time to beat up his attackers and retrieve his watch.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Mordo, having overheard Stephen asking about Kamar Taj, Kamar-Taj, shows up in time to beat up his attackers and retrieve his watch.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Ancient One points out that Stephen has lived a charmed life which led to his unstoppable arrogance. He points out that she [[spoiler:broke the laws of Kamar Taj by using the power of the Dark Dimension to give herself immortality]].
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Ancient One points out that Stephen has lived a charmed life which led to his unstoppable arrogance. He points out that she [[spoiler:broke the laws of Kamar Taj Kamar-Taj by using the power of the Dark Dimension to give herself immortality]].
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* DueToTheDead: Strange checks Lucian for a pulse, regretting the man's death, and shortly after learns that Master Drumm, killed by Kaecilius, has been taken to Kamar Taj.
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* DueToTheDead: Strange checks Lucian for a pulse, regretting the man's death, and shortly after learns that Master Drumm, killed by Kaecilius, has been taken to Kamar Taj.Kamar-Taj.
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** Kaecilius and his acolytes ambush, string up, and decapitate a Kamar Taj librarian for no particular reason.
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* SchizoTech: Kamar Taj is an ancient temple of mystical power where they learn to harness the source code of the multiverse. Also their front door has a buzzer lock to let guests in, plus wi-fi.
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* SchizoTech: Kamar Taj Kamar-Taj is an ancient temple of mystical power where they learn to harness the source code of the multiverse. Also their front door has a buzzer lock to let guests in, plus wi-fi.
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* SigilSpam: Where the temple of Kamar Taj in Kathmandu is an unassuming building, the sanctum in New York has a giant bronze symbol of the Mystic Order announcing it's presence, because of ''course'' New York would do that.
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* SigilSpam: Where the temple of Kamar Taj Kamar-Taj in Kathmandu is an unassuming building, the sanctum in New York has a giant bronze symbol of the Mystic Order announcing it's its presence, because of ''course'' New York would do that.
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* WizardingSchool: Kamar Taj is a temple HiddenInPlainSight in Kathmandu, Nepal where the Ancient One and the Masters of the Mystic Arts live. There, ordinary men and women whom the Ancient One considers worthy are taught to draw energy from other dimensions into the form of magic, learning SupernaturalMartialArts and various other forms of sorcery. Students are allowed the option to leave with what they learned if they want (as was the case with Jonathan Pangborn) or stay and defend Earth's dimension from anything that seeks to threaten it. Kamar Taj is one of the rare examples of the trope that is a school for adults.
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* WizardingSchool: Kamar Taj Kamar-Taj is a temple HiddenInPlainSight in Kathmandu, Nepal where the Ancient One and the Masters of the Mystic Arts live. There, ordinary men and women whom the Ancient One considers worthy are taught to draw energy from other dimensions into the form of magic, learning SupernaturalMartialArts and various other forms of sorcery. Students are allowed the option to leave with what they learned if they want (as was the case with Jonathan Pangborn) or stay and defend Earth's dimension from anything that seeks to threaten it. Kamar Taj Kamar-Taj is one of the rare examples of the trope that is a school for adults.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Strange shows an amazing talent for the Mystic Arts, but he ends the movie still very far from knowing much about the broader multiverse, its history, and its threats.
-->'''Wong:''' You might have a gift for the Mystic Arts, but you still have much to learn.
-->'''Wong:''' You might have a gift for the Mystic Arts, but you still have much to learn.
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* BadassBoast: Strange finally breaks Dormammu.
-->'''Dormammu:''' You will never win.\\
'''Strange:''' No, but I can lose again, and again, and again. Forever. And that makes you my prisoner.
-->'''Dormammu:''' You will never win.\\
'''Strange:''' No, but I can lose again, and again, and again. Forever. And that makes you my prisoner.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: A few times, Strange recognizes that Dormammu is going to kill him in some horrible, painful way.
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* FacingDeathWithDignity: The Ancient One enters the Astral Dimension [[spoiler:so that she can stretch one moment into a thousand, teach Strange one last lesson, and die]].
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* FacingDeathWithDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity: The Ancient One enters the Astral Dimension [[spoiler:so that she can stretch one moment into a thousand, teach Strange one last lesson, and die]].
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Ancient One points out that Stephen has lived a charmed life which led to his unstoppable arrogance. He points out that she [[spoiler:broke the laws of Kamar Taj by using the power of the Dark Dimension to give herself immortality]].
* DirtyBusiness: Mordo says that yes, absolutely, he's willing to kill Kaecilius and his Zealots if it means saving the universe, without hesitation. This is supposed to serve as {{foreshadowing}} [[spoiler:for his later conflict with Strange, an AbortedArc that never materialized because they couldn't fit it in with the Infinity War saga]].
* FacingDeathWithDignity: The Ancient One enters the Astral Dimension [[spoiler:so that she can stretch one moment into a thousand, teach Strange one last lesson, and die]].
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** Strange is stabbed in the same way and has to teleport to Christine for emergency surgery.
** [[spoiler:The Ancient One]] gets nailed in the same way as those two, then falls roughly thirty stories. Even Christine leading a full team of surgeons can't deal with that.
** [[spoiler:The Ancient One]] gets nailed in the same way as those two, then falls roughly thirty stories. Even Christine leading a full team of surgeons can't deal with that.
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** Strange is stabbed in the same way way, in the heart, and has to teleport to Christine for emergency surgery.
** [[spoiler:The Ancient One]] gets nailed in the same way as thosetwo, two when Kaecilius stabs her by stabbing one of his Zealots, then falls roughly thirty stories. Even Christine leading a full team of surgeons can't deal with that.
** [[spoiler:The Ancient One]] gets nailed in the same way as those
* InsistentTerminology: It is ''Doctor'' Strange. For all his arrogance and ignorance throughout the film, Strange became a ''physician'' because he's here to ''save'' lives, not take them. He ''earned'' the title and he will not allow anyone, not even the Ancient One, to mistake him for a killer or a a power-hungry madman like Kaecilius. He enjoyed his wealth, and ejnoyed his fame, but his focus was on finding cures that could save thousands rather than just save one person at a time in the ER. '''Doctor'''.
-->'''Strange:''' [[LittleNo No.]] It is ''Doctor'' Strange. Not Master Strange, not Mister Strange. ''Doctor'' Strange. When I became a doctor, I swore an oath to do no harm, and I just killed a man! I'm not doing that again. I became a doctor to save lives, not take them.
-->'''Strange:''' [[LittleNo No.]] It is ''Doctor'' Strange. Not Master Strange, not Mister Strange. ''Doctor'' Strange. When I became a doctor, I swore an oath to do no harm, and I just killed a man! I'm not doing that again. I became a doctor to save lives, not take them.
** Strange gives one when the Ancient One tries to promote him to Master and give him the New York Sanctum. He insists he is ''Doctor'' Strange and he has sworn to defend life, not take it.
* OutOfTheFryingPan: Strange saves the New York Sanctum from destruction when Kaecilius and his Zealots return after their first retreat. However, he does so by taking them all into the Mirror Dimension, where Kaecilius has even more power than in the real world.
* SeenItAll: Christine is an ER doctor. They see all sorts of weird, horrible shit. It takes her a minute to accept that Strange is into something weird and outside of her experience, but within a few hours she's able to take it in stride.
* SmallNo: When the Ancient One promotes him to Master, Strange rejects it.
-->'''Strange:''' No. It's ''Doctor'' Strange. Not ''mister'' Strange, not ''Master'' Strange. It's ''Doctor'' Strange.
-->'''Strange:''' No. It's ''Doctor'' Strange. Not ''mister'' Strange, not ''Master'' Strange. It's ''Doctor'' Strange.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Strange starts the movie as an arrogant {{jerkass}} who's focused on wealth and fame. By the end, he's willing to endure an eternity of anonymous torment if that's what it takes to save humanity from Dormammu.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Strange starts the movie as an arrogant {{jerkass}} who's focused on wealth and fame. By the end, he's willing to endure an eternity of anonymous torment if that's what it takes to save humanity from Dormammu. One of the first things he does is humiliate Nic in front of the rest of the doctors. Then, when the Ancient one is dying, he realizes he can't perform the surgery and asks Nic to do it.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Wong and Mordo come in when Strange starts the ritual to connect with the Dark Dimension, screaming at him to stop and telling him his curiosity could have gotten him killed.
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** Wong and Mordo come in when Strange starts the ritual to connect with the Dark Dimension, screaming at him to stop and telling him his curiosity could have gotten himkilled.killed.
** Strange and the Ancient One trade very pointed barbs after the battle at the New York Sanctum. She reminds him of his overwhelming arrogance, that he didn't become a physician to save ''lives'', but for wealth and fame. He tells her that he knows how she earned immortality, by [[spoiler:using the power of the Dark Dimension in violation of the Mystic Order's laws]]. She tells him how he ''was'' a hypocrite, he tells her that she ''is'' a hypocrite.
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** Strange and the Ancient One trade very pointed barbs after the battle at the New York Sanctum. She reminds him of his overwhelming arrogance, that he didn't become a physician to save ''lives'', but for wealth and fame. He tells her that he knows how she earned immortality, by [[spoiler:using the power of the Dark Dimension in violation of the Mystic Order's laws]]. She tells him how he ''was'' a hypocrite, he tells her that she ''is'' a hypocrite.
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* DueToTheDead: Strange checks Lucian for a pulse, regretting the man's death, and shortly after learns that Master Drumm, killed by Kaecilius, has been taken to Kamar Taj.
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* EmpathicWeapon: The Cloak of Levitation definitely has a personality of its own, and assists Strange of its own volition. It is implied that many, or maybe all, magical artifacts work this way; Mordo, while demonstrating the Staff of the Living Tribunal and the Vaulting Boots of Voltarr, mentions that a relic decides when its wielder is ready to use it.
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* EmpathicWeapon: The Cloak of Levitation definitely has a personality of its own, and assists Strange of its own volition. It is implied that many, or maybe all, magical artifacts work this way; Mordo, while demonstrating the Staff of the Living Tribunal and the Vaulting Boots of Voltarr, mentions that a relic decides when its wielder is ready to use it. At one point, the Cloak attempts to comfort Strange by whiping away his tears.
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* {{Fingore}}: Strange's hands are crushed in his car accident, which costs him his medical career. He has rather prominent scars on the backs of his fingers from where orthopedic surgeons had to operate and then drill in splints to immobilize his hands.
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* FieldPromotion: Having successfully defended the New York Sanctum from Kaecilius and his Zealots, the Ancient One promotes him to Master and gives him the Sanctum to defend. Mordo registers his surprise.
* {{Fingore}}: Strange's hands are crushed in his car accident, which costs him his medical career. He has rather prominent scars on the backs of his fingers and hands from where orthopedic surgeons had to operate and then drill in splints to immobilizehis hands.the bones so they could heal and let him regain ''some'' function.
* {{Fingore}}: Strange's hands are crushed in his car accident, which costs him his medical career. He has rather prominent scars on the backs of his fingers and hands from where orthopedic surgeons had to operate and then drill in splints to immobilize
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Stephen gets stabbed in the chest, nicking the pericardium. He ''should'' spend a few weeks being very, ''very'' gentle with himself until it's healed. Instead he runs back into battle and... he's pretty much fine.
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* CallBack: When Stephen tells Christine that he learned ancient wisdom in Kathmandu, she asks, "Like the Bob Seger song?", and he replies "1975, Beautiful Loser, side A. Yeah.", recalling his love of music and asking for challenges on random songs from all eras from the beginning of the movie.
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* FearIsTheAppropriateResponse: Of ''course'' Christine screams and falls backward when Stephen shows up as an astral projection.
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* ShotToTheHeart: One of the Zealots manages to stab Stephen in the heart. Fortunately, it's ''just'' a nick that ''only'' causes blood to flood the pericardium and interfere with with his heart's ability to beat...
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* TheAce: Strange rapidly proves himself an amazing adept of the mystic arts, mastering magic as rapidly as he mastered medicine (he earned a Ph.D. and an M.D. at the same time) because he's a voracious reader and devoted student. However, this causes him difficulty, because knowledge comes ''before'' wisdom. Even so, he manages to master the Mystic Arts to such a degree that, even as a student of just a few months, he's able to fight off Kaecilius and his disciples, if not without difficulty.
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*** Cumberbatch keeps the collar of his cape flipped up. This doubles as a MythologyGag to Strange's portrayal in the comics, where sometimes his collar is higher than his head.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Cloak of Levitation chooses Strange, wrapping itself around him and never abandoning him, even aiding him, protecting him. Stephen doesn't complain.
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: The Ancient One drops Steven off on top of Everest in order to force him to master magic by surrendering to it.
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* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Dormammu is a cosmic conqueror, and he hungers for Earth most of all, hinting at the future Multiverse arc that Earth is a Nexus to all the other universes.
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: The Ancient One drops Steven off on top of Everest in order to force him to master magic by surrendering to it.
-->'''Mordo:''' Oh, no, not again.
-->'''Mordo:''' Oh, no, not again.
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