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* {{Martians}}: The movie's Martians are tall, feminine, peaceful humanoids who left Mars to escape the havoc caused by a massive meteorite impact.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The fate shown of one of the crewmates on the ''Mars I'' voyage; he gets spun around so fast his head liquidates into blood, then his limbs get torn off.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The fate shown of one of the crewmates on the ''Mars I'' voyage; he gets spun around so fast his head liquidates into blood, blood[[note]][[FreezeFrameBonus if you slow down or pause the scene at just the right time, you can see his face]] [[UncannyValley is practically streching itself unnaturally]][[/note]], then his limbs get body gets torn off.apart.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The fate shown of one of the crewmates on the ''Mars I'' voyage; he gets spun around so fast his head liquidates into blood, then his limbs get torn off.
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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found Renée's (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) body and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found Renée's (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) body and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't didn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.
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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found body Renée's (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) body and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew explaining that he only found Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.


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* SmurfettePrinciple: Both Mars missions have only one single female astronaut per crew (Renée in Luke's and Terri in the rescue team).

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Phil's DNA model spins on its own around a center of gravity - impossible considering each individual candy would be going in a circle around nothing.

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: ArtisticLicensePhysics:
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Phil's DNA model spins on its own around a center of gravity - impossible considering each individual candy would be going in a circle around nothing.nothing.
** When Terri furiously accelerates with her jetpack towards Woody but is told to not waste its fuel and end up stranded with him, she just stops in place with a few light puffs in the opposite direction, when realistically she would need to burst backwards for just as long and powerfully as her blastoff in order to stop.
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: While [[spoiler: taking off on the Martian spacecraft, Jim]] sees a series of memory snippets, including some earlier scenes of the movie and [[spoiler: the time spent with Maggie]], which makes him smile in a "All my choices and life events brought me here" way.
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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew, and explains that he only found Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen crew, and explains crew explaining that he only found Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.
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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen companions of the first mission, and explains that he only managed to find Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.

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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen companions of the first mission, crew, and explains that he only managed to find found Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.
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* NotEnoughToBury: Luke shows the grave site he made for his fallen companions of the first mission, and explains that he only managed to find Renée's body (the one who got the visor smashed by a rock) and couldn't help but make two more human-sized mounds for the others he couldn't find due to them being torn apart by the Face's killer vortex.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: In the finale, the characters cracking and exploring the Face on Mars' secret have a limited time to do so as a massive martian dust storm is approaching and Phil is given orders to take off with the repaired ERV before the storm hits, with or without them. Luckily, no one is left behind, [[spoiler: save for Jim.]]
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* BrokenAce: Jim. He and his wife Maggie were huge Mars enthusiasts and were training together for the first human mission until an illness took her life and crippled Jim's spirits to the point he got rejected from the program for refusing psych evaluations. In spite of that, Woody insists on having Jim as his co-pilot because he's still one of the best astronauts they got.

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* BrokenAce: Jim. He and his wife Maggie were huge Mars enthusiasts and were training trained together for the first human mission until an illness took her life and crippled Jim's spirits to the point he got rejected from the program for refusing psych evaluations. In spite of that, Woody insists on having Jim as his co-pilot because he's still one of the best astronauts they got.

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The astronauts--commander Woody (Creator/TimRobbins), Jim (Creator/GarySinise), Terri (Creator/ConnieNielsen), and Phil (Creator/JerryOConnell)--are sent to find out what happened to the first expedition to Mars which sent a garbled DistressCall. They encounter a lot of challenges, including some in flight turbulence... in space! Where they have to do a perilous EVA repair. Mars itself is a treacherous planet, and the survivors of the previous expedition are not what they expected.

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The astronauts--commander Woody Blake (Creator/TimRobbins), Jim [=McConnell=] (Creator/GarySinise), Terri Fisher (Creator/ConnieNielsen), and Phil Ohlmyer (Creator/JerryOConnell)--are sent to find out what happened to the first expedition to Mars which sent a garbled DistressCall. They encounter a lot of challenges, including some in flight turbulence... in space! Where they have to do a perilous EVA repair. Mars itself is a treacherous planet, and the survivors of the previous expedition are not what they expected.


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* BrokenAce: Jim. He and his wife Maggie were huge Mars enthusiasts and were training together for the first human mission until an illness took her life and crippled Jim's spirits to the point he got rejected from the program for refusing psych evaluations. In spite of that, Woody insists on having Jim as his co-pilot because he's still one of the best astronauts they got.
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* ChekhovsGag: The comedic scene Phil making a DNA out of M&Ms in zero gravity later gives Jim an EurekaMoment when he realizes the true meaning of the DNA with missing parts from the Face's signal after scattering some M&Ms on the floor. The movie beats the viewer over the head with it by going as far as to FlashbackCut to the earlier scene that foreshadowed it.

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* ChekhovsGag: The comedic scene Phil making a DNA out of M&Ms in zero gravity later gives Jim an a EurekaMoment when he realizes the true meaning of the DNA with missing parts from the Face's signal after scattering some M&Ms on the floor. The movie beats the viewer over the head with it by going as far as to FlashbackCut to the earlier scene that foreshadowed it.
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* AngelicAliens: [[https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--c3e0P8Iv--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/rvxcrdrocif0ixhcofp0.jpg The Martian (possibly a hologram)]] revealed at the end of the film, who remained behind to seed Earth with life when their race fled Mars after a meteor collision devastated the planet. They're tall, regal, feminine, and their dress and skin a strong orange in color, with InnocentBlueEyes.

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* AngelicAliens: [[https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--c3e0P8Iv--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/rvxcrdrocif0ixhcofp0.jpg The Martian (possibly a (a hologram)]] revealed at the end of the film, who remained behind to seed Earth with life when their race fled Mars after a meteor collision devastated the planet. They're tall, regal, feminine, and their dress and skin a strong orange in color, with InnocentBlueEyes.
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* RussianGuySuffersMost: The movie might have subverted the BlackDudeDiesFirst rule by having Luke survive the Martian twister, but his poor teammate Sergei Kirov doesn't have such luck.

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* RussianGuySuffersMost: The movie might have subverted subverts the BlackDudeDiesFirst rule by having Luke survive the Martian twister, but his poor teammate Sergei Kirov doesn't have such luck.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: Used throughout the score when the micro-meteorites damage ''Mars II'' causing an endangering decompression that complicates the crew's arrival to Mars.
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* MoodWhiplash: Early on the heartwarming/funny banter between Woody, Luke and Jim comes to a screeching halt when the latter comments that his late wife Maggie would've loved to see them just one more time, and gets visibly emotional about it to the point he excuses himself out to go get another beer.


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* ReentryScare: Woody sees reflected on his wrist mirror that a piece of equipment behind him burns up when it enters Mars' atmosphere, [[spoiler: giving his HeroicSacrifice a BetterToDieThanBeKilled angle to it.]]
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* ChekovsGag: The comedic scene Phil making a DNA out of M&Ms in zero gravity later gives Jim an EurekaMoment when he realizes the true meaning of the DNA with missing parts from the Face's signal after scattering some M&Ms on the floor. The movie beats the viewer over the head with it by going as far as to FlashbackCut to the earlier scene that foreshadowed it.

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* ChekovsGag: ChekhovsGag: The comedic scene Phil making a DNA out of M&Ms in zero gravity later gives Jim an EurekaMoment when he realizes the true meaning of the DNA with missing parts from the Face's signal after scattering some M&Ms on the floor. The movie beats the viewer over the head with it by going as far as to FlashbackCut to the earlier scene that foreshadowed it.
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* ChekovsGag: The comedic scene Phil making a DNA out of M&Ms in zero gravity later gives Jim an EurekaMoment when he realizes the true meaning of the DNA with missing parts from the Face's signal after scattering some M&Ms on the floor. The movie beats the viewer over the head with it by going as far as to FlashbackCut to the earlier scene that foreshadowed it.
* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: The Face on Mars is torn down as Jim's ship departs.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: The first crew's reaction to the [[BuffySpeak tornado monster thing]] that's pulverizing rock formations less than a hundred feet from them is to stand there staring in slack-jawed wonder instead of running like any sane person would. Sure enough, it ends up killing everyone but Luke, who at least uttered an [[OhCrap "oh my god"]] upon seeing it.

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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
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The first crew's reaction to the [[BuffySpeak tornado monster thing]] that's pulverizing rock formations less than a hundred feet from them is to stand there staring in slack-jawed wonder instead of running like any sane person would. Sure enough, it ends up killing everyone but Luke, who at least uttered an [[OhCrap "oh my god"]] upon seeing it.it.
** To a lesser extent, [[SubvertedTrope since it proves to be safe]], Luke, Terri and Jim immediately taking off their helmets inside the Face on Mars just because there's breathable air in it is very hazardous because they're still in an alien environment and could've exposed themselves to something nasty.
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''Mission to Mars'' is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Creator/BrianDePalma, depicting a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mission to Mars]] that gets into trouble and the ensuing rescue mission. It was inspired by the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney theme park attraction]] of the same name.

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''Mission to Mars'' is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Creator/BrianDePalma, depicting a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mission to Mars]] that gets into trouble and the ensuing rescue mission. It was inspired by the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney theme park attraction]] of the same name.
name that closed eight years before the film was released.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: We’re spared seeing the fate of the first astronaut that gets sucked into the sentient vortex. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath The second one, on the other hand…]]

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