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* SchizoTech: Humanity has an interplanetary civilization but has regressed so far that the soldiers are forced to fight with scaled up WorldWarI level equipment, even using what appear to be steam powered tanks. Even their ''spaceships'' seem to run on coal.

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* SchizoTech: Humanity has an interplanetary civilization but has regressed so far that the soldiers are forced to fight with scaled up WorldWarI World War I level equipment, even using what appear to be steam powered tanks. Even their ''spaceships'' seem to run on coal.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: The Brotherhood is a Catholic monastic order.

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* ChristianityIsCatholic: The Brotherhood is a Catholic monastic order. ''How'' they are Catholic when their order predates the religion by almost 8,000 years is never explained. [[HandWave Maybe they all converted.]]
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* NighInvulnerable: The mutants are incredibly durable, taking several shots from Capitol's high caliber rifles to put down. Steiner notes that when Bauhaus sent a patrol out to capture one using [[ShockStick shock sticks]], they were utterly ineffective, and one was only captured when a tank parked on top of it. The mutant was ''still alive.''

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* {{BFG}}: El Jesus uses a "phosphorous rifle" that can blow holes in tanks and one shot mutants instead of the more conventional (but also extremely heavy) semi-automatic rifles used by most soldiers. The rifle is noted to be extremely unstable, [[spoiler: and Jesus ends up killing a good chunk of the party when it finally goes off.]]



* NighInvulnerable: The mutants are incredibly durable, taking several shots from Capitol's high caliber rifles to put down. Steiner notes that when Bauhaus sent a patrol out to capture one using [[ShockStick shock sticks]], they were utterly ineffective, and one was only captured when a tank parked on top of it. The mutant was ''still alive.''



* RuleOfCool: Probably the only reason why everyone has gone back to using World War 1 tactics, right down to using bulky semi-automatic rifles again instead of the much more cost-effecitve assault rifles.

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* RuleOfCool: Probably the only reason why everyone has gone back to using World War 1 tactics, right down to using bulky semi-automatic rifles again instead of the much more cost-effecitve cost-effective assault rifles.rifles.
* SchizoTech: Humanity has an interplanetary civilization but has regressed so far that the soldiers are forced to fight with scaled up WorldWarI level equipment, even using what appear to be steam powered tanks. Even their ''spaceships'' seem to run on coal.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The characters themselves note that the survivors have been dragged into the machine for weeks, yet somehow Nathan Rooker is still alive even though he was captured 6 weeks prior and couldn't have been fed anything during this time.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The characters themselves note that the survivors have it's been dragged into weeks since the machine for weeks, Mutants started dragging people to the Machine, yet somehow Nathan Rooker is still alive even though he was captured 6 weeks prior and couldn't have been fed anything during this time.



* Irony: As noted by Samuel, [[spoiler:the prophesized savior of mankind turns out to be an atheist in the end.]]

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: As noted by Samuel, [[spoiler:the prophesized savior of mankind turns out to be an atheist in the end.]]

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* TheMillstone: El Jesus. That guy holds his own, [[spoiler:but he nearly ends the entire mission when his unstable phosphorous gun explodes and stuns the whole team in the middle of a close fight against the mutants, leading to a near TotalPartyKill. It should be noted that the unreliability of this type of gun is known, as proven by Steiner telling him not to stand near him while using that gun, yet he brings it into the mission anyway and nearly dooming everyone.]]



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the mutants together. [[spoiler:They are rather successful at it too, but then Jesus' phosphorous gun explodes and allows the mutants to overrun them.]]

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him despite Samuel's protest to fight off the mutants together. [[spoiler:They are rather successful at it too, but then Jesus' phosphorous gun explodes and allows the mutants to overrun them.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The characters themselves note that the survivors have been dragged into the machine for weeks, yet somehow Nathan Rooker is still alive even though he was captured 6 weeks prior and couldn't have been fed anything during this time.
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* StupidSacrifice: Why exactly [[spoiler:Steiner]] has to suicide bomb the mutants even though he's using a grenade and could just throw it at them is never explained. As a result of this stupid sacrifice, Hunter is forced to support the rope lowering two other members down the machine on his own, which pulls him close to the pit and makes him fall directly onto the conversion belt by the shockwave once [[spoiler:Steiner]] detonates.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The machine is said to have landed on Earth 10,000 years ago, yet the ancient order dedicated to battling it somehow has Catholic trappings even though the Abrahamic religions didn't even exist yet in the 7,300s BCE. Even if we assume that Christianity is inspired by the landing of the Machine in this universe, the Brotherhood's denomination of Christianity should be completely unrecognizable from any modern Christian church since they predated the formation of the both the Nicene and the Catholic Church.

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The machine is said to have landed on Earth 10,000 years ago, yet the ancient order dedicated to battling it somehow has Catholic trappings even though the Abrahamic religions didn't even exist yet in the 7,300s BCE. Even if we assume that Christianity is inspired by the landing of the Machine in this universe, the Brotherhood's denomination of Christianity should be completely unrecognizable from to any modern Christian church since they predated the formation of the both the Nicene and the Catholic Church.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's leave sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severian, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severian is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's leave launch sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severian, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severian is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's leave sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's leave sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, Severian, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia Severian is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]
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* RagnaroxProofing: The Machine is still working perfectly after being buried in the dirt for 10,000 years, [[spoiler:even blasting off into space in the end.]]

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* RagnaroxProofing: RagnarokProofing: The Machine is still working perfectly after being buried in the dirt for 10,000 years, [[spoiler:even blasting off into space in the end.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's recall sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's recall leave sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]

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* RuleOfCool: Probably the only reason why everyone has gone back to using World War 1 tactics, right down to using bulky semi-automatic battle rifles again instead of the much cheaper assault rifles.

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* RagnaroxProofing: The Machine is still working perfectly after being buried in the dirt for 10,000 years, [[spoiler:even blasting off into space in the end.]]
* RuleOfCool: Probably the only reason why everyone has gone back to using World War 1 tactics, right down to using bulky semi-automatic battle rifles again instead of the much cheaper more cost-effecitve assault rifles.
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* Irony: As noted by Samuel, [[spoiler:the prophesized savior of mankind turns out to be an atheist in the end.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct recall sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter and it turns out to be just the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]
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* DyingAsYourself: Mutants seem to revert back to their original personalities just as they're about to expire. The captive mutant the crew uses to hone their skill begs for help and God once they mortally wound him, and [[spoiler:Legion reverts back to Samuel and tells Hunter to save himself.]]

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* DyingAsYourself: Mutants seem to revert back to their original personalities just as they're about to expire. The captive mutant the crew uses to hone their skill begs as a training dummy asks for help and God once they mortally wound him, and [[spoiler:Legion reverts back to Samuel and tells Hunter to save himself.]]
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* DyingAsYourself: Mutants seem to revert back to their original personalities just as they're about to expire. The captive mutant the crew uses to hone their skill begs for help and God once they mortally wound him, and [[spoiler:Legion reverts back to Samuel and tells Hunter to save himself.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and doesn't actually know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns, turns out, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and most definitely doesn't actually know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter.Hunter and it turns out to be the thing they need to completely defeat the villain.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Nathan in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Nathan Hunter in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key.key. Keep in mind that Severia is illiterate and doesn't actually know that the sword is the key, so how convenient it is that her dying thought is to throw this random sword back to Hunter.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler:As it turns, the key to activate the machine's self-destruct sequence is one of the swords that the crew brings with them. Said sword is held by Severia, who dies falling to the chasm, but she manages to throw it back to the platform next to Nathan in her dying grasp, which also conveniently land on top of the Chronicle page that says it's the key.]]
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Severian, who devoutly believes in the Brotherhood's creed without ever reading any of its writings. Hunter calls her out on this.

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* NeverLearnedToRead: Severian, who devoutly believes in the Brotherhood's creed without ever reading being able to read any of its writings. Hunter calls her out on this.this blind faith.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Severian, who devoutly believes in the Brotherhood's creed without ever reading any of its writings. Hunter calls her out on this.
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* DeathByDisfigurement: [[spoiler:Steiner]]'s fate is very much sealed the moment a white phosphorous explosion disfigures his face.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the mutants together. [[spoiler:They are rather successful at it too, but Jesus' phosphorous gun explodes and allows the mutants to overrun them.]]

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the mutants together. [[spoiler:They are rather successful at it too, but then Jesus' phosphorous gun explodes and allows the mutants to overrun them.]]
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the mutants together. It's easily the most heartwarming moment out of the entire movie.

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the mutants together. It's easily [[spoiler:They are rather successful at it too, but Jesus' phosphorous gun explodes and allows the most heartwarming moment out of the entire movie.mutants to overrun them.]]
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the Mutants together. It's easily the most heartwarming moment out of the entire movie.

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Steiner falls into a lower level with a horde of mutants, the rest of the crew jumps in after him to fight off the Mutants mutants together. It's easily the most heartwarming moment out of the entire movie.

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