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* ComingInHot: After the Doolittle Raids bomb Japan, the plan is to land at designated airfields in friendly China. But because the fleet was spotted before their designated launch point, by the time they reach the Chinese coast, (the parts occupied by the Japanese), they're running out of fuel. Rafe's plane, with only one engine running, manages to crash land his bomber mostly intact, only to be confronted by Japanese patrols. Danny's bomber comes in shooting up the Japanese only to crash land. Unlike Rafe, Danny's plane smashes to pieces.
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** This isn't the first time Creator/DanAykroyd was in a film about [[Film/NineteenFortyOne Pearl Harbour]].
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** This isn't the first time Creator/DanAykroyd was in a film about [[Film/NineteenFortyOne [[Film/NineteenFortyOne1979 Pearl Harbour]].
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler:Danny might have lived to the end of the film had he not kept Evelyn's photo on his panel.]]
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler:Danny might have lived to the end of the film had he not kept Evelyn's photo on his panel.plane's dashboard.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: After Danny dies, Rafe and Evelyn name her and Danny's child in honor of him]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When the group is under attack from Japanese soldiers, Danny throws himself in the enemy's way to protect his friends and gets fatally shot in the chest]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: To resolve their love triangle, Rafe vows to walk away so that Evelyn and Danny can be happy together.
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* WhosYourDaddy: After the love triangle drama between Evelyn and friends Rafe and Danny, Evelyn discovers she is pregnant and is unsure who the father is. Rafe or Danny? [[spoiler: Turns out that Danny is actually the biological father. Which is actually much more sadder in hindsight when he dies on a mission and he asks Rafe to look after his child for him]].
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* WhosYourDaddy: After WhamLine: In-Universe. Amidst the love triangle drama between Evelyn and friends Evelyn, Rafe and Danny, and Rafe plans to step aside so that Evelyn discovers could be happy with Danny, Evelyn delivers to him the unexpected news that she is pregnant and is unsure who the father is. Rafe or Danny? [[spoiler: Turns out that and Danny is actually the biological father. Which is actually much more sadder in hindsight when he dies on a mission and he asks Rafe to look after his child for him]].father]].
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** When Danny calls Earl to tell him that they are under attack, he says, "I think World War II just started." World War I was not known by that title in 1941, so Danny would not have called a conflict with Japan, whose planes they've identified, as World War ''II''.
** At the time of the attack, there was no bridge from the mainland to Ford Island, where Danny and Rafe find themselves with the attack begins.
** At the time of the attack, there was no bridge from the mainland to Ford Island, where Danny and Rafe find themselves with the attack begins.
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* AbusiveParents: Danny was physically abused by his father growing up. When the abuse happens in front of his childhood friend Rafe, Rafe promptly retaliates by whacking Danny's father with a large piece of wood.
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* AwardBaitSong: The song "There You'll Be", sung by Faith Hill has something familiar about it. Perhaps a slight similarity to a song from an earlier blockbuster movie? Nah.
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* AwardBaitSong: The song "There You'll Be", sung by Faith Hill has something familiar about it. [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Perhaps a slight similarity to a song from an earlier blockbuster movie? movie]]? Nah.
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* WhosYourDaddy: After the love triangle drama between Evelyn and friends Rafe and Danny, Evelyn discovers she is pregnant and is unsure who the father is. Rafe or Danny? [[spoiler: Turns out that Danny is actually the biological father. Which is actually much more sadder in hindsight when he dies on a mission and he asks Rafe to look after his child for him]].
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* BookEnds: The film begins with Rafe and Danny taking a spin in Rafe's father's biplane. It ends with Rafe [[spoiler:doing the same with Danny's son.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Rafe and Danny nearly get court-martialled for playing chicken with their planes. During the attack, they use the same stunt to knock down four Japanese Zeros.
* ChekhovsGun: Rafe and Danny nearly get court-martialed for playing chicken with their planes. During the attack, they use the same stunt to knock down four Japanese Zeros.
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* DeathOfTheHypotenuseDeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Danny is killed at the end of the film, leaving Evelyn to hook up with Rafe.]]
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* StampOfRejection: uring the scene in the medical office, one pilot is seen arguing with a doctor about his medical, trying to get him to not deny him so he can keep flying. The doctor is unmoved and stamps "DENIED" on his form. This serves to up Rafe's anxiety that he'll be rejected and lose his wings too.
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* AnachronismStew: The ''Arizona'' memorial is clearly visible in the background when the nurses arrive in Hawaii, despite the scene being several months before the attack and two decades before the memorial opened.
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** The ''Arizona'' memorial is clearly visible in the background when the nurses arrive in Hawaii, despite the scene being several months before the attack and two decades before the memorialopened. opened.
** Depending on whether the "Battle of Britain" scenes take place in 1940 or 1941, either Rafe and his squadron mates are flying Spitfire models not introduced until the following year[[note]]Cannon-armed Spitfires became operational in 1941[[/note]] or the Battle of Britain lasted six months to a year longer than it did in real life.[[note]]Luftwaffe daylight raids of the sort depicted ended in the fall of 1940.[[/note]]
** The ''Arizona'' memorial is clearly visible in the background when the nurses arrive in Hawaii, despite the scene being several months before the attack and two decades before the memorial
** Depending on whether the "Battle of Britain" scenes take place in 1940 or 1941, either Rafe and his squadron mates are flying Spitfire models not introduced until the following year[[note]]Cannon-armed Spitfires became operational in 1941[[/note]] or the Battle of Britain lasted six months to a year longer than it did in real life.[[note]]Luftwaffe daylight raids of the sort depicted ended in the fall of 1940.[[/note]]
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-->'''President Roosevelt''': What they really need are tanks, planes, bullets, bombs and men to fight, but our people think [[UsefulNotes/AdoltHitler Hitler]] and [[ThoseWackyNazis his Nazi thugs]] are Europe's problem.
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-->'''President Roosevelt''': What they really need are tanks, planes, bullets, bombs and men to fight, but our people think [[UsefulNotes/AdoltHitler [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] and [[ThoseWackyNazis his Nazi thugs]] are Europe's problem.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Roosevelt comments that this is America's attitude towards the battles raging on the other side of the Atlantic.
-->'''President Roosevelt''': I'm afraid I'm in a bad mood. [[UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill Churchill]] and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]] are asking me what I'm asking you: how long is America going to pretend the world is not at war?
-->'''Chief of Staff''': We've increased food and oil supply shipments to them, Mr. President-
-->'''President Roosevelt''': What they really need are tanks, planes, bullets, bombs and men to fight, but our people think [[UsefulNotes/AdoltHitler Hitler]] and [[ThoseWackyNazis his Nazi thugs]] are Europe's problem.
-->'''President Roosevelt''': I'm afraid I'm in a bad mood. [[UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill Churchill]] and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]] are asking me what I'm asking you: how long is America going to pretend the world is not at war?
-->'''Chief of Staff''': We've increased food and oil supply shipments to them, Mr. President-
-->'''President Roosevelt''': What they really need are tanks, planes, bullets, bombs and men to fight, but our people think [[UsefulNotes/AdoltHitler Hitler]] and [[ThoseWackyNazis his Nazi thugs]] are Europe's problem.
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* AsYouKnow: President Roosevelt reminds his cabinet that the American people are hesitant to join the war.
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* DramaticDrop: President Roosevelt drops the papers he was holding when he learns of the attack.
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[[caption-width-right:300:[-The diabolical Japanese plan to sneak in [[FloatingHeadSyndrome under cover of Ben Affleck]] is set in motion.-] ]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: It may seemed odd and even silly that a sailor crying out that he can't swim, but back then, swimming wasn't taught to decrease the number of restrictions.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: It may seemed odd and even silly that a sailor sailor's crying out that he can't swim, but back then, swimming wasn't taught to decrease the number of restrictions.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: The scene where a sailor cries out he can't swim was based on real events. Swimming wasn't mandatory in the US navy until after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: The scene where a sailor cries out he can't swim was based on real events. Swimming Being able to swim wasn't mandatory in the US navy until after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.''after ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Rafe, full stop.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Rafe, full stop. He becomes angry at Danny and Evelyn for hooking up, when they both believed he was killed in action and thus wouldn't be coming back.
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** Related to the above, Peter Firth served in the Navy in that film as well as this one.
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* HeroicBSOD: Once the attack is over, Admiral Kimmel is touring the destroyed harbor when he receives a note from Washington warning that an attack by Japan is imminent. He replies "They're only an hour late."
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** As [=MPs=] break up the bar fight, Danny says that they are going to be "thrown in the brig." "Brig" is a naval term. Because Rafe and Danny are army pilots, the correct term to use is "stockade." Major Jackson, who is in US Army Signal Corps, also make this error.
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** As [=MPs=] break up the bar fight, Danny says that they are going to be "thrown in the brig." "Brig" is a naval term. Because Rafe and Danny are army pilots, the correct term to use is "stockade." Major Jackson, who is in US Army Signal Corps, also make makes this error.
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* StockFootageFailure: The montage at the beginning, set 1939-40, shows an [=M26=] Pershing tank in Cologne. The [=M26=] arrived in Europe in 1945, and wasn't even on the drawing board by 1940.
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-->'''''West Virginia'' PA system''': [[PrecisionFStrike This is no shit!]] [[OhCrap They just sank the]] ''Arizona!''
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* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: Prior to the Doolittle Raid, the Americans are shown tying Japanese friendship medals to the bombs, which happened in real life. However, the medals are tied to the nose, which would interfere with the arming pin. In real life, they were attached to the tail fins.
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* CrisisPointHospital: During the Japanese attack, the nurses rush to the hospital where the sheer quantity of wounded soldiers, sailors, and marines quickly overwhelm the hospital's resources. As a result, the medics order the nurses to not treat the men who are critically wounded, and concentrate on the ones that have a higher chance of survival.
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* HollywoodHistory: Just see the aforementioned list.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: As mentioned below, while it may seemed odd and even silly that a sailor crying out that he can't swim, but back then, swimming wasn't taught to decrease the number of restrictions.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: As mentioned below, while it It may seemed odd and even silly that a sailor crying out that he can't swim, but back then, swimming wasn't taught to decrease the number of restrictions.
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** The USS ''Constellation'' stands in for the USS ''Hornet'' (during the Doolittle raid's launch scene). It's angled deck is clearly visible, as is its modern radar array, its steam catapult, and its gatling CIWS systems.
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** The USS ''Constellation'' stands in for the USS ''Hornet'' (during the Doolittle raid's launch scene). It's Its angled deck is clearly visible, as is its modern radar array, its steam catapult, and its gatling CIWS systems.
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** Several US navy destroyers are featured being bombed in the film. 70's era ''Spruance''-class guided missile destroyers, that is.
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** Several US navy Navy destroyers are featured being bombed in the film. 70's era ''Spruance''-class guided missile destroyers, that is.
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** As [=MPs=] break up the bar fight, Danny says that they are going to be "thrown in the brig." "Brig" is a naval term. Because Rafe and Danny are army pilots, the correct term to use is "stockade."" Major Jackson, who is in US Army Signal Corps, also make this error.
