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* CoolLoser: Shekhar is a [[BumblingDad bumbling]], [[SociallyAwkwardHero awkward]], [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarrassing]] man, who Prateek thinks is weird and even Sonia finds awkward sometimes. He is still played by MrFanservice Creator/ShahRukhKhan. This is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as we see during the song ''"Criminal"'' that when he is [[SexierAlterEgo drunk]], Shekhar can be extremely cool, to the point that he becomes the centre of the attention of the party (in a [[ChickMagnet good]] [[MrFanservice way]]). Also, a series of flashbacks during the song ''"Dildaara"'' shows that Shekhar [[spoiler: when he was still alive]] was quite cool when he was just dating Sonia, only [[CloudCuckooLander slightly eccentric]].
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* LOL69: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Prateek's user name is [[AwesomeMcCoolname Lucifer]].

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* LOL69: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Prateek's user name is [[AwesomeMcCoolname Lucifer]].Lucifer.

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* AdultFear: Sonia has just lost her husband and the person responsible for his death is now after her [[WouldHurtAChild young son]].


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* WouldHurtAChild: Sonia has just lost her husband and the person responsible for his death is now after her young son.
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* GrownBeyondTheirProgramming: Ra.One, which becomes a problem when he escapes to real world.

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* StripSnag: Sonia's dress gets caught in the wheels of a car and her dress gets ripped.

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* ButtMonkey: Sonia during the Dildara song.


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Partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Terminator}}'', partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', entirely enjoyable.

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Partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Terminator}}'', ''Film/TheTerminator'', partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', entirely enjoyable.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ra_one.jpg]]

->"Lucifer built me. He wanted a villain who would never die."

A 2011 Bollywood scifi-action-comedy. Shekar Subramaniam, a computer game designer, at the urging of his son, creates a new game with a completely cool and completely unkillable villain: Ra.One. Naturally enough, this goes horribly wrong when Ra.One escapes from the game into the new world, with the personality of history's ten greatest bad guys and a grudge against Shekar's son. The only one that can stop Ra.One is G.One, the game's hero. But can even he beat a villain who never dies?

Partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Terminator}}'', partly a ripoff of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', entirely enjoyable.

!! This film contains examples of:

* AchillesHeel: Both Ra.One and G.One can regenerate if either their bodies or their [=HARTs=] are destroyed separately. To be killed, their [=HARTs=] have to be destroyed while connected to their bodies.
* AdultFear: Sonia has just lost her husband and the person responsible for his death is now after her [[WouldHurtAChild young son]].
* AIIsACrapshoot: Ra.One is Artificially intelligent, so that he can learn everytime and use new moves against his opponents. This is done to make him an InvincibleVillain.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Shekhar is this to Prateek.
* AntagonistTitle: Ra.One is the name of the eponymous BigBad of the Video game that Shekhar designed.
* AnimeHair: G.One has very spiky hair.
* BaldOfEvil: The human form that Ra.One assumes sports a bald, tattooed head.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Justified, as video game characters have no need for genitalia.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Ra.One. Prateek wanted a game with an InvincibleVillain. Said villain ended up escaping to the real world to fight the only gamer who ever managed to get to the second level: Prateek.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens briefly to Sonia.
%%* CarFu
* TheCameo: Chitti from ''Film/{{Robot}}'' shows up.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Ra.One is red. G.One is blue.
* CoolLoser: Shekhar is a [[BumblingDad bumbling]], [[SociallyAwkwardHero awkward]], [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarrassing]] man, who Prateek thinks is weird and even Sonia finds awkward sometimes. He is still played by MrFanservice Creator/ShahRukhKhan. This is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] as we see during the song ''"Criminal"'' that when he is [[SexierAlterEgo drunk]], Shekhar can be extremely cool, to the point that he becomes the centre of the attention of the party (in a [[ChickMagnet good]] [[MrFanservice way]]). Also, a series of flashbacks during the song ''"Dildaara"'' shows that Shekhar [[spoiler: when he was still alive]] was quite cool when he was just dating Sonia, only [[CloudCuckooLander slightly eccentric]].
%%* CoolShades
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: G.One, who looks [[AuthorAvatar identical to his creator/designer]], Shekhar, comments that Shekhar was a handsome man, but had bad hair. [[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke They have different kinds of hairstyles]][[/note]]
* EvilIsCool: In-universe. Shekar creates Ra.One because his son likes villains.
* EvilIsPetty: Ra.One kills Akashi's mother (while [[VoluntaryShapeShifting disguised as Akashi]]) because she was annoying him and because he "[[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain hates Chinese]]".
%%* HeartLight
* FunWithAcronyms: In-universe: Ra.One is short for "Random Access Version One." The game's designers keep it when they notice it can also be read "Ravan", as in the demon [[Literature/{{Ramayana}} Ravan]]. G.One, on the other hand, stands for "Good One".
* GeniusDitz: Shekar. [[spoiler: Apparently, no one notices the difference when he's replaced by a robotic double incapable of comprehending sarcasm.]]
%%* GoodHairEvilHair
* GroinAttack: ...does not work on robots.
--> '''Ra.One''': "G.One, what are you doing?"
--> '''G.One''': "I don't know."
* GrownBeyondTheirProgramming: Ra.One, which becomes a problem when he escapes to real world.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Both Shekar and G.One die.]]
** NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:G.One is not dead. He just went back to the video game world. He returns in the end.]]
* HeroicBuild: G.One has one. And in the dream sequence in the beginning, we see "Lucifer", who looks like Shekhar (and by extension, G.One), but with longer hair, shirtless. Creator/ShahrukhKhan [[DyeingForYourArt worked really hard]] [[MrFanservice and it shows]].
* HollywoodHacking: Prateek is shown to be very good at this in the beginning.
* HypocriticalHumor:
--> '''Prateek''': We're ready to kick [[CurseCutShort your—]]
--> '''G.One''': Language, Prateek. ''[to Ra.One]'' We are ready, to kick your '''fat ass.'''
* InsideAComputerSystem: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Ra.One and G.One are video game characters who have escaped to the real world.
* InvincibleVillain: Ra.One is ''designed'' to be this in the game as Prateek, Shekhar's son, thinks an invincible bad guy would be cool. [[BeCarefulWhatYouwishFor Too bad, he ended up escaping into the real world]]. He does have an AchillesHeel however.
* KilledOffForReal: Akashi and [[spoiler:Shekhar]].
* LOL69: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Prateek's user name is [[AwesomeMcCoolname Lucifer]].
* MeaningfulName: G.One sounds like the word ''Jeevan'', which means "Life".
* MesACrowd: In the climax, Ra.One ends up creating nine more copies of himself, only one of them being real.
* MsFanservice: [[Creator/KareenaKapoor Sonia]].
* MrFanservice: G.One and Ra.One in his human form.
%%* {{Leitmotif}}
%%* SmokingIsCool: invoked, averted, lampshaded, and parodied.
%%* TakingYouWithMe
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Ra.One is named that way because it sounds like Ravana, as in the demon from Literature/{{Ramayana}}.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Shekar for the last half of the movie.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Ra.One has red eyes in his default mode and even when he is assuming someone else's form, he can make his eyes glow red.
%%* ReplacementGoldfish
%%* RunawayTrain
* ThanksForTheMammary: G.One at one point ends up with his hand on Sonia's breast, while trying to protect her from a gang of goons. She forbids him from touching her afterwards.
* VerbalTic: For G.One, repeating words or phrases.
%%* VillainsBlendInBetter: Ra.One, to a degree.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Ra.One is capable of transforming into other people, which helps him blend in among people or fool the heroes. Unfortunately, G.One is does not have that power.
* WorthyOpponent: Ra.One wants to kill Prateek because he is the only one who managed to beat him in the level one and proceed to the second level.
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