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* BigBrotherInstinct: After he says his dream is to own a ranch that houses all his younger brothers and their families, Pam pegs Kevin as a natural eldest son who wants to take care of everybody. [[note]]He has to clarify he's only the ''second'' eldest, as his older brother died when they were children.[[/note]] Indeed, throughout the film Kevin is able to intuit when things are going south for his little brothers and tries to advise them against certain choices, [[spoiler:only to be devastated when they all die young.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: After he says his dream is to own a ranch that houses all his younger brothers and their families, Pam pegs Kevin as a natural eldest son who wants to take care of everybody. [[note]]He has to clarify he's only the ''second'' eldest, as his older brother died when they were children.[[/note]] Indeed, throughout the film Kevin is able to intuit when things are going south for his little younger brothers and tries to advise them against certain choices, [[spoiler:only to be devastated when they all die young.young anyway.]]
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a man, his two sons, and his pregnant wife. In the film's beginning, it's Fritz firmly laying out his wrestling ambitions to his wife Doris, who is stressed about their finances and the future, as Kevin and David look on silently. In the end, it's [[spoiler:Kevin -- who has decided to take a step back from wrestling and become a better father and husband -- happily playing with his sons and wife.]]
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a man, his two sons, and his pregnant wife. In the film's beginning, it's Fritz firmly laying out his wrestling ambitions to his wife Doris, who is stressed about their finances and the future, as Kevin and David look on silently. In the end, it's [[spoiler:Kevin -- who has decided to take a step back from wrestling and become a better father and husband -- happily playing with his sons and wife.wife Pam.]]
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* CoinsForTheDead: This practice is alluded to when [[spoiler:we see Kerry in what seems to be the afterlife: he's on a boat on the river he and his brothers used to swim in. Before he gets off to reunite with his dead brothers, he leaves a quarter behind.]]
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* GilliganCut: Doris tells Mike in no uncertain terms that he is not to go to his band's university gig. We immediately cut to Mike's older brothers and Pam helping him sneak out. They all go to the party together.
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* ItsOkayToCry: Throughout the film, which follows a family of manly Texan wrestlers, Kevin follows his father's credo that nobody can see them shedding tears. At the very end, however, he can't help but cry watching his two young sons play, [[spoiler:because he has outlived his beloved younger brothers]]. When his sons come up to him, he apologizes for letting them "see [him] like this", but the children easily tell him that crying is fine. This clearly gets to Kevin and is a true sign that he is starting to move past his father's abuse.
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* MenDontCry: Fritz forbids his sons from hiding their eyes or shedding tears at [[spoiler:their brother David's funeral. At Mike's, Pam is the only one crying and silently notes with shock that Kevin and Kerry are stone-faced. But by the end, as part of his BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting arc, Kevin cries in front of his sons, who even tell him ItsOkayToCry after he apologizes.]]
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* MenDontCry: Fritz forbids his sons from hiding their eyes or shedding tears at [[spoiler:their brother David's funeral. At Mike's, Pam is the only one crying and silently notes with shock that Kevin and Kerry are stone-faced. ]] But by the end, as part of his BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting arc, Kevin cries in front of his sons, who even tell him ItsOkayToCry after he apologizes.]]
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By the late 1970s, former wrestler Fritz Von Erich has raised four promising sons: wrestling rising stars Kevin and David, would-be Olympian Kerry, and aspiring musician Mike. However, Fritz's ambitions, coupled with his ruthlessness in achieving wrestling domination, contribute to a string of tragedies that befall the family both in and out of the ring.
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By the late 1970s, 1980, former wrestler Fritz Von Erich has raised four promising sons: wrestling rising stars Kevin and David, would-be Olympian Kerry, and aspiring musician Mike. However, Fritz's ambitions, coupled with his ruthlessness in achieving wrestling domination, contribute to a string of tragedies that befall the family both in and out of the ring.
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** The film shows Fritz Von Erich as a heel while he was an active wrestler, but doesn't mention that he was originally a ''Nazi'' heel in kayfabe. The "Von Erich" ring name, in real life an example of TheVonTropeFamily, is instead explained as a grandmother's surname (the family's real surname is the non-Germanic-villain-sounding Adkisson).
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** The film shows Fritz Von Erich as a heel while he was an active wrestler, but doesn't mention that he was originally a ''Nazi'' heel in kayfabe. The "Von Erich" ring name, in real life an example of TheVonTropeFamily, is instead explained as a grandmother's surname (the family's real surname legal name is the non-Germanic-villain-sounding Adkisson).
* HeadsOrTails: When he needs to decide whether Kevin or Kerry will compete for the world title in David's place, Fritz opts to flip a coin, claiming it to be the only fair way to decide. The camera focuses on the coin in the air before cutting to Kevin patting Kerry on the back as the latter heads into the ring.
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his father’s abuse and nearly strangled his old man to death.
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his father’s abuse and nearly strangled strangles his old man to death.death.
* RealPersonEpilogue: The film ends by explaining that the Von Erichs were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and that Kevin and Pam achieved the former's dream of living with all their descendants. A family photograph of the real Kevin and Pam with their kids and grandkids caps off the film.
* SiblingTeam: As in real life, the Von Erich brothers wrestle in tag team matches alongside each other.
* RealPersonEpilogue: The film ends by explaining that the Von Erichs were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and that Kevin and Pam achieved the former's dream of living with all their descendants. A family photograph of the real Kevin and Pam with their kids and grandkids caps off the film.
* SiblingTeam: As in real life, the Von Erich brothers wrestle in tag team matches alongside each other.
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* DarkReprise: "Live That Way Forever" is first performed by Mike and his band as a fun number at a grungy college party. Later, a SofterAndSlowerCover of it plays as [[spoiler:Mike commits suicide.]]
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* HealthyInHeaven: In the vision of [[spoiler:the deceased Von Erich brothers reuniting in the afterlife, amputee Kerry has both his feet.]]
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erich family]], a Texan ProfessionalWrestling dynasty active during the 1970s and 1980s who became known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, and Creator/StanleySimons as the brothers Kevin, David, Kerry, and Mike Von Erich respectively, Creator/{{Holt McCallany}} as patriarch Fritz, and Creator/LilyJames as Kevin's eventual wife Pam.
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erich family]], a Texan ProfessionalWrestling dynasty active during the 1970s and 1980s who became known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. dynasty. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, and Creator/StanleySimons as the brothers Kevin, David, Kerry, and Mike Von Erich respectively, Creator/{{Holt McCallany}} as patriarch Fritz, and Creator/LilyJames as Kevin's eventual wife Pam.
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By the late 1970s, former wrestler Fritz Von Erich has raised four promising sons: wrestling rising stars Kevin and David, would-be Olympian Kerry, and aspiring musician Mike. However, Fritz's ambitions, coupled with his ruthlessness in achieving wrestling domination, contribute to a string of tragedies that befall the family both in and out of the ring.
By the late 1970s, former wrestler Fritz Von Erich has raised four promising sons: wrestling rising stars Kevin and David, would-be Olympian Kerry, and aspiring musician Mike. However, Fritz's ambitions, coupled with his ruthlessness in achieving wrestling domination, contribute to a string of tragedies that befall the family both in and out of the ring.
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** The film shows Fritz Von Erich as a heel while he was an active wrestler, but doesn't mention that he was originally a ''Nazi'' heel in kayfabe. The "Von Erich" ring name, in real life an example of TheVonTropeFamily, is instead explained as a grandmother's surname (the family's real surname is the non-Germanic-villain-sounding Adkisson).
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* BigBrotherInstict: After he says his dream is to own a ranch that houses all his younger brothers and their families, Pam pegs Kevin as a natural eldest son who wants to take care of everybody. [[note]]He has to clarify he's only the ''second'' eldest, as his older brother died when they were children.[[/note]] Indeed, throughout the film Kevin is able to intuit when things are going south for his little brothers and tries to advise them against certain choices, [[spoiler:only to be devastated when they all die young.]]
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* BigBrotherInstict: BigBrotherInstinct: After he says his dream is to own a ranch that houses all his younger brothers and their families, Pam pegs Kevin as a natural eldest son who wants to take care of everybody. [[note]]He has to clarify he's only the ''second'' eldest, as his older brother died when they were children.[[/note]] Indeed, throughout the film Kevin is able to intuit when things are going south for his little brothers and tries to advise them against certain choices, [[spoiler:only to be devastated when they all die young.]]
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* StageName: It's mentioned in passing that the Von Erich wrestlers' legal surname is Adkisson -- the patriarch Fritz took on "Von Erich" during his wrestling career [[note]]the film omits that this was an invocation of TheVonTropeFamily, because Fritz used to play an evil Nazi in the ring.[[/note]] and his sons inherited the stage name. Kevin has to correct a nurse who assumes his son will bear the surname Von Erich, noting the possibility of passing the name on with distate.
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Given that the vision of the dead brothers is in between shots of Kevin staring at Kerry's corpse, and Kevin is the only one to bring up Jack Jr in dialogue, I think the stronger interpretation of that scene is that Kevin is imagining it.
* BigBrotherInstict: After he says his dream is to own a ranch that houses all his younger brothers and their families, Pam pegs Kevin as a natural eldest son who wants to take care of everybody. [[note]]He has to clarify he's only the ''second'' eldest, as his older brother died when they were children.[[/note]] Indeed, throughout the film Kevin is able to intuit when things are going south for his little brothers and tries to advise them against certain choices, [[spoiler:only to be devastated when they all die young.]]
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* FinishingMove: The titular Iron Claw is this for the Von Erich clan. Nothing flashy or fancy, just a powerful grip crushing an opponent's skull, or stomach.
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* FinishingMove: The titular Iron Claw is this for the Von Erich clan. Nothing flashy or fancy, just a powerful grip crushing an opponent's skull, skull or stomach.stomach to end the match.
* ParentalFavoritism: As part of his abusive nature, Fritz lays it out in no uncertain terms at the beginning that his favorite son rankings go Kerry > Kevin > David > Mike, but stresses that the "rankings can change at any time". Indeed, Kevin later begins to resent being pushed aside for David.
* ThePatriarch: Fritz Von Erich, the family's original wrestler turned abusive middle-aged StageDad towards his sons/protegees.
* ThePatriarch: Fritz Von Erich, the family's original wrestler turned abusive middle-aged StageDad towards his sons/protegees.
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
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* SignatureMove: The Iron Claw -- a FinishingMove clutching the opponent's body, often the forehead -- is considered in-universe (and out, note the title) as the trademark move of the Von Erich wrestlers.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies,he's shown we get a scene of him meeting his brothers -- including the eldest, Jack Jr., who died as a child -- in the afterlife.]]afterlife, represented as a river the brothers were swimming in earlier.]] This is implied to be an ImagineSpot of Kevin's, making it an InvokedTrope.
* UselessBystanderParent: The family's mother, Doris, refuses to take a stand against her husband's abuse or even emotionally connect with her sons in any meaningful way at first. Tellingly, an early scene sees Kevin ask to talk to her about something and she tries to dismiss him with "that's what your brothers are for". She is similarly nonresponsive to him asking her to intervene against Fritz's harsh treatment of Mike. Instead, she uses religion as a band-aid. [[TraumaCongaLine It doesn't work.]]
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Fritz missed out on the NWA World Championship title repeatedly, leading him to push this dream onto his sons no matter the cost.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies,
* UselessBystanderParent: The family's mother, Doris, refuses to take a stand against her husband's abuse or even emotionally connect with her sons in any meaningful way at first. Tellingly, an early scene sees Kevin ask to talk to her about something and she tries to dismiss him with "that's what your brothers are for". She is similarly nonresponsive to him asking her to intervene against Fritz's harsh treatment of Mike. Instead, she uses religion as a band-aid. [[TraumaCongaLine It doesn't work.]]
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Fritz missed out on the NWA World Championship title repeatedly, leading him to push this dream onto his sons no matter the cost.
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* WeddingDeathJuxtaposition: The wedding of Kevin and Pam is an emotional high point of the film, and features the bride, her new husband, and brothers-in-law all together and dancing happily. However, David's already puking blood into a toilet, and in the next scene, we learn that [[spoiler:he has died of a ruptured intestine.]]
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The Big Guy is a PCE. It is not just about size, but about being the team's combat powerhouse.
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erich family]], a Texan ProfessionalWrestling dynasty active during the 1970s and 1980s who became known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, and Creator/LilyJames.
Creator/StanleySimons as the brothers Kevin, David, Kerry, and Mike Von Erich respectively, Creator/{{Holt McCallany}} as patriarch Fritz, and Creator/LilyJames as Kevin's eventual wife Pam.
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** It isn't mentioned at all that The film shows Fritz Von Erich as a heel while he was an active wrestler, but doesn't mention that he was originally a Nazi ''Nazi'' heel in kayfabe.
%%* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch-rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
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* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch-rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
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* TheBigGuy: BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a man, his two sons, and his pregnant wife. In the film's beginning, it's Fritz firmly laying out his wrestling ambitions to his wife Doris, who is stressed about their finances and the future, as Kevin and David Von Erich is visibly inches taller look on silently. In the end, it's [[spoiler:Kevin -- who has decided to take a step back from wrestling and become a better father and husband -- happily playing with his sons and wife.]]
* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Kevin eventually [[spoiler:decides to be a more present and emotionally available father to his sons than hisbrothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch-rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.father Fritz had ever been to him and his brothers]].
* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Kevin eventually [[spoiler:decides to be a more present and emotionally available father to his sons than his
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be on the road to greater success as the Intercontinental Champion.. only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Rick Flair presents himself as a jerk in interviews but when he confronts Kevin after their match in which Kevin clearly breaks the rules savagely beating him and injuring him, Rick Flair is simply amused and offers Kevin a rematch and even offers to get a drink with him.
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin, and Kerry form this.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Rick Flair presents himself as a jerk in interviews but when he confronts Kevin after their match in which Kevin clearly breaks the rules savagely beating him and injuring him, Rick Flair is simply amused and offers Kevin a rematch and even offers to get a drink with him.
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin, and Kerry form this.
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be on the road to greater success as the Intercontinental Champion..Champion... only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* MeanCharacterNiceActor:Rick Flair The film's take on Wrestling/RicFlair presents himself as a jerk in interviews but when he confronts Kevin after their match in which Kevin clearly breaks the rules savagely beating him and injuring him, Rick Ric Flair is simply amused and offers Kevin a rematch and even offers to get a drink with him.
* MenDontCry: Fritz forbids his sons from hiding their eyes or shedding tears at [[spoiler:their brother David's funeral. At Mike's, Pam is the only one crying and silently notes with shock that Kevin and Kerry are stone-faced. But by the end, as part of his BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting arc, Kevin cries in front of his sons, who even tell him ItsOkayToCry after he apologizes.]]
%%* PowerTrio: David, Kevin, and Kerry form this.
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* MenDontCry: Fritz forbids his sons from hiding their eyes or shedding tears at [[spoiler:their brother David's funeral. At Mike's, Pam is the only one crying and silently notes with shock that Kevin and Kerry are stone-faced. But by the end, as part of his BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting arc, Kevin cries in front of his sons, who even tell him ItsOkayToCry after he apologizes.]]
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Painful retching and a bloody toilet hint at the acute enteritis that will lead [[spoiler:to David's death.]]
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Painful retching and a bloody toilet hint at the acute enteritis that will lead [[spoiler:to David's death.]]]]
* WeddingDeathJuxtaposition:
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->''"I used to be a brother..."''
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Rick Flair presents himself as a jerk in interviews but when he confronts Kevin after their match in which Kevin clearly breaks the rules savagely beating him and injuring him, Rick Flair is simply amused and offers Kevin a rematch and even offers to get a drink with him.
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his fathers
abuse and nearly strangled his old man to death.
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his fathers
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his fathers abuse and nearly strangled his old man to death.
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* RageBreakingPoint: With all of his brothers dead, Kevin finally stops putting up with his fathers abuse and nearly strangled his old man to death.
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal example. Kerry gifts his father a gun for Christmas. [[spoiler:Shortly after, Kerry retrieves the same gun to take his own life.]]
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** The brothers' families are likewise omitted, most notably Kerry's -- while Kevin's sons Ross and Marshall (who are depicted in the film) grew up to become wrestlers, so did Kerry's younger daughter Lacey, who briefly competed in TNA in the late 2000s.
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** The Save for Kevin's, the brothers' families are likewise omitted, most notably Kerry's -- while Kevin's sons Ross and Marshall (who are depicted in the film) grew up to become wrestlers, so did Kerry's younger daughter Lacey, who briefly competed in TNA in the late 2000s.
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** It's implied that when Kevin and Pam have sex in his pickup truck during Mike's gig, it's Kevin's first time. He was [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_1272.shtml actually much younger]] when he lost his virginity, as he admitted in a 2003 shoot interview.
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** Kevin and Pam got married in 1980; in the film, it appears that they tie the knot in early 1984, very shortly [[spoiler:before David's death.]]
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** The real Kevin and Pam got married in 1980; in the film, it appears that they tie the knot in early 1984, very shortly [[spoiler:before David's death.]]
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** The film suggests that Kevin refusing to let go of the Iron Claw in his NWA World Championship match against Ric Flair was a shoot, [[spoiler:one driven by Kevin's grief over losing yet another brother.]] In real life, there doesn't appear to be any evidence of Kevin shooting on the Nature Boy to get himself disqualified.
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** The brothers' families are likewise omitted, most notably Kerry's -- while Kevin's sons Ross and Marshall grew up to become wrestlers, so did Kerry's younger daughter Lacey, who briefly competed in TNA.
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* AdaptedOut: There was, in fact, another Von Erich - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Von_Erich Chris]] - who was completely omitted from the movie. This is partially to keep the screenplay to a manageable length, and partially because [[RealityIsUnrealistic the sheer scale of the real life tragedy might be hard for audiences to believe]].
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* AdaptedOut: AdaptationalHeroism:
** It isn't mentioned at all that Fritz Von Erich was originally a Nazi heel in kayfabe.
** The film omits Kerry and Mike's brushes with the law and generally glosses over the boys' use of illicit substances, though there are scenes where they can be seen taking performance-enhancing drugs.
* AdaptedOut:
** There was, in fact, another Von Erich - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Von_Erich Chris]] - who was completely omitted from the movie. This is partially to keep the screenplay to a manageable length, and partially because [[RealityIsUnrealistic the sheer scale of the real life tragedy might be hard for audiences tobelieve]].believe]].
** The brothers' families are likewise omitted, most notably Kerry's -- while Kevin's sons Ross and Marshall grew up to become wrestlers, so did Kerry's younger daughter Lacey, who briefly competed in TNA.
** It isn't mentioned at all that Fritz Von Erich was originally a Nazi heel in kayfabe.
** The film omits Kerry and Mike's brushes with the law and generally glosses over the boys' use of illicit substances, though there are scenes where they can be seen taking performance-enhancing drugs.
* AdaptedOut:
** There was, in fact, another Von Erich - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Von_Erich Chris]] - who was completely omitted from the movie. This is partially to keep the screenplay to a manageable length, and partially because [[RealityIsUnrealistic the sheer scale of the real life tragedy might be hard for audiences to
** The brothers' families are likewise omitted, most notably Kerry's -- while Kevin's sons Ross and Marshall grew up to become wrestlers, so did Kerry's younger daughter Lacey, who briefly competed in TNA.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Several examples.
** As noted above, the Von Erichs/Adkissons had six sons -- Jack Jr., Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris. Chris is not at all depicted in the film.
** It's implied that when Kevin and Pam have sex in his pickup truck during Mike's gig, it's Kevin's first time. He was [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_1272.shtml actually much younger]] when he lost his virginity, as he admitted in a 2003 shoot interview.
** Kevin and Pam got married in 1980; in the film, it appears that they tie the knot in early 1984, very shortly [[spoiler:before David's death.]]
** Kerry's serious motorcycle accident, which results in the amputation of his foot, is shown as taking place in 1984, shortly after he became NWA World Champion. The accident actually took place in 1986.
** In the movie, Kevin [[spoiler:is the first one to find Kerry's body after the latter shoots himself. In real life, it was actually Fritz -- who, in the film, irrationally blames Kevin for not being there sooner for Kerry -- who found Kerry dead.]]
** As noted above, the Von Erichs/Adkissons had six sons -- Jack Jr., Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris. Chris is not at all depicted in the film.
** It's implied that when Kevin and Pam have sex in his pickup truck during Mike's gig, it's Kevin's first time. He was [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_1272.shtml actually much younger]] when he lost his virginity, as he admitted in a 2003 shoot interview.
** Kevin and Pam got married in 1980; in the film, it appears that they tie the knot in early 1984, very shortly [[spoiler:before David's death.]]
** Kerry's serious motorcycle accident, which results in the amputation of his foot, is shown as taking place in 1984, shortly after he became NWA World Champion. The accident actually took place in 1986.
** In the movie, Kevin [[spoiler:is the first one to find Kerry's body after the latter shoots himself. In real life, it was actually Fritz -- who, in the film, irrationally blames Kevin for not being there sooner for Kerry -- who found Kerry dead.]]
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* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships... only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin and Kerry form this.
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin and Kerry form this.
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track the road to achieve championships...greater success as the Intercontinental Champion.. only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* PowerTrio: David,Kevin Kevin, and Kerry form this.
* PowerTrio: David,
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* AgeLift: Kevin's older son Ross is shown as being born in 1984, while younger brother Marshall is presumably born in the mid-late '80s. In real life, Ross and Marshall were respectively born in 1988 and 1992.
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* AgeLift: Kevin's older son Ross is shown as being born in 1984, while younger brother son Marshall is presumably born in the mid-late '80s. In real life, Ross and Marshall were respectively born in 1988 and 1992.
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* AgeLift: Kevin's older son Ross is shown as being born in 1984, while younger brother Marshall is presumably born in the mid-late '80s. In real life, Ross and Marshall were respectively born in 1988 and 1992.
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the Von Erich family, a ProfessionalWrestling dynasty known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, and Creator/LilyJames.
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erich family, family]], a ProfessionalWrestling dynasty known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, and Creator/LilyJames.
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* FinishingMove: The Titular Iron Claw is this for the Von Erich clan. Nothing flashy or fancy, just a powerful grip crushing an opponent's skull, or stomach.
* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships...only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships...only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
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* FinishingMove: The Titular titular Iron Claw is this for the Von Erich clan. Nothing flashy or fancy, just a powerful grip crushing an opponent's skull, or stomach.
* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships... only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships... only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
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* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body, David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father. David is not only the tallest, but also the best overall worker and talker. It is him that is being heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
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* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body, David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father.father. David is not only the tallest, but also the best overall worker and talker. It He is him that is being the one heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships...only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, play a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
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* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships...only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, play plays a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
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* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body, David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father. David is not only the tallest, but also the best overall worker and talker. It is him that is being heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
* HopeSpot: After Kerry moves to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]], he appears to be getting a push and on track to achieve championships...only to get demoted to the midcard and house shows. [[spoiler:This, compounded with his chronic pain, play a major role in Kerry's suicide.]]
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* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body. David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father. David is not only the tallest, but he's the best overall worker and talker. It is him that is being heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
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* FinishingMove: The Titular Iron Claw is this for the Von Erich clan. Nothing flashy or fancy, just a powerful grip crushing an opponent's skull, or stomach.
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin and Kerry form this.
* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body. David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father. David is not only the tallest, but he's the best overall worker and talker. It is him that is being heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
* VomitDiscretionShot: Painful retching and a bloody toilet hint at the acute enteritis that will lead [[spoiler:to David's death.]]
* PowerTrio: David, Kevin and Kerry form this.
* TheAce: David. Although Kevin is the oldest, and considered the best athlete, and Kerry has the best body. David is widely considered to be the best of the bunch, even including their Father. David is not only the tallest, but he's the best overall worker and talker. It is him that is being heavily considered for the World championship, [[spoiler:until his death pushes Kerry into the spot.]]
* TheBigGuy: David Von Erich is visibly inches taller than his brothers, who are themselves larger, powerfully built men. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy fills this role for the Von Erich's arch rivals The Fabulous Freebirds.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
* VomitDiscretionShot: Painful retching and a bloody toilet hint at the acute enteritis that will lead [[spoiler:to David's death.]]
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''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the Von Erich family, a ProfessionalWrestling dynasty known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllanWhite, Creator/JeremyAllenWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, and Creator/LilyJames.
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* AdaptedOut: There was, in fact, another Von Erich - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Von_Erich Chris]] - who was completely omitted from the movie. This is partially to keep the screenplay to a manageable length, and partially because [[RealityIsUnrealistic the sheer scale of the real life tragedy might be hard for audiences to believe]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Mike and Kerry both take their own lives.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Mike and Kerry both take their own lives.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Mike has next to no interest in wrestling, wanting nothing more than to play music with his band. Fritz grudgingly tolerates this for a while, but [[spoiler:after David's death, he forces Mike to compete as a wrestler, resulting in a horrible shoulder injury in the ring that, combined with toxic shock, puts him in a coma. When Mike emerges from the coma, Fritz makes it clear he expects him to continue wrestling, and Mike commits suicide.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Mike has next to no interest in wrestling, wanting nothing more than to play music with his band. Fritz grudgingly tolerates this for a while, but [[spoiler:after David's death, he forces Mike to compete as a wrestler, resulting in a horrible shoulder injury in the ring that, combined with toxic shock, puts him in a coma. When Mike emerges from the coma, Fritz makes it clear he expects him to continue wrestling, and Mike commits suicide.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After Kerry dies, he's shown meeting his brothers in the afterlife.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Fritz Von Erich is a hard, ruthless father who openly ranks which children he likes best, trains them mercilessly, and expects them to show no signs of weakness.
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* AbusiveParents: Fritz Von Erich is a hard, ruthless father who openly ranks which children he likes best, trains them mercilessly, and expects them to show no signs of weakness. [[spoiler:This unforgiving approach drives two of his sons, Mike and Kerry, to take their own lives.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kevin is the only surviving son of the Von Erich family, and the loss of his brothers, as well as the abuse he suffered at the hands of Fritz, have clearly taken a major toll on him. However, by openly weeping in front of his sons, it's clear that he's become his own man and is processing his pain in a healthy way.]]
* BrokenAce: Kerry Von Erich is the star of the family, a would-be Olympian and a champion wrestler who Fritz considers his favorite. He's also utterly destroyed by the various tragedies that befall his brothers, [[spoiler:leading to the loss of his foot in a motorcycle accident and his eventual suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Mike and Kerry both take their own lives.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kevin is the only surviving son of the Von Erich family, and the loss of his brothers, as well as the abuse he suffered at the hands of Fritz, have clearly taken a major toll on him. However, by openly weeping in front of his sons, it's clear that he's become his own man and is processing his pain in a healthy way.]]
* BrokenAce: Kerry Von Erich is the star of the family, a would-be Olympian and a champion wrestler who Fritz considers his favorite. He's also utterly destroyed by the various tragedies that befall his brothers, [[spoiler:leading to the loss of his foot in a motorcycle accident and his eventual suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Mike and Kerry both take their own lives.]]
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->''"Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed. Mom tried to protect us with God. Dad tried to protect us with wrestling. He said if we were the toughest, the strongest, nothing could ever hurt us. I believed him. We all did."''
-->-- '''Kevin Von Erich'''
''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the Von Erich family, a ProfessionalWrestling dynasty known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllanWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, and Creator/LilyJames.
!!This film contains the following tropes:
* AbusiveParents: Fritz Von Erich is a hard, ruthless father who openly ranks which children he likes best, trains them mercilessly, and expects them to show no signs of weakness.
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->''"Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed. Mom tried to protect us with God. Dad tried to protect us with wrestling. He said if we were the toughest, the strongest, nothing could ever hurt us. I believed him. We all did."''
-->-- '''Kevin Von Erich'''
''The Iron Claw'' is a biographical sports drama about the Von Erich family, a ProfessionalWrestling dynasty known for the tragedies that befell them outside the ring. The film is directed by Sean Durkin, and stars Creator/ZacEfron, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/JeremyAllanWhite, Holt [=McCallany=], Stanley Simons, and Creator/LilyJames.
!!This film contains the following tropes:
* AbusiveParents: Fritz Von Erich is a hard, ruthless father who openly ranks which children he likes best, trains them mercilessly, and expects them to show no signs of weakness.
