History Film / TheMummyTrilogy

[[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052291 The series is set to be rebooted]] with new characters, a new story and a contemporary setting [[Film/TheMummy2017 in 2017.]]

[[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052291 The series will be rebooted]] by Universal, with new characters, a new story and a contemporary setting.

** The scores to the first two films reference the ''LawrenceOfArabia'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdFwhhH2x7I theme]] heavily.

During the long wait for a third, we got the SpinOff[=/=]{{Prequel}} ''Film/TheScorpionKing''. It had Wrestling/TheRock fight Egyptians and sorcerers and stuff like that. It had pretty much nothing to do with the original two films, but had the same approach to humour and the action scenes in particular were considered awesome, if only for the fact that this is what happens to ''anything'' involving DwayneJohnson. ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' itself got a direct-to-DVD pre-prequel, ''The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'', and two sequels, ''The Scorpion King 3: Battle For Redemption'' and ''The Scorpion King 4: Quest For Power''. The existence of a fourth movie means that Universal made a sequel to a sequel to a prequel (to the original ''Scorpion King'') of the prologue of a sequel (''The Mummy Returns'') of a remake (''The Mummy''). Is your head hurting yet?

* HijackedByJesus: ''The Mummy Returns'' paints Anubis as a {{Satan}}ic figure who [[DealWithTheDevil buys souls]] in exchange for worldly power. The Anubis of actual Egyptian myth was one of the good guys.

** When Imhotep is first fully regenerated, he's wearing body-covering and very BadAss black robes. After his travel-via-dust devil, he spends the rest of the film wearing a translucent off-the-shoulder drape and what are effectively Egyptian bootyshorts. Ladies, you're welcome.

->''Oh, I ''hate'' mummies!''

* AerithAndBob: The institution where Evelyn worked apparently employed a "Muhammad", an "Abdullah", and a "Bob".
** Given that said institution is located in the Arabic country colonized by the British, it is more a case of real-life MeltingPotNomenclature.

** Also tends to overlap with HellIsThatNoise.

** I will not list the things she will do to you... it would be bigger than the entirety of the trope page!

** It's ''possible'' the Imhotep of the movies was named after this man (in-universe). Both were highly-regarded priests.\\
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The historical Imhotep was also an architect. He was the designer of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the tomb of the Pharaoh Djoser, and thus the inventor of the Egyptian pyramid.
*** Some theories contend that Imhotep was the Biblical Joseph.

* BiggerBad: Mathayus a.k.a. The Scorpion King, but the prequels kind of [[AvertedTrope averts]] this.

* BodyHorror: Imhotep.
** The flesh burrowing scarabs, too. And the salt acid melting workers plus the people Imhotep kills.

*** [[spoiler: Evy actually counts twice, since she's also the reincarnation of Nefertiri.]]

* AdventurerOutfit

* TheAnimatedSeries: Came after the second movie.

* BadassBookworm: Evelyn has this in spades.
* BaldOfEvil: Imhotep.
* TheBaroness: Choi. The ressurrected Anck-su-namun in the second film too.

* BigBad: Imhotep in the first and second movie.
** Emperor Han in the third movie.
* BigFancyHouse: Rick and Evy own one, as seen in the sequel.

* BigOMG: O'Connel's reaction to the sandwall.

* BlindWithoutEm: Mr Burns.

* BritainIsOnlyLondon

* ButtMonkey: Beni from the first movie, and Jonathan in general.

* CardCarryingVillain
** The Dragon Emperor.

* CoolPet: Ardeth's falcon.

* CrossoverCosmology

* FlashBack: See also AncientEgypt.

* GunsAkimbo: The preferred method of combat in the O'Connell family.
* HappilyMarried: Rick and Evy as of the second movie.

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis
* JungleOpera
* LeadTheTarget

* {{Mummy}}: [[CaptainObvious Well duh.]]

* ProperLady: Evelyn. Made into a SpiritedYoungLady in the sequels.

* SycophanticServant
** Beni, in the first movie.
** Imhotep, after a fashion, in the second.

* SpinOff: ''The Scorpion King''.
* TheSwarm: Scarabs, locusts, flies...
* TentativeLight
* TheUndead: The mummies.
* ThisWayToCertainDeath
* ThrowAwayGuns
* TwoFistedTales

'''''The Mummy Trilogy''''' is a trilogy of movies that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin features mummies]].

* BadAss: Ardeth and Rick.
** Ardeth gets bonus points for his long, flowing hair.
** Don't forget the [[BadassBeard beard]]. And his [[BadassMustache mustache]]. And his [[CoolSword sword]]. And his [[BadassBandolier bandolier]]. And his [[BadassCape cape]]. [[OverlyLongGag And his]] [[BadassNative origin]]. [[UpToEleven And what he]] [[WarriorPrince becomes later]]. In fact, [[RuleOfCool we could probably go on all day listing the reasons why]] [[MemeticBadass Ardeth is so badass]].

* FiveBadBand:
** TheMummy1999:
*** TheBigBad: Imhotep
*** TheDragon: Beni Gabor
*** TheDarkChick: Anck-Su-Namun
*** TheEvilGenius: Imhotep's Priests
*** TheBrute: The Pharaoh's undead bodyguards, (Until Jonathan takes control of them through the book of Amun-Ra)
** TheMummyReturns:
** Team Imhotep:
*** TheBigBad: Imhotep
*** TheDragon//TheEvilGenius: Baltus Hafez
*** TheDarkChick: Meela Nais/Anck-Su-Namun
*** TheBrute: Lock-Nah and the rest of Imhotep's cult
** [[YMMV/TheMummyTrilogy Team Scorpion]]:
*** TheBigBad: Mathayus [[FallenHero the original Scorpion King]]
*** TheDragon: Mathayus [[WordOfGod the]] ''[[IdenticalGrandson Literal]]'' Scorpion king
*** TheEvilGenius: [[EverybodyHatesHades The Dark God]] Anubis
*** TheDarkChick: The Pygmies
*** TheBrute: Anubis's Jackal Army
** TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor:
*** TheBigBad: Emperor Han
*** TheDragon: General Yang
*** TheDarkChick: Choi
*** TheBrute: The Emperor's Terracotta Army
*** TheEvilGenius//SixthRangerTraitor:[[spoiler:Professor Roger Wilson]]
* FiveManBand:
** TheMummy1999:
*** TheLeader: Rick O'Connel
*** TheLancer: Ardith Bay
*** TheChick: Evie Carnahan
*** TheSmartGuy: Jonathan Carnahan (and until the third act, Terrance Bay and Dr. Allen Chamberlain)
*** TheBigGuy: Captain Winston Havlock
*** TheSixthRanger: Mr. Burns, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Daniels
** TheMummyReturns:
*** TheLeader: Rick O'Connel
*** TheLancer: Ardith Bay
*** TheChick: Evie O'Connell[[spoiler:/Princess Nefertiri]]
*** TheSmartGuy: Jonathan Carnahan
*** TheBigGuy: Izzy
*** TagAlongKid: Alex O'Connell
*** TeamPet: Ardith's falcon Horus, and later on, his war-horse
** TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor:
*** TheLeader: Rick O'Connel
*** TheLancer: Alex O'Connell
*** TheChick: Evie O'Connell
*** TheSmartGuy: Jonathan Carnahan
*** TheBigGuy: Mad Dog Maguire [[YMMV/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor (and to a breifer extent,]] [[spoiler:General Ming Guo and his undead army)]]
*** TheSixthRanger: Lin
*** TheObiWan: Zi Yuan
*** TeamPet: The Yetis (and on a briefer note, Geraldine the Yak)

** Evy goes from stealth HotLibrarian to smoldering ActionGirl between ''The Mummy'' and ''The Mummy Returns''. She also gets a SheCleansUpNicely moment in the first film, going native after the majority of the group's supplies are lost when their boat is sunk on the Nile. By the climax, she has been prettied up quite a bit, [[TheGlassesGottaGo permenantly losing the glasses]] and [[LettingHerHairDown leaving her hair loose]].

*** Team Imhotep:

*** [[YMMV/TheMummyTrilogy Team Scorpion]]:

*** TheBigBad: Imhotep
*** TheDragon//TheEvilGenius: Baltus Hafez
*** TheDarkChick: Meela Nais/Anck-Su-Namun
*** TheBrute: Lock-Nah and the rest of Imhotep's cult

*** TheBigBad: Mathayus [[FallenHero the original Scorpion King]]
*** TheDragon: Mathayus [[WordOfGod the]] ''[[IdenticalGrandson Literal]]'' Scorpion king
*** TheEvilGenius: [[EverybodyHatesHades The Dark God]] Anubis
*** TheDarkChick: The Pygmies
*** TheBrute: Anubis's Jackal Army

* FiveManBand:

*** TheLeader: Rick O'Connel
*** TheLancer: Ardith Bay
*** TheChick: Evie Carnahan
*** TheSmartGuy: Jonathan Carnahan (and until the third act, Terrance Bay and Dr. Allen Chamberlain)
*** TheBigGuy: Captain Winston Havlock
*** TheSixthRanger: Mr. Burns, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Daniels

*** TheLeader: Rick O'Connel
*** TheLancer: Ardith Bay
*** TheChick: Evie O'Connell[[spoiler:/Princess Nefertiri]]
*** TheSmartGuy: Jonathan Carnahan
*** TheBigGuy: Izzy
*** TagAlongKid: Alex O'Connell

*** TheLancer: Alex O'Connell
*** TheChick: Evie O'Connell

** The first film was mostly an adventure film in the spirit of ''IndianaJones'' but works on the same level as a comedy. The sequels were still tongue-in-cheek but had more chase scenes and action scenes with entire supernatural armies being raised.

** When they first meet and Rick is in prison, Jonathan claims to Rick that he's a man preaching Christianity in Egypt and introduces Evy as his sister (although she actually is). Given Creator/StephenSommers' reported love of old adventure movies, this is almost certainly a reference to ''The African Queen''.
** The first film features a location called "Fort Brydon" where Rick and Evy are staying. This is a shoutout to the character of Colonel Brydon played by Sam Neill, who appeared in Sommers' earlier movie ''The Jungle Book''.

** The flesh burrowing scarabs, too.

* MrFanservice: [[http://angelacameron.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/oded-fehr.jpg Ardeth Bay]]

** When they first meet and Rick is in prison, Jonathan claims to Rick that he's a man preaching Christianity in Egypt and introduces Evy as his sister (although she actually is). Given StephenSommers' reported love of old adventure movies, this is almost certainly a reference to ''The African Queen''.

* SpinOff: ''TheScorpionKing''.

The first movie was a loose remake of the [[Film/TheMummy1932 original film]]. Instead of being straight horror, it was more of an action-adventure with a dash of comedy--not unlike the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' or ''Film/TombRaider'' style of action movies. Despite being based on a straight-horror, ultimately the movies owe more to ''Indiana Jones'' than anything else, however they are very GenreSavvy and just run with it, making for effective light entertainment.

** Dialogue between Ardeth and Rick in the second film references ''TheManWhoWouldBeKing'', where a similar exchange is used by Freemasons to identify each other. Here, Ardeth identifies Rick as a fellow Medjai in spirit.