History Film / TheMummyTrilogy

''The Mummy'' is a trilogy of movies that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin features mummies]], high-adventure, and light entertainment. The lead characters (Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/RachelWeisz) are essentially Franchise/IndianaJones and [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]]. Creator/JohnHannah is a total worm, but impossible to dislike. Veteran B-actor Creator/OdedFehr (Carlos in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' flicks) rounds out the cast. He was supposed to die in the first movie, and from the way he was swarmed, he should NOT have survived. But test audiences demanded he come back, so he did, [[FirstLawOfResurrection with no explanation]] and [[AscendedExtra a bigger role]] in the next film.

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 humor and the action scenes in particular were considered awesome, if only for the fact that this is what happens to ''anything'' involving Wrestling/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? A fifth Scorpion King film called "The Scorpion King: Book of Souls" was released in 2018 even though the main Mummy series had already been rebooted by that point.

''WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries'' is set after ''II''. It had serialized stories, a sense of 'real time' and character growth, plus John Schneider as Rick. (More [[{{Seris/Smallville}} Jonathan Kent] than [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Bo Duke.]])

''The Mummy'' is a trilogy of movies that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin features mummies]], high-adventure, and light entertainment. The lead characters (Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/RachelWeisz) are essentially Franchise/IndianaJones and [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]]. Creator/JohnHannah is a total worm, but impossible to dislike. Veteran B-actor Oded Fehr (Carlos in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' flicks) rounds out the cast. He was supposed to die in the first movie, and from the way he was swarmed, he should NOT have survived. But test audiences demanded he come back, so he did, [[FirstLawOfResurrection with no explanation]] and [[AscendedExtra a bigger role]] in the next film.

''The Mummy Trilogy'' is a trilogy of movies that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin features mummies]], high-adventure, and light entertainment. The lead characters (Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/RachelWeisz) are essentially Franchise/IndianaJones and [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]]. Creator/JohnHannah is a total worm, but impossible to dislike. Veteran B-actor Oded Fehr (Carlos in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' flicks) rounds out the cast. He was supposed to die in the first movie, and from the way he was swarmed, he should NOT have survived. But test audiences demanded he come back, so he did, [[FirstLawOfResurrection with no explanation]] and [[AscendedExtra a bigger role]] in the next film.

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

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/LaraCroftTombRaider Tomb Raider]]'' style of action movies. Despite being based on a straight-horror, ultimately the movies owe more to ''Indiana Jones'' than anything else, making for effective light entertainment.

The films in this franchise are, in order:

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 Wrestling/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? A fifth Scorpion King film called "The Scorpion King: Book of Souls" was released in 2018 even though the main Mummy series had already been rebooted by that point.

[[WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries An animated series loosely based on the films]], set shortly after ''The Mummy Returns'', debuted in 2001 on [=KidsWB=] and ran for two seasons.

** And in the third film, the Dragon Emperor turns into a three-headed gold dragon that looks just like Ghidorah.

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 Wrestling/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?

** Imhotep is the main antagonist in the first and, though in the latter, he [[BigBadEnsemble shares the role]] with the Scorpion King, whom Imhotep intends to kill to gain control over his army.

** 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 ''Film/TheJungleBook''.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Evy and Anck-su-namun in the first two films. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in both. In the first Anck-su-namun needs to kill Evy to become immortal (and then the guards summoned by Jonathan have no qualms about attacking her). And in the second Evy has fought her before [[spoiler: in their past lives]] so she's the best qualified to take her out. Jonathan tries to fight her but backs off after one punch. In the third film Evy and Lin each fight Choi.

* GeniusDitz: Jonathan is a foolish, greedy, cowardly con-artist who functions mainly as comic relief, but he is also apparently literate in ancient Egyptian.

* ImprobableAge: Capt. Winston Havelock is a retired AcePilot from the First World War. However the first film is set in 1926 less than a decade after that war ended and Capt. Havelock is visibly over sixty (his actor Bernard Fox was ''seventy one'' at time of filming.) Even assuming he joined the Royal Flying Corps at the outbreak of war in 1914 he'd still have been deep into middle age during his combat career. Adolphe DuBois d'Aische, a Belgian pilot who was the oldest known real life ace in the war was his in early forties, still a decade or more younger than Winston would have been.

* ShadowArchetype: In the first film, Jonathan serves as one for Beni. He's just as lecherous, capable with languages and greedy, but unlike Beni, after teaming up with Rick he immediately apologizes for having picked his pocket and clarifies that he makes a point never to betray a business partner.

* BlackVikings: Some of the actors have, shall we say, at first look, improbable, racial backgrounds for a tale set in AncientEgypt. The Rock is half Samoan, which is a bit hard to rationalize. Plus, Patricia Velasquez is part Amerind, which would seem to indicate that AncientEgypt was in contact with the New World thousands of years ago. Recent archeological discoveries have since borne out that peoples of the ancient world did trans-oceanic trade.

* CatchPhrase: Rick has a number, such as "Here we go again" and "Goodbye, Benny".

%%* HappilyMarried: Rick and Evy as of the second movie.

** 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.

* {{Mummy}}: While Imhotp fits the more classic depiction, Emperor Han in the third movie is a less conventional example, being incased inside a statue instead of bandages.

* {{Mummy}}: [[CaptainObvious Well duh.]] While Imhotp fits the more classic depiction, Emperor Han in the third movie is a less conventional example, being incased inside a statue instead of bandages.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Eh, kind of. None of them were trained archaeologists; Evy was a librarian (although it is mentioned at the start of the first film that she has been desperately trying to get herself into the field), and they had the most experience dealing with Imhotep. Ironically, Evy's slacker/con-artist/PluckyComicRelief brother Jonathan is the only one with any kind of background in archaeology.

* BerserkButton: In ''The Mummy'', Rick gets increasingly protective of Evy.
** Upped to his entire family in ''The Mummy Returns''. Not to mention his outrage when the mummies crush his beloved car.
* BigBad:

A spin-off ride, known as ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy'' can currently be found at the Ride/UniversalStudios parks.

* MrFanservice: [[http://angelacameron.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/oded-fehr.jpg Ardeth Bay.]] [[http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1497/2imgfs9.jpg Non]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/mummy/images/a/a4/My_074ErickAvariOdedFehr.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090120091758 stop.]]

* MsFanservice: Anck-su-namun's first appearance is wearing nothing but gold and black body paint and a few strips of fabric. Her second appearance... [[{{Squick}} not so much]]. By her appearance in the second film, she is right back there again in a series of slinky black outfits.

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/LaraCroftTombRaider Tomb Raider]]'' 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.

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[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the aforementioned 1932 film featuring Creator/BorisKarloff as Imhotep, or the 1959 Film/HammerHorror film featuring Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing, or the 1969 Egyptian art film more usually called ''The Night of Counting the Years'' (which Creator/MartinScorsese once mentioned really liking).

* BlackVikings: Some of the actors have, shall we say, improbable racial backgrounds for a tale set in AncientEgypt. The Rock is half Samoan, which is a bit hard to rationalize. Plus, Patricia Velasquez is part Amerind, which would seem to indicate that AncientEgypt was in contact with the New World thousands of years ago.

** Evy is introduced as a mildly HotLibrarian in ''The Mummy.'' She also gets a SheCleansUpNicely moment in that 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]]. By the time of ''The Mummy Returns'', she's become a smoulderingly hot ActionGirl.

** When Rick blows up the fallen log that the pygmy mummies are using to cross a ravine, one of them is seen [[DrStrangelove riding half of the log down.]]

* ImprobableAge: Capt. Winston Havelock is a retired AcePilot from the First World War. However the first film is set less than a decade after that war ended and Capt. Havelock is visibly over sixty (his actor Bernard Fox was ''seventy one'' at time of filming.) Even assuming he joined the Royal Flying Corps at the outbreak of war in 1914 he'd still have been deep into middle age during his combat career.

%%* BigBad: Imhotep in the first and second movie.
%%** Emperor Han in the third movie.

* MrFanservice: [[http://angelacameron.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/oded-fehr.jpg Ardeth Bay.]] [[http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1497/2imgfs9.jpg Non]][[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/mummy/images/a/a4/My_074ErickAvariOdedFehr.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090120091758 stop.]]
** 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.
* MsFanservice: Anck-su-namun's first appearance is wearing nothing but gold and black body paint and a few strips of fabric. Her second appearance... [[{{Squick}} not so much]]. By her appearance in the second film, she is right back there again in a series of slinky black outfits.
** Evy was supposed to be this after the sinking of the boat in ''The Mummy''. According to both the novelisation and the original script, the dressing gown was so sheer that she was practically wearing nothing. In the final cut, the director had another gown edited in at the last minute to retain the rating. In the sequel, she is seen mostly wearing a pair of form-fitting khaki trousers which really show off her rear end.
** The sparring match, when both Anck-su-namun and Nefetiri are wearing scarcely more than the ancient Egyptian equivalent of gold bikinis.

* MrFanservice: Imhotep spends much of his screen time shirtless.
%%* {{Mummy}}: [[CaptainObvious Well duh.]]

* ShadowArchetype: In the first film, Jonathan serves as one for Beni. He's just as lecherous, capable with languages and greedy, but unlike Beni, after teaming up with Rick he immediately apologises for having picked his pocket and clarifies that he makes a point never to betray a business partner.

%%* TheSwarm: Scarabs, locusts, flies...

%%* TheUndead: The mummies.

** Evy was supposed to be this after the sinking of the boat in ''The Mummy''. According to both the novelisation and the original script, the dressing gown was so sheer that she was practically wearing nothing. In the final cut, the director had another gown edited in at the last minute to retain the rating.