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*** Nevada duck hunting is a thing, particularly around Stillwater.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arguably, the Rejection survivors' agreement not to tell anyone about their encounter with the "dirt dragons" inadvertently left their Perfection successors, including direct descendants, without any forewarning about the Graboid threat.
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* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: "Black Hand" Kelly is one of the greatest gunfighters around, and hired to take care of some beasts... unfortunately for him, they happened to be Graboids. True to this Trope, everybody in Rejection freaks out because if the biggest badass on the land bought the farm to them, what chance do ''they'' have?
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* GatlingGood: At the end of the movie, Burt's ancestor makes up for his lack of skill with a pistol by learning to shoot a Gatling gun.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Hiram returning to town with a wagon full of weapons mere minutes before the townspeople expect the Graboids to attack.
** Christine's hotel is deliberately placed on the location of Nancy's house, though Stampede Entertainment's FAQ notes it's a completely different building.
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* GenerationXerox: The subversion is PlayedForLaughs, as Hiram is as far removed from Burt as humanly possible. Double subverted in the climax, as Hiram toughens up and really enjoys his new gatling gun.
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* GenerationXerox: The subversion is PlayedForLaughs, as Hiram is as far removed from Burt as humanly possible. Double subverted in the climax, as Hiram toughens up and really enjoys his new gatling gun. Also completely played straight in that an ancestor of Burt falls for a redhead.
* GracefulLoser: Hiram tricks Fu out of some desert and advises him that anyone can be taken advantage of. When Hiram's bicycle chain breaks, Fu fixes it and intends to overcharge him for it. Having no money, Hiram just lets him have the bicycle without complaint and even teaches him how to ride it.
* HeelRealization: Hiram feels guilty about not staying behind to defend the town, but this really kicks in when he's at the train station and learns of the telegraph messages pleading for help.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Hiram is quite taken with the red-haired Christine.
* HeelRealization: Hiram feels guilty about not staying behind to defend the town, but this really kicks in when he's at the train station and learns of the telegraph messages pleading for help.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Hiram is quite taken with the red-haired Christine.
* IdleRich: Hiram actually subverts this. He really wants to be this, but his father squandered much of the family fortune. This is why Hiram needs the silver mine back in operation; it's his only source of income.
* IronicEcho: "Anyone can be taken advantage of and if you can, do."
* ItCanThink: As ever, the Graboids, such as targeting the punt gun after Hiram successfully used it to kill one of them.
* ItCanThink: As ever, the Graboids, such as targeting the punt gun after Hiram successfully used it to kill one of them.
* TookALevelInBadass: Hiram. Compare his meek arrival into town in a stagecoach and his triumphant return in the wagon he's driving.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Once all the Graboids are dead, Hiram advises that the townspeople keep this their little secret.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Once all the Graboids are dead, Hiram advises that the townspeople keep this their little secret.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Hiram gets all kinds of grief for wanting to just leave town rather than try to kill the Graboids.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Hiram says all he wants in life is to be IdleRich, Christine tells him he can be more.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Hiram says all he wants in life is to be IdleRich, Christine tells him he can be more.
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* ContinuityNod: The film recreates the discovery of [[spoiler: Old Fred's head]] in the first film, even going so far as to use ''the same name'' for the owner of a hat found lying on the ground. [[spoiler: Except this time the head's ''not'' under the hat, it's under the wrecked wagon.]]
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* ContinuityNod: CallForward:
** The film recreates the discovery of [[spoiler: Old Fred's head]] in the first film, even going so far as to use ''the same name'' for the owner of a hat found lying on the ground. [[spoiler: Except this time the head's ''not'' under the hat, it's under the wrecked wagon.]]]]
** As in the original movie, the townspeople face off against four Graboids initially.
** Hiram comes up with a paraphrasing of what would be Burt's line and philosophy: "We must do what we can with what we have."
** The film recreates the discovery of [[spoiler: Old Fred's head]] in the first film, even going so far as to use ''the same name'' for the owner of a hat found lying on the ground. [[spoiler: Except this time the head's ''not'' under the hat, it's under the wrecked wagon.
** As in the original movie, the townspeople face off against four Graboids initially.
** Hiram comes up with a paraphrasing of what would be Burt's line and philosophy: "We must do what we can with what we have."
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** As with Walter and Jodie, a member of the Chang family names the creatures the townspeople are facing.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: On the return trip to the mine, the group discovers Graboid egg shells next to where the miners had piped hot spring water. The pipe had broken, so Hiram suggests the warm water caused the eggs to hatch.
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They soon discover that the small "dirt dragons" are ''extremely'' lethal, and hire notorious gunfighter Black Hand Kelly to deal with them. By now, though, [[FromBadToWorse the dirt dragons have matured into full-size graboids]].
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The movie is a prequel centered around a milquetoast ancestor of Burt's, and set in the 1880s.
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The movie is a prequel set in the late 1880s and centered around a milquetoast ancestor of Burt's, as well as ancestors of Walter Chang and set in Miguel.
Rejection, Nevada is a small camp ("town" would be far too generous) whose silver mine, owned by one Hiram Gummer of Philadelphia, is plagued by mysterious predators. As most of the1880s.surviving miners [[KnowWhenToFoldEm pack up and move on]], Gummer (whose dying father blew the entire family fortune in his final hours) arrives to join a few stubborn holdouts in reclaiming the mine.
Rejection, Nevada is a small camp ("town" would be far too generous) whose silver mine, owned by one Hiram Gummer of Philadelphia, is plagued by mysterious predators. As most of the
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* PsychoForHire: Black Hand Kelly is a professional gunhand who enjoys his profession ''way'' too much. He introduces himself by asking ([[SoftSpokenSadist in the creepiest tone imaginable]]) who he's being paid to murder, then gesturing at Tecopa and Juan and saying, "The Injun or the Mexican?"
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* PsychoForHire: [[Creator/BillyDrago Black Hand Kelly Kelly]] is a professional gunhand who enjoys his profession ''way'' too much. He introduces himself by asking ([[SoftSpokenSadist in the creepiest tone imaginable]]) who he's being paid to murder, then gesturing at Tecopa and Juan and saying, "The Injun or the Mexican?"
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* CoolGuns: It wouldn't be ''Franchise/Tremors'' without some. Juan and Black Hand Kelly both carry Colt Peacemakers. Tecopa packs a brace of Remington 1875 revolvers. The posse members have a mix of the ubiquitous Winchester '73 and rarely-depicted Winchester '86 rifles. The arsenal Hiram purchases in Carson City includes a .52-caliber Sharps buffalo rifle, a Remington Rolling Block rifle, a Henry 1860, and of course the [[{{BFG}} punt gun]].
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* CoolGuns: It wouldn't be ''Franchise/Tremors'' ''Franchise/{{Tremors}}'' without some. Juan and Black Hand Kelly both carry Colt Peacemakers. Tecopa packs a brace of Remington 1875 revolvers. The posse members have a mix of the ubiquitous Winchester '73 and rarely-depicted Winchester '86 rifles. The arsenal Hiram purchases in Carson City includes a .52-caliber Sharps buffalo rifle, a Remington Rolling Block rifle, a Henry 1860, and of course the [[{{BFG}} punt gun]].
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* CoolGuns: It wouldn't be ''Franchise/Tremors'' without some. Juan and Black Hand Kelly both carry Colt Peacemakers. Tecopa packs a brace of Remington 1875 revolvers. The posse members have a mix of the ubiquitous Winchester '73 and rarely-depicted Winchester '86 rifles. The arsenal Hiram purchases in Carson City includes a .52-caliber Sharps buffalo rifle, a Remington Rolling Block rifle, a Henry 1860, and of course the [[{{BFG}} punt gun]].
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* BratsWithSlingshots: The Chang boy brings out a slingshot when everybody in Rejection shows Hiram that they're armed.
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* BratsWithSlingshots: The Chang boy Changs' son, Fu Yen, brings out a slingshot when everybody in Rejection shows Hiram that they're armed.
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* HiddenDepths: Hiram Gummer is rather pretentious, but he exhibits no racism or prejudice against Juan, Tecopa, or the Chang family.
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* PsychoForHire: Black Hand Kelly is a professional gunhand who enjoys his profession ''way'' too much. He introduces himself by asking ([[SoftSpokenSadist in the creepiest tone imaginable]]) who he's being paid to murder, then gesturing at Tacopa Tecopa and Juan and saying, "The Injun or the Mexican?"
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* RememberTheAlamo:.
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* RememberTheAlamo:.PsychoForHire: Black Hand Kelly is a professional gunhand who enjoys his profession ''way'' too much. He introduces himself by asking ([[SoftSpokenSadist in the creepiest tone imaginable]]) who he's being paid to murder, then gesturing at Tacopa and Juan and saying, "The Injun or the Mexican?"
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* RememberTheAlamo:
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** Kelly however notes that Hiram has consistency down. Consistency is the most important trait in a marksman. If the marksman is missing the target, but his misses are consistently going to the same place, he is in fact doing things right and simply needs to adjust the sights on the gun and possibly make some minor adjustments to his stance. That Hiram had consistency down with no practice is a nod that he has inborn talent. Meanwhile his inability to immediately hit with a gun he'd not only never shot, but was sighted for an obviously older man with shorter arms is a touch of realism rarely seen with this trope.
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** Kelly however notes that Hiram has consistency down. Consistency is the most important trait in a marksman. If the marksman is missing the target, but his misses are consistently going to the same place, he is in fact doing things right and simply needs to adjust the sights on the gun and possibly make some minor adjustments to his stance.stance and grip. That Hiram had consistency down with no practice is a nod that he has inborn talent. Meanwhile his inability to immediately hit with a gun he'd not only never shot, but was sighted for an obviously older man with shorter arms is a touch of realism rarely seen with this trope.
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** Kelly however notes that Hiram has consistency down. Consistency is the most important trait in a marksman. If the marksman is missing the target, but his misses are consistently going to the same place, he is in fact doing things right and simply needs to adjust the sights on the gun and possibly make some minor adjustments to his stance. That Hiram had consistency down with no practice is a nod that he has inborn talent. Meanwhile his inability to immediately hit with a gun he'd not only never shot, but was sighted for an obviously older man with shorter arms is a touch of realism rarely seen with this trope.
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* GenerationXerox: The subversion is PlayedForLaughs, as Hiram is as far removed from Burt as humanly possible. Double subverted in the climax, as Hiram toughens up and really enjoys his new gatling gun.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: '''Burt's''' ancestor Hiram, believe it or not. He only brings along a tiny pea-shooter when searching for the "Dirt Dragons". Towards the end, they start to grow on him. And just before the credits roll, his love interest gets him a present: a ''gatling gun''. He likes it...
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''Tremors 4: The Legend Begins'' (2004) is the fourth movie in the ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' film series.
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* UnfortunateNames: Perfection used to be called Rejection. This is of course lampshaded by the characters and by the end of the movie the name is changed.
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** The birth of Shriekers. We never actually see it, but we hear the unnerving noise a Graboid makes and then see the gory aftermath.
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** Also the winged dragon-like Ass Blasters, who breathe fire [[FartsOnFire out of the wrong end.]]
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--> '''Hiram''': It's for shooting ducks. Vast numbers of ducks.
*** Although it begs the question: why would a gun shop in Nevada, the driest state in the US, have a punt gun in their inventory, anyway?
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* IdenticalGrandfather: Michael Gross plays both Burt and Burt's great-grandfather Hiram.
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* IdenticalGrandfather: Michael Gross plays both Burt and Burt's great-grandfather Hiram.
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* InstantMarksmanJustSqueezeTrigger: Averted and Lampshaded in the fourth film, when Black Hand Kelly tries to teach Hiram Gummer how to shoot a gun and gives him all kinds of handling advice, only for him to consistently miss.
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* {{BFG}}:
** Hiram Gummer obtains a 2-inch bore ''punt gun'', a giant hunting shotgun that has more in common with a cannon than a rifle - so named because it was too large to be wielded, and had to be mounted on specially constructed boats, or 'punts'.
** He obtains a Gatling gun in the final scene, which is hinted to have sparked the love of guns that would be passed down to Burt.
** Hiram Gummer obtains a 2-inch bore ''punt gun'', a giant hunting shotgun that has more in common with a cannon than a rifle - so named because it was too large to be wielded, and had to be mounted on specially constructed boats, or 'punts'.
** He obtains a Gatling gun in the final scene, which is hinted to have sparked the love of guns that would be passed down to Burt.
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* ContinuityNod: The film recreates the discovery of [[spoiler: Old Fred's head]] in the first film, even going so far as to use ''the same name'' for the owner of a hat found lying on the ground. [[spoiler: Except this time the head's ''not'' under the hat, it's under the wrecked wagon.]]
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* FailOSuckyname: The fourth movie reveals that "Perfection" used to be called "Rejection". This is lampshaded a few times.
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''Tremors 4: The Legend Begins'' (2004) is the fourth movie in the ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' film series.
The movie is a prequel centered around a milquetoast ancestor of Burt's, and set in the 1880s.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AnalogyBackfire:
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Tremors 4:
-->'''Juan''': This will be our Alamo!
-->'''Hiram''': We lost the Alamo, Juan.
-->'''Juan''': Speak for yourself, gringo.
* BratsWithSlingshots: The Chang boy brings out a slingshot when everybody in Rejection shows Hiram that they're armed.
* TheDandy: Hilariously, gun-nut Burt Gummer's ancestor is one, bordering on UpperClassTwit.
* DoesntLikeGuns: '''Burt's''' ancestor Hiram, believe it or not. In Part 4, he only brings along a tiny pea-shooter when searching for the "Dirt Dragons". Towards the end, they start to grow on him. And just before the credits roll, his love interest gets him a present: a ''gatling gun''. He likes it...
* FailOSuckyname: The fourth movie reveals that "Perfection" used to be called "Rejection". This is lampshaded a few times.
* IdenticalGrandfather: Michael Gross plays both Burt and Burt's great-grandfather Hiram.
* InstantMarksmanJustSqueezeTrigger: Averted and Lampshaded in the fourth film, when Black Hand Kelly tries to teach Hiram Gummer how to shoot a gun and gives him all kinds of handling advice, only for him to consistently miss.
--> '''Gummer:''' This is a waste of time.
--> '''Kelly:''' Well what'd you expect? You expect me to teach you in 20 minutes what took me 20 ''years''?
* NothingIsScarier: In ''Tremors 4'', Juan describes how not seeing what attacked the other workers in the mine made it scarier than if he had.
** The birth of Shriekers. We never actually see it, but we hear the unnerving noise a Graboid makes and then see the gory aftermath.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Graboids were known as "dirt dragons" a long time ago.
** Also the winged dragon-like Ass Blasters, who breathe fire [[FartsOnFire out of the wrong end.]]
* RememberTheAlamo: In Tremors 4.
-->'''Hiram''': We lost the Alamo, Juan.
-->'''Juan''': Speak for yourself, gringo.
* WrittenInAbsence: Filming on ''Tremors 4'' coincided with the TV series, so Burt couldn't appear in the last two episodes (going by production order). In "The Sounds of Silence," he is said to be in Idaho, buying a periscope at a scrapyard. In "The Key," he's off in Montana on a commando weekend. ("The Key" did feature a clip of Burt's survival video playing in the store, but it was reused from a previous episode.)
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The movie is a prequel centered around a milquetoast ancestor of Burt's, and set in the 1880s.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AnalogyBackfire:
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Tremors 4:
-->'''Juan''': This will be our Alamo!
-->'''Hiram''': We lost the Alamo, Juan.
-->'''Juan''': Speak for yourself, gringo.
* BratsWithSlingshots: The Chang boy brings out a slingshot when everybody in Rejection shows Hiram that they're armed.
* TheDandy: Hilariously, gun-nut Burt Gummer's ancestor is one, bordering on UpperClassTwit.
* DoesntLikeGuns: '''Burt's''' ancestor Hiram, believe it or not. In Part 4, he only brings along a tiny pea-shooter when searching for the "Dirt Dragons". Towards the end, they start to grow on him. And just before the credits roll, his love interest gets him a present: a ''gatling gun''. He likes it...
* FailOSuckyname: The fourth movie reveals that "Perfection" used to be called "Rejection". This is lampshaded a few times.
* IdenticalGrandfather: Michael Gross plays both Burt and Burt's great-grandfather Hiram.
* InstantMarksmanJustSqueezeTrigger: Averted and Lampshaded in the fourth film, when Black Hand Kelly tries to teach Hiram Gummer how to shoot a gun and gives him all kinds of handling advice, only for him to consistently miss.
--> '''Gummer:''' This is a waste of time.
--> '''Kelly:''' Well what'd you expect? You expect me to teach you in 20 minutes what took me 20 ''years''?
* NothingIsScarier: In ''Tremors 4'', Juan describes how not seeing what attacked the other workers in the mine made it scarier than if he had.
** The birth of Shriekers. We never actually see it, but we hear the unnerving noise a Graboid makes and then see the gory aftermath.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Graboids were known as "dirt dragons" a long time ago.
** Also the winged dragon-like Ass Blasters, who breathe fire [[FartsOnFire out of the wrong end.]]
* RememberTheAlamo: In Tremors 4.
-->'''Hiram''': We lost the Alamo, Juan.
-->'''Juan''': Speak for yourself, gringo.
* WrittenInAbsence: Filming on ''Tremors 4'' coincided with the TV series, so Burt couldn't appear in the last two episodes (going by production order). In "The Sounds of Silence," he is said to be in Idaho, buying a periscope at a scrapyard. In "The Key," he's off in Montana on a commando weekend. ("The Key" did feature a clip of Burt's survival video playing in the store, but it was reused from a previous episode.)
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