Line #9 Recap/FilmRerollTheFifthElement


1	->''Film/TheFifthElement [[{{Foreshadowing}} takes a hard right turn!]] Scott punches the ceiling! Andy goes for a swim! Joz drives a car!''
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3	Episode 151- of Podcast/FilmReroll. Based on [[Film/TheFifthElement the 1997 English-French sci-fi action cult classic.]]
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5	In the year 1914, Professor Picoli and reporter Billy discover a series of ancient ruins in an Egyptian temple, talking about a series of five elements that, when brought together, will create a weapon that is the ''only means'' of destroying some great evil that will befall the world every 5000 years. And despite the desires of a local priest of an ancient order to keep this secret, the point quickly becomes moot as a race of aliens, Mondoshawans, arrive. War is coming, and Earth can no longer be trusted with the elements; they vow to return with the elements, the fifth stowed away in a mysterious sarcophagus, when the time is right.
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7	[[TimeSkip And that time occurs in 2263.]] A mysterious giant flaming entity is on its way to Earth, and it seems that the only means of destroying it lie in acquiring the five elements before it is too late.
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9	And it appears that our hope lies in the latest priest to have joined the ancient order, a jaded taxi driver who had left a life in the military, and a clone of the organism in the sarcophagus.
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11	[[OutOfFocus ...maybe not so much the second one.]]
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13	Starring Andy Hoover as Father Vito Cornelius, Scott Aiello as Korben Dallas, David and Ka'el, Joz Vammer as Leeloo and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.
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15	!!Tropes:
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17	* ActorAllusion: As Andy points out in his intro, he last played Creator/IanHolm [[Recap/FilmRerollAlien back when he ran “Alien”]].
18	* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed: As opposed to the movie, where he ''immediately'' jumps to poisoning the two, the local priest [[NamedByAdaptation Father Chenzira]] tries to talk Professor Pacoli and Billy into leaving the temple, and that it would be for the best to keep their discovery secret. It's only when they insist on making their discovery public that he decides he needs to poison them, but even then, he has difficulty pouring it, and winds up spilling the vial.
19	-->'''Father Chenzira''': Alright, how do I feel about murder, let's find out...
20	* AdaptationOriginConnection: The Great Evil goes [[DiabolusExNihilo unexplained]] in the film itself, aside from a brief mention implying it’s some kind of EvilCounterpart to Leeloo. The reroll takes this concept all the way to the bank, with Leeloo translating an ancient tablet in Mondoshawan Prime that explains that the Great Evil (original name Echo Prime) was built by the Mondoshawans as a [[PsychoPrototype failed first attempt]] at creating her.
21	* AGodAmI: [[invoked]] Parodied: When Scott decides that [[AlmostFamousName David Duchovny]] is from the "Fhloston Paradise Duchovnys", Paulo ''immediately'' shoots that down, much to Scott's annoyance:
22	-->'''Scott''': ''You don't know that!'' You don't know me or my life!
23	-->'''Paulo''': (bluntly) I ''do'', this is my world.
24	-->'''Scott''': Oh shit.
25	-->'''Andy''': ''Oh no.''
26	-->'''Joz''': [[MoodWhiplash (matter-of-factly) That's exactly what a dictator would say.]]
27	** It only gets worse later on: When the players mistakenly assume the limo driver is Korben Dallas, Paulo shoots that down, clarifying that Korben hadn't deviated from his portion of the plot yet to justify that[[note]][[FailedASpotCheck and also because they are in a government limo, not a taxi cab]][[/note]], causing Scott to petulantly state Paulo doesn't know that:
28	--->'''Scott''': [[NoYou You don't know that, Paulo, this is not your world...]]
29	--->'''Paulo''': ''[[AwesomeEgo I am! This is my world!]]''
30	* AintTooProudToBeg: After Father Vito tries to get the general to put his gun down [[GuileHero by lying and saying Leeloo is threatening their lives if she is impeded in getting them to the river]], David (realizing what she ''actually'' said) admits to the truth and practically pleads with the general to not shoot her. And it's only because Scott succeeded by Diplomacy by ''one'' that the general puts the gun away, in exchange for David talking Leeloo into letting ''him'' drive.
31	-->'''David''': (near-hysteria) Look, she's obsessed with the river, she's not gonna crash us, but she has to take us to the river, you have to understand that we have to do what woman says 'cause we need her, if you shoot her, you're gonna kill ''everyone''! All of Earth, all of the galaxy, ''please don't shoot her, please don't shoot her, just let her go to the river, she wants to go to the river, just let her go!''
32	* AlmostFamousName: Paulo decides on the spot that David's [[NamedByAdaptation last name]] is "[[Creator/DavidDuchovny Duchovny]]".
33	* AmazonChaser: David and Ka'el are both profoundly impressed by Leeloo's slaying of the Muntawa, with David in particular loudly singing her praises and declaring his love for her as she pulls off greater and greater stunts.
34	* TheApunkalypse: On the lowest level of the LayeredMetropolis of 2263 New York, roving gangs of toughs with strange hair, midriff-baring leather jackets and a propensity for ChainPain prowl the mud, waiting to capture any 'topworlders' and hold them for ransom.
35	* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The mere fact that the Hudson River ''exists'' in 2263. [[WordOfGod Luc Besson has gone on record]] that in the world of ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Earth's water had been exported for colonization purposes. The closest this gets to being explained in the movie itself is [[https://imgur.com/6W5InkH a brief shot]] of the Manhattan skyline when the passenger ship takes off, revealing that the sea level had become ''very'' low, to the point where Manhattan rested on a mesa.[[note]]''[[AmbiguousSituation However]]'', it ''could'' be argued that this is a result of [[ButterflyOfDoom Billy's accidental Mondoshawan-domino chain almost fucking up the future]].[[/note]]
36	* AskAStupidQuestion: Once everyone is in the conference room, the general asks Father Vito why he feels the need to be in the room with the others[[note]]as, even though he was at the facility due to the President, this had become a military operation[[/note]]. Once Father Vito points out he speaks Leeloo's language, the general drops the matter. ''David'', meanwhile, is given the pass due to being Father Vito's assistant.
37	* AttackItsWeakPoint: Leeloo's SuperScream knocks loose one of the Muntawa's scales, exposing un-armored flesh that all the spear-throwers take aim at. Although ultimately, Leeloo ends up defeating the beast via [[AttackTheMouth another common weak point]].
38	* AttackTheMouth: Leeloo deals a killing blow to the Muntawa by anticipating its movements and lining up a shot to send a spear straight through its open jaws, dealing what Paulo claims was an anticlimactic death blow to the beast.
39	* BodyHorror: Discussed: When Leeloo manages to kick one of the Neo-Whigs, and Joz lands a damage roll of ''16'', Paulo narrates that she misjudged the strength of "these flesh things", and that once struck, the tough crumpled to the ground in a state that makes it ''unclear'' if they died.
40	-->'''Paulo''': [[{{Understatement}} Yeah, you broke him a little bit.]]
41	* TheBusCameBack: After being relegated to a cameo at the end of Part 2, Part 4 sees Korben Dallas ''finally'' be brought into the plot of the campaign when the General reaches out to him for his assistance.
42	* ButterflyOfDoom: As Paulo explains to everyone, if Billy's Crit Fail tackle causes the Mondoshawans to drop the elements, they would be ''drastically'' altering the future. [[AvertedTrope Luckily, the domino chain doesn't go that far.]]
43	* CallARabbitASmeerp: It's decided that the closest equivalent to "burrito" in Leeloo's divine language is "wrapped animal".
44	* CallBack:
45	** When the prospect of Billy needing to roll Scrounge to try and find the bottle of Grapa is broached, everyone brings up how Paulo developed an obsession with it in one of the [[Recap/FilmRerollClue Clue]] recordings.
46	** As Father Vito and David are doing research in a small bunker, Paulo asks clarification if they were staying in there the whole time, causing Andy to accuse him of pulling a [[Recap/FilmRerollLastActionHero "regular door"]] deal.
47	** [[invoked]] Joz [[TheOtherDarrin handing David over to Scott]] mid-Fright Check fail causes Paulo to draw the connection to [[Recap/FilmRerollMemento Leonard Shelby]]. Scott, however, feels he is more representative of "the [[Recap/FilmRerollStandByMe Verne]]/[[Recap/FilmRerollGoonies Chunk]] genre".
48	*** As they float down the river into the ocean, Scott openly draws a comparison to Chunk floating behind the boat.
49	* CarFu: After everyone spends a couple minutes deciding if [[ItMakesSenseInContext a pacifist would have enough moral justification to do so]], it's ultimately decided via a successful Will roll that David is going to run over the tough trying to disable the limo... [[CurbStompBattle and kills him.]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome And once Scott is told to roll a Fright Check, and he fails]], he gets stunned for 8 seconds. The problem? [[OhCrap He was still driving, straight towards the river.]]
50	* CannotTalkToWomen: A failed Fright Check in regards to seeing Leeloo wake up causes David to gain the quirk of blushing uncontrollably when talking to ''any'' woman, while also needing to avoid making an ass of himself whenever ''talking'' to any woman.
51	* CarHoodSliding: As everyone makes their moves back to the limo, Joz has Leeloo grab the general, only for Paulo to point out he's on the other side of the vehicle; this causes Joz to pivot, and decide Leeloo grabbed ''Father Vito'', and then went around the limo once he was inside. Due to a pretty good Dex roll, Paulo decides that means she slides across the hood to get to the general.
52	* CharacterDevelopment: [[invoked]] Discussed: In response to all of the crazy shit Leeloo was managing to pull off in Part 2, Scott makes a point to acknowledge how Joz finally learned to ''roll first'' before deciding on her actions[[note]]or, as Joz admits, she learned ''restraint''[[/note]], and that in turn, Paulo ''kindly'' was allowing them to happen.
53	* CityOnTheWater: After drifting out to sea, our protagonists discover a floating village populated by tribals and beset by a ravenous SeaMonster called the Muntawa.
54	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Downplayed: Paulo accidentally says the campaign opens in 1913; he's one year off.
55	* CreatorThumbprint: Due to the Perception roll fiasco[[note]]getting a Crit Fail, followed by an immediate Crit Success[[/note]], Scott says that describes ''every'' action movie role Creator/BruceWillis has ever played.
56	* CrisisOfFaith: Actually meeting the Supreme Being and having to wrestle with her unique quirks seems to be wearing on Father Vito's faith, given a few throwaway comments by Andy.
57	* CuttingTheKnot: Upon noticing one of the toughs trying to disable the limo, Father Vito asks David to do something to stop him. Since by this point, [[HeroicBSOD David was pounding the steering wheel in distress]], it's decided he proceeds to [[HeadDesk smash his head into the horn]]. [[NoSell This only mildly surprises the tough.]]
58	-->'''Scott''': [[invoked]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Yeah, if it was Scott behind the wheel, we would run this guy over, but David's a- David's a pacifist, I can't- I can't do it...]]
59	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Upon spotting the thugs that are approaching the limo after they stop at the Hudson River, David clocks them as being Neo-Whigs, alluding to having once been in that gang.
60	* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike in the movie, Billy was inside the temple when it closed; everyone agrees that means he's gonna die in there.
61	* DeathFakedForYou: Father Vito ultimately decides that the best course of action is to let the limo sink into the river, and let the toughs think he, David and Leeloo drowned.
62	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Zig-zagged: After both an out-of- and in-character debate about the moral reasons surrouding it, David decides that despite being a pacifist, he has a moral obligation [[CarFu to mow down the tough trying to disable the limo]]. But, due to this ''killing'' the tough, David[[note]]due to a failed Fright Check[[/note]] gets stunned for 8 seconds. To make matters worse, he was driving ''straight towards the river'', meaning the limo goes into the water... [[OhCrap and the doors were still open.]]
63	* EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas: Thanks to yet another failure at translating the Divine Language, David misreads the tablet revealing [[PsychoPrototype the true nature of the Great Evil]] as a recipe for biscuits. Vito jokes about how, either way, something’s definitely getting cooked.
64	* EyeScream: Due to a Crit Failed Perception roll just as he's about to leave his apartment, Paulo narrates that when he was feeding his cat, Korben had unknowingly gotten some of the cat food on his fingers, and when he was rubbing his eyes to wake up, he got cat food in his eyes, and they start to burn. [[ZigZaggedTrope But then]], because his next (penalized) Perception roll was a Crit ''Success'', Paulo is forced to declare that his eyes cleared up quick.
65	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Downplayed: After David manages to take Leeloo into giving him control of the limo so he can take it to the river, Paulo points out that due to the speed of the vehicle, by the time this conversation happened, they were ''already'' at the river.
66	* FantasticDrug: Mika'el stumbles into acquiring some of these in Part 6 when he half-jokingly asks if the Kells have any spare orbs lying around. Mika'el was referencing a mysterious orb they had seen while touring Kell's vault, but it turns out that 'orbs' is also local slang for a brand of particularly strong hallucinogens. Mika'el spends the rest of the session after taking them throwing in [[YouCanSeeThatRight references to quite bizarre sights]] and mistaking his friends for such things as a talking cactus.
67	* FinalFirstHug: As Leeloo takes the limo down into the Hudson River, David (assuming they are going to die) opts to just give Father Vito a hug and close his eyes. Father Vito then reassures him [[FalseReassurance they will soon be embraced with the Almighty]].
68	* FindingTheBug: Leeloo ''immediately'' clocks the presence of a hidden camera within the limo, and promptly rips it out. [[LockedOutOfTheLoop This just causes everyone else in the limo be put more on edge.]]
69	* FlippantForgiveness: After David reports that the river broke the limo's engine, Father Vito decides to do some "gentle ribbing":
70	-->'''Father Vito''': David, it's quite alright. [[{{Jerkass}} You're a better murderer than you are a car mechanic.]]
71	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The description for Part Two explicitly mentions how they take [[ExactWords "a]] [[OffTheRails hard right]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero turn"]]. This winds up being the exact direction Leeloo takes [[GoneHorriblyWrong when hijacking the limo in order to go to the Hudson River.]]
72	* GenreSavvy: After getting chewed out by his mom for winning a trip to Fhloston Paradise that he has no knowledge of, Korben Dallas gets visited by the General and some other military personnel. One successful Intelligence roll causes him to connect the dots.
73	* AGoodNameForARockBand:
74	** While going over their plan for how to deal with the subway wolves in Part 4, Paulo utters the phrase 'one door towards the wolf-time', which Scott remarks would make a great title for an Creator/IsaacAsimov novel.
75	** In Part 6, Julian Lanthanum Kell responds to Leeloo's request for burritos with an ominous "Burritos can be arranged", which Scott points out would be a great band name.
76	* GoodnessExam: The diva Plavalaguna delivers one of these upon meeting with Leeloo, revealing a secret mechanic where the tally of which [[InstantExpert Wild Talent]] skills Joz has taken and which category has the most skills determines what kind of person the Supreme Being has become. It’s a close call between Combat and Interpersonal, with the tie-breaker being that Leeloo has [[ThePowerOfLove fallen in love with Ka’el]].
77	* GuileHero: When the general threatens to shoot Leeloo if she doesn't stop her hijacking of the limo, she promises (in the Divine Language) that she isn't going to harm everyone, and she ''has'' to get them to the river. Father Vito, for ''whatever'' reason, decides to "translate" that she's ''threatening their lives'' if the general doesn't put his gun down.
78	-->'''Scott''': ([[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe near pleading]]) ''Why would you tell him that?!''
79	* GrievousHarmWithABody: Discussed: Due to the toughs having the handler, the general's assistant, and the "science guy" wrapped up in chains, Joz toys with having Leeloo grab two of the chains, and use the humans as ''nunchucks'' to take out the rest of the toughs. Paulo proceeds to point out that, due to Leeloo's strength, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome that would just result in her ripping the chains out of the toughs' hands.]]
80	* HeroicBSOD: Eventually, the situation with the Neo-Whigs causes David to just outright have an emotional breakdown, openly sobbing and pounding the steering wheel of the limo.
81	* HiddenDepths: The fishing village's scout Mika'el turns out to have a working knowledge of train operation from his time spent exploring the ruins, thanks to a Crit Success from Andy.
82	* HonorBeforeReason: When the remains of the Mondoshawans' ship arrives back at the facility, and the military has begun taking over the operation, Father Vito and David find themselves needing to get back inside, but are getting stonewalled. Joz briefly considers having David try and hack the door to get back inside, she concludes (after Paulo mentions he'd get in trouble) that David is more of a rule-follower, and wouldn't do that.
83	* HopeSpot: Effectively, ''the whole'' of Part 1 became this for the campaign: Barring some extraneous circumstances[[note]]Billy [[NiceJobBreakingItHero almost fucking up the future]] by tackling the Mondoshawans, and Korben Dallas [[OutOfFocus basically getting sidelined after his first scene]][[/note]], it seemed like things were actually going ''smoother'' than the movie, due to Leeloo managing to be talked down from trying to escape, and the whole reality of the situation regarding the five elements being explained to the higher brass. [[OffTheRails And then early into Part 2, David accidentally causes Leeloo to hijack a limo.]]
84	* HostageSituation: The leader of the Neo-Whigs makes it clear that they ''won't'' hurt the group since they landed in their "spot of tea"... but ''will'' be holding them hostage for a ransom payment from their superiors from the upper part of the city. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Cue Leeloo beating them up.]]
85	* IMeantToDoThat: Vito and David start doing this on Leeloo's behalf when she starts tearing apart their limo out of paranoia, trying to pass off her violence as the fulfillment of prophecy. "As it was foretold" fits somewhere between a RunningGag and a MadnessMantra for Vito as he slowly surrenders to how completely things have gotten out of hand.
86	* ImprovisedWeapon: Due to the driver having NervesOfSteel, rather than be intimidated by the Neo-Whigs trying to accost him, he fights some off with his jacket.
87	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Variation: After the fiasco with the hijacking, once at the river, the limo driver decides to pop out for a smoke break.
88	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Because Billy mishears him say "vanquishes" as "banquet" due to his accent, Professor Pacoli proceeds to [[SarcasmMode sarcastically congratulate him]] for pointing out he's not good with English.
89	* InsistentTerminology: While David [=IDed=] the gang that was accosting the others being the "Neo-Whigs", Paulo fell into a habit of referring to them as "toughs". This soon starts getting picked up by the others.
90	* InstantExpert: Leeloo has the perk ''Wild Talent'', which allows her to instantly gain a new skill five times per session if she succeeds on a roll (which her insane stats basically guarantee). Thus far she's a master at Acrobatics, Piloting (FlyingCar), Swimming, Singing, [[SuperScream Banshee]], Spear Throwing, Climbing, Intimidation, Stealth, Scrounging, Diplomacy, Tactics (Space) and Hacking.
91	* KickTheDog:
92	** After David causes the limo to drive off into the river, putting himself and Father Vito at risk of the water, Leeloo decides to abandon the rest of the limo's passengers to the toughs, as the only two people she can talk to are of higher importance. And ultimately, Andy and Scott agree the best course of action is to just outright abandon them, and go out to sea.
93	** [[invoked]] During his intro in Part 3, Scott mentions how some fans of the show recently attended a performance of ''Theatre/RichardIII'' he was in, but wound up missing; he wound up learning about it when his wife mentioned it on Instagram. In response, Andy decides for some reason to float the possibility that, similar to the play, [[{{Gaslighting}} his wife was lying to him]].[[note]]Not helping matters is that Scott had mentioned, in an attempt to try and meet with those fans, that the bar at the theater he was performing in would be opened "February 9th"... [[ScheduleSlip when this episode came out March 3rd.]][[/note]]
94	--->'''Andy''': Like, a scheme of just, like- "Here's some ghosts that like your podcast, go seek them fruitlessly".
95	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After a point, Father Vito gives up trying to stop Leeloo from hijacking the limo, and opts to see how it plays out.
96	* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
97	** For a brief moment, David [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes freaking out about the prospect of bees]] causes Leeloo to get hung up about the concept (due to it being several thousand years since she had seen any).[[note]]This gives Father Vito the opportunity to briefly admit [[AWorldHalfFull how lucky they were that the bee population still exists]].[[/note]]
98	--->'''Leeloo''': ''[[YouNoTakeCandle What does bees?!]]''
99	** While getting his lunch, Korben Dallas has to take a phone call from his mom, where she chews him out for winning a ten-day trip for two to Fhloston Paradise and ''not'' telling her... something that confuses him, since he didn't enter anything to get that. Apparently, they were blaring his name on the radio. And then someone knocks on the door...
100	* LoopholeAbuse: After Scott toys with the idea of running over the tough trying to disable the limo, he acknowledges that ''David'' is too much of a pacifist to do it. ''However:''
101	** Father Vito clarifies that all he's doing is ''nudging'' him out of the way. "And if you nudge a little too hard, God will forgive you, alright?"
102	** And, while the [=GURPS=] rules defines pacifism as not bringing harm to innocent people no matter what, [[ExactWords Scott and Andy point out that]] ''[[ExactWords doesn't]]'' [[ExactWords apply to the toughs.]]
103	** And ultimately, Paulo lets Scott roll Will for the matter, and with it being 7, it's decided that ''since'' the tough isn't innocent, there's a moral duty on his part to stop the toughs from impeding their duty to the Divine Being. [[CarFu Cue Scott flooring it.]]
104	* MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Due to having lost his job earlier that day, and General George Monroe letting it slip that he's the only member of his unit still living, Korben Dallas forces a bribe out of him[[note]]to the tune of 1,000,000 credits[[/note]] in order to go to Fhloston Paradise.
105	* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Unlike Father Cornelius (who speaks the Divine Language fluently), David has a much shakier grasp on how to talk to Leeloo, and has to make an Intelligence check every time he talks to her so he can make sure what he's saying is actually comprehensible. When he fails a check, Scott plays this out by [[WordSaladHumor substituting random words for what he intended to say]], which Leeloo commits to without question.
106	* NeverMyFault: Indirectly: David winds up freaking out when Leeloo insists on taking the limo to "the river", not knowing that he gave her the idea in the first place [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels due to fucking up speaking the Divine Language]].
107	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Barely'' averted in Part 1: When Billy decides to slide tackle the Mondoshawans to stop them from taking the five elements, Joz winds up [[OhCrap Crit Failing the necessary roll]], causing Paulo to decide that means he trips over himself, falls into one of the Mondoshawans... which knocks him over, and causes a domino chain that, thankfully, manages to stop before taking out the ones carrying the elements.
108	* NoSocialSkills: Leeloo doesn’t quite seem to have regenerated her sense of nuance yet, and shows an almost negative amount of patience for the government machinations going on around her. She also trusts Father Vito and David implicitly, which causes problems when [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels one of them isn’t as good at her language as she thinks]].
109	* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Father Vito tries to claim that Leeloo ripping off the limo's partition was prophesied (as a means of per-emptively calming down those in the limo with guns), Paulo winds up briefly leaving from view of the video call, causing everyone to assume Andy's bit made him give up on the episode. In reality, he just needed an extra die.
110	* OhCrap: ''The literal second'' Joz announces Leeloo is hijacking the limo, everyone else reacts in horror, [[RapidFireNo in particular, Andy.]]
111	* OutOfFocus: Korben Dallas's first scene in the campaign winds up being his ''only'' scene in the first episode; as the remainder of the episode is spent in the facility where Leeloo was recreated, and she's convinced to not escape, Scott instead plays David for the rest of the episode. Paulo makes a point of saying they may still need Korben, so he's not out of the campaign ''yet''.
112	** This only gets worse in Part 2, as the chaos of Leeloo hijacking her own limo takes up the entire episode. We cut to Korben Dallas for a single Driving roll at the very end when Joz asks what he's been up to, and [[FromBadToWorse when he fails that roll and loses the last point on his license]], Scott starts listing off all the fantastic skills on Korben's sheet that he's being forced to ignore in favor of playing [[ButtMonkey David]].
113	* TheOtherDarrin: [[invoked]] Because Leeloo hadn't been recreated yet, Paulo allowed Joz to take over David so she had a character to play for the brunt of Part 1. Once she's able to play Leeloo, she hands him over to Scott. Funnily enough, this winds up benefiting ''him'', as ''[[OutOfFocus he too]]'' was in need of a character by that point.
114	* TheParanoiac: Downplayed: Because she wanted eyes on ''everyone'' in the limo, ''and'' she wanted to make sure the ''right people'' were informed about the location of the elements, Leeloo starts [[FindingTheBug tearing apart the limo]].
115	* PointOfDivergence:
116	** During the intro for Part 2, Paulo explicitly cites that Father Vito Cornelius deciding to stick around instead of leaving after the Mondoshawans' ship is shot down is when the plot of the movie started to derail, as he was able to help ''immediately'' deescalate things once Leeloo was reconstituted, and started her escape attempt.
117	** Purely because of David [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels fucking up a vital bit of Divine Language translation]], Leeloo gets it in her head that she needs to hijack the limo everyone is riding in, and go to the Hudson River.
118	** Because Korben Dallas never met Leeloo, and he wound up losing his job due to fucking up a fare, when the General shows up to ask for his assistance in retrieving the Elements from Fhloston Paradise, he proceeds to strong-arm a ''1,000,000 credit bribe'' out of him.
119	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Father Vito is incredibly dismissive of the tribal people on the floating village, to the point where Andy starts resisting plot hooks gleaned from the tribe's storyteller because he can't justify Vito putting enough stock in them to care.
120	* PoorCommunicationKills: Defied: After Leeloo wakes up and, assuming the worst, decides to make a break for it, dodging gunfire from the armed security forces, Father Vito and David manage to defuse the situation enough to convince everyone to take Leeloo to a conference room to just ''talk'' about what needs to happen.
121	** Played straight in Part 2, where [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels David's shaky grasp of the Divine Language]] leads to Leeloo hijacking their limousine and driving them into the Hudson River, where they are set upon by chain-wielding hoodlums.
122	* ThePowerOfLove: Rather appropriately, ''this very thing'' winds up being the tiebreaker in the GoodnessExam Leeloo is subjected to at the end of Part 6; as she had amassed an equal amount of Combat and Interpersonal skills, her being in love with Ka'el winds up being the decider.
123	* ARareSentence:
124	** "Do I dare roll Fast Talk on my God?"
125	** "And you still got your cool thing, but it was legal."
126	* {{Retcon}}: Downplayed: When cutting to [[TheBusCameBack Korben Dallas]] in Part 4, Paulo initially says he's being visited by the General. After a minute, Paulo checks something, and decides to restart the scene, saying he's instead getting his lunch delivered. It's only after that, and getting interrupted by a phone call from his mom, when Paulo announces the arrival of the General.
127	* RummageFail: Variation: Upon noticing it on his character sheet, Andy decides to have Father Vito pull out his revolver in order to intimidate the Neo-Whigs... only for Paulo to question that, as even though he put that on the sheet, that didn't mean he had it ''on him'' that day. And after briefly toying with the idea of arguing for it, Andy resigns himself to the fact he doesn't have it. In-character, this plays out as Father Vito ''going'' for the revolver, [[SomethingWeForgot only to abruptly remember that, being a man of peace, he left it behind]].
128	* SanitySlippage: Discussed: After one too many instances of WordSaladHumor, David comes to the conclusion that Leeloo wasn't put ''completely'' back together:
129	-->'''Leeloo''': David! No vegetables! I'll get you blue!
130	-->'''David''': [[HeroicBSOD (practically done with life)]] ''I don't know what she's talking about, Father, she's gone insane.'' Are we sure we put her-
131	-->'''Father Vito''': (cutting David off) [[BrutalHonesty David, most of this situation is your fault, and we'll talk about it later.]]
132	-->'''David''': Are you sure we put her back together right? Maybe they missed a piece, they put her back together from a ''glove'', maybe they missed a piece, Father...
133	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
134	** After having his burrito stolen by Leeloo, and being forced to hand over his lab coat to her, one of the scientists in the conference room opts to just leave.
135	** After the Neo-Whigs grab the limo driver before he can return to the limo, David immediately decides to just jump into the driver's seat and take off without him. [[DefiedTrope But thanks to Andy failing to resist on "Sense of Duty: Humanity",]] Father Vito opts to instead jump out to try and save the driver, and ''Leeloo'' refuses to leave ''him''; the distraction causes Scott to resignedly discover David has his ''own'' sense of duty for Father Vito and the Church, and land the limo.
136	*** David manages to successfully pull this a second time [[CurbStompBattle after Leeloo handily takes out the Neo-Whigs]], telling everyone to get back into the limo.
137	* SeaMonster: The Muntawa, a fifty-foot fish monster dwelling in the Hudson River that serves as the main antagonist for Part 3. Its name is a word in the Divine Language that means 'devourer', and it very nearly destroys the floating village.
138	* ShoutOut: Concerning the prospect of the General coming to visit [[TheBusCameBack Korben Dallas]] in Part 4[[note]]this is before Paulo had to double-check his notes, and do a retcon[[/note]], [[{{Malaproper}} a flub]] on Scott's part causes Paulo to evoke [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Homer Simpson]]:
139	-->'''Korben''': (tired) Aw, Geezus Christ, I'm retired, go away!
140	-->'''Joz''': (delighted) "Geezus Christ..."
141	-->'''Paulo''': "[-Geezus...-]" (as Homer) ''Save me, Jebus!''
142	* ASimplePlan: "''All I wanted was to ask about the stones in a quiet room, my God,'' can we get out of here?"
143	* SinisterSubway: In their attempts to return topside after detouring through the fishing village, our heroes pass through the dilapidated and partially flooded remains of the UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway, where they encounter terrifying red-eyed wolves that have adapted to the darkness.
144	* SparedByTheAdaptation: An accidental variation: In the movie, Billy makes it clear that Professor Pacoli was actually ''killed'' by the Mondoshawans, not (as the shot of him collapsing implied) knocked unconscious. Here, Paulo says he just was made to fall asleep.
145	* {{Spoiler}}: During the intro of Part 2, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Andy shit-talking Ancient Greece]] prompts Scott to spoil a plot point from the movie:
146	-->'''Paulo''': We are here, with ''The Fifth Element'' once again, we return to the world of... uh... elements. [[CaptainObvious In which there's five.]] Uh, f-five elements. That's it.
147	-->'''Andy''': [[DeadpanSnarker Take that, Ancient Greeks!]]
148	-->'''Scott''': (stage whisper) [--Spoiler alert, [[ThePowerOfLove the fifth element is love]].--]
149	* SpoofAesop: "Kids, never get cat food in your eyes."
150	* StatingTheSimpleSolution: "WHY IS EVERYONE ''STILL FREAKING OUT'', THIS IS REALLY, ''REALLY'' SIMPLE! WE JUST NEED A ''ROOM'', WHERE WE CAN ALL STAND AROUND AND TALK, JUST LIKE THE FATHER SAID!"
151	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When opting to [[DeathFakedForYou fake their deaths]], Father Vito decides to have Leeloo take him and David to a wharf up the river to try and find some help. This causes Paulo to remark with mild delight that Andy managed to read his mind, as he ''did'' have a wharf in that area on the map, but he had no way of knowing that yet.
152	* SuperScream: Drawing on real-world knowledge about sharks' sensitivity to sound, Joz decides to have Leeloo shout underwater to try and scare away the Muntawa. Thanks to her super-human physiology, she's able to acquire a Shouting skill that is not only loud enough to stun the Muntawa, but can even ''deal damage''.
153	* SuperStrength: Leeloo's physical abilities are much more emphasized here, with her stats apparently being insanely high. She punches through glass like it's paper, tosses thugs forty feet in the air, and when she kicks open a car door the biggest concern is whether that door will ''remain attached''. A highlight would be when she has to save Vito and David from drowning in a car, and she makes the Strength roll against a ''-9'' (-8 with Extra Effort). Vito looks back to see the Supreme Being ''swimming backwards one-handed'' while dragging the car with her other hand.
154	* TakeThat: Scott claims Creator/BruceWillis' entire acting career can best be summarized by how he's roleplaying Korben Dallas waking up: An extended bit of confused groaning noises, sounding hung over.
155	* ThatCameOutWrong: "Joz, let's have you slide into Leeloo. [[LampshadeHanging Oh God, that came out gross...]]"
156	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: During the intro to the campaign, everyone comes into agreement that they are working against the current in terms of ''actually doing the movie'', given how a lot of how the plot came together boiled down to chance.
157	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Discussed: It becomes determined that Leeloo prefers to eat burritos.
158	* TranslationConvention: Due to Father Vito knowing the Divine Language, we get to hear Leeloo speaking in English even when others in the room can't understand her.
159	* {{Understatement}}: When Leeloo tries to overpower the limo driver in order to hijack it, Paulo has the two of them roll Strength. Paulo succeeds by 2 for the driver, [[ForegoneConclusion while Joz succeeds by 8 for Leeloo]]. "Yeah, so, you kinda overpowered him."
160	* WearingItAllWrong: When given a lab coat to wear so she has clothing instead of just the thermal bandages, Leeloo (not knowing what it is) puts her legs through the arm holes, and ties the remainder over a shoulder, turning it (per Andy's description) into a sarong.
161	* WeNeedADistraction:
162	** Due to a failed Fright Check, Billy develops a fear of things falling from the sky and hitting him. Father Chenzira exploits this to distract Billy while he converses with the Mondoshawans.
163	** Downplayed: Korben manages to briefly distract the mugger outside his apartment by pointing out his gun's safety is on. When he goes to fix it, Korben busts out his own gun and manages to intimidate him into giving it over.
164	* WhamLine:
165	** In a [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels roundabout manner]], the ''exact'' moment the campaign starts to properly go OffTheRails is early into Part Two, when David fucks up speaking the Divine Language in such a way, that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the following happens]]:
166	--->'''David''': ''[[WordSaladHumor Father, are you out of your toaster?!]]'' [[WordSaladHumor Because there are bacon, and also different kinds of stools, running all throughout the river!]] ''[[OhCrap We've got to get to the river, Father!]] '''[[OhCrap The river is the most important part of the entire story!]]'''''
167	--->'''Joz''': [[FiveSecondForeshadowing Okay!]]
168	--->'''David''': [[FailedASpotCheck Jesus, I love commercials!]]
169	--->'''Andy''': I just look- I look at the Supreme Being, and shrug, I'm like, "I dunno-"
170	--->'''Joz''': [[GoneHorriblyWrong [Leeloo jumps] through the window to take over the wheel of the car.]]
171	* WhatTheHellHero:
172	** By the time of Part 2's intro, Scott ''really'' starts to get annoyed with the fact that Joz has indirectly caused him to be stuck playing [[ButtMonkey David]].
173	** After a point, Father Vito openly tells David the fiasco with the limo was his fault.
174	* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Andy [[InvokedTrope quotes this directly]] when he discovers that Paulo gave Father Chenzira a ''ton'' of options for murder in his equipment.
175	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Leeloo accidentally becomes chief of the floating village, by virtue of being the one to slay the Muntawa.
176	* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe:
177	** After Leeloo hijacks the limo, and Father Vito [[GuileHero claims she's threatening to hurt everyone if she isn't allowed to do so]], Scott realizes to his annoyance that ''he's'' become the pragmatist in this situation.
178	** The longer the scene with the Neo-Whigs goes on, and more successful rolls Joz gets, the more Scott petulantly reminisces about the stats Korben Dallas had.

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