Line #10 Trivia/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries


1	!!Entries in this film series with their own Trivia pages:
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3	* ''[[Trivia/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]]''
4	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleII''
5	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleIII''
6	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''
7	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleRogueNation''
8	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleFallout''
9	* ''Trivia/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning''
10	[[/index]]
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12	!!Series-wide:
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14	* CashCowFranchise: That film franchise has generally been a reliable box office asset for Creator/{{Paramount}}.
15	* DoingItForTheArt: Tom Cruise's main franchise is also his most profitable, but there's been near zero [[TheMerch merch]] (toys, video games etc) made off it since the video game ''Operation Surma'' as Cruise never allowed his likeness to be used for such things (''Operation Surma'' itself used neither his likeness nor his voice). ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' had a ''M:I'' pack that got around this by reusing voiceclips from the film, allegedly approved by Cruise himself.
16	* TheOtherDarrin: For the French dub, Ethan Hunt has been voiced by three different actors: Creator/PatrickPoivey in the first film, Yvan Attal for the second, and Creator/JeanPhilippePuymartin (the most prominent dub voice of Creator/TomCruise by far since ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'') in all subsequent films.
17	* RealitySubtext: The strong chemistry between Ethan Hunt and Ilsa Faust is helped considerably by the fact that Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson, who play them, have a very warm and friendly relationship in real life.
18	* RecycledScript: Both the first and third movie involve [[spoiler: Ethan being set up by [[TheMole a mole]] in [=IMF=] who isn't revealed until near the end, and who tries to frame the boss of the organization who spends time as an AntiVillain trying to [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment hunt down Hunt]], with the audience left unclear if its because the boss really thinks Hunt is a traitor or because the boss ''is'' the traitor. In both their actions force Ethan to go rogue and steal the MacGuffin that the bad guys are after for them, and in both TheMole is in league with an arms dealer. Each movie sees Hunt's family being dragged into the plot to get at him, sees a fairly traditional [=IMF=] plot go off without a hitch only for the team to be ambushed after the fact, and features a reference ot Ethan evading airport security despite [=IMF=] putting "a guy at the airport".]] In a more general sense, every film except the second has used the premise of Ethan being forced go on the run from his own government.
19	* RoleReprise: Creator/HenryCzerny returned as Eugene Kittridge in ''Dead Reckoning - Part One'' 27 years after his last appearance in [[Film/MissionImpossible1996 the first film]].
20	* SequelGap: The series constantly flirts with this, owing to the busy schedule of franchise lynchpin Creator/TomCruise. Of late the gap has been gradually narrowing, going from a 6 year pause between ''II'' and ''III'', to 5 between ''III'' and ''Ghost Protocol'', then 4 until ''Rogue Nation'', and now 3 years into ''Fallout''. ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning Dead Reckoning]]'' and ''Part Two'' were scheduled for 2021 and 2022, but the impact of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic led to delays; indeed, the films were initially intended as a MovieMultipack, but the strain on their production due to the pandemic and later the SAG-AFTRA strikes nixed those plans, with them releasing in 2023 and 2025 instead.
21	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://www.lightthefusepodcast.com/10-unmade-missions Various]]

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