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Berserk Button: Themistocles refusing Artemisia's offer (twice) sets hers off.Belligerent Sexual Tension: The Foe Yay between Themistocles and Artemesia is very, very evident.Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Artemesia, though in her case, it's being Made a Slave and raped makes you evil in addition to witnessing her family get murdered.Xerxes's father King Darius combines this with the Bald of Evil, though.His transition to God-King is however when Bald of Evil shows up. Xerxes initially has a beard, but it's gone when he becomes a God-King. Battle in the Rain: The opening battle of Marathon.Battle Epic: Much like the film it followed, but this time with the naval battles of the Greco-Persian War as reference.Xerxes: For glory's sake, for vengeance's sake.War!
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Badass Boast: This movie is full of these. Automaton Horses: No matter how well-trained for battle Themistocles's steed may have been, having it charge straight towards colliding ships, sprays of splintering wood, and massive fires, then clamber unhindered onto another vessel immediately after a plunge overboard, is really, really pushing this trope to its limits. Even one of Artemisia's commanders is shown felling multiple Greeks by himself when his back's to the wall. Artemisia is the finest warrior in all of Persia. Themistocles is the leader of the Athenian soldiers and their best warrior. Authority Equals Asskicking: If someone is leading people, expect that someone to be a total badass in combat. 
He ordered this done in real life, and the corpse was also crucified. An Axe to Grind: Xerxes uses a big fancy one to behead the corpse of Leonidas.He says outright that Themistocles would be justified in killing him. The Atoner: Ephialtes' guilt over his betrayal is making him slowly slip into this.He still appears very little in the movie, but this time around he has a lot more impact in the narrative. Ascended Extra: The Persian messenger from the first movie was no more than a named extra, but in this one he's revealed to have been a Parental Substitute of sorts to our resident Dragon-in-Chief, Artemisia.The Persians themselves actually look like they might be from Persia this time around, as opposed to the Africans and Indians of the first film.In fact, the Persian forces contain no monsters of any kind. Also, the film shows a maskless kind of Immortals which look like regular Persian humans and not disfigurated ninjas. The Immortals get modified masks and heavier armors in this film in contrast to the first one.
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Artistic License History: So much that it comes with its own article. 
On the other hand, while the Greeks go into battle with only helmets and bracers, both of these are actually used many times to deflect blows and arrows. The relatively fully-armored Persian troops' gear is largely ineffective, which is justified, because they all wear light armor due to the style of warfare in Asia being different than the Greek style.
Arc Words: "Avenge him" not only for Queen Gorgo, but for both Xerxes and Artemisia as well. 
Anachronism Stew: Among other things, almost every Persian foot soldier in the film seems to be armed with a Khopesh, a Canaanite and Egyptian design that had been retired from service for about 1000 years by that point. Naturally, he seems to be convinced of the latter. Whether these scenes are meant to be taken as a mere religious ceremony to inculcate him a new mindset or as a sign that he has really become a supernatural being (essentially a Goa'uld) remains unknown. Ambiguous Situation: The film shows flashbacks of Xerxes being subject to mystic rituals and Crossing the Desert before becoming the god-king. Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Both Gorgo and Artemisia, though aloof is a pretty tame word to describe the latter. All Just a Dream: After Themistocles falls deep under water after his ship was destroyed, he sees large, monstrous sea creatures killing and devouring several Athenians (with one then lunging towards him). She offers this to Themistocles, but he denies her. All Amazons Want Hercules: Artemisia spends much of the film searching for "someone to stand at my side". It is a subversion, however, abecause while there is presumably a substantial age difference between both scenes, the cut is used to underline Xerxes's mental growth rather than physical (although he does seem to be taller after the transformation). Age Cut: In the flashback of his transformation, Xerxes comes from being a young bearded man to his older god-king persona.
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