Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow/YMMV


 * Damsel Scrappy: Done deliberately with Hot Scoop Polly Perkins, as in the pulps every female character was a Damsel Scrappy. Franky and the Mysterious Woman however are typical modern Action Girls.
 * Fridge Brilliance: The idea that Dr. Totenkopf,, is being portrayed using re-cut archived footage of Laurence Olivier, who had died 15 years before the film is released.
 * Ham and Cheese: Angelina Jolie as Franky.
 * Values Dissonance: A mercenary commanding his own private air force seems an unusual choice for a hero now, but makes sense for the time the movie is set, when the exploits of the Flying Tigers in China made them popular heroes and a good choice for a hero.