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{{quote|'''Riley:''' So let's recap: We've broken into Buckingham Palace and the Oval Office, stolen a page from the President's super-secret book and actually kidnapped the President of the United States. What are we gonna do next, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|short-sheet the Pope's bed]]?
'''Ben:''' [[Sure Why Not|Well, you never know.]]
|'''''National Treasure: Book of Secrets''''' trailer ([[Missing Trailer Scene|lines cut]] from the finished [[Film]])}}
A couple of Disney films from [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] which can be best described as ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[Indiana Jones]]''.
'''National Treasure (2004)'''
Ben and Riley decide to steal the Declaration first so that Ian can't. Doing this not only makes them an FBI target, led by Director Sadusky (Harvey Keitel), but they also have to dodge Ian and his team of mercenaries. Along the way they accidentally pick up the historical records agent Abigail Chase ([[Diane Kruger]]) and Ben's sarcastic father Patrick Gates (Jon Voight). The rest of the story leads to a [[Linked-List Clue Methodology]] that takes them across many patriotic landmarks and (of course) finding "the treasure to end all treasures."
'''National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets (2007)'''
If the treasure exists, it will prove Thomas Gates story. To restore his family's reputation, Ben reunites with Riley to set out on yet another set of clues leading to yet another treasure. Of course the rest of his team show up eventually, including Ben's mom Emily ([[Helen Mirren]]). But at one point they run into a jam with the clue list, which requires a (highly illegal) meeting with the President of the United States to locate his "Book of Secrets."
A third film is currently in development, scheduled for release in 2014.{{verify}}
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[The Rock|"You shoot me, I drop this, we both go up."]]
* [[Adorkable]]: Riley (Justin Bartha) is quite a looker under the glasses.
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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]
* [[Artistic License]]: Despite what some people would like to complain about, much of the film is a [[Shown Their Work]] regarding history. There were a few things made up solely for the sake of a [[Plot Point]] to keep the story moving. A lot of the geography, on the other hand...
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Ian Howe is arrested on the charges of "kidnapping, attempted murder, and trespassing on government property."
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: In the first film, rock music is played when Ian and his minions are being bad.
* [[Bat Deduction]]: Ben does a bit of this when following clues. Made painfully obvious by the fact that he's ''never'' wrong. [[Justified Trope|He does, however, have the benefit of generations of research into the very mysteries he's trying to solve.]] He gets called out on it by Abigail who got tired of him considering himself right.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Ben tends to have sprinklings of this trope along with some [[Big Brother Instinct]] towards Riley.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: The President when he said, "What book?" to Riley.
* [[The Book Cipher]]: The various numbers hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence; these correspond not to a book per se, but to the 'Silence Dogood' letters Ben's father donated to a museum.
* [[Camera Spoofing]]: Riley does this when Ben steals the Declaration of Independence.
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Ben, who manages to come up with a pseudonym to Abigail but noticeably falls apart after.
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* [[Can't Kill You - Still Need You]]: Invoked. in the first film, Patrick Gates knows that the villains will only keep them alive so long as they need help finding the treasure, and so encourages Ben to maintain that status quo.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]:
** The meerschaum pipe.
** On a smaller scale, the ultraviolet ink on the campaign button.
* [[Chekhov's Hobby]]: A surprising subtle one in the first film. When the FBI rattle off Ben's history they mention he was in the Navy ROTC and a certified Navy Diver. Later when getting a change of clothes and looking up the clue to the Liberty Bell, Ben mentions his watch was a rather expensive diving watch. It is all suggested so quickly it doesn't come across as "In Your Face" but only adds validity to the moment when Ben escapes the FBI. [[Truth in Television]], as large number of treasure hunters are certified divers because a great deal of treasure hunting involves shipwrecks.
* [[Chekhov MIA]]: Ben's mother was briefly mentioned in the first movie, and the dialogue implied (though did not actually state) she
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* [[The Chick]]: Abigail Chase.
* [[Cobweb Jungle]]
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* [[French Jerk]]: Subverted, for a change, in the second film.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Ben has to save either Abigail or the Declaration of Independence - he [[Take a Third Option|Takes A Third Option]] and saves them both. It is Subverted in that Ben makes it clear that the Declaration was his first priority, and Abigail ''supports'' this, saying she would have done the same thing had the situation been reversed. Which ''confuses Ben''.
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* [[Funny Background Event]]: In the sequel when Riley is discussing the Book of Secrets in front of the White House, the men on top of the White House in the background are real Secret Service snipers keeping eyes on the film crew.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Such gambits are pulled by Ben, Ian, and even the FBI ("Someone's gotta go to prison, Ben.") in the course of the first film. The last gambit had Ben [[Take a Third Option|turning Ian and his Mooks in]] to cover his own ass.
* [[Gentleman and a Scholar]]: Benjamin Gates.
* [[Genre Blind]]: Apparently none of our heroes have ever seen an Indiana Jones movie.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In his dad's house, Ben pulls off his glove by the middle finger when his father has given away the Silence Dogood letters.
* [[Guile Hero]]: Ben Gates is one of these. He gets through most of the first film by cleverness, only having to actually hit a [[Mook]] once in the entire movie and even though he gets shot at several times, he {{spoiler|never holds a gun or other weapon and he lets the cops take care of Ian Howe instead of beating him up and killing or turning him over to them like an action hero would}}.
* [[The Gump]]
* [[Held Gaze]]: The first variant occurs twice between Ben and Abigail. First, when they are arguing about her coming along with them to keep the Declaration safe: they gaze deeply into each other's eyes and Ben gives in to Abigail, with the Jefferson Memorial in the background. The second time it happens is when the adventurers are down in the tunnel beneath Trinity Church; Ben grabs Abigail, and they look deeply into each other's eyes soulfully before they [[Big Damn Kiss|kiss.]]
* [[The Hero]]: Ben Gates
* [[Hero Insurance]]: Addressed and ultimately avoided in both films. In the first, {{spoiler|Ian was used as a scapegoat for the Declaration being stolen, mostly due to being the most criminal in their general actions, including fighting against the FBI. The public don't know Ben and family were involved with that part. In the second, the President covered for Ben's actions. Absolutely massive bribes of money and history also helped.}}
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* [[High Concept]]: A treasure map hidden on the back of the Declaration Of Independence. Concepts don't get much higher than that.
* [[Hollywood History]]: There were founding fathers, and several were part of an organization known as the Freemasons, which some claim was related tangentially to the Knights Templar. But part of the movie's premise is that there was a [[Secret History]] of the Freemasons and Knight Templar, so it can also be labeled under [[Artistic License]].
* [[I Have Your Wife]]:
** Or rather your girlfriend and funny sidekick.
** The sequel plays it more straight...sort of. Pike holds Gates Sr.'s ''ex''-wife hostage
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] - Every single one of Ian's Mooks. But maybe the trope is even averted, because Ian's Mooks are the only ones shooting throughout the whole movie. Still, there are up to 3 casualty-less shootouts. The same mooks also might not wish to damage the Declaration or what else the heroes picked up.
* [[
* [[Keep the Reward]]: {{spoiler|Double subverted. It's mentioned they were offered 10% of the worth of the treasure, but they turned it down. Then it's revealed they accepted 1% of ten billion dollars, which is 100 million.}}
* [[Kiss of Distraction]]: In the second movie, Abagail and Gates have to search the US President's antique Resolute desk. Abagail gets them into the Oval Office via a White House staff member she's dating, then pretends to lose an earring which they both crawl about on the floor trying to find, while Gates secretly checks out the desk. The staff member 'finds' the earring, and when Abagail sees Gates still needs more time, she begins to snog him passionately to show her 'gratitude', much to the bemusement of her ex-boyfriend Gates.
* [[Landmarking the Hidden Base]]: Invoked for {{spoiler|Mount Rushmore}} in the sequel. It is said from a document that it was deliberately made to hide a clue.
* [[Landmark of Lore]]
* [[Lemming Cops]]: The car chasing them out of the library of Congress in [[NT 2]].
* [[Linked-List Clue Methodology]]: Lampshaded/deconstructed in the original. Ben's Dad points out that there are a ''lot'' of clues, and ''everyone'' who's tried to follow them ended up wasting their life.
* [[Load-Bearing Hero]]
* [[Match Cut]]: The second film features a dissolve between the dome of St. Paul's cathedral in London and the Capitol Dome in Washington D.C.
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* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Riley Poole
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Mitch Wilkinson}}
* [[Rise
* [[Rule of Fun]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Ian Howe. To some degree acknowledged by Ben when he {{spoiler|finds the treasure.}}
* [[Sequel Hook]]:
** The original ending of the first film was changed because it was actually mistaken for a sequel hook, when it was meant to just be a funny ending. The Alternate ending can be still viewed at the extras of the DVD release, however.
** The second film has a more traditional one in the form of "Page 47."
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* [[Take a Third Option]]:
** Lampshaded in the first movie. Also see [[Gambit Pileup]] above.
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** Painfully subverted in the second movie, however.
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'''Mitch Wilkinson''': "It's not a puzzle! No more puzzles Ben! We're all gonna die {{spoiler|, or it could just be me!}}" }}
* [[Token Romance]]
* [[Train Escape]]
* [[Treasure Room]]:
** In the first movie, and it's ''really'' big.
** The second movie [[Sequel Escalation|upgrades it]]
* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]
* [[Wealthy Ever After]]: The first film's ending.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Ben's relationship with his father, in the mode of ''[[Indiana Jones]]''.
* [[Who Shot JFK?]]: It's written in the President's Secret Book.
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