Fighting Irish: General Fallon and the other giants are all portrayed with Irish accents (except for Fallon's second head, which doesn't talk very much).

Feed It a Bomb: Or in this case, a magic bean which sprouts into a giant beanstalk once it hits Fallon's stomach juice.

As a clue, Albion is the ancient name for Britain.

Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Averted - 'Albion' appears to be quite clearly based on medieval England, but the Flash Forward ending reveals that 'Albion' is in fact present-day England.

Also, several humans are either crushed under foot or have their heads bitten off.

Family-Unfriendly Death: Fallon has a beanstalk grow from within him, causing his body to burst and send giant chunks of him flying.

Eye Scream: One of the eyeballs in Fallon's miniature head shoots out during his death.

For the giants, being hammy is almost a requirement.

Evil Is Hammy: Stanley Tucci is in non-stop ham mode as Roderick.

Epic Flail: Fallon wields a truly enormous specimen.

The Dragon: Wicke for Roderick and Fumm for Fallon.

Distant Finale: The Giant's crown is St.

Though we do get to see the result of the giant's fall.

Disney Villain Death: The giant with the helmet suffers this.

Isabelle's mother encourages her to go on adventures and to be the best she can be. Jack's father comforts Jack when's he frightened by a storm.

Deceased Parents Are the Best: Jack's father and Isabelle's mother are both very decent people.

Damsel in Distress: Isabelle getting captured by the giants is what sets the plot in motion.

Roderick: Wicke! Wicke! I think it's time to lighten the load!

Cut the Safety Rope: To show how much of a jerk he is, Roderick tells Wicke to cut the safety rope connecting him to the Guardians that fell of the beanstalk during a storm thus sending them to their doom.

Curb Stomp Cushion: In the final confrontation, while the Giants are too powerful and numerous to be driven back, the knights are able to take down a few of them with high-powered automatic crossbows before the weapons are destroyed.

Cool, but Inefficient: The castle portcullis consists of two metal gates that slide together - which means it takes longer to close, and is much easier to force open, than a normal portcullis.

When he frees himself a few minutes later, he's not even sweating, despite the fact that the dough he was inside visibly cooked while he was freeing himself. Convection Schmonvection: At one point Elmont is rolled in raw dough and placed in an oven to be cooked as an hors d'oeuvre.and then uses it to kill Fallon at the climax. Chekhov's Gun: Jack saved that one last bean.Ian McKellen also makes a vocal cameo in one of the first theatrical trailers reading a quote, which is also placed in the film's climax in which generations of people tell the story of Jack. The Cameo: Warwick Davis appears during the beginning of the film.Butt-Monkey: After Jack and Elmont place a bee's nest in a sleeping giant's helmet, the giant awakens in a panic, struggling to remove his helmet and groans 'Why do these things always happen to me?!'.Fortunately for him, he finds the rest of the beans. Big 'NO!': Done by Fallon after the beanstalk is chopped down.Big Bad Wannabe: Roderick is quick out of the proverbial gate, but fades in the stretch.Big Bad: General Fallon, the leader of giants.Better Than a Bare Bulb: Elmont and Roderick just love lampshading Fairy Tale tropes and referencing the original story.It ends with Jack and the Princess-now safely married and living in the palace-telling stories of their own adventures to their children. Babies Ever After: The film opens with Jack hearing stories from his dad about the long-ago war with the giants.Whenever Roderick gives him the cue to either kill someone or that he's going to do it himself, he reacts with glee and excitement, and even when that's not happening, he's usually trembling and/or smiling eagerly about doing whatever it is they're planning to do next. Ax-Crazy: Wicke comes off as just slightly unhinged during a lot of his screen time.

Arrows on Fire: Archers use lit arrows to ignite oil spread on the moat.

Jack the giant killer song