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* ImmortalityThroughMemory: His great ambition in life is to be mentioned in the same breath as the ''Art/MonaLisa'' and thanks to [[spoiler:Helen Brand]] he will be; [[spoiler:as the complete idiot who ''destroyed'' the ''Mona Lisa''.]]

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* ImmortalityThroughMemory: His great ambition in life is to be mentioned in the same breath as the ''Art/MonaLisa'' ''Art/TheMonaLisa'' and thanks to [[spoiler:Helen Brand]] he will be; [[spoiler:as the complete idiot who ''destroyed'' the ''Mona Lisa''.]]



* WickedPretentious: Miles has a designer mansion filled to the brim with famous works of art, every room covered wall to wall with recognizable paintings and sculptures. He even went to the trouble of having [[Art/TheMonaLisa the Mona Lisa]] (as in ''the actual Mona Lisa'') put on display in his living room, quoting a few choice bits of trivia about it (citing Da Vinci's use of sfumato technique). [[spoiler:Closer inspection, however, shows that he seems to value quantity over quality, the walls covered with work of art from different movements and eras with no rhyme or reason for composition; one of the pictures, Rothko's "Number 27", is even hung ''upside down''. His collection of glass sculptures are put on pedestals in the middle of what's meant to be a living room space, and he doesn't even react when everyone starts smashing them. Even his admiration for ''the Mona Lisa'' is based around his ego, always referring to it for the value of its fame and going to all the trouble of renting it from the French government just to show off to his investors when he unveils Klear]]. It takes either a strong opinion of Fauvism or a lack of respect towards art in general to hang ''Icarus'' by Henri Matisse in your bathroom, after all.

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* WickedPretentious: Miles has a designer mansion filled to the brim with famous works of art, every room covered wall to wall with recognizable paintings and sculptures. He even went to the trouble of having [[Art/TheMonaLisa the Mona Lisa]] ''Art/TheMonaLisa'' (as in ''the actual Mona Lisa'') put on display in his living room, quoting a few choice bits of trivia about it (citing Da Vinci's use of sfumato technique). [[spoiler:Closer inspection, however, shows that he seems to value quantity over quality, the walls covered with work of art from different movements and eras with no rhyme or reason for composition; one of the pictures, Rothko's "Number 27", is even hung ''upside down''. His collection of glass sculptures are put on pedestals in the middle of what's meant to be a living room space, and he doesn't even react when everyone starts smashing them. Even his admiration for ''the Mona Lisa'' is based around his ego, always referring to it for the value of its fame and going to all the trouble of renting it from the French government just to show off to his investors when he unveils Klear]]. It takes either a strong opinion of Fauvism or a lack of respect towards art in general to hang ''Icarus'' by Henri Matisse in your bathroom, after all.
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* PaperTiger: They at first glance appear to be a group of rich and famous elites, but closer inspection makes it clear that only Birdie is really "rich". Duke lives with his mother and is a streamer with a losing viewer count who is resorting to pimping out his girlfriend to get Miles to promote him, Lionel is directly employed by Miles rather than making his own profit, and Claire is still living a modest middle-class life. Even Birdie is just the face of a product that Miles bankrolls.

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* PaperTiger: They at first glance appear to be a group of rich and famous elites, but closer inspection makes it clear that only Birdie is really "rich". Duke lives with his mother and is a streamer with a losing viewer count who is resorting to pimping out his girlfriend to get Miles to promote him, Lionel is directly employed by Miles rather than making his own profit, profit and is barely respected by his underlings, and Claire is still living a modest middle-class life. Even Birdie is just the face of a product that Miles bankrolls.
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** While both groups are motivated by money, the Thrombeys are a [[BigScrewedUpFamily backstabbing family of leeches]] who [[ThickerThanWater ultimately came together to protect their generational wealth]]. The Disruptors are a morally gray friend group of new money who initially seem close and harmonious, but turn out to have no such loyalty to each other.

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** While both groups are motivated by money, the Thrombeys are a [[BigScrewedUpFamily backstabbing family of leeches]] who seem adversarial at first but [[ThickerThanWater ultimately came together to protect their generational wealth]]. The Disruptors are a morally gray friend group of new money who initially seem close and harmonious, but turn out to have no such loyalty to each other.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Ransom Drysdale from the first movie.
** Ransom is an unmotivated slacker who's openly rude to everybody, but underneath this persona he hides a devious mind. In contrast, Miles [[spoiler:is ambitious to a fault and puts on a friendly façade to everyone he meets, but beneath it all, he's truthfully a corrupt and selfish idiot.]]
** Their motives also contrast. Ransom, born into wealth, wishes to secure the family fortune so that he can continue living his carefree pampered life. Miles started off as a nobody before getting rich by riding off the coattails of Andi's ideas, and wants to maintain his wealth and status so that he can continue pushing boundaries in technology and make himself renowned throughout the world.
** [[spoiler:The methods of murder they employ also greatly contrast: Ransom concocts a deviously clever plot to murder his grandfather Harlan and frame Marta for it using a secret trick window on Harlan's mansion, goes largely undetected in his execution of it save for a couple of dogs and his senile great-grandmother, and engages in copious amounts of XanatosSpeedChess in order to smooth out the complications that arise to achieve his intended outcome -- while Harlan ends up making nearly the same plan to create an alibi for Marta when he commits suicide, he does so ''after'' Ransom's plan and is completely unaware of his grandson's machinations. Meanwhile, Miles' murder of Andi is ineptly blunt and direct, to the point that he even ''uses his signature baby-blue Porsche'' as his ''getaway vehicle'', is witnessed by Duke as he's fleeing the scene of the crime in said car (his only attempt at obscuring this after the fact is forcing a LastMinuteWordSwap when Duke's about to give an anecdote about it), and when it comes time to kill Duke when he attempts to blackmail Miles once the news of Andi's death breaks out, he just hands him pineapple-spiked whiskey in plain view of everyone and just lies very loudly shortly afterwards. He does have a single idea with panache of shooting Helen with Duke's gun in the middle of his scheduled blackout, but he stole this directly from Blanc's hypothetical scenario earlier in the night. He could have also gotten rid of Duke's phone during the blackout when he was alone, but instead he kept it in his pocket, and thus Blanc is easily able to find it on his person, especially since it was established he doesn't own a phone.]]
** [[spoiler:They also react to their downfalls in opposite ways. While Ransom, after an initial failed attempt to murder Marta, goes quietly and accepts his defeat with grace, even giving a small look of respect to Marta, Miles completely breaks down as his entire world collapses and his friends turn against him.]]



* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: [[spoiler:To Ransom Drysdale from the first movie]].
** [[spoiler:Ransom is an unmotivated slacker who's openly rude to everybody, but underneath this persona he hides a devious mind. In contrast, Miles is ambitious to a fault and puts on a friendly façade to everyone he meets, but beneath it all, he's truthfully a corrupt and selfish idiot.]]
** Their motives also contrast. [[spoiler:Ransom, born into wealth, wishes to secure the family fortune so that he can continue living his carefree pampered life. Miles started off as a nobody before getting rich by riding off the coattails of Andi's ideas, and wants to maintain his wealth and status so that he can continue pushing boundaries in technology and make himself renowned throughout the world.]]
** [[spoiler:The methods of murder they employ also greatly contrast: Ransom concocts a deviously clever plot to murder his grandfather Harlan and frame Marta for it using a secret trick window on Harlan's mansion, goes largely undetected in his execution of it save for a couple of dogs and his senile great-grandmother, and engages in copious amounts of XanatosSpeedChess in order to smooth out the complications that arise to achieve his intended outcome -- while Harlan ends up making nearly the same plan to create an alibi for Marta when he commits suicide, he does so ''after'' Ransom's plan and is completely unaware of his grandson's machinations. Meanwhile, Miles' murder of Andi is ineptly blunt and direct, to the point that he even ''uses his signature baby-blue Porsche'' as his ''getaway vehicle'', is witnessed by Duke as he's fleeing the scene of the crime in said car (his only attempt at obscuring this after the fact is forcing a LastMinuteWordSwap when Duke's about to give an anecdote about it), and when it comes time to kill Duke when he attempts to blackmail Miles once the news of Andi's death breaks out, he just hands him pineapple-spiked whiskey in plain view of everyone and just lies very loudly shortly afterwards. He does have a single idea with panache of shooting Helen with Duke's gun in the middle of his scheduled blackout, but he stole this directly from Blanc's hypothetical scenario earlier in the night. He could have also gotten rid of Duke's phone during the blackout when he was alone, but instead he kept it in his pocket, and thus Blanc is easily able to find it on his person, especially since it was established he doesn't own a phone.]]
** [[spoiler:They also react to their downfalls in opposite ways. While Ransom, after an initial failed attempt to murder Marta, goes quietly and accepts his defeat with grace, even giving a small look of respect to Marta, Miles completely breaks down as his entire world collapses and his friends turn against him.]]



** He establishes that he doesn't own a phone, and yet he keeps [[spoiler:Duke's phone on his person after he murdered Duke. When he turns the lights out and runs off on his own, he has every opportunity to put it anywhere, even drop it off a balcony -- but he keeps it with him, and thus Blanc easily finds it in his pocket.]]

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** He establishes that he doesn't own a phone, and yet he keeps [[spoiler:Duke's phone on his person after he murdered Duke. When he turns the lights out and runs off on his own, he has every opportunity to put it anywhere, even drop it off a balcony -- but he keeps it with him, and thus Blanc easily finds it in his pocket.]]



* DumberThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:While he puts on the illusion that he's a complex genius, Miles Bron is just an idiot who's wholly reliant on riding off other people's ideas]]. He is smarter than Birdie at least; but even then, that's a ''ridiculously'' low bar to clear.

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* DumberThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:While he puts on the illusion that he's a complex genius, Miles Bron is just an idiot who's wholly reliant on riding off of other people's ideas]]. He is He's at least smarter than Birdie at least; Birdie, but even then, that's a ''ridiculously'' low bar to clear.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Will not hesitate to throw even his oldest friends under the bus if it benefits him.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Will Miles will not hesitate to throw even his oldest friends under the bus if it benefits him.



* LackOfImagination: [[spoiler:Miles cannot truly come up with a brilliantly original idea. His invitations, murder mystery, personas, and ''actual murder'' ideas were essentially done or suggested by other people, and he just took all the credit for himself. Blanc is especially flabbergasted when he realizes Miles got the idea to shoot Andi/Helen in the dark from him. He even stole Andi's way of signing envelopes.]]

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* LackOfImagination: [[spoiler:Miles truly cannot truly come up with a brilliantly original idea. His invitations, murder mystery, personas, and ''actual murder'' ideas were essentially done or suggested by other people, and he just took assumed all the credit for himself. Blanc is especially flabbergasted when he realizes Miles got the idea to shoot Andi/Helen Helen in the dark from him. He even stole Andi's way of signing envelopes.]]



* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Miles likes to think of himself as a revolutionary whose work will change the world for the better, when he's really a petty, immature moron who only cares about himself and [[spoiler:either doesn't know or care that Klear is incredibly dangerous.]]

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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Miles likes to think of himself as a revolutionary whose work will change the world for the better, when he's better. He's really a petty, immature moron who only cares about himself and [[spoiler:either [[spoiler:and either doesn't know or care that Klear is incredibly dangerous.]]



* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Miles isn't just a cold-blooded murderer who will turn on his friends without a moment's hesitation. He's also a complete idiot who only got away with his crimes through intimidation of those who could've destroyed him. Even Benoit seems genuinely angry at how stupid Miles is.]]

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* StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Miles isn't just a cold-blooded murderer who will turn on or kill his friends without a moment's hesitation. any remorse. He's also a complete idiot who only got away with his crimes through intimidation of by intimidating those who could've destroyed stopped him. Even Benoit seems genuinely angry at how stupid Miles is.]]



* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: She lost her Alabama accent in favour of affecting one that she and her sister used in their impressions of a "rich bitch" character.

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* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: She lost shed her Alabama accent in favour favor of affecting one that she and her sister used in their impressions of a "rich bitch" character.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. Out of all of Miles' friends, he's the most grounded, and shows the most guilt when betraying Andi. That said, he was also the one responsible for informing Miles [[spoiler:of Andi's threats, leading directly to her murder.]]

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. Out of all of Miles' friends, he's the most grounded, and shows the most guilt when betraying Andi. That said, he was also the one responsible for informing Miles [[spoiler:of Andi's threats, leading directly to making him indirectly responsible for her murder.]]



* AllNaturalSnakeOil: He lost his Twitch deal and his internet show is on the brink of dying out due to hawking "rhino boner pills" in the past -- which, as he tries to excuse himself with, actually ''didn't'' contain any rhino horn.

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* AllNaturalSnakeOil: He lost his Twitch deal and his internet show is on the brink of dying out due to hawking "rhino boner pills" in the past -- which, as he weakly tries to excuse excusing himself with, actually ''didn't'' contain any rhino horn.



* EvilNerd: He got his start as a video game streamer, and has ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' and [[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] tattoos. He's also by far the most amoral of the Disruptors ([[spoiler:except Miles]]), willing to [[spoiler:blackmail]] and pimp out his girlfriend to save his show.

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* EvilNerd: He got his start as a video game streamer, and has ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' and [[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] tattoos. He's also by far the most amoral of the Disruptors ([[spoiler:except Miles]]), willing to [[spoiler:blackmail]] and pimp [[spoiler:pimp out his girlfriend and blackmail]] to save his show.



* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He's an arrogant blowhard who goes off on America for being supposedly subordinated to women instead of alpha males like he envisions himself as, but it all comes off as posturing to hide the fact that he still lives with his mother in his fifties and his success is dependent entirely on the much less ludicrously macho Miles.

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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He's an arrogant blowhard who goes off on America for being supposedly subordinated to women instead of alpha males like he envisions himself as, but it all comes off as posturing to hide the fact that he still lives with his mother mom in his fifties and how his success is dependent entirely on the much less ludicrously macho Miles.



** He's a far-from-flattering riff on Creator/JoeRogan, Andrew Tate, and Matt Forney among others -- being a bald, muscular, "men's rights activist" and social media influencer with a tendency to peddle AllNaturalSnakeOil. [[spoiler:His desire to get a late-night spot on Miles' new network "Alpha News" also seems to be a dig at Dan Bongino, though the movie was written before Dan was suspended from [=YouTube=].]]

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** He's a far-from-flattering riff on Creator/JoeRogan, Andrew Tate, and Matt Forney among others -- being a bald, muscular, "men's rights activist" and social media influencer with a tendency to peddle AllNaturalSnakeOil. [[spoiler:His desire to get a late-night spot on Miles' new network "Alpha News" also seems to be a dig at Dan Bongino, though the movie was written before Dan was suspended from [=YouTube=].]]



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While "villain" may be too strong a word, he is a deeply misogynistic social influencer.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While "villain" "Villain" may be too strong a word, he is but he's still a deeply misogynistic social influencer.



* SkewedPriorities: He carries a gun everywhere he goes because "you never know when shit's gonna go down", [[spoiler:but he doesn't carry an epipen for his lethal food allergy.]]

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* SkewedPriorities: He carries a gun everywhere he goes because "you never know when shit's gonna go down", [[spoiler:but he doesn't carry an epipen for his lethal food allergy.]]



* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Is eventually revealed to be yet another manipulative but foolish member of the group alongside Miles, particularly in trying to get Whiskey to seduce Miles, and then in trying to blackmail him when he realizes he murdered Andi.]]
* TattooAsCharacterType: Before Duke met Miles, he was a "video game nerd." He has tattoos of the symbol of the Galactic Empire from Franchise/StarWars and the S symbol of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* TestosteronePoisoning: He frequently does cartoonishly manly things, like bringing his own pistol to the island, which ends up making him seem even more pathetic and buffoonish.

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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Is [[spoiler:Duke's eventually revealed to be yet another manipulative but foolish member of the group alongside Miles, particularly in trying to get Whiskey to seduce Miles, Miles and then in later trying to blackmail him when he realizes upon realizing he murdered Andi.]]
* TattooAsCharacterType: Before Duke met Miles, he was a "video game nerd." He has tattoos of the symbol of the Galactic Empire from Franchise/StarWars ''Franchise/StarWars'' and the S symbol of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* TestosteronePoisoning: He frequently does cartoonishly manly things, things like bringing his own pistol gun to the island, which ends up making him seem even more pathetic and buffoonish.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. Out of the Disruptors, she is the one who expresses the most reservations and worries about Miles but is too afraid of his influence to act on them.



* WeUsedToBeFriends: It's implied she was closer to Cassandra than the others had been, since Andi took her betrayal particularly hard and Claire can't look her in the eye during the trial. She's also the first to notice that [[spoiler:the disguised Helen isn't acting like the Andi she knew]].

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: It's implied she was closer to Cassandra than the others had been, since Andi took her betrayal particularly hard and Claire can't look her in the eye during the trial. She's also the first to notice that [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:that the disguised Helen isn't acting like the Andi she knew]].



* TheFashionista: She used to be a supermodel and now works as a fashion designer, and she wears colorful, flashy dresses throughout the film.

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* TheFashionista: She used to be a A former supermodel and who now works as a fashion designer, and she wears colorful, flashy dresses throughout the film.



* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: In-universe, the aforementioned Halloween costume, which likely ended both her modeling career ''and'' her magazine editing job. As she puts it, she "had a lot of time [to spend] at home" afterwards.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: In-universe, the aforementioned Halloween costume, which costume likely ended both her modeling career ''and'' her magazine editing job. As she puts it, she "had a lot of time [to spend] at home" afterwards.



* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Justified in that she has essentially been hired to do just this.



* ServileSnarker: Downplayed. She works for Birdie and doesn't treat her with particular politeness or respect, at one point saying that she was going to punch her employer in the face if she didn't explain why Miles wanted her to release the Bangladesh statement.

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* ServileSnarker: Downplayed. She Peg works for Birdie and doesn't treat her with particular politeness or respect, at one point saying that she was going threatening to punch her employer in the face if she didn't explain why Miles wanted her to release the Bangladesh statement.



* DumbBlonde: Subverted. She initially seems to be a run-of-the-mill vapid influencer with beach-blonde hair to match, but she's actually quite self-aware and ambitious.

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* DumbBlonde: Subverted.{{Subverted|Trope}}. She initially seems to be a run-of-the-mill vapid influencer with beach-blonde hair to match, but she's actually quite self-aware and ambitious.



* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: When talking to Blanc about the Disruptors, she admits she tried to warn Andi that they were a bunch of "Shitheads." She also thinks that if anyone had a motive to kill her sister it would be Miles. The only person on the island she actually gets along with is [[TokenGoodTeammate Whiskey]].

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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: When talking to Blanc about the Disruptors, she admits she tried to warn Andi that they were a bunch of "Shitheads."shitheads." She also thinks that if anyone had a motive to kill her sister it would be Miles. The only person on the island she actually gets along with is [[TokenGoodTeammate Whiskey]].



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Celebrity freeloader Kato Kaelin was specifically cited as the inspiration for his character, a bohemian, chronically "laid back" man crashing at a rich man's mansion during the period of a murder [[spoiler:where that same rich man was suspected of the crime.]]

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Celebrity freeloader Kato Kaelin was specifically cited as the inspiration for his character, character as a bohemian, chronically "laid back" man bohemian crashing at a rich man's mansion during the period time of a murder [[spoiler:where that same rich man was suspected of the crime.]]



* AwfulWeddedLife: He and Claire don't seem too fond of each other, as she even rebukes him when he's trying to help out with the puzzle box.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: He and Claire don't seem too particularly fond of each other, as she even rebukes him when he's trying to help he tries helping out with the puzzle box.



* TheCameo: For Creator/EthanHawke, who was shooting ''Series/MoonKnight'' in Greece at the same time as Glass Onion.

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* BeleagueredAssistant: She's exasperated with how often she needs to do damage control for Birdie and prevent her from doing something stupid, something the movie demonstrates is an uphill battle on par with that of Sisyphus.


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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the BeleagueredAssistant and the CloudcuckoolandersMinder. She's exasperated with how often she needs to do damage control for Birdie and prevent her from doing something stupid, something the movie demonstrates is an uphill battle on par with that of Sisyphus. In one scene, she's reduced to begging for Miles' help when she realizes just how bad Birdie's antics have landed her in hot water. Since Peg had spent so long working for Birdie, Birdie will inevitably take her down with her when her brand implodes.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Duke is apparently not very familiar with mystery stories, and thus joins the ranks of countless characters in countless murder mysteries [[spoiler:that thought blackmailing a murderer was ever going to end well.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Duke is apparently [[GenreBlindness not very familiar with mystery stories, stories]], and thus joins the ranks of countless characters in countless murder mysteries [[spoiler:that thought blackmailing a murderer was ever going to end well.]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. Out of the Disruptors, she is the one who expresses the most reservations and worries about Miles.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. Out of the Disruptors, she is the one who expresses the most reservations and worries about Miles.Miles but is too afraid of his influence to act on them.



* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: When talking to Blanc about the Disruptors, she admits she tried to warn Andi that they were a bunch of "Shitheads." She also thinks that if anyone had a motive to kill her sister it would be Miles. And the only people on the island she gets a friendship with is Whiskey.

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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: When talking to Blanc about the Disruptors, she admits she tried to warn Andi that they were a bunch of "Shitheads." She also thinks that if anyone had a motive to kill her sister it would be Miles. And the The only people person on the island she actually gets a friendship along with is Whiskey.[[TokenGoodTeammate Whiskey]].
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* YouMonster: [[spoiler:{{Averted|Trope}}. Blanc is completely appalled at Miles, not because of how atrocious his crimes are but how stupidly he committed them and instead calls him this]].
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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Although she's claimed to be a genius, it's never stated what her area of expertise was. The napkin she wrote the initial idea on has a flowchart with {{Technobabble}} and various nonsensical buzzwords, including "Cyber-Risks," "Code A Delivery," "I.C.O," "Darkweb Efficacy," and "Crypto Scalability," which may arguably indicate a leaning towards computer science and cryptocurrency.

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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Although she's claimed to be a genius, it's never stated what her area of expertise was. The napkin she wrote the initial idea on has a flowchart with {{Technobabble}} and various nonsensical buzzwords, including "Cyber-Risks," "Code A Delivery," [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_coin_offering "I.C.O," O,"]] "Darkweb Efficacy," and "Crypto Scalability," which may arguably indicate a leaning towards computer science and cryptocurrency.
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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Although she's claimed to be a genius, it's never stated what her area of expertise was. The napkin she wrote the initial idea on has a flowchart with {{Technobabble}} and various nonsensical buzzwords, including "Cyber-Risks," "Code A Delivery," "I.C.O," "Darkweb Efficacy," and "Crypto Scalability," which may arguably indicate a leaning towards computer science and crytpocurrency.

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[[folder:The Efficient Man]]
!!The Efficient Man
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/EthanHawke

A very efficient associate of Miles's, who proceeds to "disinfect" the Disruptors before they set sail to his island.




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* TheEighties: Between his greasy ponytail, outdated sunglasses and loud pinstripe suit complete with sockless loafers, he could be mistaken for a lost and confused time traveler.
* TheCameo: For Creator/EthanHawke, who was shooting ''Series/MoonKnight'' in Greece at the same time as Glass Onion.
* ConsummateProfessional: He's not efficient for nothing.
* NoodleImplements: He carries around some sort of projectile gun that blasts a very clearly overpowering spray into the mouth, as an Anti-Covid measure. When Blanc inquires if it's some sort of disinfectant, he simply replies "you're good." [[spoiler:Though given Miles's later-revealed [[DumberThanTheyLook scientific acumen]], it's most likely the spray is next to useless.]]
* SinisterShades: He wears shades, and looks more than a little shady.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: She's shown cracking a smile [[spoiler:when Helen spells out how thoroughly she's made Miles dig his own grave]].
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* CantHoldHerLiquor: She gets drunk very easily, very quickly. Moreover, she's an ''angry'' drunk who becomes very gung-ho, fired-up and confrontational when she has a bit of LiquidCourage in her. [[spoiler:After Miles burns the real napkin, Blanc bets everything on this trait of hers to ''literally'' burn his entire house down.]] ''It works.''
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* TakingYouWithMe: Setting the Glass Onion on fire and burning the ''Mona Lisa'' to ash sets her up for vandalism and arson charges, as well as blame for the painting's destruction, but she seems to be ready to accept it if Miles goes down with her. Plus, the Disruptiors seem content with Miles receiving all the blame.

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* TakingYouWithMe: Setting the Glass Onion on fire and burning the ''Mona Lisa'' to ash sets her up for vandalism and arson charges, as well as blame for the painting's destruction, but she seems to be ready to accept it if Miles goes down with her. Plus, the Disruptiors Disruptors seem content with Miles receiving all the blame.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Miles has no issue whatsoever betraying anyone the moment they get between him and his goals or pose a potential threat, killing Andi to save himself and later Duke to cover his tracks.]]

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Miles has no issue whatsoever qualms with betraying anyone the moment they get between him and his goals or pose a potential threat, killing Andi to save himself and later Duke to cover his tracks.]]



* EveryoneHasStandards: He regularly comes up with bizarre and often impractical ideas for inventions, but even he wants to steer clear of being associated with Duke's "rhino boner pills". [[spoiler:After how loathsome he really is comes to the surface, this evolves into EvenEvilHasStandards.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards: He regularly often comes up with bizarre and bizarre, often impractical ideas for inventions, but even he wants to steer clear of being associated with Duke's "rhino horn boner pills". [[spoiler:After how loathsome he Miles really is comes to the surface, this evolves devolves into EvenEvilHasStandards.]]



* TooCleverByHalf: [[spoiler:Miles does have some notable skills, most notably his ability to spot and nurture upcoming talent, take advantage of opportunities, his charismatic personality, skill at making and using connections and his PR talents, which allowed him and Andi to thrive with him creating hype and her doing the behind the scenes work. However, he buys into his own hype and starts to see himself as an intellectual powerhouse and visionary, leading him to put all his power behind Klear and make the mistakes that would end up destroying his reputation. In short, Miles is a very good collaborator and someone who is skilled at working with talented people for mutual benefit and when he has someone to rein him in but when left to his own devices, his worst impulses come back to bite him.]]

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* TooCleverByHalf: [[spoiler:Miles does have some notable skills, most notably his ability to spot and nurture upcoming talent, take advantage of opportunities, his charismatic personality, skill at making and using connections and his PR talents, which allowed him and Andi to thrive with him creating hype and her doing the behind the scenes work. However, he buys into his own hype and starts to see himself as an intellectual powerhouse and visionary, leading him to put all his power behind Klear and make the mistakes that would end up destroying his reputation. In short, Miles is a very good collaborator and someone who is who's skilled at working with talented people for mutual benefit and plus when he has someone to rein him in but in. But when left to his own devices, his worst impulses come back to bite him.]]
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* CoolCar: His pride and joy of a car is the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder, which he takes everywhere, [[spoiler:even to murdering his former business partner. It gets turned into scrap metal along with the rest of the Glass Onion when Helen blows it sky high.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards: They are ''not'' good people and are terrible friends, but [[spoiler:Lionel, Claire, and Birdie are all genuinely appalled when they realize Miles is a murderer. Claire and Lionel are particularly disgusted when Miles rubs in his murder of Andi in Helen's face.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards: They are ''not'' good people and are terrible friends, but [[spoiler:Lionel, Claire, and Birdie are all genuinely appalled when they realize Miles is a murderer. Claire and Lionel are particularly disgusted when Miles rubs in his murder of Andi in Helen's face.face, and they cheer her on when she begins vandalising his house and even join her. After Miles' reputation is well and utterly trashed, they decide to turn on him for killing Duke and Andi, without Helen or Blanc even asking them to.]]



* BrutalHonesty: When Miles proposes the Klear plan to her, she bluntly refuses it and tells him that she's willing to split the company if he doesn't stop pursuing it.



* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: While she probably did know that Miles was a dick, she didn't think that he would be cruel or stupid enough to murder his best friend after a very public trial with her.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: While she probably did know that Miles was a dick, she didn't think that he would be cruel heartless or stupid enough to murder his best friend after a very public trial with her.
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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Andi supported him when no one else did, and took him on board to start Alpha, making him an equal partner. The second she disagreed with him, he not only refused to listen to her (completely valid) concerns, he screwed her out of the company, stole the credit for having come up with the idea, and murdered her when she found the evidence that could prove he was a liar.]]

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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Andi supported him when no one else did, defended his eccentricity to her friends, and took him on board to start Alpha, making him an equal partner. partner despite him having little to do with the business. The second she disagreed with him, him (admittedly quite harshly), he not only refused to listen to her (completely valid) concerns, he screwed her out of the company, stole the credit for having come up with the idea, and murdered her when she found the evidence that could prove he was a liar.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: To varying degrees, the Disruptors are, in [[spoiler:Helen's]] words, "shitheads", with Miles and Duke being overtly nastier than the rest. Andi, the most moral and sympathetic of the group, is the exception, although even she's shown to be slightly cold and haughty.

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* {{Jerkass}}: To varying degrees, the Disruptors are, in [[spoiler:Helen's]] words, as [[spoiler:Helen]] crudely puts it, "shitheads", with Miles and Duke being overtly nastier than the rest. Andi, the most moral and sympathetic of the group, lot, is the exception, although though even she's shown to be slightly cold and haughty.



* RedHerring: Played with and even invoked as an explicit plot point, with Blanc even pointing out a real-life reason why red herrings might not be the obvious choice after all: when one is the obvious suspect, they would have to be a complete fool to actually commit the crime, and Miles is a genius. When the mysteries start piling up, [[spoiler:Helen points out that as the one with the most to lose, Miles is the obvious suspect for her sister's murder, due to her unearthing the evidence of her stealing his idea. Blanc points out that since he publically feuded with Andi, her house was ransacked, and Andi sent an easily exposeable email, a genius like Miles would know he'd be the first suspect. Then Blanc realizes, towards the end, that Miles isn't a genius -- he's a superficial fool after all who ''would'' make such an obvious desperate move, believing his lies to be invincible.]]

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* RedHerring: Played with and even invoked as an explicit plot point, with Blanc even pointing out a real-life reason why red herrings might not be the obvious choice after all: when one is the obvious suspect, they would have to be a complete fool to actually commit the crime, and Miles is a genius. When the mysteries start piling up, [[spoiler:Helen points out that as the one with the most to lose, Miles is the obvious suspect for her sister's murder, due to her unearthing the evidence of her stealing his idea. Blanc points out that since he publically feuded with Andi, her house was ransacked, and Andi sent an easily exposeable email, a genius like Miles would know he'd be the first suspect. Then Blanc realizes, towards the end, that Miles isn't a genius -- he's a superficial fool who, after all who all, ''would'' make such an obvious obvious, desperate move, believing his lies to be invincible.]]



* StupidCrooks: A CorruptCorporateExecutive who stole his company from under his partner [[spoiler:whom he later murdered, then murdered one of his friends to keep it a secret]] who has roughly the IQ of an actual onion.

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* StupidCrooks: A He's a CorruptCorporateExecutive who stole his company from under his partner [[spoiler:whom [[spoiler:(whom he later murdered, then murdered one of his friends to keep it a secret]] who has secret)]] with roughly the IQ of an actual onion.



* StressVomit: She throws up in a bucket shortly after being told that [[spoiler:the authorities will be informed about Duke's death, as Claire's affiliation with him as well as her vacationing on a billionaire's private island during a pandemic will be a political scandal for her]].

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* StressVomit: She throws up in a bucket shortly after being told that [[spoiler:the authorities will be informed about Duke's death, as Claire's affiliation with him as well as plus her vacationing on a billionaire's private island during a pandemic will be a political scandal for her]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence was never advertised during promotions for the movie. The reveals that she's impersonating her sister and that Blanc was in on it turn the whole movie on its head.

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* WalkingSpoiler: Her In marketing and throughout the first half of the film, she is presented as Cassandra Brand. The information that Andi has a twin sister comes at the midpoint of the film, where we also learn that Helen is and has been actually the central character of the story, Andi is dead, and the entire first half of the film was a completely different story than the audience was made to think they were watching. The revelation of Helen's existence was never advertised during promotions for is tied up in all of the movie. The reveals other major factors that she's impersonating her sister and that Blanc was in on it turn the whole movie on its head.film upside-down.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In Whiskey's introduction, Duke is going on a senseless rant about the "breast-ification" of America. She comes in to flaunt her breasts and says she loves her own boobs. [[spoiler:Her talks with Helen, though, reveal that she's ambitious, cunning, and doesn't even agree with Duke's right-wing schtick.]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In Whiskey's introduction, Duke is going on a senseless rant about the "breast-ification" of America. She comes in to flaunt her breasts and says she loves her own boobs. [[spoiler:Her talks with Helen, though, reveal that she's she is ambitious, cunning, and doesn't even agree with Duke's right-wing schtick.]]



* ThePigPen: He appears disheveled and unkempt, with Whiskey even mentioning that he smells like kombucha.

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* ThePigPen: He appears disheveled and unkempt, with Whiskey even mentioning complaining that he smells like kombucha.



* NeverMessWithGranny: Despite being older, smaller, and [[OneHeadTaller far shorter]] than Duke, she regularly puts her macho muscular son in his place when he talks back to her.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her son Duke gets murdered. Whiskey worries about having to break this news to her]].

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* NeverMessWithGranny: Despite being older, smaller, and [[OneHeadTaller far shorter]] than Duke, she regularly often puts her macho macho, muscular son in his place when he talks back to her.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her son Duke gets murdered. Whiskey worries about having to break this news to her]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: To varying degrees, the Disruptors are, in [[spoiler:Helen's]] words, "shitheads", with Miles and Duke being overtly nastier than the rest. Andi, the most moral and sympathetic of the group, is the exception, although even she's shown to be slightly cold and haughty.



* StressVomit: She throws up in a bucket shortly after being told that [[spoiler:the authorities will be informed about Duke's death, as Claire's affiliation with him as well as her vacationing on a billionaire's private island during a pandemic, will be a political scandal for her]].

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* StressVomit: She throws up in a bucket shortly after being told that [[spoiler:the authorities will be informed about Duke's death, as Claire's affiliation with him as well as her vacationing on a billionaire's private island during a pandemic, pandemic will be a political scandal for her]].



* ObfuscatingStupidity: In Whiskey's introduction, Duke is going on a senseless rant about the "breast-ification" of America. She comes in to flaunt her breasts and says she loves her own boobs. [[spoiler:But her talks with Andi reveal that she's ambitious and cunning, and doesn't even agree with Duke's right-wing schtick.]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In Whiskey's introduction, Duke is going on a senseless rant about the "breast-ification" of America. She comes in to flaunt her breasts and says she loves her own boobs. [[spoiler:But her [[spoiler:Her talks with Andi Helen, though, reveal that she's ambitious and ambitious, cunning, and doesn't even agree with Duke's right-wing schtick.]]



* ThePigPen: He appears disheveled and unkempt, with Whiskey even mentioning that he smells like kombucha.




[[folder:Devon]]
!!Devon
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DallasRoberts

Claire's husband.




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* AwfulWeddedLife: He and Claire don't seem too fond of each other, as she even rebukes him when he's trying to help out with the puzzle box.
* HouseHusband: {{Implied|Trope}}. His few scenes in the intro show him tending to his and Claire's kids while she's on her interview with CNN.
* SatelliteCharacter: Unlike Duke's mother (who gets a bit of depth beyond her relationship with her son), Devon doesn't have any characterization beyond being Claire's husband.
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* FlatCharacter: He's not really given any depth outside of being Blanc's live-in boyfriend.


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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: He's a bumbling, excessive loudmouth who put a lot of unnecessary engravings and decoration on his Tokarev, a weapon notorious for having some batches with substandard safeties.
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* UnmanlySecret: He has three. First is that he still lives with his mother and is submissive to her. [[spoiler:Second, he ''allows'' Miles to sleep with Whiskey after coercing her to do it so that he can get back in the good graces of a man half his size. And lastly, he is deathly allergic to pineapple but doesn't keep an epipen on him.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: A split second detail, but when Helen searches her room, a pink vibrator is shown in her supplies.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Downplayed; even before the major reveals of the movie there are plenty of reasons to find Miles a deeply unlikeable and unsympathetic person, but there is one scene alone with Blanc where he ruefully notes that Andi was always the one person who was willing to tell him the truth, and since becoming a fabulously wealthy tech innovator he is only ever surrounded by fawning yes-people who will only tell him what they think he wants to hear, who will hate him if he doesn't dish out money to them that they feel entitled to, and he has no real friends or honest relationships with anyone, only people who owe him or want things from him. While there are reasons to doubt his sincerity [[spoiler: not least the fact that it turns out he murdered Andi himself]], it nevertheless does suggest a certain rather pitiful sense of isolation and loneliness to the man.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Downplayed; even before the major reveals of the movie movie, there are plenty of reasons to find Miles a deeply unlikeable and unsympathetic person, but person. However, there is one a scene alone with Blanc where he ruefully notes that Andi was always the one person who was willing to tell him the truth, and since becoming a fabulously wealthy tech innovator innovator, he is only ever surrounded by fawning yes-people who will only just tell him what they think he wants to hear, hear or who will hate him if he doesn't dish out money to them that they feel entitled to, and he has no real friends or honest relationships with anyone, only just people who owe him or want things from him. While there are reasons to doubt his sincerity sincerity, [[spoiler: not least the fact that it turns out he murdered Andi himself]], it nevertheless does suggest a certain rather pitiful sense of isolation and loneliness to the man.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Downplayed; even before the major reveals of the movie there are few reasons to find Miles a deeply unlikeable and unsympathetic person, but there is one scene alone with Blanc where he ruefully notes that Andi was always the one person who was willing to tell him the truth, and since becoming a fabulously wealthy tech innovator he is only surrounded by fawning yes-people who will only tell him what he thinks he wants to hear, and he has no real friends or honest relationships with anyone. While there are nevertheless reasons to doubt his sincerity [[spoiler: not least the fact that it turns out he murdered Andi himself]], it nevertheless does suggest a certain rather pitiful sense of isolation and loneliness to the man.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Downplayed; even before the major reveals of the movie there are few plenty of reasons to find Miles a deeply unlikeable and unsympathetic person, but there is one scene alone with Blanc where he ruefully notes that Andi was always the one person who was willing to tell him the truth, and since becoming a fabulously wealthy tech innovator he is only ever surrounded by fawning yes-people who will only tell him what he thinks they think he wants to hear, who will hate him if he doesn't dish out money to them that they feel entitled to, and he has no real friends or honest relationships with anyone. anyone, only people who owe him or want things from him. While there are nevertheless reasons to doubt his sincerity [[spoiler: not least the fact that it turns out he murdered Andi himself]], it nevertheless does suggest a certain rather pitiful sense of isolation and loneliness to the man.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Downplayed; even before the major reveals of the movie there are few reasons to find Miles a deeply unlikeable and unsympathetic person, but there is one scene alone with Blanc where he ruefully notes that Andi was always the one person who was willing to tell him the truth, and since becoming a fabulously wealthy tech innovator he is only surrounded by fawning yes-people who will only tell him what he thinks he wants to hear, and he has no real friends or honest relationships with anyone. While there are nevertheless reasons to doubt his sincerity [[spoiler: not least the fact that it turns out he murdered Andi himself]], it nevertheless does suggest a certain rather pitiful sense of isolation and loneliness to the man.

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