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A psychoanalyst and medical student studying to be a psychiatrist, Marxist sympathizer, and Robert Oppenheimer's girlfriend, and, after he's married Kitty, his mistress.

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A psychoanalyst and medical student studying to be a psychiatrist, as well as a Marxist sympathizer, and sympathizer. She is also Robert Oppenheimer's girlfriend, and, after he's married Kitty, his mistress.



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* FatAndSkinny: Rabi and the very slender Oppenheimer fit this image when standing side by side.



* FatAndSkinny: Rabi and the very slender Oppenheimer fit this image when standing side by side.



** It's subtle, but with Strauss, [[ArtisticLicense in the movie at least]]. Teller's motivations in testifying against Oppenheimer are presented as NothingPersonal. Strauss' motivations are almost entirely personal. Tellingly, it seems neither man actually thinks Oppenheimer is a communist and Strauss is going after him for personal reasons, while Teller (in the film) is going after him for ideological ones. Also, like Oppenheimer, both Strauss, and Teller are Jewish and either immigrants (or specifically, a refugee in Teller's case) or the children of immigrants. Though the Red Scare was extremely antisemitic to the point of not only overly targeting Jewish people but also employing antisemitic rhetoric in general, Oppenheimer's Jewishness and his first-generation American status is completely irrelevant to both Strauss and Teller. Christopher Nolan seems to have decided to stick to Teller's testimony at the time instead of including other readings in order to contrast Teller's sincerely held concerns with Oppenheimer with Strauss' more petty issues to demonstrate that there were people who distrusted Oppenheimer for non-personal reasons.

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** It's subtle, but with Strauss, [[ArtisticLicense in the movie at least]]. Teller's motivations in testifying against Oppenheimer are presented as NothingPersonal. Strauss' motivations are almost entirely personal. Tellingly, it seems neither man actually thinks Oppenheimer is a communist and Strauss is going after him for personal reasons, while Teller (in the film) is going after him for ideological ones. Also, like Oppenheimer, both Strauss, Strauss and Teller are Jewish and either immigrants (or specifically, a refugee in Teller's case) or the children of immigrants. Though the Red Scare was at times extremely antisemitic to the point of not only overly targeting Jewish people but also employing antisemitic rhetoric in general, Oppenheimer's Jewishness and his first-generation American status is completely irrelevant to both Strauss and Teller. Christopher Nolan seems to have decided to stick to Teller's testimony at the time instead of including other readings in order to contrast Teller's sincerely held concerns with Oppenheimer with Strauss' more petty issues to demonstrate that there were people who distrusted Oppenheimer for non-personal reasons.



* SourSupporter: Although Teller is always a bit confused by Oppenheimer even before their relationship sours (though less in the movie than it did in real life (See HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul above)), he does respect Oppenheimer as a scientist and a director. He's not happy at Bethe being put in charge of theoretics instead of him and is prone to interrupting other physicists and generally being rude, but he does genuinely love his adopted country, believe he is doing the right thing, and despite his personal doubts about Oppenheimer leading him to testify against him, he is adamant that Oppenheimer is an American patriot and defends him from accusations of espionage.

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* SourSupporter: Although Teller is always a bit confused by Oppenheimer even before their relationship sours (though less in the movie than it did in real life (See HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul above)), he does respect Oppenheimer as a scientist and a director. He's not happy at Bethe being put in charge of theoretics instead of him and is prone to interrupting other physicists and generally being rude, but he does [[ImmigrantPatriotism genuinely love his adopted country, country]], believe he is doing the right thing, and despite his personal doubts about Oppenheimer leading him to testify against him, he is adamant that Oppenheimer is an American patriot and defends him from accusations of espionage.



* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Although the real Lawrence was known to be optimistic, extroverted, and popular, he had a lot of less likable aspects to his personality that the movie ignores in the sake of time. In the film, Lawrence is shown to support certain social causes such as desegregation and his frustration with Oppenheimer supporting the unionization of the Rad Lab students plays up his concern that his friend's left-wing activity will prevent Oppenheimer from joining what later becomes the Manhattan Project. In real life, Lawrence saw politics as a distraction to the true pursuit of science and he was completely uninterested in civil rights or other social issues. Additionally, like his friend Oppenheimer, Lawrence had a genuinely vindictive and jealous streak to his personality; thus, the fallout between the two men was much nastier than the movie had time to explore, getting extremely cruel and personal as well as political as both men knew each other well enough to know exactly how to twist the knife. At one point Lawrence even rubbed Oppenheimer's guilt over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in his face during a particularly heated letter exchange. Additionally, Lawrence never expressed (at least publically) any feelings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki aside from pride at "the accomplishment" and found Oppenheimer's ambivalence both annoying and concerning. He also supported [=McCarthyism=] and many of the "loyalty tests" of the Red Scare, increasingly embracing right-wing rhetoric throughout the 50s and 60s. The film positions him as opposing Oppenheimer on the H-bomb, but it does not go into his cooperation with J Edgar Hoover in the Oppenheimer Incident, his defense of academic "witch hunts" during the Cold War, or his growing jealousy of Oppenheimer as the later became increasingly famous and influential.

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Although the real Lawrence was known to be optimistic, extroverted, and popular, he had a lot of less likable aspects to his personality that the movie ignores in the sake of time. In the film, Lawrence is shown to support certain social causes such as desegregation and his frustration with Oppenheimer supporting the unionization of the Rad Lab students plays up his concern that his friend's left-wing activity will prevent Oppenheimer from joining what later becomes the Manhattan Project. In real life, Lawrence saw politics as a distraction to from the true pursuit of science and he was completely uninterested in civil rights or other social issues. Additionally, like his friend Oppenheimer, Lawrence had a genuinely vindictive and jealous streak to his personality; thus, the fallout between the two men was much nastier than the movie had time to explore, getting extremely cruel and personal as well as political as both men knew each other well enough to know exactly how to twist the knife. At one point Lawrence even rubbed Oppenheimer's guilt over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in his face during a particularly heated letter exchange. Additionally, Lawrence never expressed (at least publically) publicly) any feelings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki aside from pride at "the accomplishment" and found Oppenheimer's ambivalence both annoying and concerning. He also supported [=McCarthyism=] and many of the "loyalty tests" of the Red Scare, increasingly embracing right-wing rhetoric throughout the 50s and 60s. The film positions him as opposing Oppenheimer on the H-bomb, but it does not go into his cooperation with J Edgar Hoover in the Oppenheimer Incident, his defense of academic "witch hunts" during the Cold War, or his growing jealousy of Oppenheimer as the later became increasingly famous and influential.



* EnemyMine: Well if by "enemy" you mean the destruction of all life on Earth, Albert insists that if Teller's calculations are correct, Oppenheimer and the other scientists must share their findings with the Nazis to stop EITHER side from killing all life on the planet.

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* EnemyMine: Well Well, if by "enemy" you mean the destruction of all life on Earth, Albert insists that if Teller's calculations are correct, Oppenheimer and the other scientists must share their findings with the Nazis to stop EITHER side from killing all life on the planet.



* AxCrazy: Once threatened to interrogate a leftist scientist on a boat out in the ocean "in the Russian manner," then kill him and dump him overboard once Pash was finished with him.
** To the point where it is heavily implied that Groves having him ReassignedToAntarctica isn't just to keep him from interfering with the project in general but because it's the only way he can guarantee everyone's safety.

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* AxCrazy: Once threatened to interrogate a leftist scientist on a boat out in the ocean "in the Russian manner," then kill him and dump him overboard once Pash was finished with him.
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To the point where it is heavily implied that Groves having him ReassignedToAntarctica isn't just to keep him from interfering with the project in general but because it's the only way he can guarantee everyone's safety.safety. He once threatened to interrogate a leftist scientist on a boat out in the ocean "in the Russian manner," then kill him and dump him overboard once Pash was finished with him.






* JerkassHasAPoint: When trying to get Oppenheimer to admit his true feelings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima out loud, Robb has a point in stating that Oppenheimer apparently had no real moral qualms about atomic weapons until after they were used. Robb is also not wrong that Groves bypassed a number of formal military procedures to get Oppenheimer a security clearance based on his personal belief that Oppenheimer was the right man for the job of director despite it being against protocol. While Groves' judge of character turned out to be correct, Groves would have been in a world of hurt had he been mistaken. Robb is also not wrong that Oppenheimer's credibility as a witness is undermined by his past and present tendency to lie either for himself or others. It is no wonder Kitty is the only witness he questions who gives him a run for his money.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: When trying to get Oppenheimer to admit his true feelings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima out loud, Robb has a point in stating that Oppenheimer apparently had no real moral qualms about atomic weapons until after they were used. Robb is also not wrong that Groves bypassed a number of formal military procedures to get Oppenheimer a security clearance based on his personal belief that Oppenheimer was the right man for the job of director despite it being against protocol. While Groves' judge of character turned out to be correct, Groves would have been in a world of hurt had he been mistaken. Robb is also ''also'' not wrong that Oppenheimer's credibility as a witness is undermined by his past and present tendency to lie either for himself or others. It is no wonder Kitty is the only witness he questions who gives him a run for his money.



* BadassBookworm: While not a scientist by training, Borden is an educated man with a strong understanding of nuclear weapons and flew several missions against the Nazis as a pilot.



* BadassBookworm: While not a scientist by training, Borden is an educated man with a strong understanding of nuclear weapons and flew several missions against the Nazis as a pilot.

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* BaitTheDog: Inverted. At first, he offers Strauss frequent political advice about how to spin the hearing to his advantage and what sorts of strategies he should undertake, some of which involve carefully tiptoeing around the truth. But by the end of the movie, it becomes clear that Strauss, who's been around the block a fair bit longer than him, has also far surpassed him in political skullduggery.

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* BaitTheDog: Inverted. At first, he offers Strauss frequent political advice about how to spin the hearing to his advantage and what sorts of strategies he should undertake, some of which involve carefully tiptoeing around the truth. But by the end of the movie, it becomes clear that Strauss, who's been around the block a fair bit longer than him, has also far surpassed him in political skullduggery.skulduggery.

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* AngstDissonance: In-Universe. While real-world arguments about Oppenheimer's feelings are ongoing yet, it cannot be denied that several characters think that he's being whiny and attempting to make the nuclear bomb and its aftermath all about him.



* NoSocialSkills: See about half of the tropes in this section.

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* NoSocialSkills: See about half of the tropes in this section. Oppenheimer is one of the greatest scientific minds of the time and an invaluable asset to the Manhattan Project, but he repeatedly almost talks his way ''out'' of it by annoying various other members, and in the end, his inability to actually get his ideas across to the court and President Truman gets his security clearance revoked.



* NoSympathy: He doesn't have any sympathy for Oppenheimer's guilt about the effects of his bomb, callously dismissing him as a "crybaby". As noted, this is actually ''downplayed'' compared to real life, where he reportedly expressed his annoyance with Oppenheimer's moral scruples in much stronger terms, referring to him as "that fucking cretin" after their meeting.

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* NoSympathy: He doesn't have any sympathy for Oppenheimer's guilt about the effects of his bomb, callously dismissing him as a "crybaby". As noted, this is actually ''downplayed'' compared to real life, where he reportedly expressed his annoyance with Oppenheimer's moral scruples in much stronger terms, referring to him as "that fucking cretin" after their meeting. Notably, he also makes the point that he himself is dealing with worse as while Oppenheimer's work made the bomb possible, Truman was the one to actually make the choice to use it on Japan.



* SouthernFriedGenius: Technically from Missouri and not the Deep South, but he has a noticeable twang in his otherwise Midwestern voice and despite his "aww shucks" down to earth demeanor (which some historians claim was partially exaggerated to seem more accessible to the public), he is sharp as a whip and sees right through Oppenheimer, leaving the genius practically stammering. Truman would not have been a president and a strategist otherwise. It is immediately clear that, in terms of rhetorical debate, Oppenheimer is in way over his head.

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* SouthernFriedGenius: Technically He's from Missouri and not instead of the Deep South, but he has South (though you can hear a noticeable southern twang in his otherwise Midwestern voice speech) and is no scientist, but despite his "aww shucks" down to earth down-to-earth demeanor (which some historians claim was partially exaggerated to seem more accessible to the public), he is he's sharp as a whip tack and sees right through Oppenheimer, leaving the genius practically stammering. Truman would not have been a president Oppenheimer's self-flagellation. He clearly controls their meeting and a strategist otherwise. It is immediately clear that, in terms of rhetorical debate, states his arguments cleanly, while Oppenheimer is in way intimidated and stumbles over his head.words, failing to get his genuine concerns across and only succeeding in convincing Truman that Oppenheimer is untrustworthy.



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* NoSocialSkills: See about half of the tropes in this section.
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* RaceLift: The real David Hill was Caucasian, whereas this movie has him portrayed by Creator/RamiMalek, who is half-Egyptian.

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* AbsentMindedProfessor: He's a professor at Berkeley before signing on to the Manhattan Project, and he has a rather short attention span and forgets things like adding a kitchen when designing his house.

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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The real Lawrence didn't have Josh Hartnett's dashing good looks or chiseled features.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:That Hill would actually expose Strauss' true character for the senate instead of gratify himself by lambasting Oppenheimer, who had been shown to be dismissive and rude to him earlier, is something that never occurred to him. For all his talk about Oppenheimer's faults, he is clearly incapable of recognizing his own makes him even ''less'' likable than the man he views to be his nemesis.]]

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[[spoiler:That Hill would actually expose Strauss' true character for the senate instead of gratify himself by lambasting Oppenheimer, who had been shown to be dismissive and rude to him earlier, is something that never occurred to him. For all his talk about Oppenheimer's faults, he is clearly incapable of recognizing his own makes him even ''less'' likable than the man he views to be his nemesis.]]]]
** In the post-war segment Strauss keeps insisting Oppenheimer is motivated purely by ego and spite, and not once concedes that he might genuinely be concerned about the dangers of nuclear proliferation.
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*TheDragon: Borden is Strauss's instrument to ruin Oppenheimer.
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* MythicalMotifs: He calls Oppenheimer an "American Prometheus", Prometheus being the Titan from Myth/ClassicalMythology who gave fire to mankind and was punished for it. This doubles as a MythologyGag since ''American Prometheus'' is the biography that formed the main basis of the movie.
* PunkInTheTrunk: He's smuggled out of Nazi-occupied Denmark by being put in a British plane's bomb bay, and mentions having fallen unconscious during the flight because he made a mistake with his oxygen supply.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: He almost ends up on the receiving end of this when a younger Oppenheimer, in a fit of spitefulness, tries to poison his tutor with an apple. Bohr unexpectedly tries to eat it but is stopped at the last minute by Oppenheimer himself.
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* ChekhovsGunman: He appears as a minor part of the scientists working in Chicago and barely speaks, only to reappear much latter and torpedo Strauss' Cabinet nomination by exposing his pettiness.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:He was wanting to affirm that there'd be a system in control of the nuclear power once harnessed that would prevent its misuse and yet because he feels so personally offended by Oppenheimer and is wanting a political office too, makes arrangements for Oppenheimer to be condemned by an oversight board that will revoke his security clearance when he's in the midst of voicing his MyGodWhatHaveIDone concerns that would fit in with what Strauss was saying. Ultimately, he's far more concerned with getting both the Senate seat and sticking it to Oppenheimer that he'd rather put focus on that than working with him on actually helping to develop a plan on that--and also totally breaking down and insisting Oppenheimer's disingenuous when Strauss himself was the one deceiving and scheming otherwise.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:He was wanting to affirm that there'd be a system in control of the nuclear power once harnessed that would prevent its misuse and yet because he feels so personally offended by Oppenheimer and is wanting a political office too, makes arrangements for Oppenheimer to be condemned by an oversight board that will revoke his security clearance when he's in the midst of voicing his MyGodWhatHaveIDone concerns that would fit right in with what Strauss was saying. Ultimately, he's far more concerned with getting both the Senate seat and sticking it to Oppenheimer that he'd rather put focus on that than working with him on actually helping to develop a plan on that--and also totally breaking down and insisting Oppenheimer's disingenuous when Strauss himself was the one deceiving and scheming otherwise.]]
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* BigGood: The closest thing to one the movie has - a convivial, grandfatherly figure beloved by rhe scientific community, who gives wise counsel to Oppenheimer at varying points in the narrative when he is faced with difficulties, and who seemingly doesn't carry the same guilty burden over the rise of atomic weaponry from his research that Oppenheimer does (at least until their fateful conversation by the lake).

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* BigGood: *BigGood: The closest thing to one the movie has - a convivial, grandfatherly figure beloved by rhe the scientific community, who gives wise counsel to Oppenheimer at varying points in the narrative when he is faced with difficulties, and who seemingly doesn't carry the same guilty burden over the rise of atomic weaponry from his research that Oppenheimer does (at least until their fateful conversation by the lake).
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* BigGood: The closest thing to one the movie has - a convivial, grandfarherly figure beloved by rhe scientific community, who gives wise counsel to Oppenheimer at varying points in the narrative when he is faced with difficulties, and who seemingly doesn't carry the same guilty burden over the rise of atomic weaponry from his research that Oppenheimer does (at least until their fateful conversation by the lake).

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* BigGood: *BigGood: The closest thing to one the movie has - a convivial, grandfarherly grandfatherly figure beloved by rhe scientific community, who gives wise counsel to Oppenheimer at varying points in the narrative when he is faced with difficulties, and who seemingly doesn't carry the same guilty burden over the rise of atomic weaponry from his research that Oppenheimer does (at least until their fateful conversation by the lake).

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