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** Lime has shades of being cultured, with a superficial level of intelligence and knowledge of culture detectable upon first viewing.
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** Lime has shades of being cultured, with a superficial level of intelligence and knowledge of culture culture, detectable upon first viewing.
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** Lime has shades of being Wicked Cultured, with a superficial level of intelligence and knowledge of culture detectable upon first viewing.
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** Lime has shades of being Wicked Cultured, cultured, with a superficial level of intelligence and knowledge of culture detectable upon first viewing.
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** Then again, this speech was [[ThrowItIn included by Orson Welles himself, and in-universe, Harry Lime acknowledges this information was taken from someone else by saying, "You know what the fellow said [...]"
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** Then again, this speech was [[ThrowItIn included by Orson Welles himself, himself]], and in-universe, Harry Lime acknowledges this information was taken from someone else by saying, "You know what the fellow said [...]"]" at the beginning of the speech.
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* WickedCultured: Has shades of this.
** Possibly subverted in that his famous Cuckoo-clock speech includes wrong information.
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being Wicked Cultured, with a superficial level of intelligence and knowledge of culture detectable upon first viewing.
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** Then again, this speech was [[ThrowItIn included by Orson Welles himself, and in-universe, Harry Lime acknowledges this information was taken from someone else by saying, "You know what the fellow said [...]"
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** Then again, this speech was [[ThrowItIn included by Orson Welles himself, and in-universe, Harry Lime acknowledges this information was taken from someone else by saying, "You know what the fellow said [...]"
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse/HeKnowsTooMuch: Lime nearly kills [[spoiler:Holly Martins]] because he knew of his illegal actions.
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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse/HeKnowsTooMuch: HaveYouToldAnyoneElse / HeKnowsTooMuch: Lime nearly kills [[spoiler:Holly Martins]] because he knew of his illegal actions.
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* CoupDeGrace / MercyKill: [[spoiler: Worldlessly asks this of Holly near the end, with Holly complying and shooting him dead in a sewer.]]
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Worldlessly asks this of Holly near the end, with Holly complying.]]
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!!Anna Schmidt
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* InHarmsWay: Is actively discouraged from investigating [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter Harry Lime's]] death.
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* InHarmsWay: Is actively discouraged from investigating [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter [[PosthumousCharacter Harry Lime's]] death.
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* InHarmsWay: Is actively discouraged from investigating [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter Harry Lime's]] death.
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* {{Masquerade}}: Poses as an ''active'' author to obtain favors while he's stuck in Vienna.
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* LoveTriangle: It's implied he still has feelings for [[FemmeFataleSpy Anna]], who in turn, still loves the recently deceased Harry Lime, who in turn, [[spoiler:is alive and well]]
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* {{Masquerade}}:Poses Holly poses as an ''active'' active author to obtain favors while he's stuck in Vienna.Vienna. It's noticeably easy for him, since he is a writer, but is investigating the suspicious and [[spoiler:faked]] death of his friend.
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* [[spoiler:DoesNotGetTheGirl]]: The final shot of the film is [[spoiler:Anna walking past Holly at a graveyard that just saw the real funeral of Harry Lime.]]
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* [[spoiler:DoesNotGetTheGirl]]: [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl]]: The final shot of the film is [[spoiler:Anna walking past Holly at a graveyard that just saw the real funeral of Harry Lime.]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Is never seen without his black coat and matching hat. Justified, given the time period the work is set in.
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* ActionSurvivor: Martins is just a run-of-the-mill writer, [[spoiler:and survives several brushes with death and lives to the end of the film.]]
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one throughout.
* DeadSidekick: This is his primary motivator at the start of the film, since he just found out about Harry Lime's death. [[spoiler: Turns out Lime is still alive.]]
* [[spoiler:DoesNotGetTheGirl]]: The final shot of the film is [[spoiler:Anna walking past Holly at a graveyard that just saw the real funeral of Harry Lime.]]
* LoveTriangle: It's implied he still has feelings for [[FemaleFataleSpy Anna]], who in turn, still loves the recently deceased Harry Lime, who in turn, [[spoiler:is alive and well]]
* {{Masquerade}}: Poses as an ''active'' author to obtain favors while he's stuck in Vienna.
* PaperThinDisguise: His masquerade fails to deceive those such as [[FatBastard Popescu]], [[ThoseTwoBadGuys "Baron" Kurtz and Dr. Winkel.]]
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one throughout.
* DeadSidekick: This is his primary motivator at the start of the film, since he just found out about Harry Lime's death. [[spoiler: Turns out Lime is still alive.]]
* [[spoiler:DoesNotGetTheGirl]]: The final shot of the film is [[spoiler:Anna walking past Holly at a graveyard that just saw the real funeral of Harry Lime.]]
* LoveTriangle: It's implied he still has feelings for [[FemaleFataleSpy Anna]], who in turn, still loves the recently deceased Harry Lime, who in turn, [[spoiler:is alive and well]]
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* PaperThinDisguise: His masquerade fails to deceive those such as [[FatBastard Popescu]], [[ThoseTwoBadGuys "Baron" Kurtz and Dr. Winkel.]]
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* DrugsAreBad: He doesn't care about this. He kills and leaves hundreds of ''children'' sickly or even catatonic.
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* ManipulativeBastard: He runs Vienna like he owns it, and [[spoiler:would've gotten away with it had the police not chased and cornered him by catching him in the open.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: He runs Vienna like he owns it, and [[spoiler:would've gotten away with it it, too, had the police not chased and cornered him by catching spotting him in the open.]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Duh.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves [[spoiler:Anna]], and [[spoiler:gets himself killed because of his love for her.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Holly Martins.
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* AffablyEvil: It helps that he's played by Orson Welles, but he's significantly less sympathetic than [[CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane.]]
* ArchEnemy: Is this to Holly Martins.
* DirtyCommunists: Off-handedly mentions he's worked with the Soviets.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Runs from the authorities at the end, to no avail.]]
* DownTheDrain: [[spoiler:Attempts to flee into one near the end. This doesn't work, and he is unceremoniously shot down and killed.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He nods at Holly to [[spoiler:finish him off once he's critically injured, and has no chance to escape.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Does this to himself.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nearly kills [[spoiler:Holly Martins]] because he knew of his illegal actions.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Worldlessly asks this of Holly near the end.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Actually this.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Not actually this.]]
* ArchEnemy: Is this to Holly Martins.
* DirtyCommunists: Off-handedly mentions he's worked with the Soviets.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Runs from the authorities at the end, to no avail.]]
* DownTheDrain: [[spoiler:Attempts to flee into one near the end. This doesn't work, and he is unceremoniously shot down and killed.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He nods at Holly to [[spoiler:finish him off once he's critically injured, and has no chance to escape.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Does this to himself.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nearly kills [[spoiler:Holly Martins]] because he knew of his illegal actions.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Worldlessly asks this of Holly near the end.]]
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* WickedCultured: Has shades of this.
** Possibly subverted in that his famous Cuckoo-clock speech includes wrong information.
* WouldHurtAChild: His drug dealing activities render many children dead or dying.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Tries to convince Holly to join him, along with [[spoiler:Anna.]]
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Work in progress, man.
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