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* AmbiguousEnding: Most of his films leave their main characters facing an uncertain fate, often with a question of what a young person going to do with a newfound and revolutionary power. This can lean from hopeful (Broom Boy and the Resistance in ''The Last Jedi''), to wavering between good and evil (Cid in ''Looper''), to vengeful (''Knives Out'' and ''Glass Onion'').

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* AmbiguousEnding: Most of his films leave their main characters facing an uncertain fate, often with a question of what a young person is going to do with a newfound and revolutionary power. This can lean from hopeful (Broom Boy and the Resistance in ''The Last Jedi''), to wavering between good and evil (Cid in ''Looper''), to vengeful (''Knives Out'' and ''Glass Onion'').
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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is typically at least one character who is truly loving and compassionate, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege, and despite their kindly personality they aren't above [[GoodIsNotSoft breaking the law and getting destructive]] in order to bring down the villains.

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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is typically usually at least one character who is truly loving and compassionate, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege, and despite their kindly personality they aren't above [[GoodIsNotSoft breaking the law and getting destructive]] in order to bring down the villains.
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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is typically at least one character who is truly loving and caring, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege.

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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is typically at least one character who is truly loving and caring, compassionate, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege.privilege, and despite their kindly personality they aren't above [[GoodIsNotSoft breaking the law and getting destructive]] in order to bring down the villains.
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* SignatureStyle: He loves subverting audiences expectations, using a quirky directing/editing style, which involves off-kilter camera angles/composition, fast-paced dynamic camerawork, rapid-fire editing, and quick pans. LOTS of quick pans. He even used this style in ''The Last Jedi''.

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* SignatureStyle: He loves subverting audiences audience's expectations, using a quirky directing/editing style, which involves off-kilter camera angles/composition, fast-paced dynamic camerawork, rapid-fire editing, and quick pans. LOTS of quick pans. He even used this style in ''The Last Jedi''.
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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is often at least one character who is truly loving and caring, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege.

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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is often typically at least one character who is truly loving and caring, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege.
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* AmbiguousEnding: Most of his films leave their main characters facing an uncertain fate, often with a question of what a young person going to do with a newfound and revolutionary power. This can lean from hopeful (Broom Boy and the Resistance in ''The Last Jedi''), to wavering between good and evil (Cid in ''Looper''), to vengeful (''Knives Out'' and ''Glass Onion'').


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* TheHeart: Amidst a cast ranging from flawed to selfish to malicious, there is often at least one character who is truly loving and caring, like Rose in ''The Last Jedi'' or Marta in ''Knives Out''. Oftentimes they're distinguished by being a WorkingClassHero unlike the others in positions of privilege.

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* ''Poker Face'' (Creator/{{Peacock}} TV series; TBA)
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He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', and ''Film/KnivesOut''.

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He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', ''Film/KnivesOut'', and ''Film/KnivesOut''.
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He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell as of 2021. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', and ''Film/KnivesOut''.

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He is JustForFun/OneOfUs, since apparently he likes ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and is interested in working on ''Series/DoctorWho''. He directed ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi]]'', and was later hired to develop a new trilogy of films unrelated to the Skywalker Saga before the release of the film. However, his trilogy is currently in DevelopmentHell as of 2021.DevelopmentHell. He is also known for his acclaimed mystery films ''{{Film/Brick}}'', and ''Film/KnivesOut''.
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* SubvertedTrope: Johnson is obsessed with subverting audiences expectation. When talking about ''The Last Jedi'', he admitted himself wanting to subvert the audience's expectations regarding the followup to many things Creator/JJAbrams set up in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', such as Luke being full of HeroicSelfDeprecation and the BrokenPedestal when Rey meets him instead of a more classic OldMaster who's ready to keep the MasterApprenticeChain up (however, this could be thought of as following through with Abrams's set-up of Luke disappearing to an island in the middle of nowhere). Then there were the ''massive'' expectations regarding Rey's MysteriousPast... [[spoiler:and it's revealed she's the daughter of nobodies -- or at least that's what [[UnreliableNarrator Kylo Ren]] said. It's pretty safe to say the following developments in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' had no input from Johnson.]]

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* SubvertedTrope: Johnson is obsessed with subverting audiences expectation.audience’s expectations. When talking about ''The Last Jedi'', he admitted himself wanting to subvert the audience's expectations regarding the followup to many things Creator/JJAbrams set up in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', such as Luke being full of HeroicSelfDeprecation and the BrokenPedestal when Rey meets him instead of a more classic OldMaster who's ready to keep the MasterApprenticeChain up (however, this could be thought of as following through with Abrams's set-up of Luke disappearing to an island in the middle of nowhere). Then there were the ''massive'' expectations regarding Rey's MysteriousPast... [[spoiler:and it's revealed she's the daughter of nobodies -- or at least that's what [[UnreliableNarrator Kylo Ren]] said. It's pretty safe to say the following developments in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' had no input from Johnson.]]
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** In ''Glass Onion'', Miles Bron hosts a murder mystery party, and is eager to play along famed detective Benoit Blanc, who has no patience for such games and worries someone might try to take advantage of the TenLittleMurderVictims setup to commit a real murder. [[spoiler:Warning Miles turns out to give Bron the idea to do exactly that himself. And try as Benoit might to treat this not as a fiction but as reality, he couldn’t resist the trap presuming a complex scheme and motive when real murder plots tend to be far less complicated.]]

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** In ''Glass Onion'', Miles Bron hosts a murder mystery party, and is eager to play along famed detective Benoit Blanc, who has no patience for such games and worries someone might try to take advantage of the TenLittleMurderVictims setup to commit a real murder. [[spoiler:Warning Miles turns out to give Bron the idea to do exactly that himself. And try as Benoit might to treat this murder case not as a fiction but as reality, he couldn’t resist the trap presuming a complex scheme and motive when real murder plots tend to be far less complicated.]]
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** In ''Glass Onion'', Miles Bron hosts a murder mystery party, and is eager to play along famed detective Benoit Blanc, who has no patience for such games and worries someone might try to take advantage of the TenLittleMurderVictims setup to commit a real murder. [[spoiler:Warning Miles turns out to give Bron the idea to do exactly that himself. And try as Benoit might to treat this not as a fiction but as reality, he couldn’t resist the trap presuming a complex scheme and motive when real murder plots tend to be far less complicated.]]
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** In ''Knives Out'', the victim Harlen was an author of murder mystery novels, and his housekeeper Fran was a big fan of the genre. [[spoiler:Both of them get into trouble by trying to take advantage of mystery tropes, Harlan by creating an unnecessarily complicated coverup that would’ve been fine if he had just dialed the hospital, and Fran by trying to play the part of the intrepid detective only to fall as well to the murderer.]]

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** In ''Knives Out'', the victim Harlen Harlan was an author of murder mystery novels, and his housekeeper Fran was a big fan of the genre. [[spoiler:Both of them get into trouble by trying to take advantage of mystery tropes, Harlan by creating an unnecessarily complicated coverup that would’ve been fine if he had just dialed the hospital, and Fran by trying to play the part of the intrepid detective only to fall as well to the murderer.]]
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* MetaFiction: His genre stories often feature characters who are aware of the conventions of the setting they’re in and try to break them or exploit them.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', the cyclical war of the Dark Side versus the Light has become so recurring that the galaxy views it as inevitable. The rich war profiteers at Canto Bight benefit from the predictable wars by selling weapons to both sides. Inversely, Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker both attempt to break the cycle, Luke by refusing to train more Jedi and Kylo by killing anyone trying to shape his fate.
** In ''Knives Out'', the victim Harlen was an author of murder mystery novels, and his housekeeper Fran was a big fan of the genre. [[spoiler:Both of them get into trouble by trying to take advantage of mystery tropes, Harlan by creating an unnecessarily complicated coverup that would’ve been fine if he had just dialed the hospital, and Fran by trying to play the part of the intrepid detective only to fall as well to the murderer.]]
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* ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars - Episode VII: The Last Jedi]]'' (2017)

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* ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars - Episode VII: VIII: The Last Jedi]]'' (2017)
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** ''[[Film/GlassOnion Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'' (2022)

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** * ''[[Film/GlassOnion Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'' Onion]]'' (2022)
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** His ''Benoit Blanc mysteries'' lean in different directions. ''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side while ''Film/GlassOnion'' is a bit more on the cynical side.

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** His ''Benoit Blanc mysteries'' lean in different directions. ''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the is overall idealistic side while ''Film/GlassOnion'' is a bit more on the cynical side.
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** His ''Benoit Blanc mysteries'' lean in different directions. ''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side while''Film/GlassOnion''is a bit more on the cynical side.

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** His ''Benoit Blanc mysteries'' lean in different directions. ''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side while''Film/GlassOnion''is while ''Film/GlassOnion'' is a bit more on the cynical side.
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** His ''Benoit Blanc Mysteries'' lean in different directions. ***''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side. ***''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out'' but not as far down as ''Brick'' or ''Looper''.

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** His ''Benoit Blanc Mysteries'' mysteries'' lean in different directions. ***''Film/KnivesOut'' ''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side. ***''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is side while''Film/GlassOnion''is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out'' but not as far down as ''Brick'' or ''Looper''.side.
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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''.
** ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out'' but not as far down as ''Brick'' or ''Looper''.

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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''.compared to other ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies.
** ''Film/GlassOnion'', His ''Benoit Blanc Mysteries'' lean in different directions. ***''Film/KnivesOut'' leans more towards the idealistic side. ***''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out'' but not as far down as ''Brick'' or ''Looper''.
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* SignatureStyle: He loves using a quirky directing/editing style, which involves off-kilter camera angles/composition, fast-paced dynamic camerawork, rapid-fire editing, and quick pans. LOTS of quick pans. He even used this style in ''The Last Jedi''.

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* SignatureStyle: He loves subverting audiences expectations, using a quirky directing/editing style, which involves off-kilter camera angles/composition, fast-paced dynamic camerawork, rapid-fire editing, and quick pans. LOTS of quick pans. He even used this style in ''The Last Jedi''.
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** ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.

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** ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.Out'' but not as far down as ''Brick'' or ''Looper''.
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* ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.

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* ** ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.

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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''. ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.

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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''.
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''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.
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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''.

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** ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/StarWarsTheLastJedi'' both lean to the idealistic side but fall more toward the middle than ''The Brothers Bloom''. ''Film/GlassOnion'', meanwhile, is a bit more on the cynical side compared to ''Knives Out''.

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* DeconstructiveParody: ''Film/{{Brick}}'' and ''Film/KnivesOut'' specifically


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* GenreDeconstruction: ''Film/{{Brick}}'' and ''Film/KnivesOut'' specifically.
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** ''Film/{{Brick}} and ''Film/{{Looper}}'' lean closer to the cynical side.

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** ''Film/{{Brick}} ''Film/{{Brick}}'' and ''Film/{{Looper}}'' lean closer to the cynical side.
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** ''Film/{{Brick}} and ''Film/{{Looper]]'' lean closer to the cynical side.

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** ''Film/{{Brick}} and ''Film/{{Looper]]'' ''Film/{{Looper}}'' lean closer to the cynical side.

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