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* ChildSupplantsParent: Puff grows up in the lab calling Nathan "father" and Gabrielle "mother." He plots to murder the former and bed the latter.
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* OedipusComplex: Puff grows up in the lab calling Nathan "father" and Gabrielle "mother." He plots to murder the former and bed the latter.
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The film is about a man raised as an ape, a (very hairy) woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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The film is about a man raised as an ape, a (very hairy) woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. manners.
It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
* AmbiguousEnding: As he rides off with [[spoiler:Gabrielle, Puff]] shoots a look out the window that might indicate he's genuinely tempted to run off and actually live in the woods.
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** AmbiguousEnding: And then [[spoiler: as he rides off with Gabrielle he shoots a look out the window that might indicate he's genuinely tempted to run off and actually live in the woods after all...]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Pretty much everybody at one point or another.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/RhysIfans, Creator/MirandaOtto, Rosie Perez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/RhysIfans, Creator/MirandaOtto, Rosie Perez, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Creator/MirandaOtto, Rosie Perez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includesTim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/RhysIfans, Creator/MirandaOtto, Rosie Perez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Creator/MirandaOtto, Rosie Perez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
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The film is about a man raised as an ape, a (very hairy) woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nathan gets killed by Puff and is indefinitely trapped in some kind of purgatory. Lila takes the fall and goes to prison so that Puff can continue living freely in nature. And Puff...doesn't do that. He instead returns to civilization to have elope with Gabrielle, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with murder]] and not caring about what Lila did for him at all.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nathan gets killed by Puff and is indefinitely trapped in some kind of purgatory. Lila takes the fall and goes to prison so that Puff can continue living freely in nature. And Puff...doesn't do that. He instead returns to civilization to have elope with Gabrielle, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with murder]] and not caring about what Lila did for him at all.]]
** AmbiguousEnding: And then [[spoiler: as he rides off with Gabrielle he shoots a look out the window that might indicate he's genuinely tempted to run off and actually live in the woods after all...]]
** AmbiguousEnding: And then [[spoiler: as he rides off with Gabrielle he shoots a look out the window that might indicate he's genuinely tempted to run off and actually live in the woods after all...]]
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Caught unawares in hr apartment, Gabrielle reveals that she is not truly French.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Caught unawares in hr her apartment, Gabrielle reveals (to the viewer at least) that she is not truly French.
* RapidHairGrowth: A relatively realistic example with Lila, who suffers from hypertrichosis.
* ShockCollar: Lila fits Puff with one during her attempt to train him to live in nature again.
* ShockCollar: Lila fits Puff with one during her attempt to train him to live in nature again.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Pretty much everybody at one point or another.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Very literally averted with the final shot in the movie, which shows [[spoiler: the two white mice trying to hitch a ride back to New York.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Very literally averted with the final shot in the movie, which shows [[spoiler: the two white mice trying to hitch a ride back to New York.]]
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* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter."
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* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter."
" [[spoiler: What's more, the film's ending implies that [[BrokenAesop the Aesop was broken]] from the very beginning...]]
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* PygmalionPlot: Nathan and Gabrille together train Puff into acting human; Gabrielle falls for him.
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* PygmalionPlot: Nathan and Gabrille Gabrielle together train Puff into acting human; Gabrielle falls for him.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The film is about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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''Human Nature'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Creator/MichelGondry (his first feature film) and written by Creator/CharlieKaufman. The cast includes Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Rosie Perez, and Creator/PeterDinklage.
The film is about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
The film is about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. It had a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter."
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* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter.""
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nathan is killed by Puff and he's trapped in some kind of purgatory. Lila takes the fall so that Puff can live freely back in nature, and goes to prison. Which Puff does ''not'' do; he returns to civilization to have an affair with Gabrielle, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with murder]] and not caring about what Lila did for him at all.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nathan is gets killed by Puff and he's is indefinitely trapped in some kind of purgatory. Lila takes the fall and goes to prison so that Puff can live continue living freely back in nature, and goes to prison. Which Puff does ''not'' do; he nature. And Puff...doesn't do that. He instead returns to civilization to have an affair elope with Gabrielle, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with murder]] and not caring about what Lila did for him at all.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nathan is killed by Puff and he's trapped in some kind of purgatory. Lila takes the fall so that Puff can live freely back in nature, and goes to prison. Which Puff does ''not'' do; he returns to civilization to have an affair with Gabrielle, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with murder]] and not caring about what Lila did for him at all.]]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Both Lila and Puff have no qualms about shedding their clothes and tramping around naked due to their extended lives in the woods.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Both Lila and Puff have no qualms about shedding their clothes and tramping around naked due to their extended lives in the woods.
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Screenwriter Creator/CharlieKaufman Creator/CharlieKaufman's follow up to 1999's ''BeingJohnMalkovich''. ''Human Nature'' is a comedy about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. The film has a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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Screenwriter CharlieKaufman's follow up to 1999's ''BeingJohnMalkovich''. ''Human Nature'' is a comedy about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. The film has a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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Screenwriter CharlieKaufman's Creator/CharlieKaufman follow up to 1999's ''BeingJohnMalkovich''. ''Human Nature'' is a comedy about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. The film has a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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* NudeNatureDress: Initially, when Lila is still covered in body hair, and reprised once she has shed it.
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* NudeNatureDress: NudeNatureDance: Initially, when Lila is still covered in body hair, and reprised once she has shed it.
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Screenwriter CharlieKaufman's follow up to 1999's ''BeingJohnMalkovich''. ''Human Nature'' is a comedy about a man raised as an ape, a woman who chose to live as one and a doctor on a quest to teach animals table manners. The film has a limited release and only made a fraction of its budget at the box office.
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Exaggerated. Nathan's therapy sessions lead his therapist to the most obvious, highly Freudian conclusions. Nathan commends the doctor's insight; the doctor is bewildered Nathan couldn't come to the same conclusions on his own.
* NudeNatureDress: Initially, when Lila is still covered in body hair, and reprised once she has shed it.
* OedipusComplex: Puff grows up in the lab calling Nathan "father" and Gabrielle "mother." He plots to murder the former and bed the latter.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Caught unawares in hr apartment, Gabrielle reveals that she is not truly French.
* PygmalionPlot: Nathan and Gabrille together train Puff into acting human; Gabrielle falls for him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Nathan reasons that, "If I can teach animals table manners... I can teach humans table manners. Then I can make the world a better place."
* ShamefulStrip: Lila forces one on Puff, training him to return to the wild.
* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter."
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Exaggerated. Nathan's therapy sessions lead his therapist to the most obvious, highly Freudian conclusions. Nathan commends the doctor's insight; the doctor is bewildered Nathan couldn't come to the same conclusions on his own.
* NudeNatureDress: Initially, when Lila is still covered in body hair, and reprised once she has shed it.
* OedipusComplex: Puff grows up in the lab calling Nathan "father" and Gabrielle "mother." He plots to murder the former and bed the latter.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Caught unawares in hr apartment, Gabrielle reveals that she is not truly French.
* PygmalionPlot: Nathan and Gabrille together train Puff into acting human; Gabrielle falls for him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Nathan reasons that, "If I can teach animals table manners... I can teach humans table manners. Then I can make the world a better place."
* ShamefulStrip: Lila forces one on Puff, training him to return to the wild.
* SpoofAesop: Puff speaks to Congress about how civilization did not improve him. Played differently, this may have been the film's actual theme. But this scene immediately followed Lila, apropos of nothing, telling him "go testify before Congress on the waywardness of man!" and senators follow the speech by declaring, vaguely "we must pass some legislation on this matter."
