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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''ElfenLied''.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Drug induced superpowers, brain usage fallacies- yep, this movie is going for RuleOfFun, not accuracy.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Drug induced superpowers, brain usage fallacies- yep, this movie fallacies-in fact, [[http://www.wired.com/2014/07/luc-besson-lucy-2/ the directors admitted]] most of the science stuff is going for RuleOfFun, not accuracy.wrong, [[RuleOfCool but went with]] [[TropesAreNotBad it anyway]].
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''Lucy'' is a 2014 superhero/action/gangster film directed by LucBesson, starring ScarlettJohansson and MorganFreeman. Set in a world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts.
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''Lucy'' is a 2014 superhero/action/gangster film directed by LucBesson, starring ScarlettJohansson Creator/ScarlettJohansson and MorganFreeman.Creator/MorganFreeman. Set in a world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts.
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* ActionGirl: ScarlettJohansson is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7s6jMe3gs4 kicking serious ass]] [[Film/TheAvengers again]].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Hmmm.... anyone else get some serious ''ElfenLied'' vibes?To ''ElfenLied''.
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* ActionGirl: ScarlettJohansson is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7s6jMe3gs4 kicking ''serious'' serious ass]] [[Film/TheAvengers again]].
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* ActionGirl: ScarlettJohansson is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7s6jMe3gs4 kicking ''serious'' ass]] [[Film/TheAvengers again]].
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X Meets Y doesn\'t go on tropes pages.
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* XMeetsY: Film/{{Limitless}} meets ElfenLied / Manga/{{Akira}}
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Drug induced superpowers, brain usage fallacies- yep, this movie is going for RuleOfFun, not accuracy.
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* XMeetsY: Limitless meets ElfenLied / Akira
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* MadScientist: All the guys responsible for turning Lucy into a superhuman.
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* SociopathicHero: Lampshaded. As Lucy acquires more and more powers, she feels less empathy and concern over killing others.
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* SociopathicHero: Lampshaded. As Lucy acquires more and more powers, she feels less empathy and concern over killing others.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Hmmm.... anyone else get some serious ''ElfenLied'' vibes?
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I\'m probably just spitballing here. Somebody should probably revert my edits when they get the time. Or expand the list. Also, sleep deprivation is bad for you.
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** So far, we've got AuraVision, implied TimeMaster abilities, an UnusualUserInterface with the flow of data itself, and MindRape for good measure.
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*InvincibleHero: What getting the serum seems to make you.
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* TreasureChestCavity: Lucy is operated on and has the wonder drug sealed in her stomach. RealityEnsues when it breaks en-route, exposing her to the drug and kicking off the plot.
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* TreasureChestCavity: Lucy is operated on and has the wonder drug sealed in her stomach. RealityEnsues when it breaks en-route, because of her captors stupidly kicking her in the stomach, exposing her to the drug and kicking off the plot.
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* PsychoSerum: One can only imagine what the bad guys were planning on doing with that drug, but it gives Lucy all kinds of crazy powers.
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* PsychoSerum: One can only imagine what the bad guys were planning on doing with that drug, but it gives Lucy all kinds of crazy powers.powers, and seems to lessen her inhibitions towards killing.
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* PsychoSerum: One can only imagine what the bad guys were planning on doing with that drug, but it gives Lucy all kinds of crazy powers.
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She also kills a cabbie for not speaking English.
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* SociopathicHero: Lampshaded. As Lucy acquires more and more powers, she feels less empathy and concern over killing others. Considering she's fighting ruthless mobsters, one wonders why she would consider this a bad thing.
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* SociopathicHero: Lampshaded. As Lucy acquires more and more powers, she feels less empathy and concern over killing others. Considering she's fighting ruthless mobsters, one wonders why she would consider this a bad thing.
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Based on what we see in the trailers, the movie takes this trope and runs with it.
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Based on what we see in From the trailers, 10% is apparently baseline human. When Lucy gets exposed to some kind of drug, she gets more and more of her brain power unlocked. The more she uses the movie takes this trope and runs with it.greater her powers become.
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* TreasureChestCavity: Lucy is operated on and has the wonder drug sealed in her stomach. RealityEnsues when it breaks en-route, exposing her to the drug and kicking off the plot.
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* SociopathicHero: Lampshaded. As Lucy acquires more and more powers, she feels less empathy and concern over killing others. Considering she's fighting ruthless mobsters, one wonders why she would consider this a bad thing.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Could be the TropeCodifier based on the trailers. She starts with increased strength and speed, and keeps getting new abilities until she's got every power under the sun (shape-shifting, language comprehension, super-hacking skills, telekinesis, time reversal, super intelligence just from the trailer), and when she reaches 100% she might as well be a god.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Could be the TropeCodifier based on the trailers. She starts with increased strength, strength and speed, and keeps getting new abilities until she's got every power under the sun, sun (shape-shifting, language comprehension, super-hacking skills, telekinesis, time reversal, super intelligence just from the trailer), and when she reaches 100% she might as well be a god.
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* RealityWarper: Lucy's powers seem relatively limitless.
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* RealityWarper: Lucy's powers seem relatively limitless.limitless, described in the plot synopsis as "a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic."
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''Lucy'' is a 2014 superhero/action/gangster film directed by LucBesson, starring ScarlettJohansson and MorganFreeman. Set in a world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts.
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''Lucy'' is a 2014 superhero/action/gangster film directed by LucBesson, starring ScarlettJohansson and MorganFreeman. Set in a world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts.discomforts.
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''Lucy'' is a 2014 superhero/action/gangster film directed by LucBesson, starring ScarlettJohansson and MorganFreeman. Set in a world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts.
