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* The music video for Music/{{Queen}}'s "Radio Ga Ga" is inspired by and uses actual footage from ''Metropolis''. Only fitting really, Freddie Mercury was involved in composing the 1984 release.
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* The city of ''Metropolis'' in the ''[[RatchetAndClank Ratchet & Clank]]'' series is heavily inspired by this film.
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* {{Disneyfication}}: Fritz Lang admitted after making the movie that saying "The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart!" is too simplistic of a way to deal with labor-management relations.
** The musical took this statement and ran with it, choosing to go with a complete DownerEnding where the mutual hate between both classes combines to doom ''the entire city'' but a small handful of survivors, mostly Maria's students.
** The musical took this statement and ran with it, choosing to go with a complete DownerEnding where the mutual hate between both classes combines to doom ''the entire city'' but a small handful of survivors, mostly Maria's students.
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* {{Disneyfication}}: Fritz Lang admitted after making the movie that saying "The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart!" is too simplistic of a way to deal with labor-management relations.
**relations. The musical took this statement and ran with it, choosing to go with a complete DownerEnding where the mutual hate between both classes combines to doom ''the entire city'' but a small handful of survivors, mostly Maria's students.
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* EvilPlan: Initially shown to be Joh Fredersen, though it turns out that Rotwang was the real {{Chessmaster}} behind the near-destruction of Metropolis.
** In the novel, it's strongly implied that Fredersen was in control the whole time, including over Rotwang's plan, and was just waiting for Rotwang to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
** In the novel, it's strongly implied that Fredersen was in control the whole time, including over Rotwang's plan, and was just waiting for Rotwang to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
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* EvilPlan: Initially shown to be Joh Fredersen, though it turns out that Rotwang was the real {{Chessmaster}} behind the near-destruction of Metropolis.
**Metropolis. In the novel, it's strongly implied that Fredersen was in control the whole time, including over Rotwang's plan, and was just waiting for Rotwang to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
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* TheGrimReaper: He has a statue along with the 7 deadly sins in the cathedral. When Freder falls sick, he has a dream of it coming alive, and advancing on him with it's scythe.
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* TheGrimReaper: He has a statue along with the 7 deadly sins in the cathedral. When Freder falls sick, he has a dream of it coming alive, and advancing on him with it's its scythe.
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* MagicVersusScience: This is Rotwang's whole theme. Inside a giant future MegaCity is a little [[TheConstant thatched cottage]] inside of which is a pentagrammed MadScientistLaboratory inside of which is a man dressed in robes with a robot hand. Robot Maria's transformation makes him practically a necromancer. In fact the whole film is both a pioneer of sci fi despite being very heavy on biblical imagery.
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* MagicVersusScience: This is Rotwang's whole theme. Inside a giant future MegaCity is a little [[TheConstant thatched cottage]] inside of which is a pentagrammed MadScientistLaboratory inside of which is a man dressed in robes with a robot hand. Robot Maria's transformation makes him practically a necromancer. In fact the whole film is both a pioneer of sci fi despite being and very heavy on biblical imagery.
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* MeaningfulName / OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Der Schmale", meaning "the thin one" (SlenderManMythos?)
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* MeaningfulName / OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Der Schmale", meaning "the thin one" one." (SlenderManMythos?)
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* MissingEpisode: Missing ''a third of the entire movie'' for many years. Even with the rediscovered version, there are still two missing scenes; one of which is heavily plot-relevant. To make matters even worse, there have been rumors that there are even ''more'' missing scenes that were cut from the film before it's German premiere to help shorten the time of the film. It may be very likely that Lang didn't destroy these scenes and there may be even more unseen footage for this film.
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* MissingEpisode: Missing ''a third of the entire movie'' for many years. Even with the rediscovered version, there are still two missing scenes; one of which is heavily plot-relevant. To make matters even worse, there have been rumors that there are even ''more'' missing scenes that were cut from the film before it's its German premiere to help shorten the time of the film. It may be very likely It's possible that Lang didn't destroy these scenes and there may be even more unseen footage for this film.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Something of a plot point: The "M-Machine" that Freder stumbles upon during his trek through the underground city overheats and explodes, injuring or killing everyone stationed at it. The dead and wounded are casually hauled off and a new set comes in to take their place. Witnessing this scene is what makes Freder sympathetic to the workers' plight.
** Case of TruthInTelevision and JustifiedTrope: Safety-oriented machine design, safe operation rules and reimbursements for incidents are relatively modern concepts. Work conditions depicted in the movie were not so different from the work in early 20th-century factories.
* Theatre/OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.
** Case of TruthInTelevision and JustifiedTrope: Safety-oriented machine design, safe operation rules and reimbursements for incidents are relatively modern concepts. Work conditions depicted in the movie were not so different from the work in early 20th-century factories.
* Theatre/OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Something of a plot point: The "M-Machine" that Freder stumbles upon during his trek through the underground city overheats and explodes, injuring or killing everyone stationed at it. The dead and wounded are casually hauled off and a new set comes in to take their place. Witnessing this scene is what makes Freder sympathetic to the workers' plight.
**plight. Case of TruthInTelevision and JustifiedTrope: Safety-oriented machine design, safe operation rules and reimbursements for incidents are relatively modern concepts. Work conditions depicted in the movie were not so different from the work in early 20th-century factories.
* Theatre/OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.factories.
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* Theatre/OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.
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* SchizoTech owing mainly to {{Zeerust}}. Notable in the use of ticker-tape machines and 1920's era automobiles everywhere.
** Specifically, consultation of the ticker tape causes Fredersen to immediately contact the Foreman on a flatscreen video phone/surveillance monitor.
** Specifically, consultation of the ticker tape causes Fredersen to immediately contact the Foreman on a flatscreen video phone/surveillance monitor.
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* SchizoTech owing mainly to {{Zeerust}}. Notable in the use of ticker-tape machines and 1920's era automobiles everywhere.
**everywhere. Specifically, consultation of the ticker tape causes Fredersen to immediately contact the Foreman on a flatscreen video phone/surveillance monitor.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Director Creator/FritzLang later claimed he intended this film to be anti-Nazi propaganda (the party was still rising to power during the time this film was released). Ironically, the Nazi Party '''''loved''''' the film, [[CreatorBacklash causing Lang to despise his own work.]]
** Lang's wife Thea von Harbou, who co-wrote the ''Metropolis'' script and had written the original novel, joined the Nazi Party in the early 1930s. The couple divorced not long after that. While Lang emigrated to America soon after the Nazi takeover, von Harbou remained in Germany and made movies for the Nazis until the end of World War II also brought an end to her career.
** Lang's wife Thea von Harbou, who co-wrote the ''Metropolis'' script and had written the original novel, joined the Nazi Party in the early 1930s. The couple divorced not long after that. While Lang emigrated to America soon after the Nazi takeover, von Harbou remained in Germany and made movies for the Nazis until the end of World War II also brought an end to her career.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Director Creator/FritzLang later claimed he intended this film to be anti-Nazi propaganda (the party was still rising to power during the time this film was released). Ironically, the Nazi Party '''''loved''''' the film, [[CreatorBacklash causing Lang to despise his own work.]]
**]] Lang's wife Thea von Harbou, who co-wrote the ''Metropolis'' script and had written the original novel, joined the Nazi Party in the early 1930s. The couple divorced not long after that. While Lang emigrated to America soon after the Nazi takeover, von Harbou remained in Germany and made movies for the Nazis until the end of World War II also brought an end to her career.
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* TitleDrop: Rotwang talking to Joh Fredersen calls the city "your metropolis". NoNameGiven?
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** Rotwang talking to Joh Fredersen calls the city "your metropolis". NoNameGiven?
** Rotwang talking to Joh Fredersen calls the city "your metropolis". NoNameGiven?
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* TowerOfBabel: referenced, with significant alterations. Maria's retelling alters the facts and changes the moral. The hubris is inverted ("And on the pedestal these words appear: 'Great is the world and its Maker, and great is Man!'") and retribution comes from paying too much attention to the idea and ignoring the workers. There is no confusion of tongues, but another clever inversion ("The praises of one became the curses of another. Although they spoke the same language, they could not understand one another's words"). The New Tower of Babel at the heart of the city is absolutely untouched by the destruction and the divided classes are reunited.
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* TowerOfBabel: referenced, Referenced, with significant alterations. Maria's retelling alters the facts and changes the moral. The hubris is inverted ("And on the pedestal these words appear: 'Great is the world and its Maker, and great is Man!'") and retribution comes from paying too much attention to the idea and ignoring the workers. There is no confusion of tongues, but another clever inversion ("The praises of one became the curses of another. Although they spoke the same language, they could not understand one another's words"). The New Tower of Babel at the heart of the city is absolutely untouched by the destruction and the divided classes are reunited.
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'''Rotwang''': ''([[MilkingTheGiantCow shaking a fist in Fredersen's face]])''I only ever forgot one thing in my life: that Hel was a woman and you a man!
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'''Rotwang''': ''([[MilkingTheGiantCow shaking a fist in Fredersen's face]])''I face]])'' I only ever forgot one thing in my life: that Hel was a woman and you a man!
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* UnfortunateName: Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. While it doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounciation]] of it is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[{{Squick}} Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
** Also having a character named after the Norse goddess of the underworld, [[NorseMythology Hel]] [[YouMakeMeSic was too close to]] [[TheBible Hell]] for the liking of [[ViewersAreMorons American censors]], who removed all reference to her - [[CompletelyMissingThePoint along with several important plot-points]].
** Also having a character named after the Norse goddess of the underworld, [[NorseMythology Hel]] [[YouMakeMeSic was too close to]] [[TheBible Hell]] for the liking of [[ViewersAreMorons American censors]], who removed all reference to her - [[CompletelyMissingThePoint along with several important plot-points]].
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* UnfortunateName: UnfortunateName:
** Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. While it doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounciation]] of it is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[{{Squick}} Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
**Also Also, having a character named after the Norse goddess of the underworld, [[NorseMythology Hel]] [[YouMakeMeSic was too close to]] [[TheBible Hell]] for the liking of [[ViewersAreMorons American censors]], who removed all reference to her - [[CompletelyMissingThePoint along with several important plot-points]].
** Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. While it doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounciation]] of it is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[{{Squick}} Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
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* WeWillUseManualLabourInTheFuture
** In an audio commentary it is suggested that this is ''intentionally'' done by the city's leaders, so they have better control over the lower classes. In reality, machines are supposed to make life easier and be able to function without humans.
** In an audio commentary it is suggested that this is ''intentionally'' done by the city's leaders, so they have better control over the lower classes. In reality, machines are supposed to make life easier and be able to function without humans.
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* WeWillUseManualLabourInTheFuture
**WeWillUseManualLabourInTheFuture: In an audio commentary it is suggested that this is ''intentionally'' done by the city's leaders, so they have better control over the lower classes. In reality, machines are supposed to make life easier and be able to function without humans.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Georgy ([[YouAreNumberSix 11811]]), the worker Freder takes the place of at the dial machine, after he goes into Yoshiwara. His story was expanded on in the footage that was later cut and, until recently, LostForever. [[spoiler:When the workers start rioting, they rush at Freder, but Georgy protects him and is stabbed to death.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Georgy ([[YouAreNumberSix 11811]]), the worker Freder takes the place of at the dial machine, after he goes into Yoshiwara. His story was expanded on in the footage that was later cut and, until recently, LostForever. [[spoiler:When the workers start rioting, they rush at Freder, but Georgy protects him and is stabbed to death.]]
** Georgy ([[YouAreNumberSix 11811]]), the worker Freder takes the place of at the dial machine, after he goes into Yoshiwara. His story was expanded on in the footage that was later cut and, until recently, LostForever. [[spoiler:When the workers start rioting, they rush at Freder, but Georgy protects him and is stabbed to death.]]
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer Music/GiorgioMoroder, which was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
In the UK, a 2-hour cut of ''Metropolis'' is [[http://www.lovefilm.com/film/?token=%3Fu%3D%252Fcatalog%252Ftitle%252F10674%26m%3DGET available for streaming on LoveFilm.com]].
In the UK, a 2-hour cut of ''Metropolis'' is [[http://www.lovefilm.com/film/?token=%3Fu%3D%252Fcatalog%252Ftitle%252F10674%26m%3DGET available for streaming on LoveFilm.com]].
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer Music/GiorgioMoroder, which was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
In the UK, a 2-hour cut of ''Metropolis'' is [[http://www.lovefilm.com/film/?token=%3Fu%3D%252Fcatalog%252Ftitle%252F10674%26m%3DGET available for streaming on LoveFilm.com]].
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* UndergroundCity: The Worker's city under Metropolis.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: the whole film.
** RuleOfSymbolism, for the most part. You have crucifixion imagery, giant clock face, personified Whore of Babylon, retelling of the Tower of Babel story, animated gargoyles personifying Death and the Seven Deadly Sins, a hidden church in catacombs, an inverted pentagram, talk about "brothers and sisters", the machine as Moloch...
** The Moroder lyrics add a bunch more, with [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwellian]] {{shout out}}s (the edition was timed to release in [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]), references to "[[{{Ouroboros}} infinite circles of snakes eating their own tails]]" and the like.
** RuleOfSymbolism, for the most part. You have crucifixion imagery, giant clock face, personified Whore of Babylon, retelling of the Tower of Babel story, animated gargoyles personifying Death and the Seven Deadly Sins, a hidden church in catacombs, an inverted pentagram, talk about "brothers and sisters", the machine as Moloch...
** The Moroder lyrics add a bunch more, with [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwellian]] {{shout out}}s (the edition was timed to release in [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]), references to "[[{{Ouroboros}} infinite circles of snakes eating their own tails]]" and the like.
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**The musical took this statement and ran with it, choosing to go with a complete DownerEnding where the mutual hate between both classes combines to doom ''the entire city'' but a small handful of survivors, mostly Maria's students.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Something of a plot point: The "M-Machine" that Freder stumbles upon during his trek through the underground city overheats and explodes, killing everyone in its vicinity. The dead workers are casually hauled off and a new set comes in to take their place. Witnessing this scene is what makes Freder sympathetic to the workers' plight.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Something of a plot point: The "M-Machine" that Freder stumbles upon during his trek through the underground city overheats and explodes, injuring or killing everyone in its vicinity. stationed at it. The dead workers and wounded are casually hauled off and a new set comes in to take their place. Witnessing this scene is what makes Freder sympathetic to the workers' plight.
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* OverclockingAttack: To destroy the Heart machine. The Foreman tries to stave off Robot-Maria with a big wrench.
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* OverclockingAttack: To destroy the Heart machine. The Foreman Grot tries to stave off Robot-Maria with a big wrench.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Georgy ([[YouAreNumberSix 11811]]), the worker Freder takes the place of at the dial machine, after he goes into Yoshiwara. His story was expanded on in the footage that was later cut and, until recently, LostForever.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Georgy ([[YouAreNumberSix 11811]]), the worker Freder takes the place of at the dial machine, after he goes into Yoshiwara. His story was expanded on in the footage that was later cut and, until recently, LostForever. [[spoiler:When the workers start rioting, they rush at Freder, but Georgy protects him and is stabbed to death.]]
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* ExplosiveOverclocking: The Heart Machine after it is left unattended.
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* ExplosiveOverclocking: The Heart Machine after it is left unattended.the robot Maria and the workers overload it.
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* LuddWasRight: A human rebellion stopped when [[{{Morlocks}} the workers]] realize they are [[{{Aesoptinum}} dependent on the machines]] for their lives
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* LuddWasRight: A human rebellion stopped when [[{{Morlocks}} the workers]] realize they are [[{{Aesoptinum}} dependent on the machines]] for their liveslives.
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer GiorgioMoroder, which was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
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* ShamingTheMob: Foreman Grot finally manages to calm down the rioting workers and make them realize what they'd done in flooding their city by saying "[[WhamLine Where are your children?!]]"
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* ShamingTheMob: Foreman Grot finally manages to calm down the rioting workers and make them realize what they'd done in flooding their own city by saying "[[WhamLine Where are your children?!]]"
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* ShamingTheMob: Foreman Grot finally manages to calm down the rioting workers and make them realize what they'd done in flooding their city by saying "[[WhamLine Where are your children?!]]"
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* ThrowItIn: In the scene where Joh Frederson admits that he needs Rotwang's help after his experts were stumped, Rotwang simply smirks, as though relishing a small victory over his enemy. The truth is, Rudolph Klein-Rogge (Rotwang) simply forgot his next line, but stayed in character enough to make his smirk look intentional, and Alfred Abel (Frederson) just proceeded to his next line.
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* ThrowItIn: In the scene where Joh Frederson admits that he needs Rotwang's help after his experts were stumped, Rotwang simply smirks, as though relishing to say "Well, there's no denying I ''am'' a small victory over his enemy. genius." The truth is, Rudolph Klein-Rogge (Rotwang) simply forgot his next line, but stayed in character enough to make his smirk look intentional, and Alfred Abel (Frederson) just proceeded to his next line.
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer GiorgioMoroder, which is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
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* ThrowItIn: In the scene where Joh Frederson admits that he needs Rotwang's help after his experts were stumped, Rotwang simply smirks, as though relishing a small victory over his enemy. The truth is, Rudolph Klein-Rogge (Rotwang) simply forgot his next line, but stayed in character enough to make his smirk look intentional, and Alfred Abel (Frederson) just proceeded to his next line.
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Zero Context Example and the roles are wife, child, and seductress, not mother, maiden, and sex machine.
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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Maria - Mother, maiden and sex machine. The Oedipal themes come free with the package.
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* UnfortunateName: Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. While it doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY ''pronounciation'']] of it is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[Squick Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
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* UnfortunateName: Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. While it doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY ''pronounciation'']] pronounciation]] of it is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[Squick "[[{{Squick}} Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
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* UnfortunateName: Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. (Needless to say it probably wasn't the case when the film was made, but today...)
** Why? What's wrong with "Rotwang"? It doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname. But it does literally mean "Red-Cheek". Make of that what you will.
** Also having a character called Hel was too close to Hell for the liking of American censors, who removed all reference to her - along with several important plot-points.
*** This could arguably be considered CompletelyMissingThePoint paired with ViewersAreMorons, as Hel in Norse myth is the goddess of the underworld.
** Why? What's wrong with "Rotwang"? It doesn't sound too awkward for a German surname. But it does literally mean "Red-Cheek". Make of that what you will.
** Also having a character called Hel was too close to Hell for the liking of American censors, who removed all reference to her - along with several important plot-points.
*** This could arguably be considered CompletelyMissingThePoint paired with ViewersAreMorons, as Hel in Norse myth is the goddess of the underworld.
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* UnfortunateName: Oh, poor [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Rotwang]]. A child with a name like that was doomed to become evil. (Needless to say While it probably wasn't the case when the film was made, but today...)
** Why? What's wrong with "Rotwang"? Itdoesn't sound too awkward for a German surname. But surname the [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY ''pronounciation'']] of it does literally mean "Red-Cheek". Make is very important. For the record its "Rot-vang" as in "Red Cheek" (make of that what you will.
will) not "Rot-wang" as in "[[Squick Decomposing]] [[UnusualEuphemism male]] [[GroinAttack genitialia]]".
** Also having a charactercalled Hel named after the Norse goddess of the underworld, [[NorseMythology Hel]] [[YouMakeMeSic was too close to Hell to]] [[TheBible Hell]] for the liking of [[ViewersAreMorons American censors, censors]], who removed all reference to her - [[CompletelyMissingThePoint along with several important plot-points.
*** This could arguably be considered CompletelyMissingThePoint paired with ViewersAreMorons, as Hel in Norse myth is the goddess of the underworld.plot-points]].
** Why? What's wrong with "Rotwang"? It
** Also having a character
*** This could arguably be considered CompletelyMissingThePoint paired with ViewersAreMorons, as Hel in Norse myth is the goddess of the underworld.
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* BurnTheWitch: "Burn the witch!" [[RecycledInSpace On a pyre]] made of I-beams and [[MadeOfExplodium burning automobiles]]. Too bad [[spoiler:[[TheReveal she's a robot]]]].
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* BurnTheWitch: "Burn the witch!" [[RecycledInSpace On a pyre]] made of I-beams and [[MadeOfExplodium burning automobiles]]. Too bad [[spoiler:[[TheReveal [[TheReveal she's a robot]]]].robot]].
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:With the Paternoster Machine turned into a metaphorical clock that is going backwards, all the while threatening to overload and explode.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Freder's mother died giving birth to him, which is another reason Rotwang eventually decides on revenge against the Fredersens.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Freder's Freder's mother died giving birth to him, which is another reason Rotwang eventually decides on revenge against the Fredersens.]]
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Rotwang]]
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* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Initially shown to be Joh Fredersen]], though it turns out that [[spoiler:Rotwang was the real {{Chessmaster}} behind the near-destruction of Metropolis]].
** In the novel, it's strongly implied that [[spoiler: Fredersen]] was in control the whole time, including over [[spoiler: Rotwang]]'s plan, and was just waiting for [[spoiler: Rotwang]] to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse [[spoiler:to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window]]. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
** In the novel, it's strongly implied that [[spoiler: Fredersen]] was in control the whole time, including over [[spoiler: Rotwang]]'s plan, and was just waiting for [[spoiler: Rotwang]] to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse [[spoiler:to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window]]. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
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* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Initially Initially shown to be Joh Fredersen]], Fredersen, though it turns out that [[spoiler:Rotwang Rotwang was the real {{Chessmaster}} behind the near-destruction of Metropolis]].
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** In the novel, it's strongly implied that[[spoiler: Fredersen]] Fredersen was in control the whole time, including over [[spoiler: Rotwang]]'s Rotwang's plan, and was just waiting for [[spoiler: Rotwang]] Rotwang to [[{{Monologuing}} monologue about it]] so he'd have an excuse [[spoiler:to to finally kill him, which is why he was waiting outside the window]].window. ''This [[FridgeBrilliance mirrors his plan]] for the workers.''
** In the novel, it's strongly implied that
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Georgy]] steps in front of a knife meant for [[spoiler: Freder]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Georgy]] Georgy steps in front of a knife meant for [[spoiler: Freder]].Freder.
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'''Thin Man''': [[spoiler: Tomorrow, thousands in this city will be asking the same question, in fury and desperation: "Joh Fredersen, where is ''my'' son?"]]
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'''Thin Man''': [[spoiler: Tomorrow, thousands in this city will be asking the same question, in fury and desperation: "Joh Fredersen, where is ''my'' son?"]]son?"
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Rotwang wants to destroy the city because Freder's mother chose the city's ruler over him. And then died giving birth to said ruler's son.]]
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Rotwang Rotwang wants to destroy the city because Freder's mother chose the city's ruler over him. And then died giving birth to said ruler's son.]]
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* SayMyName: A rare silent example occurs after [[spoiler: Maria's kidnapping]], where Freder runs through the city "shouting" Maria's name via intertitle cards.
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* SayMyName: A rare silent example occurs after [[spoiler: Maria's kidnapping]], kidnapping, where Freder runs through the city "shouting" Maria's name via intertitle cards.
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* SevenDeadlySins: [[spoiler:Fake Maria]] is seen as the epitome of this. Statues of the seven deadly sins are shown and even animated during a dream sequence, while she sits on top of a statue of a seven-headed dragon.
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* SevenDeadlySins: [[spoiler:Fake Maria]] Fake Maria is seen as the epitome of this. Statues of the seven deadly sins are shown and even animated during a dream sequence, while she sits on top of a statue of a seven-headed dragon.
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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Or rather wrenches and lanterns. [[spoiler:For the workers and upper classes respectively (although the latter did not initially intend anything destructive. But once they collide with the workers...)]].
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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Or rather wrenches and lanterns. [[spoiler:For For the workers and upper classes respectively (although the latter did not initially intend anything destructive. But once they collide with the workers...)]].).
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* TowerOfBabel: referenced, with significant alterations. Maria's retelling alters the facts and changes the moral. The hubris is inverted ("And on the pedestal these words appear: 'Great is the world and its Maker, and great is Man!'") and retribution comes from paying too much attention to the idea and ignoring the workers. There is no confusion of tongues, but another clever inversion ("The praises of one became the curses of another. Although they spoke the same language, they could not understand one another's words"). The New Tower of Babel at the heart of the city is [[spoiler: absolutely untouched by the destruction and the divided classes are reunited.]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The backstory of [[spoiler: Rotwang, Hel, and Joh.]] It didn't end well.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The backstory of [[spoiler: Rotwang, Hel, and Joh.]] It didn't end well.
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* TowerOfBabel: referenced, with significant alterations. Maria's retelling alters the facts and changes the moral. The hubris is inverted ("And on the pedestal these words appear: 'Great is the world and its Maker, and great is Man!'") and retribution comes from paying too much attention to the idea and ignoring the workers. There is no confusion of tongues, but another clever inversion ("The praises of one became the curses of another. Although they spoke the same language, they could not understand one another's words"). The New Tower of Babel at the heart of the city is [[spoiler: absolutely untouched by the destruction and the divided classes are reunited.]]
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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The backstory of[[spoiler: Rotwang, Hel, and Joh.]] Joh. It didn't end well.
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Rotwang, after Joh Fredersen ambushes and beats the crap out of him.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Rotwang, Rotwang, after Joh Fredersen ambushes and beats the crap out of him.]]
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* WhileRomeBurns: [[spoiler:The happy crowd from the Yoshiwara club while the city is being blacked out by the workers' revolution.]]
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* WhileRomeBurns: [[spoiler:The The happy crowd from the Yoshiwara club while the city is being blacked out by the workers' revolution.]]
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In the UK, a 2-hour cut of ''Metropolis'' is available for streaming on LoveFilm.com .
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* CharacterTics: Robot-Maria's jerking her shoulders, whiplashing her neck and squinting her left eye a bit.
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* CharacterTics: Robot-Maria's jerking her shoulders, whiplashing her neck and squinting her left eye a bit. Rotwang has a habit of raising his left eyebrow whilst thinking, and Freder grabs hold of anybody who happens to be nearby when he rants.
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer Georgio Moroder, which is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
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Also notable is the 1984 color-tinted restoration by composer Georgio Moroder, GiorgioMoroder, which is [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on VHS and LaserDisc]] due to its [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[TheEighties 80's]] [[NotableOriginalMusic pop soundtrack]]. [[http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/video/kino-to-bring-giorgio-moroders-metropolis-to-blu-ray-and-dvd/ Until now, anyway.]] Moroder's version is now available on Netflix instant streaming (alongside the full restored cut), and a DVD/BD release is soon to follow.\\
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Nightclubs frequently have \"exotic\" names, the Yoshiwara is just another example
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* AerithAndBob: The names of the characters are not exactly typical, everyday names. While names such as Georgy (the slavic version of George), Fredersen (a Scandinavian name) and Rotwang (a Yiddish surname) might be still justifiable, names like 'Joh', 'Hel' and maybe even Josaphat (an outdated Hebraic name) are much less so.
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* AerithAndBob: The names of the characters are not exactly typical, everyday names. While names such as Georgy (the slavic version of George), Fredersen (a Scandinavian or Low German name) and Rotwang (a German or Yiddish surname) might be still justifiable, names like 'Joh', 'Hel' and maybe even Josaphat (an outdated Hebraic name) are much less so.
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* GratuitousJapanese: The apparently European city contains a nightclub inexplainably called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiwara Yoshiwara]].
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* GratuitousJapanese: The apparently European city contains a nightclub inexplainably called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiwara Yoshiwara]].
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Director Creator/FritzLang intended this film to be anti-Nazi propaganda (the party was still rising to power during the time this film was released). Ironically, the Nazi Party '''''loved''''' the film, [[CreatorBacklash causing Lang to despise his own work.]]
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Director Creator/FritzLang later claimed he intended this film to be anti-Nazi propaganda (the party was still rising to power during the time this film was released). Ironically, the Nazi Party '''''loved''''' the film, [[CreatorBacklash causing Lang to despise his own work.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Georgy]] steps in front of a knife meant for [[spoiler: Freder]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance / CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Giorgio Moroder's version is a [[LoveItOrHateIt love it]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks or hate it]], [[CultClassic cult adaptation]]. Featuring [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epuUqdkO47w Jon Anderson]] (of {{Yes}}), PatBenatar, Adam Ant, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNEjSi9SVAU#t=2m45s "Destruction"]] by Loverboy, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUo2UQxSts Bonnie Tyler]], [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CLLBZpT_Q Cycle V and Moroder himself]]. Yes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Hard to find]].[[hottip:**: even on Youtube -- apparently FW Murnau Foundation is against it, [[SarcasmMode though they aren't against any other version appearing on Youtube]]...]]
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* SoundtrackDissonance / CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Giorgio Moroder's version is a [[LoveItOrHateIt love it]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks or hate it]], [[CultClassic cult adaptation]]. Featuring [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epuUqdkO47w Jon Anderson]] (of {{Yes}}), PatBenatar, Adam Ant, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNEjSi9SVAU#t=2m45s "Destruction"]] by Loverboy, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUo2UQxSts Bonnie Tyler]], [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CLLBZpT_Q Cycle V and Moroder himself]]. Yes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Hard to find]].[[hottip:**: even [[note]]Even on Youtube -- apparently the FW Murnau Foundation is against it, [[SarcasmMode though they aren't against any other version appearing on Youtube]]...]][[/note]]
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* AerithAndBob: The names of the characters are not exactly typical, everyday names. While names such as Georgy (the slavic version of George), Fredersen (a Scandinavian name) and Rotwang (a Yiddish surname) might be still justifiable, names like 'Joh', 'Hel' and maybe even Josaphat (an outdated Hebraic name) are much less so.
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* OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.
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* OedipusRex: Theatre/OedipusRex: Freder fighting his father and Rotwang with Rotwang's confusion of Maria with Hel together make a Freudian theme. Freder just thinking he's seen Maria with his father causes him instant mental collapse.
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* TheHeart: Freder.
