History Film / Morbius2022

* AssholeVictim: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with the nurse Michael murders. The FBI agents treats it as a MoralEventHorizon, stating that she's a single mom of twin girls who had worked every day for seven years, and Michael agrees with them. [[spoiler: Turns out, it was Milo who did it.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Morbius stops Milo from feeding on people for good, but in doing so is forced to kill him. With his window closing on how effective the artificial blood will continue to be, it indicates Morbius eventually having to be forced to resort to actual human blood to survive--and his feeding on Martine likely meaning the window is closed forever right then and there. Dr. Nicholas is killed by Milo and Martine dies by his hand as well, though now she's returned as a vampire herself who will probably not be frugal about who she feeds on either. Also, [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Adrian Toomes]] arrives in the universe, meets with Morbius and recruits him to form a team together as well.]]
* BulletTime: During Morbius's first transformation on a boat, Gunmen swarm him. One of them fires their gun, leading to the whole scene slowing down. During this, Morbius quickly turns around to see an incoming bullet. This happens again all throughout.

* TheNinities: The flashback with a young Michael and Milo is set in this decade, though exactly when is unclear due to a lack of dates outside of the text saying it's twenty-five years before the main events of the film. So it's likely between 1995 and 1997 (the film was supposed to be released in 2020 but ended up being postponed until 2022).

* AssholeVictim:
** The eight mercenaries that Michael murders on the cargo ship upon first gaining his vampire powers. Even the FBI agents say that they were criminals who were probably guilty of something and the world is likely better off without them in it anymore.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with the nurse Michael murders. The FBI agents treats it as a MoralEventHorizon, stating that she's a single mom of twin girls who had worked every day for seven years, and Michael agrees with them. [[spoiler: Turns out, it was Milo who did it.]]

* IAmTheNoun: An understated example: When Morbius, still sickly and frail, is asked if he needs a doctor, he responds "I am a doctor."

* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ichael '''M'''orbius .

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLMBLuGJTsA Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ6iiRrz1SY Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/SQK-QxxtE8Y Final Trailer]]

** The cargo ship Morbius conducts his experiments in is called the ''LCV Murnau'', named after [[Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau the director]] of ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''.

* ShoutOut: Near the end of the first trailer, as Morbius is walking through the street, Adrian Toomes says to him [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's up, doc?"]] This is not in the released film.

%%No citation* {{Cyborg}}: Agent Stroud has a cybernetic right arm.

The film was released in theaters on April 1, 2022. While it faced a critical lashing, the film quickly made the rounds on the internet and has since become a CultClassic of sorts.

** A Daily Bugle newspaper discussing Morbius being apprehended for ‘vampiric murders’ shown in the trailer shows other stories about the Rhino and Black Cat.
** A second Daily Bugle newspaper has a headline about the Chameleon (who will be appearing in Kraven The Hunter).

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Simon Stroud is an FBI Agent pursuing Morbius, but in their first meeting he mentions that Morbius's work on artificial blood saved Stroud's arm when he was in the military, and is willing to accept when evidence emerges that [[spoiler:someone else is committing the more recent murders]].

* TheUnmasquedWorld: {{Implied|Trope}} with Rodriguez mentioning "that thing in San Francisco", the Daily Bugle newspapers mentioning Black Cat, Rhino and Chameleon, and Michael name dropping Venom. While ''Morbius'' was supposed to be released before ''Let There Be Carnage'', it was instead released after and therefore it can be presumed that the events of those films and Venom's existence have become public knowledge leading people to be more aware and accepting of the idea of things like a sick scientist turning himself into a vampire.

* WolverinePublicity: the trailer shows graffiti of Spider-Man that reads "Murderer". However, that shot doesn't appear in the movie, and the director [[https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/spider-man/morbius-director-addresses-that-spider-man-murderer-mural-from-the-movies-first-trailer confirmed]] that it was added by the studio without his involvement, suggesting that the shot was added to piggyback on the popularity of the Spider-Man franchise. The presence of Michael Keaton in the trailer also falls under this trope, considering that he only has a brief post-credits cameo.

The film was released in theaters on April 1, 2022.

!''It's Trope'n time!'':

!''Morbius'' contains examples of:

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Morbius stops Milo from feeding on people for good, but in doing so is forced to kill him. With his window closing on how effective the replacement blood will continue to be, it indicates Morbius eventually having to be forced to resort to actual human blood to survive--and his feeding on Martine likely meaning the window is closed forever right then and there. Dr. Nicholas is killed by Milo and Martine dies by his hand as well, though now she's returned as a vampire herself who will probably not be frugal about who she feeds on either. Also, [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Adrian Toomes]] arrives in the universe, meets with Morbius and recruits him to form a team together as well.]]

* PlotHole: [[spoiler:In the second post-credits scene, The [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming MCU version of Adrian Toomes]] meets Morbius while suited up in his Vulture gear, despite the fact that he got transported to the [[Franchise/SonysSpiderManUniverse SSU]] in only his prison clothes and shouldn't know anyone in that universe that can craft his Vulture gear for him, especially given his previous associates had known him for years. There's also the fact that Stephen's second spell was partially meant to send the displaced heroes and villain ''back'' to their home universes, so Toomes should have remained in the MCU.]]

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Morbius's surrogate brother Milo is revealed to be the film's BigBad]]

* OhCrap: Micheal has a major one of these moments halfway through the film when [[spoiler:he realizes that Milo left his cane in Micheal's holding cell, meaning that Milo 'cured' himself with the serum]].

* VomitDiscretionShot: After his first transformation, Micheal doesn't take it well when he sees [[spoiler:the security camera footage of him mindlessly slaughtering the mercenaries that he had previously hired]], thus cutting to one of these.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires are created through science, and while needing to drink blood and having many superhuman abilities they aren't affected by sunlight or holy objects.

* AssholeVictim: The eight mercenaries that Michael murders on the cargo ship upon first gaining his vampire powers. Even the FBI agents say that they were criminals who were probably guilty of something and the world is likely better off without them in it anymore.

* PlotHole: [[spoiler:In the second post-credits scene, The [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming MCU version of Adrian Toomes]] meets Morbius while suited up in his Vulture gear, despite the fact that he got transported to the [[Franchise/SonysSpiderManUniverse SSU]] in only his prison clothes and shouldn't know anyone in that universe that can craft his Vulture gear for him, especially given his previous associates had known him for years.]]