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* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities: Carter has several split personalities, who are leftovers from the research he went through as a child. One of them is a quiet, intimidating woman named Margo, [[spoiler:who takes over to make him escape the police, and go after the real villain of the story]].
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** Can be averted however, when Carter/Cain imagines on of his split personalities Josh to speak to him in a woman's voice, it can be likely Margo was speaking through Josh or Margo and Josh combined in Carter's psyche based on what he's thinking.
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] in a way that combines with MoodWhiplash. The film opens by following Carter (and Cain), and then switches gears to follow Jenny and her complicated love life (and dream life), coming across as an erotic thriller. And ''then'' it switches gears right back to Carter/Cain, once [[spoiler: he attacks Jenny]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] in a way that combines with MoodWhiplash. The film opens by following [[VillainProtagonist Carter (and Cain), Cain)]], and then switches gears to follow Jenny and her complicated love life (and dream life), coming across as an erotic thriller. And ''then'' it switches gears right back to Carter/Cain, once [[spoiler: he attacks Jenny]].Jenny, then switches gear back to her in the climax of the film after Carter/Cain escape from custody to meet with his still-living father]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] in a way that combines with MoodWhiplash. The film opens by following Carter (and Cain), and then switches gears to follow Jenny and her complicated love life (and dream life), coming across as an erotic thriller. And ''then'' it switches gears right back to Carter/Cain story, Carter/Cain, once [[spoiler: he attacks Jenny]].
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* {{Fanservice}}: Jenny provides quite a lot of this in the first half of the film, with her many makeout/come-on sequences. It helps that she has a ''very'' ImmodestOrgasm.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Jenny provides quite a lot of this in the first half of the film, with her many makeout/come-on sequences. It helps that she has a ''very'' ''quite'' the ImmodestOrgasm.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Jenny provides quite a lot of this in the first half of the film, from her many makeout/come-on sequences to the prominent shot of her cleavage when [[spoiler: she dreams of being impaled in a car accident.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: Jenny provides quite a lot of this in the first half of the film, from with her many makeout/come-on sequences to the prominent shot of her cleavage when [[spoiler: sequences. It helps that she dreams of being impaled in has a car accident.]]''very'' ImmodestOrgasm.
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* SubvertedTrope: Put it this way: If you're pretty GenreSavvy about the tropes of De Palma's previous thrillers (and the AlfredHitchock thrillers De Palma's famous for paying homage to)...you are ''really'' in for a MindScrew!
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* SubvertedTrope: Put it this way: If you're pretty GenreSavvy about the tropes of De Palma's previous thrillers...you're thrillers (and the AlfredHitchock thrillers De Palma's famous for paying homage to)...you are ''really'' in for a MindScrew!
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The final shot is of Carter-as-Margot looming behind Jenny and Amy, his/"her" intentions towards them unknown. The way it's shot, we aren't even sure if he/"she" is really there.]]
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The final shot is of Carter-as-Margot looming behind Jenny and Amy, his/"her" intentions towards them unknown. The way it's shot, shot (and considering a prior sequence involving something similar), we aren't even sure if he/"she" is really there.]]
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* SubvertedTrope: Put it this way: If you're pretty GenreSavvy about this kind the tropes of film (''especially'' De Palma's previous thrillers)...thrillers...you're ''really'' in for a MindScrew!
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* AllJustADream / OrWasItADream / DreamWithinADream: Brought almost to the point of parody and (temporary) MindScrew, in a prolonged sequence--so that when [[spoiler: Jenny actually DOES get attacked by her husband ''just after she wakes up'', one can be forgiven for briefly assuming she's still dreaming!]]
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* AllJustADream / OrWasItADream / DreamWithinADream: Brought almost to the point of parody, parody and (temporary) MindScrew, in a prolonged sequence--so that when [[spoiler: Jenny actually DOES get attacked by her husband ''just after she wakes up'', one can be forgiven for briefly assuming she's still dreaming!]]
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** Earlier, right after Dr. Waldheim gives the cops the lowdown on Dr. Nix's experiments, [[spoiler: they enter the morgue, where we discover that the woman whose body they found...is not Jenny.]]
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* NotQuiteDead: After being suffocated with a pillow by Cain, [[spoiler: Jenny]] wakes up in the trunk of her car just when it's going underwater. We're then led to believe that [[spoiler: she is KilledOffForReal...but then she returns to get answers.]]
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* NotQuiteDead: After being suffocated with a pillow by Cain, [[spoiler: Jenny]] wakes up in the trunk of her car just when it's going underwater. We're then led to believe that [[spoiler: she is KilledOffForReal...KilledOffForReal as the car's swallowed by the river...but ''then'', we discover the body the cops found was not her--and then she returns makes a shocking return to get answers.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Lithgow also plays his Cain-personality.
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* TrappedInASinkingCar: Cain watches his victim wake up and then start to sink into the river in a locked car.
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A 1992 thriller from BrianDePalma. The film stars JohnLithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer.
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A 1992 thriller from BrianDePalma. Creator/BrianDePalma. The film stars JohnLithgow, Lolita Davidovich Creator/JohnLithgow, Creator/LolitaDavidovich and Steven Bauer.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: QuentinTarantino has called this film De Palma's effective deconstruction of ''[[TakeThatMe De Palma's own cinematic style]]''. [[WordOfGod De Palma himself confirmed this.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Dr. Nix's body was never found after his apparent suicide.
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* SplitPersonality
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A 1992 thriller from BrianDePalma. The film stars JohnLithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer.
The film follows Carter, who was once part of his father's cruel research, which left him with several split personalities. Now as a husband and father himself, he is drawn by his other personalities to restart these experiments.
!!This film has the examples of:
* ActingForTwo
* CatapultNightmare: Jenny gets one.
* FakeOutMakeOut: After drugging Karen, Carter is in danger of getting seen by two passing joggers. Cain advises him to do this to avoid their attention.
* {{Flatline}}: Jack's wife flatlines when she sees him kissing Jenny in the flashback.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Cain developed this skill when Dr. Nix was doing his research on Carter in the past.
-->Hickory dickory dock. Cain has picked his lock.
* MetafictionalTitle: The title is based on the book that Dr. Nix wrote with Dr. Waldheim.
* NameOfCain
* NeverFoundTheBody
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:While taking his lat breath, Dr. Nix accidentally shoots the spike that was in danger of impaling Jack as he tries to catch falling Amy]].
* NotQuiteDead: After being suffocated with a pillow by Cain, Jenny wakes up in the trunk of her car just when it's going underwater.
* TheOner: The four minute shot of Sgt. Cally and Lt. Terri escorting Dr. Waldheim to the morgue in the police station.
* TheQuietOne: Margo is the only split personality of Carter who doesn't say anything onscreen.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Carter's father Dr. Nix isn't another split personality of him, he has been FakingTheDead and is pulling the strings]].
* SinisterShades: Cain sports these whenever he talks to Carter.
* SmokingIsCool: Cain favours smoking.
* SplitPersonality
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:Margo takes over Carter, and if the ending is to be believed, stays in control]].
* UseYourHead: When Dr. Waldheim tries to talk to Carter's split personality Margo, she headbutts her as part of his/her escape.
* VerbingNouny
* YourCheatingHeart: Jenny with Jack.
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The film follows Carter, who was once part of his father's cruel research, which left him with several split personalities. Now as a husband and father himself, he is drawn by his other personalities to restart these experiments.
!!This film has the examples of:
* ActingForTwo
* CatapultNightmare: Jenny gets one.
* FakeOutMakeOut: After drugging Karen, Carter is in danger of getting seen by two passing joggers. Cain advises him to do this to avoid their attention.
* {{Flatline}}: Jack's wife flatlines when she sees him kissing Jenny in the flashback.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Cain developed this skill when Dr. Nix was doing his research on Carter in the past.
-->Hickory dickory dock. Cain has picked his lock.
* MetafictionalTitle: The title is based on the book that Dr. Nix wrote with Dr. Waldheim.
* NameOfCain
* NeverFoundTheBody
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:While taking his lat breath, Dr. Nix accidentally shoots the spike that was in danger of impaling Jack as he tries to catch falling Amy]].
* NotQuiteDead: After being suffocated with a pillow by Cain, Jenny wakes up in the trunk of her car just when it's going underwater.
* TheOner: The four minute shot of Sgt. Cally and Lt. Terri escorting Dr. Waldheim to the morgue in the police station.
* TheQuietOne: Margo is the only split personality of Carter who doesn't say anything onscreen.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Carter's father Dr. Nix isn't another split personality of him, he has been FakingTheDead and is pulling the strings]].
* SinisterShades: Cain sports these whenever he talks to Carter.
* SmokingIsCool: Cain favours smoking.
* SplitPersonality
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:Margo takes over Carter, and if the ending is to be believed, stays in control]].
* UseYourHead: When Dr. Waldheim tries to talk to Carter's split personality Margo, she headbutts her as part of his/her escape.
* VerbingNouny
* YourCheatingHeart: Jenny with Jack.
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