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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why is Ernest Borgnine in the database consisting of female movie stars in Simulation One?
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* Letters2Numbers: The title.
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The film is mainly remembered today for featuring an early film performance by EvanRachelWood (as Viktor's daughter) and for its publicity campaign that claimed Simone was a CG-animated actress (in real life, of course, this wasn't the case).

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The film is mainly remembered today for featuring an early film performance by EvanRachelWood Creator/EvanRachelWood (as Viktor's daughter) and for its publicity campaign that claimed Simone was a CG-animated actress (in real life, of course, this wasn't the case).
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The film is mainly remembered today for featuring an early film performance by EvanRachelWood (as Viktor's daughter) and for its publicity campaign that claimed Simone was a CG-animated actress (in real life, of course, this wasn't the case).


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** Ultimately, a flesh-and-blood Canadian actress was cast, with minimal special effects used to enhance her. The actress, Rachel Roberts, was not directly credited as S1m0ne, however.
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* BabiesEverAfterBabiesEverAfter: A bizarre example of this trope, as both the mother and the baby in question do not actually exist.
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*TheCameo - Rebecca Romijn as a stand-in for Simone.


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*TheUnfavorite - Viktor just can't get no respect.

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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin - How Victor gets his hands on Simone in the first place.
* InLoveWithMyAlterEgo - Everyone towards Simone.

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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin *ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin - How Victor gets his hands on Simone in the first place.
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*LovesMyAlterEgo - Everyone towards Simone.

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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin - How Victor gets his hands on Simone in the first place.

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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin *ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin - How Victor gets his hands on Simone in the first place.place.
*InLoveWithMyAlterEgo - Everyone towards Simone.
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*ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin - How Victor gets his hands on Simone in the first place.
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*BrickJoke: The editor for "Echo" magazine had something on Mother Teresa which he decided to keep to himself because of her death. Later, Simone replaces Mother Teresa in the talk show intro in the ending.
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*DudeWheresMyRespect - What motivates Victor.
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** Taransky mentions Meryl Streep and Madonna and incorporates elements of both actresses into Simone - which makes one wonder how Al Pacino acted with both of them in Angels in America and DickTracy respectively.

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** Taransky mentions Meryl Streep and Madonna and incorporates elements of both actresses into Simone - which makes one wonder how Al Pacino acted with both of them in Angels in America and DickTracy Film/DickTracy respectively.
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** Taransky mentions Meryl Streep and Madonna and incorporates elements of both actresses into Simone - which makes one wonder how Al Pacino acted with both of them in Angels in America and DickTracy respectively.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: "Echo" magazine reporters Max and Milton.
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* PunnyNames: A large number of characters in the film, particularly those that act with Simone, have computer-related last names such as Dell, Epson, Corel and Packard.

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* PunnyNames: PunnyName: A large number of characters in the film, particularly those that act with Simone, have computer-related last names such as Dell, Epson, Corel and Packard.
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* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: When Taransky is in the cinema bathroom washing his face after the screening of ''Sunrise Sunset'', he overhears three guys commenting that the film was "artificial", and he assumes they are talking about S1m0ne and leaves the bathroom. It's revealed they're talking about the period setting of the film, and did enjoy Simone's performance.


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** Also, "Amalgamated Film Studios'' is clearly Paramount studios, as can be gathered from the backlot, the fountain and main gates and the large outdoor tank - this implies that Paramount Pictures does not exist, or at least does not occupy the studio lot it does in real life.

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-->'''Viktor's Lawyer''' Here's a psychiatrist in Ventura, well-respected, who is willing to testify under oath that you have diminished capacity...due to the trauma of your divorce, years of abject failure in the movie business and ''a bump on the head you sustained as a child.''//

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-->'''Viktor's Lawyer''' Here's a psychiatrist in Ventura, well-respected, who is willing to testify under oath that you have diminished capacity...due to the trauma of your divorce, years of abject failure in the movie business and ''a bump on the head you sustained as a child.''//''


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* PunnyNames: A large number of characters in the film, particularly those that act with Simone, have computer-related last names such as Dell, Epson, Corel and Packard.
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* CreditsGag: All the "I"s and "O"s in the person and company names in the opening and end credits are replaced with "1"s and "0"s respectively. At the end of the end credits, there is a list of people Simone herself would like to thank, with "Hank Aleno Software Inc" being the last on the list - Hank Aleno being the programmer who gave Viktor the software in the first place.


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* TheStinger: There's a brief scene after the credits featuring Viktor creating fake footage of Simone in a grocery store.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Taransky [[spoiler: is accused of the murder of Simone]], his lawyer tells him this:
-->'''Viktor's Lawyer''' Here's a psychiatrist in Ventura, well-respected, who is willing to testify under oath that you have diminished capacity...due to the trauma of your divorce, years of abject failure in the movie business and ''a bump on the head you sustained as a child.''//



* CharacterAsHimself: Simone is credited as "[[AndStarring And Introducing]] Simone".

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* CharacterAsHimself: Simone is credited as "[[AndStarring And Introducing]] Simone".Simone" in the theatrical print, but is credited as "And introducing Rachel Roberts as Simone" in the home video release.
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* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: The interface for the S1m0ne program, which features floating menus, Simone's head forming out of a spiral on every boot-up and a matrix of actress headshots from whom Victor samples vocal affectations.

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* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: The interface for the S1m0ne program, which features floating menus, Simone's head forming out of a spiral on every boot-up and a matrix of actress headshots from whom Victor Viktor samples vocal affectations.affectations. When Viktor [[spoiler: infects the program with a virus, Simone's face erodes away into tiny pixels that blow away like wind in the sand.]]
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''S1m0ne'' is a 2002 ScienceFiction film written and directed by [[Film/TheTrumanShow Andrew Niccol]] and starring AlPacino.

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''S1m0ne'' is a 2002 ScienceFiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Film/TheTrumanShow Andrew Niccol]] and starring AlPacino.
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* SdrawkcabName: Victor checks Simone into the hotel under the psuedonym "Ms Enomis".

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* SdrawkcabName: Victor Viktor checks Simone into the hotel under the psuedonym "Ms Enomis".
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* SdrawkcabName: Victor checks Simone into the hotel under the psuedonym "Ms Enomis".
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* VirtualCelebrity: The premise of the film. In pre-production the plan was to use an ''actual'' CGI-model for the character of Simone, inspired by the technical achievements ''[[FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'', but protests from the Screen Actors Guild brought that to a halt. The SAG feared that the next inevitable step would be the complete replacement of all actors by computer models and lobbied hard against even its satirical use.

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* VirtualCelebrity: The premise of the film. In pre-production the plan was to use an ''actual'' CGI-model for the character of Simone, inspired by the technical achievements ''[[FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'', ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'', but protests from the Screen Actors Guild brought that to a halt. The SAG feared that the next inevitable step would be the complete replacement of all actors by computer models and lobbied hard against even its satirical use.
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''S1m0ne'' is a 2002 ScienceFiction film written and directed by [[TheTrumanShow Andrew Niccol]] and starring AlPacino.

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''S1m0ne'' is a 2002 ScienceFiction film written and directed by [[TheTrumanShow [[Film/TheTrumanShow Andrew Niccol]] and starring AlPacino.
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* CoveredInMud: When Taransky trys to discredit Simone, he has her rolling in the mud with pigs, in the hopes that the audience would be completely disgusted. The ploy backfires because the film gets a standing ovation.

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* IgnoredConfession: Victor told two guys at the "Eternity Forever" premiere party that Simone doesn't exist and they ignore him because they spot a girl who they thought was Simone.



* IgnoredConfession: Victor told two guys at the "Eternity Forever" premiere party that Simone doesn't exist and they ignore him because they spot a girl who they thought was Simone.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: "Sunrise, Sunset" was apparently supposed to be a deep artistic film, full of symbolism and meaning, but all relevant comments imply that it was nothing but cheap clichés that nobody (Either on or off the set) would "get."

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: "Sunrise, Sunset" was apparently supposed to be a deep artistic film, full of symbolism and meaning, but all relevant comments imply that it was nothing but cheap clichés that nobody (Either (either on or off the set) would "get."
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Nikola Anders after she "reformed". Simone inspired her to go to rehab and try acting classes again but this doesn't stop her from ratting out Victor to the police. [[YourMileageMayVary On the other hand]], she probably honestly believed he was a murderer.

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