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* TakenOffTheCase: After getting out of the meatpacking plant alive and arguing with Hoffman over Perez's supposed last words[[note]]Perez actually faked her death for coverage, as shown at the beginning of the next film].[[/note]] (which led Strahm to become suspicious of Hoffman), Strahm is taken off the case on the order of his superior Erickson, after which he goes to investigate and pursue Hoffman on his own.

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* TakenOffTheCase: After getting out of the meatpacking plant alive and arguing with Hoffman over Perez's supposed last words[[note]]Perez actually faked her death for coverage, as shown at the beginning of the next film].film.[[/note]] (which led Strahm to become suspicious of Hoffman), Strahm is taken off the case on the order of his superior Erickson, after which he goes to investigate and pursue Hoffman on his own.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely at the newspaper article pinned on a board in Hoffman's office, it contains, among other things, [[https://preview.redd.it/fm50wyknu9071.jpg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e5dbbb93d77454b5f7261c5eb7161a6a38e676 the only time Billy the Puppet's name is stated within the franchise.]]

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If one looks closely at the newspaper article pinned on a board in Hoffman's office, it contains, among other things, [[https://preview.redd.it/fm50wyknu9071.jpg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e5dbbb93d77454b5f7261c5eb7161a6a38e676 the only time Billy the Puppet's name is stated within the franchise.]]]]
** Adam's full name can be spotted amongst the files when Strahm goes through the FBI's various folders on the Jigsaw victims, implying not only that Lawrence survived his trap ''two entire movies'' before it's proven, but that he wound up communicating with police and law enforcement in the aftermath of the Bathroom Trap.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely at the newspaper article pinned on a board in Hoffman's office, it contains, among other things, [[https://preview.redd.it/fm50wyknu9071.jpg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e5dbbb93d77454b5f7261c5eb7161a6a38e676 the only mention of Billy The Puppet by name in the franchise.]]

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* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely at the newspaper article pinned on a board in Hoffman's office, it contains, among other things, [[https://preview.redd.it/fm50wyknu9071.jpg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e5dbbb93d77454b5f7261c5eb7161a6a38e676 the only mention of time Billy The Puppet by the Puppet's name in is stated within the franchise.]]
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* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely at the newspaper article pinned on a board in Hoffman's office, it contains, among other things, [[https://preview.redd.it/fm50wyknu9071.jpg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e5dbbb93d77454b5f7261c5eb7161a6a38e676 the only mention of Billy The Puppet by name in the franchise.]]
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->''"Did you help Jigsaw get all of them?"''
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-->-- '''Jigsaw''' (on tape)

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-->-- '''Jigsaw''' (on (via tape)
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->''"Hello, Agent Strahm. If you're hearing this, then you've finally found what you've been looking for. But is the discovery of my body enough? Or will your insatiable hunger to uncover the truth push you deeper into the abyss?"''
-->-- '''Jigsaw''' (on tape)
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-->'''Strahm:''' Jigsaw's dead! How many lives did I inevitably save?\\
'''Erickson:''' By endangering yourself and others? You're off the case.\\
'''Strahm:''' On whose orders?\\
'''Erickson:''' Mine. I'm sorry, Peter. It's over.
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* TakenOffTheCase: After getting out of the meatpacking plant alive and arguing with Hoffman over Perez's supposed last words[[note]]Perez actually faked her death for coverage, as shown at the beginning of the next film].[[/note]] (which led Strahm to become suspicious of Hoffman), Strahm is taken off the case on the order of his superior Erickson, after which he goes to investigate about and pursue Hoffman on his own.

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* TakenOffTheCase: After getting out of the meatpacking plant alive and arguing with Hoffman over Perez's supposed last words[[note]]Perez actually faked her death for coverage, as shown at the beginning of the next film].[[/note]] (which led Strahm to become suspicious of Hoffman), Strahm is taken off the case on the order of his superior Erickson, after which he goes to investigate about and pursue Hoffman on his own.
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* PrisonersDilemma: has an interesting situation in that the people in the Prisoner's Dilemma are not told from the start that they are in such a situation. The "Fatal Five" [[spoiler:are implicitly meant to work together to make it past all of the traps, but since they (probably rightfully) assume that it's every person for themself, they wind up making things substantially harder as the group dwindles]].

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* PrisonersDilemma: has an An interesting situation example in that the people in the Prisoner's Dilemma don't know (i.e. are not told told) from the start that they are in such a situation. The "Fatal Five" [[spoiler:are implicitly meant to work together to make it past all of the traps, but since they (probably rightfully) assume that it's every person for themself, they wind up making things substantially harder as the group dwindles]].
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Subverted and inverted with Strahm.
** The subversion happens at the beginning of the film when Strahm gets abducted by Hoffman and is put in a trap meant to be inescapable. His white shirt at the time gets stained in blood, but he survives the trap long enough to be rescued afterwards.
** The inversion happens at the end of the film, where [[spoiler:Strahm, with the black T-shirt that he wore for most of the movie, suffers one of the series' most gruesome deaths in the Glass Coffin's room]].
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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment. It's implied in flashbacks taking place at similar points in the whole franchise that this ended up boiling into alcoholism, hence Hoffman's unusual open violence towards others outside of his typical killer job.

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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment. It's implied in flashbacks taking place at similar points in the whole franchise that this ended up boiling into alcoholism, hence Hoffman's unusual open violence towards others outside of his typical killer killing job.
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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment. It's implied in flashbacks taking place at similar points in the whole franchise that this ended up boiling into alcoholism, hence Hoffman's unusual open violence towards others.

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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment. It's implied in flashbacks taking place at similar points in the whole franchise that this ended up boiling into alcoholism, hence Hoffman's unusual open violence towards others.others outside of his typical killer job.
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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment.

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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment. It's implied in flashbacks taking place at similar points in the whole franchise that this ended up boiling into alcoholism, hence Hoffman's unusual open violence towards others.

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* DrowningPit: Strahm has his head locked into a watertight box that fills with water and will eventually drown him. He only escapes by giving himself an emergency tracheotomy with a ball-point pen.

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* DrowningMySorrows: One of the flashbacks features Hoffman drinking alcoholic drinks at a bar to emphasize his depression at the moment.
* DrowningPit: Strahm has his head locked into a watertight box that fills with water and will would eventually drown him. He only escapes withstands it by giving himself an emergency tracheotomy with a ball-point pen.pen until he's eventually freed and taken to an ambulance.
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* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: The second flashback montage spawned from Strahm's solo investigation on Hoffman (specifically, during the Shotgun Chair scene) is juxtaposed with a series of brief scenes that visually detail how Hoffman's period of depression and Seth's murder went down (including a flashback from the previous montage).
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* ContinuityNod: In the background of the workshop room where [[spoiler:John takes Hoffman to upon abducting him]], a prototype design of the Shotgun Collar and Bobby the Puppet are visible in the background (the latter being particularly noticeable on the mirror's reflection).

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* ContinuityNod: In the background of the workshop room where [[spoiler:John takes Hoffman to upon abducting him]], a prototype design of the Shotgun Collar from ''Saw III'' and Bobby the Puppet from ''Saw IV'' are visible in the background (the latter being particularly noticeable on the mirror's reflection).

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