History Film / SawVI

* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Hoffman is called by Erickson and Perez to go to a local audio lab with them, where an FBI technician is analyzing the Pendulum Trap's tape. The analysis reveals that Hoffman's the true second wanted apprentice, so his plan to frame Strahm fails. Hoffman pulls an insane move in response: he murders the technician, Erickson and Perez with only a knife and a cup of coffee. Afterwards, he plants Strahm's fingerprints all over the lab, and then ''burns the place down''.]]

** The Shotgun Carousel. William's six insurance inspectors -- Aaron, Emily, Gena, Dave, Shelby, and Josh, collectively known as the "Dog Pit" -- are chained to a carousel with a loaded gun in front of it. The carousel will periodically stop rotating, causing the gun to fire and kill someone. However, if William is willing to press buttons that will drive a nail into his hand, he can divert the gun so it fires harmlessly up into the air instead of killing someone. The catch is, he can only do this twice, and the carousel will not stop until the gun has fired six times, so William can only pick two people to save, leaving the other four to die. This is Jigsaw's way of criticizing William's policy, which is responsible for two-thirds of insurance applicants being rejected and left to die. [[spoiler:William decides to spare Emily and Shelby.]]
* SecretTestOfCharacter: John's final test was [[spoiler:to test Hoffman himself with a game, which was set up by Jill, who was carrying out John's final request. Hoffman manages to beat the trap and live]].

* ImpaledPalm: In the Shotgun Carousel trap, William is allowed to save two of the victims by simultaneously pressing two buttons on a box that would pierce his hand with a metal spike. After the game, William uses his necktie to cover the resulting wound.

* ImpaledPalm: In the Shotgun Carousel trap, William is allowed to save two of the victims by simultaneously pressing two buttons that would pierce his hand with a metal spike. After the game, William uses his necktie to cover the resulting wound.

* ImpaledPalm: In the Shotgun Carousel trap, William is allowed to save two of the victims by simultaneously pressing two buttons that would pierce his hand with a metal spike.

'''Hoffman:''' You lie... You're fucking lying...\\

* ThatLiarLies: Hoffman says this to [[spoiler:Perez as he's stabbing her to death]].
-->'''Hoffman:''' [[spoiler:Who else knows about me? Who else fucking knows about me?]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Perez:''' E-Everyone...]]
-->'''Hoffman:''' You lie... You're fucking lying...

* FlashForward: A [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback Flash Forward within a flashback]], to be specific. A flashback set shortly before ''Film/SawIII'' opens with Hoffman carrying an unconscious person; a Flash Forward to the Rack in ''Saw III'' itself clarifies that the person in question is Timothy.

* FlashbackEcho: At the end of the film, after [[spoiler:the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0 has gone off on Hoffman]], and just before the final shot of [[spoiler:Hoffman kneeling on the floor with a torn cheek]], we get a rapid showing of every scene of someone closing the door on someone else at the end of the other films; in order, John closing the Bathroom's door on Adam in the first film, Amanda closing the Bathroom's door on Eric in ''Saw II'', Hoffman closing the Ice Block Trap room's door on Rigg in ''Saw IV'', and [[spoiler:Jill closing the control room's door on Hoffman]] [[ViewersAreGoldfish just a minute before]] in this film.

** Overall, there are six traps in the film, including the opening trap and all the five traps in William's trial.

* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:Hank, William's opponent in the Oxygen Crusher trap, wets himself involuntarily as a result of the pain from the clamps around his ribcage closing in on top of his panicking.]]

** Providing methadone and other compassionate care for people with substance abuse disorders? Bad, enabling, creating leaches on society. [[Film/Saw1 The best way to treat substance abuse disorder is to bring a person inches away from a gruesome death and make them stab someone in the stomach, look through their entrails and find a key to unlock themselves.]] Sure, it'll also turn them into murderers in their own right, but hey, better than methadone.

** Providing methadone and other compassionate care for people with substance abuse disorders? Bad, enabling, creating leaches on society. The best way to treat substance abuse disorder is to bring a person inches away from a gruesome death and make them stab someone in the stomach, look through their entrails and find a key to unlock themselves. Sure, it'll also turn them into murderers in their own right, but hey, better than methadone.

** The Gallows. William's file clerk Allen and secretary Addy have nooses of barbed wire and are on a hinged platform supported by chains which William must hold in his hands. The chains become more and more taut every few seconds, and if he doesn't let one go, both will fall. Addy is an old, diabetic woman (not worth covering according to William's insurance policy) with a family while Allen is a young, perfectly healthy loner (worth covering). [[spoiler:William eventually lets Allen to go off, sparing Addy.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:As Debbie fails to kill William in time, the device attached to her chest launches a metal rod directly at her head, killing her instantly.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the origin storyline, John is first seen meeting William at a party in Jill's clinic, where he chides him for his questionable policy on denying insurance claims. In a subsequent scene, we find out that John very unwisely proceeded to become a client of William's, and fully really just how monstrous this policy was when he was refused coverage for an experimental cancer treatment.

* AmoralAttorney: Debbie fiercely fought back against anyone that threatened William or his company's policies.

* IdiotBall: Despite normally being very intelligent, John brings this to an absurd level in this movie. In the origin storyline, John is first seen meeting William at a party in Jill's clinic, where he chides him for his abhorrent policy on denying insurance claims. In a subsequent scene, we find out that, for some insane reason, John proceeded to become a client of William's, despite already knowing that his policy routinely screws people over.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the end of the movie, William did learn a thing or two about helping people. [[spoiler:If he had lived, he may have become a better person.]] Even from the beginning of the movie, he clearly takes no pleasure in refusing health coverage to his clients, meets with them personally, and even agrees with Harold calling him a criminal. Once the game begins, he does everything possible to help the other victims, his employees, from the very first test, even being willing to cut himself open to save his lawyer while she's coming at him with a buzzsaw.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:William passes all his tests and learns his lesson about helping people. Then it's revealed that the family of one of the people he let die are also playing a game: Letting him live or not. They choose not to, as they never forgave him, and he dies one of the most violent and painful deaths in the series.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Tara subverts this. She strongly considers killing William but ultimately can't bring herself to do it and forgives him. Brent on the other hand...]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Played with. [[spoiler:Josh, one of the Shotgun Carousel victims, has his turn come around when he knows that his death is sealed. He has the mental wherewithal to deliver a furious FinalSpeech to William, but he notably whimpers right before he's killed.]]

*** In the first one, [[spoiler:as his attempt to frame Strahm as Jigsaw's second accomplice pitifully falls apart in front of him, Hoffman ''successfully'' pulls off a move that only a desperate idiot would normally attempt - he kills two gun-carrying FBI agents (and fairly major characters) using only a knife, a cup of coffee and a minor character as a human shield; Hoffman then works to re-establish Strahm as the Jigsaw accomplice by planting his fingerprints all over the crime lab, then setting it aflame... with a still-breathing but rapidly dying Erickson left behind]].

-->'''Aaron:''' Listen to me, Mr. Easton. I am the one who should live! ''(is stopped before the shotgun first)'' Jesus Christ! Please, Mr. Easton! MR. EASTON! PLEASE! FOLLOW THE POLICY, MR. EASTON! DO IT! PLEASE! MR. EASTON, FOLLOW THE POLICY! FOLLOW THE POLICY! ''(gets killed by the shotgun)''

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Despite William helping her through the first half of her game, the steam maze, she immediately tries to kill him upon meeting him. Justified as the key to her survival was in William's stomach, and given William's apprehension of being cut open, Debbie has no choice but to kill him.
* FatBastard: Eddie is a predatory lender and noticeably pudgy. His overweight condition actually comes into play when he tries to cut off his belly fat and use it for the pound of flesh scale.