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* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler: Dave Blanchard is horrifically absorbed by the mob, and Billy very nearly dies while challenging Todd to a shunt, where he manages to kill him by inverting him, causing the members of Society to pause in shock and Milo and Clarissa bust him out, but not before he decks his "dad" in the face so hard he flies across the room. Society promises to track him and his friends down, but he escapes with them on his Jeep, leaving him time to plan how to take them down.]]
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* ShoutOut: Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
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** The humming of a female voice over the credits and the opening shot of a big Gothic-style house (an apartment building, in the original's case) is a shout out to ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
** Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
** The humming of a female voice over the credits and the opening shot of a big Gothic-style house (an apartment building, in the original's case) is a shout out to ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
** Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
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* WormInAnApple: In the opening, Billy takes a bite out of an apple while in his therapist's office -- only to find the apparently pristine fruit rotten and writhing with literal worms. As it happens, this is an early bit of foreshadowing that [[BodyHorror something very nasty]] is going on [[CrapsaccharineWorld behind the polished facade of Beverly Hills]].
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CreepyGood: Ms. Carlyn, as explained under CloudCuckooLander above, is intensely weird and creepy but firmly on the heroic side.
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* IAmNotYourFather: Turns out, Billy was adopted, and for the sole purpose of eventually serving as a meal for a "shunt" after being gaslighted into questioning his sanity when the time came. This is what passes for a hilarious joke amidst the Society, highlighting just how utterly callous and depraved they are.
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* IAmNotYourFather: Turns out, Billy was adopted, and for the sole purpose of eventually serving as a meal for a "shunt" after being gaslighted {{gaslight|ing}}ed into questioning making him and others question his sanity when the time came. This is what passes for a hilarious joke amidst the Society, highlighting just how utterly callous and depraved they are.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Dave Blanchard initially comes off as something of a flaky, nervous ConspiracyTheorist, but he turns out to be very much in the right. Unfortunately it's not enough to save him from a horrifically gruesome fate.
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* ToServeMan: A highly-unusual, disgusting and horrific version of it, as human victims of a "shunt" are slowly, painfully dissolved/absorbed into the writhing mass of fused/copulating Society members.
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* PaperTiger: The Society members' true power lies in their money, because as grotesque as they are, their RubberMan powers come with serious drawbacks that can easily be turned against them.
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* PaperTiger: The Society members' true power lies in their money, money and social position, because as grotesque as they are, their RubberMan powers come with serious drawbacks that can easily be turned against them.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When Clarissa is making Bill some tea she offers him cream, sugar, or she could pee in it.
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A sequel comic, ''Society: Party Animal'', was released in 2003.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: After the Society is exposed, Billy realizes that all the messed-up things they've been showing him, including several displays of their LovecraftianSuperpower, were in an effort to make him lose his mind.
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** The film is also rife with sexual subtext. A boy at one point [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society3.jpeg spirts a creamy white sun lotion over Shauna]] that resembles... something else, while Clarisse [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society1.png does the same to Billy]], provocatively telling him "Don't get too hot."
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** The film is also rife with sexual subtext. A boy at one point [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society3.jpeg spirts spurts a creamy white sun lotion over Shauna]] that resembles... something else, while Clarisse [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society1.png does the same to Billy]], provocatively telling him "Don't get too hot."
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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Or ugly ''woman's'' hot daughter, in the case of Mrs Carlyn and her daughter Clsrissa.
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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Or ugly ''woman's'' hot daughter, in the case of Mrs Carlyn and her daughter Clsrissa.Clarissa.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
-->'''Ted:''' Society has always fed on low-class shits like you!
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
-->'''Ted:''' --->'''Ted:''' Society has always fed on low-class shits like you!you!
** The film is also rife with sexual subtext. A boy at one point [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society3.jpeg spirts a creamy white sun lotion over Shauna]] that resembles... something else, while Clarisse [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society1.png does the same to Billy]], provocatively telling him "Don't get too hot."
** The film isn't subtle about class warfare metaphors.
** The film is also rife with sexual subtext. A boy at one point [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society3.jpeg spirts a creamy white sun lotion over Shauna]] that resembles... something else, while Clarisse [[https://rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/society1.png does the same to Billy]], provocatively telling him "Don't get too hot."
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* GoodBadGirl: Clarissa is initially depicted as the school's "bad girl" but (along with her mother) turns out to be Society's TokenHeroicOrc. This is in stark contrast to Bill's sister Jenny, who outwardly appears innocent and seems to be gearing up to be your typical pretty {{socialite}}, but is really just as depraved as the rest of society. The contrast is further emphasised through Clarissa's dark hair and Jenny's blond hair.
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* GoodBadGirl: Clarissa is initially depicted as the school's "bad girl" but (along with her mother) turns out to be Society's TokenHeroicOrc. This is in stark contrast to Bill's sister Jenny, who outwardly appears innocent and seems to be gearing up to be your typical pretty {{socialite}}, but is really just as depraved as the rest of society.Society. The contrast is further emphasised through Clarissa's dark hair and Jenny's blond hair.
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* GoodBadGirl: Clarissa is initially depicted as the school's "bad girl" but (along with her mother) turns out to be Society's TokenHeroicOrc. This is in stark contrast to Bill's sister Jenny, who outwardly appears innocent and seems to be gearing up to be your typical pretty {{socialite}}, but is really just as depraved as the rest of society. The contrast is further emphasised through Clarissa's dark hair and Jenny's blond hair.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Clarissa has the same ability to "shunt" as the other Society members, but falls in love with Billy and never uses it to harm anyone.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Clarissa has the same ability to "shunt" as the other Society members, but falls in love with Billy and never uses it to harm anyone. The same presumably applies to her extremely weird but ultimately benign mother.
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* DepravedBisexual: Society's members aren't picky about who they have sex with, as evidenced by Ted [[LecherousLicking licking]] Billy's face in the climax.
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[[TheStinger In conclusion]]: TheAristocrats!
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[[TheStinger In conclusion]]: TheAristocrats!
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* PaperTiger: The Society members' true power lies in their money, because as grotesque as they are, their RubberMan powers come with serious drawbacks that can easily be turned against them.
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic:
-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne / Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together / Society waits for you...
-->When you’re tired of winning / When you get tired of fame / Or when your head is spinning / And you’ve drunk all the best champagne / Then we’ll all sing together / To society we’ll be true / Then we’ll all sing together / Society waits for you...
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** Inverted with [[spoiler: Ted Ferguson]], who gets his head pulled ''out'' of his own ass.
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** Inverted with [[spoiler: Ted [[spoiler:Ted Ferguson]], who gets his head pulled ''out'' of his own ass.ass.
* BigBad: The honorable Judge Carter, the leader (or at least the most visibly powerful) of the titular upper-class cult, and the ringleader of the climactic "shunt" at the end.
* BigBad: The honorable Judge Carter, the leader (or at least the most visibly powerful) of the titular upper-class cult, and the ringleader of the climactic "shunt" at the end.
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Has nothing to do with the 2019 Creator/Netflix fantasy teen drama ''Series/TheSociety''.
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Has nothing to do with the 2019 Creator/Netflix Creator/{{Netflix}} fantasy teen drama ''Series/TheSociety''.
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Has nothing to do with the 2019 Creator/Netflix fantasy teen drama ''Series/TheSociety''.
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* KarrmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Every member of the Society, Ted aside, gets away free and clear, and will go on preying on the lower classes.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
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* KarrmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Every member of the Society, Ted aside, gets away free and clear, and will go on preying on the lower classes.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Beverly Hills division of Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Beverly Hills division of Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
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* KarrmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Every member of the Society, Ted aside, gets away free and clear, and will go on preying on the lower classes.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: On the other hand...the comic sequel 'Party Animal' has Billy eventually take his revenge and completely eradicate the Society by poisoning them at a Shunt.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Dave Blanchard, the mousy teenager caught spying on Billy's sister in the beginning, turns out to be this: he's the only one who suspects something's up from the start and worries accordingly, and he comes close enough to necessitate his [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade "disappearance."]] Tragically, this means he's subjected to being the victim of the "shunts" in the climax--a ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath nauseatingly]]'' horrible, prolonged fate for him.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Strongly implied with Ted. Despite their shunting ability, getting turned inside out is more than Society can stand. One members gasps, "He's ''congealing''!"]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Strongly implied with Ted. Despite their shunting ability, getting turned inside out is more than Society can stand.withstand physically. One members gasps, "He's ''congealing''!"]]
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** Inverted with [[spoiler: Ted Ferguson]], who gets his head pulled ''out'' of his own ass.
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* AssShove: Judge Carter shoves his hand up [[spoiler:Dave Blanchard's]] ass and out of his mouth.
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* HumanAliens: Defied. When Bill calls the members of Society alien scum, they claim that they didn't come from outer space and that their LovecraftianSuperpower is simply the result of "impeccable breeding".
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* HumanAliens: Defied. When Bill calls the members of Society alien scum, they claim that they didn't come from outer space and that their LovecraftianSuperpower is simply the result of "impeccable breeding".breeding" - though one Society member claims they've "been here as long as you," implying either a separate species native to Earth or a divergent evolutionary path.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "The Blue Danube" during the Stunting Party.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "The Blue Danube" during the Stunting Shunting Party.
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* ShoutOut: Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
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* ShoutOut: Yuzna and Screaming Mad George used Creator/SalvadorDali's ''[[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Construction_with_Boiled_Beans_(Premonition_of_Civil_War) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-autumnal-cannibalism-t01978 Autumn Cannibalism]]'' and ''[[Soft Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)]]'' as inspiration.
