History Film / TheInventorOutForBloodInSiliconValley

* ContraltoOfDanger: Many viewers have commented on Holmes' unusually deep speaking voice. It's been speculated and stated by those who knew her that the voice was simply an affectation and her actual voice is much higher and softer.

** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: in January 2022, Holmes was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit.

* BrokenAce: Holmes is a brilliant, fearless entrepreneur who conquers male-dominated Silicon Valley and has the backing of people like former Vice President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. She's also amoral to the point of sociopathy and ''absolutely insane''.

* BrokenAce: Holmes is a brilliant, fearless entrepreneur who conquers male-dominated Silicon Valley and has the backing of people like former Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. She's also amoral and ''absolutely insane''.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** To ''Film/{{Fyre}}'', another documentary about an unhinged entrepreneur destroying people's lives through fraud.
** Also ''Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'' which had some of the same production staff. Incidentally, Holmes' father Christian was a vice president at Enron.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Edison was sold on lots of ArtisticLicenseEngineering, which turned out to be very hard if not impossible to execute by Theranos' engineers (i.e. a single drop of capillary blood is not as helpful as a vial of venal one, or the machine would freeze, break or downright explode!).

* KarmaHoudini: Elizabeth Holmes still has not been put on trial for her many crimes as of 2020 and is engaged to a billionaire.
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: in January 2022, Holmes was found guilt of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit.
* LimitedWardrobe: Regarding how she's always wearing black turtlenecks and pants, Elizabeth mentions “In line with designing my life to be able to give every bit of energy I have to this, I have a closet that has a very large number of the exact same clothes and every single day, I put the same thing on.” Most of the people around her just noted that she was desperately trying to be Creator/SteveJobs, down to stealing his wardrobe.

* TemptingFate: After a Theranos device received FDA approval for a herpes test, a scene is shown in the company where Elizabeth enters the break room while Music/MCHammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” plays. This 'untouchable' status will be revoked soon...

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Holmes and her company cozies up to people like George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, and various other people with big political connections, likely in the aim of bypassing FDA regulations that would prove their testing doesn't work.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Elizabeth Holmes was the darling of the media due to being a beautiful young entrepeneaur who looked like she'd broken the glass ceiling with her genius.

* BullyingADragon: Elizabeth went after Henry Kissinger's grandson as well as attempted to force Rupert Murdoch into killing a story by the Wallstreet Journal.

See also the nonfiction book, ''Literature/BadBlood'' that covers the same topic.

* LimitedWardrobe: Regarding how she's always wearing black turtlenecks and pants, Elizabeth mentions “In line with designing my life to be able to give every bit of energy I have to this, I have a closet that has a very large number of the exact same clothes and every single day, I put the same thing on.”

* ContraltoOfDanger: Many viewers have commented on Holmes' unusually deep speaking voice.

** Also ''Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'' which had some of the same production staff.

** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Possibly. As of August 2021 she's scheduled to stand trial for wire fraud, and has been unsuccessful in having the case thrown out or blocking evidence.

* RealityEnsues: The Edison was sold on lots of ArtisticLicenseEngineering, which turned out to be very hard if not impossible to execute by Theranos' engineers (i.e. a single drop of capillary blood is not as helpful as a vial of venal one, or the machine would freeze, break or downright explode!).

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Discussed. One of the former Theranos employees believes that the company's rise and fall began with one little lie that snowballed into a mess. Dr. Ariely compares it to a research project that proved people were more likely to cheat (or fudge the medical test results) when they believe its for charity. Emphasis on ''believe.''

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Possibly. As of August 2021 she's scheduled to stand trial for wire fraud, and has been unsuccessful in having the case thrown out or blocking evidence.

* UnfortunateNames: Theranos was named as a {{Portmanteau}} of Therapy and Diagnosis. It also, appropriately, sounds a lot like the greek words for tyrant and death: tyrannos and thanatos.