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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Semi-justified, since both Angier and Borden are master illusionists who are [[MasterOfDisguise experts in stage makeup and performance]], but they keep infiltrating one another's shows, even getting backstage, to ruin one anothers' acts in sometimes-dangerous ways.
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** [[spoiler:The bird trick is shown to require one bird to die and another hidden one to be shown as the prestige. This is exactly what ends up happening to Angier's trick.]]
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** Borden tells Angier that he doesn't know what knot he made when he tied Angier's wife whenever the latter inquires as to what happened. It's implied that he literally doesn't know because [[spoiler:it was his brother who tied it and cannot bring himself to face Angier, so he's attempting to save face for what his brother did.]]
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Tesla creates a cloning device that can duplicate living and inanimate objects. Angier uses it only for magic tricks. Tesla does however state that he is attempting to live quietly without attention.

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