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-->"Did you think that your ''song'' and ''dance'' and ''superstition'' would help you, Eli!? ''I'' am the third revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen! Because I am ''smarter'' than you! I'm ''older''! I am not a false prophet, you snivelling boy! ''I'' AM THE ''THIIIRD'' REVELATION! ''I-III AM THE THIRD REVELATION!'' I TOLD you I would eat you! I TOLD you I would EAT YOU ''UP!''"
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-->"Did you think that your ''song'' and ''dance'' and your ''superstition'' would help you, Eli!? ''I'' am the third revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen! Because I am ''smarter'' than you! I'm ''older''! I am not a false prophet, you snivelling boy! ''I'' AM THE ''THIIIRD'' REVELATION! ''I-III AM THE THIRD REVELATION!'' I TOLD you I would eat you! I TOLD you I would EAT YOU ''UP!''"
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Eli's last words are used to beg for forgiveness right before Daniel savagely beats him to death with a wooden bowling pin.]]
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* SociopathicHero: Daniel.
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* SociopathicHero: Daniel.Daniel Plainview.
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* AntiHero: Daniel is a NominalHero, though some would argue he's almost a VillainProtagonist.
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* AntiHero: Daniel Plainview is a NominalHero, though some would argue he's almost a VillainProtagonist.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:While this was a sure sign that Plainview had gone off the deep end, its hard to feel bad for the murder of Eli.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:While this was a sure sign that Plainview Daniel had gone off the deep end, its hard to feel bad for the murder of Eli.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Daniel Plainview.
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* {{Irony}}: For all the wealth Daniel gained by the end of the movie, the last scene finds him [[VisualPun sleeping in the gutter]]… of his private bowling alley.
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* AntiHero: Daniel is a NominalHero.
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* AntiHero: Daniel is a NominalHero.NominalHero, though some would argue he's almost a VillainProtagonist.
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* HollywoodAtheist: Daniel is not at all religious and shows nothing but scorn towards Eli and his church. [[spoiler: Right before he humiliates and kills Eli in the film's climax, Daniel forces Eli to denounce God as a superstition.]]
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* LonelyAtTheTop: During the final chapters of the film, Daniel, having amassed a massive fortune through his oil business, lives in a stately mansion with only an elderly servant to meet his needs. Though he has achieved his goal of shutting out the world, it's clear that's he still not happy. [[spoiler: Once he cuts H.W. out of his life, there is no one left in the world that he cares about. He's entirely alone and still miserable.]]
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--> "Did you think that your song and dance and superstition would help you, Eli!? I am the third revelation. I am who the Lord has chosen. I am smarter than you! I'm older! I am not a false prophet, you sniffling boy! I AM THE THIIIRD REVELATION! ''I-III AM THE THIRD REVELATION!'' I told you I would eat you! I told you I would eat you up!"
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--> "Did you think that your song and dance and superstition would help you, Eli!? I am the third revelation. I am who the Lord has chosen. I am smarter than you! I'm older! I am not a false prophet, you sniffling boy! I AM THE THIIIRD REVELATION! ''IIII AM THE THIRD REVELATION!'' I told you I would eat you! I told you I would eat you up!"
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--> "Did you think that your song and dance and superstition would help you, Eli!? I am the third revelation. I am who the Lord has chosen. I am smarter than you! I'm older! I am not a false prophet, you sniffling boy! I AM THE THIIIRD REVELATION! ''IIII ''I-III AM THE THIRD REVELATION!'' I told you I would eat you! I told you I would eat you up!"
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* SadistShow: All characters were mean towards each other.
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* TheHero: The true protagonist is H.W. Plainview.
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* TheAntichrist: Eli is considered a false prophet.
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* DevilInDisguise: Eli is the devil disguise as an angel.
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* {{Expy}}:
** Daniel is Michael because [[spoiler:he killed a false priest disguise as a messenger to God]].
** Eli is the Antichrist due to the tactics of abuse during baptism and cruelty to Daniel.
** Daniel is Michael because [[spoiler:he killed a false priest disguise as a messenger to God]].
** Eli is the Antichrist due to the tactics of abuse during baptism and cruelty to Daniel.
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* NoOSHACompliance: A lot of people get maimed or killed because safety procedures are either ignored, done haphazardly, or not even thought about at all.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Justified by the era. There were few, if any, industrial safety regulations or even standard procedures around the turn of the 20th century. A lot of people get maimed or killed because safety procedures are either ignored, done haphazardly, or not even thought about at all.by preventable accidents.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Those areas have been drilled."]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: The ending scene contains one. [[spoiler:Daniel tells Eli "Those areas have been drilled."]]" In short, he made a fool of Eli and left him with nothing. Shortly after, Daniel kills Eli with a bowling pin, so he just did it to get in one more dig at Eli [[ItAmusedMe for his own personal amusement]].]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Daniel seems to care about his adpotive son, but the terrible manner they part ways in 1927 makes it a subversion.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Daniel seems to care about his adpotive adoptive son, but the terrible manner they part ways in 1927 makes it a subversion.
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* {{Greed}}: Daniel's defining trait.
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* {{Greed}}: Daniel's defining trait. He will stop at absolutely nothing if it means getting more oil and more money.
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* KarmaHoudini: Paul sells out his own family's fortunes for $500, skips town and is never seen again.
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* KarmaHoudini: Paul sells out his own family's fortunes for $500, skips town town, and is never seen again.
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* SelfMadeMan: Daniel is a miner who almost literally pulls himself up by his bootstraps in the beginning after he falls into a pit hole and breaks his leg. He escapes death and becomes a succesful entrepeneur.
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* SelfMadeMan: Daniel is a miner who almost literally pulls himself up by his bootstraps in the beginning after he falls into a pit hole and breaks his leg. He escapes death and becomes a succesful entrepeneur.entrepreneur.
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* ShoutOut: There is something elusive and very Kubrickian about the film that [[http://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/video-essay-2001the-dawn-of-blood-132192/ didn't go unnoticed]]. The wordless openning is very reminiscent of "The Dawn of Man" in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', with oil marking the advance to a complex, new and destructive era, just like the monolith. The SoundtrackDissonance in which classical allegro music follows primal violence is similar to the ending of ''A Clockwork Orange''
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* ShoutOut: There is something elusive and very Kubrickian about the film that [[http://www.indiewire.com/2012/04/video-essay-2001the-dawn-of-blood-132192/ didn't go unnoticed]]. The wordless openning is very reminiscent of "The Dawn of Man" in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', with oil marking the advance to a complex, new and destructive era, just like the monolith. The SoundtrackDissonance in which classical allegro music follows primal violence is similar to the ending of ''A Clockwork Orange''Orange''. "You're just the afterbirth that slithered out on your mother's filth! They should have put you in a glass jar on the mantlepiece" sounds almost verbatim like an insult out of [[Film/FullMetalJacket Sgt. Hartman's]] mouth.
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* SelfMadeMan: Daniel is a miner who almost literally pulls himself up by his bootstraps in the beginning when after falling into a pit hole, breaking his leg. He escapes death and becomes a succesfull entrepeneur.
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* SelfMadeMan: Daniel is a miner who almost literally pulls himself up by his bootstraps in the beginning when after falling he falls into a pit hole, breaking hole and breaks his leg. He escapes death and becomes a succesfull succesful entrepeneur.
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* SelfMadeMan: Daniel is a miner who almost literally pulls himself up by his bootstraps in the beginning when after falling into a pit hole, breaking his leg. He escapes death and becomes a succesfull entrepeneur.
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his real father, the other miner is not even mentioned
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* IHaveNoSon: "Justified". In the second-to-last scene, Daniel reveals to H.W that was the son of the worker that died down Daniel's his well at the beginning, and claims to have adopted him just because he needed a pretty face to help him make business deals.
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* IHaveNoSon: "Justified". In the second-to-last scene, Daniel reveals to H.W that he was the son of the worker that died down Daniel's his well at the beginning, an orphan and claims to have adopted him just because he Daniel needed a pretty face to help him make making business deals.
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* TheCaligula: Daniel.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Daniel seems to care about his adpotive son, but the terrible manner they part ways in 1927 makes it a subversion.
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The guy didn't, it's the sound of a command that sets Daniel off, not really about family
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* BerserkButton: Don't ever tell Daniel how to run his family. ''Ever''.
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* BerserkButton: Don't ever tell Daniel how to run turn away from a business to take care of his family. ''Ever''.
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-->'''Daniel:''' One night I'm going to come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm going to cut your throat."
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-->'''Daniel:''' One night I'm going to come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm going to cut your throat.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happens to Plainview's number two Fletcher Hamilton after the final time skip.
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