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* DisposableDecoyDoppelganger: One of the gadgets Quaid gets equipped with once he's on the run is a wrist-mounted device that lets him project a hologram of himself. [[ChekhovsGun Later in the film]], Quaid gets seemingly gunned down by an ambush of Cohaagen's men, only for them to discover it's a hologram -- cue the real Quaid [[LookBehindYou blasting them all from the flank]]. Moments later when another group of guards come in, they come across Quaid laughing out in the open with his gun...
-->'''Quaid:''' You think this is the real Quaid? ''([[ItOnlyWorksOnce the guards look around]])'' [[SubvertedTrope It is!]] ''(guns the guards down)''


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* DisposableDecoyDoppelganger: One of the gadgets Quaid gets equipped with once he's on the run is a wrist-mounted device that lets him project a hologram of himself. [[ChekhovsGun Later in the film]], Quaid gets seemingly gunned down by an ambush of Cohaagen's men, only for them to discover it's a hologram -- cue the real Quaid [[LookBehindYou blasting them all from the flank]]. Moments later when another group of guards come in, they come across Quaid laughing out in the open with his gun...
-->'''Quaid:''' You think this is the real Quaid? ''([[ItOnlyWorksOnce the guards look around]])'' [[SubvertedTrope It is!]] ''(guns the guards down)''
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* DisposableDecoyDoppelganger: One of the gadgets Quaid gets equipped with once he's on the run is a wrist-mounted device that lets him project a hologram of himself. [[ChekhovsGun Later in the film]], Quaid gets seemingly gunned down by an ambush of Cohaagen's men, only for them to discover it's a hologram -- cue the real Quaid [[LookBehindYou blasting them all from the flank]]. Moments later when another group of guards come in, they come across Quaid laughing out in the open with his gun...
-->'''Quaid:''' You think this is the real Quaid? ''([[ItOnlyWorksOnce the guards look around]])'' [[SubvertedTrope It is!]] ''(guns the guards down)''

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** "10 GET YOUR ASS TO MARS, 20 GOTO 10"

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** "10 GET YOUR ASS TO MARS, 20 GOTO 10""Get your ass to Mars." ***BUZZZZ*** "Get your ass to Mars." ***BUZZZZ*** "Get your ass to Mars."



* ClusterFBomb: [[StealthPun Technically]], the looping "'''Get your ass to Mars'''" may count.
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* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: The recording of Haauser gets stuck repeating the infamous words "Get your ass to Mars" after the laptop it's on gets shot during the brief second attack on Douglas Quaid. Later, Quaid's animatronic disguise gets stuck saying "two weeks" whenever he tries to talk, blowing his cover.

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* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: The recording of Haauser Hauser gets stuck repeating the infamous words "Get your ass to Mars" after the laptop it's on gets shot during the brief second attack on Douglas Quaid. Later, Quaid's animatronic disguise gets stuck saying "two weeks" whenever he tries to talk, blowing his cover.

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The viewer is constantly challenged to decide if Quaid's experiences are real or all just a result of his "ego trip." ([[RuleOfThree Or are they?]]) The film is also well known for its special effects and over-the-top gore, like some other notable Verhoeven films. Highlights include tons of [[CoolGun cool guns]], [[MultiBoobage three-breasted mutants]], and a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bizarre]] NES tie-in game.

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The viewer is constantly challenged to decide if Quaid's experiences are real or all just a result of his "ego trip." ([[RuleOfThree Or are they?]]) The film is also well known for its special effects and over-the-top gore, like some other notable Verhoeven films. Highlights include tons of [[CoolGun cool guns]], guns, [[MultiBoobage three-breasted mutants]], and a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bizarre]] NES tie-in game.



* CoolGuns: Look for street sweepers whenever [[TheDragon Richter]] is really pissed off. Also the cool magazine-on-the-back Calico weapons.
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* GirlinessUpdate: Cohaagen has Melina strapped to the memory implant machine to convert her into a loving and obedient Stepford wife for Hauser, a process he says will take about 5 minutes. Quaid rescues her and she mocks the idea it had any effect on her although she was under its influence for over a minute...

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* GirlinessUpdate: GirlinessUpgrade: Cohaagen has Melina strapped to the memory implant machine to convert her into a loving and obedient Stepford wife for Hauser, a process he says will take about 5 minutes. Quaid rescues her and she mocks the idea it had any effect on her although she was under its influence for over a minute...
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* GirlinessUpdate: Cohaagen has Melina strapped to the memory implant machine to convert her into a loving and obedient Stepford wife for Hauser, a process he says will take about 5 minutes. Quaid rescues her and she mocks the idea it had any effect on her although she was under its' influence for over a minute...

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* GirlinessUpdate: Cohaagen has Melina strapped to the memory implant machine to convert her into a loving and obedient Stepford wife for Hauser, a process he says will take about 5 minutes. Quaid rescues her and she mocks the idea it had any effect on her although she was under its' its influence for over a minute...

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