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ActorAllusion: Mackenzie Davis who plays Tully also stars in the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" where she plays a younger "version" of herself.

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* ActorAllusion: Mackenzie Davis who plays Tully also stars in the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" where she plays a younger "version" of herself.


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** According to Charlize Theron, writer Diablo Cody pitched the movie to director Jason Reitman by saying [[spoiler: "What if you were going through something really hard in your life, and your younger self could come rescue you?"]].
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** Early in the film Marlo compares hiring a nanny to Lifetime movies that end in the mother walking around with a cane after a violent climax. [[spoiler: That's exactly what happens to Marlo at the end of the movie]].
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ActorAllusion: Mackenzie Davis who plays Tully also stars in the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" where she plays a younger "version" of herself.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tully mentions to Marlo that she's not as young as she looks.

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Tully mentions to Marlo that she's not as young as she looks. looks.
** [[spoiler: A big clue that Marlo is the same person as Tully begins at dinner, when Marlo uses an "evil" voice to joke about murdering the chicken while swallowing a big spoonful of mashed potato. The scene changes to that night as she's bending over to care for the baby, when Tully comes in and goes to the refrigerator, where she uses an "evil" voice to joke about ruling the world while swallowing a big spoonful of mashed potato. Tully goes to the cot and bends over to care for the baby, as Marlo goes out in just the same way that Tully came in.]]
** Marlo's reunion with her former roommate Violet has some strong lingering glances between them. Later, Marlo drunkenly admits to Tully that she was in love with Violet years ago.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"What's her maiden name?" “Tully.”]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: During the scene where Marlo is in the hospital her husband Drew is answering questions for the receptionist. He was asked what Marlo's maiden name is and he answers "Tully"]]. [[spoiler:"What's her maiden name?" “Tully.”]]
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* MustHaveCaffeine: Marlo still drinks a decaf skim latte despite other cafe patrons concern about her being heavily pregnant.

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* AllergicToRoutine: Jonah throws a fit if his mother does things differently, like park in a different lot at school.


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* CreatureOfHabit: Jonah throws a fit if his mother does things differently, like park in a different crowded lot at school.
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* AllergicToRoutine: Jonah throws a fit if his mother does things differently, like park in a different lot at school.


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* GenderBlenderName: Marlo.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While not explicitly named, Jonah's mannerisms, such as constant stimming and sensitivity to sound, heavily imply that he has Autism. Also possibly [[spoiler: Marlo, given TheReveal that she vividly hallucinated Tully as a coping method due to her extreme exhaustion and stress]].

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While not explicitly named, Jonah's mannerisms, such as constant stimming and sensitivity to sound, heavily imply that he has Autism. Also possibly [[spoiler: Marlo, given TheReveal that she vividly hallucinated Tully as a coping method due to her extreme exhaustion and stress]].
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''Tully'' is a 2018 dramedy and the third collaboration between director Creator/JasonReitman and writer Creator/DiabloCody. It stars Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/MackenzieDavis, Ron Livingston, and Mark Duplass.

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''Tully'' is a 2018 dramedy and the third collaboration between director Creator/JasonReitman and writer Creator/DiabloCody. It stars Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/MackenzieDavis, Ron Livingston, Creator/RonLivingston, and Mark Duplass.
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''Tully'' is a 2018 dramedy and the third collaboration between director Creator/JasonReitman and writer Creator/DiabloCody. It stars Creator/CharlizeTheron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, and Mark Duplass.

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''Tully'' is a 2018 dramedy and the third collaboration between director Creator/JasonReitman and writer Creator/DiabloCody. It stars Creator/CharlizeTheron, Mackenzie Davis, Creator/MackenzieDavis, Ron Livingston, and Mark Duplass.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Tully becomes a sort of platonic version of this for Marlo. [[spoiler: As she is essentially an idealized version of Marlo from when she was 26, this makes an odd sort of sense.]]
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* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Tully is really Marlo's maiden name.]]


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* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:Most scenes with Tully contain hints that she is not real. For example: she has very little interaction with any other character other than Marlo, we never see her actually be contacted or hired, and she often just barges into Marlo's home and never washes her hands, not even when handling the baby.]]
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* TripleShifter: Deconstructed. Marlo is TheInsomniac and it starts to affect her sanity, which becomes a vicious cycle when she [[spoiler:develops a split personality as her own night nanny, and seemingly hardly ever sleeps. Gets to the point that she falls asleep at the wheel and crashes her car.]]
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* AThreesomeIsHot: ZigZagged. Drew requires ''very'' little convincing to have sex with the younger nanny he's never met while his wife watches. [[spoiler:His quick acceptance of this too-good-to-be-true scenario makes sense when we find out it was just him and Marlo.]]
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* ShoutOut: Marlo asks Tully what she's been doing, and she responds [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Same thing I do every night...try to take over the world!"]]

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* ShoutOut: Marlo asks Tully what she's been doing, and she responds [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Same thing I do every night... try to take over the world!"]]
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* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:Tully turns out to be nothing but a product of Marlo's imagination.]]

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* Foreshadowing: Tully mentions to Marlo that she's not as young as she looks.

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"What's her single name?"]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"What's her single name?"]]maiden name?" “Tully.”]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:What's [[spoiler:"What's her single name?]]name?"]]
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* ShoutOut: Marlo asks Tully what she's been doing, and she responds [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Same thing I do every night...try to take over the world!"]]

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* ShoutOut: Marlo asks Tully what she's been doing, and she responds [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Same thing I do every night...try to take over the world!"]]world!"]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:What's her single name?]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} See how the mother half lives]].]]

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Marlo is in a stable marriage with Drew, but while drunk she mention having been "in love with" her former roommate Violet.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tully never existed. She was a product of Marlo's sleep deprivation and exhaustion, and everything we saw them doing was just Marlo acting alone.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tully never existed. She was a product of Marlo's sleep deprivation and exhaustion, specifically a projection of her own younger self, and everything we saw them doing was just Marlo acting alone.]]
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* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: Marlo has a daughter, Sarah, a son, Jonah, and another baby on the way, who turns out to be a girl named Mia.

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* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Marlo has a daughter, Sarah, a son, Jonah, and another baby on the way, who turns out to be a girl named Mia.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While not explicitly named, Jonah's mannerisms such as constant stimming and sensitivity to sound heavily imply that he has Autism.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While not explicitly named, Jonah's mannerisms mannerisms, such as constant stimming and sensitivity to sound sound, heavily imply that he has Autism.Autism. Also possibly [[spoiler: Marlo, given TheReveal that she vividly hallucinated Tully as a coping method due to her extreme exhaustion and stress]].


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* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: Marlo has a daughter, Sarah, a son, Jonah, and another baby on the way, who turns out to be a girl named Mia.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tully never existed. She was a product of Marlo's sleep deprivation and exhaustion, and everything we saw them doing was just Marlo acting alone.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tully never existed. She was a product of Marlo's sleep deprivation and exhaustion, and everything we saw them doing was just Marlo acting alone.]]]]
* ShoutOut: Marlo asks Tully what she's been doing, and she responds [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Same thing I do every night...try to take over the world!"]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While not explicitly named, Jonah's mannerisms such as constant stimming and sensitivity to sound heavily imply that he has Autism.
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''Tully'' is a 2018 dramedy and the third collaboration between director Creator/JasonReitman and writer Creator/DiabloCody. It stars Creator/CharlizeTheron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, and Mark Duplass.

Marlo (Theron) just had her third child and is overwhelmed with taking care of the baby, as well as her two older kids. Her brother Craig (Duplass) offers a solution: a night nanny that he would pay for himself. Enter Tully (Davis), who is there to "take care" of Marlo and her kids.

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* BookEnds: The film opens with Marlo brushing Jonah's skin as a means to soothe him, and at the end of the film, she goes to do so again, but Jonah decides he doesn't need to be brushed.
* CasualKink: Marlo finds out Drew has something of a fetish for the waitress outfits of the 50's/60's.
* ClusterFBomb: Marlo lets a few loose when speaking to the principal of Sarah and Jonah's school since Marlo thinks they are singling Jonah out because of his autism.
* ReallyGetsAround: Tully mentions to Marlo that her roommate is upset that she brings lots of guys home.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tully never existed. She was a product of Marlo's sleep deprivation and exhaustion, and everything we saw them doing was just Marlo acting alone.]]

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