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* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: While Jackie is a SerialKiller who kills her wives in order to collect the insurance money it's implied he also did it for the pleasure. This smees to be confirmed when Jules ask her how much her first wife was worth. She responds that she was "priceless."]]
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* DisguisedHorrorStory: While early on it's made clear that there's ''something'' Jackie is hiding, [[spoiler:it still comes as a total shock when she throws Jules off a cliff and gradually reveals herself to be a psychopath.]]



* SurpriseCreepy: While early on it's made clear that there's ''something'' Jackie is hiding, [[spoiler:it still comes as a total shock when she throws Jules off a cliff and gradually reveals herself to be a psychopath.]]
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* KillEmAll: There are only four characters in the cast. [[spoiler:And all of them are dead or dying by the end.]]
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* KnifeNut: Despite being more than competent with firearms, Jackie's hunting knife seems to be her go-to weapon in just about any situation.
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* TitleDrop: When Jackie explains her father's philosophy for hunting: "You only kill what keeps you alive." i.e., Be sure to utilize what you kill. [[spoiler:Which Jackie then goes on to do: marrying women, then killing them to collect the insurance money.]]

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* TitleDrop: When Jackie explains her father's philosophy for hunting: "You only kill what keeps you alive." i.e., Be be sure to utilize what you kill. [[spoiler:Which Jackie then goes on to do: marrying women, then killing them to collect the insurance money.]]

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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Right before the screen cuts to black Jules lets out a gasp from off camera that indicates that she is still alive. But she now has even more severe injuries on top of all the previous ones she sustained earlier in the film and she's still miles away from civilization.]]
** [[spoiler: Possibly downplayed. Jackie was seen calling the police, giving an exact address, and then an indeterminate amount of time passes until she dies in the woods from a stroke. If the police are able to find the scene fast enough, Jules may have a decent chance.]]

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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Right before the screen cuts to black Jules lets out a gasp from off camera that indicates that she is still alive. But she now has even more severe injuries on top of all the previous ones she sustained earlier in the film and she's still miles away from civilization.]]
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It's possibly downplayed. Jackie was seen calling the police, giving an exact address, and then an indeterminate amount of time passes until she dies in the woods from a stroke. If the police are able to find the scene fast enough, Jules may have a decent chance.]]



* ChekhovsArmoury: This film has the oldest type of [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] there is: an actual gun displayed above a mantlepiece. But there's also [[spoiler:Jules 's laptop, Jackie's insulin, the locket, Jackie's knife, and the tranquilizer darts.]]

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* ChekhovsArmoury: This film has the oldest type of [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] there is: an actual gun displayed above a mantlepiece. But there's also [[spoiler:Jules 's [[spoiler:Jules' laptop, Jackie's insulin, the locket, Jackie's knife, and the tranquilizer darts.]]
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The music is not Figlio Perduto, which is a modern song adapted from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony; it is Beethoven’s 7th itself. The Figlio Perduto lyrics, written two hundred years later, have nothing to do with Beethoven’s piece.


* GeniusBonus: ''Figlio Perduto'', which plays while [[spoiler: Jackie runs through the woods while slowly dying,]] is about [[spoiler:a father racing against time to bring his dying son through the woods. He doesn't make it. Nor does she.]]
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** [[spoiler: Possibly downplayed. Jackie was seen calling the police, giving an exact address, and then an indeterminate amount of time passes until she dies in the woods from a stroke. If the police are able to find the scene fast enough, Jules may have a decent chance.]]
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* FailedASpotCheck: When Jackie is looking for someone she has a very bad habit of just not turning her head far enough to be able to see them when they are peaking out at her just a few feet away.

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* FailedASpotCheck: When Jackie is looking for someone she has a very bad habit of just not turning her head far enough to be able to see them when they are peaking peeking out at her just a few feet away.


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* GeniusBonus: ''Figlio Perduto'', which plays while [[spoiler: Jackie runs through the woods while slowly dying,]] is about [[spoiler:a father racing against time to bring his dying son through the woods. He doesn't make it. Nor does she.]]
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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: In a {{downplayed}} example, Jules is masculine in her style, with short hair and men's tops. Jackie on the other hand wears her long hair and has slightly more feminine clothing. However, aside from that they don't fall into this very heavily.

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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: In a {{downplayed}} example, Jules is masculine in her style, with short hair and men's tops. Jackie on the other hand wears her hair long hair and has slightly more feminine clothing. However, aside from that they don't fall into this very heavily.
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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Jackie, again. She attempts to murder Jules, and murdered her previous wives already. Later she also casually murders Daniel and Sarah.]]

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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Jackie, again.[[spoiler:Jackie is one. She attempts to murder Jules, and murdered her previous wives already. Later she also casually murders Daniel and Sarah.]]
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* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Jackie is red-haired a ruthless, homicidal sociopath.]]

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* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Jackie is red-haired and a ruthless, homicidal sociopath.]]

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* BoyishShortHair: Jules has very short hair, in keeping with her masculine clothing style.

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* BoyishShortHair: Jules has very short hair, in keeping with her masculine clothing style. She's a lesbian, then revealed as an {{action girl}} too.


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* CrocodileTears: [[spoiler:Jackie]] cries while denying she killed her friend Jenny... right before pushing [[spoiler:Jules off a cliff.]] She is clearly skilled at faking them, along with other emotions.


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* LesbianJock: Jules tells Jackie, her wife, that she played baseball, in fact being the only girl there on her team.


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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: In a {{downplayed}} example, Jules is masculine in her style, with short hair and men's tops. Jackie on the other hand wears her long hair and has slightly more feminine clothing. However, aside from that they don't fall into this very heavily.


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* VirtueIsWeakness: [[spoiler:Jackie]] tells [[spoiler:Jules]] that her conscience and emotions only make her weak.
* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:Jules]] asks [[spoiler:Jackie]] if she ever loved her. [[spoiler:Jackie]] replies that no, it was all just a ploy to marry and then kill her for insurance money.

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