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* When John tells Cecilia over the phone that he was referred to her by Henry Kessler, Cecilia smiles and says "Henry, he's doing well, I'm so pleased." John would have thought that Cecilia was referring to Henry's health as her patient, when she probably actually meant that Henry is doing very well as a scout consistently sending her high-value targets.

* John bonds with Carlos by fixing the latter’s bike; the tricycle Billy uses is revealed in the fourth film to be John’s own tricycle (or replicas, considering the Billy puppets he burns through).

** Brain Surgery Trap: Brain surgery, obviously.
** Radiation Therapy Trap: Chemotherapy.

** Burning Gas Chamber Trap: Anesthesia.

* Given who the victims are and the nature of their traps (surgically removing pipe bombs, performing self-craniotomy, escaping the radiation of an x-ray machine), it's highly likely that Dr. Gordon was heavily involved in conceptualizing and designing them. It can't be a surprise, given his profession -- he wouldn't tolerate medical malpractice.

* Cecilia volunteers to do the equivalent of Amanda's test in the first movie, not for a guaranteed freedom from her trap, but for the mere opportunity to send out a phonecall. Cecilia does so with less dignity for the corpse and no trauma at all, immediate or lingering.

** Cecilia ends up forces John and Carlos into the trap, while she and Parker go to the control room to get their money. After taking out what she assumed to be her money (really a decoy bag filled with copies of bank statements detailing her fraud), she activates a trap that fills the room with poisonous gas that'll kill her unless she's able fight Parker to the death over the only ventilation hole in the room. She wins thorough sear ruthlessness by mortally wounding Parker with the piece of metal she'd been using as a knife, but she's still stuck in the room; the gas had started to affect her and even though her head is out of the room, her demise has only been momentarily postponed.
** Cecilia's true test was the Bloodboarding Trap: by refusing to play John's game, alongside senselessly killing Gabriela (who had survived her trap and ''earned'' her right to live in John and Amanda's eyes) and forcing Carlos, an innocent boy, to get tortured and potentially killed by the trap ''she'' was supposed to escape all out of pure evil, Cecilia throws away her chance at redemption and her fails her test, so she is punished with a partially inescapable trap that will leave her to die a slow painful death.

* John's hypocrisy is further uncovered when you think a bit more about Gabriela's fate. He and Amanda lured Parker into the game, and then John took special care to remove the gunpowder from each of the bullets in Parker's gun (so that the weapon would have the same weight as a ready-to-fire one, but would be harmless). They allowed Parker and Cecilia to retrieve the gun and capture them so that they would be fooled into thinking they had turned the tables to their advantage. Cecilia then proceeds to break Gabriela's neck with her foot. Gabriela would have lived longer (but the burns didn't exactly help her long-term prospects, see the Headscratchers page for more on that) if John and Amanda had not allowed for this to happen. But it did happen, because the killers put the continuing push of the game and getting one up on Cecilia and Parker over their ostensible sense of fair play to protect and offer medical assistance to the trap participants after winning their tests (which many viewers believe helps to ''humanise'' the Jigsaw team in this film).

* Cecilia's name is a female version of "Cecil"; [[Film/SawIV Cecil Adams was the name of the drug addict who killed Gideon and was the first person tested by John]]. Both people are catalysts of John's arc; Cecil's actions kickstarted John's StartOfDarkness, while Cecilia's betrayal by conning John prevents him from considering to end his crusade.

* Cecilia's name is a female version of "Cecil"; Cecil Adams was the name of the drug addict who killed Gideon and was the first person tested by John. Both people are catalysts of John's arc; Cecil's actions kickstarted John's StartOfDarkness, while Cecilia's betrayal by conning John prevents him from considering to end his crusade.

* Ever since it was first shown in promos, the Eye Vacuum Trap has garnered some criticism for seeming like an under-baked idea compared to most other traps in the franchise. In the film proper, it's revealed that the trap's scene is an ImagineSpot that John has when he sees a custodian stealing from a patient. In other words, it's literally an underdeveloped idea that just popped in John's head.

* The easiest way to tell that the Bloodboard Trap is a dupe? There's no tape accompanying it.
** John actually thought even further ahead for the Bloodboard Trap than it seems. The tape accompanying the Gas Chamber trap that acts as Cecelia and Parker's ''actual'' test notably doesn't contain anything pertaining to the [[DeadlyGas killing mechanism]] of the trap itself, only telling the two of them that they'd need to fight each other to determine the sole survivor. Both the Bloodboard Trap and the Gas Chamber Trap are competition traps where only one participant survives, meaning the tape could be used for ''either'' of them.

* Cecilia's fate at the end: sit and wait hopelessly for death to come. The exact fate she left her cancer-ridden scam victims with. On top of that, John punished her in the same way she scammed him. Cecilia baited him with hope, only for her to snatch it away. John tricked her and Parker into activating the final trap and while Cecelia emerged victorious, it was ultimately a PyrrhicVictory because while she survived, she can't get out of the trap.

* Cecilia's fate at the end: sit and wait hopelessly for death to come. The exact fate she left her cancer-ridden scam victims with.
%% ** On top of that, John punished her in the same why she scammed him. Cecilia baited him with hope, only for her to snatch it away. John tricked her and Parker into activating the final trap and while Cecelia emerged victorious, it was ultimately a PyrrhicVictory because while she survived, she can't get out of the trap
%% cecila = cecil catalyst ceceila should've played hope on a stick

** Pipe Bomb Trap - Cancer surgery, with Diego having to remove the pipe bombs or “cancer” from his body.
** Bone Marrow Trap - Amputation and bone marrow transplantation.
** Brain Surgery Trap - Brain surgery, obviously.
** Radiation Therapy Trap - Chemotherapy.
** Bloodboarding Trap - Blood transfusion.
** Burning Gas Chamber Trap - Anesthesia.

* The traps that John sets up for the [[BackAlleyDoctor Back-Alley Doctors]] are all related to medical practices:
** Pipe Bomb Trap - Represents cancer surgery, with Diego having to remove the pipe bombs or “cancer” from his body.
** Bone Marrow Trap - Represents amputation and bone marrow transplantation.
** Brain Surgery Trap - Represents brain surgery, obviously.
** Radiation Therapy Trap - Represents chemotherapy.
** Bloodboarding Trap - Represents blood transfusion.
** Burning Gas Chamber Trap - Represents anesthesia.

** Bone Marrow Trap - Represents amputation and bone marrow transplant.

** Bone Marrow Trap - Represents amputation and bone marrow transplants.

** An additional related bit of brilliance is the fact that Cecilia volunteers to do the equivalent of Amanda's test, not for a guaranteed freedom from her trap, but for the mere opportunity to send out a phonecall. Cecilia does so with less dignity for the corpse and no trauma at all, immediate or lingering.

* Gabriella's death is most likely what inspired John to let Amanda oversee the events in the [[Film/SawII Nerve Gas House]]. As explained in the house's pre-game flashback from ''Film/SawV'':

** An additional bit of brilliance involves the fact that Cecilia volunteers to do the equivalent of Amanda's test - not for a guaranteed freedom from her trap - but for the mere opportunity to send out a phonecall. Cecilia does this with less dignity for the corpse and does so without any trauma, immediate or lingering.

** John does what he does because, in his own twisted way, he thinks he's genuinely helping people; he is, however, widely considered a monster, both in and out of universe. Cecilia does what she does out of self-serving greed, but her patients see her as a saint-- one woman even calls her an angel.

* There's a big parallel between John and Cecilia. Both of them play on peoples' hope and desire to live, but manage to be inverted in just about every other aspect.

** John does what he does because, in his own twisted way, he thinks he's genuinely helping people. Cecilia does what she does for money.

* There's a parallel between John and Cecilia. Both of them play on peoples' hope and desire to live, but manage to be inverted in just about every other aspect.

* Cecilia and Parker briefly wonder why the Bloodboard Trap was set up for two people when it was only going to be used on Cecilia. This is roughly FiveSecondForeshadowing about John knowing Parker would show up - ''he'' would have been Cecilia's opponent, most likely if he had complied with the "no guns" rule and followed along with John, thus giving him a genuine chance to live.

** Cecilia finds people who are dying and lures them with hope for life. John finds people who are relatively healthy and frightens them with the threat of death.
** Cecilia does what she does for money. John does what he does because, in his own twisted way, he thinks he's genuinely helping people.
** Cecilia waits for people to come to her. John finds people himself and takes them by force.
** Cecilia sees her cohorts as expendable labor that she has to split money with. John sees his cohorts as family.