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* FakeMemories: People can buy, fake memories of vacations or exciting adventures as a cheaper alternative to real experiences. Problems arise when memories of being a spy turn out to be real for the protagonist... or were they?

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* FakeMemories: People can buy, buy fake memories of vacations or exciting adventures as a cheaper alternative to real experiences. Problems arise when memories of being a spy turn out to be real for the protagonist... or were they?

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* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with [[OnlyOneName Shirley]], the Rekall receptionist, who goes around [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl casually topless]], her [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed breasts]] covered only with BodyPaint.

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* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with [[OnlyOneName Shirley]], PosthumousCharacter: The unnamed politician on Mars targeted for assassination by Quail has been dead before the Rekall receptionist, who goes around [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl casually topless]], her [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed breasts]] covered only with BodyPaint.story began.


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* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:The aliens that promised Quail that they will spare earth as long as he lives? They turned out to actually exist]].
* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with [[OnlyOneName Shirley]], the Rekall receptionist, who goes around [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl casually topless]], her [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed breasts]] covered only with BodyPaint.
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* TemptingFate: An Interplan official sneers at Quail's narcissistic fantasy where he saved the world as a child. Turns out it's real.

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* TemptingFate: An Interplan official sneers at Quail's narcissistic fantasy where [[spoiler:where he saved the world as a child. Turns out it's real.]]

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* GoingByTheMatchbook: Rekall customers are also given items like ticket stubs and souvenirs that match the false memories they've bought, including in this case the requisite matchbooks from bars on Mars.




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* ReadingYourRights: An Interplan policeman tells Quail there's a bug in his head that's monitoring his thoughts. "So I have to warn you; anything you think may be held against you."
* TemptingFate: An Interplan official sneers at Quail's narcissistic fantasy where he saved the world as a child. Turns out it's real.

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There's more talk of the topless secretary here than in the actual story.


* BodyPaint: Shirley, the bare-breasted receptionist of Rekall, has a habit of coloring her chest in different colors.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: The tidy and articulated receptionist Shirley has ample melon-like breasts and has no issue working her job topless.



* GivenNameReveal: Up until she was ordered to give Douglas Quail a refund, Shirley, the topless receptionist, was never referred to by name.



* MsFanservice: Shirley the receptionist is a blonde and decently articulated woman who showcases her bare and ample breasts that bob around at work.
* NakedFirstImpression: Douglas's first meeting with Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is seeing that she dresses topless at work and remains topless for the rest of the story.
* NakedOnArrival: Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is introduced topless and continues to remain topless for the rest of the book.
* OnlyOneName: While we learn the given name of the topless receptionist is Shirley, we never learn what her last name was.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At the end, Shirley apologizes to Quail for how badly everything turned out to be and assures him things will go better this time.
* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, who goes around working her job while showing off her well-endowed and topless body.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works with her exposed breasts on full display.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body.

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* MsFanservice: Shirley the receptionist is a blonde and decently articulated woman who showcases her bare and ample breasts that bob around at work.
* NakedFirstImpression: Douglas's first meeting with Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is seeing that she dresses topless at work and remains topless for the rest of the story.
* NakedOnArrival: Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is introduced topless and continues to remain topless for the rest of the book.
* OnlyOneName: While we learn the given name of the topless receptionist is Shirley, we never learn what her last name was.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At the end, Shirley apologizes to Quail for how badly everything turned out to be and assures him things will go better this time.
* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with Shirley, [[OnlyOneName Shirley]], the Rekall receptionist, who goes around working [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl casually topless]], her job while showing off her [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed and topless body.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works
breasts]] covered only with her exposed breasts on full display.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body.
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"We Can Rember It for you Wholesale" is a short novel written by Creator/PhilipKDick and published during April 1966 in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

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->''He awoke--and wanted Mars.''

"We Can Rember Remember It for you Wholesale" is a short novel written by Creator/PhilipKDick and published during April 1966 in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?
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* ShamelessFanServiceGirl: The receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works with her exposed breasts on full display.

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* ShamelessFanServiceGirl: ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works with her exposed breasts on full display.
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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Creator/PhilipKDick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

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'''We "We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' Wholesale" is a short novel written by Creator/PhilipKDick and published during April 1966 in The ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.Fiction''. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Philip K. Dick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Philip K. Dick Creator/PhilipKDick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?
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* OnlyOneName: While we learn the given name of the topless receptionist is Shirley, we never learn what her last name was.
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* CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces: The Rekall receptionist Shirley is described on how shapely her bare bust is in every scene she appears in.
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* CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces: The Rekall receptionist Shirley is described on how shapely her bare bust is in every scene she appears in.


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* NakedOnArrival: Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is introduced topless and continues to remain topless for the rest of the book.
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* NakedFirstImpression: Douglas's first meeting with Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, is seeing that she dresses topless at work and remains topless for the rest of the story.
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* GivenNameReveal: Up until she was ordered to give Douglas Quail a refund, Shirley, the topless receptionist, was never referred to by name.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At the end, Shirley apologizes to Quail for how badly everything turned out to be and assures him things will go better this time.
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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Philip K. Dick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It shouwcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Philip K. Dick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It shouwcased showcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?



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* SexySecretary: Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, goes around working her job while showing off her well-endowed and topless body.

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* SexySecretary: Exaggerated with Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, who goes around working her job while showing off her well-endowed and topless body.



* WalkingShirtlessScene: A female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: A female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body.body.

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'''We Can Rember It for you Wholesale''' is a short novel written by Philip K. Dick and published during April 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It shouwcased real and false memories along with reality being molded together. The book was notable for having been adapted into [[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total]] Recall [[Film/TotalRecall2012 twice]]. Or was it [[Series/TotalRecall2070 thrice]]?

* BodyPaint: Shirley, the bare-breasted receptionist of Rekall, has a habit of coloring her chest in different colors.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: The tidy and articulated receptionist Shirley has ample melon-like breasts and has no issue working her job topless.
* DemotedMemories: The protagonist's vivid fantasies of being a secret agent on Mars lead him to request that Fake Memories of same be implanted by a company that does this as a sort of virtual vacation. Except that the fantasy turns out to have been actual memories due to an incomplete mind wipe. [[spoiler:Then the company tries layering over the now returned memories with an even more grandiose childhood fantasy he had about saving the world from alien invasion with compassion. Turns out that really happened too]].
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: While the [[MemoryGambit agent in question was completely unaware of his status]], unraveling the layers of this drives the plot.
* FakeMemories: People can buy, fake memories of vacations or exciting adventures as a cheaper alternative to real experiences. Problems arise when memories of being a spy turn out to be real for the protagonist... or were they?
* MaleGaze: In every scene Shirley, the topless Rekall receptionist, appears in, the narrator describes how shapely her breasts are.
* MsFanservice: Shirley the receptionist is a blonde and decently articulated woman who showcases her bare and ample breasts that bob around at work.
* SexySecretary: Shirley, the Rekall receptionist, goes around working her job while showing off her well-endowed and topless body.
* ShamelessFanServiceGirl: The receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works with her exposed breasts on full display.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: A female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body.

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