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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement replacement]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a SpiritualSuccessor to [[FollowTheLeader replacement of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Autofac", an automated factory keeps functioning and polluting the environment even after the [[LuddWasRight consumerist society that build it has collapsed]]. The episode has another example of the trope when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the androids it created to replace human consumers have developed independent thought and genuine human feelings.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Autofac", an automated factory keeps functioning and polluting the environment even after the [[LuddWasRight consumerist society that build built it has collapsed]]. The episode has another example of the trope when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the androids it created to replace human consumers have developed independent thought and genuine human feelings.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Autofac", an automated factory keeps functioning and polluting the environment even after the [[LuddWasRight consumerist society that build it has collapsed]]. The episode has another example of the trope when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the androids it created to replace human consumers have developed independent thought and genuine human feelings.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Autofac", an automated factory keeps functioning and polluting the environment even after the [[LuddWasRight consumerist society that build it has collapsed]]. The episode has another example of the trope when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the androids created to replace human consumers have developed independent thought and genuine human feelings.]]
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* HumanityIsInfectious: [[spoiler: The final twist in "Autofac".]]
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* CrapsackOnlyByComparison: "Real Life" presents two worlds: a brighter far future with flying cars, and a near-future that is pretty much like our reality.
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* IChooseToStay: In "Real Life", we get a rare DownerEnding variant of this Trope. [[spoiler: The protagonist chooses to stay in the worse of two lives, because she thinks it is the real one. Turns out, the happier, futuristic life she rejected was the real one.]]
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* IChooseToStay: In "Real Life", we get a rare DownerEnding variant of this Trope. [[spoiler: The protagonist chooses to stay in the worse of two lives, because she thinks it is the real one. Turns out, the happier, futuristic life she rejected was the real one.]]
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* IChooseToStay: In "Real Life", we get a rare DownerEnding variant of this Trope. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: The protagonist chooses to stay in the worse of two lives, because she thinks it is the real one. Turns out, the happier, futuristic life she rejected was the real one.]]
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* GenderBender: The lesbian policewoman in "Real Life" becomes a [[ColorMeBlack straight black man]] when she takes a virtual vacation. Or maybe it's the [[MindScrew straight black man that becomes the lesbian policewoman]].
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* GreenAesop: The automated factory in "Autofac" keeps churning out products and wrecking the environment even as humanity has been all but destroyed by an apocalyptic war.
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* GreenAesop: The automated factory in "Autofac" keeps churning out products and wrecking the environment even as after humanity has been all but destroyed by an apocalyptic war.
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* GreenAesop: The automated factory in "Autofac" keeps churning out products and wrecking the environment even as humanity has been all but destroyed by an apocalyptic war.
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious be human in all the ways it counts]].]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious be human in all the ways it counts]].that count]].]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious still be human in the ways it counts]].]].
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious still be human in all the ways it counts]].]].]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: "Real Life" is one to BlackMirrorSanJunipero. In it, [[spoiler:a lesbian policewoman in a happy relationship gets trapped in an unhappy virtual world where she is a straight male widower grieving for his dead wife, all because her subconscious thinks she does not deserve to be happy.]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: "Real Life" is one to BlackMirrorSanJunipero. In it, [[spoiler:a lesbian policewoman in a happy relationship gets trapped in an unhappy virtual world where she is a straight male widower grieving for his dead wife, all because her subconscious thinks she does not deserve to be happy.]]]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious still be human in the ways it counts]].]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious still be human in the ways it counts]].]].
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* LotusEaterMachine: The virtual vacation in "Real Life".
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* LotusEaterMachine: The virtual vacation in "Real Life".Life".
* SpiritualAntithesis: "Real Life" is one to BlackMirrorSanJunipero. In it, [[spoiler:a lesbian policewoman in a happy relationship gets trapped in an unhappy virtual world where she is a straight male widower grieving for his dead wife, all because her subconscious thinks she does not deserve to be happy.]]
* SpiritualAntithesis: "Real Life" is one to BlackMirrorSanJunipero. In it, [[spoiler:a lesbian policewoman in a happy relationship gets trapped in an unhappy virtual world where she is a straight male widower grieving for his dead wife, all because her subconscious thinks she does not deserve to be happy.]]
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* CuckooNest: The premise of "Real Life", where a lesbian policewoman in a far future society takes a virtual vacation as a straight male widower living in a near-future society who is also the developer of a [[MindScrew virtual reality machine that allows him to live out a fantasy as a lesbian policewoman]]...
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* CuckooNest: The premise of "Real Life", where a lesbian policewoman in a far future society takes a virtual vacation as a straight male widower living in a near-future society who is also the developer of a [[MindScrew virtual reality machine that allows him to live out a fantasy life as a lesbian policewoman]]...policewoman in the future]]...
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* CuckooNest: The premise of "Real Life", where a lesbian policewoman in a far future society takes a virtual vacation as a straight male widower living in a near-future society who is also a the developer of a [[MindScrew virtual reality machine that allows him to live out a fantasy as a lesbian policewoman]]...
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of "Real Life"]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of "RealLife"]].Life"]].
* LotusEaterMachine: The virtual vacation in "Real Life".
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* LotusEaterMachine: The virtual vacation in "Real Life".
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.society.
* AfterTheEnd: The setting of "Autofac" is a post-apocalyptic Earth, some years after a nuclear war.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of "Real Life"]].
* AfterTheEnd: The setting of "Autofac" is a post-apocalyptic Earth, some years after a nuclear war.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of "Real Life"]].
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. Check recap or
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. Unmarked spoilers below.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. Unmarked spoilers below.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.society.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.
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!!Real Life Tropes:
* LotusEaterMachine: A dark inversion occurs. The main character's life is too perfect after a massacre where they were one of the few survivors, so to punish themselves their subconscious creates an imperfect world that they feel less guilty living in.
* PrefersTheIllusion
* SurvivorGuilt
!!Autofac Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Everyone turns out to be this in the end.
* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.
* LotusEaterMachine: A dark inversion occurs. The main character's life is too perfect after a massacre where they were one of the few survivors, so to punish themselves their subconscious creates an imperfect world that they feel less guilty living in.
* PrefersTheIllusion
* SurvivorGuilt
!!Autofac Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Everyone turns out to be this in the end.
* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.
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* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.anymore.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.
!!Crazy Diamond Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Various "chimeras" of various stripes exist: human-sheep, human-pig, and the Jacks and Jills which are "empty shells" piloted by QCs.
* FemmeFatale: The Jill the main character falls for.
* TheCaper: With the main character's help Jill and her crew manage to steal 10 QCs.
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* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.
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* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.bombs.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
!!Human Is Tropes:
* PuppeteerParasite: Rexorian metamorphs apparently have this ability.
* AlienInvasion: Humans are doing this to Rexor, due to it having the resources they need to clean Earth's atmosphere. At the end, the Rexorians appear to be succesfully striking back.
* NotHimself: What allows the main character to realize her husband is not human anymore.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. Unmarked spoilers below.
!!General Tropes:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
!!Real Life Tropes:
* LotusEaterMachine: A dark inversion occurs. The main character's life is too perfect after a massacre where they were one of the few survivors, so to punish themselves their subconscious creates an imperfect world that they feel less guilty living in.
* PrefersTheIllusion
* SurvivorGuilt
!!Autofac Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Everyone turns out to be this in the end.
* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.
!!General Tropes:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
!!Real Life Tropes:
* LotusEaterMachine: A dark inversion occurs. The main character's life is too perfect after a massacre where they were one of the few survivors, so to punish themselves their subconscious creates an imperfect world that they feel less guilty living in.
* PrefersTheIllusion
* SurvivorGuilt
!!Autofac Tropes:
* ArtificialHuman: Everyone turns out to be this in the end.
* AfterTheEnd: Takes place after humanity has wiped themselves out with bombs.
