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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The soft-spoken man who Juliana meets in Canon City]]. Although initially hinted that he is also a member of the resistance, it is later revealed he is an undercover member of the Sicherheitsdienst (an SS intelligence agency) and tries to kill her once she hands him the film.
* ChekhovsSkill: Juliana uses her Aikido moves to [[spoiler: throw an undercover SS intelligence agent over a bridge when he tries to kill her and steal the film]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Juliana uses her Aikido moves to [[spoiler: throw an undercover SS intelligence agent over a bridge when he tries to kill her and steal the film]].
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* AlternateHistory: The main focus of the series is life in the USA after the Axis powers won World War II, with the Germans occupying the East Coast and Japanese controlling the West Coast.
**An InUniverse example includes the plot of propaganda film '''The Grasshopper Lies Heavy''', which details a world where it was instead the Allies, not the Axis powers who won the war.
**An InUniverse example includes the plot of propaganda film '''The Grasshopper Lies Heavy''', which details a world where it was instead the Allies, not the Axis powers who won the war.
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**In "Pilot", the markings on the police car that pulls Joe over say 'Autobahn Patrol' instead of the more Americanized 'Highway Patrol'.
**In "Sunrise", Joe Blake is briefly seen watching a childrens cartoon called 'American Reich', about two detectives who work for the Reich Police.
**In "Pilot", the markings on the police car that pulls Joe over say 'Autobahn Patrol' instead of the more Americanized 'Highway Patrol'.
**In "Sunrise", Joe Blake is briefly seen watching a childrens cartoon called 'American Reich', about two detectives who work for the Reich Police.
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* ColdWar: Between Germany and the Japanese Empire. It is predicted by high ranking members of both governments that when the terminally ill Adolf Hitler dies, it will escalate into full blown warfare.
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**The 'Greater Nazi Reich', which is comprised of the former USA from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains. It is a puppet state of Nazi Germany.
**The 'Japanese Pacific States', which is comprised of Hawaii and the former mainland USA from the West Coast to the Rocky's, and part of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' controlled by the Empire of Japan.
**The 'Greater Nazi Reich', which is comprised of the former USA from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains. It is a puppet state of Nazi Germany.
**The 'Japanese Pacific States', which is comprised of Hawaii and the former mainland USA from the West Coast to the Rocky's, and part of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' controlled by the Empire of Japan.
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** Likely justified, however: New York and Berlin seem to have a much higher standard of living than San Francisco (implied in the book) with both of the former hosting extensive monorail systems. Both are clearly FAR better off than Canon City, though how much of that is due to being in the neglected neutral zone and how much is down to being a small town at the back end of beyond is less clear (the former is implied while the latter seems more likely). Also, there's a clear "class difference" between the standards of the "occupiers" (which seem to be moving in a somewhat "high modernist" version of RL technology) and the "natives".
** Also referenced, with the Japanese noting (somewhat ruefully) that the Germans go about in "rocket ships" (e.g. the Concorde-like planes) while they're stuck using ocean liners to cross the Pacific. Germany clearly isn't exporting their advanced technology (and the odds of the Japanese government paying for their officials to take a German-owned/German-operated flight within their empire seem quite low).
** Also referenced, with the Japanese noting (somewhat ruefully) that the Germans go about in "rocket ships" (e.g. the Concorde-like planes) while they're stuck using ocean liners to cross the Pacific. Germany clearly isn't exporting their advanced technology (and the odds of the Japanese government paying for their officials to take a German-owned/German-operated flight within their empire seem quite low).
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* StockEpisodeTitles: "Revelations," "End of the World."
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:[=Obergruppenfuhrer=] Smith comes across as firm, professional, and a dedicated family man. In the book, we see none of the Nazi officers this closely, and all the ones we do see are implied to be monsters.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: In the TV series, during Blake's road trip, he is represented by a red line (compared to Juliana's blue one) and you can hear Wagner's music playing in the background. Both of these details serve as hints to where his loyalties truly lie.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: In the book, Juliana is a judo instructor, while the series makes her a student of aikido. In the 1960's, judo was relatively well known as "the gentle way" in contrast to the more militant karate style. However, aikido - still a relatively obscure martial art in the 2010's - is definitively linked to the Japanese pacifist movement and better fits the tenor of the depiction of the Japanese as quasi-benevolent invaders.
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** However also inverted on occasion, most notably in the [[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aim-higher-localization-donts-from-man-high-castle-agness-kaku incongruous Japanese]] used in places.
** In the book, Juliana is a judo instructor, while the series makes her a student of aikido. In the 1960's, judo was relatively well known as "the gentle way" in contrast to the more militant karate style. However, aikido - still a relatively obscure martial art in the 2010's - is definitively linked to the Japanese pacifist movement and better fits the tenor of the depiction of the Japanese as quasi-benevolent
** However also inverted on occasion, most notably in the [[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aim-higher-localization-donts-from-man-high-castle-agness-kaku incongruous Japanese]] used in places.
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* CrapsackWorld: Because of the German and Japanese occupations, the infrastructure is maintained mainly with an eye to keeping their respective parts of the USA functioning. Consequently in the Neutral Zone, the relative lawlessness means that roads and buildings are at best indifferently maintained. Some buildings even still have World War II-era propaganda posters stuck on them only half-covered by Nazi or Japanese symbols.
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* WhamLine: The "Pilot" episode reveals [[spoiler:Joe Blake as a GNR military agent.]]
* WhamLine: The "Pilot" episode reveals [[spoiler:Joe Blake as a GNR military agent.]]
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''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'', published in 1962, is not only one of the defining works of Creator/PhilipKDick's career, but also one of the seminal AlternateHistory novels. A pilot episode for a live-action adaptation of the novel was released for Amazon Prime's 2015 season of pilots. After critical acclaim, Amazon ordered an entire series.
This page is for tropes associated primarily with the live action adaption - tropes of the novel or common to both should go on the [[Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle novel page]]. Beware spoilers!
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