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* PetTheDog: When they're walking away from the burning church, [[DumbMuscle 8]] sees his boss gazing at it sadly and gives him a comforting pat on the back.
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* BadassBookworm: 5 is the second-smartest of the Stitchpunks, after 2, and he's clever enough to come up with several quick plans on the fly, including [[spoiler:jump-starting the airplane's propeller to [[HelicopterBlender shred the winged beast.]]]]
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%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: 5 and 2.
%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Chancellor.

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%%* * HeterosexualLifePartners: 5 and 2.
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2. [[spoiler:The former is especially heartbroken by the death of the latter.]]
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HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Chancellor.Chancellor. [[GoneHorriblyRight He got his war machine, all right]], and it was so good at its job that it [[AIIsACrapshoot wiped out all of humanity]], including him.



%%* IdiotHero: 9

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%%* * IdiotHero: 99. [[spoiler:All of the stitchpunks who get killed die as a direct result of him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero reactivating the Fabrication Machine.]]]]



%%* IronicEcho

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%%* IronicEcho* IronicEcho: "Sometimes, [[spoiler:''one'' [[HeroicSacrifice must be sacrificed for the good of many]]..."]]



%%* JerkAss: 1 and 8.

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%%* * JerkAss: 1 and 8.8. The former is an imperious bully, and the latter is his [[DumbMuscle attack dog]].



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%%* MoodWhiplash* MoodWhiplash: The "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" scene. [[spoiler:Yay, the [[HopeSpot Fabrication Machine has been destroyed!]] And all the stitchpunks are celebrating by enjoying the music on a record player! And then 5 sees [[NotQuiteDead the Machine dragging itself out of the pit]] ''straight towards him'', while [[SoundtrackDissonance Judy Garland continues singing]]...]]



%%* MrFixit: 2

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%%* * MrFixit: 22, who manages to construct a working voice box for 9 out of seemingly random scraps.



%%* OurSoulsAreDifferent

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%%* OurSoulsAreDifferent* OurSoulsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:All the stitchpunks contain a piece of the Scientist's soul, and the Fabrication Machine went mad because it was built without one (and lacked [[AIIsACrapshoot any kind of human empathy]] as a result.)]]



%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
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%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
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* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Well, less "robot" and more "rag doll", but the stitchpunks qualify.
* RoboCam: The shots from the Fab Machine's perspective.



%%* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: 1]].

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%%* * TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: 1]].1]] does this for [[spoiler:9]].



%%* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks

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%%* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Bringing down a [[spoiler:mechanical pterodactyl creature in flight with a thrown ''kitchen knife''? [[ImprobableAimingSkills Not bad, 8.]]]]



%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: 1.

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%%* * WellIntentionedExtremist: 1.1 argues that he had to [[spoiler:send 2 out to die]] because sometimes "one must be sacrificed for the good of many." [[spoiler:He has the chance to [[HeroicSacrifice put his money where his mouth is]] at the end.]]

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%%* AnyoneCanDie

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%%* AnyoneCanDie* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:All of the stitchpunks die but 9, 7, 3, and 4.]]



%%* BreakTheHaughty: 1

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%%* * BreakTheHaughty: 11 might be an imperious coward, but he gets absolutely put through the ringer, losing his home, his symbols of authority, his ''actual'' authority, and finally [[spoiler:his life]].



** In a rather gruesome example, [[spoiler: ''2's corpse'' later becomes part of the Seamstress.]]



%%* CoolOldGuy: 2

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%%* * CoolOldGuy: 22 is the second-oldest of the stitchpunks, and he's a wise and compassionate teacher.



%%* CreatingLife

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%%* CreatingLife* CreatingLife: The first time the Scientist did this [[AIIsACrapshoot backfired]], so he had to try again with the haemonculi.



%%* GrumpyOldMan: 1

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%%* * GrumpyOldMan: 11 is the meanest stitchpunk by far, and he dislikes 9 almost from the moment they meet. [[spoiler: He [[HeroicSacrifice comes around]] by the end.]]
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Shoe-horning and Zero Context Example besides.


* [[FiveManBand Nine Man Band]]: 9 is TheHero, 8 is TheBigGuy, 7 pulls double duty as both TheLancer and TheBigGuy [[spoiler:after 8 gets soul sucked]], 6 is either TheSixthRanger or TheHeart, 5 is both TheChick and TheLancer, 3 and 4 are the [[TagalongKid Tagalong Kids]], 2 is TheSmartGuy, and 1 is the [[TheHero former hero]] (before 9 showed up) and eventually becomes [[CynicalMentor The Mentor]]. Depending on your point of view, 1 can also be the TokenEvilTeammate with 8 as his [[TheLancer Lancer]] / [[TheDragon Dragon]].
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** And later on with [[spoiler:1, when it was revealed that he did in fact sent 2 out to be sacrificed]].
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* {{BFG}}: The old artillery gun uses shells larger than the sackdolls themselves.
* {{BFS}}: 8's got two; a carving knife and half of a pair of scissors (they're big to ''him'').
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* HurtFootHop: 2 kicks [[spoiler:the Cat Beast's corpse]] in a sort of "Ha-ha, take that!"/celebratory manner, and then hops around holding his foot.
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* FiveBadBand: In interesting but fitting example
** BigBad: [[AIIsACrapshoot B.R.A.I.N]]
** TheDragon: The Seamstress, the smartest robot and the last one defeated.
** TheEvilGenius: The Blimp robot used to spy on The Stitchpunks
** TheBrute: The Winged Beast the first robot sent to attack The Stitchpunks
** TheDarkChick: The Cat Beast, the weakest robot that's partially responsible for the reactivation of B.R.A.I.N.
* FixFic: ''9'' fan fiction has a good number of stories that have [[spoiler: the characters that died being revived in one way or another]].

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* ArcWords: "Sometimes, one must be sacrificed."

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"Sometimes, one must be sacrificed."
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* ArcWords: "Sometimes, one must be sacrificed."
** "Go back to the source!"

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** Also applies to when ([[spoiler:5 shoots The Seamstress in the eye with his crossbow when it restrains 7]])

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** Also applies to when ([[spoiler:5 shoots The Seamstress in the eye with his crossbow when it restrains 7]])7]].)



** Right before it absorbs his soul, [[spoiler:8]] stops struggling and ''[[DefiantToTheEnd growls]]'' at the machine.



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%%** ** Then there's the line: [[spoiler: "Sometimes, 1 ''one'' must be sacrificed..."]]

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* AIGettingHigh: Number 8 (a.k.a. TheBigGuy) puts his magnet close to his head in order to enter a state of bliss.


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* AIGettingHigh: Number 8 (a.k.a. TheBigGuy) puts his magnet close to his head in order to enter a state of bliss.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: A subtle example, but all of the stitchpunks' weapons seem [[RagnarokProofing remarkably sharp]], especially considering that most of them are scavenged tools or kitchen implements. During the fight with the

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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: A subtle example, but all of the stitchpunks' weapons seem [[RagnarokProofing remarkably sharp]], especially considering that most of them are scavenged tools or kitchen implements. During the fight with the Winged Beast, a kitchen knife and a rusty sewing needle both go straight into the metal hull of a crashed ''fighter plane'', rather than snapping on impact.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: A subtle example, but all of the stitchpunks' weapons seem [[RagnarokProofing remarkably sharp]], especially considering that most of them are scavenged tools or kitchen implements. During the fight with the


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* AmbiguousGender: 3 and 4 never speak and have no TertiarySexualCharacteristics like 7, so it's up for debate what gender they are. Not that any of the Stitchpunks have a biological gender, really.
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* The movie, produced by Creator/TimBurton (who saw the original short and loved it), released on 9th September 2009. Note, however, that Acker designed, directed and co-wrote both films with Burton providing the financing. You can see the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoJecu9e7c&feature=channel here]].

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* The movie, produced by Creator/TimBurton (who saw the original short and loved it), released on 9th September 2009. Note, however, that Acker designed, directed and co-wrote both films with Burton providing the financing. You can see the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoJecu9e7c&feature=channel here]].
You can see the trailer here.]]



* PunkPunk: The movie, thanks to Shane Acker and [[http://www.amazon.com/Steampunk-Bible-Illustrated-Scientists-Literature/dp/0810989581 The Steampunk Bible]], technically coined a subgenre in SteamPunk called [[PunkPunk Stitchpunk]].

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* PunkPunk: The movie, thanks to Shane Acker and [[http://www.amazon.com/Steampunk-Bible-Illustrated-Scientists-Literature/dp/0810989581 The Steampunk Bible]], Bible,]] technically coined a subgenre in SteamPunk called [[PunkPunk Stitchpunk]].
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* AndIMustScream: Whenever a stichpunk has their soul consumed, we see brief shots of said souls inside the fabrication machine.


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* YourSoulIsMine: The Fabrication Machine kills Stichpunks by extracting their souls into itself.

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cute, but that's not the trope (or else it needs to be written better)


* CompositeCharacter: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]];
** 5 from the short film had his role split between 2 and 5 in the Burton-produced film.
** A second inversion: [[spoiler:''All'' the characters are technically the same person]].

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* CompositeCharacter: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]];
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Inverted]]; 5 from the short film had his role split between 2 and 5 in the Burton-produced film.
** A second inversion: [[spoiler:''All'' the characters are technically the same person]].
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A cyclops never has two eyes to begin with; that is, blinded people who lose an eye cannot be considered cyclopes.


* CreatorThumbprint: 6 is an eerie outcast with a liberally quirky design focused on black and white patterns. Unsurprisingly, he was not present in the pre-Burton short film.

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* CreatorThumbprint: 6 is an eerie outcast with a liberally quirky design focused on black and white patterns. Unsurprisingly, he was not present in the pre-Burton short film.film, though this was a tribute to him rather than an input from Tim himself.



* {{Cyclops}}: 5. Subverted that he once had two eyes.
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* CreatorThumbprint: 6 is an eerie outcast with a liberally quirky design focused on black and white patterns. Unsurprisingly, he was not present in the pre-Burton short film.
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** Though it is interesting to note that if 9 had listened to 1, B.R.A.I.N. would have been activated without anyone knowing about it until it was too late
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* {{Irony}}: By the start of the movie, 1 has already listed 3, 4, and 7 as lost due to them having set off on their own, considering them as good as dead and encouraging the others to do the same. [[spoiler:Besides 9, those are the only survivors at the end of the movie.]]
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* AntiHero: 1 and 8 both have shades of this. 1 is the WellIntentionedExtremist, while 8 is a jerk and a bully but also unabashedly heroic and kicks a ton of ass.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played with, in that 1, aka the biggest jerk out of all of the stitchpunks, has the crudest and most primitive, ugly design. A justified example, in that he was the first created, and the quality of the Scientist's craftsmanship visibly improves over time, culminating in [[TheHero 9]].



* RuleOfSymbolism: When we first see 1, the leader of the group, he has a cape with a jewel on it, a staff, and a NiceHat. Over the course of the film, he loses them one by one, as 9 starts taking more charge than him and the others listen to 9 instead. [[spoiler:The icing on the cake, the last part of his outfit that needs removing, he removes ''himself'']].

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* RuleOfSymbolism: When we first see 1, the leader of the group, he has a cape with a jewel on it, a staff, and a NiceHat. Over the course of the film, he loses them one by one, as 9 starts taking more charge than him and the others listen to 9 instead. [[spoiler:The icing on the cake, the last part of his outfit that needs removing, he removes ''himself'']].''[[HeroicSacrifice himself]]'']].
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* SceneryGorn: Probably the best in animated film history.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: 8 appears to be little more than a dumb brute who enforces 1's will, but when the Winged Beast attacks he manages to nail it with a [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks thrown scissor]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills directly into its spinning rotor]], crippling it.
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*BittersweetEnding: 9 has finally killed the Machine and saved the souls of his friends, but they are still dead, and 9 is now the last of his kind and is left to wander a lifeless world, alone.
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* SequelHook: Not one in the film itself, but on January 20th, 2017, [[https://www.facebook.com/9scientist/?hc_ref=ARTc66h-xxudK3wJoWK_IKX0PF97kZOOrrxwCqkPop59iuCRkvaZtyaX1IMle8sQYkk&fref=nf the Scientist's Facebook page]], which had been inactive since 2009, was updated with a mysterious new message.
--> ''"The light has faintly flickered on again beneath the ashes and I have begun the long awaited search for hope... I must find 9."''
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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistance:

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-->'''7:''' ''(to 9)'' They're ''free'' now.

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