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* CompleteMonster: [[MadScientist Rotwang]], [[AdaptationalVillainy lacking his tragic past]], is merely a bitter scientist working under John Masterman. To keep the lower class working themselves to death on Masterman's machines, Rotwang kidnaps the kindly revolutionary Mary to grant her likeness onto the robot Efficiency and has it masquerade as her to destroy her image. When Efficiency rebels and tries to destroy the city, Rotwang tries to shift blame on the real Mary by [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] and murdering her [[SheKnowsTooMuch before she can tell the truth]].

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* CompleteMonster: CompleteMonster (Pollock cut): [[MadScientist Rotwang]], [[AdaptationalVillainy lacking his tragic past]], is merely a bitter scientist working under John Masterman. To keep the lower class working themselves to death on Masterman's machines, Rotwang kidnaps the kindly revolutionary Mary to grant her likeness onto the robot Efficiency and has it masquerade as her to destroy her image. When Efficiency rebels and tries to destroy the city, Rotwang tries to shift blame on the real Mary by [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] and murdering her [[SheKnowsTooMuch before she can tell the truth]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[MadScientist Rotwang]], [[AdaptationalVillainy lacking his tragic past]], is merely a bitter scientist working under John Masterman. To keep the lower class working themselves to death on Masterman's machines, Rotwang kidnaps the kindly revolutionary Mary to grant her likeness onto the robot Efficiency and has it masquerade as her to destroy her image. When Efficiency rebels and tries to destroy the city, Rotwang tries to shift blame on the real Mary by [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] and murdering her [[SheKnowsTooMuch before she can tell the truth]].
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* EvilIsSexy: The False Maria. She is a city-destroying robotic stripper based on the Whore of Babylon, so this is basically a given.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: A modern audience watching the movie would find it to be incredibly cliched and unoriginal. This, of course, is the movie that ''created'' most (if not all) of said cliches.



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A modern audience watching the movie would find it to be incredibly cliched and unoriginal. This, of course, is the movie that ''created'' most (if not all) of the cliches.
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* MemeticMutation: VIP Teacher. [[labelnote: Explanation]]In 2005, a scene from the movie was used in a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZo1BLYcMJ4 VIP先生]] paired with a cover version of "Geno's Maze" from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' WithLyrics. It spread to 2channel and niconico, and the rest is history.[[/labelnote]]

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* MemeticMutation: VIP Teacher. [[labelnote: Explanation]]In 2005, a scene from the movie was used in a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZo1BLYcMJ4 VIP先生]] paired with a cover version of "Geno's Maze" "Rawest Forest" from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' WithLyrics. It spread to 2channel and niconico, and the rest is history.[[/labelnote]]
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* MemeticMutation: VIP Teacher. [[labelnote: Explanation]]In 2005, a scene from the movie was used in a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZo1BLYcMJ4 VIP先生]]. It spread to 2channel and niconico, and the rest is history.[[/labelnote]]

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* MemeticMutation: VIP Teacher. [[labelnote: Explanation]]In 2005, a scene from the movie was used in a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZo1BLYcMJ4 VIP先生]].VIP先生]] paired with a cover version of "Geno's Maze" from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' WithLyrics. It spread to 2channel and niconico, and the rest is history.[[/labelnote]]

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