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2	''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'' is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Creator/PhilipKDick. It premiered on Creator/Channel4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4. The title is a reference to one of Dick's most famous works, ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''.
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4	As each episode is set in its own continuity, only recurring tropes can be found on this page. There's a '''[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams Recap page]]''' for the episodes, please put episode-specific examples on the appropriate page.
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6	!!General Tropes:
7	* AdaptationExpansion: The original Dick stories used for this series were generally very short and tightly focused on the "twist" or "gimmick" of the story; liberties had to be taken to fill an hour-long script with each of them, especially since most of the original "twists" are now [[OnceOriginalNowCommon extremely familiar to audiences]]. (E.g. the original ending of "The Impossible Planet" is that it was EarthAllAlong, the twist in "The Father-Thing" is that the kid's dad is a BodySnatcher, "Foster, You're Dead!" which became "Safe and Sound" was a simple ShaggyDogStory about how TechnologyMarchesOn, etc.)
8	* AdaptationInspiration: Several of these adaptations change so much from the original story they almost qualify as InNameOnly, engendering a bit of a TheyChangedItNowItSucks from hardcore Creator/PhilipKDick fans.
9	* AdaptationTitleChange: Some of the episodes have a different title than the short stories they're based on:
10	** "Crazy Diamond" is based on "Sales Pitch".
11	** "Real Life" is based on "Exhibit Piece".
12	** "Safe and Sound" is based on "Foster, You're Dead!"
13	** "Kill All Others" is based on "The Hanging Stranger".
14	* AfterTheEnd: A repeated theme within the episodes, including ones where it is not immediately apparent (i.e. the missing West Coast of the United States in "Safe and Sound").
15	* GenderFlip: Since Dick's original stories were written in the 1950s, the cast list was overwhelmingly male; the majority of these adaptations contain at least one major gender flip.
16	* HotterAndSexier: All of the Creator/PhilipKDick stories used in Season 1 were from the 1950s; none of them contained any sex whatsoever, whereas the majority of these episodes contain {{Fanservice}} moments, if not full-on nude sex scenes.
17	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The only episode in Season 1 in which humans are not the real bad guys or at least clearly the cause of their own problems is "The Father-Thing"; unsurprisingly the latter is generally one of the [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids worse received by critics]].
18	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
19	* {{Zeerust}}: Intentionally invoked by the non-TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture stories, fitting the Golden Age SF source material.

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