- Ho Yay: Robert volunteering to be Mr. Ross's bodyguard.
- Moment of Awesome: The Reveal of the program's true nature. In every adaption. Even the German one, despite it being the lead-up to a Downer Ending.
- Nightmare Fuel: Just think about it... it could have happened to you if you wouldn't have read this. On the other hand, it still could...
- Retroactive Recognition: The teacher in the 1981 film
is played by Senator Kelly. - The Woobie: Robert is rejected by all his peers, and the Wave is the only place where he can find acceptance and a sense of purpose. He doesn't take it well when he finds out that the whole thing was a Hitler Youth experiment, implying to him that the only thing he's good for is to become a fascist thug. (His Real Life counterpart got better, though.)
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