History Anime / PatemaInverted

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The government leader Izamura's obsession with Patema, his plan to use StockholmSyndrome to make her obedient to him, and utter ''rage'' at being "rejected" by her in favor of Age have some unsettling PedophilePriest undertones.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: In the original, Japanese version, all shown texts are always written in English. It manages to apply different styles for government propaganda, surveillance records and private journals.

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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: The story flat-outs portrays Izamura as a dangerous fanatic blinded by his belief to anything that goes against scriptures, while the religion in question harbors irrational hatred towards other people. [[spoiler:It gets an ironic twist in the end when Aigans are revealed as the inverted ones.]]

* BigBrotherIsWatching: There are surveillance cameras set ''everywhere'' in Aiga, with a strict system of indoctrination and control. Any form of going against the regulations - such as ''looking up'' - marks citizens as "deviants" on a way to become "sinners".

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's clear from the start that Unlucky Porta's nursing a crush on Patema. Sadly, he misses out on the adventure and loses what could've been his chance to get closer to her. [[spoiler:She winds up together with Age by the end of the film.]]

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: She learns what became of [[spoiler:Lagos]] shortly after being captured by the Aigans. Izamura shows her [[spoiler:[[MakeAnExampleOfThem Lagos' dead body preserved in a glass stasis chamber]]]] to both taunt her, and instill fear in her.

* EmpireWithADarkSecret: [[spoiler: Izamura's regime is built on a lie: that the Aigans are normal and pure while the inverted are sinful. They will kill to keep this secret.]]

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: [[spoiler:Izamura put Lagos dead body in a stasis chamber, still moving against gravity, making him a proof of the inverted still being around and endangering Aiga.]]

-->'''Age:''' (''in disbelief'') Are you... inverted?

* PathOfInspiration: The Aiga's religion considers even looking up in the sky to be a sin and deviation, while also forbidding flying on the grounds of being "the sinner's way". [[spoiler:Turns out the real reason is because "sky" is just a massive backdrop, but due to FutureImperfect, not even top brass knows about this anymore.]]

* SinisterSurveillance: The Aigan government has an extensive network of surveillance cameras everywhere -- from their government offices, to Age's school. And those are the ones you can ''see'', as it's later revealed that [[BigBrotherIsWatching they have hidden ones monitoring the surrounding area outdoors.]] Which is how Izamura finds out what [[spoiler:Age had been hiding]].

* TheReveal: Two:
** [[spoiler:When Age and Patema get sucked into the sky thanks to Patema's ankle being weighted, they discover that the "sky" is actually a complex machine designed to emulate a realistic sky. This ties into the next reveal]].
** [[spoiler:When they in turn reach the very bottom of the danger zone, the "floor" is cracked and revealed to be a ceiling, thus showing that it's the Aigans that are inverted while Patema's people are facing the right way. They are the descendants of the scientists, who, through their gravity experiment, caused the disaster and [[TheAtoner were looking out for Age's people as an atonement for "inverting" them]]. Both populations forgot that (although it is at the very least possible, that the village elder and Jii knew) and the regime governing Age's people started to oppress Patema's people [[UngratefulBastard in a show of great ingratitude]].]]

* WingedHumanoid: [[http://imgur.com/kgCEwv8 Porta claims, that the danger area is haunted by bat people]], which is [[MetaphoricallyTrue somewhat true]] - [[spoiler:The Aiga's StateSec wears clothes and masks that does make them look like bats, especially since they walk on what's ceiling for Patema]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Patema's hair is light silver-blue, although no other characters have impossible hair colors so Patema's hair is probably dyed.

** And yet subtly averted in the original cover. [[spoiler:The horizon and clouds hint at the curvature of Age's world.]]

* CardCarryingVillain: Izamura, all the way. The man is equal parts dictator and evil cult leader. He has schools display a giant screen of his face explaining propaganda to the future citizens of his society. He has an army dressed entirely in black leather belts with capes and, of course, gas masks with red lenses. He [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive habitually steeples his fingers]] and smiles manically whenever he thinks about hunting Inverts. Oh yes, and he takes time out of his day to visit a kid who discovered an Invert [[EvilIsPetty for the sole purpose of stealing his chair]], telling him to forget what he saw, threatening him with the same fate that befell his father, and finishes things off with [[WouldHurtAChild grinding his boot into the back of the kid's head.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the most subtle and clever instances of it. [[spoiler:Patema isn't "inverted", Age is.]]

In a dark, cramped, underground world of endless tunnels and shafts, people wear protective suits and live out their modest hard and yet happy lives. The princess of the underground community, Patema, goes out exploring as always, inspired by her curiosity of the unknown depths of the world. Her favorite spot is the "danger zone", an area forbidden by the "rule" of the community that houses an impossibly deep pit. Despite being frequently chastised by her caretaker Jii, she cannot hold back her curiosity for the reason behind the rule, because no one would tell her what the "danger" was. When she approaches the hidden "secret", the story begins.

* GratuituosPrincess: Patema is a princess. Though the fact that she's a princess is sort of glossed over in the movie itself, only mentioned half-jokingly when Age complains that she's acting like one.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Patema. Though the fact that she's a princess is sort of glossed over in the movie itself, only mentioned half-jokingly when Age complains that she's acting like one.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Patema's hair is light silver-blue, although no other characters have impossible hair colors so Patema's hair is probably dyed. Alternatively, given that her eyes look like a dark shade of red she might be a HeroicAlbino.

* BigBad: Izamura is the main antagonist of the story, with maniacal drive to root out "sinners", all while abusing his power in every single step.

* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Age asks Patema to take him with her to explore the ruins of the surface world. Which is strewn with collapsed skyscrapers that've been overgrown with vines, set beneath an AlienSky.]]