History Characters / Glass2019

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Combined with HoistByHisOwnPetard. It turns out sending Ellie after Philadelphia's three resident superhumans sets off a chain of events which culminate in [[TheUnmasquedWorld the masquerade being permanently broken]]. Whoops!]]

* SilentAntagonist: As a whole, the organization's a downplayed example of this trope since it's rare to hear any of their members talking aside from [[spoiler:Dr. Staple.]]

* TemptingFate: One conspirator asks "Will there be any repercussions?" while [[spoiler:Ellie]] reports to them about all that went down. [[spoiler:Thanks to Mr. Glass' ThanatosGambit, their efforts are AllForNothing, and it's likely their KarmaHoudiniWarranty will expire.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Glass'', as they're responsible for creating and then enforcing the masquerade that quietly hangs over the trilogy's world. Before the movie's events, they instruct [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] to go to Philadelphia—feeling that Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde have drawn far too much attention.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Combined with HoistByHisOwnPetard. It turns out sending Dr. Staple after Philadelphia's three resident superhumans sets off a chain of events which culminate in [[TheUnmasquedWorld the masquerade being permanently broken]]. Whoops!]]

* SilentAntagonist: As a whole, the organization's a downplayed example of this trope since it's rare to hear any of their members talking aside from [[spoiler:Ellie.]]

* TemptingFate: One conspirator asks "Will there be any repercussions?" while [[spoiler:Dr. Staple's]] reporting to them about everything that happened. [[spoiler:Thanks to Mr. Glass' ThanatosGambit, their efforts are AllForNothing, and it's likely their KarmaHoudiniWarranty will expire.]]

The climax of ''Glass'' reveals the existence of a [[NoNameGiven nameless]] organization whose goal is to prevent the rise of superhumans—through gaslighting and murder.

* AboveGoodAndEvil: They don't think of themselves as "particularly evil" since they "don't choose sides." After all, as [[spoiler:Ellie]] describes, one superhuman appearing leads to their opposite doing the same—with things escalating until they step in. However, what they do cements them as being '''the''' greatest evil in the trilogy's setting.

* BewareTheSuperman: The trope's deconstructed—with an unsaid implication of their goals being that they ''really'' don't want to take any chances with either superheroes or supervillains causing harm to people without powers.

* DirtyCop: TheReveal all but retroactively establishes the armed cops who brought David and Kevin to Raven Hill Memorial as this—because they're likely among the conspirators.

* {{Gaslighting}}: They’ve used their influence and their resources to make the public believe superpowers can't exist in reality. However, their attempts to bring superhumans on board with that belief have… mixed results.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Glass'', as they're responsible for creating and then enforcing the {{masquerade}} that quietly hangs over the trilogy's world.

* KillerCop: [[spoiler:Cops are among those who off noncompliant superhumans—shown with how the Horde and the Overseer die.]]
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Woman]]: They sent [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] to Philadelphia—feeling that Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde have drawn far too much attention.

* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: [[spoiler:Both this trope and NiceJobFixingItVillain come into play once it's clear her decision to make sure more cameras are installed is her biggest mistake.]]

* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Woman]]: They sent [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] to Philadelphia—feeling that Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde have drawn far too much attention.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:If she didn't have so many cameras installed around Raven Hill Memorial, then Elijah's plan to bring about the start of TheUnmasquedWorld would have fallen apart.]]

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Ellie's a psychiatrist… and a member of an AncientConspiracy who's got access to their connections along with their resources.]]

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* AncientConspiracy: They've been around for ''10,000 years'', and the chilling extent of their reach along with their resources shows with everything [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] does and says throughout the movie.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The two scenes they appear in show that anyone from any walk of life can join their shadowy ranks.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's heavily implied that methods they think are "humane and effective" are always their first resort when dealing with superhumans.

* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Woman]]: They sent [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] to deal with Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde accordingly.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Elijah's final plan means it can be presumed the organization's going to be thoroughly investigated for everything they've done.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Sending Dr. Staple after Philadelphia's three resident superhumans sets off a chain of events which culminate in [[TheUnmasquedWorld the masquerade being permanently broken]]. Whoops!]]

* UnusualEuphemism: "Use the machine" seems to be their way of saying "kill noncompliant superhumans."

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Ellie's a psychiatrist… and a member of an AncientConspiracy with access to their vast resources.]]

* TattooedCrook: It's downplayed, but it's shown that at least some of the conspirators have black tattoos of three-leaf clovers on their wrists.

* TattooedCrook: [[spoiler:Downplayed, but during TheReveal, there's a WhamShot showing Ellie's got a black tattoo of a three-leaf clover on her left wrist—the same tattoo that the cops who murdered the Horde and the Overseer.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Judging by what she says, she doesn't seem to believe that her three patients (Mr. Glass, the Horde, and the Overseer) are comic book-like superpowered individuals, despite the ''many'' unnatural things that happened and involved them. [[spoiler:It's subverted when it turns out that she's ObfuscatingStupidity because she knows their abilities are real. She only says otherwise because she wants them to believe they are not what they are.]]

* AboveGoodAndEvil: [[spoiler:In Elijah's dying moments, she mentions that the AncientConspiracy's members—including herself—basically see themselves as this trope.]]

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Centuries upon centuries of machinations come undone for good when Elijah outwits them by ensuring footage of the climactic battle will be uploaded online for people around the world to see.]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Glass'', as they're responsible for creating and then enforcing the {{masquerade}} that quietly hangs over the Eastrail 177 trilogy.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: [[spoiler:David's around 20 years older than Ellie—the film's true BigBad.]]

* TattooedCrook: [[spoiler:Downplayed, but during TheReveal, there's a WhamShot showing Ellie's got a black tattoo of a three-leaf clover on her left wrist.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:She gets a short but pretty satisfying one when she realizes that Mr. Glass outsmarted her and shared the security footage right under her nose. She walks into an empty hallway of Raven Hill Memorial, pauses, and screams for a few seconds.]]

* MasqueradeEnforcer: This is what they do in modern times, with the most visible of these enforcers in the film's events being [[spoiler:Ellie]] as well as numerous [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] and [[spoiler:[[KillerCop Killer Cops]]]] in Philadelphia.

* DirtyCop: TheReveal all but retroactively establishes the armed cops who brought David and Kevin to Raven Hill Memorial as this—because they're probably among the conspirators.

* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Woman]]: It's outright said they sent [[spoiler:Dr. Staple]] to deal with Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde accordingly.

* TattooedCrook: It's downplayed, but it's shown that conspirators have black tattoos of three-leaf clovers on their wrists.

* MasqueradeEnforcer: This is what they do in modern times, with the most visible of these enforcers in the film's events being [[spoiler:Ellie]] as well as several [[DirtyCop dirty]] and [[spoiler:[[KillerCop killer]] cops in Philadelphia.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:TheReveal all but retroactively establishes the armed cops who brought David and Kevin to Raven Hill Memorial as this—because they're probably among the conspirators.]]

* {{Gaslighting}}: They’ve used their influence and their resources to make the public believe superpowers can't exist in reality. However, their attempts to bring superhumans on board with that belief have mixed results.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Mr. Glass' final plan means it can be presumed that the organization's going to be thoroughly investigated for everything they've done.]]

* MasqueradeEnforcer: This is what they do in modern times, with the most visible of these enforcers in the film's events being [[spoiler:Ellie and a SWAT team in Philadelphia.]]

* TemptingFate: One conspirator asks "Will there be any repercussions?" while [[spoiler:Dr. Staple's]] reporting to them about everything that happened. [[spoiler:Thanks to Elijah's ThanatosGambit, their efforts are AllForNothing, and it's likely their KarmaHoudiniWarranty will expire.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:TheReveal all but retroactively establishes the armed cops who brought David and Kevin to Raven Hill Memorial early in the movie as this
—because they're probably among the conspirators.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: As shown in a flashback, he died in [[spoiler:the crash of Eastrail 177, which was caused by Elijah Price and of which David Dunn was the sole survivor.]]

* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: They murder superhumans who refuse to comply with their more "humane and effective [methods]." You know, like being gaslit into thinking their own superpowers don't exist.

* BewareTheSuperman: The trope's deconstructed with how an unsaid implication of the conspirators' goals is that they ''really'' don't want to take any chances with either superheroes or supervillains causing harm to people without powers.

* DontCreateAMartyr: Killing people with superpowers who haven't been successfully gaslit is their last resort because dead superhumans' legacies could inspire others to follow in their footsteps.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Going by the two scenes they show up in, anyone from any walk of life can join their shadowy ranks.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Mr. Glass' final plan means it can be presumed that the organization's going to be thoroughly investigated for everything they've done over the years.]]
* MasqueradeEnforcer: This is what they do in modern times, with the most visible of these enforcers being [[spoiler:Ellie and a SWAT team in Philadelphia.]]

* TattooedCrook: In a downplayed example of this, it's revealed conspirators have black tattoos of three-leaf clovers on their wrists.

Revealed in the climax of ''Glass'', this [[NoNameGiven nameless]] organization aims to continuously work to prevent the rise of superhumans—whether through gaslighting or murder.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Mr. Glass' final plan means it can be presumed that the organization's members will be thoroughly investigated for everything they've done.]]

* SilentAntagonist: As a whole, the organization's a downplayed example of this trope since it's so rare to hear any of their members talking aside from [[spoiler:Ellie.]]
* TemptingFate: One conspirator asks "Will there be any repercussions?" while [[spoiler:Dr. Staple's]] reporting to them about everything that happened. [[spoiler:Thanks to Elijah's ThanatosGambit, their efforts are AllForNothing, and it's likely their KarmaHoudiniWarranty will run out.]]