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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Two years after the film was released, investigation into Chong Kim's story [[https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/eden-was-a-scary-movie-about-sex-trafficking-based-on-a-true-storyandmdashor-was-it/Content?oid=21234470 revealed]] that it was completely made up. Many of those who had supported or praised it on release, including some of the filmmakers, distanced themselves from it.
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* AffablyEvil: Bob treats the girls he "recruits" with politeness, and even gives each of them a pet kitten during Eden's first day. This doesn't make him any less of a bastard, of course.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Bob treats the girls he "recruits" with politeness, and even gives each of them a pet kitten during Eden's first day. This doesn't make him any less of a bastard, of course.
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* GroinAttack: A particularly ''bloody'' example. Eden attempts to escape after biting her client's groin until he bleeds. Even while she's punished for her escape attempt, she still has his blood on her lips.
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* GroinAttack: A particularly ''bloody'' example. Eden attempts to escape after biting her client's groin until he bleeds. Even while When she's punished for her escape attempt, afterwards, she still has his blood on her lips.
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* GroinAttack: A particularly ''bloody'' example. Eden attempts to escape after biting her client's groin until he bleeds. Even when while she's punished for her escape attempt, she still has his blood on her lips.
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* GroinAttack: A particularly ''bloody'' example. Eden attempts to escape after biting her client's groin until he bleeds. Even when she's punished for her attempt, she still has his blood on her lips.
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* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after Vaughan forces her to swallow it whole]].
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* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's Hyun Jae's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after Vaughan forces her to swallow it whole]].
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* UpThroughTheRanks: A variation. Eden starts off as a regular prostitute but is promoted to Vaughan's secretary and assistant halfway through the film.
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* CuteKitten: Bob gives every girl in the facility a new pet kitten, claiming that it's part of some sort of exercise. Vaughan gets increasingly frustrated with the animals, and eventually orders his men to get rid of them all (the only girl who gets to keep her cat is Svetlana, since she's secretly one of Vaughan's trustees).
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* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already pregnant. Eventually she gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had just been sold]].
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* TattooedCrook: Mario, the man who runs the child-selling operation, has a right shoulder full of tattoos.
* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already several months pregnant. Eventually she gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had just been sold]].
* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already several months pregnant. Eventually she gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had just been sold]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It's just part of the job to her, after all.
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** The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It's just part of the job to her, afterall.all.
** Later in the film, one of Bob's thugs whacks Priscilla in the back of the head before forcibly taking her to Mario's.
** The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It's just part of the job to her, after
** Later in the film, one of Bob's thugs whacks Priscilla in the back of the head before forcibly taking her to Mario's.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: When Vaughan assigns Eden to clean his entire abode, she finds a small handful of old pictures in his room. Said pictures show a much younger and happier Vaughan before he got mixed up in the sex slave business. Just looking at the man that he used to be is enough to make Eden crack a warm smile.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Both Bob and Vaughan are killed in the end, and Hyun Jae manages to make a clean escape with Priscilla, ending the movie with a emotional phone call with her mother. Sadly, the numerous girls who were also held captive are moved to a different facility, and it's left ambiguous as to whether or not they'll be freed]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Both Bob and Vaughan are killed in the end, and Hyun Jae manages to make a clean escape with Priscilla, ending the movie with a an emotional phone call with her mother. Sadly, the numerous girls who were also held captive are moved to a different facility, and it's left ambiguous as to whether or not they'll be freed]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Both Bob and Vaughan are killed in the end, and Hyun Jae manages to make a clean escape with Priscilla, ending the movie with a emotional phone call with her mother. Sadly, the numerous girls who were also held captive are moved to a different facility, and it's left ambiguous as to whether or not they'll be freed]].
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* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already pregnant. She then gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had been sold]].
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* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already pregnant. She then Eventually she gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had just been sold]].
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* TeenPregnancy: A particularly disturbing use of this trope. [[spoiler:Priscilla is revealed to have been taken to a site that specializes in selling babies, and by the time Eden reunites with her, she's already pregnant. She then gives birth offscreen, and when Eden comes back to rescue her, she's heartbroken to hear that her child had been sold]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It is just part of the job to her, after all.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It is It's just part of the job to her, after all.
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* KickTheDog: When Bob gives out kittens to each of the girls, he goes up to one young lady (who looks no more than thirteen) and practically rubs it in the fact that her friend was just found dead in the desert.
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* KickTheDog: When Bob gives out kittens to each of the girls, he goes up to one young lady (who looks no more than thirteen) and practically rubs it in the fact that her friend was just found dead in the desert.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Bob, ringleader of the sex-trafficking circle, and Vaughan, his second-in-command.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Bob treats the girls he "recruits" with politeness, and even gives each of them a pet kitten during Eden's first day. This doesn't make him any less of a bastard, of course.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized HumanTrafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Hyun Jae (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation. Now bearing the name "Eden", the girl finds herself moving up the ranks of the organization, and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized HumanTrafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Hyun Jae (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation. Now bearing the name "Eden", the girl finds herself moving up the ranks of the organization, and sidling close to underling Vaughn Vaughan as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The cleaning supplies, the crack pipe that shows up every five minutes.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The cleaning supplies, and the crack pipe that shows up every five minutes.Vaughan uses throughout the film. [[spoiler:At the end, Eden uses both to poison Vaughan to death]].
* DirtyCop: Bob, the corrupt deputy who runs the prostitution ring. He guns down two fellow cops when they investigate the body of one of his girls.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughan, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughan.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?Eden and her fellow captives are forced to put on tasteless outfits whenever they're "on the job".
* DirtyCop: Bob, the corrupt deputy who runs the prostitution ring. He guns down two fellow cops when they investigate the body of one of his girls.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughan, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughan.]]
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after Vaughn forces her to swallow it whole]].
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* TheStarscream: It's heavily implied early on that Vaughan really doesn't like his boss, and it's made even worse when Eden tells him that Bob and the others belittle him behind his back. [[spoiler:This ultimately proves to be Bob's undoing, as he's brutally beaten to death by an enraged Vaughan near the end of the film]].
* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet afterVaughn Vaughan forces her to swallow it whole]].whole]].
* WouldHurtAChild: The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It is just part of the job to her, after all.
* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after
* WouldHurtAChild: The dominatrix at the BDSM site shows no qualms in lashing 14-year-old Priscilla. It is just part of the job to her, after all.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized HumanTrafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized HumanTrafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden Hyun Jae (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, manipulation. Now bearing the name "Eden", the girl finds herself moving up in the ranks of the organization organization, and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Eden is Korean and is made to pretend she's Chinese.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Eden is Korean and is made to pretend she's Chinese.Chinese.
* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after Vaughn forces her to swallow it whole]].
* TragicKeepsake: The ring that Eden's father gave her the day she was abducted. She cherishes it so much that she's willing to [[spoiler:pick it out of the toilet after Vaughn forces her to swallow it whole]].
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking HumanTrafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden (Creator/JamieChung of ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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* ActorAllusion: Jamie Chung as a sex slave in a brothel? She's [[Film/SuckerPunch done that before]].
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2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden (Jamie Chung of OnceUponATime) is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden(Jamie Chung (Creator/JamieChung of OnceUponATime) ''Series/OnceUponATime'') is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
Also known as ''Eden'', ''Abduction of Eden'' is 2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden
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* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?expect?
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Eden is Korean and is made to pretend she's Chinese.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Eden is Korean and is made to pretend she's Chinese.
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* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
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* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]]]
* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?
* GoGoEnslavement: Eden. It's about human trafficking, what did you expect?
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2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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2012 indie film that serves as a dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden (Jamie Chung of OnceUponATime) is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, moving up in the ranks of the organization and sidling close to underling Vaughn as she earns their trust in order to ensure her survival.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
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* BlackMarket: Drugs, babies, underage prostitution, among others.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The cleaning supplies, the crack pipe that shows up every five minutes.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him considerstopping.stopping.
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The cleaning supplies, the crack pipe that shows up every five minutes.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider
* FosterKid: [[spoiler: Vaughn.]]
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A dramatized account of real life Chong Kim's time spent in the clutches of a highly organized human trafficking ring. 18 year old Korean-American Eden is kidnapped at a bar and forced into a life of prostitution and manipulation, having to earn the trust of her keepers in order to ensure her survival.survival.
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!! AbductionOfEden provides examples of the following tropes:
* AsianHookerStereotype: For some of her clients, Eden is degradingly forced to play up her "Asian shtick", and throw on a stereotypical heavy Chinese accent while wearing a bastardized qipao costume-- despite the fact that she is Korean and speaks perfect English.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
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!! AbductionOfEden provides examples of the following tropes:
* AsianHookerStereotype: For some of her clients, Eden is degradingly forced to play up her "Asian shtick", and throw on a stereotypical heavy Chinese accent while wearing a bastardized qipao costume-- despite the fact that she is Korean and speaks perfect English.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For Vaughn, [[spoiler: selling babies]] or being confronted with what Eden has to do with her clients is too far-- not that it makes him consider stopping.
