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* OriginalPositionFallacy: Anna the flower girl loves watching people die in the Culling. [[spoiler:She is noticeably less enthused when it's her head on the chopping block.]]
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* SanityHasAdvantages: Boy's hallucinations of his sister are often detrimental to him, distracting him at critical moments or goading him into making poor decisions to protect a figment of his imagination.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: One that doubles as a RiddleForTheAges, as sharp-eyed viewers will notice that [[spoiler:the painting hanging in the wall of Hilda's bunker which reveals Boys identity also features a man whose face has been violently scratched out]]. Who this person might be ([[spoiler:Hilda's husband? Hilda's father? Gram Gram's husband?]]) or what possible reason Hilda might've had for [[spoiler:lashing out so violently at his portrait]] are left completely up to the audience's imagination.
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* VagueAge: Between the flashback of the Van Der Koys executing Boy's family when he was a child and the present day, Hilda, Melanie and Gideon don't visibly age a single day, with only their hairstyles and outfits changing, meaning they were all either much YoungerThanTheyLook in the flashback or much OlderThanTheyLook in the present.
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* VagueAge: Between the flashback of the Van Der Koys executing Boy's family when he was a child and the present day, Hilda, Melanie and Gideon don't visibly age a single day, with only their hairstyles and outfits changing, meaning they were all either much YoungerThanTheyLook in the flashback or much OlderThanTheyLook in the present. This even applies to Gram Gram, who is Hilda's ''grandmother'', and judging by the painting in the bunker, has barely aged since she sat for it.
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** [[spoiler:And to round it all up, their Grandmother immediately orders all remaining mooks to kill her grandchildren in retaliation.]]
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** [[spoiler:And to round it all up, their Grandmother Great-grandmother immediately orders all remaining mooks to kill her grandchildren great-grandchildren in retaliation.]]
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Van Der Koys, consisting of a paranoid dictator, a psychopathic PR representative, her bumbling and cruel husband, a morally exhausted scriptwriter and enforcer, their grandma who nobody cares about, and [[spoiler:a LaserGuidedTykeBomb unwittingly seeking vengeance upon them all]]. Furthermore, said dictator [[spoiler:is also paranoid and delusional... like mother, like son.]]
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Van Der Koys, consisting of a paranoid dictator, a psychopathic PR representative, her bumbling and cruel husband, a morally exhausted scriptwriter and enforcer, their grandma who nobody cares about, [[spoiler:the dictator's daughter taking out her pain and anger on their subjects]], and [[spoiler:a LaserGuidedTykeBomb unwittingly seeking vengeance upon them all]]. Furthermore, said dictator [[spoiler:is also paranoid and delusional... like mother, like son.]]
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*** The build-up to, and appearance of, Hilda at the Culling is forced to be improvised and has to work around [[spoiler:her instability; even then she goes off-script and very nearly shoots an imaginary figment of the Shaman while reveling in violence. That's not far off from Boy's own instability and imagining of his sister, and it's not far off from him breaking away from the Shaman's plans earlier in the film.]]
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** [[spoiler:Hilda forced Boy, her own son, to execute the Shaman's family when Boy was just a child. Even after Boy rediscovers his old identity after he returns years later, Hilda still doesn't hesitate to order his death, reasoning that he's just the Shaman's weapon now.]]
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** [[spoiler:Hilda forced Boy, her own son, to execute the Shaman's family when Boy was just a child. Even after Boy rediscovers his old identity after he returns years later, Hilda still doesn't hesitate to tearfully order his death, reasoning that he's just the Shaman's weapon now.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Melanie is furious with Boy for killing her husband... because he's the host for The Culling which is airing in a couple hours.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Melanie is furious with Boy for killing her husband... because he's the host for The Culling which is airing in a couple hours.hours, and she spent ''years'' making sure he was a good host...
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* BeingEvilSucks: Gideon is so sick and tired of the Culling that he's willing to help Boy just so that, one way or another, there might finally be an end to it. [[spoiler:He doesn't even seem to mind when it becomes clear that Boy is about to kill him despite the help he provided, instead just telling him, "Do whatever you have to do."]]
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* BeingEvilSucks: Gideon is so sick and tired of the Culling (and by extension, the rest of the family and their sins) that he's willing to help Boy just so that, one way or another, there might finally be an end to it. [[spoiler:He doesn't even seem to mind when it becomes clear that Boy is about to kill him despite the help he provided, instead just telling him, "Do whatever you have to do."]]
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Van Der Koys, consisting of a paranoid dictator, a psychopathic PR representative, her bumbling and cruel husband, a morally exhausted scriptwriter and enforcer, their grandma who nobody cares about, and [[spoiler:a LaserGuidedTykeBomb unwittingly seeking vengeance upon them all]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Van Der Koys, consisting of a paranoid dictator, a psychopathic PR representative, her bumbling and cruel husband, a morally exhausted scriptwriter and enforcer, their grandma who nobody cares about, and [[spoiler:a LaserGuidedTykeBomb unwittingly seeking vengeance upon them all]]. Furthermore, said dictator [[spoiler:is also paranoid and delusional... like mother, like son.]]
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* SiblingTeam: [[spoiler:Boy and the alive all along Mina team up in the climax to battle their way out of Hilda's bunker and then face the Shaman.]]
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** June 27's outfit is identical to ''VideoGame/{{RUINER}}'''s protagonist -- a blend of street clothes and cyberpunk combat gear, down to the hi-tech helmet that displays relevant messages.
* SiblingTeam: Boy and his imaginary sister... initially and ineptly, as all the imaginary sister does is distract him at the worst moments. [[spoiler:Boy and the alive all along Mina team up in the climax to battle their way out of Hilda's bunker and then face the Shaman.]]
* SiblingTeam: Boy and his imaginary sister... initially and ineptly, as all the imaginary sister does is distract him at the worst moments. [[spoiler:Boy and the alive all along Mina team up in the climax to battle their way out of Hilda's bunker and then face the Shaman.]]
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* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: [[spoiler:Due to the passage of several years, both sides presuming each other dead, and Boy's FakeMemories, Boy and the Van Der Koys don't recognize each other until Boy produces Mina's childhood drawing of their perfect place.]]
** Boy increasingly gets this during his fight with Dave when the man keeps breaking bones, losing limbs but still ''keeps coming after him.''
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** Boy increasingly gets this during his fight with Dave when the man keeps breaking bones, losing limbs but still ''keeps coming after him.''
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**Despite her bluster, Melanie gets this moments before her death when she realizes just ''how'' Boy is about to kill her.
**Boy increasingly gets this during his fight with Dave when the man keeps breaking bones, losing limbs but still ''keeps coming after him.''
**Hilda has this when Boy shows her his childhood drawing because she suddenly realizes [[spoiler: she was about to execute her own son in cold blood and quickly calls off her men.]]
**Despite her bluster, Melanie gets this moments before her death when she realizes just ''how'' Boy is about to kill her.
**Boy increasingly gets this during his fight with Dave when the man keeps breaking bones, losing limbs but still ''keeps coming after him.''
**Hilda has this when Boy shows her his childhood drawing because she suddenly realizes [[spoiler: she was about to execute her own son in cold blood and quickly calls off her men.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** [[spoiler:All three of the Van Der Koy children predecease Gram Gram.]]
** [[spoiler:The Shaman's children turn out to have been killed by Hilda and the child Boy, and his goal is to avenge their deaths along with that of his wife.]]
** [[spoiler:All three of the Van Der Koy children predecease Gram Gram.]]
** [[spoiler:The Shaman's children turn out to have been killed by Hilda and the child Boy, and his goal is to avenge their deaths along with that of his wife.]]
