History Film / BreakfastOnPluto

The film stars Creator/CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a {{{transgender}} orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Stroke Country]] in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

* UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}: Kitten.

The film stars Creator/CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Stroke Country]] in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

* LondonTown: "The biggest city in the world... and it swallowed my mother up."

'''''Breakfast on Pluto''''' is a 2005 movie directed by Neil Jordan (''InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''The Crying Game''), adapted from the critically [[FilmOfTheBook acclaimed novel]] by Patrick [=McCabe=].

Also stars Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea and Brendan Gleeson.

* TheCameo: Bryan Ferry makes a brief appearance as a rather creepy [[spoiler: and murderous]] "customer" of Kitten's.

-->'''Mr. Silky String:''' And just who is this “Phantom Lady”?
-->'''Kitten:''' Well, it’s my mother really. I call her that…to pretend it’s a story…that’s happening to someone else, you see?

* CostumePorn
* CreatorCameo: Patrick [=McCabe=] (the author of the original novel) makes a cameo as “Peepers” Egan, the school-teacher who yells at Kitten for writing a pornographic story.

* DoorstopBaby: Kitten was left on Father Liam’s doorstep as a baby, and was sent to live with an [[WickedStepmother unloving foster mother]], Ma Braden.
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or should it be EvenTheGirlsWantHer? Either way, everyone is very confused-and aroused.

* ImprovisedWeapon: When one of Kitten’s “clients” tries to kill her, she defeats him by spraying Chanel no. 5 in his eyes.

* LondonTown: "The biggest city in the world...and it swallowed my mother up."

* MissingMom: The film’s narrative is basically driven by Kitten’s desperate search for the mother who abandoned her.
* [[MrImagination Ms. Imagination]]

* ParentalAbandonment

* ThePollyanna: Kitten, much of the time. Though the mask does slip on a fair few occasions.

* SanitySlippage: During the police interrogation scene, Kitten seems to have pretty much lost her mind (understandable, as she’s been beaten to a pulp and not allowed to sleep for days).

* TooDumbToLive: Kitten at certain moments, though she often has little choice but to wander into life-threatening situations. Still, her sudden decision to throw Billy Hatchett’s guns in the lake was ''obviously'' going to have dire consequences. Then again, she was extremely upset at the time [[spoiler: due to Lawrence’s death]]. Plus, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} she doesn't ever really seem to quite follow the same logic as the rest of the world]].
* UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}

* TheUnfavourite: Ma Braden blatantly prefers Kitten’s "sister", Caroline. Possibly because she adheres to conventional gender roles.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: "Christ, you’re a ''bloke!"''

* {{Bishonen}}

* AttractiveBentGender: Cillian Murphy makes a stunningly beautiful girl.

The film stars Creator/CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a [[{{transsexual}} transgender]] orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Stroke Country]] in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

* CloudCuckooLander: Kitten. She often behaves quite bizarrely and has an extremely unique take on the world, building up an elaborate pseudo-mythology around herself. At times, she seems to genuinely believe she’s living a fairy tale (to the point of full-blown SanitySlippage) but there are moments when she shows real insight into her situation and basically admits that she clings to her fantasies because the truth is too painful:

* DeadpanSnarker: Charlie. Also Kitten at times, who somehow manages to combine this with elements of TheCutie, the CloudCuckooLander and ThePollyanna.
* DoorstopBaby: Kitten was left on Father Liam’s doorstep as a baby, and was sent to live with an [[WickedStepMother unloving foster mother]], Ma Braden.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Charlie travels to London to have an abortion. Kitten accompanies Charlie to the clinic, assuring her that she's making the right decision, fearing the child might end up a "disaster" like [[CloudCuckoolander Kitten]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser herself]]. Charlie decides against it at the last second-[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming turns out she wouldn't mind at all if the child ended up like Kitten]].

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Lawrence, the sweet kid with Downs syndrome.]]

* [[MrImagination Ms Imagination]]

* TooDumbToLive: Kitten at certain moments, though she often has little choice but to wander into life-threatening situations. Still, her sudden decision to throw Billy Hatchett’s guns in the lake was ''obviously'' going to have dire consequences. Then again, she was extremely upset at the time [[spoiler: due to Lawrence’s death]]. Plus [[CloudCuckooLander she doesn't ever really seem to quite follow the same logic as the rest of the world.]]
* {{Transgender}}
* TrueCompanions: Kitten, Charlie, Erwin, and Lawrence when they were growing up. At the end of the film there's another one consisting of Kitten, Charlie, Charlie's baby and probably [[spoiler: Father Liam]]

'''Breakfast on Pluto''' is a 2005 movie directed by Neil Jordan (''InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''The Crying Game''), adapted from the critically [[FilmOfTheBook acclaimed novel]] by Patrick [=McCabe=].

''Breakfast On Pluto'' is a 2005 movie directed by Neil Jordan (''InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''The Crying Game''), adapted from the critically [[FilmOfTheBook acclaimed novel]] by Patrick [=McCabe=].

* RandomEventsPlo

* RandomEventsPlot
* BlackComedyRape: The bizarre story Kitten writes for class about her conception.

* UsefulNotes/TheTroubles: Several characters are either IRA members or sympathizers, and Kitten is wrongfully accused of planting a bomb in a bar in order to kill some soldiers on leave.

* TheDanza: Liam Neeson as "Randy Father Liam". Presumably this was done on purpose, as the character from the novel was actually named Father Bernard.
* DawsonCasting: Cillian Murphy was about thirty when he played the teenage Patrick/Kitten. Admittedly the film spans several years, so the age discrepancy isn’t quite so bad by the end of the movie. Plus he ''looked'' a good deal younger than he was. But he is still only two years younger than the actress who plays his biological mother!

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or should it be EvenTheGirlsWantHer? Either way, everyone is very confused; and aroused.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Charlie travels to London to have an abortion. Kitten accompanies Charlie to the clinic, assuring her that she's making the right decision, fearing the child might end up a "disaster" like [[CloudCuckoolander Kitten]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser herself]]. Charlie decides against it at the last second - [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming turns out she wouldn't mind at all if the child ended up like Kitten]].

* UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland: the first half of the movie takes place just across the border from here. Several characters (Erwin, Billy Hatchet, ThoseTwoBadGuys) are IRA members who seem to be using the place as a safe haven.

* PetTheDog: the two police officers who were questioning Kitten seem to grow fond of her, and one of them even finds a job for her at a peep show in order to keep her off the streets.

* UsefulNotes/TheTroubles: several characters are either IRA members or sympathizers, and Kitten is wrongfully accused of planting a bomb in a bar in order to kill some soldiers on leave.

* TooDumbToLive: Kitten at certain moments, though she often has little choice but to wander into life-threatening situations. Still, her sudden decision to throw Billy Hatchett’s guns in the lake was ''obviously'' going to have dire consequences. Then again, she was extremely upset at the time [[spoiler: due to Lawrence’s death]]. Plus [[CloudCuckooLander she doesn’t ever really seem to quite follow the same logic as the rest of the world.]]

* TheUnfavourite: Ma Braden blatantly prefers Kitten’s “sister”, Caroline. Possibly because she adheres to conventional gender roles.

The film stars CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a [[{{transsexual}} transgender]] orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Stroke Country]] in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

The film stars CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a [[{{transsexual}} transgender]] orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with StrokeCountry in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

* StrokeCountry: the first half of the movie takes place just across the border from here. Several characters (Erwin, Billy Hatchet, ThoseTwoBadGuys) are IRA members who seem to be using the place as a safe haven.

* WholesomeCrossdresser

The film stars CillianMurphy as Patrick Braden, a [[{{transsexual}} transgendered]] orphan (who prefers to be known as Patricia, or “Kitten”) growing up in rural Ireland near the border with StrokeCountry in the 1970’s. Ostracised in her home town and obsessed by the secrets surrounding her birth, she heads off to London in search of the mother who abandoned her.

* {{Transgender}}: It's left ambiguous as to whether Kitten is truly transgender or just a crossdresser. Cillian Murphy refers to Kitten as 'she', while Neil Jordan refers to Kitten as 'he'.

* {{Transgender}}

* {{Transgender}}: It's left ambiguous as to whether Kitten is truly transgender, or just a flamboyant crossdresser. Even Cillian Murphy refers to Kitten as 'her', while Neil Jordan calls Kitten 'him'.

* {{Transgender}}: It's left ambiguous as to whether Kitten is truly transgender, or just a crossdresser. Even Cillian Murphy refers to Kitten as 'her', while Neil Jordan calls Kitten 'him'.

* {{Transgender}}: It's left ambiguous as to whether Kitten is truly transgender, or just a crossdresser.

* {{Transgender}}

* TheTroubles: several characters are either IRA members or sympathizers, and Kitten is wrongfully accused of planting a bomb in a bar in order to kill some soldiers on leave.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"If I wasn't a transvestite terrorist...would you marry me?"]]