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[[caption-width-right:350:More psychic teens, less [[Anime/{{Akira}} xylophone]].]]
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* TroubledTeen: Andrew is this ''in spades.'' His life consists of an extremely abusive alcoholic father and a terminally ill bedridden mother and is frequently bullied at school, not to mention everything else that happens to him throughout the film, giving him serious mental issues. The fact that Andrew decides to keep it all bottled up until hitting his RageBreakingPoint instead of reaching out to talk to someone about it doesn't help matters either, ''especially'' after he acquires his powers.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After the talent show, Matt mentions that Andrew's expanding ego and hubris will be his downfall. He says it semi-jokingly, but it's from that point on that things start going downhill.
** During the toy store scene, [[spoiler: Andrew]] holds a red lightsaber like the one used by [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]. Also, evidently, a ShoutOut.
** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
** [[http://i.imgur.com/aYQx7.jpg This little detail in the first scene]].
** After the talent show, Matt mentions that Andrew's expanding ego and hubris will be his downfall. He says it semi-jokingly, but it's from that point on that things start going downhill.
** During the toy store scene, [[spoiler: Andrew]] holds a red lightsaber like the one used by [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]. Also, evidently, a ShoutOut.
** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
** [[http://i.imgur.com/aYQx7.jpg This little detail in the first scene]].
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Andrew genuinely seems to love his father and want to make him happy. Richard is
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Andrew genuinely seems to love his father and want to make him happy. Richard isis dealing with the loss of his job as a firefighter and his wife's terminal cancer, which turns him into an alcoholic with an IrrationalHatred of Andrew that results in Richard’s abusive behavior towards his son and [[spoiler: his own comeuppance by Andrew after Richard pushes his now-superpowered son to his limits]].
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* FoundFootageFilms: The film uses cameras from a variety of sources.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic (introverted and very, very insecure); Steve is sanguine (incredibly outgoing and generally a NiceGuy); Matt is phlegmatic (indifferent to Andrew and people-oriented) but becomes more choleric as the story progresses (more passionate but deeply troubled about Andrew and his powers).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic (introverted and very, very insecure); Steve is sanguine (incredibly outgoing and generally a NiceGuy); Matt is phlegmatic (indifferent to Andrew and people-oriented) but becomes more choleric as the story progresses (more passionate but deeply troubled about Andrew and his powers).
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** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
** [[http://i.imgur.com/aYQx7.jpg This little detail in the first scene]].
** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
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** During the Lego scene,ShoutOut. Andrew builds has a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
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** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle, the location of the climax.
** At the rave, Andrew says that he doesn't drink. Thislittle detail in causes him to vomit at the first scene]].party when he has too much to drink.
* FoundFootageFilms: The film uses cameras from a variety of sources.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic (introverted and very, very insecure); Steve is sanguine (incredibly outgoing and generally a NiceGuy); Matt is phlegmatic (indifferent to Andrew and people-oriented) but becomes more choleric as the story progresses (more passionate but deeply troubled about Andrew and his powers).
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* FoundFootageFilms: The film uses cameras from a variety of sources.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic (introverted and very, very insecure); Steve is sanguine (incredibly outgoing and generally a NiceGuy); Matt is phlegmatic (indifferent to Andrew and people-oriented) but becomes more choleric as the story progresses (more passionate but deeply troubled about Andrew and his powers).
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After the talent show, Matt mentions that Andrew's expanding ego and hubris will be his downfall. He says it semi-jokingly, but it's from that point on that things start going downhill.
** During the toy store scene, [[spoiler: Andrew]] holds a red lightsaber like the one used by [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]. Also, evidently, a ShoutOut.
** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
** [[http://i.imgur.com/aYQx7.jpg This little detail in the first scene]].
** After the talent show, Matt mentions that Andrew's expanding ego and hubris will be his downfall. He says it semi-jokingly, but it's from that point on that things start going downhill.
** During the toy store scene, [[spoiler: Andrew]] holds a red lightsaber like the one used by [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]. Also, evidently, a ShoutOut.
** During the Lego scene, Andrew builds a model of the Seattle Space Needle. Guess where the climax occurs? [[spoiler:Contrary to the end of that scene, though, the Needle survives.]]
** [[http://i.imgur.com/aYQx7.jpg This little detail in the first scene]].
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Deconstructed. The boys' telekinetic barriers don't make them invincible, and failure to put them up fast enough gets all three in trouble at various points of the movie. [[spoiler:The final fight between Matt and Andrew, in particular, sees them getting thrown through buildings. While it's far more punishment than a normal human being can take, they both end up bruised, beaten and bloody by the end. Also, Andrew dies when Matt impales him with a spear because Andrew was so [[UnstoppableRage angry]] that he didn't see the spear coming.]]
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Deconstructed. The boys' telekinetic barriers don't make them invincible, and failure to put them up fast enough gets all three in trouble at various points of the movie. [[spoiler:The final fight between Matt and Andrew, in particular, sees them getting thrown through buildings. While it's far more punishment than a normal human being can take, they both end up bruised, beaten and bloody by the end. Also, Andrew dies when Matt impales him with a spear because Andrew was so [[UnstoppableRage angry]] that he didn't see the spear coming.]]coming]].
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* VillainHasAPoint: Richard, while being abusive drunk and a joke of a father, still makes a point about Andrew having a costly camera in his room while his mother is dying without proper medication. [[spoiler: The cash Andrew stole during his short spree as a robber wasn't even half of the sum the camera was worth]].
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* VillainHasAPoint: VillainHasAPoint:
** Richard, while being an abusive drunk and a joke of a father, still makes a point about Andrew having a costly camera in his room while his mother is dying without proper medication.[[spoiler: The cash Andrew stole during his short spree as a robber wasn't even half of doesn't counter that the sum reason he got the camera was worth]].to record his father's abuse.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Where did that crystal come from? Why did it give the boys telekinesis? What were Matt and Steve doing in the woods that caused them to find the hole?
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* {{Capepunk}}: In this film, when you give superpowers to a moody, troubled teenager [[spoiler:like Andrew]], he'll turn out less like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and more like [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]] or [[UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Eric Harris]].
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* {{Capepunk}}: In this film, when you give superpowers to a moody, troubled teenager [[spoiler:like Andrew]], he'll turn out less like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and more like [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]] or [[UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Eric Harris]].White]].
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''Chronicle'' is a 2012 {{found footage|Films}} super-power action film directed by Creator/JoshTrank and written by Creator/MaxLandis focusing on three teenage boys who discover a mysterious object in a cave on the outskirts of town. They soon discover that exposure to the object has granted each of them [[MindOverMatter telekinetic abilities]]. As they practice with their abilities, they get stronger with them, and learn to [[FlyingBrick fly and protect themselves from harm]]. They don't exactly become heroic pillars of justice and instead use their powers for random pranks and goofing around, as teen boys do.
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''Chronicle'' is a 2012 {{found footage|Films}} super-power action [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] thriller drama film directed by Creator/JoshTrank and written by Creator/MaxLandis focusing from a story created by them both.
The film focuses on three teenage boys who discover a mysterious object in a cave on the outskirts of town. They soon discover that exposure to the object has granted each of them [[MindOverMatter telekineticabilities]]. abilities]].
As they practice with their abilities, they get stronger with them, and learn to [[FlyingBrick fly and protect themselves from harm]]. They don't exactly make the instantaneous choice to become heroic pillars ofjustice justice, and instead use their powers for random pranks and goofing around, as teen boys do.
The film focuses on three teenage boys who discover a mysterious object in a cave on the outskirts of town. They soon discover that exposure to the object has granted each of them [[MindOverMatter telekinetic
As they practice with their abilities, they get stronger with them, and learn to [[FlyingBrick fly and protect themselves from harm]]. They don't exactly make the instantaneous choice to become heroic pillars of
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* TroubledTeen: Andrew is this ''in spades.'' His life consists of an extremely abusive alcoholic father and a terminally ill bedridden mother and is frequently bullied at school, not to mention everything else that happens to him throughout the film, giving him serious mental issues. The fact that Andrew decides to keep it all bottled up until hitting his RageBreakingPoint instead of reaching out to talk to someone about it doesn't help matters either, ''especially'' after he acquires his powers.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: What misfortunes that [[spoiler:Andrew]] gone through in the movie would cause him to go off the deep end.
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** In the climax, [[spoiler: Andrew may now be completely unhinged and is about to drop his father to his death from the hospital bulding, but he still manages to throw this trope back at him by essentially saying that it was his constant abuse that indirectly led to many of the movie's events, and had ultimately drove him off the deep end]].
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** In the climax, [[spoiler: Andrew may now be completely unhinged and is about to drop his father to his death from the hospital bulding, but he still manages to throw this trope back at him by essentially saying that it was his [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil constant abuse that indirectly led to many of the movie's events, and had ultimately drove him off the deep end]].end]]]].
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* NotSoStoic: Pseudo-philosopher with hints of a superiority complex Matt steadily starts showing real emotion in response to [[spoiler: Andrew's FaceHeelTurn]] until he's sobbing uncontrollably [[spoiler: moments before killing Andrew]].
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* BerserkButton: Don't tell Andrew what to do. And GET AWAY FROM HIM.
* BigManOnCampus: Steve. Unlike the usual examples, he is a genuine NiceGuy and nice to Andrew before they all get powers.
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* BondBreaker: Ultimately, [[spoiler:Andrew, for choosing to take his father's BreakingSpeech on "they're not your friends" to heart]].
* BulletCatch:
** Andrew successfully does this while [[spoiler: rampaging through Seattle, catching massed automatic fire from a SWAT team]].
** Matt not so much. [[spoiler:He gets shot at once, and can't stop it, though he might have at least softened the blow.]]
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** Andrew successfully does this while [[spoiler: rampaging through Seattle, catching massed automatic fire from a SWAT team]].
** Matt not so much. [[spoiler:He gets shot at once, and can't stop it, though he might have at least softened the blow.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The entire second half of the trailer does all it can to give away [[spoiler:Andrew's FaceHeelTurn]], which doesn't really set in until more than halfway through the movie. This proves TropesAreNotBad, though, as knowing what's coming generates a definite sense of dread.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The entire second half of the trailer does all it can to give away [[spoiler:Andrew's FaceHeelTurn]], which doesn't really set in until more than halfway through the movie. This proves TropesAreNotBad, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, though, as knowing what's coming generates a definite sense of dread.
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** [[spoiler: Andrew]] threatens his father: "I could crush you! Do you know that? ''I could crush you''!"
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** Andrew has a lot of moments where it counts - [[spoiler:when he didn't think it was wrong to veer a car off the road; after he accidentally killed Steve; when he videotaped Steve's funeral; when he tears a spider limb-from-limb for no reason; and when he gives that Apex Predator speech ("A lion doesn't feel guilty when it eats a gazelle").]]
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** Andrew has a lot of moments where it counts - -- [[spoiler:when he didn't think it was wrong to veer a car off the road; after he accidentally killed Steve; when he videotaped Steve's funeral; when he tears a spider limb-from-limb for no reason; and when he gives that Apex Predator speech ("A lion doesn't feel guilty when it eats a gazelle").]]
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* NotUsingTheZWord: The kids never compare themselves to, say, [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] or the ComicBook/FantasticFour, and no one uses the words "superpower" or "superhero", as if comic books simply don't exist in this universe. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] the boys have to look up "telekinesis" in the dictionary before they can put a name on "the thing we can do where we move stuff with our minds", this could be the case.
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* NotUsingTheZWord: The kids boys never compare themselves to, say, [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] or the ComicBook/FantasticFour, and no one uses the words "superpower" or "superhero", as if comic books simply don't exist in this universe. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering]] the boys have to look up "telekinesis" in the dictionary before they can put a name on "the thing we can do where we move stuff with our minds", this could be the case.
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* ClashingCousins: Andrew and Matt have a tense but courteous relationship in the beginning and clash in a more normal way. They end up clashing extremely and tragically after [[spoiler:Steve's death]].
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* KickTheDog: Andrew has a lot of moments where it counts - [[spoiler:when he didn't think it was wrong to veer a car off the road; after he accidentally killed Steve; when he videotaped Steve's funeral; when he tears a spider limb-from-limb for no reason; and when he gives that Apex Predator speech ("A lion doesn't feel guilty when it eats a gazelle").]]
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* KickTheDog: KickTheDog:
** Andrew has a lot of moments where it counts - [[spoiler:when he didn't think it was wrong to veer a car off the road; after he accidentally killed Steve; when he videotaped Steve's funeral; when he tears a spider limb-from-limb for no reason; and when he gives that Apex Predator speech ("A lion doesn't feel guilty when it eats a gazelle").]]]]
** Richard seems like he's ''finally'' about to show some emotions about [[spoiler:Andrew's mom's death]] when he starts breaking down. Instead, he tells the grief-stricken Andrew that [[spoiler:it's his fault and he can't do anything right]].
** Andrew has a lot of moments where it counts - [[spoiler:when he didn't think it was wrong to veer a car off the road; after he accidentally killed Steve; when he videotaped Steve's funeral; when he tears a spider limb-from-limb for no reason; and when he gives that Apex Predator speech ("A lion doesn't feel guilty when it eats a gazelle").
** Richard seems like he's ''finally'' about to show some emotions about [[spoiler:Andrew's mom's death]] when he starts breaking down. Instead, he tells the grief-stricken Andrew that [[spoiler:it's his fault and he can't do anything right]].
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* SuperSupremacist: [[spoiler:Andrew and two of his friends gain superpowers from an alien EldritchAbomination. Due to several tragedies in his life, [[SanitySlippage Andrew's sanity slowly degrades]] over the course of the film and he starts espousing social darwinist ideas by calling himself an "apex predator", and later goes on a rampage against {{Muggles}}.]]
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* {{Capepunk}}: In this film, when you give superpowers to a moody, troubled teenager [[spoiler:like Andrew]], he'll turn out less like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and more like [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]].
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* {{Capepunk}}: In this film, when you give superpowers to a moody, troubled teenager [[spoiler:like Andrew]], he'll turn out less like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and more like [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]].White]] or [[UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Eric Harris]].
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* {{Capepunk}}: In this film, when you give superpowers to a moody, troubled teenager [[spoiler:like Andrew]], he'll turn out less like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and more like [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]].
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* SuperHero: An arguable example, to say the least. The question of whether ''Chronicle'' is a superhero movie or not is approaching InternetBackdraft levels. Despite the [[NotUsingTheZWord word "superhero" or "superpowers" never being mentioned]], the way the boys gain their power is heavily reminiscent of Creator/MarvelComics classics (particularly Franchise/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/FantasticFour), and the further dynamic of the film, particularly the third act, cements this impression. On the other hand, writer Max Landis has appeared a bit disconcerted by the label being applied, stating that, by the standards applied to ''Chronicle'', ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' and ''Film/{{Firestarter}}'' would be considered superhero movies if they came out today.
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* SuperHero: An arguable example, to say the least. The question of whether ''Chronicle'' is a superhero movie or not is approaching InternetBackdraft levels.highly debatable. Despite the [[NotUsingTheZWord word "superhero" or "superpowers" never being mentioned]], the way the boys gain their power is heavily reminiscent of Creator/MarvelComics classics (particularly Franchise/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/FantasticFour), and the further dynamic of the film, particularly the third act, cements this impression. On the other hand, writer Max Landis has appeared a bit disconcerted by the label being applied, stating that, by the standards applied to ''Chronicle'', ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' and ''Film/{{Firestarter}}'' would be considered superhero movies if they came out today.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Working from the information in the film, it's unclear whether [[spoiler:Steve's death was due to a freak by natural lightning bolt, or if Andrew was somehow responsible--and even if he was, it's not clear if it was killing him in a rage or losing control of his power. Max Landis, however, has clarified that Steve's death was an accident, and that Andrew didn't have lightning powers.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Working from the information in the film, it's unclear whether [[spoiler:Steve's death was due to a freak by natural lightning bolt, or if Andrew was somehow responsible--and even if he was, it's not clear if it was killing him in a rage or losing control of his power. Max Landis, however, [[WordOfGod has clarified clarified]] that Steve's death was an accident, and that Andrew didn't have lightning powers.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Andrew. You can only feel sorry for all the bad things happening to him and his eventual snap]]
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. While Steve is the first character to die, none of the characters were written with a specific race in mind mind, and [[Creator/MichaelBJordan his actor]] just happens to be black.]]
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* MindOverManners: Matt tries to establish rules for the safe and ethical use of their powers after their telekinesis gets so strong that Andrew almost kills a redneck trucker.
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* MindOverManners: Matt tries to establish rules for the safe and ethical use of their powers after their telekinesis gets so strong that Andrew almost kills a redneck trucker. [[spoiler:By the third act, Andrew has broken all of them.]]
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic; Steve is sanguine; Matt is phlegmatic but becomes more choleric as the story progresses.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrew is melancholic; melancholic (introverted and very, very insecure); Steve is sanguine; sanguine (incredibly outgoing and generally a NiceGuy); Matt is phlegmatic (indifferent to Andrew and people-oriented) but becomes more choleric as the story progresses.progresses (more passionate but deeply troubled about Andrew and his powers).
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. Steve is killed 3/4 through the movie, becoming the first character to die, but none of the characters were written with a specific race in mind and [[Creator/MichaelBJordan his actor]] just happens to be black.]]
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. While Steve is killed 3/4 through the movie, becoming the first character to die, but none of the characters were written with a specific race in mind and [[Creator/MichaelBJordan his actor]] just happens to be black.]]
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* FallenHero: Richard, as a former firefighter, has presumably saved more than enough lives to be called a hero. The loss of his job and his wife's illness has reduced him to an abusive, alcoholic LowerClassLout {{Jerkass}} by the time of the film.
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* FallenHero: Richard, as a former firefighter, has presumably saved more than enough lives to be called a hero. The loss of his job and his wife's illness has reduced him to an abusive, alcoholic LowerClassLout {{Jerkass}} with an IrrationalHatred of his own son Andrew by the time of the film.