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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - Ink, so ''very'' much. He isn't even very ineffectual, aside from letting the key-drum which would have allowed him instant access to the Assembly (and made the movie MUCH shorter) get broken, but the Incubi like to play off of his low self-esteem. That, his sheer determination, and a series of sympathetic moments put him in AntiVillain territory by the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Then he has his HeelFaceTurn and [[PapaWolf kicks EPIC amounts of Incubi ass.]]]]
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - Ink, so ''very'' much.Ink. He isn't even very ineffectual, aside from letting the key-drum which would have allowed him instant access to the Assembly (and made the movie MUCH shorter) get broken, but the Incubi like to play off of his low self-esteem. That, his sheer determination, and a series of sympathetic moments put him in AntiVillain territory by the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Then he has his HeelFaceTurn and [[PapaWolf kicks EPIC amounts of Incubi ass.]]]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Ink is John from a BadFuture. Specifically, he completed his business deal, let Emma die alone in the hospital, spiraled into depression and blew his brains out, scarring his already twisted soul enough to turn him into monster.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Ink is John from a BadFuture. Specifically, he completed his business deal, let Emma die alone in the hospital, spiraled into depression and blew his brains out, scarring his already twisted soul enough to turn him into monster.amonster.]]
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* ActionGirl: All girls here kick ass Buffy Style.
* AntiVillain: Ink.
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* AxCrazy: Sadie does not like Storytellers.
** Sadie does not like ''other women'', particularly lovely ones. Consider her reason for being a drifter and personality.
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The mass summon signal.]]
** Which is lampshaded by Jacob nearly the second it's introduced.
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-->'''Jacob''': If all goes peachy, we will.
** Which is lampshaded by Jacob nearly the second it's introduced.
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**]] Which is lampshaded by Jacob nearly the second it's introduced.
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** You can guess how some of them stack, but others are a complete surprise.
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* FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings: Liev in spades.
* TheGadfly: Jacob, at times. Lampshaded by Jacob himself.
-->'''Jacob''': Shake the shit out of 'em. It's what I always say.
* FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings: Liev in spades.
* TheGadfly: Jacob, at times. Lampshaded by Jacob himself.
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%% * FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings: Liev in spades.
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* KickTheDog: Ink, after Liev's surrender.
* LargeHam: The Pathfinder, again. Sadie also hams it up quite a bit as well.
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** A woman?
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Stab Them]]: The Prince doesn't even bother to gloat over [[spoiler:Liev]].
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Stab Them]]: The Prince doesn't even bother to gloat over [[spoiler:Liev]].
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Natural Light = Real World. White, Green, and (Beige/Orange?) are the SpiritWorld, Nightmares (and Incubi-induced thoughts), and Dreams respectively.
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* NoBudget: Made on a quarter of a million dollars.
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* {{Jerkass}}: John started out as a nice guy, with something of a JerkassFacade, then became a real {{Jerkass}}, then a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Pathfinder, at times.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Pathfinder, at times.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: The Pathfinder is blind, but can [[BlindSeer "feel the beat of the world"]] which allows him to set off chains of events leading to a desired outcome. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny As long as there aren't any branches in his path.]]
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* DisabilitySuperpower: The Pathfinder is blind, but can [[BlindSeer "feel the beat of the world"]] which allows him to set off chains of events leading to a desired outcome. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments As long as there aren't any branches in his path.]]
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Part of the RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts scene involves a teenage skateboarder crashing into another person because he's distracted by the cleavage of a woman bending down to pick up some flowers.
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->'''Liev''': "This is what you were"
A 2009 low-budget indie fantasy film directed by Jamin Winans. When people go to sleep at night, certain ''beings'' come to them and give dreams. Storytellers supply happy images, while Incubi are evil creatures who give people nightmares and encourage vanity or despair in the individual. These creatures are both usually unseen by mortals and exist in a murky, dream-like mirror world of our own. However, neither of these creatures can directly influence the real world. It is implied that Incubi can indirectly influence certain individuals during the daytime, by building up their pride or tearing them down through whispers of despair.
The main story is centered around a little girl, Emma, who is abducted into the dream world by the namesake villain Ink. A group of Storytellers try to rescue her by bringing her separated father to her bed as her body lies in a coma. This involves one of the coolest chain reactions in film. (Which is no surprise, considering it's made by the same people who brought us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc Spin]].)
The movie hit it big on bittorrent sites in early November 2009. The director squealed with glee. This reaction was the [[TheManFromEarth second]] admission by a film director or film producer that "unauthorized" downloads can be good for getting the word out for a work.
Can be watched online via Hulu [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/116313/ink here]].
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* ActionGirl: All girls here kick ass Buffy Style.
* AntiVillain: Ink.
* BerserkButton: Don't remind Allel of her failure. Or taunt her. [[OhCrap And]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DON'T]]. [[PapaWolf Mess with Emma around John.]] [[spoiler: In ANY form.]]
** Ink's a little touchy about his inadequacy.
* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted when Ink kidnaps Emma. He thrashes the main Storytellers before they call in reinforcements, and even then he still escapes. The best they do is slow him down.
** The Pathfinder manages to activate a magical distress beacon just in time.
** [[spoiler: Also Ink. Granted, he was in the room the whole time, but TheReveal hits him in time to pull a HeelFaceTurn and rescue Emma.]]
* BlindSeer: Jacob, the Pathfinder.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: It's pretty obvious that the Storytellers are all good and Incubi are all bad. The drifters, however, are mostly neutrally in the middle, not caring to choose either side. There are a few who are shown to be swayed in their allegiances, though.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The Prince.
* CharacterTitle
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The mass summon signal.]]
** Which is lampshaded by Jacob nearly the second it's introduced.
-->'''Sarah''': In case we need the big guns.
-->'''Jacob''': If all goes peachy, we will.
* CheshireCatGrin: Most of the Incubi invariably walk around with permanent StepfordSmiler faces, although the Keymaster Incubus in particular has a creepy moment where you see the smile ''spread'' across his face from his initially neutral expression. It seems to stretch pretty wide.
* ClusterFBomb: John has one of these before his crash in the beginning of the movie.
* CrazyPrepared: The one and only time that [[NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight Ink is at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight,]] he makes it clear that he would rather [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled kill Emma and lose his chance to join the Incubi]] [[TheDeterminator than be defeated.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Natural Light = Real World. White, Green, and (Beige/Orange?) are the SpiritWorld, Nightmares (and Incubi-induced thoughts), and Dreams respectively.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: John is an example, albeit because he has let his professional life consume him to the exclusion of his personal life. He even mentions that the lives of thousands who are affected by his dealings are his responsibility, and that by neglecting his job he may harm all of them. He may be exaggerating to slake his vanity, but for a film that emphasises on the nature of cause and effect we never get an idea of how many fathers may be torn from their daughters due to John's ultimate decision..
* DeadpanSnarker: The Pathfinder in ''spades''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The dream/other world is colored this way.
** The basic dream world is faded [[spoiler: except for that last bit at the end...]], the Incubi world is green, and the Incubi have masks that make their faces monochrome [[spoiler: and apparently less terrifying than when removed]].
* TheDeterminator: ''Nothing'' is going to stop Ink from getting to the Assembly.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Inverted, it didn't ruin the movie's success, but instead improved it.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The Pathfinder is blind, but can [[BlindSeer "feel the beat of the world"]] which allows him to set off chains of events leading to a desired outcome. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny As long as there aren't any branches in his path.]]
** Doubles as AwesomeByAnalysis
* DisasterDominoes: OH, Jacob...
** You can guess how some of them stack, but others are a complete surprise.
* DissonantSerenity: When John is walking through the hospital to find Emma's room, while the Storytellers are having a huge brawl with the Incubi all around him. Justified in that the fighting takes place in [[SpiritWorld another plane of existence]] that he can't perceive.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Creepy guys standing bedside as little girls sleep.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: In one reality, John does this after the loss of both his wife and his daughter. This leads to him becoming Ink after his death.]]
* EpicHail: Jacob's call for backup, which fires a giant pillar of light into the sky, quickly followed by the click-popping of dozens of Storytellers appearing.
* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler: The Storytellers give John dreams of his dead wife to convince him that seeing his daughter is more important than his job.]]
* {{Foil}}: Ink is a foil for John [[spoiler: as they the same person]]. It also seems that Liev is meant to remind [[spoiler: Ink and]] Emma of the[[spoiler: wife/]]mother. {{Foreshadowing}}: "This is who you were"
* FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings: Liev in spades.
* TheGadfly: Jacob, at times. Lampshaded by Jacob himself.
-->'''Jacob''': Shake the shit out of 'em. It's what I always say.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Ink's pallid, goblin-like appearance is referred to as scarring caused [[spoiler:by his suicide]]. It's also his motivation in that he believes joining the Incubi will rid him of his ugliness.
** If you look closely, he has scars, or at least very thick veins and imperfections all over his head.
* HellYesMoment: The ending gets two of these: when Ink [[spoiler: realizes who he is and delivers an enormous can of whoopass]] and when [[spoiler:enough Storytellers show up to drive off the attacking Incubi from the hospital]].
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - Ink, so ''very'' much. He isn't even very ineffectual, aside from letting the key-drum which would have allowed him instant access to the Assembly (and made the movie MUCH shorter) get broken, but the Incubi like to play off of his low self-esteem. That, his sheer determination, and a series of sympathetic moments put him in AntiVillain territory by the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Then he has his HeelFaceTurn and [[PapaWolf kicks EPIC amounts of Incubi ass.]]]]
* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality]]: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Ink's parent timeline. Played straight in the other timeline.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: John started out as a nice guy, with something of a JerkassFacade, then became a real {{Jerkass}}, then a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Pathfinder, at times.
* KickTheDog: Ink, after Liev's surrender.
* LargeHam: The Pathfinder, again. Sadie also hams it up quite a bit as well.
* LeftHanging: What would the exact repercussions of Emma's death at the hands of the Prince have been?
* {{Leitmotif}}: A particular static noise follows the Incubi, the pops of the appearing Storytellers, and Jacob's "One, two, three, four" and its sometimes accompanying music. Even the drum 'keys' could be considered this.
* {{Masquerade}}
* MeaningfulEcho: The 'fighting monsters' John does. Especially, "You mess with my daughter, you mess with me!", albeit non-verbally.
** This is who you were; Something's got to stop the flow.
** The forehead touch, especially [[spoiler: at the end.]]
** This is who you will become; This is who you will choose to be. You don't have to choose this.
** And so, SO much more.
* MeaningfulName: Many of the Storytellers have names from the Bible (i.e. Gabe, Sarah). The Storyteller who goes to help Emma and is captured by Ink is named Liev, which means "godly one" and it's also an anagram of 'live', which seems to be [[spoiler: what she's urging John/Ink to do]]. Ink sounds like the first part of Incubus, as in, [[FridgeBrilliance he's an incomplete incubus]].
* MoodWhiplash: Jacob's PunctuatedForEmphasis moment is immediately broken by his continued antics.
* NobleDemon: Ink.
* NoBudget: Made on a quarter of a million dollars.
* NoNameGiven: The Collector. All the other storytellers and drifters with speaking lines have names, even if [[AllThereInTheManual only listed in the credits]], like Gabe. But the Collector is only listed in the credits as "The Collector.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Jacob. Allele clearly has him pegged as a deranged lunatic that takes an odd pleasure in annoying other people, but during the DisasterDominoes sequence, it becomes quite clear to her and the viewer that he has an incredibly sharp mind, and sees more than all of the other Storytellers.
* OhCrap: That is a LOT of Incubi...
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first scene of the movie.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The spirits of the dead can end up either as Storytellers, Incubi, or Drifters. Storytellers are good people who give people happy dreams (and can kick ass when needed, but not affect the physical world). Incubi give people nightmares and try to influence them to increase the amount of pride and selfishness in the world. Drifters are the most like traditional ghosts, owing allegiance to neither side, and most seem to be caught up in the obsessions they had in life. All spirits can be [[DeaderThanDead killed by another]] in the same way that humans can be killed, but it never says what, if anything, happens to them after that.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Ink]] gets one when he prevents Sadie chopping off all of Liev's hair and further humiliating her.
* PowerFist: Gabe breaks out some brass knuckles for the climactic fight.
* {{Pride}}: Pretty much what the movie is about.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Shake. The. Shit. Out of her.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath / RedemptionEarnsLife: This is a tricky one. [[spoiler: After realizing his TomatoInTheMirror status and saving Emma, Ink asks her for forgiveness and helps her wake up to find her father at her bedside. The John that we've spent the movie watching gets his daughter back while the one who became Ink no longer exists.]]
* ResetButton: Two - the one that fixes things broken when Storytellers fight, and [[spoiler: The StableTimeLoop-breaking one at the end.]]
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9iYchHgygc this scene]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Ink is John from a BadFuture. Specifically, he completed his business deal, let Emma die alone in the hospital, spiraled into depression and blew his brains out, scarring his already twisted soul enough to turn him into monster.]]
* RunningGag: "Hello, dirt..."
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Liev the Storyteller]]
* {{Satan}}: LOOK at the Prince. He even has it in his title! And think about his followers; down to the names.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: These replace the StepfordSmiler screens all of the Incubi wear when they [[LetsGetDangerous get ready to fight.]]
* [[AxCrazy Scissor Crazy]]: Sadie does not like Storytellers.
** Sadie does not like ''other women'', particularly lovely ones. Consider her reason for being a drifter and personality.
* ScrewDestiny: this is the Pathfinder's power, which he uses to [[spoiler: put John in the hospital and gives the Storytellers a window to give John a nice dose of EpiphanyTherapy]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: John & Ink do this with the Storyteller's help, although John remains oblivious to the 'time travel' part, and Ink doesn't realize it until TheReveal.]]
* SimpleStaff: Allel carries one.
* SinisterSchnoz: Ink.
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: The Incubi's plan for Ink's initiation ritual is to create one.]]
** Does that mean that it became a TimeyWimeyBall after Ink asked for forgiveness?
* StartOfDarkness: John's great successes, while individually good things, led to his corruption and the neglect of his family.
* StepfordSmiler: Aside from the Prince, every single one of the Incubi has a screen in front of their faces which projects this image. And they have [[SlasherSmile sharp teeth.]]
* {{Tearjerker}}: "She's going to be okay." The scene is even worse if you close your eyes and turn the sound up.
** Emma, about to be sacrificed: "When I die will I be a storyteller like you?" Liev: "No. You will be much greater than that."
* TomatoInTheMirror: See TheReveal above.
* TraumaticHaircut: Liev gets one from Sadie.
* UncannyValley:[[invoked]] Purposefully and rather effectively done with the Incubi. The screens in front of their faces greatly distort and exaggerate their [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smiles]] to a disturbing level.
* UrbanFantasy
* [[HeroTrackingFailure Villain Tracking Failure]]: The Storytellers can ''teleport'' and yet can't keep ahead of Ink.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Gabe sports one.
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Ink and the junk collector were once men. Who knows what Sadie once was.]]
** A woman?
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Stab Them]]: The Prince doesn't even bother to gloat over [[spoiler:Liev]].
* YouShallNotPass: Each of the main Storytellers pulls one of these to buy John more time.
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->'''Liev''': "This is what you were"
A 2009 low-budget indie fantasy film directed by Jamin Winans. When people go to sleep at night, certain ''beings'' come to them and give dreams. Storytellers supply happy images, while Incubi are evil creatures who give people nightmares and encourage vanity or despair in the individual. These creatures are both usually unseen by mortals and exist in a murky, dream-like mirror world of our own. However, neither of these creatures can directly influence the real world. It is implied that Incubi can indirectly influence certain individuals during the daytime, by building up their pride or tearing them down through whispers of despair.
The main story is centered around a little girl, Emma, who is abducted into the dream world by the namesake villain Ink. A group of Storytellers try to rescue her by bringing her separated father to her bed as her body lies in a coma. This involves one of the coolest chain reactions in film. (Which is no surprise, considering it's made by the same people who brought us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc Spin]].)
The movie hit it big on bittorrent sites in early November 2009. The director squealed with glee. This reaction was the [[TheManFromEarth second]] admission by a film director or film producer that "unauthorized" downloads can be good for getting the word out for a work.
Can be watched online via Hulu [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/116313/ink here]].
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* ActionGirl: All girls here kick ass Buffy Style.
* AntiVillain: Ink.
* BerserkButton: Don't remind Allel of her failure. Or taunt her. [[OhCrap And]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DON'T]]. [[PapaWolf Mess with Emma around John.]] [[spoiler: In ANY form.]]
** Ink's a little touchy about his inadequacy.
* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted when Ink kidnaps Emma. He thrashes the main Storytellers before they call in reinforcements, and even then he still escapes. The best they do is slow him down.
** The Pathfinder manages to activate a magical distress beacon just in time.
** [[spoiler: Also Ink. Granted, he was in the room the whole time, but TheReveal hits him in time to pull a HeelFaceTurn and rescue Emma.]]
* BlindSeer: Jacob, the Pathfinder.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: It's pretty obvious that the Storytellers are all good and Incubi are all bad. The drifters, however, are mostly neutrally in the middle, not caring to choose either side. There are a few who are shown to be swayed in their allegiances, though.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The Prince.
* CharacterTitle
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The mass summon signal.]]
** Which is lampshaded by Jacob nearly the second it's introduced.
-->'''Sarah''': In case we need the big guns.
-->'''Jacob''': If all goes peachy, we will.
* CheshireCatGrin: Most of the Incubi invariably walk around with permanent StepfordSmiler faces, although the Keymaster Incubus in particular has a creepy moment where you see the smile ''spread'' across his face from his initially neutral expression. It seems to stretch pretty wide.
* ClusterFBomb: John has one of these before his crash in the beginning of the movie.
* CrazyPrepared: The one and only time that [[NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight Ink is at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight,]] he makes it clear that he would rather [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled kill Emma and lose his chance to join the Incubi]] [[TheDeterminator than be defeated.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Natural Light = Real World. White, Green, and (Beige/Orange?) are the SpiritWorld, Nightmares (and Incubi-induced thoughts), and Dreams respectively.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: John is an example, albeit because he has let his professional life consume him to the exclusion of his personal life. He even mentions that the lives of thousands who are affected by his dealings are his responsibility, and that by neglecting his job he may harm all of them. He may be exaggerating to slake his vanity, but for a film that emphasises on the nature of cause and effect we never get an idea of how many fathers may be torn from their daughters due to John's ultimate decision..
* DeadpanSnarker: The Pathfinder in ''spades''
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The dream/other world is colored this way.
** The basic dream world is faded [[spoiler: except for that last bit at the end...]], the Incubi world is green, and the Incubi have masks that make their faces monochrome [[spoiler: and apparently less terrifying than when removed]].
* TheDeterminator: ''Nothing'' is going to stop Ink from getting to the Assembly.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Inverted, it didn't ruin the movie's success, but instead improved it.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The Pathfinder is blind, but can [[BlindSeer "feel the beat of the world"]] which allows him to set off chains of events leading to a desired outcome. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny As long as there aren't any branches in his path.]]
** Doubles as AwesomeByAnalysis
* DisasterDominoes: OH, Jacob...
** You can guess how some of them stack, but others are a complete surprise.
* DissonantSerenity: When John is walking through the hospital to find Emma's room, while the Storytellers are having a huge brawl with the Incubi all around him. Justified in that the fighting takes place in [[SpiritWorld another plane of existence]] that he can't perceive.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Creepy guys standing bedside as little girls sleep.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: In one reality, John does this after the loss of both his wife and his daughter. This leads to him becoming Ink after his death.]]
* EpicHail: Jacob's call for backup, which fires a giant pillar of light into the sky, quickly followed by the click-popping of dozens of Storytellers appearing.
* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler: The Storytellers give John dreams of his dead wife to convince him that seeing his daughter is more important than his job.]]
* {{Foil}}: Ink is a foil for John [[spoiler: as they the same person]]. It also seems that Liev is meant to remind [[spoiler: Ink and]] Emma of the[[spoiler: wife/]]mother. {{Foreshadowing}}: "This is who you were"
* FriendToAllChildren / FriendToAllLivingThings: Liev in spades.
* TheGadfly: Jacob, at times. Lampshaded by Jacob himself.
-->'''Jacob''': Shake the shit out of 'em. It's what I always say.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Ink's pallid, goblin-like appearance is referred to as scarring caused [[spoiler:by his suicide]]. It's also his motivation in that he believes joining the Incubi will rid him of his ugliness.
** If you look closely, he has scars, or at least very thick veins and imperfections all over his head.
* HellYesMoment: The ending gets two of these: when Ink [[spoiler: realizes who he is and delivers an enormous can of whoopass]] and when [[spoiler:enough Storytellers show up to drive off the attacking Incubi from the hospital]].
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - Ink, so ''very'' much. He isn't even very ineffectual, aside from letting the key-drum which would have allowed him instant access to the Assembly (and made the movie MUCH shorter) get broken, but the Incubi like to play off of his low self-esteem. That, his sheer determination, and a series of sympathetic moments put him in AntiVillain territory by the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Then he has his HeelFaceTurn and [[PapaWolf kicks EPIC amounts of Incubi ass.]]]]
* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality]]: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Ink's parent timeline. Played straight in the other timeline.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: John started out as a nice guy, with something of a JerkassFacade, then became a real {{Jerkass}}, then a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Pathfinder, at times.
* KickTheDog: Ink, after Liev's surrender.
* LargeHam: The Pathfinder, again. Sadie also hams it up quite a bit as well.
* LeftHanging: What would the exact repercussions of Emma's death at the hands of the Prince have been?
* {{Leitmotif}}: A particular static noise follows the Incubi, the pops of the appearing Storytellers, and Jacob's "One, two, three, four" and its sometimes accompanying music. Even the drum 'keys' could be considered this.
* {{Masquerade}}
* MeaningfulEcho: The 'fighting monsters' John does. Especially, "You mess with my daughter, you mess with me!", albeit non-verbally.
** This is who you were; Something's got to stop the flow.
** The forehead touch, especially [[spoiler: at the end.]]
** This is who you will become; This is who you will choose to be. You don't have to choose this.
** And so, SO much more.
* MeaningfulName: Many of the Storytellers have names from the Bible (i.e. Gabe, Sarah). The Storyteller who goes to help Emma and is captured by Ink is named Liev, which means "godly one" and it's also an anagram of 'live', which seems to be [[spoiler: what she's urging John/Ink to do]]. Ink sounds like the first part of Incubus, as in, [[FridgeBrilliance he's an incomplete incubus]].
* MoodWhiplash: Jacob's PunctuatedForEmphasis moment is immediately broken by his continued antics.
* NobleDemon: Ink.
* NoBudget: Made on a quarter of a million dollars.
* NoNameGiven: The Collector. All the other storytellers and drifters with speaking lines have names, even if [[AllThereInTheManual only listed in the credits]], like Gabe. But the Collector is only listed in the credits as "The Collector.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Jacob. Allele clearly has him pegged as a deranged lunatic that takes an odd pleasure in annoying other people, but during the DisasterDominoes sequence, it becomes quite clear to her and the viewer that he has an incredibly sharp mind, and sees more than all of the other Storytellers.
* OhCrap: That is a LOT of Incubi...
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The first scene of the movie.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The spirits of the dead can end up either as Storytellers, Incubi, or Drifters. Storytellers are good people who give people happy dreams (and can kick ass when needed, but not affect the physical world). Incubi give people nightmares and try to influence them to increase the amount of pride and selfishness in the world. Drifters are the most like traditional ghosts, owing allegiance to neither side, and most seem to be caught up in the obsessions they had in life. All spirits can be [[DeaderThanDead killed by another]] in the same way that humans can be killed, but it never says what, if anything, happens to them after that.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Ink]] gets one when he prevents Sadie chopping off all of Liev's hair and further humiliating her.
* PowerFist: Gabe breaks out some brass knuckles for the climactic fight.
* {{Pride}}: Pretty much what the movie is about.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Shake. The. Shit. Out of her.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath / RedemptionEarnsLife: This is a tricky one. [[spoiler: After realizing his TomatoInTheMirror status and saving Emma, Ink asks her for forgiveness and helps her wake up to find her father at her bedside. The John that we've spent the movie watching gets his daughter back while the one who became Ink no longer exists.]]
* ResetButton: Two - the one that fixes things broken when Storytellers fight, and [[spoiler: The StableTimeLoop-breaking one at the end.]]
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9iYchHgygc this scene]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Ink is John from a BadFuture. Specifically, he completed his business deal, let Emma die alone in the hospital, spiraled into depression and blew his brains out, scarring his already twisted soul enough to turn him into monster.]]
* RunningGag: "Hello, dirt..."
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Liev the Storyteller]]
* {{Satan}}: LOOK at the Prince. He even has it in his title! And think about his followers; down to the names.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: These replace the StepfordSmiler screens all of the Incubi wear when they [[LetsGetDangerous get ready to fight.]]
* [[AxCrazy Scissor Crazy]]: Sadie does not like Storytellers.
** Sadie does not like ''other women'', particularly lovely ones. Consider her reason for being a drifter and personality.
* ScrewDestiny: this is the Pathfinder's power, which he uses to [[spoiler: put John in the hospital and gives the Storytellers a window to give John a nice dose of EpiphanyTherapy]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: John & Ink do this with the Storyteller's help, although John remains oblivious to the 'time travel' part, and Ink doesn't realize it until TheReveal.]]
* SimpleStaff: Allel carries one.
* SinisterSchnoz: Ink.
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: The Incubi's plan for Ink's initiation ritual is to create one.]]
** Does that mean that it became a TimeyWimeyBall after Ink asked for forgiveness?
* StartOfDarkness: John's great successes, while individually good things, led to his corruption and the neglect of his family.
* StepfordSmiler: Aside from the Prince, every single one of the Incubi has a screen in front of their faces which projects this image. And they have [[SlasherSmile sharp teeth.]]
* {{Tearjerker}}: "She's going to be okay." The scene is even worse if you close your eyes and turn the sound up.
** Emma, about to be sacrificed: "When I die will I be a storyteller like you?" Liev: "No. You will be much greater than that."
* TomatoInTheMirror: See TheReveal above.
* TraumaticHaircut: Liev gets one from Sadie.
* UncannyValley:[[invoked]] Purposefully and rather effectively done with the Incubi. The screens in front of their faces greatly distort and exaggerate their [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smiles]] to a disturbing level.
* UrbanFantasy
* [[HeroTrackingFailure Villain Tracking Failure]]: The Storytellers can ''teleport'' and yet can't keep ahead of Ink.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Gabe sports one.
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Ink and the junk collector were once men. Who knows what Sadie once was.]]
** A woman?
* WhenYouComingHomeDad
* [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Why Don't You Just Stab Them]]: The Prince doesn't even bother to gloat over [[spoiler:Liev]].
* YouShallNotPass: Each of the main Storytellers pulls one of these to buy John more time.
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