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** Derf is in several scenes in the film where he was not present in the comic or real life, like the school trip to Washington DC or the prom (Derf notes the irony that Jeffrey Dahmer went to the prom but he didn't.).
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** Derf is in several scenes in the film where he was not present in the comic or real life, like the school trip to Washington DC (which he didn't partake in) or the prom (Derf notes (He spent the irony evening in a movie theatre since he didn't manage to get a prom date. Derf makes a self-deprecating joke in the comic that Jeffrey Dahmer went managed to the get a prom date but he didn't.).not him).
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** Jeff's brother David only appears in a single panel in the comic. Derf notes that he purposely excluded David from the story since he was a much younger kid beneath his notice back then and Derf never witnessed what part David played in Jeff's life. In the film his role is still minor but he appears in multiple scenes and even showcases a sympathetic side to Jeff with him having a bit of a BigBrotherInstinct towards his little brother.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the film, Neil goes through a HeelRealization and recognizes that their treatment of Jeff is exploitative, apologizing to Jeff as being inappropriate. He even tells one of the guys "He isn't a side show attraction".
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** In the film, Neil goes through a HeelRealization and recognizes that their treatment of Jeff is exploitative, apologizing to Jeff as being inappropriate. He even tells one of the guys "He isn't a side show attraction".
** In the film, Neil goes through a HeelRealization and recognizes that their treatment of Jeff is exploitative, apologizing to Jeff as being inappropriate. He even tells one of the guys "He isn't a side show attraction".
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Like the comic, the film is set in [[TheSeventies 1970s]] Ohio and follows aspiring cartoonist John "Derf" Backderf (Wolff), an aspiring artist who befriends his troubled high school classmate, the future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Lynch).
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A 2017 film adaptation of the graphic novel ''ComicBook/MyFriendDahmer'', directed by Marc Meyers.
Like the comic, the film follows "Derf" Backderf (Creator/AlexWolff), an aspiring artist who befriends his troubled classmate, the future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Creator/RossLynch).
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A 2017 film adaptation of the graphic novel ''ComicBook/MyFriendDahmer'', [[ComicBook/MyFriendDahmer of the same name]], directed by Marc Meyers.
Meyers and starring Creator/RossLynch, Creator/AnneHeche, Creator/DallasRoberts, Creator/AlexWolff, and Creator/VincentKartheiser.
Like the comic, the film follows "Derf" Backderf(Creator/AlexWolff), (Wolff), an aspiring artist who befriends his troubled classmate, the future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Creator/RossLynch).
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** Despite the unflattering (but accurate) hair style and glasses Jeff wore you still can’t hide that he’s played by the mega hot Creator/RossLynch.
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** Despite the unflattering (but accurate) hair style hairstyle and dorky glasses Jeff wore you still can’t hide that he’s played by the mega hot Creator/RossLynch.
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** Despite the unflattering but accurate hair style and glasses Jeff had you still can’t hide that he’s played by the mega hot Creator/RossLynch.
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** Despite the unflattering but accurate hair style and glasses Jeff had you still can’t hide that he’s played by the mega hot Creator/RossLynch.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Not commented on in-movie or comics but some folks in RealLife have commented on teenage Dahmer's appearance...Compounded [[https://i.ibb.co/FDNDNkP/My-Friend-Dahmer-image0001.jpg by seeing]] Creator/RossLynch playing [[https://i.ibb.co/nQQnWj6/my-friend-dahmer.jpg the guy]][[note]]Lynch on left. Dahmer on right. Scary.[[/note]]. He was a nice-looking youth in an awkwardly hunky yet [[{{Megane}} nerdy]] sort of way.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Not commented on in-movie or comics but some folks in RealLife have commented on teenage Dahmer's appearance...Compounded [[https://i.ibb.co/FDNDNkP/My-Friend-Dahmer-image0001.jpg by seeing]] Creator/RossLynch playing [[https://i.ibb.co/nQQnWj6/my-friend-dahmer.jpg the guy]][[note]]Lynch on left. Dahmer on right. Scary.[[/note]]. He was a nice-looking youth in an awkwardly hunky yet [[{{Megane}} nerdy]] nerdy sort of way.
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* WhenHeSmiles: Subverted in that this ''is'' Jeffrey "Milwaukee Cannibal" Dahmer we're talking about, here...
** Creator/RossLynch has a lovely smile and he uses that smile a few times in TheMovie...but the last time is when he picks up Stephen Hicks, whom he would soon kill.
** Dahmer ''himself'' was this in RealLife. The world saw a morose guy but there are some [[https://i.ibb.co/Ws8zHWt/Annotation-2020-05-21-023605.png rare instances]] where he [[https://i.ibb.co/tMXkGLg/Annotation-2020-05-04-182855.png did smile]] a weirdly {{Adorkable}}, nerdy smile...which would be really cute if it wasn't for the fact that it's one of the most ''horrifying'' RealLife [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] doing the smile. Even said cute awkward smile takes on a creepy UncannyValley aura. Dahmer had the CuteBookworm potential but he ruined it by being...well...[[TheAlcoholic the alcoholic]], [[BookDumb underachiever]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]-[[ILoveTheDead necrophile]], [[SerialKiller murderer]], ''Jeffrey Dahmer''.
** Creator/RossLynch has a lovely smile and he uses that smile a few times in TheMovie...but the last time is when he picks up Stephen Hicks, whom he would soon kill.
** Dahmer ''himself'' was this in RealLife. The world saw a morose guy but there are some [[https://i.ibb.co/Ws8zHWt/Annotation-2020-05-21-023605.png rare instances]] where he [[https://i.ibb.co/tMXkGLg/Annotation-2020-05-04-182855.png did smile]] a weirdly {{Adorkable}}, nerdy smile...which would be really cute if it wasn't for the fact that it's one of the most ''horrifying'' RealLife [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] doing the smile. Even said cute awkward smile takes on a creepy UncannyValley aura. Dahmer had the CuteBookworm potential but he ruined it by being...well...[[TheAlcoholic the alcoholic]], [[BookDumb underachiever]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]-[[ILoveTheDead necrophile]], [[SerialKiller murderer]], ''Jeffrey Dahmer''.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Not commented on in-movie or comics but some folks in RealLife have commented on teenage Dahmer's appearance...Compounded [[https://i.ibb.co/FDNDNkP/My-Friend-Dahmer-image0001.jpg by seeing]] Creator/RossLynch playing [[https://i.ibb.co/nQQnWj6/my-friend-dahmer.jpg the guy]][[note]]Lynch on left. Dahmer on right. Scary.[[/note]]. He was a nice-looking youth in an awkwardly hunky yet [[{{Megane}} nerdy]] sort of way.
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** The fishing scene starts out as a nice, mundane, bit...then Dahmer decided to cut up the fish he cought like a horror movie villain, weirding out Derf.
** The fishing scene starts out as a nice, mundane, bit...then Dahmer decided to cut up the fish he cought like a horror movie villain, weirding out Derf.
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** Dahmer is "befriended" by Derf and his pals and a few scenes the newly-minted "Dahmer Fan Club" goofing off ensues...then Dahmer returns home to see his mother frantic and searching for pills and he hyperventalates hyperventilates at the horror of the situation...then his new "friends" come over and they do more silly teen boy dumbassery, like annoy a "Popular Girl" who had since graduated who was still living at home.
** The fishing scene starts out as a nice, mundane, bit...then Dahmer decided to cut up the fish hecought caught like a horror movie villain, weirding out Derf.
** The fishing scene starts out as a nice, mundane, bit...then Dahmer decided to cut up the fish he
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: TheMovie and GraphicNovel actually downplay the Dahmer parent's fights...making them more like regular arguments. In RealLife; The fights would sometimes be ''so severe'' that they would, at one point, even ''pull knives'' on each other. The divorce lawyers and divorce court would describe their case as "The worst they've ever seen".
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* WhenHeSmiles: Subverted in that this ''is'' Jeffrey "Milwaukee Cannibal" Dahmer we're talking about, here...
** Creator/RossLynch has a lovely smile and he uses that smile a few times in TheMovie...but the last time is when he picks up Stephen Hicks, whom he would soon kill.
** Dahmer ''himself'' was this in RealLife. The world saw a morose guy but there are some [[https://i.ibb.co/Ws8zHWt/Annotation-2020-05-21-023605.png rare instances]] where he [[https://i.ibb.co/tMXkGLg/Annotation-2020-05-04-182855.png did smile]] a weirdly {{Adorkable}}, nerdy smile...which would be really cute if it wasn't for the fact that it's one of the most ''horrifying'' RealLife [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] doing the smile. Even said cute awkward smile takes on a creepy UncannyValley aura. Dahmer had the CuteBookworm potential but he ruined it by being...well...[[TheAlcoholic the alcoholic]], [[BookDumb underachiever]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]-[[ILoveTheDead necrophile]], [[SerialKiller murderer]], ''Jeffrey Dahmer''.
** Creator/RossLynch has a lovely smile and he uses that smile a few times in TheMovie...but the last time is when he picks up Stephen Hicks, whom he would soon kill.
** Dahmer ''himself'' was this in RealLife. The world saw a morose guy but there are some [[https://i.ibb.co/Ws8zHWt/Annotation-2020-05-21-023605.png rare instances]] where he [[https://i.ibb.co/tMXkGLg/Annotation-2020-05-04-182855.png did smile]] a weirdly {{Adorkable}}, nerdy smile...which would be really cute if it wasn't for the fact that it's one of the most ''horrifying'' RealLife [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] doing the smile. Even said cute awkward smile takes on a creepy UncannyValley aura. Dahmer had the CuteBookworm potential but he ruined it by being...well...[[TheAlcoholic the alcoholic]], [[BookDumb underachiever]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]-[[ILoveTheDead necrophile]], [[SerialKiller murderer]], ''Jeffrey Dahmer''.
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** Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the film Joyce is barely there, and is more a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostly pleasant.
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** Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the While film Joyce is barely there, and is more still troubled, it’s a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostly pleasant.toned down version.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the film Joyce is barely there, and is more a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostly pleasant.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the film Joyce is barely there, and is more a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostlypleasant.pleasant.
** Neil is the super-nice one who shows genuine sympathy for Jeffrey and questions the "Fan Club's" treatment of him (even apologizing to Jeff at the prom). However, Backderf has expressed [[https://myfrienddahmer.blogspot.com/ bemusement over this]], recalling Neil in RealLife as actually being ''one of the biggest jerks'' concerning Dahmer (worse than Derf could ever be). Also, the whole "crank-calling Mr. Burlman" bit was ''Neil & Kent's'' idea.
--->''Unfortunately, Marc’s screenplay makes me even more of an asshole than in the book, and elevates me to the evil mastermind of the Burlman pranks. In reality, it was Neil behind virtually all of it. Neil, in the screenplay, is described as the “most empathetic” of the group and a reluctant participant in the gags. Both Mike and I shook our heads and laughed at that. It was Neil who, at Jeff’s urging, came to the Dahmer house when Burlman was due for a visit, and hid in the coat closet to hear Stan in action. As I write in the footnotes, adult Neil carries around a great deal of regret and shame over his teenage antics. The fourth primary member of the fan club, Kent, has been written out of the script altogether, a great relief to me since the real Kent, who I also still count as a close friend, is aghast at any link at all to the Dahmer story. Kent was also a primary force in the Burlman pranks. I really didn’t participate much in those, although I certainly parroted the cerebral palsy schtick. Like I said, not our finest hour. I’m sure this is going to be quite uncomfortable for me to watch on the screen.''
** Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the film Joyce is barely there, and is more a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostly
** Neil is the super-nice one who shows genuine sympathy for Jeffrey and questions the "Fan Club's" treatment of him (even apologizing to Jeff at the prom). However, Backderf has expressed [[https://myfrienddahmer.blogspot.com/ bemusement over this]], recalling Neil in RealLife as actually being ''one of the biggest jerks'' concerning Dahmer (worse than Derf could ever be). Also, the whole "crank-calling Mr. Burlman" bit was ''Neil & Kent's'' idea.
--->''Unfortunately, Marc’s screenplay makes me even more of an asshole than in the book, and elevates me to the evil mastermind of the Burlman pranks. In reality, it was Neil behind virtually all of it. Neil, in the screenplay, is described as the “most empathetic” of the group and a reluctant participant in the gags. Both Mike and I shook our heads and laughed at that. It was Neil who, at Jeff’s urging, came to the Dahmer house when Burlman was due for a visit, and hid in the coat closet to hear Stan in action. As I write in the footnotes, adult Neil carries around a great deal of regret and shame over his teenage antics. The fourth primary member of the fan club, Kent, has been written out of the script altogether, a great relief to me since the real Kent, who I also still count as a close friend, is aghast at any link at all to the Dahmer story. Kent was also a primary force in the Burlman pranks. I really didn’t participate much in those, although I certainly parroted the cerebral palsy schtick. Like I said, not our finest hour. I’m sure this is going to be quite uncomfortable for me to watch on the screen.''
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** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hambyCg_mAw&list=PL6ixyD7k43abFPXWFbNxSgS79oSrHE4Yp&index=30 version of the trailer]] for the film has the biggest case of it. An upbeat guitar jam over what looks like another fun goofy teen movie about a ClassClown, only for it to show it's true colors at the forty second mark. Fish mutilation, family strife, dead animals, Lloyd Figg's RussianRoulette, scary music and malevolent darkness ensue.
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* PragmaticAdaptation:
** Basically; the movie condenses over four years of Jeff and Derf's high school careers into their senior year.
** Derf's AdolfHitlarious skit for the talent show is not in the movie. The talent show is barely a subplot, just something Jeff considers in one scene.
** Doctor Matthew's role is expanded and he gains a beard in TheMovie (the comic depicts a clean-shaven man with glasses). In the comic and RealLife, he's basically an anonymous LivingProp.
** The "Dahmer Fan Club" was actually bigger in real life (Though Derf, Neil, Mike and Kent were the central four. Kent isn't included in TheMovie).
** Basically; the movie condenses over four years of Jeff and Derf's high school careers into their senior year.
** Derf's AdolfHitlarious skit for the talent show is not in the movie. The talent show is barely a subplot, just something Jeff considers in one scene.
** Doctor Matthew's role is expanded and he gains a beard in TheMovie (the comic depicts a clean-shaven man with glasses). In the comic and RealLife, he's basically an anonymous LivingProp.
** The "Dahmer Fan Club" was actually bigger in real life (Though Derf, Neil, Mike and Kent were the central four. Kent isn't included in TheMovie).
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A 2017 film adaptation of ''ComicBook/MyFriendDahmer'', directed by Marc Meyers.
Like the comic, the film follows "Derf" Backderf (Creator/AlexWolff), an aspiring artist who befriends his troubled classmate, the future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Creator/RossLynch).
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness:
** Well...sort of...with Lloyd Figg. In the comic he is a [[https://i.ibb.co/ng9hRWN/Comic-Figg.png very ugly fat guy]] with curly-hair, sideburns and geeky fashion sense. In the movie he is a [[https://i.ibb.co/z2xtLyM/Movie-Figg.png slender, androgynous, scary kid]] with long stringy wild hair who resembles a more unhinged Charles Manson wannabe.
** More straight-forward with the dog Dahmer [[https://i.ibb.co/JBWHRpN/doggo1.png considered killing]] but [[https://i.ibb.co/m97tNYH/doggo2.png thankfully didn't]][[note]]Then again; Derf's drawing style makes every sentient, whenever human or critter, weird or ugly-looking[[/note]].
** Derf Backderf was in RealLife, a [[https://i.ibb.co/KqH67VX/teenderf.png dorky-looking kid]] with NerdGlasses and not...well...[[https://i.ibb.co/QbZBKz5/Annotation-2020-04-10-045049.png Alex Wolff]]. The GraphicNovel has him similar to RealLife but glasses-free (He's the guy on the upper-left of the cover shown above. Only the earlier comic version was accurate). Derf probably went sans-glasses in the GraphicNovel due to [[https://i.ibb.co/r4JD2TH/Annotation-2020-04-16-054221.png looking almost]] indistinguishable from Jeffrey Dahmer in the original comic.
** Dahmer's prom date in the movie was played by a more [[https://i.ibb.co/x74RVQT/Screenshot-2021-06-21-135419.png conventionally]] attractive [[https://i.ibb.co/9bD7Dmr/Screenshot-2021-06-21-135001.png woman]] whereas in RealLife and the GraphicNovel, she was [[https://i.ibb.co/Mk77mm0/Screenshot-2021-06-21-134200.png more frumpy]] and [[https://i.ibb.co/tp7S1Ld/Screenshot-2021-06-21-135059.png plain]][[note]]They try to make up for this by having the actress portray her as an awkward HollywoodHomely with a jerky walk[[/note]].
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the film, Neil goes through a HeelRealization and recognizes that their treatment of Jeff is exploitative, apologizing to Jeff as being inappropriate. He even tells one of the guys "He isn't a side show attraction".
** This is less-apparent but hinted with Derf in the end, though he feebly tries to placate Jeff with "We were just having fun" and attempting to gift his weird "Jeff Drawings" to Jeff (who refuses). He also seems to waver between genuine concern and feigned guffaws during Jeff's "Command Performance" at the Mall.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Joyce in the graphic novel is a deeply troubled soul and is utterly self-absorbed, with Backderf stating that she effectively abandoned Jeff and guilt-tripped him into not revealing her whereabouts to her ex-husband. In the film Joyce is barely there, and is more a normal mother save for a few quirks and her leaving Dahmer is more nonchalant and mostly pleasant.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Believe it or not, Jeff is even worse in the film adaptation as he is shown [[spoiler:attempting to kill Backderf]], something that Derf does not recollect or depict in the comic.
** Backderf and the Dahmer Fan Club are portrayed as somewhat more exploitative of Jeff. Jeff even outright says that he does not like the cartoons Backderf has made of him [[note]]He initially enjoys the drawings, though...but once he figures out that Derf's bunch are just using him, he changes his tune[[/note]]. In the comic, Derf insists there was no malice on their part as they were social outcasts themselves and that they found Jeffrey to be a genuinely funny guy. Jeffrey's own feelings on the matter are never made clear in the story, but Derf notes that Jeffrey said in later interviews that he looked back on his high school years fondly.
** Lloyd Figg in the comic is a FatBastard with serious anger and behavioral issues who's mostly laughed at. Lloyd Figg in the movie is a slim, wild-haired freak who's genuinely feared.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** In the film, Derf's final meeting with Jeff is portrayed as very tense, with Jeff almost making an attempt to kill him. In the comic Derf notes he does not even recall the last time he met Dahmer. The encounter the scene is based on was with Mike (not Derf) and their conversation was amicable, if awkward, rather than tense and threatening.
** Derf is in several scenes in the film where he was not present in the comic or real life, like the school trip to Washington DC or the prom (Derf notes the irony that Jeffrey Dahmer went to the prom but he didn't.).
** There's more to the "stalking the jogger" subplot in the movie. The jogger's a Family Practice doctor so Jeffrey sets up a physical exam in the Jogger's clinic...and basically tricking the man into touching Jeffrey's genitals via the TurnYourHeadAndCough routine. The clinic scene is not in the comic.
** There's a scene in the movie where Jeff's in the woods by his house with Lloyd Figg where Lloyd shows off a gun and tries playing RussianRoulette, which Jeff wisely refuses and is genuinely freaked out by. This isn't in the comic.
* AscendedExtra:
** Jeff's brother David only appears in a single panel in the comic. Derf notes that he purposely excluded David from the story since he was a much younger kid beneath his notice back then and Derf never witnessed what part David played in Jeff's life. In the film his role is still minor but he appears in multiple scenes and even showcases a sympathetic side to Jeff with him having a bit of a BigBrotherInstinct towards his little brother.
** Lionel Dahmer doesn't appear much in person and is mostly a peripheral character in the comic, since Derf rarely interacted with him. In the film he is a major character.
** The jogger becomes an actual supporting character with lines and everything rather than a literal "extra" Jeff obsesses over. He's a GP doctor named Dr. Matthews. Jeff in the movie even has an appointment with him.
* MoodWhiplash: Amusing scenes in the movie tend to be abruptly followed by something dark (and vice versa)...
** Dahmer is "befriended" by Derf and his pals and a few scenes the newly-minted "Dahmer Fan Club" goofing off ensues...then Dahmer returns home to see his mother frantic and searching for pills and he hyperventalates at the horror of the situation...then his new "friends" come over and they do more silly teen boy dumbassery, like annoy a "Popular Girl" who had since graduated who was still living at home.
** The fishing scene starts out as a nice, mundane, bit...then Dahmer decided to cut up the fish he cought like a horror movie villain, weirding out Derf.
** The big Mall Scene antics seem silly in the first few seconds...but it becomes a rather sad, disturbing scene quickly...with Dahmer finally realizing he's being used.
* PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath: In the film, the sky is gray and overcast when Jeff meets Steven Hicks[[note]]historically the first man he murders, although we never see the deed[[/note]].
* RussianRoulette: Lloyd Figg tries goading Jeff into a game of Russian Roulette. Jeff would have none of it.
* StalkerWithACrush: Jeffrey Dahmer; Meet Jogging Doctor. Jeff even sets up an appointment for an exam so he could trick the doctor into touching his "area" via the TurnYourHeadAndCough.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Jeff's friend, Oliver, from early in the film. The kid who was a Neil Sedaka fan who would get bullied by jocks for being AmbiguouslyGay. We last see him during the humorous "Jeff sneaks into class photos where he doesn't belong" montage.
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