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* NamelessNarrative: None of the characters in the Paris segment are named.

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* AdultFear: Heartbreakingly subverted with Mika's story. [[spoiler: He and his wife had a baby who was so premature the doctors told them not to have any hope... so he refused to let himself love the girl, put all his energy into pushing all feelings towards her away and accept that she would die, but she just kept on living and living and living. And on the very night he has a LoveEpiphany and realises that he loves his tiny daughter with all his heart and rushes to the hospital because he ''knows'' his love can give her life, she dies.]]


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Heartbreakingly with Mika's story. [[spoiler: He and his wife had a baby who was so premature the doctors told them not to have any hope... so he refused to let himself love the girl, put all his energy into pushing all feelings towards her away and accept that she would die, but she just kept on living and living and living. And on the very night he has a LoveEpiphany and realises that he loves his tiny daughter with all his heart and rushes to the hospital because he ''knows'' his love can give her life, she dies.]]
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* EverybodySmokes: Each segment other than New York has at least one character who smokes. Corky from Los Angeles in particular is an avid chain smoker, lighting up every couple of minutes.
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* AdultFear: Heartbreakingly subverted with Mika's story. [[spoiler: he and his wife had a baby who was so premature the doctors told them not to have any hope... so he refused to let himself love the girl, put all his energy into pushing all feelings towards her away and accept that she would die, but she just kept on living and living and living. And on the very night he has a LoveEpiphany and realises that he loves his tiny daughter with all his heart and rushes to the hospital because he ''knows'' his love can give her life, she dies.]]

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* AdultFear: Heartbreakingly subverted with Mika's story. [[spoiler: he He and his wife had a baby who was so premature the doctors told them not to have any hope... so he refused to let himself love the girl, put all his energy into pushing all feelings towards her away and accept that she would die, but she just kept on living and living and living. And on the very night he has a LoveEpiphany and realises that he loves his tiny daughter with all his heart and rushes to the hospital because he ''knows'' his love can give her life, she dies.]]

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Mika asks the three passengers if they called for a taxi; they respond "No, we called for a garbage truck, but you will have to do".

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* AskAStupidQuestion: The Helsinki segment begins and ends with them - one comedic, one less so.
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Mika asks the three passengers if they called for a taxi; they respond "No, we called for a garbage truck, but you will have to do".do".
** At the end, Aki has been abandoned by his friends, forced to pay for the whole taxi ride, and is unceremoniously dumped on his drunk ass in the snow at what may or may not be his home address.
-->'''Mika:''' Do you know where you are?\\
'''Aki:''' ...Helsinki.
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* AdultFear: Heartbreakingly subverted with Mika's story. [[spoiler: he and his wife had a baby who was so premature the doctors told them not to have any hope... so he refused to let himself love the girl, put all his energy into pushing all feelings towards her away and accept that she would die, but she just kept on living and living and living. And on the very night he has a LoveEpiphany and realises that he loves his tiny daughter with all his heart and rushes to the hospital because he ''knows'' his love can give her life, she dies.]]


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* OffscreenCrash: Ends the Paris segment.


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* StealthPun: The Cameroonian diplomats decide their Ivorian taxi driver's nationality is one. He's not amused.
-->Il voit rien! [He can't see anything!]
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* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Discussed, when a blind woman ''isn't'' wearing sunglasses:
--> '''Taxi Driver:''' Say, don't blind people always wear dark glasses?
--> '''Blind Woman:''' I wouldn't know, I've never seen a blind person.
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Not related to the documentary series ''Night on Earth''.
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* {{Shaggydogstory}}: Mika the driver in the Helsinki segment story is a tragic example of this.

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* {{Shaggydogstory}}: ShaggyDogStory: Mika the driver in the Helsinki segment story is a tragic example of this.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Mika asks the three passengers if they called for a taxi; they respond "No, we called for a garbage truck, but you will have to do".



* BrickJoke: Happens at least twice:
** A statue of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' can be seen in the Los Angeles segment, and then in the New York segment Angela asks about [=YoYo=] and Helmut's hats "What is this, the Roacky and Bullwinkle Show?"
** In both the Paris and Rome segments, the driver removes a sign that a passenger calls attention to ("No Smoking" in Rome, "If you have a preferred route, tell this to the driver" in Paris).
* BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other habit in her segment.

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* BrickJoke: BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other habit in her segment.
* CallBack:
Happens at least twice:
** A statue of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' can be seen in the Los Angeles segment, and then in the New York segment Angela asks about [=YoYo=] and Helmut's hats "What is this, the Roacky Rocky and Bullwinkle Show?"
** In both the Paris and Rome segments, the driver removes a sign that a passenger calls attention to ("No Smoking" in Rome, "If "Notify the driver if you have a preferred route, tell this to the driver" route" in Paris).
* BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other habit in her segment.
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* BrickJoke: Happens at least twice:
** A statue of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' can be seen in the Los Angeles segment, and then in the New York segment Angela asks about [=YoYo=] and Helmut's hats "What is this, the Roacky and Bullwinkle Show?"
** In both the Paris and Rome segments, the driver removes a sign that a passenger calls attention to ("No Smoking" in Rome, "If you have a preferred route, tell this to the driver" in Paris).



* ClusterFBomb: Both YoYo and Angela give these out to each other during their argument.

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* ClusterFBomb: Both YoYo [=YoYo=] and Angela give these out to each other during their argument.



* {{Driveslikecrazy}}: Helmut is so bad at driving. YoYo has to take over driving after not even being in his car for a minute.

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* {{Driveslikecrazy}}: {{DrivesLikeCrazy}}: Helmut is so bad at driving. YoYo [=YoYo=] has to take over driving after not even being in his car for a minute.



* DysfunctionalFamily: If YoYo and Angela who are in laws are anything to go by with their endless bicker and swearing at each other.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: If YoYo [=YoYo=] and Angela who are in laws are anything to go by with their endless bicker and swearing at each other.



* GratuitousItalian: In the Rome segment since it is in Italy after all.



* {{Hypocrite}}: YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: YoYo [=YoYo=] jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo [=YoYo=] has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.



* NoSmoking: The Rome cabbie smokes in his car despite the fact he has a no smoking sign in his car.

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* NoSmoking: The Rome cabbie smokes in his car despite the fact he has a no smoking sign in his car. He "fixes" the situation by removing the sign.
* OddFriendship: NaiveNewcomer East German ex-circus clown Helmut and street-smart New Yorker [=YoYo=], at least for the duration of their taxi ride.
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* BoomerangBigot: The two African diplomats display this attitude towards the Ivory cost driver in the Paris segment

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* BoomerangBigot: The two African diplomats display this attitude towards the Ivory cost Coast driver in the Paris segment (although they're from Cameroon, not the Ivory Coast).
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* FrenchAccordion: Takes place in several different cities (Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki), with a similar-sounding piece of music playing during the establishing shots. The soundtrack on the Paris segment includes accordions.
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A 1991 independent film, written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch, that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that each picks up during their night shift. The movie is a unique blend of art house drama and comedy and features an international AllStarCast including Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/RobertoBenigni.

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A 1991 independent film, written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch, that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that each picks up during their night shift. The movie is a unique blend of art house drama and comedy and features an international AllStarCast including Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/RobertoBenigni.
Creator/RobertoBenigni. The soundtrack is by Music/TomWaits.
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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a unique blend of art house drama and comedy and features an international AllStarCast including Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/RobertoBenigni.

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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch independent film, written and directed by Creator/JimJarmusch, that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick each picks up during their night shift. The movie is a unique blend of art house drama and comedy and features an international AllStarCast including Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/RobertoBenigni.
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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a blend of art house drama and comedy and includes a unique all star cast such as Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, and Creator/RobertoBenigni among some of the cast.

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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a unique blend of art house drama and comedy and includes a unique all star cast such as features an international AllStarCast including Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/RosiePerez, and Creator/RobertoBenigni among some of the cast.
Creator/RobertoBenigni.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: The Rome cabbie picks up a priest who he mistakes for a bishop till the priest tells him otherwise. Later on [[spoiler: when the preist dies of a heart attack, the Rome cabbie keeps referring to him as a bishop]]

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* AccidentalMisnaming: The Rome cabbie picks up a priest who he mistakes for a bishop till the priest tells him otherwise. Later on [[spoiler: when the preist priest dies of a heart attack, the Rome cabbie keeps referring to him as a bishop]]



* BookEnds: The film starts during daylight going into night and in the final scene takes place as the early morning starts.
** Also the first segment (Los Angeles) starts with Corky dropping off two drunk passengers and the final segment (Helsinki) begins with Mika picking up three drunk passengers.



* CultureClash: The whole Los Angeles segment with Corky and Victoria represents the difference between the working class Corky and rich Victoria.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Played more for comedy but in the New York segment YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Played more for comedy but in the New York segment YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.



* {{Tomboy}}: Corky displays traits of this such as her interest in wanting to be a mechanic.

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* {{Tomboy}}: Corky displays traits of this such as her interest in wanting to be a mechanic.mechanic.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Aki's friends after hearing Mika's story, no longer feel sorry for Aki (who certainly was having a horrible day) and act like his problems are no big issue. They even call him a leech and ditch him in the cab while he is still passed out.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: The Rome cabbie picks up a priest who he mistakes for a bishop till the priest tells him otherwise. Later on [[spoiler: when the preist dies of a heart attack, the Rome cabbie keeps referring to him as a bishop]]



*DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler: Played for laughs, when the Rome cabbie gets rid of the priest body by dropping him off at a park. He even puts sunglasses on him.]]



* SliceOfLife: The crux of the movie is about the interaction and bond the taxi driver will have with a customer they pick up.

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* SliceOfLife: The crux of {{Shaggydogstory}}: Mika the movie is about the interaction and bond the taxi driver will have with in the Helsinki segment story is a customer tragic example of this.
** Aki in the same segment is certainly having a rough day losing his job, his paid off car getting destroyed, and getting divorced after discovering his daughter is pregnant. Plus after his friends hear Mika's story,
they pick up. completely become unsympathetic towards Aki's problems which Aki is not even aware of.


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* SliceOfLife: The crux of the movie is about the interaction and bond the taxi driver will have with a customer they pick up.
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* AnthologyFilm: This is a anthology movie that follows five different drivers.

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* AnthologyFilm: This is a anthology movie that follows five different drivers.drivers over the course of a night.



* TheTaxi: Its a movie about five different taxi drivers.

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* TheTaxi: Its a movie about five different taxi drivers.

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*SliceOfLife: The crux of the movie is about the interaction and bond the taxi driver will have with a customer they pick up.



* SunglassesAtNight: The Rome Cabbie starts off his segement this way-it noticeably affects his driving too.

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* SunglassesAtNight: The Rome Cabbie starts off his segement segment this way-it noticeably affects his driving too.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Both Helmut and the Rome cabbie are fairly eccentric

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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Both Helmut and the Rome cabbie are fairly eccentric



* Driveslikecrazy: Helmut is so bad at driving. YoYo has to take over driving after not even being in his car for a minute.

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* Driveslikecrazy: {{Driveslikecrazy}}: Helmut is so bad at driving. YoYo has to take over driving after not even being in his car for a minute.



* Hypocrite: Played more for comedy but in the New York segment YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.
* Jerkass: The two African diplomats come off as unbearable. The blind woman in the same segment is also pretty standoffish.

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* Hypocrite: {{Hypocrite}}: Played more for comedy but in the New York segment YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.
* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: The two African diplomats come off as unbearable. The blind woman in the same segment is also pretty standoffish.



* Tomboy: Corky displays traits of this such as her interest in wanting to be a mechanic.

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* Tomboy: {{Tomboy}}: Corky displays traits of this such as her interest in wanting to be a mechanic.
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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a blend of art house drama and comedy and includes a unique all star cast like Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, and Creator/RobertoBenigni among some of the cast.

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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a blend of art house drama and comedy and includes a unique all star cast like such as Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, and Creator/RobertoBenigni among some of the cast.



* SirSwearsalot: Two female examples in this case. Both Corky in the Los Angeles segment and Angela in the New york are quite fond of dropping F-bombs.

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* SirSwearsalot: Two female examples in this case. Both Corky in the Los Angeles segment and Angela in the New york York segment are quite fond of dropping F-bombs.

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* BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other trademark in her segment.

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* BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other trademark habit in her segment.


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**The Rome Cabbie is this way too. Not helped by the fact he is driving at night with sunglasses.


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*SunglassesAtNight: The Rome Cabbie starts off his segement this way-it noticeably affects his driving too.

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* Anthology: This is a anthology movie that follows five different drivers.

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* Anthology: AnthologyFilm: This is a anthology movie that follows five different drivers.



*BubblegumPopping: Besides smoking, this is Corky's other trademark in her segment.



* Driveslikecrazy: Helmut is so bad at driving. YoYo has to take over driving after not even being in his car for a minute.
*DysfunctionalFamily: If YoYo and Angela who are in laws are anything to go by with their endless bicker and swearing at each other.



* HumbleGoal: [[spoiler: Corky despite being offered a role in a film, turns it down because she is more interested in following her dream as a mechanic]]



* Jerkass: The two African diplomats come off as unbearable. The blind woman in the same segment is also pretty standoffish.

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* Jerkass: *Jerkass: The two African diplomats come off as unbearable. The blind woman in the same segment is also pretty standoffish.standoffish.
*MoodWhiplash: The first four segments are fairly lighthearted but the Helsinki segment is much darker.
* NoSmoking: The Rome cabbie smokes in his car despite the fact he has a no smoking sign in his car.



* smokingiscool: Corky is a big time chain smoker in her segment and is constantly lighting one up while driving

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* smokingiscool: TheTaxi: Its a movie about five different taxi drivers.
* Tomboy:
Corky is a big time chain smoker in displays traits of this such as her segment and is constantly lighting one up while drivinginterest in wanting to be a mechanic.
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*Anthology: This is a anthology movie that follows five different drivers.
*BoomerangBigot: The two African diplomats display this attitude towards the Ivory cost driver in the Paris segment
*Cloudcuckoolander: Both Helmut and the Rome cabbie are fairly eccentric
*ClusterFBomb: Both YoYo and Angela give these out to each other during their argument.
*GratuitousItalian: In the Rome segment since it is in Italy after all.
*Hypocrite: Played more for comedy but in the New York segment YoYo jokes about Helmut name sounding like helmet but when Helmut points out how YoYo has the same name of a toy, he gets noticeable defensive.
*Jerkass: The two African diplomats come off as unbearable. The blind woman in the same segment is also pretty standoffish.
*SirSwearsalot: Two female examples in this case. Both Corky in the Los Angeles segment and Angela in the New york are quite fond of dropping F-bombs.
*smokingiscool: Corky is a big time chain smoker in her segment and is constantly lighting one up while driving
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A 1991 Independent movie from Creator/JimJarmusch that follows five different taxi drivers from all over the world and their encounters with a customer that they pick up during their night shift. The movie is a blend of art house drama and comedy and includes a unique all star cast like Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/GenaRowlands, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, and Creator/RobertoBenigni among some of the cast.

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