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* ExtremeDoormat: The protagonist is so flabbergasted by his circumstances, coupled with the confidence of his visitors, that he submits to their logic fairly quickly and doesn't attempt to force his way past them and exit through their doors. When the dark-skinned visitor ''encourages'' him to get out, the protagonist says he can't, because it's not ''his'' door.
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* ShapeShifter: One of the visitors drops in on the man, at first, looking like a beautiful young lady, but as she converses with him about you can trust nobody, because no one out there are what they seem, she shifts more and more into a hideous old crone.

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* ShapeShifter: One of the visitors drops in on the man, at first, looking like a beautiful young lady, but as she converses with him about how you can trust nobody, because no one out there are is what they seem, she shifts more and more into a hideous old crone.



-->'''Man:''' "How about this one? The minute I set foot outside this door, two gorillas grab me, dressed in ballet costumes, drag me back in, throw me on the floor and surround me singing Home Sweet Home!"

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-->'''Man:''' "How about this one? The minute I set foot outside this door, two gorillas grab me, dressed in ballet costumes, drag me back in, throw me on the floor and surround me singing Home "Home Sweet Home!"Home"!"
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* [[{{Absurdism}} Theatre of the Absurd]]: This is probably one of the best examples ever found on American television.

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* [[{{Absurdism}} Theatre of the Absurd]]: {{Absurdism}}: This is probably one of the best examples ever found on American television.



** Muppet performer Jerry Nelson appears on-screen as a monk.

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** Muppet performer Jerry Nelson appears on-screen onscreen as a monk.



* MentalWorld: Suggested by the film critic, and also by the band's opening verse, "You're really in the middle of the inside of yourself".

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* MentalWorld: Suggested by the film critic, and also by the band's opening verse, "You're really in the middle of the inside of yourself".yourself."
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Completely subverted, which is odd, given that this was still a couple of years or so before [[TheRuralPurge edgier television programming was the norm]]. "Hell" and "damn" are spoken.

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* GoshDangItToHeck: Completely subverted, which is odd, given that this was still a couple of years or so before [[TheRuralPurge [[UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge edgier television programming was the norm]]. "Hell" and "damn" are spoken.
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* [[Absurdism Theatre of the Absurd]]: This is probably one of the best examples ever found on American television.

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* [[Absurdism [[{{Absurdism}} Theatre of the Absurd]]: This is probably one of the best examples ever found on American television.
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* AllGermansAreNazi: The two Munich police officers seem to be wearing altered SS uniforms.

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* AllGermansAreNazi: AllGermansAreNazis: The two Munich police officers seem to be wearing altered SS uniforms.

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* AllGermansAreNazi: The two Munich police officers seem to be wearing altered SS uniforms.



* PuttingOnTheReich: The two Munich police officers, who seem to be wearing altered SS uniforms.
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* HeAlsoDid: Yes, this is the same Creator/JimHenson who made ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.

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Being stuck in a room isn't the same as being immobilized.


->'''Ms. Bix''': How many hours a day do you spend in here, anyhow?
->''[Arnie whispers in her ear]''
->'''Ms. Bix''': Good heavens! He can't spend the rest of his...!

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: One possible interpretation of the ending -- the man will be stuck in the Cube being tormented by his visitors until the end of time.]]


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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: One possible interpretation of the ending -- the man will be stuck in the Cube being tormented by his visitors until the end of time.]]
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* InMediaRes: It's never shown what the character was doing before he appeared in the cube. In the end, [[spoiler:it seems [[TemporalParadox he only exists]] [[GroundhogDayLoop inside of the cube]].]]

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* InMediaRes: InMediasRes: It's never shown what the character was doing before he appeared in the cube. In the end, [[spoiler:it seems [[TemporalParadox he only exists]] [[GroundhogDayLoop inside of the cube]].]]

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* InMediaRes: It's never shown what the character was doing before he appeared in the cube. In the end, [[spoiler:it seems [[TemporalParadox he only exists]] [[GroundhogDayLoop inside of the cube]].]]



* YouWakeUpInARoom: Actually, it's never shown what the character was doing before he appeared in the cube. In the end, [[spoiler:it seems he only exists inside of the cube.]]

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* YouWakeUpInARoom: Actually, it's never shown what the character was doing before he appeared in the cube. In the end, [[spoiler:it seems he only exists inside of the cube.]]

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