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* DrJerk: Hannah's nurse is only interested in filling out her multiple choice forms and not actually understanding what's wrong with her. When Hannah simply shifts her in her bed, he snarls at her for bothering him and then rolls his eyes to Simon.
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* DrJerk: Hannah's nurse is only interested in filling out her multiple choice forms and not actually understanding what's wrong with her. When Hannah simply shifts her in her bed, he snarls at her for bothering him and then rolls his eyes to Simon.
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* DrJerk: Hannah's nurse is only interested in filling out her multiple choice forms and not actually understanding what's wrong with her. When Hannah simply shifts her in her bed, he snarls at her for bothering him and then rolls his eyes to Simon.
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** Simon's mother doesn't recognize that his image in the commercial is him.
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** Simon's mother doesn't recognize that him in the commercial. Simon gets mixed up trying to explain, referring to his image appearance in the commercial is him.as a separate person.
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* MexicanStandoff: Parodied in the cheesy science fiction show that Simon likes, where three characters are shown brandishing blasters at each other.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Simon enjoys watching a cheesy science fiction show that looks like a cross between ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''.
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* {{Motif}}: Copies and changing places.
** In the opening scene, Simon is confronted by a man who claims he's "in his place."
** Simon is constantly getting copies as an excuse to see Hannah. He always gets one copy.
** Simon's mother doesn't recognize that his image in the commercial is him.
** When being dragged out of the mandatory party, Simon exclaims, "This is not me!"
** Of course, James looks like a copy of Simon, and the pair change places at various points.
** Simon first confronts James while they're standing in front of mirrors, creating copies of them both.
** Hannah's doctor looks like an exact copy of the company's security guard.
** In the opening scene, Simon is confronted by a man who claims he's "in his place."
** Simon is constantly getting copies as an excuse to see Hannah. He always gets one copy.
** Simon's mother doesn't recognize that his image in the commercial is him.
** When being dragged out of the mandatory party, Simon exclaims, "This is not me!"
** Of course, James looks like a copy of Simon, and the pair change places at various points.
** Simon first confronts James while they're standing in front of mirrors, creating copies of them both.
** Hannah's doctor looks like an exact copy of the company's security guard.
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with a close-up of Simon's face with his eyes closed.
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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: When at the diner, Hannah begins venting to Simon about weirdos obsessing over her from afar and convincing themselves that they deserve her. Simon himself has been stalking Hannah for some time, hopelessly in love with her.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: Simon tries to kick a malfunctioning elevator, which prompts an immediate siren and write-up from his office. James later kicks the same elevator and gets it to work, with no siren. Hannah also smacks her copier to get it working when it hangs.
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* FollowTheLeader: The film owes a heavy debt to ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', another darkly comic story of a menial wage-slave pining for a girl in a dystopic world of bureaucracy and out-dated technology run amok.
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A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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* {{Doppelganger}}: The premise of the film; Simon and James look exactly identical. It's never explained ''why'' this is, but [[spoiler:as they share their injuries, there's presumably something supernatural at work.]]
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* {{Doppelganger}}: The premise of the film; Simon and James look exactly identical. It's never explained ''why'' this is, but [[spoiler:as they is. As [[spoiler:they share their injuries, injuries]], there's presumably something supernatural at work.]]work.. James eventually runs into another doppelganger, a doctor who looks just like the security guard at his office, showing that James's case is not unique.
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** Simon is missing from the office computer system, and is told that he does not exist as a result. To get back into the system, he needs a worker card, which he can't get without being in the system.
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** Simon is missing from the office computer system, system and is told that he does not exist as a result. To get back into the system, he needs a worker card, which he can't get without being in the system.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Simon is shy and reserved, while James gets into fights and, as mentioned above, probably sleeps with half of the women in the movie.
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* RunningGag:
** Simon's difficulty getting the elevator to work. Pressing his floor just makes the lights flash and hum.
** Simon keeps getting served some sort of bright blue beverage even though he apparently never orders it. It helps quickly establish who's who when he and James meet at restaurants.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Simon is shy and reserved, while James gets into fightsand, as mentioned above, and probably sleeps with half of the women in the movie.
** Simon's difficulty getting the elevator to work. Pressing his floor just makes the lights flash and hum.
** Simon keeps getting served some sort of bright blue beverage even though he apparently never orders it. It helps quickly establish who's who when he and James meet at restaurants.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Simon is shy and reserved, while James gets into fights
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* StylisticSuck: Everything seen on television is humorously crude.
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* StylisticSuck: Everything seen on television is humorously crude.crude, appearing to have been filmed in the 1970s.
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* WeirdWorldWeirdFood: Simon is served a mysterious blue liquid rather than the beverage that he ordered. He's seen with a glass of it again later, presumably due to the same error.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
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* WeirdWorldWeirdFood: People seem to drink a lot of blue beverages, Simon is keeps getting served a mysterious something blue liquid rather than the beverage that even though he ordered. He's seen never orders it. When he tries to eavesdrop on James and Hannah, a nearby waiter activates two blenders with a glass of it again later, presumably due to the same error.
something blue in them.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. Not everyone is simply using their native accent, however, as Mia Wasikowska attempts an American accent. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. Not everyone is simply using their native accent, however, as Mia Wasikowska attempts an American accent. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
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A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''[[NamesTheSame another]]'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''[[NamesTheSame another]]'' ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' ''[[NamesTheSame another]]'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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''The Double'' is a 2013 BlackComedy starring Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/MiaWasikowska, loosely based on a novel by Creator/FyodorDostoevsky of the same name. Directed by Creator/RichardAyoade, it focus on the life of Simon James (Eisenberg), a shy, unconfident man. Despite being a good worker for seven years, he's so forgettable that his boss still calls him Stanley. He has a [[StalkerWithACrush crush]] on coworker Hannah (Wasikowska), who is barely aware of his existence.
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''The Double'' is a 2013 BlackComedy KafkaComedy starring Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/MiaWasikowska, loosely based on a novel by Creator/FyodorDostoevsky of the same name. Directed by Creator/RichardAyoade, it focus on the life of Simon James (Eisenberg), a shy, unconfident man. Despite being a good worker for seven years, he's so forgettable that his boss still calls him Stanley. He has a [[StalkerWithACrush crush]] on coworker Hannah (Wasikowska), who is barely aware of his existence.
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* TheRedBaron: Simon's company is apparently owned by "the Colonel," who is treated like a hero. He even signs his autograph as "The Colonel."
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* TheRedBaron: RedBaron: Simon's company is apparently owned by "the Colonel," who is treated like a hero. He even signs his autograph as "The Colonel."
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* AlienLunch: Simon is served a mysterious blue liquid rather than the beverage that he ordered. He's seen with a glass of it again later, presumably due to the same error.
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Simon's life is shaken up by the arrival of a new worker, James Simon (Eisenberg), a confident and charismatic man who happens to be his exact double. James takes the office by storm, despite hardly knowing what the company does, and gains the attention of Hannah. At first Simon and James work together, but things soon fall apart, and Simon's life begins to spiral out of control. A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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Simon's life is shaken up by the arrival of a new worker, James Simon (Eisenberg), a confident and charismatic man who happens to be his exact double. James takes the office by storm, despite hardly knowing what the company does, and gains the attention of Hannah. At first Simon and James work together, but things soon fall apart, and Simon's life begins to spiral out of control. control.
A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: When it's pointed out that James and Simon are identical, Simon's coworker says that they're not even Chinese.
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* RacialFaceBlindness: When it's pointed out that James and Simon are identical, Simon's coworker says that they're not even Chinese.
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Simon's life is shaken up by the arrival of a new worker, James Simon (Eisenberg), a confident and charismatic man who happens to be his exact double. James takes the office by storm, despite hardly knowing what the company does, and gains the attention of Hannah. At first Simon and James work together, but things soon fall apart, and Simon's life begins to spiral out of control.
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Simon's life is shaken up by the arrival of a new worker, James Simon (Eisenberg), a confident and charismatic man who happens to be his exact double. James takes the office by storm, despite hardly knowing what the company does, and gains the attention of Hannah. At first Simon and James work together, but things soon fall apart, and Simon's life begins to spiral out of control. A film with a similar premise, ''{{Film/Enemy}}'', was released the same year. It's not comedic, but more a paranoid [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] thriller. This was based on ''another'' novel called ''The Double'', by Portuguese author Jose Saramago.
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The Double is a 2013 BlackComedy starring Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/MiaWasikowska, loosely based on a novel by Creator/FyodorDostoevsky of the same name. Directed by Creator/RichardAyoade, it focus on the life of Simon James (Eisenberg), a shy, unconfident man. Despite being a good worker for seven years, he's so forgettable that his boss still calls him Stanley. He has a [[StalkerWithACrush crush]] on coworker Hannah (Wasikowska), who is barely aware of his existence.
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The Double is a 2013 BlackComedy starring Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/MiaWasikowska, loosely based on a novel by FyodorDostoevsky of the same name. Directed by Creator/RichardAyoade, it focus on the life of Simon James (Eisenberg), a shy, unconfident man. Despite being a good worker for seven years, he's so forgettable that his boss still calls him Stanley. He has a [[StalkerWithACrush crush]] on coworker Hannah (Wasikowska), who is barely aware of his existence.
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The Double is a 2013 BlackComedy starring Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/MiaWasikowska, loosely based on a novel by FyodorDostoevsky Creator/FyodorDostoevsky of the same name. Directed by Creator/RichardAyoade, it focus on the life of Simon James (Eisenberg), a shy, unconfident man. Despite being a good worker for seven years, he's so forgettable that his boss still calls him Stanley. He has a [[StalkerWithACrush crush]] on coworker Hannah (Wasikowska), who is barely aware of his existence.
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* {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler: After Simon punches James, he discovers that they have some sort of connection that causes them to share injuries. Simon then uses this link to kill James by jumping off a roof while James is handcuffed to a bed so he will receive life saving medical attention while James won't be found in time.]]
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* StylisticSuck: The commercial for Simon's company is humorously crude.
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* StylisticSuck: The commercial for Simon's company Everything seen on television is humorously crude.
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* WeaselCoWorker: James doesn't know or care what the company does, but is a massive success due to his charisma. Simon is persuaded to take his aptitude test and do most of his work for him. [[spoiler:When James' can't persuade Simon anymore, he simply blackmails him.]]
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* WeaselCoWorker: James doesn't know or care what the company does, but is a massive success due to his charisma. Simon is persuaded to take his aptitude test and do most of his work for him. [[spoiler:When James' can't persuade Simon anymore, he simply blackmails him.]]]]
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's never clear where the story is taking place. Most characters have American accents, but some characters have British or Irish accents. In one scene, Simon places a Japanese coin into a jukebox and plays a Japanese pop song, while another scene features a lounge band playing a song referencing Iwo Jima.
