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* WaterSupplyTampering: The investigation into Fontaine’s cloning leads the group to discover that the conspirators are putting mind altering substances into products - namely fried chicken, hair products, and “grape drink” for communions - widely used by their community.
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* WaterSupplyTampering: WaterSourceTampering: The investigation into Fontaine’s cloning leads the group to discover that the conspirators are putting mind altering substances into products - namely fried chicken, hair products, and “grape drink” for communions - widely used by their community.
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* WaterSupplyTampering: The investigation into Fontaine’s cloning leads the group to discover that the conspirators are putting mind altering substances into products - namely fried chicken, hair products, and “grape drink” for communions - widely used by their community.
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** A prisoner in the underground lab has her eyes forced open and is forced to watch footage with subliminal messages, similar to ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
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* Yo-Yo has a large collection of ''Franchise/NancyDrew'' books from her childhood, which she uses as a guide to help her and her companions solve the conspiracy.
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* ChekhovsGun: Yo-yo is stated early in the film to wear a wig. [[spoiler:Later in the film, when the scientists attempt to use a mind-melting perm cream on her, her wig protects her, allowing her to fake being brainwashed and escape.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Yo-yo Yo-Yo is stated early in the film to wear a wig. [[spoiler:Later in the film, when the scientists attempt to use a mind-melting perm cream on her, her wig protects her, allowing her to fake being brainwashed and escape.]]
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* ItWasHereISwear: Fontaine, Yo-yo, and Slick Charles first find the secret elevator to the lab in a house that’s completely empty except for a break room. After accidentally killing a scientist, the trio are forced to flee. Fontaine returns the next day with his gang only to find the house completely furnished and the elevator and break room gone. His gang attributes this to Fontaine being stressed.
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* ItWasHereISwear: Fontaine, Yo-yo, Yo-Yo, and Slick Charles first find the secret elevator to the lab in a house that’s completely empty except for a break room. After accidentally killing a scientist, the trio are forced to flee. Fontaine returns the next day with his gang only to find the house completely furnished and the elevator and break room gone. His gang attributes this to Fontaine being stressed.
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* MuggedForDisguise: On their second trip to the underground base, Fontaine corners a trio of scientists in the bathroom to get their hazmat suits for himself, Yo-yo, and Slick Charles.
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''They Cloned Tyrone'' is a 2023 sci-fi mystery comedy directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, of ''Film/CreedII'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' fame, in his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/JohnBoyega, Creator/TeyonahParris, and Creator/JamieFoxx.
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''They Cloned Tyrone'' is a 2023 sci-fi mystery comedy directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, of ''Film/CreedII'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' fame, Taylor (''Film/CreedII'', ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'') in his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/JohnBoyega, Creator/TeyonahParris, and Creator/JamieFoxx.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The story is set in motion, when Slick Charles witnesses Fontaine’s death outside his motel room… only for Fontaine to show up alive and well the next night.
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* NeverTrustATitle: The name of the main character being cloned is Fontaine, not Tyrone. [[spoiler:Tyrone doesn’t show up until TheStinger.]]
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* MuggedForDisguise: On their second trip to the underground base, Fontaine corners a trio of scientists in the bathroom to get their hazmat suits for himself, Yo-yo, and Slick Charles.
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* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: [[spoiler:The conspiracy of the film is made up of white scientists running mind controlling experiments on the black population of the Glen with the ultimate goal of spreading their products nationwide and, over generations, suppress the physical attributes of black people. They use cloned pimps and drug dealers to keep the neighborhood in squalor so that people do not come investigating.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Yo-yo is stated early in the film to wear a wig. [[spoiler:Later in the film, when the scientists attempt to use a mind-melting perm cream on her, her wig protects her, allowing her to fake being brainwashed and escape.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** The boy Fontaine speaks with at the beginning of the film talks excitedly about ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', even comparing Fontaine to Squidward.
** The film ''Film/HollowMan'' is brought up several times through the story, with [[spoiler:the lead goon being compared to Creator/KevinBacon’s character]].
** The boy Fontaine speaks with at the beginning of the film talks excitedly about ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', even comparing Fontaine to Squidward.
** The film ''Film/HollowMan'' is brought up several times through the story, with [[spoiler:the lead goon being compared to Creator/KevinBacon’s character]].
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* AntiHero: The main trio consist of a grouchy drug dealer, a self-centered pimp, and a prostitute who had abandoned all her ambitions.
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* TheConspiracy: The teaser shows a secretive organization recording people's conversations and tracking the trio. Lines from the trailer also imply that it's tied to the US government.
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* ItWasHereISwear: Fontaine, Yo-yo, and Slick Charles first find the secret elevator to the lab in a house that’s completely empty except for a break room. After accidentally killing a scientist, the trio are forced to flee. Fontaine returns the next day with his gang only to find the house completely furnished and the elevator and break room gone. His gang attributes this to Fontaine being stressed.
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* MindControlMusic: [[spoiler:One of the conspiracy’s methods of mind control is music that can alter moods or hypnotize people into doing their bidding.]]
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* {{Retraux}}: The film has a grainier look with occasional “cigarette burns” to make it look like it’s playing on an old film reel.
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* MindControlConspiracy: [[spoiler:The entire Glenn is being used as the testing ground for mind controlling products aimed at the Black community, with select individual clones like Fontaine and Slick Charles used to spread violence and drugs to keep people from investigating.]]
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* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The conspiracy has their entire operations hidden under the Glen, with select locations having elevator entrances.
* MindControlConspiracy: [[spoiler:The entireGlenn Glen is being used as the testing ground for mind controlling products aimed at the Black community, with select individual clones like Fontaine and Slick Charles used to spread violence and drugs to keep people from investigating.]]
* MindControlConspiracy: [[spoiler:The entire
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The film ends with another clone, this one actually named Tyrone, in a West Coast town with a routine similar to Fontaine’s, seeing the news report about the clones on TV.]]
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An unlikely trio is thrust into a series of eerie occurrences revolving around a government conspiracy.
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An unlikely trio is thrust into - a series of eerie occurrences revolving around drug dealer, a government conspiracy.prostitute, and a pimp - find themselves investigating a bizarre conspiracy when the drug dealer seemingly comes back from the dead.
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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AWIF8maEP4 Teaser]].
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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AWIF8maEP4 Teaser]].
Teaser]], [[https://youtu.be/2S3M1xFVdVg Trailer]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''A hustler, a pimp, and a pro walk into a conspiracy…'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''A hustler, a pimp, and a pro walk into a conspiracy…'']]
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''They Cloned Tyrone'' is a 2022 2023 sci-fi mystery comedy directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, of ''Film/CreedII'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' fame, in his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/JohnBoyega, Creator/TeyonahParris, and Creator/JamieFoxx.
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''They Cloned Tyrone'' is a 2022 sci-fi mystery comedy directed and co-written by Juel Taylor, of ''Film/CreedII'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' fame, in his directorial debut. The film stars Creator/JohnBoyega, Creator/TeyonahParris, and Creator/JamieFoxx.
An unlikely trio is thrust into a series of eerie occurrences revolving around a government conspiracy.
The film is set to release in 2022 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AWIF8maEP4 Teaser]].
!!This film contains examples of:
* {{Blaxploitation}}: The teaser gives off this vibe, with the extravagant costumes worn by the characters and the deliberately pulpy tone.
* TheConspiracy: The teaser shows a secretive organization recording people's conversations and tracking the trio. Lines from the trailer also imply that it's tied to the US government.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: The teaser opens with the trio waiting idly in an elevator. Subverted as Slick Charles begins to sing, which helps them unwind.
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An unlikely trio is thrust into a series of eerie occurrences revolving around a government conspiracy.
The film is set to release in 2022 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AWIF8maEP4 Teaser]].
!!This film contains examples of:
* {{Blaxploitation}}: The teaser gives off this vibe, with the extravagant costumes worn by the characters and the deliberately pulpy tone.
* TheConspiracy: The teaser shows a secretive organization recording people's conversations and tracking the trio. Lines from the trailer also imply that it's tied to the US government.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: The teaser opens with the trio waiting idly in an elevator. Subverted as Slick Charles begins to sing, which helps them unwind.
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