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* GirlinessUpdate: Cohaagen has Melina strapped to the memory implant machine to convert her into a loving and obedient Stepford wife for Hauser, a process he says will take about 5 minutes. Quaid rescues her and she mocks the idea it had any effect on her although she was under its' influence for over a minute...
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* AllAccordingToPlan: Played with. When Cohaagen reveals that [[spoiler: he arranged everything so that [[UsedYouAllAlong Quaid would lead him to Kuato]]]]. Quaid dismisses this as "[[GambitRoulette too perfect]]." Cohaagen then reveals it ''didn't'' go perfectly, thanks to [[spoiler:Quaid's trip to Rekall setting things off early and Richter screwing up a year's worth of planning by trying to murder him]]. Cohaagen then admits amazement that it worked at all.
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* AllAccordingToPlan: Played with. When Cohaagen reveals that [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he arranged everything so that [[UsedYouAllAlong Quaid would lead him to Kuato]]]]. Quaid dismisses this as "[[GambitRoulette too perfect]]." Cohaagen then reveals it ''didn't'' go perfectly, thanks to [[spoiler:Quaid's trip to Rekall setting things off early and Richter screwing up a year's worth of planning by trying to murder him]]. Cohaagen then admits amazement that it worked at all.
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** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the hologram]].
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** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the hologram]].
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* BadBoss: Compared to his established friendship with his other right hand man, [[spoiler:Hauser]], Cohaagen not only lambasts and insults his mercenary Richter at every opportunity, but uses his wife Lori in [[spoiler: Hauser]]'s mole operation, and is thoroughly apathetic to her death caused by it. Richter makes sure to give at least [[IWarnedYou a small fuck you to Cohaagen]] when it's obvious the plan has gone to shit.
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* BadBoss: Compared to his established friendship with his other right hand man, [[spoiler:Hauser]], Cohaagen not only lambasts and insults his mercenary Richter at every opportunity, but uses his wife Lori in [[spoiler: Hauser]]'s [[spoiler:Hauser]]'s mole operation, and is thoroughly apathetic to her death caused by it. Richter makes sure to give at least [[IWarnedYou a small fuck you to Cohaagen]] when it's obvious the plan has gone to shit.
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-->"You think this is the real Quaid? [[spoiler:It is.]]"
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--->'''Benny:''' (after betraying Quaid and Melina) Aw, shit, man. You got me. I ain't even married.
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** Schwarzenegger, anytime he has to shout. His accent and demented facial expressions only adds to the fun, especially while trying to escape [[spoiler: being turned back into Hauser after Cohaagen reveals Quaid was just a memory implant]].
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** Schwarzenegger, anytime he has to shout. His accent and demented facial expressions only adds to the fun, especially while trying to escape [[spoiler: being [[spoiler:being turned back into Hauser after Cohaagen reveals Quaid was just a memory implant]].
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-->'''Technician:''' Sir, the oxygen level is bottoming out in Sector G. What do you want me to do about it?
-->'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' ''[as if obvious]'' Don't do anything.
-->'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour, sir.
-->'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck 'em.]] It'll be a good lesson to the others.
-->'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' ''[as if obvious]'' Don't do anything.
-->'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour, sir.
-->'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck 'em.]] It'll be a good lesson to the others.
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-->'''Technician:''' Sir, the oxygen level is bottoming out in Sector G. What do you want me to do about it?
-->'''Vilosit?\\
'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' ''[as if obvious]'' Don't doanything.
-->'''Technician:'''anything.\\
'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour,sir.
-->'''Vilossir.\\
'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck 'em.]] It'll be a good lesson to the others.
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'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' ''[as if obvious]'' Don't do
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'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour,
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'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck 'em.]] It'll be a good lesson to the others.
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->'''Lori:''' Doug... Honey... You wouldn't hurt me... would you, sweetheart? Sweetheart... Be reasonable! After all, we're married!\\
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* {{Zeerust}}: Showcased with the ridiculously bulky [=CRT=]-based videophones.
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* {{Zeerust}}: Showcased with the ridiculously bulky [=CRT=]-based CRT-based videophones.
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->''[[CallToAdventure "Get your ass to Mars."]]''
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* AllJustADream: The ending is intentionally ambiguous about the nature of Quaid's fantasy. If it was a dream, has it GoneHorriblyWrong, or not? [[MindScrew Does the film end with him being lobotomized, or is that just the end of his vacation??]] It all comes down to whether the scene between when they start the implantation process and when Quaid wakes up in the Johnnycab is a part of the hallucination or if it really happened. And there's absolutely nothing that says one way or the other.
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* AllJustADream: The ending is intentionally ambiguous about the nature of Quaid's fantasy. If it was a dream, has it GoneHorriblyWrong, or not? [[MindScrew Does the film end with him being lobotomized, or is that just the end of his vacation??]] vacation?]] It all comes down to whether the scene between when they start the implantation process and when Quaid wakes up in the Johnnycab is a part of the hallucination or if it really happened. And there's absolutely nothing that says one way or the other.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The security team that ambushes Quaid in the Martian reactor surround him in a circle and all start blazing away with fully automatic weapons and ''shotguns''. Which is remarkably stupid, even before the subsequent reveal that it was just a hologram of Quaid and so they all should have killed one another anyway.
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*** Actually, [[spoiler:the hologram]] appears to absorb the bullets, which is why nobody dies in the first scene. The goons die in the latter scene because [[spoiler:Melina turns off the hologram while they're still firing at it]].
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Johnny Cab the AI-driven taxis on earth.
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Johnny Cab the AI-driven taxis on earth.
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* BodyHorror: Mutants, especially [[spoiler:Kuato]], who is basically a deformed baby sticking out of the abdomen of a grown man.
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* BodyHorror: BodyHorror:
** Mutants, especially [[spoiler:Kuato]], who is basically a deformed baby sticking out of the abdomen of a grown man.
** Mutants, especially [[spoiler:Kuato]], who is basically a deformed baby sticking out of the abdomen of a grown man.
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*** Though it appears she's simply trolling Quaid.
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* BulletproofHumanShield: Played painfully, painfully straight, to the point of possibly being PlayedForLaughs. Quaid uses a dead bystander this way in the subway scene with Richter and his crew shooting at him from both ends of an escalator and by the time Quaid and his meat shield get to the top the corpse is basically Swiss cheese, but still no bullets go through it to strike Quaid.
** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe it's another hint that this is all part of his Rekall memories?]]
** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe it's another hint that this is all part of his Rekall memories?]]
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* BulletproofHumanShield: Played painfully, painfully straight, to the point of possibly being PlayedForLaughs. Douglas Quaid uses a dead bystander this way in the subway scene with Richter and his crew shooting at him from both ends of is attacked by goons while on an escalator and by an innocent bystander catches a bullet while next to him. Douglas grabs the time Quaid man and his meat shield get to uses him as a shield. He even spins the top dead man around to block ''more'' gunfire from the corpse is basically Swiss cheese, but still no bullets go through it to strike Quaid.
** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe it's another hint that this is all part of his Rekall memories?]]other direction.
** [[WildMassGuessing Maybe it's another hint that this is all part of his Rekall memories?]]
* ConjoinedTwins: There's a Mars colony with a rebellion of mostly mutant people, who were born with deformities due to their colonist parents being forced to live in poorly made domes that didn't protect them from space radiations during the early stages of colonization. Their elusive leader "Kuato" [[spoiler:turns out to be a freaky baby-looking mutant with his torso connected to the belly of his healthy-looking brother George]].
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: There's a double-example of this. Hauser initially infiltrated the Martian resistance, convincing them to trust him and believe that he was betraying Cohaagen. Cohaagen then captured him and erased his memory to stop him from revealing all of his secrets to the resistance. It later turns out that this was just an elaborate ruse to help Hauser, now Douglas Quaid, infiltrate ''deeper'' into the resistance, since they are then convinced he really had a major secret to reveal. Also LaResistance was led by Kuato, a psychic who might have detected any normal infiltrator.
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* CuckooNest: During the RedPillBluePill scene where Quaid supposedly is in a dream and Dr. Edgemar wants Quaid to take a pill so he'll wake up.
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* CuckooNest: During the RedPillBluePill There's a scene where Quaid supposedly is in a dream doctor arrives and Dr. Edgemar wants Quaid tries to take convince the hero that he is trapped in an artificially created hallucination. He insists that the hero swallow a pill so he'll wake up.to return to reality, but the hero notices a drop of sweat falling down the doctor's face, exposing the sham. Ironically, the film teases that most of the film really does take place in the hero's head, and the doctor scene was just part of his spy thriller [[SchrodingersButterfly memory vacation]]. Everything the doctor warned about in his speech ("One minute, you're the savior of the rebel cause; next thing you know, [[spoiler:you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy...You'll even have fantasies about alien civilizations...]]") happens after that scene. Before Quaid goes under the machine at the start, one of the techs says [[spoiler:"Blue sky on Mars..."]], which is in fact how the movie ends. Another interpretation is that the doctor scene was NOT a part of his spy thriller, but was actually a real attempt by a real doctor (and his real wife) to snap him out of a fantasy gone wrong. This is subverted in the original short story (''We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'') when the main character has his memory altered to believe that only his existence is preventing the takeover of Earth by aliens, [[spoiler:only for aliens to appear at the end and reveal that this is true]].
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* DarkIsNotEvil / LightIsNotGood: Ironically, the script makes [[spoiler:lovable blonde girl-next-door Lori a villain]], while [[spoiler:the dark-skinned, slutty ("sleazy," to use Quaid's term), and rude Melina is the sympathetic one.]]
** Additionally, the various mutants are this. Although they look scary, they're some of the friendlier characters [[spoiler:save for Benny]] that Quaid encounters on his adventure. Special mention goes to Kuato, who is an empathetic freedom fighter in spite of his malformed appearance.
** Additionally, the various mutants are this. Although they look scary, they're some of the friendlier characters [[spoiler:save for Benny]] that Quaid encounters on his adventure. Special mention goes to Kuato, who is an empathetic freedom fighter in spite of his malformed appearance.
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* DarkIsNotEvil / LightIsNotGood: DarkIsNotEvil:
** Ironically, the script makes [[spoiler:lovable blonde girl-next-door Lori a villain]], while [[spoiler:the dark-skinned, slutty ("sleazy," to use Quaid's term), and rude Melina is the sympathetic one.]]
**Additionally, While the various mutants are this. Although they look scary, they're some of the friendlier characters [[spoiler:save for Benny]] that Quaid encounters on his adventure. Special mention goes to Kuato, who is an empathetic freedom fighter in spite of his malformed appearance.
** Ironically, the script makes [[spoiler:lovable blonde girl-next-door Lori a villain]], while [[spoiler:the dark-skinned, slutty ("sleazy," to use Quaid's term), and rude Melina is the sympathetic one.]]
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* DivorceRequiresDeath: *gunshot* "Consider that a divorce."
* DomedHometown: Averted with the Mars colony, which is designed as a cluster of separate habitats built on ground level or within canyons. PlayedStraight in the TV spot for Rekall which shows a happy couple in bed inside an [[UnderwaterCity underwater dome]].
* DomedHometown: Averted with the Mars colony, which is designed as a cluster of separate habitats built on ground level or within canyons. PlayedStraight in the TV spot for Rekall which shows a happy couple in bed inside an [[UnderwaterCity underwater dome]].
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* DivorceRequiresDeath: *gunshot* "Consider After shooting Lori in the head: "[[BondOneLiner Consider that a divorce."
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* DomedHometown: Averted with the Mars colony, which is designed as a cluster of separate habitats built on ground level or within canyons.PlayedStraight Played straight in the TV spot for Rekall which shows a happy couple in bed inside an [[UnderwaterCity underwater dome]].
* DomedHometown: Averted with the Mars colony, which is designed as a cluster of separate habitats built on ground level or within canyons.
* DreamApocalypse: Implied to be the end. The movie is deliberately ambiguous, although hints like "Blue skies on Mars?" before Quaid goes under imply most of the movie has been a trip into a LotusEaterMachine with some very unpleasant brain damage for Quaid (i.e. a "schizoid embolism" according to one of the characters, but even that hint was ambiguous).
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* ElevatorActionSequence: The final fight between Richter and Quaid.
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* ElevatorActionSequence: The final ElevatorActionSequence:
** There's an escalator fightbetween scene where Arnie's character has to [[BulletProofHumanShield use a corpse to block bullets]] coming from up ''and'' down, being unable to dodge while stuck on the escalator.
** Another elevator fight sequence occurs during the climax, ending in a gruesome way as Richterand Quaid.(Michael Ironside) gets crushed by the ascending elevator, leaving his hands behind.
* EmergencyStash: A mysterious stranger delivers a suitcase with an emergency stash to Douglas Quaid. The twist is that Quaid set up the stash himself, but he has no memory of it.
** There's an escalator fight
** Another elevator fight sequence occurs during the climax, ending in a gruesome way as Richter
* EmergencyStash: A mysterious stranger delivers a suitcase with an emergency stash to Douglas Quaid. The twist is that Quaid set up the stash himself, but he has no memory of it.
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** Despite being a contemptuous piece of work, Cohaagen himself is greatly distraught over the loss of his friend, [[spoiler:Hauser, whose personality is pretty much gone when Quaid decides to accept his current identity rather than that of the man he once was]].
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** Despite being a contemptuous piece of work, Cohaagen himself is greatly distraught over the loss of his friend, [[spoiler:Hauser, whose personality is pretty much gone when Quaid decides to accept his current identity rather than that of the man he once was]].
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Happens to humans exposed to Mars' lethal atmosphere. See EyeScream below.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Happens In real life, Mars has a mean atmospheric pressure of 600 pascals. Humans are used to humans a pressure of 101,300 pascals. In the movie, where being exposed to Mars' lethal atmosphere. See EyeScream below.the surface of Mars gives characters eyes the size of tangerines, the pressure is apparently at -100,000 pascals.[[note]]FYI, that's impossible[[/note]] Even more ludicrous: after returning to "normal" pressure, those tangerine eyes ''go back to normal'', with no ill effects-- they aren't even bloodshot. This is explained if you accept [[spoiler:the interpretation that most of the movie is occurring in the character's head, and simply reflects his faulty beliefs on how this would work in real life.]]
* FirstGirlAfterAll: We're first introduced to Melina during an opening dream sequence, but the First Girl seems to be Quaid's wife Lori. Later in the film, we find out that not only is his marriage a part of his FakeMemories, but he knew Melina years before the story proper began. Assuming it wasn't all "just a dream", of course.
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** [[spoiler:That is, unless the post-Rekall sequence is a delusion.]]
* HUmansArePsychicInTheFuture: Some {{mutants}} living on Mars are psychic. Some are beggars make a living trying to impress tourists by reading their minds and guessing their birthdays. Kuato, a resistance leader, is much more powerful.
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** [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Or was the sweat just part of the naturalistic projection of a human being in a stressful situation?]] For that matter, could Edgemar simply be nervous about getting sued by the customer's wife if he can't get Quaid out of the simulation?
* InescapableAmbush:
* JekyllAndHyde: Quaid is actually an implanted personality of the villain Hauser. [[OrWasItADream Maybe]].
* LaserGuidedBroadcast: This sets off the plot of the movie. Douglas Quaid, who's been dreaming (literally) of visiting Mars but whose wife doesn't want to go, sees an advertisement for Rekall which can implant FakeMemories of a vacation. Later, after being told that he has to get his ass to Mars for real, Quaid sees another advertisement for genuine and affordable vacations on Mars.
* LeaveYourQuestTest: In a world where memories can be implanted at will, how do you tell the dream from reality when someone comes and tells you the adventure you're having is all a psychotic delusion and you have to follow his instructions NOW or be lost in it forever?
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: The Total Recall saleswoman admonishes Quaid to be honest when assigning traits to his perfect fantasy girlfriend. Quaid first gives "sleazy" as one of her traits, but as he's drifting off, gives a more honest "demure."
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-->'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour, sir.
-->'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck
* MetalDetectorCheckpoint: A futuristic X-Ray scanner renders the subject as a full-body skeleton while they walk through it, enabling the large number of pedestrians entering an apartment block to be scanned without slowing them down. Later when Quaid tries to run through the scanner carrying a firearm, it sets off a RedAlert and the gun is rendered as a pulsating red object, drawing every security guard in the area.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Quaid]], as lampshaded by Cohaagen...
-->'''Cohaagen:''' Fucking mutants could always sniff us out. So Hauser and I sat down and invented you: the perfect mole.
-->'''Cohaagen:''' Fucking mutants could always sniff us out. So Hauser and I sat down and invented you: the perfect mole.
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* TheMole: TheMole:
** [[spoiler:Quaid]], as lampshaded by Cohaagen...
-->'''Cohaagen:''' --->'''Cohaagen:''' Fucking mutants could always sniff us out. So Hauser and I sat down and invented you: the perfect mole.
** [[spoiler:Quaid]], as lampshaded by Cohaagen...
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* MomentKiller: While Quaid and Melina are kissing in the catacombs.
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* MomentKiller: While As Quaid and Melina are kissing in the catacombs.Martian catacombs, the rebels show up and take them into custody.
* {{Mutants}}: Several mutants appear as deformed inhabitants of a Mars colony, born with deformities due to their colonist parents being forced to live in poorly made domes that didn't protect them from space radiations during the early stages of colonization. One of the most famous ones is probably the [[{{Multiboobage}} three-breasted prostitute]].
* OnceGreenMars: It is shown that Mars was once inhabited by ancients, who had a massive machine that maintained a breathable atmosphere and biosphere on the planet--which is now being uncovered by the mining operations going on in the movie's present.
* OperatorIncompatibility: Subverted when Quaid activates the alien reactor. The activating mechanism is in the shape of a three-fingered alien hand, but Quaid just puts his fingers [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]]-style and activates it anyway.
* OrWasItADream: The movie plays with this extensively. The protagonist Quaid goes to a place called Rekall, which can implant fake memories for people looking for an adventure but unable to actually have one. He wants a spy story, and he gets one -- he wakes up in the same place, but now he's apparently accessed suppressed memories of ''actually'' being a spy and is being chased by other spies. He later encounters someone who claims to be from Rekall telling him that he's still in a virtual reality experience, but it's gone wrong and if he doesn't snap out of it he'll have to be lobotomized. And the films ends with [[spoiler:a fade to white, in which he wakes up in his chair and asked if he enjoyed his vacation]]. So was it all a fake memory, or wasn't it? There's a lot of evidence in the film either way:
** A lot of questions are raised by Quaid waking up screaming that the Rekall people blew his cover, the only time we see Quaid's "Hauser" persona outside of Quaid looking at a screen. Is this real or not? But if it's not real, where does it fit into the whole Rekall experience?
** The escapade to Mars is part of Quaid's scenario if you look closely, and the specific title, [[spoiler:"Blue Skies on Mars"]], foreshadows how Quaid [[spoiler:restores the Martian atmosphere and turns the sky blue]].
** Most of the characters whom Quaid meets on Mars appear in the movie sequences before the Rekall experience -- even Quaid's {{Love Interest|s}}, who greatly resembles a news reporter Quaid spots on Earth. But not ''all'' of the characters do. The main doctor may or may not also be foreshadowing when he mentions "crooked taxi drivers".
** Quaid is asked to describe a Love Interest for his fake memories when he first goes to Rekall. The woman he creates, "model 41", bears a near-perfect resemblance to the one we see on Mars. As for his actual wife, she seems oddly preoccupied with flushing the idea of a trip to Mars out of Quaid's head, as if she knows about Quaid's psychological issues -- which makes a lot more sense if she's actually [[spoiler:in league with the spies chasing Quaid]] in the "dream".
** The lobotomy threat adds an extra layer on it -- was he lobotomized or not? Even if it was a dream, did it really go wrong and end with his lobotomy, or was that all part of the dream, too?
* OrWasItADream: The movie plays with this extensively. The protagonist Quaid goes to a place called Rekall, which can implant fake memories for people looking for an adventure but unable to actually have one. He wants a spy story, and he gets one -- he wakes up in the same place, but now he's apparently accessed suppressed memories of ''actually'' being a spy and is being chased by other spies. He later encounters someone who claims to be from Rekall telling him that he's still in a virtual reality experience, but it's gone wrong and if he doesn't snap out of it he'll have to be lobotomized. And the films ends with [[spoiler:a fade to white, in which he wakes up in his chair and asked if he enjoyed his vacation]]. So was it all a fake memory, or wasn't it? There's a lot of evidence in the film either way:
** A lot of questions are raised by Quaid waking up screaming that the Rekall people blew his cover, the only time we see Quaid's "Hauser" persona outside of Quaid looking at a screen. Is this real or not? But if it's not real, where does it fit into the whole Rekall experience?
** The escapade to Mars is part of Quaid's scenario if you look closely, and the specific title, [[spoiler:"Blue Skies on Mars"]], foreshadows how Quaid [[spoiler:restores the Martian atmosphere and turns the sky blue]].
** Most of the characters whom Quaid meets on Mars appear in the movie sequences before the Rekall experience -- even Quaid's {{Love Interest|s}}, who greatly resembles a news reporter Quaid spots on Earth. But not ''all'' of the characters do. The main doctor may or may not also be foreshadowing when he mentions "crooked taxi drivers".
** Quaid is asked to describe a Love Interest for his fake memories when he first goes to Rekall. The woman he creates, "model 41", bears a near-perfect resemblance to the one we see on Mars. As for his actual wife, she seems oddly preoccupied with flushing the idea of a trip to Mars out of Quaid's head, as if she knows about Quaid's psychological issues -- which makes a lot more sense if she's actually [[spoiler:in league with the spies chasing Quaid]] in the "dream".
** The lobotomy threat adds an extra layer on it -- was he lobotomized or not? Even if it was a dream, did it really go wrong and end with his lobotomy, or was that all part of the dream, too?
* PayingForAir: This is how the BigBad Cohaagen stays in charge of the planet Mars. He owns all the oxygen in the colonies, which basically gives him absolute power (it's implied Earth won't stop him because he also controls a valuable mineral). His plot is to destroy a Martian machine that can generate air for the whole planet.
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* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Quaid to two of the {{mooks}} who attacked him after he left Rekall.
* RedLightDistrict: [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] is a sleazy strip club on Mars.
* RedPillBluePill: A choice offered to Quaid by Rekall psychologist Dr. Edgemar.
* RedLightDistrict: [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] is a sleazy strip club on Mars.
* RedPillBluePill: A choice offered to Quaid by Rekall psychologist Dr. Edgemar.
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* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Quaid to two When a group of the {{mooks}} who attacked him attack Douglas Quaid after he left Rekall.
leaves Rekall, he takes out two of them by slamming their heads together.
* RedLightDistrict: [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] is a sleazy strip club located in Sector G onMars.
Mars, with mutants working as psychics and prostitutes (one of whom has [[MultiBoobage three breasts]]) and "The Last Resort" bordello which is a secret base of LaResistance.
* RedPillBluePill:A choice Douglas Quaid goes to a company to have memories of a spy adventure implanted in his mind. Something goes wrong and he embarks on a spy adventure very similar to the false memories he was going to get. Later, he's told that what he thinks is reality is in fact those false memories, and is offered a chance to Quaid escape by Rekall psychologist Dr. Edgemar.taking a red pill. He decides against it and kills the person offering the pill. The movie leaves unresolved the question of whether everything after the memory implantation was real or not.
* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: The recording of Haauser gets stuck repeating the infamous words "Get your ass to Mars" after the laptop it's on gets shot during the brief second attack on Douglas Quaid. Later, Quaid's animatronic disguise gets stuck saying "two weeks" whenever he tries to talk, blowing his cover.
* RedLightDistrict: [[DescriptiveVille Venusville]] is a sleazy strip club located in Sector G on
* RedPillBluePill:
* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: The recording of Haauser gets stuck repeating the infamous words "Get your ass to Mars" after the laptop it's on gets shot during the brief second attack on Douglas Quaid. Later, Quaid's animatronic disguise gets stuck saying "two weeks" whenever he tries to talk, blowing his cover.
* SkeletalAppendage: The Martian cabdriver who befriends Quaid turns out to be a mutant: one of his arms is grossly deformed, twice the normal length and skeletally thin so it looks like just skin over bones.
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** And depending upon your point of view, [[spoiler:the whole sequence of Quaid ordering his Rekall vacation]].
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The main character is either a secret agent in deep undercover on Mars (which is what he paid Rekall to experience), or he is going insane due to brain damage from side effects of the memory implant.
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->'''Lori:''' Doug... Honey... You wouldn't hurt me... would you, sweetheart? Sweetheart... Be reasonable! After all, we're married!\\
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'''Quaid:''' Consider that a divorce.
->'''Lori:''' Doug... Honey... You wouldn't hurt me... would you, sweetheart? Sweetheart... Be reasonable! After all, we're married!\\
''[BANG!]''\\
'''Quaid:''' Consider that a divorce.
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* UnknownCharacter: The man who left the suitcase to Quaid outside of his apartment. All we're told is that they were buddies in the Agency on Mars and Quaid asked him to find him if he disappeared. After their conversation over the phone, he's never seen or mentioned again.
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* WeirdMoon: The two UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} asteroid satellites, Phobos and Deimos, are depicted as twin moons large enough to be seen by the naked eye in the sky like the Earth's moon.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: Lori, the woman Quaid is programmed to think of as his wife plays on his implanted feelings while wielding a gun herself, saying "after all, we're married."
-->[[spoiler:'''Quaid:''' [[BondOneLiner Consider that a divorce]].]]
* {{Zeerust}}: Showcased with the ridiculously bulky [=CRT=]-based videophones.
-->[[spoiler:'''Quaid:''' [[BondOneLiner Consider that a divorce]].]]
* {{Zeerust}}: Showcased with the ridiculously bulky [=CRT=]-based videophones.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," the receptionist at Rekall is topless with different color BodyPaint every time Quail visits their offices (due to fashion trends evolving into NoNudityTaboo). In the film, the receptionist is more professionally dressed, with the multi-color motif being incorporated by having her instantly change the color on her fingernails.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," the receptionist at Rekall is topless [[WalkingShirtlessScene topless]] with different color BodyPaint every time Quail visits their offices (due to fashion trends evolving into NoNudityTaboo). In the film, the receptionist is more professionally dressed, with the multi-color motif being incorporated by having her instantly change the color on her fingernails.
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: Arnold Schwarzenegger's name is showing prominently at the top of the movie poster.
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* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: Lori appears to be the Betty, as Quaid's [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]] wife, while Melina appears to be the Veronica, as a mysterious, dark-haired alien woman. But Lori is working for the conspiracy, while Melina is working for the good guys.
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Arnold Schwarzenegger's name isshowing shown prominently at the top of the movie poster.
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Arnold Schwarzenegger's name is
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* PlotArmor: [[spoiler:Justified. Somehow Quaid manages to constantly evade bullets that kill others -- but that's because he is protected, whether by the game or by the conspiracy.]]
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* RunningGag: Benny's constant moans when in danger on how "I've got five kids to feed!" [[spoiler:Pays off when he reveals he's been EvilAllAlong and "I've got four kids to feed." When Quaid sardonically asks "what happened to the fifth?", Benny laughs and admits, "Shit, man, you caught me. I'm not even married."]]
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* RunningGag: Benny's constant moans when in danger on how "I've got five kids to feed!"
* RunningGagged: Benny's refrain that he's "got five kids to feed!"[[spoiler:Pays [[spoiler:pays off when he reveals he's been EvilAllAlong and "I've got four kids to feed." When Quaid sardonically asks "what happened to the fifth?", Benny laughs and admits, "Shit, man, you caught me. I'm not even married."]]
* RunningGagged: Benny's refrain that he's "got five kids to feed!"
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* AdaptationalNameChange: The original story's Douglas Quail becomes Douglas Quaid in the film.
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** The original story's Douglas Quail becomes Douglas Quaid in thefilm.film.
** Also, Shirley's counterpart in the film is Tiffany.
** The original story's Douglas Quail becomes Douglas Quaid in the
** Also, Shirley's counterpart in the film is Tiffany.
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''Total Recall'' is a 1990 sci-fi action film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
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''Total Recall'' is a 1990 sci-fi action film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", "Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
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The viewer is constantly challenged to decide if Quaid's experiences are real or all just a result of his "ego trip." ([[RuleOfThree Or are they?]]) The film is also well known for its special effects and over-the-top gore, like [[Film/RoboCop1987 some]] [[Film/StarshipTroopers other]] notable Verhoeven films. Highlights include tons of [[CoolGun cool guns]], [[MultiBoobage three-breasted mutants]], and a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bizarre]] NES tie-in game.
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The viewer is constantly challenged to decide if Quaid's experiences are real or all just a result of his "ego trip." ([[RuleOfThree Or are they?]]) The film is also well known for its special effects and over-the-top gore, like [[Film/RoboCop1987 some]] [[Film/StarshipTroopers other]] some other notable Verhoeven films. Highlights include tons of [[CoolGun cool guns]], [[MultiBoobage three-breasted mutants]], and a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bizarre]] NES tie-in game.
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* AllJustADream: The ending is intentionally ambiguous about the nature of Quaid's fantasy. If it was a dream, has it GoneHorriblyWrong, or not? [[MindScrew Does the film end with him being lobotomized, or is that just the end of his vacation??]] It all comes down to whether the scene between when they start the implantation process and when Quaid wakes up in the Johnny Cab is a part of the hallucination or if it really happened. And there's absolutely nothing that says one way or the other.
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* AllJustADream: The ending is intentionally ambiguous about the nature of Quaid's fantasy. If it was a dream, has it GoneHorriblyWrong, or not? [[MindScrew Does the film end with him being lobotomized, or is that just the end of his vacation??]] It all comes down to whether the scene between when they start the implantation process and when Quaid wakes up in the Johnny Cab Johnnycab is a part of the hallucination or if it really happened. And there's absolutely nothing that says one way or the other.
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* UncannyValley: The JohnnyCab robots are made to imitate a real-life driver, with various "realistic" expressions built into them, but the end result is ''really'' creepy - especially when they ''scream in terror as they short out internally''.
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* UncannyValley: The JohnnyCab [=JohnnyCab=] robots are made to imitate a real-life driver, with various "realistic" expressions built into them, but the end result is ''really'' creepy - especially when they ''scream in terror as they short out internally''.
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* UncannyValley: The JohnnyCab robots are made to imitate a real-life driver, with various "realistic" expressions built into them, but the end result is ''really'' creepy - especially when they ''scream in terror as they short out internally''.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Hauser, who in his last video diary continues to act friendly towards Quaid and apologizes that he needs his body back]].
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* AffablyEvil:
** [[spoiler:Hauser, who in his last video diary continues to act friendly towards Quaid and apologizes that he needs his body back]].
** [[spoiler:Benny, who continues to keeps up his PluckyComicRelief act when he tries to drill Quaid and Melina to death]].
** [[spoiler:Hauser, who in his last video diary continues to act friendly towards Quaid and apologizes that he needs his body back]].
** [[spoiler:Benny, who continues to keeps up his PluckyComicRelief act when he tries to drill Quaid and Melina to death]].
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* AffablyEvil:
**AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Hauser, who in his last video diary continues to act friendly towards Quaid and apologizes that he needs his body back]].
** [[spoiler:Benny, who continues to keeps up his PluckyComicRelief act when he tries to drill Quaid and Melina to death]].back]].
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** [[spoiler:Benny, who continues to keeps up his PluckyComicRelief act when he tries to drill Quaid and Melina to death]].
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Quaid uses a "Johnny Cab" taxi to flee from the bad guys. He has to sabotage the robotic driver, though, and drive the car himself. Once he arrives at his destination, he leaves the taxi, but the robotic driver shorts out and the car starts moving forward. It narrowly misses Arnie, then hits a wall at a very moderate speed and blows up.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Quaid uses a "Johnny Cab" taxi to flee from the bad guys. He has to sabotage the robotic driver, though, and drive the car himself. Once he arrives at his destination, he leaves the taxi, but the robotic driver shorts out and the car starts moving forward. It narrowly misses Arnie, Quaid, then hits a wall at a very moderate speed and blows up.
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Mars didn't turn green in the ending, it only gained a blue sky and clouds.
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** The finale [[spoiler:involves Mars' frozen water core being unfrozen and turning Mars into a green, Earthy paradise [[NoOntologicalInertia within 30 seconds]]]].
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** The finale [[spoiler:involves Mars' frozen water core being unfrozen and turning giving Mars into a green, Earthy paradise thick oxygen-rich atmosphere with blue skies and clouds [[NoOntologicalInertia within 30 seconds]]]].
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: With his drill tank, [[spoiler:Benny]] creates a hole in the wall which leads Quaid to the alien reactor.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: With his drill tank, [[spoiler:Benny]] creates a hole in the wall which leads Quaid to the alien reactor. reactor after he and Melina had just run into a dead-end after escaping Cohaagen's goons.
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-->'''Cohaagen''': In thirty seconds you'll be ''dead''... amd I'll blow this place up and be home in time for ''cornflakes!!!''
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** Schwarzenegger, anytime he has to shout. His accent and demented facial expressions only adds to the fun, especially while trying to escape [[spoiler: bring turned back after Hauser after Cohaagen reveals Quaid was just a memory implant]].
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** Schwarzenegger, anytime he has to shout. His accent and demented facial expressions only adds to the fun, especially while trying to escape [[spoiler: bring being turned back after into Hauser after Cohaagen reveals Quaid was just a memory implant]].
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** Schwarzenegger, anytime he has to shout. His accent and demented facial expressions only adds to the fun, especially while trying to escape [[spoiler: bring turned back after Hauser after Cohaagen reveals Quaid was just a memory implant]].
** Cohaagen himself isn't immune to this either, especially during his final confrontation with Quaid.
-->'''Cohaagen'': In thirty seconds you'll be ''dead''... amd I'll blow this place up and be home in time for ''cornflakes!!!''
** Cohaagen himself isn't immune to this either, especially during his final confrontation with Quaid.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After kicking a gun out of Richter's hand to prevent him killing Thumbelina, Tony is shot directly in the chest by Helm and goes down, but not only does he not die ''despite being shot in the damn chest'', whenever he appears afterwards, he is not hampered at all by his gunshot wound. The most that comes out of him being shot is his shirt now has blood on it.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Quaid's fat lady disguise is approved clearance into the Mars settlement, the shot of "her" passport being stamped includes a brief glimpse of the signature of one "Prescilla Allen", which is the name of the actress portraying the disguise.
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* ATeamFiring:
** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the hologram]].
** And then, in the ''same scene'', some other goons die because the bullets do go through [[spoiler:the hologram]]. It's bad enough that the gunfire works silly, but much worse when it's inconsistently silly.
*** Actually, [[spoiler:the hologram]] appears to absorb the bullets, which is why nobody dies in the first scene. The goons die in the latter scene because [[spoiler:Melina turns off the hologram while they're still firing at it]].
** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the hologram]].
** And then, in the ''same scene'', some other goons die because the bullets do go through [[spoiler:the hologram]]. It's bad enough that the gunfire works silly, but much worse when it's inconsistently silly.
*** Actually, [[spoiler:the hologram]] appears to absorb the bullets, which is why nobody dies in the first scene. The goons die in the latter scene because [[spoiler:Melina turns off the hologram while they're still firing at it]].
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** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the hologram]].
** And then, in the ''same scene'', some other goons die because the bullets do go through [[spoiler:the hologram]]. It's bad enough that the gunfire works silly, but much worse when it's inconsistently silly.
*** Actually, [[spoiler:the hologram]] appears to absorb the bullets, which is why nobody dies in the first scene. The goons die in the latter scene because [[spoiler:Melina turns off the hologram while they're still firing at it]].
** Richter's goons surround [[spoiler:Hauser's hologram]] on all sides, firing from less than 10 feet away without ever hitting [[spoiler:each other]] even though the bullets should be passing right through [[spoiler: the hologram]].
** And then, in the ''same scene'', some other goons die because the bullets do go through [[spoiler:the hologram]]. It's bad enough that the gunfire works silly, but much worse when it's inconsistently silly.
*** Actually, [[spoiler:the hologram]] appears to absorb the bullets, which is why nobody dies in the first scene. The goons die in the latter scene because [[spoiler:Melina turns off the hologram while they're still firing at it]].
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: The "Martian atmosphere" variant of the trope [[spoiler:seals Cohaagen's fate when he is blown out onto the surface of Mars. The heroes almost die the same way]].
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: The "Martian atmosphere" variant of the trope [[spoiler:seals Cohaagen's fate when he is blown used here due to the main action of the story taking place within a pressurized colony on Mars. Upon arriving, Quaid avoids Richter's bullets which end up shattering a window that causes a ContinuousDecompression during which a few men to get helplessly sucked out onto the surface of Mars.Mars, bound for a gruesome ExplosiveDecompression death. [[spoiler:And in the end Cohaagen dies that way after getting blown out of the pyramid through a breach caused by an explosive device. The heroes almost die the same way]].
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->''"[[CallToAdventure Get your ass to Mars.]]"''
''Total Recall'' is a 1990 Sci-fi film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
On its face it's a sci-fi take on a spy thriller, set in memories implanted into a bored construction worker of the future... [[OrWasItADream or is it]]? Because of all the AlternateCharacterInterpretation, the film is often called "The thinking man's action movie."
Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is he]]?
''Total Recall'' is a 1990 Sci-fi film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
On its face it's a sci-fi take on a spy thriller, set in memories implanted into a bored construction worker of the future... [[OrWasItADream or is it]]? Because of all the AlternateCharacterInterpretation, the film is often called "The thinking man's action movie."
Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is he]]?
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Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is
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''Total Recall'' is a 1990 Sci-fi film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
On its face it's a sci-fi take on a spy thriller, set in memories implanted into a bored construction worker of the future... [[OrWasItADream or is it]]? Because of all the AlternateCharacterInterpretation, the film is often called "The thinking man's action movie."
Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is he]]?
''Total Recall'' is a 1990 Sci-fi film loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, and Creator/MichaelIronside, written by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (the same guys behind ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''!) and Gary Goldman, and directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven.
On its face it's a sci-fi take on a spy thriller, set in memories implanted into a bored construction worker of the future... [[OrWasItADream or is it]]? Because of all the AlternateCharacterInterpretation, the film is often called "The thinking man's action movie."
Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is he]]?
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Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is tired of life [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the year 2084]]. His literal life's dream is to [[MemeticMutation get his ass to Mars]] as a way of escaping his humdrum existence. A commercial for the Rekall brand "Ego Trip" induces Quaid to try one of the trips, which are just implanted memories of a vacation that he'd never be able to take in person. Quaid elects for an enhanced set of fake memories that cast him in the role of a super spy--sort of a memory novella that he will remember living through. When something goes wrong with the procedure, he discovers that his entire life is a lie, and that in reality, he ''is'' a super spy working under deep cover. [[MindScrew Or is
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* AdaptationalNameChange: The original story's Douglas Quail becomes Douglas Quaid in the film.
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* DisappearingBullets: At one point, Cohaagen's men encircle Quaid and open fire at him with [[MoreDakka full automatics]]. This is already [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary a pretty dumb idea]], tactically speaking, considering that it practically guarantees ''someone'''s going to get shot by his own side by accident, but it becomes even more ludicrous when the Quaid they're shooting turns out to have been a hologram. So... what was stopping the bullets, then?
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* DisappearingBullets: At one point, Cohaagen's men encircle Quaid and open fire at him with [[MoreDakka full automatics]]. This is already [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary a pretty dumb idea]], tactically speaking, considering that it practically guarantees ''someone'''s going to get shot by his own side by accident, but it becomes even more ludicrous when the Quaid they're shooting turns out to have been a hologram. So... what was stopping the bullets, then?then? This trope is almost immediately subverted when Melina uses the hologram to get two {{Mook}}s to shoot at her, killing each other.
