History Headscratchers / RepoTheGeneticOpera

** Probably Nathan's inability to save Marni, even though he managed to save Shilo. Although he didn't tell Shilo what caused Marni's death, she understands that her father feels guilty about Shilo not having a mother figure in her life and [[spoiler: through Rotti's manipulation, he feels completely responsible for killing his wife]].

** If you want to accept information from the official Myspaces into your view of canon, Luigi's mom was gone before he could remember what happened to her, and Pavi's (who may or may not also be Amber's) died when he was eight. I've always suspected that his continued focus on her is ''mostly'' because she was stolen from him by his employee, and that if she'd married him and then died of her disease [[spoiler:even without the poison to help her along]] he'd remember her as just another dead wife instead of as the great love of his life who turned around and betrayed him.

* At the end, was Graverobber implying that he was establishing himself as [[spoiler: the new head of [=GeneCo=]]], with [[spoiler: Amber's new face]] as his figurehead? Or was that just him playing the narrator [[FourthWallMailSlot in the tradition of an operatic chorus]], like how Clopin in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' was a completely different character with different knowledge and values based on whether he was playing the narrator or the Jester character? Was he crucified, as the credits may have implied (I only got two chances to see the credits, and someone was talking over them both times)?

*** Rubber? I 'ardly know 'er! (Sorry) You can't hose down leather like you see Nathan doing without drying it carefully. I believe his suit is rubber, or at least some kind of fabric that has the same properties.

** He's rich, and they were most likely conceived in the present (as of the time that the movie came out) or near-future, though it could have been the near past depending on how much they've youthened themselves (the normal-faced heir seemed like he could have been well into his 40s or older in the movie). It would be scandalous but far from odd if they were born to mistresses or soon-to-be-ex-wives (or a wife), or if he had made them because he cared more about an heir than a relationship and then [[{{Canon}} deemed them all to be unfit to rule]]. If he wasn't rich when they were conceived, or was rich but not famously so, then he was just a rich guy whose kids' mother isn't around from the view of the public and could have had a marriage of convenience or no marriage at all [[AcceptableHardLuckTargets as poor people are wont to do *smug stereo-fictional rich person laugh*]].

* At the end, was Graverobber implying that he was establishing himself as [[spoiler: the new head of [=GeneCo=]]], with [[spoiler: Amber's new face]] as his figurehead? Or was that just him playing the narrator [[FourthWallMailSlot in the tradition of an operatic chorus]], like how Clopin in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' was a completely different character with different knowledge and values based on whether he was playing the narrator or the Jester character? Was he crucified, as the credits may have implied (I only got two chances to see the credits, and someone was talking over them both times)?

** Not to mention, in this world, pretty much all hospitals are owned by GeneCo, so it's very unlikely they would've done anything to save him.

** This was actually ''WordofGod''ed in an interview. While murder can be played up as dark humor, rape is very rarely funny and the creators didn't want to offend. So we the audience are supposed to know it's part of his character, they just didn't show it.

* At the end, was Graverobber implying that he was establishing himself as [[spoiler: the new head of [=GeneCo=]]], with [[spoiler: Amber's new face]] as his figurehead? Or was that just him playing the narrator [[FourthWallMailSlot in the tradition of an operatic chorus]], like how Clopin in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' was a completely different character with different knowledge and values based on whether he was playing the narrator or the Jester character? Was he crucified, as the credits may have implied (I only got two chances to see the credits, and someone was talking over them both times)?

** It's another song about Zydrate and it's usage. Probably why it went: it's a tad redundant with "Zydrate Anatomy" around.

* Regarding Rotti and Luigi: considering Rotti had no problem [[ShootTheMessenger shooting the messenger]], or [[spoiler:poisoning Marni]], I can't see why he didn't take more to Luigi as a potential heir before receiving his bad news. Luigi might be an angry murderer, but if Rotti had taught him to channel that anger more appropriately, like calling your victims into your private office ''before'' stabbing them to death, then Luigi might have ended up better. From Luigi [[spoiler:crying over his dad's death]] to his MySpace profile indications, Luigi wouldn't have been too bad a choice for the new head of [=GeneCo=], as he loves his dad and has the proper vision to run the company, and somehow I don't think Rotti would have a problem if Luigi killed Pavi and Amber provided he did it quietly.

** My personal theory on this is that in a world where, thanks to [=GeneCo=], people are living much longer because of their procedures, overpopulation is probably a problem. So the Repo Man serves a double function. Recovering Geneco property and making it so there's one less mouth to feed in the world. And as for the other organs that might just be a case of "Even Evil has Standards" in that Rotti sees nothing wrong with someone killing and stealing organs that he considers belonging to him, but thinks that taking organs that they didn't give the victim would be wrong.

*** I figured by Mag's willingness to die in the act of defying Geneco she obviously didn't fear death, but she didn't do it ''intending'' to die, that was simply the only way to go about it. The death and thus release from contract was just a nice bonus.
*** I'm pretty sure that it wasn't Mag's corneas that got replaced (even if WordofGod says otherwise), seeing as the cornea is the clear covering of the pupil and iris, because that is ArtisticLicenseBiology. Mag's irises seem to be mechanical (they expand and contract much the way camera shutters do) and her eyes are capable of projecting holograms. Thus, the entire eyeball must have been a GeneCo implant. (The fact that the hardware required for the holograms would have had to be small, and the expanding/contracting linked to mental cues suggests that they were very well made as well.)

** Her bad contract was explicitly mentioned. I took it as being said that for giving her sight, GeneCo owned the Blind Mag entity, and she didn't quite think the ramifications through. She ''can't'' pay off the debt in cash because the debt has already been paid with her freedom, and she would have to make a new deal to exchange her freedom for cash (which they wouldn't do for the cash she had after they took their percentage, if they didn't just name themselves the executors of every penny of her estate and declare that they as executors outranked her as the principal).

** Also, if you put this into context with any other company with an exploitable product. If you ran a liquor company would you want to easily supply your alcoholic mess of a daughter with more and more booze and use her drunken slob self as a marketing tool? Amber's not just a customer of GeneCo, she's a shameful mess of excess. She probably has to get back alley Zydrate because she's been cut off. Combine this with that she's supposed to be in charge of the support group for addicts and you see why she's a problem for GeneCo.

** It seems that absolutely everything and everyone is affiliated with [=GeneCo=], even people who pretend not to be (see: Nathan's entire life?). There are no other surgical companies discussed or named, so presumably they've bought out every surgeon/doctor in the city (and just about everybody else, too -- they've even bought the ''opera'', for crying out loud!). There IS no off-brand, and people try to convince themselves that if they use underground surgeons, the Repo Men won't find them. Obviously, this doesn't work, but by the time you find that out, you're dead. If there were off-brand surgical companies, then there would be competition, and [=GeneCo=] would no longer be the monopoly, and there would be no plot. GeneCo probably fosters and funds pretend "competing" surgical companies, to give the illusion of choice. They could provide substandard services and charge less for them, or use these companies as a training ground for novice surgeons.

*** True, it might not have really been a blood disease, but Nathan and Rotti's backstories agree that she really was sick with ''something'', it's unlikely that Nathan would have risked the health of his wife and unborn child trying out untested medicine on her if it wasn't something lethal, and if she'd stayed with Rotti then Geneco might have been just as helpless at coming up with a cure as Nathan was up until the try that killed her, so it doesn't really change anything if her illness had nothing to do with her blood.

** Obviously, Largo is a ManipulativeBastard. Shilo has the facts on her side - her father works for Geneco, he feels responsible for her mother's death, Shilo knows her dad and has to figure that the death of her mother is probably why her father is working for a psycho like Largo. Not to mention that he's just tried to pull the same thing on Shilo twice - offering her a cure after she catches the Repo Man and offering her Geneco after killing her father. She just gets a burst of clarity after being confronted with a lot of life changing information. I don't think she knew that Largo ''killed'' her mother. I think Largo took that secret to the grave, but she does know that Largo is perfectly capable of blackmailing someone into doing something they don't necessarily ''want'' to do.

** This troper loves Single Mother, but I can see her being a villainous character: she's basically a shill for GeneCo, quite possibly got paid off (or had a similar contract as Blind Mag), and seems like an overall awful and oblivious (if not outright stupid) person... which pretty much applies to the entire audience of the Genetic Opera.
** I don't mind her showing her body, but it does bug me that she made it a lot more likely that she'll be leaving her kids Repo-man created orphans by tacking a vanity makeover on top of the kidney surgery she needed (and couldn't afford without one of Geneco's payment plans, meaning that her financial situation probably isn't one where she should let herself be talked into vanity surgery).

** Rotti and/or GeneCo almost certainly has the police force in the palm of their hand, or might even be running it. Even if they don't, substantial bribes would be enough to get the police to decide that a seventeen-year-old girl who'd been kept inside and isolated her whole life, who just learned that her father had been lying to her, poisoning her, and killing people, plus being seriously keyed-up by her surroundings and people shouting at her, would not be in a fit state of mind to be said to have pulled the trigger with murderous intent. After that it would be pretty simple, in the horrific dystopian world Repo! takes place in, to decide that she wouldn't face charges. Come to think of it, bribes might not even be necessary for the first part.