History Literature / Choke

* AddictionDisplacement: Victor's friend and fellow sexual compulsive Denny drags home a large rock for every day that he successfully abstains from [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating]].

->"Just keep asking yourself: ''[[ArcWords What would Jesus NOT do?]]''"

* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Discussed. The protagonist frequently runs a con where he deliberately chokes on food to get strangers to perform the Heimlich on him; he is terrified that one day he'll encounter an idiot thinking of this trope coming after him with a steak knife and a ballpoint pen tube.

** [[spoiler: Victor accidentally kills his mother, is arrested, and is run out of town by the people who fell for his scam. Doctor Marshall turns out to be an insane patient at the nursing home, but realizes it at the books' end. Denny's building/sculpture/masterpiece is destroyed by a freak earthquake. The four main characters are left standing in the ruins.]]

* ComeToGawk: The colonial theme park wh3ere Victor works punishes loafing employees by making them sit in the stocks all day.

%%* CloneJesus
%%* CodeEmergency

* NietzscheWannabe: Specifically that love/optimism/happiness is for chicks, and being stuck in a work cubical without danger or excitement means sex, masturbation and drugs are the only way to feel alive anymore.

* AccidentalHero: Victor

* CloneJesus
* CodeEmergency
* FaceOnAMilkCarton
* FirstPersonSmartass: Victor
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:A nurse condescendingly refers to Paige as ''Miss'' instead of Dr., and receives a lecture as a result. The reason the nurse was talking down to someone of high authority is because Dr. Paige is a patient allowed to live in her doctor delusion. Additionally, Victor attempts to figure out which car is hers, but cannot; it's because she doesn't leave.]]

* SnicketWarningLabel:

* BodyHorror: Victor notes that you have to be careful in the choking business, as the last thing you want is someone clearing your windpipe ''with a steak-knife to the trachea.''
** The end of the second act. [[spoiler:One of Victor's sex partners insists on using sex toys on him, and ends up placing anal beads inside him; upon aggressively pulling them out, she notes two beads are missing, and Victor spends several chapters suffering from intestinal blockage.]]

* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:Victor is Jesus, and was created artificially through cells from a holy relic that was Jesus' apparent foreskin.]]

* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: Victor accidentally kills his mother, is arrested, and is run out of town by the people who fell for his scam. Doctor Marshall turns out to be an insane patient at the nursing home, but realizes it at the books' end. Denny's building/sculpture/masterpiece is destroyed by a freak earthquake. The four main characters are left standing in the ruins.]]

* [[spoiler:CloneJesus]]

* [[spoiler:TomatoSurprise: Victor is Jesus, and was created artificially through cells from a holy relic that was Jesus' apparent foreskin.]]

* [[spoiler:TheUntwist: Contrary to Tomato Surprise, Victor isn't Jesus. Paige lied to him, and his mother was a stranger that simply took him from his pushchair.]] [[invoked]]

** The movie has a slightly happier ending, with [[spoiler: Victor's mom still dying and Victor realizing that Paige is a mental patient, but Victor's arrest is for the "rape" one of the mental patients is constantly accusing him of performing, which he is cleared for. He finds Paige and they have loving sex in a airport bathroom]]

''Choke '' was [[FilmOfTheBook adapted into a film]] in 2008 directed and written by Clark Gregg starring Creator/SamRockwell, Creator/AnjelicaHuston and Creator/KellyMacdonald.

''Choke '' was [[FilmOfTheBook adapted into a film]] in 2008 directed and written by Clark Gregg starring Creator/SamRockwell, Creator/AnjelicaHuston and KellyMacdonald.

* AccidentalHero

->--'''Victor Mancini'''

''Choke'' is a 2001 novel by ChuckPalahniuk. Victor Mancini spends his days working at a colonial theme park with his best friend, Denny. The duo, who both suffer from sexual and masturbation addiction respectively and attend recovery meetings to tolerate the boredom. As Victor's mother is suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and lives in a care home, Victor pays her hospital fees by intentionally choking on food in restaurants; as his "rescuers" both pity him and see him as evidence of their bravery, he manipulates them to milk from them for cash.

Was [[FilmOfTheBook adapted into a film]] in 2008 directed and written by Clark Gregg starring Creator/SamRockwell, Creator/AnjelicaHuston and KellyMacdonald.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Victor, by means of GetBackInTheKitchen. Not only does he refer to emotions, love, optimism and relationships as "chick stuff", his lack of a relationship due to sex addiction means occasionally develops the mentality that committed women treat you like life support for a penis or wallet.

''Choke'' is a 2001 novel by ChuckPalahniuk. It tells the story of a man who works in a colonial theme park, attends sexual addiction recovery meetings, and intentionally chokes on food in upscale restaurants so his "rescuers" would give him money out of sympathy and thus cover his mother's Alzheimer's disease hospital bills.

* ArcWords [[SelfDemonstratingArticle isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.]] [[Verbal Tic See also:]] What would Jesus NOT do? See also: For serious. See also: For sure. See also: it's the martyrdom of Saint Me.

->''"Just keep asking yourself: 'What would Jesus NOT do?'"

* ArcWords isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind. See also: What would Jesus NOT do? See also: For serious. See also: For sure. See also: it's the martyrdom of Saint Me.
* CloneJesus

* FirstPersonSmartass
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Cherry Daiquiri
* SnicketWarningLabel
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: Victor is Jesus...]]
* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:...except he's not. Paige lied to him]]
* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: Victor accidently kills his mother, is arrested, and is run out of town by the people who fell for his scam. Doctor Marshall turns out to be an insane patient at the nursing home, but realizes it at the books' end. Denny's building/sculpture/masterpiece is destroyed by a freak earthquake. The four main characters are left standing in the ruins.]]

Was [[FilmOfTheBook adapted into a film]] in 2008 directed and written by Clark Gregg starring Creator/SamRockwell, AnjelicaHuston and KellyMacdonald.

Was [[FilmOfTheBook adapted into a film]] in 2008 directed and written by Clark Gregg starring SamRockwell, AnjelicaHuston and KellyMacdonald.

''Choke'' is a 2001 novel by ChuckPalahniuk.

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