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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent [[RealismInducedHorror ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.'']]

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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent [[RealismInducedHorror ''real ''[[RealismInducedHorror real life problems and trends in Japanese society.'']]society]]''.
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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent [[RealsimInducedHorror ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.'']]

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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent [[RealsimInducedHorror [[RealismInducedHorror ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.'']]

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* Himuro's [[BodyHorror dried shell of a body inhabited by nothing but tree root branches]] (pictured above), what doesn't help is that once we get to see the entirety of him, he appears to be naked and [[TheUnSmile smiling]]... And then the branches begin [[WhamShot moving]].



** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.''

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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represent [[RealsimInducedHorror ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.'' '']]



* The very first scene of the parade, with Dr. Shima jumping out of the window.
* When the doll is speaking and the face morphs into Himuro's.

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* The very first scene of the parade, with Dr. Shima jumping out of the window.
window, You'd be forgiven if you thought he died.
* When the doll is speaking and the face morphs into Himuro's. Himuro's.
** And then once Himuro laughs the dolls' heads begin to shake with him.
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* Tokita's [[UncannyValley faces]] as he's in the robot suit in the movie theater. His voice acting in the English dub makes him sound much more deranged, too.
* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the businessmen jumping off the roof, like synchronized swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.

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* Tokita's [[UncannyValley faces]] faces as he's in the robot suit in the movie theater. His voice acting in the English dub makes him sound much more deranged, too.
* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the businessmen jumping off the roof, like synchronized swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] smiles as the one Tokita had earlier.
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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh]].

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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh]].EvilLaugh.



* The [[spoiler: rape-ish]] scene in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XuRLCIO6bk butterfly room.]]

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* The [[spoiler: rape-ish]] rape-ish scene in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XuRLCIO6bk butterfly room.]]
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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represents ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.''

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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represents represent ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.''

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* Depending of whose mind you're in, it can be easily one of them. And it don't have to be a megalomaniac to be one: Just take Himuro's.

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** The dream parade is full of disturbing imagery: salarymen committing suicide like synchronized swimmers, women and their children turning into golden statues, grown men with cellphone heads looking up the skirts of schoolgirls, hordes of homeless people and people trapped in miniature houses marching down streets, dwarvish men wrestling over who will be emperor and religious statues in drag proclaiming that God and Buddha will change religions. All of which represents ''real life problems and trends in Japanese society.''
* Depending of whose mind you're in, it can be easily one of them. And it don't doesn't have to be a megalomaniac to be one: Just take Himuro's.



* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof, like synchronized swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.

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* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men businessmen jumping off the roof, like synchronized swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.
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* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof, like synchronize swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.

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* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof, like synchronize synchronized swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.
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* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.

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* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof roof, like synchronize swimmers, with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.
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* The [[spoiler: rape-ish]] scene in the butterfly room.

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* The [[spoiler: rape-ish]] scene in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XuRLCIO6bk butterfly room.]]
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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIMu8VmzoUQ Himuro's creepy apartment, apartment]], especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...
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* The DC Mini inside of Himuro's head.

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* The DC Mini inside of burrowing into Himuro's head.
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* Depending of whose mind you're in, it can be easily one of them. And it don't have to be a megalomaniac to be one: Just take Himuro's.
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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...

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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...head...
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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh.]]

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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh.]]EvilLaugh]].



* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...

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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...

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* The D C Mini inside of Himuro's head.

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* The D C DC Mini inside of Himuro's head.
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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...

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* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...head...

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* The very first scene of the parade, with Dr. Shima jumping out of the window.

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* The very first scene of the parade, with Dr. Shima jumping out of the window.window.
* When the doll is speaking and the face morphs into Himuro's.
* Himuro's creepy apartment, especially with the robot holding the "Help Me" sign, with Tokita's face pasted over its head...
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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh.]]

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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh.]]]]
* Tokita's [[UncannyValley faces]] as he's in the robot suit in the movie theater. His voice acting in the English dub makes him sound much more deranged, too.
* "AND NOW, IT'S A-SHOW TIME!" The scene of the business men jumping off the roof with the same [[UncannyValley smiles]] as the one Tokita had earlier.
* Everything about the doll. Every scene.
* The D C Mini inside of Himuro's head.
* The scene of the two doctors who went insane and had to be driven off in an ambulance.
* The scene of Konakawa's panic attack is disturbingly realistic.
* The [[spoiler: rape-ish]] scene in the butterfly room.
** "I love you, Paprika. I love you just the way you are."
* The very first scene of the parade, with Dr. Shima jumping out of the window.
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* People start going insane as their minds are hauled into a freakish dream parade full of THE [[CreepyDoll creepiest dolls]] you will ever see. To make it worse, [[spoiler: the dream parade ends up in real-world Tokyo, and a Godzilla-sized doll goes after the main characters with a glass-shattering EvilLaugh.]]

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