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* DoubleStandard/TheUnfairSex: [[spoiler: A man was forced to have sex with a pig against his will, to the butt of jokes to the common citizenry, and a year afterward, it's destroyed his marriage because his wife does nothing but ignore him.]] Now imagine how different in-universe reactions would be if he and his wife's genders were reversed.
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* {{Squick}}: Must we ''really'' clarify this?
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* DoubleStandard/TheUnfairSex: [[spoiler: A man was forced to have sex with a pig against his will, to the butt of jokes to the common citizenry, and a year afterward, it's destroyed his marriage because his wife does nothing but ignore him.]] Now imagine how different in-universe reactions would be if he and his wife's genders were reversed.
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* NewMediaAreEvil: While shaping up to be an overarching theme in the series, it has a ''very'' strong presence in this story.
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* NewMediaAreEvil: While shaping up to be an overarching theme in the series, it has a ''very'' strong it's presence in this story.here is overt nonetheless.
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* NewMediaAreEvil: A big While shaping up to be an overarching theme in the series, but it's ''definitely'' present here.it has a ''very'' strong presence in this story.
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A bad decision is not Idiot Ball - the Idiot Ball is when a character makes an decision that is uncharacteristically stupid and is necessary to drive the plot.
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* IdiotBall: It gets chucked around a ''lot''. Ignoring the news reporter [[spoiler:wandering blithely into a live-fire rescue operation with an iPhone and no common sense whatsoever]], the biggest idiots around though are the Government: they serve D-notices which social networking sites don't pay attention to anyway (and which the news media doesn't have to adhere to), they pass laws which won't stop international distribution or storage of the tape and generally show a complete lack of understanding of the nature of the Internet. This is after they [[spoiler:attempt to make a fake tape of the ransom, in complete violation of the kidnapper's demands, thinking it'll work.]]
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* BlackComedy: Blacker than black. You ''will'' laugh after the ransom demand is first read out; from thereon in it gets a lot blacker and much less comedic as the full implications of the kidnapping and its ransom start to play out.
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** [[spoiler: Who is also revealed at the end to be a Turner Prize winner in a rather blunt TakeThat against the modern art world. The whole sequence of events is even described, a year later, as "The First Great Artwork of the 21st century" by a controversial critic.]]
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''Black Mirror'' is a trilogy of non-related stories, loosely linked by the fact they're all dark comedies. Two of which are written, and all produced by CharlieBrooker. They are in order of broadcast;
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''Black Mirror'' is a trilogy of non-related stories, television dramas loosely linked by the fact they're all dark comedies.comedies with themes of techno-paranoia and unease with the modern world. Two of which are written, and all produced by CharlieBrooker. They are in order of broadcast;
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Princess Susannah is basically a modern Princess Diana.
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* PassThePopcorn: During one of the news reports dicussing the reactions on YouTube and Twitter a message to this effect is briefly shown
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Princess Susannah is kidnapped while the abductor taunts the police and press by releasing videos on the internet. The singular demand? That the Prime Minister commit Bestiality on live television.
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Princess Susannah is kidnapped while the abductor taunts the police and press by releasing videos on the internet. The singular demand? That the Prime Minister commit Bestiality [[spoiler: have sexual intercourse with a pig on live television.
television]].
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: The Prime Minister does...''it'', saves the princess and even boosts his political career after the act. The ending shows that he's been pretty much destroyed ''as a person'' anyway.]]
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: The Prime Minister does...''it'', saves the princess and even boosts his political career after the act. The ending shows that he's been pretty much destroyed ''as a person'' anyway.anyway, traumatised and with an utterly destroyed marriage.]]
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* AnAesop: A rare in-universe example. [[spoiler: The kidnapper actually releases the Princess half an hour ''before'' the 4pm deadline into a desolate country where everybody ignores her in favour of the Prime Minister fucking a pig on television, solely to prove a point.]]
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* HotScoop / IntrepidReporter: Malaika, a rare completely negative example of this combination.
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* HotScoop / IntrepidReporter: Malaika, a rare completely negative example of this combination. combination.
* IdiotBall: It gets chucked around a ''lot''. Ignoring the news reporter [[spoiler:wandering blithely into a live-fire rescue operation with an iPhone and no common sense whatsoever]], the biggest idiots around though are the Government: they serve D-notices which social networking sites don't pay attention to anyway (and which the news media doesn't have to adhere to), they pass laws which won't stop international distribution or storage of the tape and generally show a complete lack of understanding of the nature of the Internet. This is after they [[spoiler:attempt to make a fake tape of the ransom, in complete violation of the kidnapper's demands, thinking it'll work.]]
* IdiotBall: It gets chucked around a ''lot''. Ignoring the news reporter [[spoiler:wandering blithely into a live-fire rescue operation with an iPhone and no common sense whatsoever]], the biggest idiots around though are the Government: they serve D-notices which social networking sites don't pay attention to anyway (and which the news media doesn't have to adhere to), they pass laws which won't stop international distribution or storage of the tape and generally show a complete lack of understanding of the nature of the Internet. This is after they [[spoiler:attempt to make a fake tape of the ransom, in complete violation of the kidnapper's demands, thinking it'll work.]]
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* {{Squick}}: Must we ''really'' clarify this?
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* {{Dogme 95}}: Two characters discuss whether the list of demands about the filming of the video - meant to make it as hard as possible to fake - are references to the movement.
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* SensoryAbuse: In a last ditch attempt to stop people watching the broadcast, it's preceded with a minute-long tone [[BrownNote that supposedly causes nausea]].
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: The Prime Minister does...''it'', saves the princess and even boosts his political career after the act. The ending shows that he's been pretty much destroyed ''as a person'' anyway.]]
* HotScoop / IntrepidReporter: Malaika, a rare completely negative example of this combination.
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** That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is of course rape.
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** That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which sex. And it is of course rape.most definitely ''not'' comedic.
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That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
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* RapeAsComedy: Both played straight and subverted in Universe. Having sex with an animal is pretty much by definition raping it.
That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
[[spoiler:As soon as the video of the demand is posted on YouTube, people are leaving comments mocking the Prime Minster for what he has to do. Everyone in the country is tuning in to the broadcast of the act and looking forward to it with a sort of horrible glee. This lasts for about a second once it has begun and then practically everyone is shaking their heads in horror. ''They keep watching though''.]]
That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
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* RapeAsComedy: Both played straight and subverted in Universe. Having sex with an animal is pretty much by definition raping it. \n That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.\n [[spoiler:As soon as the video of the demand is posted on YouTube, people are leaving comments mocking the Prime Minster for what he has to do. Everyone in the country is tuning in to the broadcast of the act and looking forward to it with a sort of horrible glee. This lasts for about a second once it has begun and then practically everyone is shaking their heads in horror. ''They keep watching though''.]]]]
That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
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* RapeAsComedy: Both played straight and subverted in Universe. Having sex with an animal is pretty much by definition raping it. [[spoiler:As soon as the video of the demand is posted on YouTube, people are leaving comments mocking the Prime Minster for what he has to do. Everyone in the country is tuning in to the broadcast of the act and looking forward to it with a sort of horrible glee. This lasts for about a second once it has begun and then practically everyone is shaking their heads in horror. ''They keep watching though''.]]
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* RapeAsComedy: Both played straight and subverted in Universe. Having sex with an animal is pretty much by definition raping it.
That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
[[spoiler:As soon as the video of the demand is posted on YouTube, people are leaving comments mocking the Prime Minster for what he has to do. Everyone in the country is tuning in to the broadcast of the act and looking forward to it with a sort of horrible glee. This lasts for about a second once it has begun and then practically everyone is shaking their heads in horror. ''They keep watching though''.]]
That said it could be argued that the PM is being raped himself as he is being forced against his will into having sex, which is ofcourse rape.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The kidnapper hangs himself in the end.]]
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* RapeAsComedy: Both played straight and subverted in Universe. Having sex with an animal is pretty much by definition raping it. [[spoiler:As soon as the video of the demand is posted on YouTube, people are leaving comments mocking the Prime Minster for what he has to do. Everyone in the country is tuning in to the broadcast of the act and looking forward to it with a sort of horrible glee. This lasts for about a second once it has begun and then practically everyone is shaking their heads in horror. ''They keep watching though''.]]
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The only distraction in a life of endless physical toil is a TV talent show on every screen. The only chance to escape is to enter the show. This episode was deliberately scheduled to begin immediately after the 2011 final of TheXFactor ended over on {{ITV}}.
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The only distraction in a life of endless physical toil is a TV talent show on every screen. The only chance to escape is to enter the show. This episode was deliberately scheduled to begin immediately after the 2011 final of TheXFactor ''TheXFactor'' ended over on {{ITV}}.
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* DistressedDamsel
* {{Fingore}}
* HostageSituation
* HostageVideo
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!!Tropes related to ''15 Million Merits'':
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!!Tropes related to ''The Entire History of
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internet. The singular demand? That the Prime Minister commit Bestiality on live television.
!!15 Million Merits
The only distraction in a life of endless physical toil is a TV talent show on every screen. The only chance to escape is to enter the show.
!!The Entire History Of You
Set in a world where you can keep a personal record of everything you do in digital form. You could also rewind and replay memories at will.
!!15 Million Merits
The only distraction in a life of endless physical toil is a TV talent show on every screen. The only chance to escape is to enter the show.
!!The Entire History Of You
Set in a world where you can keep a personal record of everything you do in digital form. You could also rewind and replay memories at will.
