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* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:It turns out the Village is actually a sort of shared dreamspace on a level deeper than the subconscious. Which makes it all a dream, but not ''just'' a dream.]]
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* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:It turns out the Village is actually a sort of shared dreamspace on a level deeper than the subconscious. Which makes it all a dream, but not ''just'' a dream. This also means that 2 was telling 6 the truth all along: there really is no "New York" in their plane of existence, or ability for 6 to escape.]]
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* DontWakeTheSleeper: The Village is not a physical location, but a shared dreamstate beneath the subconscious level which 2's wife discovered during her meditations, and requires an active "Dreamer" to keep the fantasy from collapsing. The events of the series are [[spoiler:part of a plot by 2 to allow him and his wife to wake up from the dream, and 6 to take his place as the leader of the village. 6's LoveInterest, 313, who in the real world is a severely mentally handicapped woman, becomes the new Dreamer.]]
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* JustTheFirstCitizen: In episode 3, a schoolgirl explains the meaning behind 2's name/title when 6 asks them who 1 is. Specifically, there is no "1" despite "2" clearly being in complete control of the Village, to emphasize his "humble" role as a mere public servant.
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** A rough sketch of a landmark 93 half-remembered from his life outside the Village is of Big Ben. One of the best-known episodes of the original series was "The Chimes of Big Ben", in which the landmark played a key part in the climax
** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "Shattered Village"
** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "Shattered Village"
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** A rough sketch of a landmark 93 half-remembered from his life outside the Village is of the Houses of Parliament, home of Big Ben. Ben (now the Elizabeth Tower). One of the best-known episodes of the original series was "The Chimes of Big Ben", in which the landmark played a key part in the climax
climax. The building was also prominently featured in the opening credits of the original series.
** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "ShatteredVillage"Village".
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* NoNameGiven: averted. [[spoiler: Unlike the original series that only revealed a couple of guest prisoners' first names, we at least learn the first names of 6 and 2.]]
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* NoNameGiven: averted. [[spoiler: Unlike the original series that only revealed a couple of guest prisoners' first names, names and never identified No. 6, we at least learn the first names of 6 and 2.]]
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:It looks like 147's daughter, 832, is about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: subverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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* EvilOverlooker: An indirect example, with the top half of the poster being occupied by a close-up of 2's eyes stacked on top an image of 6.
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* EvilOverlooker: An indirect example, with the top half of the poster being occupied by a menacing close-up of 2's eyes stacked on top an image of 6.6 with Rover rising behind him, posed to suggest he is facing insurmountable odds.
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* BigBad: Unlike the original series, 2 is a single person who is clearly in control of the Village, and the final obstacle for 6 to overcome if he wants to escape it.
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* EvilOverlooker: An indirect example, with the top half of the poster being occupied by a close-up of 2's eyes stacked on top an image of 6.
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* SoapWithinAShow: Enthusiastically recounted relationship by relationship and [[YouAreNumberSix name by name]]. The tackiness of the show is another element of the StepfordSuburbia nature of the Village.
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* SoapWithinAShow: Enthusiastically recounted relationship by relationship and [[YouAreNumberSix name by name]]. The tackiness of the show soap is another element of the StepfordSuburbia nature of the Village.
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* MythologyGag: At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is [[TheChosenOne the One]]''.
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* MythologyGag: References to the original series could make for an incapacitating drinking game. In the first episode alone:
** 93 wears the same outfit Number 6 wore in the original series. (WordOfGod is the role was originally offered to original ''Prisoner'' series co-creator and star Patrick [=McGoohan=], who died soon after.)
** 6's house is appointed with furniture of the same {{Zeerust}}-futuristic style used in the original series.
** The scene transition to the inside of 93's house takes us to an extreme close-up of a lava lamp, which reproduces the original series's visual effect for Rover's launch sequence.
** A rough sketch of a landmark 93 half-remembered from his life outside the Village is of Big Ben. One of the best-known episodes of the original series was "The Chimes of Big Ben", in which the landmark played a key part in the climax
** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "Shattered Village"
** During his first meeting with 2, 6 pounds on in the desk between them in a way that seems very unnatural for the actor involved. He's recreating an iconic image from the opening sequence of the original series.
** A pennyfarthing bicycle, which was the icon of the original series, is briefly visible during a nightclub sequence.
** At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is [[TheChosenOne the One]]''.
** 93 wears the same outfit Number 6 wore in the original series. (WordOfGod is the role was originally offered to original ''Prisoner'' series co-creator and star Patrick [=McGoohan=], who died soon after.)
** 6's house is appointed with furniture of the same {{Zeerust}}-futuristic style used in the original series.
** The scene transition to the inside of 93's house takes us to an extreme close-up of a lava lamp, which reproduces the original series's visual effect for Rover's launch sequence.
** A rough sketch of a landmark 93 half-remembered from his life outside the Village is of Big Ben. One of the best-known episodes of the original series was "The Chimes of Big Ben", in which the landmark played a key part in the climax
** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "Shattered Village"
** During his first meeting with 2, 6 pounds on in the desk between them in a way that seems very unnatural for the actor involved. He's recreating an iconic image from the opening sequence of the original series.
** A pennyfarthing bicycle, which was the icon of the original series, is briefly visible during a nightclub sequence.
** At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is [[TheChosenOne the One]]''.
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* SoapWithinAShow: Enthusiastically recounted relationship by relationship and [[YouAreNumberSix name by name]].
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: 2 has 6 speak to a psychologist, 70, so he can find out what drives 6's desire to escape the Village. 2 later visits 70 and mockingly talks about his own psychological problems, before deriding it all as freudian mumbo-jumbo.
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* MsFanservice: The feminine charms of Creator/HayleyAtwell are somewhat "emphasized" ([[spoiler: likely in order to play up the misdirection related to whether her not her sequences were dreams or took place in the real world]]).
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* CatchPhrase: Discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be).
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* CatchPhrase: Discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be). The phrase has little apparent relevance to the series' storyline, either.
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* HeroesWantRedHeads. Both major female characters are redheaded or have reddish hair.
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* HotterAndSexier: Unlike the chaste original (although several female characters were depicted as being attracted to, and even in love with, No. 6 in the 1967 series, their affections were never returned), in this series we not only see romance develop between 6 and two other characters, but there's even a love scene with one of them.
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** A character appears briefly in the first episode who intentionally resembles an elderly version of the original No. 6 (and the part was originally offered to Patrick [=McGoohan=] himself).
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* SoapWithinAShow: Enthusiastically recounted relationship by relationship and [[YouAreNumberSix name by name]].
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* MythologyGag: At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is TheOne''.
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* MythologyGag: At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is TheOne''.[[TheChosenOne the One]]''.
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* TheReveal: Unlike the original show, the finale of the 2009 version reveals what The Village is: [[spoiler: It's a [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater Dreamstate]] below the subconscious level that everyone is capable of sharing and was discovered by 2's wife. To maintain it, she is forced into a waking dream state via drugs, so that she can keep The Village running. Dr. Curtis (2) places people inside The Village as a form of ambivalent, non-confrontational therapy. Because of its position below the subconscious, it keeps running even when regular consciousness is active -- meaning the flashbacks are actually happening at the same time as the Village action is.]]
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* TheReveal: Unlike the original show, the finale of the 2009 version reveals what The Village is: [[spoiler: It's a [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater Dreamstate]] below the subconscious level that everyone is capable of sharing and was sharing, discovered by 2's wife. To maintain it, she is forced into a waking dream state via drugs, so that she can keep The Village running. Dr. Curtis (2) places people inside The Village as a form of ambivalent, non-confrontational therapy. Because of its position below the subconscious, it keeps running even when regular consciousness is active -- meaning the flashbacks are actually happening at the same time as the Village action is.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: ubverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: ubverted subverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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* CatchPhrase: discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be).
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* CatchPhrase: discounting Discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be).
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted ubverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
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** The final scene of 6 and 313 is extremely similar in framing, mood, and implication to [[spoiler:Remiel and Duma in Hell at the end of the ''Season of Mists'' arc]] of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.
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A remake of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' in the form of a six-hour miniseries that ran in November 2009. Creator/JimCaviezel starred as 6 and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen as 2 (no "Number" in this version).
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A remake of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' in the form of a six-hour miniseries that ran in November 2009. Creator/JimCaviezel starred as 6 and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen as 2 (no "Number" in this version).
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* DreamApocalypse: [[spoiler:All the people in the village have some sort of counterpart in the real world. 2's son 11-12 is one of the few people who doesn't have one, and also has no childhood memories. He tries to murder his "mother" and hangs himself when he realizes that he only exists in someone else's imagination.]]
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* DreamApocalypse: [[spoiler:All All the people in the village have some sort of counterpart in the real world. 2's [[spoiler:2's son 11-12 11-12]] is one of the few people who doesn't have one, and also has no childhood memories. He tries to murder his "mother" and hangs himself when he realizes that he only exists in someone else's imagination.]]
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* InNameOnly: The series has relatively little plot or character similarity with the original ''The Prisoner'' other than the very basic concept. The Village's nature is finally revealed to be very different and the ending is also completely different. There are similar riffs on certain individual episodes (eg "Schizoid" begins similarly to "The Schizoid Man" but 6's duplicate is a mystical EnemyWithout rather than a recruited natural double). The show also acts as an example of why this trope is not necessarily a bad thing - those viewers and critics who disliked the new series generally didn't think that it should have been a straighter remake.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In 'Schizoid' and 'Fall Out', 313 has flashbacks accompanied by the phrase [[spoiler: "Put it on your head!"]] One of the flashbacks has [[spoiler: a girl with a cardboard box on her head with a man standing next to her, possibly alluding to 313's deranged mental state.]]
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* NoNameGiven: averted. [[spoiler: Unlike the original series that only revealed a couple of guest prisoners' first names, we at least learn the first names of 6 and 2.]]
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* GainaxEnding: It wouldn't be a version of ''The Prisoner'' without one.
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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The explanation for the existence of The Village.]]
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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The explanation for the existence of The Village and its inescapability is that it is a collective subconscious dream state. At the end the villain arranges to be woken up by killing himself so he can return to the real world, leaving the hero behind to lead the Village.]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Well, in reality 6 only has relationships with two women so this might be overstating things a bit, however in comparison to the enforced CelibateHero status of No. 6 in the original series, and the fact [[spoiler: the two love affairs are part of the plot]], this is quite a contrast.
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A remake of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' in the form of a six-hour miniseries that ran in November 2009. Creator/JimCaviezel starred as 6 and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen as 2 (no "Number" in this version).
This was not a direct remake, as characterization, atmosphere, and ending were almost entirely different. [=McGoohan=] died before the series aired, but had been invited to make a cameo appearance, which he declined; played now by another actor, the cameo in episode 1 involved 6 coming across an old man dressed in Number 6's outfit from the original series.
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!!The 2009 remake provides examples of:
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:It turns out the Village is actually a sort of shared dreamspace on a level deeper than the subconscious. Which makes it all a dream, but not ''just'' a dream.]]
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Rover returns, but this time as a ''giant'' weather balloon bigger than a building.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 2 uses 6's nobility and selfless humanity against him in the finale. In the real world, Dr. Curtis (2) had brought Michael (6) into The Village with the express purpose of training him as his replacement. After mentally breaking 6, 2 publicly announces that 6 is the only person capable of stopping The Village from collapsing. 6 agrees to become the new Dreamer, but 313 intervenes and takes the position instead, allowing 2 and his wife to go free and wake up from The Village. In her new dream state, [[AndIMustScream 313 sheds tears]] for 6's new indefinite imprisonment as 6 begins imagining a new and better Village.]]
* BottomlessPits: One shows up in the fourth episode and becomes a critical plot point later. [[spoiler: It's a sign that the dreamspace is falling apart.]]
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: 909's death]]. Arguably [[spoiler: 11-12's]] as well.
* CatchPhrase: discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be).
* EnemyWithout: "Schizoid".
* EvilOverLordList: 2's last gambit is remarkably similar to #143
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: [[spoiler: What eventually happens to 6.]]
* HeroesWantRedHeads
* HospitalHottie: 313
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The explanation for the existence of The Village.]]
* MythologyGag: At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is TheOne''.
* NotHisSled: Even though the episode titles (and by extension, most of the episodes themselves) are based on those from the original series, entirely different consequences occur.
* ReallyGetsAround: Well, in reality 6 only has relationships with two women so this might be overstating things a bit, however in comparison to the enforced CelibateHero status of No. 6 in the original series, and the fact [[spoiler: the two love affairs are part of the plot]], this is quite a contrast.
* TheReveal: Unlike the original show, the finale of the 2009 version reveals what The Village is: [[spoiler: It's a [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater Dreamstate]] below the subconscious level that everyone is capable of sharing and was discovered by 2's wife. To maintain it, she is forced into a waking dream state via drugs, so that she can keep The Village running. Dr. Curtis (2) places people inside The Village as a form of ambivalent, non-confrontational therapy. Because of its position below the subconscious, it keeps running even when regular consciousness is active -- meaning the flashbacks are actually happening at the same time as the Village action is.]]
* ShoutOut
** In addition to elements actually carried over from the original series, there are passing references, like the penny-farthing bicycle hanging from the ceiling of the nightclub; and the fact that [[spoiler: 6's duplicate is named "Two Times 6"; in the original show, the duplicate was named 12.]]
** The opening credits lightly follows the same general pattern as the original's credits do, and the episode titles are derived from that of the original show.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:What 2 eventually gets 6 (and by extension, 313) to do, so that 2 and his wife can finally leave The Village.]]
* ThirstyDesert: Surrounding the Village, instead of the ocean in the original.
* TomatoSurprise: Those flashbacks to Six's life before The Village? [[spoiler: They aren't flashbacks, they're happening simultaneously.]]
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A remake of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' in the form of a six-hour miniseries that ran in November 2009. Creator/JimCaviezel starred as 6 and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen as 2 (no "Number" in this version).
This was not a direct remake, as characterization, atmosphere, and ending were almost entirely different. [=McGoohan=] died before the series aired, but had been invited to make a cameo appearance, which he declined; played now by another actor, the cameo in episode 1 involved 6 coming across an old man dressed in Number 6's outfit from the original series.
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!!The 2009 remake provides examples of:
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:It turns out the Village is actually a sort of shared dreamspace on a level deeper than the subconscious. Which makes it all a dream, but not ''just'' a dream.]]
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Rover returns, but this time as a ''giant'' weather balloon bigger than a building.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: 2 uses 6's nobility and selfless humanity against him in the finale. In the real world, Dr. Curtis (2) had brought Michael (6) into The Village with the express purpose of training him as his replacement. After mentally breaking 6, 2 publicly announces that 6 is the only person capable of stopping The Village from collapsing. 6 agrees to become the new Dreamer, but 313 intervenes and takes the position instead, allowing 2 and his wife to go free and wake up from The Village. In her new dream state, [[AndIMustScream 313 sheds tears]] for 6's new indefinite imprisonment as 6 begins imagining a new and better Village.]]
* BottomlessPits: One shows up in the fourth episode and becomes a critical plot point later. [[spoiler: It's a sign that the dreamspace is falling apart.]]
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: 909's death]]. Arguably [[spoiler: 11-12's]] as well.
* CatchPhrase: discounting "Be seeing you", apparently avoided during production; when the series was first announced, much of the publicity involved the phrase "Seek the Six" being connected to the show in some way, but once the show was actually made and prepared for broadcast, this catch phrase vanished from all publicity and is never heard within the show itself (if it was ever intended to be).
* EnemyWithout: "Schizoid".
* EvilOverLordList: 2's last gambit is remarkably similar to #143
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: [[spoiler: What eventually happens to 6.]]
* HeroesWantRedHeads
* HospitalHottie: 313
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted with 147's daughter, 832. It looks like she's about to fall into a BottomlessPit, but she doesn't--until a few minutes later.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The explanation for the existence of The Village.]]
* MythologyGag: At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is TheOne''.
* NotHisSled: Even though the episode titles (and by extension, most of the episodes themselves) are based on those from the original series, entirely different consequences occur.
* ReallyGetsAround: Well, in reality 6 only has relationships with two women so this might be overstating things a bit, however in comparison to the enforced CelibateHero status of No. 6 in the original series, and the fact [[spoiler: the two love affairs are part of the plot]], this is quite a contrast.
* TheReveal: Unlike the original show, the finale of the 2009 version reveals what The Village is: [[spoiler: It's a [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater Dreamstate]] below the subconscious level that everyone is capable of sharing and was discovered by 2's wife. To maintain it, she is forced into a waking dream state via drugs, so that she can keep The Village running. Dr. Curtis (2) places people inside The Village as a form of ambivalent, non-confrontational therapy. Because of its position below the subconscious, it keeps running even when regular consciousness is active -- meaning the flashbacks are actually happening at the same time as the Village action is.]]
* ShoutOut
** In addition to elements actually carried over from the original series, there are passing references, like the penny-farthing bicycle hanging from the ceiling of the nightclub; and the fact that [[spoiler: 6's duplicate is named "Two Times 6"; in the original show, the duplicate was named 12.]]
** The opening credits lightly follows the same general pattern as the original's credits do, and the episode titles are derived from that of the original show.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:What 2 eventually gets 6 (and by extension, 313) to do, so that 2 and his wife can finally leave The Village.]]
* ThirstyDesert: Surrounding the Village, instead of the ocean in the original.
* TomatoSurprise: Those flashbacks to Six's life before The Village? [[spoiler: They aren't flashbacks, they're happening simultaneously.]]
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