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* ViralMarketing: The AlternateRealityGame Dollplay.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JossWhedon planned to have five seasons of the show, and had each character's development worked out in advance. Ultimately only two seasons were produced.

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* ViralMarketing: The AlternateRealityGame Dollplay.
''Dollplay''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JossWhedon planned to have five seasons of the show, and had each character's development worked out in advance. Ultimately only two seasons were produced.produced, though fortunately the showrunners knew about the cancellation in time to avoid a cliffhanger.
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* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned, as they didn't feel there was enough distinction between Echo's various personalities. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants a Boyfriend'' so time will tell.

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* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned, as they didn't feel there was enough distinction between Echo's various personalities. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants a Boyfriend'' ''Film/JaneWantsABoyfriend'' so time will tell.
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* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants A Boyfriend'' so time will tell.

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* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned.concerned, as they didn't feel there was enough distinction between Echo's various personalities. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants A a Boyfriend'' so time will tell.
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** Creator/SummerGlau usually plays Woobie-ish {{Action Girl}}s who engage in a lot of WaifFu. Here she's a Woobie-ish genius who has no combat skills at all.

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** Creator/SummerGlau usually plays Woobie-ish hyperintelligent {{Action Girl}}s who engage in a lot of WaifFu. Here she's a Woobie-ish genius who has no combat skills at all.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/SummerGlau usually plays Woobie-ish {{Action Girl}}s who engage in a lot of WaifFu. Here she's a Woobie-ish genius who has no combat skills at all.

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Creator/SummerGlau usually plays Woobie-ish {{Action Girl}}s who engage in a lot of WaifFu. Here she's a Woobie-ish genius who has no combat skills at all.all.
** Creator/AlanTudyk is introduced as a very similar character to the one he became famous for in Joss Whedon's earlier ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' as Wash, and appears to be a harmless dolt. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he's actually the rogue active "Alpha", a SerialKiller with a sci-fi version of multiple personality disorder.]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: On occasion, Echo's imprints reference Creator/ElizaDushku's real life.

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* ActorSharedBackground: On occasion, Echo's imprints reference echo Creator/ElizaDushku's real life.
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** The outdoorsy persona from "The Target" had three brothers, and learns to bow hunt.

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** The outdoorsy persona from [[Recap/DollhouseS01E02 "The Target" Target"]] had three brothers, and learns to bow hunt.
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* ContractualPurity: It's mentioned that Rayna was singing for "The Mouse". Her stage outfit however suggests she's broken free of this "curse", and into another.

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* ContractualPurity: It's mentioned that Rayna was singing used to sing for [[Creator/{{Disney}} "The Mouse".Mouse"]]. Her stage outfit however suggests she's broken free of this "curse", and into another.
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* RealLifeRelative: Creator/ElizaDushku's then-boyfriend Rick Fox makes a rather disjointed appearance as an Active in "Getting Closer", [[spoiler:the last of the Los Angeles dolls to be freed.]] Her older brother Nate Dushku is the BigBad in "Epitaph Two: Return" - [[spoiler: as the latest body housing Clive Ambrose.]] She's the producer of the series, y'know.
* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally-ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants A Boyfriend'' so time will tell.

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* RealLifeRelative: Creator/ElizaDushku's then-boyfriend Rick Fox makes a rather disjointed appearance as an Active in "Getting Closer", [[spoiler:the last of the Los Angeles dolls to be freed.]] Her older brother Nate Dushku is the BigBad in "Epitaph Two: Return" - [[spoiler: as [[spoiler:as the latest body housing Clive Ambrose.]] She's the producer of the series, y'know.
* StarDerailingRole: A show conceived partly to show off Creator/ElizaDushku's versatility ended up demonstrating the opposite as far as many critics were concerned. Since the show ended, she's mostly been doing animation and video-game voice work in roles tailored for her "morally-ambiguous, "morally ambiguous, sexy ActionGirl" type-casting and core fanboy fanbase. She did get a bit of positive attention for her role in the 2016 indie dramedy ''Jane Wants A Boyfriend'' so time will tell.

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