History YMMV / TotalRecall1990

* CompleteMonster: In the Creator/DCComics adaptation of this classic action flick, by Elliot S. Maggin & Tom Lyle, [[BigBad Chief Administrator Vilos Cohaagen]] lacks his film counterpart's VillainousFriendship with Carl Hauser, while still retaining all the evil. As leader of the Mars colonization efforts, Cohaagen brutally overprices the sell of oxygen to the citizens of the colonies, uncaring that many of them are slowly dying from being unable to pay Cohaagen's prices, and, upon discovering a likely way to provide infinite oxygen across the planet, Cohaagen covers it up to retain his power over the inhabitants. When rebel forces continuously try to oust his treachery, Cohaagen devises a plan with his partner Carl Hauser to mind-wipe the latter, turning him into an ideal rebel fighter, then using this new personality, Douglas Quaid, to lead Cohaagen to the rebels. Once succeeding in this, slaughtering the entire rebel group, Cohaagen attempts to revert Quaid back to Hauser, laughing all the way about asphyxiating the entirety of Venusville [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]. Cohaagen ultimately showed his [[LackOfEmpathy lack of care]] for Hauser when, after Quaid escapes the attempted reversion of his mind, Cohaagen callously orders him be killed, and spends his last moments using [[LoveInterest Melina]] as a hostage in an attempt to murder Quaid, securing his rule over Mars once and for all.

* JerkassWoobie: as bad as Richter is [[spoiler: it's hard not to feel sorry for him when he finds Lori's dead body.]]

** DIE [[spoiler:BENNY]]!!!

* MoralEventHorizon: Cohagen crosses it when he leaves all the people in Venusville do suffocate.
** [[TheDragon Richter]]: murdering three boobed lady for being uncooperative counts as well.

* StealthPun: The title, maybe. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusion_matrix Total Recall]] could also mean a test with 100% sensitivity, whatever that would mean in the context of the film.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: [[http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/total-recall-et-predator-nes-2/ The NES/Amstrad/Commodore 64 game.]] With the most epic [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative fight against a hat-throwing hobo]] you'll ever see in a video game.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: [[http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/total-recall-et-predator-nes-2/ The NES/Amstrad/Commodore 64 game.]] With the most epic [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative fight against a hat-throwing hobo]] you'll ever see in a video game.

* NintendoHard: The 1991 game. ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'' knows something about it.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: [[http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/total-recall-et-predator-nes-2/ The NES game.]] With the most epic [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative fight against a hat-launching hobo]] you'll ever see in a video game.

** SHIT! SHIT!

* MoralEventHorizon: Cohagen crosses it when he leaves all the people in the dome to suffocate.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome:

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** Dr. Edgemar (the bald guy who offers Doug the red pill).

* AwesomeMusic: Music/JerryGoldsmith, natch. Two examples: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OuwuBejQuQ Swallow It/The Big Jump]]".

* PropRecycling: Several customized Micro-Uzis that were previously used in ''Film/TheRunningMan'' and ''Film/Predator2'' appear here in the hands of some of Richter's goons.

** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since the Johnny Cab robot is a ''Series/HowdyDoody'' parody with a deliberately phony, chipper personality, modeled and voiced by Creator/RobertPicardo.

* MoralEventHorizon: Cohagen crosses it when he leaves all the people in the dome to suffocate

* EvilIsSexy: Lori, played by the ever-so-lovely Sharon Stone.
* HilariousInHindsight: A man is offered a [[RedPillBluePill red pill]] because it'll help him enter the real world. [[Film/TheMatrix That sounds familiar]]...

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/DeanNorris plays Tony, the mutant who helps Quaid and Melina escape.
** Two Star Trek actors: Robert Picardo as the voice of the Johnny cab, and Marc Alaimo as [[MookLieutenant Everett.]]

** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since the Johnny Cab robot is a ''Series/HowdyDoody'' parody with a deliberately phony, chipper personality, modeled and voiced by Robert Picardo.

* Two Star Trek actors: Robert Picardo as the voice of the Johnny cab, and Marc Alaimo as [[MookLieutenant Everett.]]

** [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lycia Naff]] as the unforgettable three-breasted hooker, Mary.

** The one thing that ''everybody'' remembers about this movie is the prostitute with three boobs.