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3	->''"First cold. Then pain. The pain of birth. Then I realized my energy cell was running out unusually fast. So fast there was only time for my short life to flash before my eyes. "''
4	-->--'''{{Opening Narration}}'''
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8	Technotise Edit I Ja (''Technotise: Edit & I'') is a 2009 Serbian {{cyberpunk}} {{dramedy}} animated film which serves as a sequel to Aleksa Gajić's {{graphic novel}} ''Technotise''.
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10	The year is 2074. Belgrade is filled with hovercars and robot pets. Edit Stefanović is a psychology student who takes care of an autistic math genius named Abel. After failing a certain exam six times, she visits a dealer at the black market in order to install a memory chip that will record everything she sees, helping her pass the exams. However, after seeing Abel's formula, which connects all forces in the world, the chip becomes sentient and develops a personality of its own.
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12	The animation is decidedly {{animesque}} and is taken on in four styles - rotoscoping, classic 2D, 3D and vector animation. Rumors of another novel being adapted to yet another sequel exist. There are also [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590798/ plans for a live-action remake]]. It is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and [=TubiTV=].
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14	!!Tropes related to the movie:
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16	* AerithAndBob: Edit, Vu, Herb, Broni and ''Bojan''.
17	* AntiVillain: The professor is [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type IV]]. He works for Sergej, but is a rather nice guy, and even seems to be honestly sad when [[spoiler: Edit dies]]. Sergej himself is [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III]]. He believes using Edi to solve Abel's equation would bring prosperity to the world, even though Edi isn't keen on "becoming someone's calculator" and, more importantly, knowing Edi's extraction would be [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans lethal for Edit]].
18	* ArtShift: Edit's grandpa's flashback is animated in black and white.
19	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Edi]].
20	* AskAStupidQuestion: Edi seems confused when Edit asks him for help while pressed up against the windshield of a car going at 250 mph.
21	-->'''Edit:''' Get me out of here!
22	-->'''Edi:''' Get you...?
23	-->'''Edit:''' No, [[SarcasmMode my grandma.]]
24	* BaldOfEvil: Sergej.
25	* BittersweetEnding: Though, it leans on sweet slightly more.
26	* {{Bouncer}}: Edit and Vu are allowed to enter a nightclub after listening to his [[GiftedlyBad giftedly bad]] poem.
27	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
28	--> '''Sanja:''' Edit, first you ate a double salad, a kilo of liver, then a fistful of iron pills, then your phone...
29	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Edit]]
30	* CurbStompBattle: Every single fight Edit gets into.
31	* CursedWithAwesome: Edi's existence [[spoiler: gives Edit nearly superhuman abilities,]] but [[spoiler: his growth will finaly lead to her death.]]
32	* {{Cyberpunk}}
33	* CyberpunkIsTechno: Mostly played straight.
34	* DeadpanSnarker: Edi, Bojan, to a lesser extent Herb.
35	* DisabilitySuperpower: Abel is severely autistic, but has the ability to [[spoiler: see the future]].
36	* DoAndroidsDream: Apparently, not really, unless they enter a [[SharingABody symbiotic relationship]] with a human host, and achieve sentience via exposure to Abel's formula.
37	* DumbBlonde: Played straight with Sanja, averted with Edit.
38	* DumbMuscle: The three thugs who try to kidnap Edit can barely speak, to the point their lines are subtitled.
39	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Sergej. He keeps a photo of his family, and he has a pet dog.
40	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Abel. After discovering the theory of everything as a child prodigy, he becomes severely autistic and [[HollywoodAutism non-responsive to anyone around him]], preferring to spend time alone on a meadow.
41	* HoverBoard: The main characters use them.
42	* JustThinkOfThePotential: Why {{The Government}} wants to extract Edi, at the cost of Edit's life.
43	* KarmaHoudini: Edi, also Edit. [[spoiler: They kind of kill Sergej [[KickTheDog and his dog]], but at the end we learn that apparently no charges were pressed.]]
44	* LogicBomb: Supercomputers become sentient and shut down permanently after solving Abel's equation. [[spoiler: Except if they're already wired to a person's brain, in which case they can take the form of their subconscious.]]
45	* MsFanservice: Edit. She's buck naked in both her dream sequence, while taking a shower and in the final scene. She also briefly has graphic sex with Edi.
46	* NecktieLeash: Edit uses this to seduce her college professor, which she records and plans on using for blackmail.
47	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[WordOfGod The authors said]] Edit's character design was based on Creator/JessicaAlba and Serbian singer Nataša Bekvalac.
48	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Edit "dies" in a pile of garbage when Edi's growth takes its toll on her body. In their last moments, he instead puts her into a kind of stasis that appears clinically dead, and then restarts her body and removes his wire form to prevent further damage]].
49	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Abel, either this or at least [[MadOracle genuinely broken by the knowledge]].
50	* OlderThanTheyLook: Edit's grandpa. Judging by his flashback, he should be in his mid-90s at least; he looks like he's around 60.
51	* TheQuietOne: Abel. See the entry for GoMadFromTheRevelation above.
52	* RidiculousExchangeRates: The Serbian dinar sure seems to have strengthened.
53	* PetTheDog: Sergej is shown in a soothing environment with his dog, looking at a family photo of him carrying his son on his shoulders [[spoiler: only to be killed by electrocution [[MoodWhiplash a minute later]]]].
54	* PlayingDoctor: The reason behind Edi's physical appearance.
55	* PowerPerversionPotential: Edi can control Edit's nervous system. While demonstrating what he can do, he gives her an orgasm.
56	* ProductPlacement
57	* PuppeteerParasite:
58	** It's implied in Edit's grandpa's flashback scene that Slobodan Milošević was being controlled by an eight-legged parasite. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Or her grandpa]] [[TheMunchausen made the story up]].
59	** To a lesser degree, Edi. He can control Edit's body at will, but he doesn't do it all the time, and she is fully aware of his presence.
60	* RRatedOpening: The first scene features Bojan and Vu discussing [[SexBot robotic prostitutes]].
61	* SceneryPorn
62	* SharingABody: Edit and Edi.
63	* ShoutOut: The professor claims that Abel's formula has brought us closer to understanding [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "life, the Universe and everything"]].
64	* SoapWithinAShow: The futuristic parody version.
65	* SuperReflexes: Edit, while being controlled by Edi.
66	* TechnologyPorn: Everywhere, from anti gravity bars, to hoverboards, and especially Edi's true form as an entire metal wire replica of a human nervous system inside Edit's body.
67	* ThanksForTheMammary: Abel gropes Edit twice. Could either be [[ObfuscatingStupidity playing dumb]] or [[InnocentFanserviceGirl really rather innocent]] due to his obvious lack of social interaction for most of his life.
68	* ThoseTwoGuys: Meda and Zeka.
69	* TokenMinority: The Croatian college professor.
70	* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer focused on drama and action scenes and failed to mention that the film was also a comedy.
71	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sergej. He is ready to kill Edit in order to achieve his goals which will, he believes, help humanity.
72	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: TDR doesn't press charges against Edit, allowing her to resume her normal life again with Bojan. Her friends end up creating their own LoveDodecahedron, she finds the kid from kindergarten that she unconsciously based Edi's appearance on and tells him her story, Abel gets to live in soothing privacy, and she imagines that Edi is happy in some digital afterlife with her late robo pet Otomo]].
73	* YourMom:
74	-->'''Bojan:''' You slut.
75	-->'''Edit:''' Your daddy's a slut.

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