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6	[[quoteright:226:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Surrogates_Cover01_4056.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:226:From top to bottom: The Prophet, Greer, Steeplejack]]
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9	In [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the year 2054]], humans have all but replaced their bodies with lifelike replacements called "surrogates". Violent crimes are down and everyone gets to have [[TheBeautifulElite the body of their dreams]], but beneath society's polished façade not all is well. Tensions between mainstream society and an anti-surrogate religious group led by "The Prophet" continue to fester, while surrogates turn up destroyed by a mysterious, superhuman figure.
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11	Police Detective Greer becomes a victim of the anti-surrogate crimes, and to catch the perp he must venture out of his home without a surrogate for the first time in years. As the case progresses, Greer himself begins to doubt the benefits of living life through proxies.
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13	There's also a {{prequel}} titled ''The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone'', taking place 15 years prior to the original story. It goes more in-depth in Greer and The Prophet's backstories as well as the initial stages of surrogate integration into society.
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15	''The Surrogates'' has also been adapted into a film named ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'' (note, no "The"), starring Creator/BruceWillis.
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18	!!''The Surrogates'' provides examples of:
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20	* AndThatsTerrible: Steeplejack [[spoiler:plans to wipe out every functioning surrogate, ''vandalism on a large scale'']]. Greer is horrified. They would have probably killed a lot of people just by taking out the Surrogates, via collateral damage. See FridgeLogic.
21	%%* AntiVillain
22	%%* TheBeautifulElite
23	%%* BittersweetEnding
24	%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
25	* CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain: A plot point, since Steeplejack harnesses electrical energy from lightning to fry his victims.
26	%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Greer's wife]]
27	%%* EverybodyLives: Well, ''almost'' everyone.
28	%%* TheFaceless: Steeplejack
29	%%* FilmNoir
30	%%* GeniusCripple: Lionel Canter
31	* GreyAndGrayMorality: The anti-surrogate side has engaged in rioting and destruction, but also has a point that using surrogates removes all risk and sense of living. The pro-surrogate side has seen surrogate users kill non-surrogate users and plans on doing it again at the risk of losing their surrogates, but surrogate use has dropped crime, improved public health, and promoted gender equality.
32	%%* IAmWhatIAm
33	%%* MyselfMyAvatar
34	* NotQuiteDead: A consequence of the switch to surrogates is that murders become exceedingly rare, since humans almost never venture out of their homes in person anymore. What would have been a murder in present-day real life is reduced to property damage and the surrogate owner can simply buy a new one and resume daily life. Of course, damaging your real body can still kill you...
35	%%* PostCyberpunk
36	* RemoteBody: The eponymous surrogates.
37	* RoboCam: why did the Data-miners need a surrogate? they could have saved time and money by transmitting straight to the [=VRchair=]
38	* SamusIsAGirl: Crossgender surrogates are common.
39	%%* ShockAndAwe: Steeplejack
40	%%* StepfordSmiler: Greer's wife
41	%%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
42	%%* UnusualUserInterface
43	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist

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