Line #105 Film/TheyClonedTyrone


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} A hustler, a pimp, and a pro walk into a conspiracy…]]'']]
3	->''"I don't wanna be the drawers that's climbin' up the crack of yo' ass, but listen, there's one important detail that you leavin' out... We ain't no goddamn detectives! Let's cut it out, let's be honest with each other: you's a ho, I'm an entrepreneur - "fuck me" if you want to - and he's a goddamn drug dealer!"''
4	-->-- '''Slick Charles'''
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6	''They Cloned Tyrone'' is a 2023 BlackComedy ConspiracyThriller directed and co-written by Juel Taylor (''Film/CreedII'', ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'') in his directorial debut.
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8	Our story unfolds in the Glen, one of the most miserable, crime-ridden ghettos in the United States, where local drug dealer Fontaine (Creator/JohnBoyega) survives through a tight daily routine that he never deviates from or thinks too hard about. One night, while collecting money from washed-up pimp Slick Charles (Creator/JamieFoxx), a rival dealer ambushes him as he leaves and shoots him to death.
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10	Charles assumes this is the end of his trouble with Fontaine... only for the dealer to turn up at his apartment again a few days later, completely unharmed and seemingly unaware that anything strange has happened. With the help of one of Charles' hoes, Yo-Yo (Creator/TeyonahParris), they track an SUV that collected Fontaine's body to a seemingly-abandoned house with a hidden elevator, and wind up discovering a GovernmentConspiracy that threatens the entire Glen...
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12	The film released on July 21, 2023 on Creator/{{Netflix}} following a limited theatrical run.
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14	'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AWIF8maEP4 Teaser]], [[https://youtu.be/2S3M1xFVdVg Trailer]]
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16	!!This film contains examples of:
17	* TenMinuteRetirement: After the enforcer demonstrates that [[spoiler: he can take control of them at any time, and that they're all expendable clones, Fontaine and Slick break down in self-loathing and give up, intending to just go back to their preordained lives, and leaving Yo-Yo to fight back alone. Fontaine is unable to go back after everything he's learned, however, and the both of them break out of their depression in time to save Yo-Yo and win the day together.]]
18	* ActorAllusion: Both Yo-Yo and Charles refer to their "Spidey sense" when they first begin to investigate things early in the film. Both Creator/TeyonahParris and Creator/JamieFoxx have appeared in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and in Foxx's case, played a character who actually fought Spider-Man on [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 two]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome separate occasions]].
19	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Played with. When Yo-Yo and Slick Charles start poking fun at how ridiculous the mystery they're dealing with is (namely, how they're conversing and working with Fontaine even though they saw him die yesterday), Fontaine himself starts bursting into giggles, seemingly breaking down after trying to remain serious and focused all the time. However, it later becomes apparent that he's only doing this because the chicken he's eating is laced with [[LaughingGas a drug that's causing him to laugh in the first place]].
20	* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Fontaine. [[spoiler: [[InvokedTrope It's intentional]]; he's a clone employed by the conspiracy to keep the Glen from gentrifying.]]
21	* AllThereInTheManual: Nixon, the name of the conspiracy's enforcer, isn't spoken in the movie. It's only revealed in the credits.
22	* AlmightyJanitor: Played for at first comedy and then drama with Yo-Yo. Yo-Yo's introduced as one of Slick's flighty hookers who just happened to see what happened to Fontaine, but as the story goes on she shows a competent Nancy Drew-esque knack for investigating. It eventually becomes clear that she's an incredibly talented intellectual with strong moral fiber who had dreams of becoming a reporter but was tragically unable to escape her environment. She spends a good chunk of the movie as a mix between TokenGoodTeammate and HypercompetentSidekick, before she starts forging out as TheHero in her own right in the second half as [[spoiler: Fontaine and Slick face [[TenMinuteRetirement an existential meltdown]] at the revelation that they are clones.]]
23	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: It's unclear what specific time period the movie takes place. The decor and technology appear to be from the '70s or '80s but some characters have cell phones, late 90s and early 2000s media like ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' and ''Film/HollowMan'' are referenced, and Yo-Yo references Bitcoin at one point.
24	* AmbiguouslyBrown: {{Discussed\|Trope}} and PlayedForDrama. Many of the conspiracy's cover operations are manned by ethnically ambiguous people described varyingly as looking mixed-race or even like "white boys with afros." [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that these people are either proof-of-concept clones or gene therapy test subjects for the conspiracy's plan to engineer an American MasterRace.]]
25	* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The film ends with Fontaine, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo deciding to travel the country taking down the conspiracy's other operations in major cities, starting in Memphis, Tennessee.]]
26	* AntiHero: The main trio consist of a grouchy drug dealer, a self-centered pimp, and a prostitute who had abandoned all her ambitions.
27	* {{Blaxploitation}}: The film [[GenreThrowback deliberately throws back to the genre]], as well as modern parodies of it such as ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' and ''Film/BlackDynamite'', interpreting their themes and archetypes through [[DarkerAndEdgier a more serious lens]] while still maintaining a sense of pulp action and campy comedy.
28	* BigDamnHeroes: the united gangsters of The Glen driving their lowriders down the street to rush the secret facility.
29	* BlandNameProduct: A fair number of these are scattered throughout the film in addition to real brands, with the strong implication that these are products developed by the conspiracy as part of their experiments. Examples include Somaah! lemon-lime soda, Samford & Hodges menthol cigarettes, [=Got'Damn!=] Chicken, and [[ShoutOut Anaconda Malt Liquor]].
30	* BlingBlingBang: Slick and Yo-Yo use gold-plated revolvers.
31	* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Fontaine is the brawn and the teams best fighter and go to for physical intimidation. Slick Charles is the brains who comes up with the plan. And Yo-Yo is the beauty who specialises in manipulating her enemies.
32	* BrickJoke: Early in the movie, Fontaine takes all of Slick Charles' savings after the latter misses a drug payment. A little over an hour later we get this exchange while the two are asking around for Yo-Yo:
33	-->'''Biddy:''' I mean, the bitch been scarce. I figured she was waitin' out the clap or some shit. But maybe I seen't her, maybe I ain't...\
34	''[{{Beat}} as she looks at Charles expectantly]''\
35	'''Charles:''' ... Well ''you'' know where my money at!\
36	''[Fontaine rolls his eyes and digs for his wallet]''
37	* CelebrityParadox: Creator/KevinBacon is mentioned multiple times and his ''Film/HollowMan'' character is compared to Creator/KieferSutherland's character. Bacon appeared with Sutherland in ''Film/{{Flatliners}}'' and ''Film/AFewGoodMen''.
38	* ChekhovsGun: Early in the film, Slick Charles accuses Yo-Yo of wearing a wig in an argument. [[spoiler:Later in the film, when the scientists attempt to use a mind-melting perm cream on her, her wig protects her, allowing her to fake being brainwashed and escape.]]
39	* CloneAngst: A major part of the story is Fontaine's growing existential crisis over his status as a clone programmed with the memories and personality of the "real" Fontaine. [[spoiler: The matter only gets more complicated with TheReveal that there ''is'' no "real" Fontaine, as he was cloned from the head of the conspiracy and most of his memories are outright fabricated.]]
40	* ClonesArePeopleToo: The clones are embraced by their friends and [[spoiler:in the ending, the Glen as a whole. It's portrayed as a liberation.]]
41	* CoolCar: Fontaine's 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix, modified in the "Donk" style, with raised suspension and large rims.
42	* ConfusedBystanderInterview: After the clones are set free from the underground lab, news crews come cover the commotion, and there is a flurry of funny soundbites from bystanders as well as the gangsters who took part in the raid. When the LA lab is liberated, one reporter tries to get comments from the escaped clones who have no idea who and where they are.
43	* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Yo-Yo mails a manuscipt detailing what she knows about the conspiracy while wearing a beige trench coat and a fedora, which doesn't do much, as Biddy immediately recognizes her and tries to call out to her, which leads to the agents of the conspiracy to grab Yo-Yo off the street.
44	* TheConspiracy: The teaser shows a secretive organization recording people's conversations and tracking the trio.
45	* DecoyProtagonist: Played with example. [[spoiler: The film begins with Fontaine going about his daily routine as a tough as nails drug dealer in the dangerous community of Glen. However, he's later gunned down by rival drug dealers. It's the second Fontaine that appears the next day the movie focuses on, after Slick Charles reveals to Fontaine that he should be dead, as he saw him die yesterday.]]
46	* DespairEventHorizon: Realizing that [[spoiler:their memories are fake and they were created for the sole purpose of making the Glen as miserable, uninviting, and inescapable as possible]] sends Fontaine and Slick Charles over the edge, leading them to temporarily abandon their efforts to shut down the conspiracy.
47	* DragonAscendant: The BigBad of the film is a scientist intending to do this: [[spoiler: while his bosses intended to quash discord in America by mind controlling everyone, and only used the clones to drive down property values around their bases and keep people from investigating, the scientist - also the original version of Fontaine - wishes to go further and actively genetically erase race as a concept entirely. The heroes caught him as he was on the cusp of having his vision take over the plans of the entire organization.]]
48	* DramaticGunCock: When the gangsters go to the liqour store to get into the underground lab, as the elevator door opens, several shotguns are cocked.
49	* DrinkingTheKoolAid: The trio notes that the Mount Zion church has a very cult-like attitude, and refer to the drug-laced Grape Drink as Kool-Aid.
50	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The conspiracy has their entire operations hidden under the Glen, with select locations, like churches and abandoned houses, having elevator entrances.
51	* EvilKnockoff: While Fontaine is also a clone, there is a Fontaine clone that works as security for the conspiracy, who has short cropped hair and a full beard and wears a black suit.
52	* ExpendableClone: the reason the conspiracy makes multiple copies of gangbangers and pimps, to have a steady supply of new ones to replace them if they get killed.
53	* FailedASpotCheck: The [[spoiler:final]] infiltration of the conspiracy's Glen facilities hinges on this. [[spoiler:Fontaine and Charles get Isaac in on shooting Fontaine non-fatally in order for Fontaine to get hauled off to the lab, which he would then infiltrate once the coast is clear. Charles correctly surmises that the staff have become so complacent with their operations that they won't bother to make sure he's dead before hauling him to the morgue.]]
54	* [[FakeBand Fake Rapper]]: Ruckus, the artist credited for the MindControlMusic.
55	* FakeMemories: the clones are given fake memories to make them think they are real. Fontaine thinks he has a dead little brother who got killed by police, and Slick has a memory of winning Pimp of the Year at the 1995 Player's Ball. [[spoiler:Fontaine's memory is based on the real TragicBackstory of the original Fontaine]].
56	* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Slick tries what he thinks is cocaine in the Trap House lab, which causes him to start laughing uncontrollably, and later it's revealed the powder is used on the chicken at [=GotDamn=] chicken.
57	* FireForgedFriends: Our main three characters, Fontaine, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo, are initially only hood business associates at most, with Charles pimping Yo-Yo as a prostitute and doing business with Fontaine on the side. As the movie's events play out however, the three of them begin to genuinely care about one another, with Charles and Fontaine even getting out of their mutual HeroicBSOD to rescue Yo-Yo at the film's climax. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, the three of them are inseperable, with Fontaine accompanying Charles and Yo-Yo to Tennessee.]]
58	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
59	** Early in the film, while driving to the place where the dead Fontaine's body was taken, the trio hears a song on the radio called "So Tired," and Slick Charles complains that it always makes him feel sad and sleepy. [[spoiler:It later turns out that hypnotic, mood-altering music is one of the many things the conspiracy is experimenting with in the Glen.]]
60	** Also early on, Charles threatens to slap off Yo-Yo's "fake ass wig." [[spoiler: Near the end, Yo-Yo is able to avoid the mind control hair product being forcibly applied to her because she is, indeed, wearing a wig.]]
61	** One of the slogans plastered throughout the secret lab, and [[CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker repeated over their loudspeakers]], is "Winning the race of the future!" The specific syntax of this sentence becomes relevant [[spoiler:when it's revealed that their ultimate plan is to slowly erase racial minorities' cultural and physical differences from white people, to create a [[MasterRace "race of the future."]]]]
62	** When the trio locates the cloning lab, they find that the Fontaine clones are from batch A-0-0-1. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the final twist reveals that Fontaine and his clones were based on the conspiracy's leader and top geneticist, and were likely his first creations.]]
63	** Similarly, the conspiracy's top enforcer at one point says that [[spoiler:his boss]] is a lot like Fontaine, and that the two would "really hit it off." [[spoiler:Because the latter is a clone of the former.]]
64	** Fontaine's crew are havig a SeinfeldianCOnversation about clones at the beginning of the movie.
65	* FreshClue: While investigating the trap house, Yo-Yo notes a cup of coffee in the break room is still warm.
66	* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The original Fontaine is where every Fontaine clone got their memory of losing their younger brother to a racist officer from, except in the original's case, it was ten-times worse because he can also recall how long it took his brother to die and the fact that he had to clean up the blood himself after he was shown his body at the morgue. Afterwards, he dedicated his life to erasing the concept of race so that no one would die from discrimination ever again.]]
67	* FunnyAfro: Besides Charles' stereotypical pimp 'fro, all of the conspiracy's operatives working their cover businesses in the Glen are ethnically-ambiguous men wearing small afros. [[spoiler:It's implied they're products of the original Fontaine's experiments to create a single MasterRace.]]
68	* {{Gangbangers}}: Fontaine and Isaac both have their own gangs, and in TheStinger, Tyrone is shown wearing a blue flannel shirt and grabbing a blue bandana, before driving by a memorial of a dead Blood gang member, with another passing by flashing him a B sign.
69	* TheGhost: Fontaine's mom appear to be this, as she never leaves her room, only talking to Fontaine when he asks her something. [[spoiler:She doesn't actually exist, and there's just a speaker in the empty room giving one of a handful of canned answers]].
70	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After barely surviving Nixon's BreakingSpeech and learning that they're ''both'' clones, Fontaine and Charles end up clamming up inside their houses, completely despondent about their ultimate fates. We primarily see it from Fontaine's perspective though, as when he breaks out of it to find Charles to convince him to rescue Yo-Yo, the latter has pulled himself back together as well.]]
71	* HiddenDepths: A part of Fontaine's general routine is to pass Frog, an older (implied to be homeless) man who sits outside the liquor store with a Styrofoam cup in which Fontaine will share part of whatever bottle he buys. [[spoiler:His knowledge of the church along with several comments he makes, particularly to the third cloned Fontaine we see ("Got that new-car smell, youngblood") all but states that he's deduced at least part of the conspiracy himself, but is powerless to really do anything about it and just drinks instead.]]
72	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Fontaine uses the trigger phrase meant to keep him and all his clones in line by the conspiracy to take control of Chester and kill the original Fontaine, the one behind the experiments.]]
73	* HumanShield: when Fontaine sees his EvilKnockoff clone in the secret base, he tries to shoot him, but the clone pulls an escaping scientist in front of himself to take the bullets.
74	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Charles accidentally shoots the tech in the trap house because he is high on an unknown substance and Yo-Yo accidentally makes a loud noise while Charles is holding the man at gunpoint, which in turn puts the base on high alert.
75	* IronicNickname: Yo-Yo had a regular client she called Thursday Tony, who she would see on Tuesdays.
76	* ItWasHereISwear: Fontaine, Yo-Yo, and Slick Charles first find the secret elevator to the lab in a house that’s completely empty except for a break room. After accidentally killing a scientist, the trio are forced to flee. Fontaine returns the next day with his gang only to find the house completely furnished and the elevator and break room gone. His gang attributes this to Fontaine being stressed.
77	* JiveTurkey: To the point of actual parody, where every character is throwing out outdated slang in nearly every sentence, especially the three leads, who represent broad black stereotypes. Just like with everything else that's wrong with the Glen, it's a result of the conspiracy experimenting on the community.
78	* LaughingGas: During their first visit to the lab, Slick Charles samples a white powder that causes him to have an uncontrollable giggling fit. Later, while discussing the mystery in a fried chicken restaurant, Charles notices him and his companions launching into similar fits before realizing the conspirators are putting the laughing powder ''in the chicken''.
79	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: While Fontaine, Yo-Yo and Charles are investigating the St. Zion Church after hours, a groovy church organ is heard as Fontaine is examining the main hall. Once he figures out where the key card scanner is, he promptly asks Charles for the card he swiped from the van. We then see Charles himself was the one playing the organ, and he gets up and hands Fontaine the key card.
80	* LeeroyJenkins: Fontaine is a very intelligent person and is ''usually'' the OnlySaneMan, but his FatalFlaw is his impulsiveness: once he finds a problem his immediate reaction is to barge in and get rid of it as hard as possible, damn the consequences. This is what [[spoiler:gets the first Fontaine we see killed: upon finding out someone else is selling drugs on his turf, he immediately drives into the guy and breaks his leg, earning the ire of the dealer's boss. Later, when he finds out about the existence of the lab, he's driven to rush in and storm the place to get the answers he wants even though the others note they have no idea what they're walking into.]]
81	* MacGuffinGirl: Yo-Yo becomes one [[spoiler: as she turns out to be one of the only characters we meet who ''isn't' a clone, meaning the conspiracy cannot (yet) control her - an advantage she uses to try to fight them, only for them to kidnap her and Fontaine and Slick to come to her rescue.]]
82	* {{Malaproper}} Slick, who for example calls Patagonia "Baconia".
83	* MandelaEffect: Obliquely referenced in universe by Slick Charles when he mentions ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' in the same breath as other conspiracy theories.
84	* TheManIsKeepingUsDown: [[spoiler:The conspiracy of the film is made up of white scientists running mind controlling experiments on the black population of the Glen with the ultimate goal of spreading their products nationwide and, over generations, suppress the physical attributes of black people. They use cloned pimps and drug dealers to keep the neighborhood in squalor so that people do not come investigating.]]
85	* MindControlConspiracy: [[spoiler:The entire Glen is being used as the testing ground for mind controlling products aimed at the Black community, with select individual clones like Fontaine and Slick Charles used to spread violence and drugs to keep people from investigating.]]
86	* MindControlMusic: [[spoiler:One of the conspiracy’s methods of mind control is music that can alter moods or hypnotize people into doing their bidding.]]
87	* ModernMinstrelsy: the [=GotDamn=] chicken advertisement features some over the top chucking and jiving from the black customers at the restaurant, and fittingly, the food is laced with a chemical that [[LaughingGas makes people very easily amused]].
88	* MonochromeCasting: Almost all of the principle cast is black, with the exception of TheDragon Nixon and the various AmbiguouslyBrown clones.
89	* MuggedForDisguise: On their second trip to the underground base, Fontaine corners a trio of scientists in the bathroom to get their hazmat suits for himself, Yo-Yo, and Slick Charles.
90	* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: while the conspiracy keeps the gangs around to lower the value of neighborhoods, and they are shown to squabble and use deadly violence, at the end, they are united in fight against the conspiracy, as they are the ones with weapons to fight back.
91	* NeverTrustATitle: The name of the main character being cloned is Fontaine, not Tyrone. [[spoiler:Tyrone doesn’t show up until TheStinger, and he's also a clone.]]
92	* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:The original Fontaine, being a fairly old man and just a scientist, relies on the lab's overseer and his specialized clone, Chester, to physically deal with intruders.]]
93	* NotSoStoic: The most emotion Fontaine demonstrates most of the time is simmering TranquilFury. [[spoiler:Then he finds out that he's a clone created and controlled by the conspiracy to keep the Glen a ghetto and is left visibly shaken. And then he outright breaks down sobbing after finding out that the mother he's been taking care of never even existed.]]
94	* OutOfCharacterAlert: Slick Charles begins to realize something's wrong with the fried chicken they're eating when he notices Fontaine laughing alongside him and Yo-Yo, as he verbally acknowledges that he's never seen [[TheStoic Fontaine laugh or smile in the years he's known him.]]
95	* PeopleJars: During their second visit to the underground base, the trio happens upon a room full of pods containing the conspiracy’s various clones.
96	* PimpDuds: Slick's get-up.
97	* PlotTriggeringDeath: The story is set in motion when Slick Charles witnesses Fontaine’s death outside his motel room… only for Fontaine to show up alive and well the next night.
98	* PowerTrio: Consisting of a humorless and driven leader who is only out to get his own answers, a finnicky CowardlyLion who is (at first) only out for himself and his own safety, and a resourceful idealist who corrals the other two to act for the good of everyone. Also doubles as a FreudianTrio.
99	* {{Retraux}}: The film has a grainier look with occasional “cigarette burns” to make it look like it’s playing on an old film reel.
100	* RetroUniverse: The film uses a lot of vintage styles to recreate a classic blaxploitation feel but references to Blockchain set it in the present day.
101	* TheReveal:
102	** [[spoiler:Slick Charles is among the people the conspiracy cloned.]]
103	** [[spoiler:The mad scientist behind all the cloning and mind control is the original Fontaine.]]
104	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Slick and Yo-Yo use [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated snub noses]] and Nixon uses a long barrel single-action revolver he at one point uses to fire a quick volley by fanning the hammer.
105	* RivalsTeamUp: After discovering the conspiracy, Fontaine and Slick hatch peace with Fontaine's rival dealer Isaac, and all the gangsters of The Glen roll up to invade the underground lab.
106	* RunningGag: Every time Fontaine shows up at Slick Charles' place, the pimp finds he's fresh out of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood orange juice]]. Apparently one of his girls, [[MeaningfulName Citrus]], keeps drinking it all.
107	* ScoobyDooHoax: Yo-Yo initially believes this is what is happening, but quickly comes to accept something truly unusual is happening in the Glen.
108	* SeinfeldianConversation: the movie opens with Fontaine's friends talking about one of them spotting someone he thinks is a clone of Michael Jackson.
109	* ShoutOut:
110	** The boy Fontaine speaks with at the beginning of the film talks excitedly about ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', even comparing Fontaine to Squidward.
111	** A FreezeFrameBonus in Fontaine's daily routine shows that he's a fan of [[Film/BlackDynamite Anaconda Malt Liquor]].
112	** Yo-Yo mentions that a suspicious client caused her [[ComicBook/SpiderMan "Spidey Senses to tingle."]]
113	*** Charles also refers to Spider Senses later in the movie.
114	** When meeting the man for the first time, Nixon refers to Fontaine as [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain America]].
115	** She also worries he's "on some [[Franchise/HannibalLecter Hannibal]] shit."
116	** When Yo-Yo decides to quit hoeing for Slick Charles early in the film, she angrily refers to his manipulations as [[Franchise/StarWars "Jedi mind tricks."]]
117	** Slick Charles refers to Fontaine as [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas a grinch]] at one point.
118	** When Slick Charles freaks out at the sight of the still-living Fontaine, he exclaims that he "pulled a Music/FiftyCent" to refer to the shooting and calls him a [[Literature/AChristmasCarol "Ghost of Christmas Past-ass nigga."]]
119	** The film ''Film/HollowMan'' is brought up several times through the story, with [[spoiler:the lead enforcer of the conspiracy being compared to Creator/KevinBacon’s character]].
120	** The DJ on the radio calls himself DJ [[Film/DrStrangelove Strangelove]].
121	** Charles describes Fontaine as having a "[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo]]-esque look about him" before they enter the secret lab for the first time.
122	** Yo-Yo describes their situation as "[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]] shit" at one point.
123	** The television in the break room of the trap house entrance is playing ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}''.
124	** Yo-Yo has a large collection of ''Franchise/NancyDrew'' books from her childhood, which she uses as a guide to help her and her companions solve the conspiracy.
125	*** Fontaine refers to Nancy Drew as "That Franchise/ScoobyDoo bitch."
126	** Yo-Yo refers to the underground lab as "[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter's Lab]]" at one point.
127	** When Fontaine and his crew break into the now furnished trap house, Big Moss says they have a "Literature/{{Goldilocks}} situation."
128	** Yo-Yo has a sex move she calls "[[Music/JodyWatley Shalamar]]".
129	** Charles mentions ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' in relation to other conspiracy theories.
130	** Frog refers to Yo-Yo as Film/FoxyBrown.
131	** When the strip club DJ plays the brainwashing trap music midway through the film, he announces "This is a world premiere!" in the same style as Music/KendrickLamar's intro to his song "i" and the end of "Momma" from Music/ToPimpAButterfly.
132	** Slick Charles calls the brainwashed dancers at the rave "[[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller Thriller]]-looking motherfuckers".
133	** When the main trio head down to the underground lab through the elevator, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo make up lyrics to the tune of Rose Royce's "I'm Going Down."
134	** A prisoner in the underground lab has her eyes forced open and is forced to watch footage with subliminal messages, which Slick Charles outright describes as them "''[[Film/AClockworkOrange Clockwork Orange]]''-ing niggas."
135	* SongParody: As the credits roll, Music/ErykahBadu sings a remixed version of the classic "Tyrone" with remodeled lyrics that better fit the movie's themes.
136	-->''Them mothafuckas cloned Tyrone\
137	(Cloned him!)\
138	Hell going on?\
139	I don't get this shit\
140	(Come on, come on, come on)\
141	Somebody cloned Tyrone\
142	(Cloned him!)\
143	And they tapping our phones...''
144	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The events leading up to the entire operation of the clones being made public were caused by Isaac shooting Fontaine for beating up his dealer and another person who Fontaine just happened to see get picked up by the scientists for acting out of line.]]
145	* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The film ends with another clone, this one actually named Tyrone, in a West Coast town with a routine similar to Fontaine’s, seeing the news report about the clones on TV.]]
146	* StormingTheCastle: Mentioned word-for-word by one of the thugs [[spoiler:on the news]].
147	* TaintedTobacco / TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Methods of delivery for the mind control drugs include [[LaughingGas Laughing Powder]] in fried chicken, a tranquilizer in hair relaxing cream, and some unmentioned substances in grape drink and cigarettes.
148	* ThirdPersonPerson: Slick has a tendency to substitute "I" and "me" with "a pimp".
149	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler: One of the trailers for the movie spoils that the cloning operation is revealed to the public, by showing pieces of the last news report and showing Slick Charles and crew forcing someone to open the door to the underground lab.]]
150	* TwoScenesOneDialogue: Fontaine and Isaac set up Fontaine's fake death through both visiting Biddy supposedly for sexual favors, but actually she is acting as intermediary between the two.
151	* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: The teaser opens with the trio waiting idly in an elevator. Subverted as Slick Charles begins to sing, which helps them unwind.
152	* VanInBlack: the black SUV Fontaine spots grabbing someone off the street is also parked outside the Trap House, sparking Fontaine to jump out and investigate it.
153	* VehicularKidnapping: the abovemnetioned black SUV grabs someone off the street early in the film, and later, grabs Yo-Yo after she mails her manuscript about the conspiracy to The Washington Post.
154	* WaterSourceTampering: The investigation into Fontaine’s cloning leads the group to discover that the conspirators are putting mind altering substances into products - namely fried chicken, hair products, and “grape drink” for communions - widely used by their community.
155	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The conspiracy is experimenting with mind control in hopes of using it to quash discord all across the country, only preventing the Glen and other similar ghettoes from gentrifying so that they can maintain their operations. The original Fountaine is also this, hijacking his bosses' plans in order to erase the very concept of race on a genetic level and bring an end to prejudice.]]
156	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Played for laughs. The final plan to sneak into the facility involves [[spoiler: pretending to get Fontaine [[PlayingPossum "killed," and then having Fontaine infiltrate the complex once they bring his "dead body" in to dispose of him]]. Since this plan means the conspiracy will release a brand new Fontaine with fresh memories into the Glen, Slick and the others kidnap the new clone and tie him up in a warehouse, where they intentionally leave him behind and never come back to deal with him, leaving the movie with an extra Fontaine. When the option is raised at the end of the film to check up on him, Slick dismisses it because he's pretty sure the clone would just try to kill them.]]
157	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The movie leaves it deliberately ambiguous what city the Glen is in, though it's implied to be somewhere in the DeepSouth based on Yo-Yo's desire to move to Memphis, Tennessee. [[spoiler:In the final scene, where Tyrone sees the clone story breaking on national news, one of his friends starts loudly coughing right as CNN's reporter starts to mention where it is.]] The film itself was shot in Atlanta.
158	* WillTalkForAPrice: Biddy, the street walker with a pink wig maybe knows something, maybe doesn't.
159	* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Glen is a largely dirty and rundown neighborhood full of drug dealers and prostitution. [[spoiler:This is by design. The conspiracy uses clones like the drug dealer Fontaine and the pimp Slick Charles to keep the streets full of violence and misery so that outsiders don’t come poking around and the locals are too poor to leave.]]

Context Film / TheyClonedTyrone