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3* ''Film/LaJetee'' includes a near replication of the scene with the tree trunk in ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'': Thus, the scene in ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' where James Cole and Kathryn Railly are in a theater watching that same part of ''Vertigo'' is referencing both ''Vertigo'' itself and ''La Jetee''.
4* They repeat over and over through the movie that YouCantFightFate. Why, then, do the future scientists send Jose back at the end to give Cole a gun to attempt to shoot crazy apocalypse guy? Specifically because ''they knew'' he'd fail. He fails, he's always failed, he will always fail. Cole had ripped his teeth out and could therefore no longer be controlled by the future, they were only ensuring the StableTimeLoop would occur while getting rid of a pesky loose end. Jones took a plane from that airport that day, she probably would have been aware of the shooting.
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7* At numerous times, James Cole seems to be familiar to lost homeless people, including the wheezy toothless man and the street preacher who interrupts his own recitation of ''The Revelation of John'' to cry "Why, you're one of us!" as James passes. This takes on an awful meaning when you recall that James ''wasn't the first'' to be sent back in time for information, and that he was singled out for his excellent memory. Who knows how many poor souls they tried before? How many of them wandered the streets of 1990s-era San Francisco, only able to communicate what was coming through an alcoholic haze and ineffectual Bible recitations?
8* Consider Dr. Railly's future from this point on. She fell in love with a person claiming to be a time-traveler, watches that person get shot, takes a moment to look at his ''younger self'' before being presumably carted away by authorities to answer some really uncomfortable questions about a person who is somewhat infamous in certain circles (having completely vanished from a psychiatric ward a few years prior). At that point, her career as a medical professional is done. So, she tries to put some kind of life back together [[CassandraTruth knowing the world WILL end in a few short months.]] No one would believe her crazy story, so she's also now an outcast. And then people start getting really, really sick. This would also go on to include her, as she did not seem to be present in the future segments.

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