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A satirical 1967 film starring James Coburn as the man recruited to be the eponymous individual; the stress of the job soon sends him on the run, with the knowledge gained from his sessions making him the target of every intelligence agency on the planet. Not to mention the most sinister entity of all: [[spoiler: The Phone Company.]]

!!Contains examples of:

* AffablyEvil
* CanadaEh: ''Every'' intelligence agency.
* CIAEvilFBIGood: Inverted.
** Names were changed because the FBI didn't like how they were portrayed in the film.
* CreditsGag
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure
* {{Eagleland}}: Gleefully, enjoyably Type I.
* EtherealChoir
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: And it's about how the psychoses of everyone else around him - from the President on down - is driving ''the analyst'' crazy.
* FacelessEye: A now-deleted scene.
* FictionalCounterpart: The US Government spy-agencies are renamed. The head of the "FBR" is named Lux, after a then-popular brand of vacuum cleaner (a StealthPun on the name Hoover).
* FunWithAcronyms
* HypocriticalHumor
* InvisiblePresident
* {{Lzherusskie}}
* TheMenInBlack
* MilkmanConspiracy
* OnlySaneMan: Take a guess.
* OrWasItADream
* PhoneBooth: And it's a major plot point!
* ProperlyParanoid: Everyone ''is'' spying on everyone else. [[spoiler:The trick is not minding it.]]
* PunchClockVillain: The main CIA and KGB agents are good pals.
** They also [[spoiler:figure out they have a common enemy. The Phone Company.]]
* SingleIssuePsychology
* SinisterSurveillance: Played straight [[spoiler:but then subverted when the analyst and all the other major characters seem happily oblivious that they're still being watched by the Phone Company.]]
* TheSixties
* SlippingAMickey
* SoundEffectBleep
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable
* YouAreNumberSix
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