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* CameBackWithAVengeance: A nicer variant of this trope in the second and third act of the film. After Will's mother dies, he embarks on a mission to steal from the rich, distribute to the poor, and hence crash the system in the process.
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* FromZeroToHero: Will goes from a nobody in the ghettos into a notorious criminal, with Sylvia as his partner-in-crime. Will (and by extension Sylvia) are however considered [[JustLikeRobinHood criminals only to the rich who are manipulating the system, and heroes to most people in the ghetto]]. From the perspective of the people who wished to maintain the status quo, he's more of a FromNobodyToNightmare.
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* ThrillSeeker:
** It is implied that is part of the reason why Hamilton, a relatively wealthy man, seek out the ghetto to literally throw his time away. If you are going to commit suicide, might as well make it enjoyable.
** More than once Sylvia had expressed how rigid and boring her life was before meeting Will. This would explain her later decision to turn against her father and become fellow outlaws (and lover) with Will in fighting the system.
** It is implied that is part of the reason why Hamilton, a relatively wealthy man, seek out the ghetto to literally throw his time away. If you are going to commit suicide, might as well make it enjoyable.
** More than once Sylvia had expressed how rigid and boring her life was before meeting Will. This would explain her later decision to turn against her father and become fellow outlaws (and lover) with Will in fighting the system.
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* JustForPun: Wealth, being measured in time, is measured in "time zones" for standard of living.
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* {{Pun}}: The whole film is full of them. Much of the dialogue references taking time. In real life, the expression means "it took us this long", but in this movie, it means "we literally gave out this time".
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* SciFiBobHaircut: Sylvia sports this hairstyle, as it's shown in the poster at the top of the page too.
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Stockholm Syndrome is now a disambiguation page. Replaced with A Match Made In Stockholm.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Will kidnaps Sylvia at gunpoint and almost kills her in a car accident. They fall in love.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Will kidnaps Sylvia at gunpoint and almost kills her in a car accident. They fall in love.
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Kick the Son of a Bitch has been Disambiguated. Commented out and replaced with Pay Evil Unto Evil unless a better trope is found.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: When Leon is stranded in the ghetto, away from his car and access to his time allotment, he's forced to walk until someone picks him up. The citizens break the phones so he can't call for help. Seemingly ''the entire town'' takes some time from their busy day to mock him, '''for the entire walk'''. You'd almost feel bad for him if he weren't portrayed as anything other than a jerk who does nothing to help the common man.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' which is also an Andrew Niccol film about a man on the run, trying to disrupt a SlobsVsSnobs class system in a dystopian future, and which is also very noirish and [[RetroUniverse retrofuturistic]] in aesthetic.
