History Film / WhatHappenedToMonday

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Nicolette Cayman is a self-deluding demagogue who calls common people like Terrance 'cruel' and 'selfish' for being unwilling to make deep personal sacrifices for the greater good of the collective while arguably being unwilling to make such sacrifices herself. (She has used her one child policy to rise to political prominence and clearly lives very well, despite the fact that it is said policy is [[spoiler: literally one of mass-murder]])

* TheDutifulSon: Monday is the eldest and the most committed to the Karen Settman charade. [[spoiler:She's also been secretly resenting her younger sisters for not being as responsible as her, especially Thursday, who forced them all to be [[{{Fingore}} mutilated]].]]

* MadeOfIron: When [[spoiler:Friday blows up the sisters' apartment]], Cayman's {{Dragon}}, Joe, is standing outside the front door and is hurled backwards by the massive explosion -- but we see him alive and seemingly none the worse for wear a few scenes later.

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: The surplus siblings are disposed of via incineration.]]

* MurderByCremation: One of the doctors responsible for [[spoiler:incinerating the extraneous siblings instead of putting them into cryosleep as is the propaganda]] is thrown into an incinerator during a fight. The incineration sequence starts and she can't get out in time.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The proliferation of genetically modified crops has led to a rise in this. UpToEleven with the Settman sisters, who are septuplets. Of course, to avoid the law, the sisters have to stay looking exactly the same physically when in public to keep up the charade, which means they have to share every detail about what happened during their day and match the physical condition they were last seen in -- including the loss of the same fingertip.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Genetically modified crops have made having multiples much more common. The Settmans take it UpToEleven with ''seven'' sisters.

* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: Cayman's claims to others [[BelievingTheirOwnLies (and herself)]] that the murdered siblings "did not suffer." All the painkillers and sedatives ''in the world'' are not going to making '''burning alive''' pleasant.]]

** Cayman mentions how a fire destroyed the C.A.B. building in the past and caused the death by fire of a lot of children.[[spoiler: This is how they dispose of the surnumerary children, possibly after a lethal injection.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: Cayman gives a speech at the end, as she's facing the death penalty for being essentially a mass-murderer mostly of children, that her actions were necessary to ensure the survival of the human species and, now that her one child policy has been repealed and the Child Allocation Bureau abolished, there is little hope of solving the overpopulation crisis before humans ultimately destroy themselves. While arguably treated as a VillainHasAPoint moment, it also displays that Cayman cannot comprehend that, if that is what it takes to be saved, then plenty of people won't ''want'' to be saved.]]

* RealityEnsues: The girls all have seven distinct personalities, but Karen Settman the alias can only have ''one'' (mostly consistent) personality, and some girls correlate to it better than others. It's noted that Monday, Sunday, and even Friday are better at wearing the mask while Thursday, Tuesday, and Saturday struggle more to conform.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Monday calling her sisters 'afterbirth' right after Thursday describes four of them died because of her betrayal. This is notably the exact point in the conversation Thursday attacks her even though Monday has her at gunpoint.]]