History YMMV / Sleeper

!!''ComicBook/{{Sleeper}}'' (Wildstorm comic)
* HarsherInHindsight: one ComicBook/Team7 miniseries had an antagonist tell Cole "Grifter" Cash that [[DamnedByFaintPraise "as a spy [he makes] an excellent soldier."]] [[spoiler: Come ''Point Blank'' it turns out to be ''exactly the case'' with Grifter's attempts at investigation doing nothing but helping [[BigBad TAO's]] goals.]] Might also be HilariousInHindsight, depending on how dark one's sense of humor is.

* HilariousInHindsight: one ComicBook/Team7 miniseries had an antagonist tell Cole "Grifter" Cash that [[DamnedByFaintPraise "as a spy [he makes] an excellent soldier."]] [[spoiler: Come ''Point Blank'' it turns out to be ''exactly the case'' with Grifter's attempts at investigation doing nothing but helping [[BigBad TAO's]] goals.]] Might also be HarsherInHindsight, depending on how dark one's sense of humor is.

* HilariousInHindsight: one Team7 miniseries had an antagonist tell Cole "Grifter" Cash that [[DamnedByFaintPraise "as a spy [he makes] an excellent soldier."]] [[spoiler: Come ''Point Blank'' it turns out to be ''exactly the case'' with Grifter's attempts at investigation doing nothing but helping [[BigBad TAO's]] goals.]] Might also be HarsherInHindsight, depending on how dark one's sense of humor is.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oU7UyDyerQ theme]], a wonderful piece of Dixieland jazz performed by Creator/WoodyAllen[[note]]and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band[[/note]] himself.

* AdaptationDisplacement: ''Very'' loosely based on H.G. Wells' ''The Sleeper Awakes''.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oU7UyDyerQ theme]], a wonderful piece of Dixieland jazz performed by Woody Allen[[note]]and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band[[/note]] himself.
* HeAlsoDid: Creator/JoelSchumacher is the costume designer on this movie, he would go on to direct the awful ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and the much better film ''Film/PhoneBooth.''

** Miles claims that when Richard Nixon left the White House, the staff would double-check the silverware. This was pre-Watergate, mind you.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Commonly described as ''Film/TheDeparted'' with superpowers.

* HeAlsoDid: Creator/JoelSchumacher is the costume designer on this movie, he would go on to direct the awful ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and the much better film Film/PhoneBooth.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the credits, the film's '''costume designer''' is none other than the man who went on to direct ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''--JoelSchumacher. There are, thankfully, no nipples on any of the costumes in this movie.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oU7UyDyerQ theme]], a wonderful piece of Dixieland jazz performed by Woody Allen[note]and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band[/note] himself.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the credits, the film's '''''costume designer''''' is none other than the man who went on to direct ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''--JoelSchumacher. There are, thankfully, no nipples on any of the costumes in this movie.
* HilariousInHindsight: Miles claims that when Richard Nixon left the White House, the staff would double-check the silverware. This was pre-Watergate, mind you.

* CompleteMonster: Tao was created as the Tactical Augmented Organism, growing at an amazing rate into a man. The problem was, Tao grew with a sense of cold superiority an disdain for all others. He masterminded several wars between superheroes, resulting in many casualties, in an early attempt to end the world. Using his powerful hypnotic suggestion abilities, he forced the strongest heroes into being his sex slaves to prevent them from stopping him. After these plans fail, Tao reinvents himself as the ruler of a crime syndicate where he distinguishes himself with cold professionalism combined with violent sadism. As the hero of ''Sleeper'' describes it, Tao won't pull out your guts. He'll make you do it to yourself, and enjoy it all the while.

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* CompleteMonster: Tao from the ''{{Wildstorm}}'' universe is the most vile the world has to offer. Tao was created as the Tactical Augmented Organism, growing at an amazing rate into a man. The problem was, Tao grew with a sense of cold superiority an disdain for all others. He masterminded several wars between superheroes, resulting in many casualties, in an early attempt to end the world. Using his powerful hypnotic suggestion abilities, he forced the strongest heroes into being his sex slaves to prevent them from stopping him. After these plans fail, Tao reinvents himself as the ruler of a crime syndicate where he distinguishes himself with cold professionalism combined with violent sadism. As the hero of ''{{Sleeper}}'' describes it, Tao won't pull out your guts. He'll make you do it to yourself, and enjoy it all the while.

** Miles muses that in 1973 he bought Polaroid stock at $7 a share. "It's probably up millions by now!". Polaroid went bankrupt in 2011 thanks largely to TechnologyMarchesOn.

* HilariousInHindsight: Miles claims that when Richard Nixon left the White House, the staff would double-check the silverware. This was pre-Watergate, mind you.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the credits, the film's '''''costume designer''''' is none other than the man who went on to direct ''BatmanAndRobin''--JoelSchumacher. There are, thankfully, no nipples on any of the costumes in this movie.