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* OnlySaneMan: Possibly. When the Strangers are preparing to [[spoiler: inject Mr. Hand with John's memories]], Mr. Wall is the only one to object, asking them if they remember what happened "[[NoodleIncident last time.]]"
* [[spoiler:ThrownOutTheAirlock]]: [[spoiler: Along with Bumstead.]]
* [[spoiler:ThrownOutTheAirlock]]: [[spoiler: Along with Bumstead.]]
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* CreepyChild: Just how creepy is he? [[spoiler: You know the massive spirals that the Strangers carve into the prostitutes' skin?]] Turns out that's Mr. Sleep who does the job.
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* VerbalTic: Their odd predilection for making clicking noises and ending sentences with the word "yes".
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* VerbalTic: Their odd predilection for making clicking noises and ending sentences with the word "yes". They also always pronounce John's name (and [[LastNameBasis address him as]]) as "Mis-ter Mur-''Doch''."
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* GeniusCripple: He may suffer from a bad heart, a lazy eye and a limp but he's very good at what he does for The Strangers
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* ReluctantMadScientist: Schreber despises working for the Strangers, but fears them too much to actively resist [[spoiler: until John comes along.]]
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* BeamOWar: [[spoiler:Against Mr. Book]].
* BecomingTheMask: In a sense. John Murdoch ultimately chooses the [[spoiler:final]] name given to him by the Strangers to be his own name.
* TheChosenOne: John, for whatever reason, has the same ability to 'tune' as the Strangers do. There's no prophecy or anything like that, and Schreber seems to consider this just an unfortunate (from the Strangers' point of view) side effect from their constant experiments.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Despite his own panic, John takes the time to save a dying goldfish, making it pretty clear from the beginning that he's a good guy at heart.
* BecomingTheMask: In a sense. John Murdoch ultimately chooses the [[spoiler:final]] name given to him by the Strangers to be his own name.
* TheChosenOne: John, for whatever reason, has the same ability to 'tune' as the Strangers do. There's no prophecy or anything like that, and Schreber seems to consider this just an unfortunate (from the Strangers' point of view) side effect from their constant experiments.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Despite his own panic, John takes the time to save a dying goldfish, making it pretty clear from the beginning that he's a good guy at heart.
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* InstantExpert: Though John has the ability to tune throughout the movie, he only becomes a true expert after Schreber gives him the memory serum.
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* InstantExpert: Though John he has the ability to tune throughout the movie, he only becomes a true expert after Schreber gives him the memory serum.
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* NakedOnArrival: John wakes up naked in a bathtub.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:He eventually becomes this with some help from Schreber]].
* RealityWarper: John shares this ability with the Strangers.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:He eventually becomes this with some help from Schreber]].
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* MeaningfulName: He is supposedly a ''john'' who ''murders'' prostitutes. A prostitute even notes that his first name is appropriate.
* NakedOnArrival:John wakes Wakes up naked in a bathtub.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: He is given this history in his fake memories.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:He eventually becomes thiswith once he gains his "tuning" powers (with some help from Schreber]].
Schreber) and uses them to defeat The Strangers.]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Due to the noir setting, and Bumstead is certainly no slouch when it comes to action.
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* InspectorJavert: Bumstead is on the trail of John, who he believes to be a SerialKiller. However, he does turn out to be a little more rational than the average Javert.
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* InspectorJavert: Bumstead He is on the trail of John, who he believes to be a SerialKiller. However, he does turn out to be a little more rational than the average Javert.
* CreepyGood: [[spoiler: He is a paranoid, unsettling [[HerrDoktor German scientist]] with a [[RedRightHand deformed eye and a limp]], but he's actually working to ''stop'' the Strangers, while he himself is essentially their prisoner.]]
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* GeniusCripple: He's a limping mess, but he's the most intelligent character in the film and [[spoiler:his plans are what defeats the Strangers just as much as John's powers]].
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* GeniusCripple: He's He may suffer from a limping mess, bad heart, a lazy eye and a limp but he's the most intelligent character in the film and [[spoiler:his plans are very good at what defeats the Strangers just as much as John's powers]].he does for The Strangers
* HerrDoktor: [[spoiler: Subverted in that rather than being just a stereotypical mad scientist, he's actually trying to ''help'' John.]]
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* NervousWreck: Schreber is living in constant fear and wracked by guilt.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe, Shreber's breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler:in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental {{Mondegreen}} - he uses a healthy version of himself for the memories, one without the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Strangers when they forced him to delete his own memories. He even lacks the scar tissue around his eye]].
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe, Shreber's breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler:in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental {{Mondegreen}} - he uses a healthy version of himself for the memories, one without the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Strangers when they forced him to delete his own memories. He even lacks the scar tissue around his eye]].
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* NervousWreck: Schreber He is living in constant fear and wracked by guilt.
guilt. Given what The Strangers do to him on a daily basis, it's more than justified with him.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe,Shreber's his breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler:in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental {{Mondegreen}} - he uses a healthy version of himself for the memories, one without the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Strangers when they forced him to delete his own memories. He even lacks the scar tissue around his eye]].eye]].
* TheQuisling: Has pretended to fill this role for the Strangers by helping them run their experiments, but he's actually LaResistance, working toward their destruction.
* RedRightHand: Subverted. He has a drooping eyelid and speaks as if his lungs are damaged. He initially seems like a villain, given that he's TheQuisling, but turns out to be LaResistance.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe,
* TheQuisling: Has pretended to fill this role for the Strangers by helping them run their experiments, but he's actually LaResistance, working toward their destruction.
* RedRightHand: Subverted. He has a drooping eyelid and speaks as if his lungs are damaged. He initially seems like a villain, given that he's TheQuisling, but turns out to be LaResistance.
* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Acts as one to John as [[spoiler: Anna (formerly Emma)]].
* FemmeFatale: Subverted quickly. She's got the look, but she's a NiceGirl who wants to help John regain his memory.
* FemmeFatale: Subverted quickly. She's got the look, but she's a NiceGirl who wants to help John regain his memory.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: You'd go crazy too if you found out [[spoiler:that your entire life is a lie manufactured by a dying alien race that messes with your head on an hourly basis]].
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!!In General
* AlienBlood: They melt into goo or turn red and dissolve into flakes when they die; the [[spoiler:dead human bodies they use as vessels]] have black blood.
* BadBoss: It's strongly implied that the Strangers beat Dr. Schreber within an inch of his life before forcing him to erase his own memories, leading to things like his bad heart, lazy eye, and limp. They also do things like dangle him off of very high balconies when he gets snarky with them.
* BaldOfEvil: All of them.
* DyingRace: They are studying humans because their HiveMind society is dying out and they need the secret to individuality.
* EldritchAbomination: Squid-like beings that use corpses as hosts.
* EvilAlbino: On account of the fact that their bodies [[spoiler:are technically dead]].
* AGodAmI: They have this kind of mentality in regards of what they can do. [[spoiler:They ain't bluffing.]]
* HiveMind: [[spoiler:They're all a bunch of alien worms living in human shells and all share the same thoughts of what to do.]]
* KillItWithWater: [[spoiler: One of their key weaknesses.]]
* KubrickStare: They are pretty good at these.
* LampreyMouth: [[spoiler: The aliens' real bodies have one amidst a ring of tentacles.]]
* LooksLikeOrlok: Intentionally so since the movie is a visual homage to GermanExpressionism and FilmNoir, with lots of SchizoTech.
* MisterDescriptor: All the Strangers use the naming convention "Mr. [noun]".
* PsychicPowers: "Tuning", represented as a wave effect from the user's forehead which either works as a directed burst of force or warps the City to their whim.
* RealityWarper: They are able to change aspects of the City as they please.
* TheStoic: A race of stoics, right off the assembly line with [[CreepyMonotone creepy monotones.]] [[spoiler: Mr. Hand is arguably the only Stranger in the film who subverts this trope, and as a result comes off as creepier and scarier than his fellow abominations.]]
* VerbalTic: Their odd predilection for making clicking noises and ending sentences with the word "yes".
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!!In General
* AlienBlood: They melt into goo or turn red and dissolve into flakes when they die; the [[spoiler:dead human bodies they use as vessels]] have black blood.
* BadBoss: It's strongly implied that the Strangers beat Dr. Schreber within an inch of his life before forcing him to erase his own memories, leading to things like his bad heart, lazy eye, and limp. They also do things like dangle him off of very high balconies when he gets snarky with them.
* BaldOfEvil: All of them.
* DyingRace: They are studying humans because their HiveMind society is dying out and they need the secret to individuality.
* EldritchAbomination: Squid-like beings that use corpses as hosts.
* EvilAlbino: On account of the fact that their bodies [[spoiler:are technically dead]].
* AGodAmI: They have this kind of mentality in regards of what they can do. [[spoiler:They ain't bluffing.]]
* HiveMind: [[spoiler:They're all a bunch of alien worms living in human shells and all share the same thoughts of what to do.]]
* KillItWithWater: [[spoiler: One of their key weaknesses.]]
* KubrickStare: They are pretty good at these.
* LampreyMouth: [[spoiler: The aliens' real bodies have one amidst a ring of tentacles.]]
* LooksLikeOrlok: Intentionally so since the movie is a visual homage to GermanExpressionism and FilmNoir, with lots of SchizoTech.
* MisterDescriptor: All the Strangers use the naming convention "Mr. [noun]".
* PsychicPowers: "Tuning", represented as a wave effect from the user's forehead which either works as a directed burst of force or warps the City to their whim.
* RealityWarper: They are able to change aspects of the City as they please.
* TheStoic: A race of stoics, right off the assembly line with [[CreepyMonotone creepy monotones.]] [[spoiler: Mr. Hand is arguably the only Stranger in the film who subverts this trope, and as a result comes off as creepier and scarier than his fellow abominations.]]
* VerbalTic: Their odd predilection for making clicking noises and ending sentences with the word "yes".
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* CrosscastRole: A child with the male honorific "Mr.", however he is played in closeups by a girl, and in the long shots by her fraternal twin brother. Of course, the ''character'' doesn't have to be male - the strangers may not have paid any attention to gender.
* UndeadChild: Technically. [[spoiler:Once again, the parasites inhabiting the corpses of those who once lived]].
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* CrosscastRole: A child with the male honorific "Mr.", however he is played in closeups by a girl, and in the long shots by her fraternal twin brother. Of course, the ''character'' doesn't have to be male - the strangers may not have paid any attention to gender.
* UndeadChild: Technically. [[spoiler:Once again, the parasites inhabiting the corpses of those who once lived]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: When he realizes there's no way to leave the Dark City, [spoiler:he chooses to kill himself in a manner that leaves them nothing to play around with - jumping on a subway track just in front of a speeding car]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: When he realizes there's no way to leave the Dark City, [spoiler:he [[spoiler:he chooses to kill himself in a manner that leaves them nothing to play around with - jumping on a subway track just in front of a speeding car]].
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* [[spoiler:ThrownOutTheAirlock]]: [[spoiler:He breaks a wall into hardened space, and falls out before the Strangers repair it]].
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* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:As the Strangers have no emotions, they didn't even know where to ''start'' dissecting human consciousness. Thus, they permitted Schreber to retain his scientific skills and artistic talents, but forced him to erase everything else. As in they forced him to create a false past consisting of nothing save serving them, and didn't even perform the procedure themselves - they forced him to jam the syringe into his own head, meaning the man he was symbolically committed ''suicide.'' Or at least that's what he remembers]].
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* ShapedLikeItself: The Strangers were partially inspired by the surreal appearance on [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff,]] making Hand's appearance recursive to O'Brien's prior role.
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* AmnesiacLover: To Emma, who he doesn't remember being married to. [[spoiler:Because he never was.]]
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* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Schreber absolutely hates working for the Strangers and is tormented by his role in betraying his own race, but lacks the strength or courage to do much more than covertly sabotage them. [[spoiler:Until the trip to Shell Beach.]]
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Schreber absolutely hates working for the Strangers and is tormented by his role in betraying his own race, but lacks the strength or courage to do much more than covertly sabotage them. [[spoiler:Until the trip to Shell Beach.]]
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* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Schreber absolutely hates working for the Strangers and is tormented by his role in betraying his own race, but lacks the strength or courage to do much more than covertly sabotage them. [[spoiler:Until the trip to ShellBeach.]] Beach]].
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* VerbalTic:Due to his Normally, he speaks in short, clipped sentences, carefully emphasizing every word. This is because he has a weak heart.heart and is in a constant state of exhaustion; whenever he is stressed, his speech degrades into a stattaco of gasps - unable to speak more than one or two words at a time without taking a deep breath.
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* LivingMacGuffin: For Murdoch[[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and Mr. Hand.]]Hand]].
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Book is killed by John during the final battle, dying when he's thrown into a collapsing water tower.]]
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* SerialKiller: Mr. Hand quickly becomes very bloodthirsty after melding with John's intended memories, the memories of a SerialKiller. [[spoiler:He murders May and the police chief.]]
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* InstantExpert: Though John has the ability to tune throughout the movie, he only becomes a true expert after Schreber gives him the memory serum.
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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler: Self-inflicted. The [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler:As the Strangers need have no emotions, they didn't even know where to ''start'' dissecting human consciousness. Thus, they permitted Schreber to retain his scientific skills and just enough memory to assist them, artistic talents, but they forced him to erase everything else.]] else. As in they forced him to create a false past consisting of nothing save serving them, and didn't even perform the procedure themselves - they forced him to jam the syringe into his own head, meaning the man he was symbolically committed ''suicide.'' Or at least that's what he remembers]].
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* SerialKiller: Is one, [[spoiler: or at least is meant to be one this time around]].
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* ShapedLikeItself: The Strangers were partially inspired by the surreal appearance on [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff,]] making Hand's appearance recursive to O'Brien's prior role.
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* ShapedLikeItself: The Strangers were partially inspired by the surreal appearance on [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff,]] making Hand's appearance recursive to O'Brien's prior role.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe, Shreber's breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler: in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental MondeGreen.]]
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe, Shreber's breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler: in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental MondeGreen.{{Mondegreen}}.]]
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* TheEvilGenius: For the Strangers, although very reluctantly so.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Takes his job seriously, but is concerned about finding the truth and protecting people, not merely catching suspects. [[spoiler: It gets him killed.]]
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* [[spoiler: ThrownOutTheAirlock]]: [[spoiler: He breaks a wall into hardened space, and falls out before the Strangers repair it.]]
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* ColdHam: While all the Strangers have elements of this, everything Mr. Hand does is quietly menacing without him ever raising his voice.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: After taking Murdoch's memories, it's implied he's got personal motives for finding Murdoch beyond the wellbeing of the other Strangers.
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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler: Self-inflicted. The Strangers need his skills and just enough memory to assist them, but they forced him to erase everything else.]]
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In-universe, Shreber's breathy German accent vanishes [[spoiler: in the memories he gives Murdoch. Presumably, Shreber isn't leaving anything to chance, and is trying to avoid an accidental MondeGreen.]]
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* TheSvengali: [[spoiler: A rare sympathetic take on this, but he still ultimately manipulates Murdoch into danger for his own gains.]]
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* LivingMacGuffin: For Murdoch [[spoiler: and Mr. Hand.]]
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* ShapedLikeItself: The Strangers were partially inspired by the surreal appearance on [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff,]] making Hand's appearance recursive to O'Brien's prior role.
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* UncannyValley: Mr. Hand can pass as human more easily than the other Strangers. It's unsettling.
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: When he realizes there's no way to leave the Dark City.]]
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* AmnesiacLover: To Emma, who he doesn't remember being married to. [[spoiler:Because he never was.]]
* BeamOWar: [[spoiler:Against Mr. Book.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he takes time to save a goldfish despite his own panic.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he Despite his own panic, John takes the time to save a goldfish despite his own panic.dying goldfish, making it pretty clear from the beginning that he's a good guy at heart.
* KubrickStare: Just to make it a little more ambiguous, he throws out one of these every so often.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: He eventually [[spoiler:becomes this with some help from Schreber.]]
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: He [[spoiler:He eventually [[spoiler:becomes becomes this with some help from Schreber.]]
* WindowLove: With Emma, briefly.
* BadassLongcoat: Due to the noir setting, and Bumstead is certainly no slouch when it comes to action.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: To John. He pursues him, but doesn't do so doggedly and is willing to let John tell his story.
* AffablyEvil: Mr. Hand, like the other Strangers, is polite and soft-spoken but unlike the others he seems a little more genuine. This becomes especially more apparent after he melds with John's intended memories.
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* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:the Strangers are killed and Hand is the only one remaining, he has a rather civil conversation with John in which he explains his motivations.]]
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* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:When the Strangers are killed and Hand is the only one remaining, he has a rather civil conversation with John in which he explains his motivations.]]
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* SerialKiller: Mr. Hand quickly becomes very bloodthirsty after melding with John's intended memories, the memories of a SerialKiller. He murders [[spoiler:May and the police chief.]]
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* SerialKiller: Mr. Hand quickly becomes very bloodthirsty after melding with John's intended memories, the memories of a SerialKiller. He [[spoiler:He murders [[spoiler:May May and the police chief.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Like the other Strangers, he's coldly but unfailingly polite.
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* TheChanteuse: Her job [[spoiler: this time around]].
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She falls victim to Mr. Hand's newfound urges.]]
* MsFanservice: Played by the beautiful Melissa George, and she appears topless.
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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Book is killed by John during the final battle, dying when he's thrown into a collapsing water tower.]]
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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Book CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Book is killed by John during the final battle, dying when he's thrown into a collapsing water tower.]]
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* TheHeavy: While Mr. Book is the leader of the Strangers and the BigBad, he stays underground and is never seen in the city itself. Mr. Hand is the one who pursues John, comes up with new plans and is the most immediate danger.
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* KnifeNut: After melding with John's intended memories, he becomes this.
* SerialKiller: Mr. Hand quickly becomes very bloodthirsty after melding with John's intended memories, the memories of a SerialKiller. He murders [[spoiler:May and the police chief.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: He has a very soft, gentle voice that becomes even creepier after he gets John's memories.
* SerialKiller: Mr. Hand quickly becomes very bloodthirsty after melding with John's intended memories, the memories of a SerialKiller. He murders [[spoiler:May and the police chief.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: He has a very soft, gentle voice that becomes even creepier after he gets John's memories.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He's killed along with Bumstead when they breach the wall.]]
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* InspectorJavert: Bumstead is on the trail of John, who he believes to be a SerialKiller. However, he does turn out to be a little more rational than the average Javert.
* TheDogBitesBack: When he [[spoiler:gives John the memories he needs to defeat the Strangers, thus ending their entire race.]]
* ServileSnarker: To the Strangers.
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* BaldOfEvil: Like the other Strangers.
* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:the Strangers are killed and Hand is the only one remaining, he has a rather civil conversation with John in which he explains his motivations.]]
* ItsPersonal: Melding with John's intended memories make his pursuit of him much more personal.
* BaldOfEvil: Like the other Strangers.
* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:the Strangers are killed and Hand is the only one remaining, he has a rather civil conversation with John in which he explains his motivations.]]
* ItsPersonal: Melding with John's intended memories make his pursuit of him much more personal.
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* TheBrute: He's the largest and most physically powerful of the Strangers.
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* BadassLongcoat: He has one, and it's pretty nifty.
* TheChosenOne: John, for whatever reason, has the same ability to 'tune' as the Strangers do. There's no prophecy or anything like that, and Schreber seems to consider this just an unfortunate (from the Strangers' point of view) side effect from their constant experiments.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he takes time to save a goldfish despite his own panic.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Dr. Schreber taunts the Strangers with the fact that they may have inadvertently destroyed themselves with Murdoch.
-->'''Schreber:''' Maybe you've finally found what you're looking for, and it's going to bite you on your-
* NakedOnArrival: John wakes up naked in a bathtub.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He eventually [[spoiler:becomes this with some help from Schreber.]]
* RealityWarper: John shares this ability with the Strangers.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has a very deadpan, stoical sense of humour.
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!Humans
[[folder:Murdoch]]
!!John Murdoch
->'''Played By:''' Rufus Sewell
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bumstead]]
!!Inspector Frank Bumstead
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamHurt
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Schreber]]
!!Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KieferSutherland
* GeniusCripple: He's a limping mess, but he's the most intelligent character in the film and [[spoiler:his plans are what defeats the Strangers just as much as John's powers.]]
* NervousWreck: Schreber is living in constant fear and wracked by guilt.
* VerbalTic: Due to his weak heart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma Murdoch]]
!!Emma Murdoch / Anna
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferConnelly
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eddie Walenski]]
!!Det. Eddie Walenski
->'''Played By:''' Colin Friels
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Karl Harris]]
!!Karl Harris
->'''Played By:''' John Bluthal
[[/folder]]
[[folder:May]]
!!May
->'''Played By:''' Melissa George
[[/folder]]
!Strangers
[[folder:Mr. Book]]
!!Mr. Book
->'''Played By:''' Ian Richardson
* BadBoss: To Schreber.
* BaldOfEvil: Like all Strangers.
* BigBad: As the leader of the Strangers, he's the antagonist of the entire film.
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Book is killed by John during the final battle, dying when he's thrown into a collapsing water tower.]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By a knife to the throat.]]
* TheStoic: Like all other Strangers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Hand]]
!!Mr. Hand
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardOBrien
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Wall]]
!!Mr. Wall
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Spence
[[/folder]]
!Humans
[[folder:Murdoch]]
!!John Murdoch
->'''Played By:''' Rufus Sewell
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bumstead]]
!!Inspector Frank Bumstead
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamHurt
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Schreber]]
!!Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KieferSutherland
* GeniusCripple: He's a limping mess, but he's the most intelligent character in the film and [[spoiler:his plans are what defeats the Strangers just as much as John's powers.]]
* NervousWreck: Schreber is living in constant fear and wracked by guilt.
* VerbalTic: Due to his weak heart.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma Murdoch]]
!!Emma Murdoch / Anna
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferConnelly
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eddie Walenski]]
!!Det. Eddie Walenski
->'''Played By:''' Colin Friels
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Karl Harris]]
!!Karl Harris
->'''Played By:''' John Bluthal
[[/folder]]
[[folder:May]]
!!May
->'''Played By:''' Melissa George
[[/folder]]
!Strangers
[[folder:Mr. Book]]
!!Mr. Book
->'''Played By:''' Ian Richardson
* BadBoss: To Schreber.
* BaldOfEvil: Like all Strangers.
* BigBad: As the leader of the Strangers, he's the antagonist of the entire film.
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Book is killed by John during the final battle, dying when he's thrown into a collapsing water tower.]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By a knife to the throat.]]
* TheStoic: Like all other Strangers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Hand]]
!!Mr. Hand
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardOBrien
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Wall]]
!!Mr. Wall
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Spence
[[/folder]]
