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* ChangelingFantasy: Pretty much the whole plot.

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* GirlNextDoor: Karen.

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* HollywoodLaw: Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonwealth]]. Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age. Looking that young, he would be stopped for sure.
* MysteriousParent: And Nathan's Dad wants to stay that way.

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Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonwealth]].
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Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age. Looking that young, he would be stopped for sure.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Frank is on the list of people who sold state secrets]]. It has much less bearing on the plot than you'd think.
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MysteriousParent: And Nathan's Dad wants to stay that way.



* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Nathan.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Frank is on the list of people who sold state secrets]]. It has much less bearing on the plot than you'd think.



* WildTeenParty: The movie starts out with one.

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonwealth]]. Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age.


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* HollywoodLaw: Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonwealth]]. Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age. Looking that young, he would be stopped for sure.
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A 2011 action movie directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, starring Creator/TaylorLautner, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/AlfredMolina, and Creator/SigourneyWeaver and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

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A 2011 action movie directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, his last film as a director, starring Creator/TaylorLautner, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/AlfredMolina, and Creator/SigourneyWeaver and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Gilly, Nathan's friend who scores him fake [=IDs=], train tickets, ''game-day playoff tickets'', and large sums of cash in short order. [[{{Headscratchers}} What on earth is this kid involved in to give him such fluid resources at his age?]]

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Gilly, Nathan's friend who scores him fake [=IDs=], train tickets, ''game-day playoff tickets'', and large sums of cash in short order. [[{{Headscratchers}} [[Headscratchers/HomePage What on earth is this kid involved in to give him such fluid resources at his age?]]
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Gilly, Nathan's friend who scores him fake ID's, train tickets, ''game-day playoff tickets'', and large sums of cash in short order. [[{{Headscratchers}} What on earth is this kid involved in to give him such fluid resources at his age?]]
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonweath]]. Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age.

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Gilly, Nathan's friend who scores him fake ID's, [=IDs=], train tickets, ''game-day playoff tickets'', and large sums of cash in short order. [[{{Headscratchers}} What on earth is this kid involved in to give him such fluid resources at his age?]]
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Nathan's birth certificate says "State of Pennsylvania", but Pennsylvania is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth#U.S._states Commonweath]].Commonwealth]]. Also, Nathan rides around on his motorcycle without a helmet - but PA laws say you ''must'' wear one until you are 21 years of age.
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* ChekhovsGun: The baseball tickets, the fake IDs, the phone in Martin's apartment.

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* ChekhovsGun: The baseball tickets, the fake IDs, [=IDs=], the phone in Martin's apartment.
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A 2011 action movie starring Creator/TaylorLautner, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/AlfredMolina, and Creator/SigourneyWeaver and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

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A 2011 action movie directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, starring Creator/TaylorLautner, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/AlfredMolina, and Creator/SigourneyWeaver and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.
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* AngstWhatAngst: After finding out that he was adopted, watching his parents die, and being on the run from trained killers for a day, Nathan calls it "a pretty exciting first date" and makes out with Karen.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}: Look for The August Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, the rotunda to the old Union Train Station (next to the East Busway bus rapid transit (BRT) line on a former rail route), the Amtrak Station, and of course the climax at PNC Park.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie is set and filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, but Pittsburgh also stands in for Virginia. A corridor in the August Wilson Center for the Preforming Arts doubles as CIA headquarters.

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* NeverTrustATitle: The movie is called ''Abduction'', so guess who gets/got abducted! Give up? ''Nobody.'' Karen gets very temporarily kidnapped while on the train, but hardly enough so to qualify for the title.



* IThoughtThatWas: The movie is called "Abduction", so guess who gets/got abducted! Give up? ''Nobody.'' Karen gets very temporarily kidnapped while on the train, but hardly enough so to qualify for the title.

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