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* ParkingGarage: The client pays off the hitmen by [[DeadDrop leaving a packet of money in the backseat on an unlocked car]] in a multilevel garage, with the bay number sent to him by text.

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* ParkingGarage: The client pays off the hitmen by [[DeadDrop leaving a packet of money in the backseat on of an unlocked car]] in a multilevel garage, with the bay number sent to him by text.
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When he is accosted by a mysterious insurance agent Fong who happened to be on the scene of the “accident” as well, the Brain becomes obsessed that this man must be the mastermind behind a conspiracy to take him out. To regain his sanity and to save his life, he must strive to kill Fong before he makes his next move.

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When he is accosted by a mysterious insurance agent Fong who happened to be on the scene of the “accident” as well, the Brain becomes obsessed convinced that this man must be is the mastermind behind a conspiracy to take him out. To regain his sanity and to save his life, he must strive to kill Fong before he makes his next move.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: As the Brain's sanity slips, he starts detailing the connections of his conspiracy theory--interspersed with pages from his notebook--on the walls of a room in the flat he is renting below Fong's. He cleans it off after being reprimanded by the landlord.

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: The Brain rents the flat below Fong's and draws the layout of Fong's apartment on the ceiling to help make sense of what he's hearing through the microphones he's planted. As the Brain's sanity slips, he starts detailing the connections of his conspiracy theory--interspersed with pages from his notebook--on the walls of a room in the flat he is renting below Fong's. He cleans it off after being reprimanded by the landlord.walls.
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* RoadsideWave: Several pedestrians get soaked when the Triad boss pulls over to the side of the road; driving through the water the water Brain's crew have spilled on the road as part of the plan.

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* RoadsideWave: Several pedestrians get soaked Uncle drives a truck with water containers that spill on the road, and when the Triad boss pulls over to drives past he causes this trope, making innocent bystanders back off from the side of the road; driving through the water the water Brain's crew have spilled on the road as part of the plan.intended target area.
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* SoftGlass: Averted; the first 'accident' involves setting up the mark to inadvertently break a window so he'll be showered by enough falling glass to cause a fatal injury.
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* ApopheniaPlot: The Brain is an an "accident choreographer" who specializes in killing people by arranging [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident freak "accidents"]]. During one his assignments, something goes wrong and an actual freak accident results in one of his men being run over by a bus. The circumstances of this accident are so similar to the ones he arranges that the Brain becomes convinced that this was a deliberate attack aimed at him. His obsession [[SanitySlippage drives him into paranoia]], but as the viewer learns there never was a conspiracy, [[AccidentNotMurder this really was just a freak accident]].

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* ApopheniaPlot: The Brain is an an "accident choreographer" who specializes in killing people by arranging [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident freak "accidents"]]. During one his assignments, something goes wrong and an actual freak accident results in one of his men being run over by a bus. The circumstances of this accident are so similar to the ones he arranges that the Brain becomes convinced that this was a deliberate attack aimed at him. His [[spoiler:His obsession [[SanitySlippage drives him into paranoia]], but as the viewer learns there never was a conspiracy, [[AccidentNotMurder this really was just a freak accident]].]]
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When he is accosted by a mysterious insurance agent Fong who happened to be on the scene of the “accident” as well, the Brain becomes obsessed that this man must be the mastermind behind a conspiracy to take him out. To regain his sanity and to safe his life, he must strive to kill Fong before he makes his next move.

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When he is accosted by a mysterious insurance agent Fong who happened to be on the scene of the “accident” as well, the Brain becomes obsessed that this man must be the mastermind behind a conspiracy to take him out. To regain his sanity and to safe save his life, he must strive to kill Fong before he makes his next move.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the BatmanColdOpen The Woman has a burst tire and [[WomanDriver pretends to be too stupid to pull over]] and let other vehicles pass. The man behind her loses patience and drives around her...putting him in position for the fatal accident.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the BatmanColdOpen The Woman has a burst tire and [[WomanDriver [[WomenDrivers pretends to be too stupid to pull over]] and let other vehicles pass. The man behind her loses patience and drives around her...putting him in position for the fatal accident.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the BatmanColdOpen The Woman has a burst tire and [[WomanDrivers pretends to be too stupid to pull over]] and let other vehicles pass. The man behind her loses patience and drives around her...putting him in position for the fatal accident.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the BatmanColdOpen The Woman has a burst tire and [[WomanDrivers [[WomanDriver pretends to be too stupid to pull over]] and let other vehicles pass. The man behind her loses patience and drives around her...putting him in position for the fatal accident.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the BatmanColdOpen The Woman has a burst tire and [[WomanDrivers pretends to be too stupid to pull over]] and let other vehicles pass. The man behind her loses patience and drives around her...putting him in position for the fatal accident.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:When the Woman goes to pick up the payoff from the pawnbroker's son, Brain assumes that she arranged Fatty's death--or was trying to kill him--and kills her with another freak 'accident'.]]

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* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:When the Woman goes to pick up the payoff from the pawnbroker's son, Brain assumes that she arranged Fatty's death--or was trying to kill him--and death and kills her with another freak 'accident'.]]

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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:For all his paranoia, Brain is killed when Fong just runs up and stabs him, an uncomplicated murder entirely different from the ones he's planned and executed.]]

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** [[spoiler:Fatty's death really was an accident, caused when Uncle dropped the balls he was carrying while posing as a street vender and they rolled out in front of the bus, causing the driver to lose control.]]
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[[spoiler:For all his paranoia, Brain is killed when Fong just runs up and stabs him, an uncomplicated murder entirely different from the ones he's planned and executed.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Fong murders Brain in revenge, but will never know why his wife was killed. He'll likely be caught and sent to jail, and he can't even prove his motive as no-one would believe his wife's death was anything but an accident.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Fong murders Brain in revenge, but will never know why his wife was killed. He'll likely be caught and sent to jail, and he can't even prove his motive argue diminished responsibility as no-one would believe his wife's death was anything but an accident.]]

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