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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: Invoked. Many of Cody's dream manifestations fall into this, due to limited knowledge or a child's understanding. Jessie uses him to make manifestations of Sean, but Sean either stands around doing nothing or just repeats the actions Cody watched on Jessie's home movies. His previous father tried to use his gift to bring his wife back after the Canker Man absorbed her, but Cody could only imagine her as a doll-like facsimile. [[spoiler:The Canker Man is also his mind's twisted rationalization of his mother, who underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer and, just before they were separated, looked ghoulish due to the radiation treatments.]]

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* AdultFear:
** Your child drowns accidentally in the bathtub, leaving you constantly wondering if there was ''something'' you could have done to prevent it.
** Your child is dangerous through absolutely no fault of his own, due to something he can't control--an extreme example of a "special needs" child.


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* DeathOfAChild: Your child drowns accidentally in the bathtub, leaving you constantly wondering if there was ''something'' you could have done to prevent it.
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''Before I Wake'', also known as ''Somnia'', is a 2016[[note]]in the U.S., the film was released in January 2018 on Creator/{{Netflix}}[[/note]] American dark fantasy horror film directed and edited by Creator/MikeFlanagan and co-written by Flanagan and Jeff Howard. The film stars Creator/KateBosworth, Creator/ThomasJane, Jacob Tremblay, Creator/AnnabethGish, and Dash Mihok.

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''Before I Wake'', also known as ''Somnia'', is a 2016[[note]]in the U.S., the film was released in January 2018 on Creator/{{Netflix}}[[/note]] American dark fantasy horror film directed and edited by Creator/MikeFlanagan and co-written by Flanagan and Jeff Howard. The film stars Creator/KateBosworth, Creator/ThomasJane, Jacob Tremblay, Creator/JacobTremblay, Creator/AnnabethGish, and Dash Mihok.
Creator/DashMihok.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The Canker Man, who's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Cody's [[spoiler:repressed memories of his cancer-stricken biological mother]], and emerges as an emaciated, genderless humanoid that forms out of a swarm of moths and absorbs people.

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* HumanoidAbomination: The Canker Man, who's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Cody's [[spoiler:repressed memories of his cancer-stricken biological mother]], and emerges as an emaciated, genderless sexless humanoid that forms out of a swarm of moths and absorbs people.people and spawned from [[spoiler:Cody's repressed memories of his cancer-stricken biological mother]].
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tate might be a perpetually angry bully to Cody, but he probably didn't deserve whatever grim fate the Canker Man had in mind for him.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tate might be a perpetually angry bully to Cody, but he probably didn't deserve whatever grim fate the Canker Man had in mind for him. Though its up to viewwers.

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