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* AlienLunch: For dinner, Mary and her family prepare a batch of roasted chickens, which are noted by Bill to be man-made and unusually small. When Henry tries cutting one open, his chicken starts moving and bleeding out blood. Needless to say, the roasted chickens are left uneaten.
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* AlienLunch: For dinner, Mary and her family prepare a batch of roasted chickens, which are noted by Bill to be man-made and unusually small. When Henry tries cutting one open, his chicken starts moving and bleeding out blood.out. Needless to say, the roasted chickens are left uneaten.
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* ImprobableHairstyle: Henry. Just look at the page image!
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* ImprobableHairstyle: Henry. Just look at the page image!
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** The Man in the Planet has a disease-ridden face and on closer inspection, his body isn't in better shape as his chest seems to be mutilated.
** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus that was born prematurely. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before stabbing one of its lungs.]]
** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus that was born prematurely. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before stabbing one of its lungs.]]
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** The Man in the Planet has a disease-ridden face and on closer inspection, the rest of his body isn't in better shape as his chest seems to be mutilated.
** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus that was born prematurely. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors beforestabbing piercing one of its lungs.]]
** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus that was born prematurely. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before
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** The Baby has most of its body wrapped in gauze with its head the only part exposed, [[spoiler:at least until the end.]]
** [[spoiler:In a strange sequence, the Baby chops off Henry's head, which is then used to create erasers.]]
** [[spoiler:In a strange sequence, the Baby chops off Henry's head, which is then used to create erasers.]]
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* DerangedAnimation: At one point, Henry finds a worm-like creature in his bed and throws it away. It then leads a transitory scene in which the worm, which is animated in [[StopMotion claymation]], writhes across the ground in and out of holes before splitting open its body to form a mouth.
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* DerangedAnimation: At one point, Henry finds a worm-like creature in his bed and throws it away. It then leads a transitory scene in which In the next scene, the worm, which is animated in [[StopMotion claymation]], writhes across the ground in and out of holes before splitting open its body to form a mouth.
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** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before stabbing one of its lungs.]]
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** The Baby resembles less an actual human baby and more an alien fetus.fetus that was born prematurely. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before stabbing one of its lungs.]]
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the case of the Baby. [[spoiler:Despite their love for each other, Henry and Mary were certainly not expecting a baby, and they are forced to become a family due to the birth of said baby. Eventually, Mary gets fed up with the Baby's crying and leaves Henry alone with the Baby.]]
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted Subverted]] and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the case of the Baby. [[spoiler:Despite their love for each other, Henry and Mary were certainly not expecting a baby, and they are forced to become a family due to the birth of said baby. Eventually, Mary gets fed up with the Baby's crying and leaves Henry alone with the Baby.]]
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** The Man in the Planet has a disease-ridden face and his body seems cut open.
** The Baby barely resembles less an actual human baby and more a reptile.
** The Lady in the Radiator has strangely bloated cheeks.
** The Baby barely resembles less an actual human baby and more a reptile.
** The Lady in the Radiator has strangely bloated cheeks.
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** The Man in the Planet has a disease-ridden face and on closer inspection, his body isn't in better shape as his chest seems cut open.
to be mutilated.
** The Babybarely resembles less an actual human baby and more a reptile.
an alien fetus. It gets worse when [[spoiler:Henry kills it by slicing its chest open with scissors before stabbing one of its lungs.]]
** The Lady in the Radiator has [[FacialHorror strangely bloatedcheeks.cheeks with blemishes that resemble a skin infection]].
** The Baby
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* FaceFramedInShadow: The Man in the Planet is [[CharacterEstablishingMoment introduced]] with his body and face partially obscured by the shadows to emphasize the mysterious nature of his role in the story.
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* FaceFramedInShadow: The Man in the Planet is [[CharacterEstablishingMoment [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] with his body and face partially obscured by the shadows to emphasize the mysterious nature of his role in the story.
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** The Man in the Planet has a disease-ridden face and his body seems cut open.
** The Baby barely resembles less an actual human baby and more a reptile.
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* AlienLunch: For dinner, Mary and her family prepare a batch of roasted chickens, which are noted by Bill to be man-made and unusually small. When Henry tries cutting one open, his chicken starts moving and bleeding out blood. Needless to say, the roasted chickens are left uneaten.
* AlienLunch: For dinner, Mary and her family prepare a batch of roasted chickens, which are noted by Bill to be man-made and unusually small. When Henry tries cutting one open, his chicken starts moving and bleeding out blood. Needless to say, the roasted chickens are left uneaten.
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%%* DysfunctionJunction: Except for Henry -- but who knows, [[MindScrew maybe this movie is just his hallucinations]].
%%* {{Dystopia}}: The world in this setting is less than ideal.
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* PsychicNosebleed: It's [[ImpliedTrope implied]] that psychic trauma is the reason for Henry's nosebleed at the X's home as Henry experiences [[DreamingOfThingsToCome strange visions that occasionally hint at future events]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Henry kills the Baby]]. It comes back and eats him.
%%* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Horribly subverted. Wait until you [[BodyHorror see it]].
%%* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Horribly subverted. Wait until you [[BodyHorror see it]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Henry kills the Baby]]. Baby.]] It comes back and eats him.
%%* * BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Horribly subverted. Wait until you [[BodyHorror see it]].[[SubvertedTrope Subverted and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the case of the Baby. [[spoiler:Despite their love for each other, Henry and Mary were certainly not expecting a baby, and they are forced to become a family due to the birth of said baby. Eventually, Mary gets fed up with the Baby's crying and leaves Henry alone with the Baby.]]
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** One interpretation of the Baby is that it's a metaphor for having one born too prematurely.
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* AdultFear: If giving birth to a creature so horrible that no sentient being would want to touch it with a 10-foot pole isn't every soon-to-be parent's worst nightmare, then the fact that it makes your spouse leave you and force you to raise it by yourself certainly is. Loathing one's own baby to the point that [[spoiler:stabbing it through the lung (if you can even define it as a "lung") with scissors]] becomes a viable option is something no adult wishes to experience. Oh, and the fact that everything else in this movie is filled to the brim with the regular kinds of fears doesn't exactly help.
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* AdultFear: AdultFear:
** If giving birth to a creature so horrible that no sentient being would want to touch it with a 10-foot pole isn't every soon-to-be parent's worst nightmare, then the fact that it makes your spouse leave you and force you to raise it by yourself certainly is. Loathing one's own baby to the point that [[spoiler:stabbing it through the lung (if you can even define it as a "lung") with scissors]] becomes a viable option is something no adult wishes to experience. Oh, and the fact that everything else in this movie is filled to the brim with the regular kinds of fears doesn't exactlyhelp.help.
** Getting married too young. It's obvious Henry has a very unhappy marriage, and [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter having a child doesn't help]].
** Your baby getting sick and having no experience with helping them is one of the most nerve-wracking of situations for young couples.
** If giving birth to a creature so horrible that no sentient being would want to touch it with a 10-foot pole isn't every soon-to-be parent's worst nightmare, then the fact that it makes your spouse leave you and force you to raise it by yourself certainly is. Loathing one's own baby to the point that [[spoiler:stabbing it through the lung (if you can even define it as a "lung") with scissors]] becomes a viable option is something no adult wishes to experience. Oh, and the fact that everything else in this movie is filled to the brim with the regular kinds of fears doesn't exactly
** Getting married too young. It's obvious Henry has a very unhappy marriage, and [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter having a child doesn't help]].
** Your baby getting sick and having no experience with helping them is one of the most nerve-wracking of situations for young couples.
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* BodyHorror: Henry's baby, The Man in the Planet's skin, and The Lady in the Radiator's cheekbones are all examples of horrific deformities and unsettling anatomy.
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* CrapsackWorld / CosmicHorrorStory: Crapsack mainly in the sense of having a world with no [[OntologicalMystery logical order or cause of events]]. Also in the sense of [[GodIsEvil The Man in the Planet]] controlling things or if you believe Henry's baby is the personification of fate.
* DeathBySex: Less of a DeathBySex than a Death by Parenthood.
* DeathBySex: Less of a DeathBySex than a Death by Parenthood.
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* CrapsackWorld / CosmicHorrorStory: CrapsackWorld: Crapsack mainly in the sense of having a world with no [[OntologicalMystery logical order or cause of events]]. Also in the sense of [[GodIsEvil The Man in the Planet]] controlling things or if you believe Henry's baby is the personification of fate.
* DeathBySex: Less of a DeathBySex than a Death by Parenthood.fate.
* DeathBySex: Less of a DeathBySex than a Death by Parenthood.
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* DysfunctionJunction: Except for Henry -- but who knows, [[MindScrew maybe this movie is just his hallucinations]].
* {{Dystopia}}: The world in this setting is less than ideal.
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* FaceFramedInShadow: Done occasionally, such as with the Man in the Planet.
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* OverlyLongGag: Paul, the desk clerk at the pencil factory, continuously buzzing his manager (with an incredibly obnoxious buzzer sound) for almost thirty seconds without interruption.
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* OverlyLongGag: OverlyLongGag:
** Paul, the desk clerk at the pencil factory, continuously buzzing his manager (with an incredibly obnoxious buzzer sound) for almost thirty seconds without interruption.
** Paul, the desk clerk at the pencil factory, continuously buzzing his manager (with an incredibly obnoxious buzzer sound) for almost thirty seconds without interruption.
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Mary leaves]].
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* CrapsackWorld / CosmicHorrorStory: Crapsack mainly in the sense of having a world with no [[OntologicalMystery logical order or cause of events]]. Also in the sense of [[GodIsEvil The Man in the Planet]] controlling things or if you believe [[EpilepticTrees Henry's baby is the personification of fate]].
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* CrapsackWorld / CosmicHorrorStory: Crapsack mainly in the sense of having a world with no [[OntologicalMystery logical order or cause of events]]. Also in the sense of [[GodIsEvil The Man in the Planet]] controlling things or if you believe [[EpilepticTrees Henry's baby is the personification of fate]].fate.
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* TheEyesHaveIt: The Baby. While it isn't completely still, most of its other movements [[UncannyValley are stiff and artificial enough to make it look like it wasn't alive anyway]]. The eyes mainly move to remind you this thing is alive and is apparently [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman some]] kind of human in order to add to the wrongness.
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* TheEyesHaveIt: The Baby. While it isn't completely still, most of its other movements [[UncannyValley are stiff and artificial enough to make it look like it wasn't alive anyway]].anyway. The eyes mainly move to remind you this thing is alive and is apparently [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman some]] kind of human in order to add to the wrongness.
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Henry kills the Baby, and the Man in the Planet's planet explodes. The film's final scene has Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]]. When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Henry kills the Baby, and the Man in the Planet's planet explodes. The film's final scene has Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]]. When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
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* RiddleForTheAges: A rare ''meta-example'', in that absolutely no one involved in the production has ever explained how the prop for the Baby was made, except for Lynch, whose [[TeasingCreator answers]] are as exactly as helpful and clarifying as you would expect from him.
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* RiddleForTheAges: A rare ''meta-example'', in that absolutely no one involved in the production has ever explained how the prop for the Baby was made, except for Lynch, whose [[TeasingCreator answers]] answers are as exactly as helpful and clarifying as you would expect from him.
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* NoEnding: The film just stops at the part where Henry embraces the Lady in the Radiator while everything goes light.
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* NoEnding: The film just stops ''stops'' at the part where Henry embraces the Lady in the Radiator while everything goes light.
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* OverlyLongGag: Paul, the desk clerk at the pencil factory, continuously buzzing his manager (with an incredibly obnoxious buzzer sound) for almost thirty seconds without interruption.
** Henry awkwardly waiting in the elevator for a good fifteen seconds before the doors finally close.
** Henry awkwardly waiting in the elevator for a good fifteen seconds before the doors finally close.
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%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The manager's assistant at the pencil factory.
%%** Everyone. Save ''maybe'' [[OnlySaneMan Henry]].
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%%* EldritchAbomination: The Baby.
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* GainaxEnding: The film's final scene has [[spoiler:Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]]. When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Henry kills the Baby, and the Man in the Planet's planet explodes. The film's final scene has [[spoiler:Henry Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]]. When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Basically, it's about a guy not ready for marriage. That's it.
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Basically, it's The main plot is a metaphor about a guy man who is not ready for marriage. That's it.marriage and parenthood. The other characters, such as the Man in the Planet and the Lady in the Radiator, are symbolism as well although what exactly they are supposed to symbolize can vary depending on the viewer.
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* NamelessNarrative: Almost. Henry and Mary are the only characters named within the film.
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* NamelessNarrative: Almost. Henry and Mary There are the only four named characters named within (Henry, Mary, Bill, and Paul) and most characters are simply called by vague descriptors like The Man in the film.Planet and The Beautiful Girl Across the Hall.
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Not exactly true.
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* MindScrew: Easily the masterwork of surrealism in cinema, and for good reason. What ''is'' this movie about?
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* MindScrew: Easily the masterwork of surrealism in cinema, and for good reason. What ''is'' this movie about?
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The manager's assistant at the pencil factory.
** Everyone. Save ''maybe'' [[OnlySaneMan Henry]].
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* EldritchAbomination: The Baby.
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* GainaxEnding: The film's final scene has [[spoiler:Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]].
** When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
** When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
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* GainaxEnding: The film's final scene has [[spoiler:Henry and the Lady in the Radiator hugging as they are bathed in white light before the film [[NoEnding inexplicably and abruptly stops]]]].
**stops]]]]. When specifically talking about the beginning (in a case of [[InvertedTrope inversion]]), one of the more difficult scenes to place chronologically is the beginning, a slow zoom onto what appears to be an asteroid. It is inhabited by the Man in the Planet. ([[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory God? Satan?]])
**
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster, counts as reptilian, then it's a sinister reptile.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster, counts as reptilian, then it's a as sinister reptile.a reptile as has ever been created.
* RiddleForTheAges: A rare ''meta-example'', in that absolutely no one involved in the production has ever explained how the prop for the Baby was made, except for Lynch, whose [[TeasingCreator answers]] are as exactly as helpful and clarifying as you would expect from him.
* RiddleForTheAges: A rare ''meta-example'', in that absolutely no one involved in the production has ever explained how the prop for the Baby was made, except for Lynch, whose [[TeasingCreator answers]] are as exactly as helpful and clarifying as you would expect from him.
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The Speechless is when a character is established as being silent because they are unable to speak. I do not recall any indication that The Man in the Planet and Paul are speach-impaired, so I'm moving them under The Voiceless.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: The chicken and the Baby.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: BizarreAlienBiology:
** The chicken kicks its legs and bleeds out a lower orifice when stabbed with a fork.
** The baby looks like a deformed dinosaur head and it later turns out that [[spoiler: theBaby.rest of its body is just a bunch of organs, with the gauze wrapped around its body to keep it together.]]
** The chicken kicks its legs and bleeds out a lower orifice when stabbed with a fork.
** The baby looks like a deformed dinosaur head and it later turns out that [[spoiler: the
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* BodyHorror: Henry's baby, The Man in the Planet's skin, and The Lady in the Radiator's cheekbones.
* BodyMotifs: Heads.
* BodyMotifs: Heads.
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* BodyHorror: Henry's baby, The Man in the Planet's skin, and The Lady in the Radiator's cheekbones.
cheekbones are all examples of horrific deformities and unsettling anatomy.
* BodyMotifs:Heads.Heads are a major theme of the film.
* BodyMotifs:
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* DieselPunk
* {{Dreamland}}: One interpretation of the world in the radiator.
* DroneOfDread: Used extensively throughout the soundtrack.
* {{Dreamland}}: One interpretation of the world in the radiator.
* DroneOfDread: Used extensively throughout the soundtrack.
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* DieselPunk
* {{Dreamland}}:DreamLand: One interpretation of the world in the radiator.
radiator is that Henry dreams of its existence.
* DroneOfDread:Used A single, continuous, unsettling sound is used extensively throughout the soundtrack.
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* DroneOfDread:
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* TheGrimReaper: A common interpretation of the Lady in the Radiator.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. X.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. X.
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* TheGrimReaper: A common interpretation of the Lady in the Radiator.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. X.Radiator is that she personifies death.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. X.
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* MadeOfPlasticine: The Baby, as shown in the scene where [[spoiler:Henry kills it]].
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* MadeOfPlasticine: The Baby, Baby is ridiculously vulnerable and fragile, as shown in the scene where [[spoiler:Henry kills it]].
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* NamelessNarrative: Almost. Just Henry and Mary have names.
* NoEnding: The film just stops.
* NoIndoorVoice: The manager of the pencil factory.
* NoNameGiven: Lampshaded in the credits.
* NoEnding: The film just stops.
* NoIndoorVoice: The manager of the pencil factory.
* NoNameGiven: Lampshaded in the credits.
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* NamelessNarrative: Almost. Just Henry and Mary have names.
are the only characters named within the film.
* NoEnding: The film juststops.
stops at the part where Henry embraces the Lady in the Radiator while everything goes light.
* NoIndoorVoice: The manager of the pencilfactory.
factory shouts constantly.
* NoNameGiven: Most of the films' characters are nameless. Lampshaded in the credits.
* NoEnding: The film just
* NoIndoorVoice: The manager of the pencil
* NoNameGiven: Most of the films' characters are nameless. Lampshaded in the credits.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/JackNance's haircut. Also, some theories of David Lynch's fear of parenthood. The city is also inspired by Lynch living in an impoverished neighbourhood of Philadelphia while attending art college.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster, counts.
* ScareChord: Henry's baby ''is'' sick.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster, counts.
* ScareChord: Henry's baby ''is'' sick.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/JackNance's haircut. Jack Nance's haircut is why Henry has it. Also, some theories are that the film is based off of David Lynch's fear of parenthood. The city is also inspired by Lynch living in an impoverished neighbourhood of Philadelphia while attending art college.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster,counts.
counts as reptilian, then it's a sinister reptile.
* ScareChord: A frightening chord is heard when it turns out Henry's baby ''is'' sick.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: If the Baby, looking like the love child of a tadpole and the Loch Ness monster,
* ScareChord: A frightening chord is heard when it turns out Henry's baby ''is'' sick.
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* SilenceIsGolden
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* SilenceIsGoldenSilenceIsGolden: The majority of the film has no dialogue.
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* TheSpeechless: The Man in the Planet and Paul. Mary's grandmother is apparently paralyzed or something.
* SurrealHorror: One of the golden examples in the film. The Baby provides the trope image.
* SurrealHorror: One of the golden examples in the film. The Baby provides the trope image.
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* TheSpeechless: The Man in the Planet and Paul. Mary's grandmother is silent, apparently because she's paralyzed or something.
* SurrealHorror:One The film is one of the golden examples most notable works to dabble in the film.surreal events that come off as disturbing and scary. The Baby provides the trope image.
* SurrealHorror:
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* TheVamp: [[NoNameGiven Beautiful Girl Across the Hall]].
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* TheVamp: [[NoNameGiven Beautiful Girl Across the Hall]].Hall]] tries to seduce Henry.
* TheVoiceless: The Man in the Planet and Paul never speak.
* TheVoiceless: The Man in the Planet and Paul never speak.
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Though just what it all symbolizes is a very open question.
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* WorldOfSymbolism: Though just what it all symbolizes is Basically, it's about a very open question.guy not ready for marriage. That's it.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the Filipino rock band, Music/TheEraserheads.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the Filipino rock band, Music/TheEraserheads.Music/TheEraserheads, or the [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia codename of Pro Hero Shota Aizawa.]]
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-->''In Heaven, everything is fine.''\\
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* SurrealHorror: Provides the trope image.
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* SurrealHorror: Provides One of the golden examples in the film. The Baby provides the trope image.