History Film / Glass2019

* GutturalGrowler: It appears the years have not been kind to Mr. Glass's voice. [[spoiler:May be a result of not speaking for a very long time before the film begins, pretending to be a broken man.]]

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction [[VideoGame/Glass2006 retelling]] of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh [[Fanfic/GlassBellamyTaft fanfic]].

* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The [[AncientConspiracy Shamrock conspiracy]] has meetings by taking over a restaurant, waiting till the non-affiliated patrons leave, and then beginning proceedings. One wonders about the restaurant ''staff'', but we're shown them doing this twice (once in flashback), so it seems to be S.O.P.

* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:Glass uses Dr. Staple's own security and precautions to not only beat her, but completely destroy the so-called balance she was working to maintain.]]

** This trope is also deconstructed; [[spoiler: the AncientConspiracy is so paranoid about this trope coming to pass that they kill anyone, hero or villain, who develops super powers]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Mr. Glass and the Horde/Beast, who have began a VillainTeamUp.
* BittersweetEnding: On one hand, [[spoiler:Mr. Glass, the Overseer, and the Horde are dead at the hands of an AncientConspiracy that's dedicated to keeping superheroes and supervillains from the public eye]]. Ms. Price has lost her son, Casey lost her love, and Joseph is now an orphan due to losing his mom and now his father. On the other hand, [[spoiler:the AncientConspiracy failed, as Mr. Glass was able to leak a video of the fight between all three of them to the public with the help of Joseph, Casey, and his mother, thereby ruining the Conspiracy's 10,000-year plan in a single bound and ushering in an era of true blue heroes and villains.]]

* ActorAllusion: This is yet another M. Night film with Bruce Willis, so of course, he threw in a subtle reference to Bruce Willis in ''Film/TheSixthSense'' (trying to talk to a vision of his dead wife), but he also added a major reference to Bruce Willis in his most famous role, John [=McClane=] in ''Film/DieHard'' (the villain's scheme is [[spoiler: to suggest a fake terrorist plot against a large corporation tower]]).

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction [[VideoGame/Glass2006 retelling]] of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh [[Fanfic/{{Glass}} fanfic]].

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction [[VideoGame/Glass2006 retelling]] of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh [[Fanfic/{{Glass(BellamyTaft)}} fanfic]].

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction [[VideoGame/Glass2006 retelling]] of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh [[Fanfic/{{Glass}} fanfic]].

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction [[VideoGame/Glass2006 retelling]] of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh fanfic.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with the InteractiveFiction retelling of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' by Creator/EmilyShort, or the Franchise/YuGiOh fanfic.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: After [[spoiler:Kevin is shot by a sniper]], the camera pans to focus on a clover tattoo on the wrist of the latter. Moments later, [[spoiler:it is revealed that this tattoo is the mark of the AncientConspiracy that suppresses the existence of superhumans]].

* ActorAllusion: This is yet another M. Night film with Bruce Willis, so of course, he threw in a subtle reference to Bruce Willis in Sixth Sense (trying to talk to a vision of his dead wife), but he also added a major reference to Bruce Willis in his most famous role, John [=McClane=] in Die Hard (the villain's scheme is [[spoiler: to suggest a fake terrorist plot against a large corporation tower]]).

* KickTheSonOfABitch: A complicated example when the Beast finds out that [[spoiler:Kevin's father was killed on the train that Mr. Glass blew up]]. The Beast is understandably furious and brutalizes [[spoiler:Mr. Glass]] for doing this, but on the other hand, [[spoiler:Mr. Glass is the lesser of two evils when you factor in the AncientConspiracy]].