History Film / Glass2019

* SuperheroPrevalenceStages: Over the course of the two previous films, we saw the very early stage of a superhero universe, with the rise of a superhero and two supervillains and the whole thing still being very recent and covered in shadows, where we're still dealing with very much our world but with a handful of minor breakaways. This film deals with the development of that world as the superheroes and supervillains collide. [[spoiler:More specifically, ''Glass'' shows that there is a enforced Masquerade going on, and the final battle between the Overseer and the Horde (the world's first true public bonafide supervillain vs superhero showdown) act as a cataclysm that leads to the changing of the world, to that masquerade being broken, and to a MassSuperempoweringEvent, leading to the implication that the world is now heading into the Middle Stage of an abundance of superheroes and villains that are public knowledge.]]

** Two of them. Casey is able to [[spoiler:get Kevin back to the light, and the two are sharing a CooldownHug... and then a dot of red light appears to the right of Casey's hair. She and Kevin notice this, the dot moves down, and the shooter, a police sniper, fires. Kevin can only look at the gunshot on his stomach, now leaking blood]].

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr. Glass's stated plan was to cause an explosion at the opening ceremony of a high rise tower to attract attention and let the Overseer and the Horde fight in public. He seemingly didn't account for the extra cameras around the hospital to catch the breakout. He, the Horde, and the Overseer aren't able to make it past the front lawn and are killed by Dr. Staple's henchmen to make sure no one learns the truth of what they are able to do, with her erasing all camera footage of the event. She then realizes that Mr. Glass set her up to '''think''' that she foiled his plans, and realises he never intended to reach the tower, and instead the footage from ''her own'' extra security cameras was secretly streamed to a private server, which is then leaked to the press by Joseph, Casey, and Ms. Price.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Dr. Staple leads the police to the Overseer and the Horde, has them stunned unconscious and dragged off to an insane asylum under her care with absolutely no trial or lawyers or any due process, and not even the Overseer's son (who, granted, might be worried about being labeled an accomplice) seeks any legal recourse other than going to the doctor and pleading her to let his dad go. [[spoiler:Granted, the existence of the Shamrock conspiracy might help explain this, as any judges or lawyers might be in on it, but given that "David Dunn" is a local hero even outside his secret identity and nobody seems to even think about the plainly criminal lengths Dr. Staple went to capture and detain him, it still fits this trope.]]
** [[spoiler: Her decision to give Mr. Glass a lobotomy is completely unethical and illegal as well, but again the Shamrock conspiracy would mean that legality wasn't high on her list of priorities; the bigger issue is that nobody else, including the seemingly ignorant staff at the hospital, call her out on this.]]

''Glass'' is a psychological superhero thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Ms. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

* 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]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:they 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.]]

''Glass'' is a psychological superhero horror thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Ms. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

''Glass'' is a psychological superhero thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Ms. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

''Glass'' is a psychological superhero horror-thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Ms. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

''Glass'' is a superhero horror-thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Ms. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

David Dunn tries to stay one step ahead of the law while delivering vigilante justice on the streets of Philadelphia. His special abilities soon put him on a collision course with the Beast – a psychotic madman who has superhuman strength and 23 distinct personalities. Their showdown leads them to an encounter with the mysterious Mr. Glass, the criminal mastermind who holds critical secrets for both men.

Following the events of ''Film/{{Split}}'', the Overseer, Mr. Glass, and the Horde, end up brought together in a psychiatric institution, where they are questioned by Dr. Staple over their belief in their apparent "superpowers."

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Real villains are among us. Real heroes are within us.]]'']]

** [[spoiler: Elijah plans for an epic battle between David and The Beast during the opening of the city's newest building, exposing superheros and supervillains to the entire world... buuuut he lets David know his plan too early and when Glass and The Beast get held up during their escape of the psychiatry facility, David and The Beast have their fight in the parking lot. Enough time to let the AncientConspiracy get the jump on all three of them]].

* CapeBusters: [[spoiler:The AncientConspiracy, which includes Dr. Staple,]] focuses on eliminating superhumans at large, be they supervillains or superheroes.

** [[spoiler: Her decision to give Elijah a lobotomy is completely unethical and illegal as well, but again the Shamrock conspiracy would mean that legality wasn't high on her list of priorities; the bigger issue is that nobody else, including the seemingly ignorant staff at the hospital, call her out on this.]]

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Dr. Staple brings this to Hedwig's attention, almost something of a HannibalLecture. He is supposed to be nine years old but has been as long as he has existed. She affirms that his stated age doesn't align with his life experiences.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Dr. Staple leads the police to David and Kevin, has them stunned unconscious and dragged off to an insane asylum under her care with absolutely no trial or lawyers or any due process, and not even David's son (who, granted, might be worried about being labeled an accomplice) seeks any legal recourse other than going to the doctor and pleading her to let his dad go. [[spoiler:Granted, the existence of the Shamrock conspiracy might help explain this, as any judges or lawyers might be in on it, but given that David is a local celebrity and nobody seems to even think about the plainly criminal lengths Dr. Staple went to capture and detain him, it still fits this trope.]]

** Carried over from ''Split'', the Beast is depicted as this in contrast to the Overseer. A direct contrast is made between the Overseer pushing a group of riot police into a a cargo container and nonlethally trapping them...with the Beast being likewise confronted with a group of riot police and slaughtering them with his bare hands.

** Not counting flashbacks, the entire trilogy began when David was taking a train back to Philadelphia, with the resulting crash secretly awakening a superhero [[spoiler:and a supervillain]]. This film ends with [[spoiler:Casey, Joseph, and Ms. Price sitting in the Philadelphia train station and being responsible for superheroes being known to the general public. As this happens, the sound of a train stopping can be heard, symbolising a chapter closing on the Overseer, the Horde, and Mr. Glass, and a new one opening for those who are inspired by their actions]].

** David freeing the four cheerleaders chained to pipes is very similar to when [[Film/{{Unbreakable}} he freed two children, who were similarly chained by the Orange Suit man]].
** When Joseph is processing the possibility that David's powers are a self-inflicted delusion, he ruefully looks at a weightlifter in his school, referencing David's increasingly heavy bench pressing in ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}''.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like in ''Unbreakable'', all three main characters have a distinctive color they're associated with, to continue the superhero and supervillain theme. As seen on the poster above, the Overseer is green, Mr. Glass is purple, and The Beast is mustard yellow. This also extends to those associated with the characters; Joseph wears a green jacket, Ms. Price wears a purple sweater, and Casey wears a red, white, and yellow [[note]]The three colors Kevin wears in the opening[[/note]] blazer. Noteworthy that [[spoiler:Dr. Staple is almost always wearing a muted grey in contrast to the more vivid colors associated with the three main characters, hinting at her more significant role opposing them.]]
* ComicBookTime: Hinted at in a conversation between Hedwig and Dr. Staple. Hedwig is supposed to be nine years old, and presumably has been ever since he first manifested in Kevin's body however long ago. Dr. Staple pressures on him the absurdity that he is really nine years old, saying his life experiences has to compound.

--->''[[IKnowYourTrueName Say his name - KEVIN WENDELL CRUMB]]''

* TheDreaded: David's made a name for himself as The Overseer; in the BatmanColdOpen, he breaks into the home of some violent thugs and one mentions in terror "It's you!"

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:At the end, Casey helps The Beast revert back to Kevin through gentleness and compassion. A sniper uses that opportunity to shoot him in the chest while he is no longer NighInvulnerable. The other personalities take over and try to say their LastWords, but Kevin manages to regain control and is determined to hold on to the light until the end.]]
* EvasiveFightThreadEpisode: Put up against each other, neither the Overseer or The Beast are quite able to get the advantage over the other. The Overseer seems to have a more practiced and precise form of fighting, while The Beast is [[TheBerserker a berserker]] who stays ahead primarily through dexterity and speed. [[spoiler:The Beast throws the Overseer into the water tank and tries to drown him, but the Overseer holds him off long enough to punch his way out and they spill out into the lawn. Both are winded, but any attempt to continue is interrupted.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: In ''Split'', the Horde consisted of Dennis, Hedwig, and Patricia, who had evil intentions and helped bring out The Beast, but the other personalities were benign and would try to fight against them whenever possible. In this film, none of the personalities like being locked up and are confrontational with Dr. Staple and the orderlies. Notably, [[ValleyGirl Jade]] is shown trying to make a clever escape (flirting with Pierce and positioning him directly in front of the lights to give her a fighting chance). After meeting with Mr. Glass, Patricia says that ten of the personalities are now in agreement, which only makes the Horde more dangerous.

** When Casey goes to a comic shop to get some comics, the owner of the shop (who's [[CallBack played by the same actor who yelled at Mr. Glass to get out of the comics store in ''Unbreakable'']]), he mentions how superheroes in comics pretty much all started when ComicBook/{{Superman}} picked up a car with his bare hands. [[spoiler:During the climax of the movie, The Beast does the same when dealing with the riot police and with that footage, it leads to the age of supers coming into the public.]]
** A subtle blink and you'll miss it foreshadow. The shot of the water tank outside of the hospital is framed in a strange way where you see part of the parking lot earlier in the film, including a pot hole with a construction guard marking it. [[spoiler:During the final climax, that pot hole, full of water from the tank being popped open, is used to drown David Dunn.]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:In one of the most brutal examples, just as Casey manages to reach out to Kevin and he finally has The Beast and his other personalities under control, a sniper shoots him, and without the invulnerability of The Beast being in control, he dies of blood loss.]]

* IdiotBall: With 24 personalities to do the thinking for The Horde, you would have thought that at least one would have come up with the idea of negating the light flash apparatus by ''shutting his eyes really tight, wrapping some clothing around his eyes, and clamping both hands tightly over his eyes'' — any light bright enough to penetrate two hands, clothing, and eyelids would be bright enough to burn, and he clearly wasn't burned by the light. This would have got him past the line and allowed him to destroy the lights, allowing The Beast to break out of the cell proper.
* IHaveManyNames: News and social media nicknames for David Dunn's superheroic identity are mentioned. For a time they called him the Green Guardian, but now seem to have landed on The Overseer. One that was proposed but didn't get traction, to his relief, was "[[EmbarrassingNickname The Tip-Toe-er]]" (presumably due to how quietly he walks).

* 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]].

* KryptoniteFactor: As established in ''Unbreakable'', the Overseer still needs air to breathe and sinks like a rock in water. With the Horde, bright flashes of light can trigger a random alter to take control, preventing The Beast from keeping the light for long or otherwise allowing the alters to coordinate an escape (which only works at night or in indoor conditions, as existing outdoor light nullifies the effect).

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Mr. Glass's goal is to force the Overseer to fight The Beast in front of the world, showing people the truth about superheroes. [[spoiler:He succeeds.]]

* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Blink it and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:a news report right near the end discussing the leaked video of The Overseer observes there has been a mass break-out of inmates from Raven Hill, raising the implication some of them were supers awakened by witnessing the battle between The Overseer and The Horde]].
* MissionControl: In the time since we last saw him, David started up a business selling and advising on security systems with his son Joseph. Joseph has a computer station in the back where he looks up and tracks potential targets for the Overseer to look into, and the Overseer's poncho has a microphone letting him communicate with Joseph in real time.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Poor David gets smacked with this throughout the movie. In going after The Horde and saving the girls he had abducted, he ends up getting taken to a psychiatric hospital. Then, when he breaks out to stop Glass and The Horde from destroying Osaka Tower, he ends up being cold-bloodedly murdered by fake SWAT members]].

** Joseph and Mr. Glass both have this expression when they find out that [[spoiler:Kevin's dad died in the same train accident that David was in]], at separate occasions. For the latter, he even drops the documents that he was reading.

* PlausibleDeniability: One key facet of the setting is that the actual superpowers can be explained away as CharlesAtlasSuperpower, HyperAwareness, or otherwise some form of mundane answer. Dr. Staple is able to make both Kevin and the Horde briefly doubt themselves, while Mr. Glass later asserts that you can always just "explain away" their gifts, but that doesn't mean it isn't true. [[spoiler:Dr. Staple turns out to belong to an AncientConspiracy whose goal is to eliminate the truth of superhumans from the public, as their escalating conflicts have proven to be not worth it.]]

* PrecursorHero / PredecessorVillain: The ending of the film shows that [[spoiler:The Overseer and The Horde (and possibly Mr. Glass) will end up as the precursor hero and predecessor villain to a new generation of supers that will rise in their wake]].

* SerialKiller: The Horde targets sheltered, "impure," girls as literal sacrifices to The Beast, with the same pattern established in ''Split''. It's implied they've done it a couple of times since those events, while also showing them targeting some random homeless people in a tunnel.

* SplitPersonality: Kevin Wendell Crumb has 24 different personalities, as established in ''Split''.
* StealthSequel: Averted. This movie makes it clear that it's a sequel to both ''Unbreakable'' and ''Split'', which is amusing considering that the second TwistEnding to ''Split'' is TheReveal that it takes place in the same universe as ''Unbreakable''. (After the reveal of the super-powered alter-ego "The Beast".)

* TailorMadePrison: The Overseer and The Horde are placed in rooms designed to counter their abilities. The Overseer's room is outfitted with high-pressure water hoses designed to subdue him. The Horde's room is outfitted with bright lights that can trigger a different personality, preventing them from using The Beast's strength to escape.

* VigilanteMan: David Dunn has become this in the 19 years since ''Unbreakable'', sticking mostly to low-level criminals. The press eventually settle on calling him "The Overseer".

* WalkingShirtlessScene: The different alters of The Horde try to change clothing appropriate to their personality; the Beast typically removes his shirt.

** Dr. Staple decides to check on the [[spoiler:Raven Hill Memorial security cameras, after having wiped the footage of the AncientConspiracy killing Kevin and David]]. This is followed by her piecing together Mr. Glass' [[spoiler:[[XanatosGambit real plan]]]]:

** In conjunction with the WhamLine example above, [[spoiler:after we see Kevin's father sitting on the left of a train, a [[TheOner oner]] shifts the focus to one particular passenger sitting rows ahead on the right: [[Film/{{Unbreakable}} David Dunn, 19 years ago]]. [[ArcWelding This reveals that both David Dunn and Kevin's father were on Eastrail 177, which derailed and killed everyone but David]]]].

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Both Mr. Glass and the Beast have done horrible things, but the movie underlines a sincere tragedy to the trauma they've endured. At one point, even The Beast looks about ready to cry after fighting the Overseer and realizing he isn't the strongest and toughest, as his entire purpose was to protect Kevin and all the alters.

* WorthyOpponent: After their first encounter, both the Overseer and The Beast recognize each other as particularly strong opponents. One of the reason Mr. Glass sends The Beast after the Overseer is to give the Overseer a fight worthy of a superhero [[SuperStrength of his]] [[SuperToughness caliber]] [[spoiler:so that he can release the video evidence of their existence to the world, proving his life-long convictions to humanity]].

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Both the Overseer and The Beast primarily use grapple moves, taking advantage of their invulnerability and strength. The Overseer leans more towards arm locks and throwing people into walls, while the Beast prefers latching on and trying to crush his opponent.

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr. Glass's stated plan was to cause an explosion at the opening ceremony of a high rise tower to attract attention and let the Overseer and The Horde fight in public. He seemingly didn't account for the extra cameras around the hospital to catch the breakout. He, the Horde, and the Overseer aren't able to make it past the front lawn and are killed by Dr. Staple's henchmen to make sure no one learns the truth of what they are able to do, with her erasing all camera footage of the event. She then realizes that Mr. Glass set her up to '''think''' that she foiled his plans, and realises he never intended to reach the tower, and instead the footage from ''her own'' extra security cameras was secretly streamed to a private server, which is then leaked to the press by Joseph, Casey, and Mr. Glass's mother.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Dr. Staple leads the police to David and Kevin, has them stunned unconscious and dragged off to an insane asylum under her care with absolutely no trial or lawyers or any due process, and not even David's son (who, granted, might be worried about being labeled an accomplice) seeks any legal recourse other than going to the doctor and pleading her to let his dad go. [[spoiler:Granted, the existence of the Shamrock conspiracy might help explain this, as any judges or lawyers might be in on it, but given that David is a local celebrity and nobody seems to even think about the plainly criminal lengths Staple went to capture and detain him, it still fits this trope.]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like in ''Unbreakable'', all three main characters have a distinctive color they're associated with, to continue the superhero and supervillain theme. As seen on the poster above, the Overseer is green, Mr. Glass is purple, and The Beast is mustard yellow. This also extends to those associated with the characters; Joseph wears a green jacket, Ms. Price wears a purple sweater, and Casey wears a red, white, and yellow [[note]]The three colors Kevin wears in the opening[[/note]] blazer. Noteworthy that [[spoiler:Doctor Staple is almost always wearing a muted grey in contrast to the more vivid colors associated with the three main characters, hinting at her more significant role opposing them.]]

* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:On a rewatch, it becomes clear that that's what Ellie Staple is doing whenever she takes the time to list the ways that each prisoner's cell is designed to contain them.]]

** Similar to the above, [[spoiler:Staple never takes the easy way out and simply ''asks'' them to demonstrate their powers]].

* KarmaHoudini: SubvertedTrope. [[spoiler:While Dr. Staple and her partners seem to get away with full-blown murder (especially in the Overseer’s case), Mr. Glass managed to outsmart Staple and her organization, leaking the battle between the Beast and the Overseer, both toppling their whole conspiracy and presumably leading to a thorough investigation into their cover-ups and the murders that they have been committing.]]

** [[spoiler:The Overseer has a good 20 years on Ellie Staple, the true villain of the story.]]

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

''Glass'' is a superhero horror-thriller film. It is the crossover sequel to both 2000's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and 2017's ''Film/{{Split}}'', directed like them by Creator/MNightShyamalan, and stars Creator/BruceWillis as David Dunn/The Overseer, Creator/SamuelLJackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, Creator/JamesMcAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy as Casey Cooke, Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price and Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Ellie Staple. It was released on January 18, 2019.

Following the events of ''Film/{{Split}}'', David Dunn (now known as the Overseer), Elijah Price (now known as Mr. Glass), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (now known as the Horde), end up brought together in a psychiatric institution, where they are questioned by Dr. Staple over their belief in their apparent "superpowers."

** Not counting flashbacks, the entire trilogy began when David was taking a train back to Philadelphia, with the resulting crash secretly awakening a superhero [[spoiler:and a supervillain]]. This film ends with [[spoiler:Casey, Joseph, and Mrs. Price sitting in the Philadelphia train station and being responsible for superheroes being known to the general public. As this happens, the sound of a train stopping can be heard, symbolising a chapter closing on the Overseer, the Horde, and Mr. Glass, and a new one opening for those who are inspired by their actions]].

* BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Joseph, Casey, and Mrs. Price complete Mr. Glass's plan and blow the {{Masquerade}} wide open by broadcasting multiple recordings of the battle at the mental hospital.]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Like in ''Unbreakable'', all three main characters have a distinctive color they're associated with, to continue the superhero and supervillain theme. As seen on the poster above, the Overseer is green, Mr. Glass is purple, and The Beast is mustard yellow. This also extends to those associated with the characters; Joseph wears a green jacket, Mrs. Price wears a purple sweater, and Casey wears a red, white, and yellow [[note]]The three colors Kevin wears in the opening[[/note]] blazer. Noteworthy that [[spoiler:Doctor Staple is almost always wearing a muted grey in contrast to the more vivid colors associated with the three main characters, hinting at her more significant role opposing them.]]

* NewEraSpeech: [[spoiler:In Mr. Glass' emails sent to Joseph, Casey, and Mrs. Price, not only are there recordings of the Beast and the Overseer, there is a message from Mr. Glass.]]

* RuleOfThree: Noticeably in the dynamic of the three hero/villain characters — the Overseer, Mr. Glass, the Horde - and in the three supporting loved ones/allies — Joseph, Mrs. Price, Casey. [[spoiler:It is also symbolized by the three-leaf clover mark of the AncientConspiracy, reflecting the common clover representing people trying to stop superhumans from ever going public.]]

** In a DeletedScene taken from ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and used for this movie during Mr. Glass' [[spoiler:self-sabotaged laser surgery]], Elijah tries a carnival ride as a kid. Because of his brittle bone disease, he decides to put a big stuffed teddy and lion on each side of his seat, to cushion him. However, as the ride gets faster, the stuffed animals fall off and he is flung onto his left shoulder, breaking that first. More collisions occur afterwards, breaking more of his bones. They actually tell us [[spoiler:how Mr. Glass dies. Firstly, Joseph informs the Beast that Kevin's father died in the same Eastrail 177 train disaster that Mr. Glass orchestrated to find super-powered beings. Like the stuffed lion lost in that carnival ride, Mr. Glass loses the Beast's trust in him in one fell swoop. As retaliation, the Beast crushes Mr. Glass' left shoulder with his hand, referencing the first aforementioned carnival ride injury. And then, to continue his fight with the Overseer, the Beast shoves Mr. Glass back hard, rupturing Mr. Glass' organs. Finally, Mr. Glass tries to get off his wheelchair, but falls and breaks more bones in the process, sealing his fate]].

** [[spoiler:After Dr. Staple finds out about Mr. Glass' visit to the Horde and immediately orders laser surgery on the former's brain, it appears that the surgical laser was successful. But when a still-sane Mr. Glass [[SlashedThroat slices a mental health worker in the neck with a shard of glass]], it's revealed that he wanted to be seen in the surveillance cameras, and removed a major component in the laser machine beforehand to avoid losing his mind]].

** Dr. Staple decides to check on the [[spoiler:Raven Hill Memorial security cameras, after having wiped the footage of the AncientConspiracy killing Kevin and David]]. This is followed by her piecing together Elijah's [[spoiler:[[XanatosGambit real plan]]]]:

'''Dr. Staple:''' [[spoiler:[Elijah] went through the basement tunnels to be seen by as many cameras as possible. That's why he didn't go out the side entrance. He was never planning on going to that building. This was a suicide mission.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Dr. Staple, in an attempt to convince David, Kevin, and Elijah that they couldn't possibly have superpowers, asks them why there's only three of them in the whole world. This is devastating enough that even the Overseer and the Horde start to doubt their powers. [[spoiler:The answer: because the AncientConspiracy kills them all.]]

** The endings of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and this film involved David [[spoiler:shaking hands with a hidden villain and learning about their past crimes. Before, it was with Elijah, and the shock caused him to call the authorities and arrest that man. Now, he finds out that Dr. Staple is part of a group that kills off super-powered beings, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim but he fatally ends up at the mercy of his water weakness]] to do anything that can stop her misdeeds]].

** In a DeletedScene taken from ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and used for this movie during Elijah's [[spoiler:self-sabotaged laser surgery]], Elijah tries a carnival ride as a kid. Because of his brittle bone disease, he decides to put a big stuffed teddy and lion on each side of his seat, to cushion him. However, as the ride gets faster, the stuffed animals fall off and he is flung onto his left shoulder, breaking that first. More collisions occur afterwards, breaking more of his bones. They actually tell us [[spoiler:how Elijah dies. Firstly, Joseph informs the Beast that Kevin's father died in the same Eastrail 177 train disaster that Elijah orchestrated to find super-powered beings. Like the stuffed lion lost in that carnival ride, Elijah loses the Beast's trust in him in one fell swoop. As retaliation, the Beast crushes Elijah's left shoulder with his hand, referencing the first aforementioned carnival ride injury. And then, to continue his fight with the Overseer, the Beast shoves Elijah back hard, rupturing Elijah's organs. Finally, Elijah tries to get off his wheelchair, but falls and breaks more bones in the process, sealing his fate]].

* NewEraSpeech: [[spoiler:In Elijah's emails sent to Joseph, Casey, and Mrs. Price, not only are there recordings of the Beast and the Overseer, there is a message from Elijah]].

** Joseph and Elijah both have this expression when they find out that [[spoiler:Kevin's dad died in the same train accident that David was in]], at separate occasions. For the latter, he even drops the documents that he was reading.
** Elijah has another one when [[spoiler:the Beast turns towards him in utter rage, angry that the former unintentionally killed the latter's father and caused Kevin to suffer his mother's abuse]].

** [[spoiler:After Dr. Staple finds out about Elijah's visit to Kevin and immediately orders laser surgery on the former's brain, it appears that the process was successful. But when a still-sane Elijah [[SlashedThroat slices a mental health worker in the neck with a shard of glass]], it's revealed that he wanted to be seen in the surveillance cameras, and removed a major component in the laser machine beforehand to avoid losing his mind]].

* ActorAllusion:
** A terrorist attack is threatened against a Japanese-named office block and it appears that Bruce Willis' character will need to save the day.
** Bruce Willis' character sees his wife but can't talk to her, because one of them is dead.