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* BludgeonedToDeath: The killer initially tries to strangle Leo to death with a wire. When Leo manages to break free and try to escape, the killer makes do by smashing his head in with a fire extinguisher.
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* TheAlcoholic: Inspector Stoppard regularly shows up late and drunk.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Leo catches Woolf with his mistress at the nightclub, and then makes a blackmail threat. He then eats the olive in Woolf's cocktail.
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* UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist: Köpernick is said to be working ItWillNeverCatchOn: Petula blows past the clause in the UK because he contract about how a movie can't be made until after the theatrical production of ''The Mousetrap'' closes, saying that the play is blacklisted in Hollywood a whodunit and that once people know whodunit, "Audiences are bound to drop off." ''The Mousetrap'' famously never did close, except for when all theatrical productions were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A lot of this, as the film affectionately parodies murder mystery conventions and Agatha Christie tropes while also following them. In the opening, Leo in his narration grouses about how whodunits have to have an "interminable prologue" where all the characters are introduced, before the most unsympathetic one is murdered, while of course that is exactly what is happening onscreen as all the characters are being introduced before Leo himself is killed.
** Mervyn sarcastically notes how flashbacks in murder mysteries are acommunist.cliche, before the film immediately cuts to a flashback. He then snarks "What's next, a caption that says 'Three Weeks Later'?", before just such a caption cuts to the next part of the flashback.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A lot of this, as the film affectionately parodies murder mystery conventions and Agatha Christie tropes while also following them. In the opening, Leo in his narration grouses about how whodunits have to have an "interminable prologue" where all the characters are introduced, before the most unsympathetic one is murdered, while of course that is exactly what is happening onscreen as all the characters are being introduced before Leo himself is killed.
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* TruthInTelevision: The film mentions a clause in Christie's contract that no film version of ''The Mousetrap'' can be made until six months after it concludes its theatrical run. This is true, which is why no adaptation has been made in the 70 years the play has been running. Indeed, this film may be as close we ever get.
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* SummationGathering: DiscussedTrope, as characters talk about how the summation gathering (a trope invented by Agatha Christie, as it happens) is a cliche. Then of course in the film the characters are invited to just such a gathering, although the trope is subverted when the murderer reveals themselves rather than being revealed by the detective.
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* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: What is Christie's first reaction when she realizes her husband and her play's cast is being held hostage? Go into her [[CrazyPrepared poison cabinet]] and grab some arsenic to put in the killer's tea. And in [[spoiler:the climactic shootout scene, she finishes the killer off with a TapToTheHead]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Leo Köpernick's opening narration assumes that he is in a story about the drama of adapting a boring British "whodunit" into an exciting Hollywood movie. He does not realize until it is too late that he is actually in a British "whodunit" story and his actions have put him firmly into the role of the murder victim.
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* TruthInTelevision: The film mentions a clause in Christie's contract that no film version of ''The Mousetrap'' can be made until six months after it concludes its theatrical run. This is true, which is why no adaptation has been made in the 70 years the play has been running. Indeed, this film may be as close we ever get.
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* AssholeVictim: Leo Köpernick is a sleazy womanizer who sexually harasses Sheila Sim (one of the stars of ''The Mousetrap'') so no one feels sorry for him when he is murdered.
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** At the end, Stoppard is awarded the King's Police and Fire Services Medal; however, the award was no longer given to living recipients after 1950, and in 1952 would have been the Queen's Police and Fire Services Medal to reflect the recent ascension of the late Queen; given that Köpernick is narrating, however, it could easily be a mistake on his part.
* AssholeVictim: Leo Köpernick is a sleazy womanizer who sexually harasses Sheila Sim (one of the stars of ''TheMousetrap'') Mousetrap''), so no one feels sorry for him when he is murdered.murdered. When he appears in a dream Stoppard has, he isn't surprised to learn that nobody misses him.
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: What is Christie's first reaction when she realizes her husband and her play's cast is being held hostage? Go into her [[CrazyPrepared poison cabinet]] and grab some arsenic to put in the killer's tea. And in [[spoiler:the climactic shootout scene, she finishes the killer off with a TapToTheHead]].
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** The film makes use of the fact that ''The Mousetrap'' was inspired by a real life case but takes several liberties with the truth in order to tell the story. [[spoiler:The O'Neill family's name is changed to Corrigan to match the characters in the play and there is no evidence that the surviving brother ever plotted revenge on Agatha Christie or anyone involved with the play.]]
** At the end, Stoppard is awarded the King's Police and Fire Services Medal; however, the award was no longer given to living recipients after 1950, and in 1952 would have been the Queen's Police and Fire Services Medal to reflect the recent ascension of the late Queen; given that Köpernick is narrating, however, it could easily be a mistake on his part.
* AssholeVictim: Leo Köpernick is a sleazy womanizer who sexually harasses Sheila Sim (one of the stars of ''The
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: What is Christie's first reaction when she realizes her husband and her play's cast is being held hostage? Go into her [[CrazyPrepared poison cabinet]] and grab some arsenic to put in the killer's tea. And in [[spoiler:the climactic shootout scene, she finishes the killer off with a TapToTheHead]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, Köpernick comes up with an action-packed shootout ending for ''The Mousetrap'', believing it needs more drama. Similarly, Mervyn, the screenwriter, [[AdaptationExpansion only wants to use the script as a springboard for a larger story of his own devising]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Köpernick creates some storyboard art of how he envisions the climax of his version of ''The Mousetrap''. [[spoiler:The climax of this film plays out in the exact same way. Two characters lampshade it, expressing gratitude that Mervyn, the screenwriter who disapproved of Köpernick's ending, was not there to see it happen.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Köpernick creates some storyboard art of how he envisions the climax of his version of ''The Mousetrap''. [[spoiler:The climax of this film plays out in the exact same way. Two characters lampshade it, expressing gratitude that Mervyn, the screenwriter who disapproved of Köpernick's ending, was not there to see it happen.]]
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** Fellowes, Christie and Mallowan's butler, is named after Creator/JulianFellowes, the screenwriter of the Christie-esque ''Film/GosfordPark''. His appearance is also heavily inspired by Hercule Poirot.
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** Mervyn Cocker-Norris, the screenwriter adapting ''The Mousetrap'', lives in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_Court Florin Court]], a building known to fans of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' as Whitehaven Mansions, Poirot's residence.
** Mervyn Cocker-Norris, the screenwriter adapting ''The Mousetrap'', lives in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_Court Florin Court]], a building known to fans of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' as Whitehaven Mansions, Poirot's residence.
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''See How They Run'' is a comedic murder mystery released in 2022. Set in 1953 London, the film chronicles a (heavily fictionalized) version of the 100th performance of Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Theatre/TheMousetrap''. American director Leo Köpernick (Creator/AdrienBrody) plans to direct a film version of the play but he is murdered before he can do so. It is up to Inspector Stoppard (Creator/SamRockwell) and his partner Constable Stalker (Creator/SaoirseRonan) to catch the killer before anyone else turns up dead.
In case you were wondering, the film does ''not'' give away the famous twist ending of ''The Mousetrap''.
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* AssholeVictim: Leo Köpernick is a sleazy womanizer who sexually harasses Sheila Sim (one of the stars of ''The Mousetrap'') so no one feels sorry for him when he is murdered.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:The film ends with Stoppard addressing the audience as "co-conspirators" and requesting they not spoil the ending. This echoes the warning given to audience members of ''The Mousetrap'' at the conclusion of each performance.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:No one suspected Dennis, a seemingly harmless usher, of being the killer.]]
* ShoutOut: Inspector Stoppard is named after Creator/TomStoppard who wrote ''The Real Inspector Hound'', a parody of Agatha Christie mysteries.
* SuspectIsHatless: Dennis the usher gives Stoppard a frustratingly vague description of a man he saw lurking backstage at the time of the murder. [[spoiler:It turns out Dennis is the murderer and was intentionally being unhelpful.]]
* TruthInTelevision: The film mentions a clause in Christie's contract that no film version of ''The Mousetrap'' can be made until six months after it concludes its theatrical run. This is true, which is why no adaptation has been made in the 70 years the play has been running. Indeed, this film may be as close we ever get.
''See How They Run'' is a comedic murder mystery released in 2022. Set in 1953 London, the film chronicles a (heavily fictionalized) version of the 100th performance of Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Theatre/TheMousetrap''. American director Leo Köpernick (Creator/AdrienBrody) plans to direct a film version of the play but he is murdered before he can do so. It is up to Inspector Stoppard (Creator/SamRockwell) and his partner Constable Stalker (Creator/SaoirseRonan) to catch the killer before anyone else turns up dead.
In case you were wondering, the film does ''not'' give away the famous twist ending of ''The Mousetrap''.
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* AssholeVictim: Leo Köpernick is a sleazy womanizer who sexually harasses Sheila Sim (one of the stars of ''The Mousetrap'') so no one feels sorry for him when he is murdered.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:The film ends with Stoppard addressing the audience as "co-conspirators" and requesting they not spoil the ending. This echoes the warning given to audience members of ''The Mousetrap'' at the conclusion of each performance.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:No one suspected Dennis, a seemingly harmless usher, of being the killer.]]
* ShoutOut: Inspector Stoppard is named after Creator/TomStoppard who wrote ''The Real Inspector Hound'', a parody of Agatha Christie mysteries.
* SuspectIsHatless: Dennis the usher gives Stoppard a frustratingly vague description of a man he saw lurking backstage at the time of the murder. [[spoiler:It turns out Dennis is the murderer and was intentionally being unhelpful.]]
* TruthInTelevision: The film mentions a clause in Christie's contract that no film version of ''The Mousetrap'' can be made until six months after it concludes its theatrical run. This is true, which is why no adaptation has been made in the 70 years the play has been running. Indeed, this film may be as close we ever get.
