History Film / SelfLess

** Albright's [[spoiler: decision to send Anton after Damien to St. Louis to confront him and try to kill Mark Bitwell's family falls into this. For a quarter of a billion dollars, Albright could've spared some time to visit Damien in person and at least try to come up with some kind of agreement with Damien and Madeline. Jumping straight to burning down the Bitwell farm and murdering Mark's family without any negotiation on Albright's part ultimately led to his downfall.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: Albright considering that he shed himself into his assistant's body and that when push came to shove, he'd kill his own well-paying clients in order to protect his operations and continue his work.]]

** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damien Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game a chicken with [[spoiler: Damien]] without wearing his seatbelt?

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: What Albright does when a body gets too damaged or if you donate your body for Shedding. Or if you're a client who knows too much and refuses to play along. Or if you're an innocent third party associated with said client.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game a chicken with [[spoiler: Damien]] without his seatbelt?

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: For obvious reasons, neither Mark nor Damien ever meet. The only contact either have with each other are through videos. For Damien, it was Anna's birthday video. For Mark, it was Damien's final message to him. At the end of both videos, both characters look straight at the camera; almost as if they were looking the viewer right in the eye.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damien and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone, he probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damien's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: What Albright does when a body gets too damaged or if you donate your body for Shedding. Or if you're a client who knows too much and refuses to play along.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: {{Invoked}}; when [[spoiler:confronted by Damien at the end of the movie]], Albright argues that since he is the only one who knows the formula to prepare the medicine [[spoiler:that prevents Mark's personality from coming back and erasing Damien's]], killing him isn't an option. [[spoiler:Damien [[ShutUpHannibal answers by revealing him he already knew the formula thanks to Martin]] before killing him.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damien and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone, he'd probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damien's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]

** [[spoiler: Martin too. He didn't like the idea of Albright having power over him and his family as well as the fear of running out of pills so he has the them reverse-engineered.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: {{Invoked}}; when [[spoiler:confronted by Damien at the end of the movie]], Albright argues that since he is the only one who knows the formula to prepare the medicine [[spoiler:that prevents Mark's personality from coming back and erasing Damien's]], killing him isn't an option. [[spoiler:Damien [[ShutUpHannibal answers by revealing him he already found the formula of his own]] before killing him.]]

* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Damien.]] He leaves behind information and documents that help him later on and he insists on paying Albright only after the procedure is successfully performed. [[spoiler: Even after Albright captured him and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he had already swallowed a shell casing to disrupt the process.]] "I never do anything without insurance."

* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Damien.]] He leaves behind information and documents that help him later on and he insists on paying Albright only after the procedure is successfully performed. [[spoiler: Even after Albright captured him and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he had already swallowed a shell casing to disrupt the process.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Albright shedded Martin's son into another child's body. He was also planning to harvest Anna's organs.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Martin when he realizes what it cost to save his son.
Also, he was the one who gave Damien the business card setting the story in motion.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Martin when he realizes what it cost to save his son.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Damien, a ruthless Billionaire tycoon, is this in spades when he finds out the truth. He protects Mark Bitwell's family, teaches Anna how to swim, rescues them, provides them with enough money to live in the Caribbean and dies so that Mark could come back. He also leaves a letter for his estranged daughter to provide her with closure.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Damien, a ruthless Billionaire tycoon, is this in spades when he finds out the truth. He protects Mark Bitwell's family, teaches Anna how to swim, rescues them, provides them with enough money to live in the Carribean and dies so that Mark could come back. He also leaves a letter for his estranged daughter to provide her with closure.]]

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Damien ended up estranged from his daughter Claire when he wasn't present in her life as she grew up. He does try to reconcile, but she's more than a little put off by him trying to bond with her by offering her money. [[spoiler:Her reaction to the letter he leaves her at the end of the movie shows that he at least was able to let her know that he loved her.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damien and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone, he'd probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damien's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]

* IdiotBall: After spending most of the movie on the run from bad guys trying to capture them, [[spoiler:Madeline thinks it's a great idea to run ahead from the guy helping her escape and flag down the only car on the highway at night. While she ''knows'' that the bad guys are on their heels and there's no guarantee that Damien's attempt at leading them away will work. It probably goes without saying that she and Anna both get kidnapped.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Albright, who considers shedding to be worth its incredibly unethical nature, since it means ensuring that influential and important people are able to live longer and contribute to the world.]][[spoier: Averted somewhat given his clientele includes the very rich and the people who donate their bodies are anything but.]]