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* TransferableMemory: Albright approaches dying billionaire Damian with the offer of a procedure that will transfer his mind into an artificially grown younger body. [[spoiler: However it’s turns out the body wasn’t artificial and it belonged to a real person with his own life and family.]]
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* IllGirl: Anna, in her backstory. She got better thanks to [[spoiler:her father selling his body to pay for her medical treatments.]]
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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BenKingsley. TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Damian Hale (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damian finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damian agrees.

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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/BenKingsley, Creator/NatalieMartinez and Creator/BenKingsley.Creator/MatthewGoode. TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Damian Hale (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damian finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damian agrees.
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* AdultFear:
** Madeline's daughter is deathly ill, her husband dies, [[spoiler:and then he seems to show up alive, but with a completely different personality. This is when she has to grab her daughter and go on the run, spending a lot of her time terrified that they'll be kidnapped or killed.]] There's also the part at the end where [[spoiler:Damian, who she's grown to trust, coldly walks into a room she and her daughter are locked in and begins shooting people. He turns out to be saving her, but she understandably is terrified for their lives.]]
** Martin's son died two years before the start of the movie. [[spoiler:He used shedding to save the boy's life, but then realizes that it was at the cost of ''killing another child''.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:It turns out that Damian and Mark have much in common.]]

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

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



* ChekhovsGun: The flame-spewing gun [[spoiler:used to shoot through the glass divider and kill Albright.]]
* ConvulsiveSeizures: A side effect of shedding, if the medication isn't taken. [[spoiler:It actually is the original personality of the body trying to reassert itself.]]

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* ConvulsiveSeizures: A Convulsive seizures are a side effect of shedding, if the medication isn't taken. [[spoiler:It actually is the original personality of the body trying to reassert itself.]]



* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Anton, who actually is working for Albright. {{Subverted}} with Martin.]]

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The main reason why Albright pursues Damian, Madeline and Anna.]]

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** Damian [[spoiler:at first.]]
** [[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.]]

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** %%** Damian [[spoiler:at first.]]
** [[spoiler:Albright Albright considering that he shed [[spoiler: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.]]



* KillHimAlready: [[spoiler:Anton]] jumps to this when Damian refuses to cooperate.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Damian eventually kills Albright.]]

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Albright's remaining goons are quick to do this after Damian burns Albright alive.]]

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* TokenBlackFriend: Anton, who Damian meets in New Orleans. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Damian discovers that Anton works for Albright, at which point Anton snaps and just starts trying to kill Damian. Also, it's later revealed that Anton originally was from a Russian prison. He just happened to have been shed into a black body when he's introduced.]]

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* GrandTheftMe: The core of the story is the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil reveal]] that {{Empty|Shell}} MeatPuppets don't exist yet.
* GuileHero: [[spoiler: Damian]] is this by successfully fooling everyone into thinking that he's [[spoiler: Anton.]]
* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch:]][[spoiler: The main reason why Albright pursues Damian, Madeline and Anna.]]

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* GrandTheftMe: The core of the story is the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil reveal]] that {{Empty|Shell}} MeatPuppets {{Meat Puppet}}s don't exist yet.
* %%* GuileHero: [[spoiler: Damian]] [[spoiler:Damian]] is this by successfully fooling everyone into thinking that he's [[spoiler: Anton.[[spoiler:Anton.]]
* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch:]][[spoiler: The HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The main reason why Albright pursues Damian, Madeline and Anna.]]



** Albright's [[spoiler: decision to send Anton to St. Louis to confront Damian 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 Damian in person and at least try to come up with some kind of agreement with Damian 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.]]

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** Albright's [[spoiler: decision [[spoiler:decision to send Anton to St. Louis to confront Damian 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 Damian in person and at least try to come up with some kind of agreement with Damian 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.]]



* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Subverted. Every time Damian Googles something, the related search options are always shown. When he searches for "shedding", he has to specify that it's "shedding medical". When he Googles the visions he has during his seizures, it takes a few attempts to refine the search to what he wants. [[spoiler:When he searches for information on the medicine he takes for the seizures, searching for "shedding medication" just gets him information on shedding for animals.]]



** Damian [[spoiler: at first.]]
** [[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.]]

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** Damian [[spoiler: at [[spoiler:at first.]]
** [[spoiler: Albright [[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.]]
* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Subverted. Every time Damian Googles something, the related search options are always shown. When he searches for "shedding", he has to specify that it's "shedding medical". When he Googles the visions he has during his seizures, it takes a few attempts to refine the search to what he wants. [[spoiler:When he searches for information on the medicine he takes for the seizures, searching for "shedding medication" just gets him information on shedding for animals.
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* LimbSensationFascination: When [[spoiler:Mark comes back at the end of the movie]], he stares at his hands and feels his face.



* LimbSensationFascination: When [[spoiler:Mark comes back at the end of the movie]], he stares at his hands and feels his face.



** [[spoiler: Damian when he realizes that his body belonged to someone else.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin when he realizes what it cost to save his son.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damian Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damian did for him. Damian points out that he could have said no.]]

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** [[spoiler: Damian [[spoiler:Damian when he realizes that his body belonged to someone else.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin [[spoiler:Martin when he realizes what it cost to save his son.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin [[spoiler:Martin was the one who gave Damian Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damian did for him. Damian points out that he could have said no.]]



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damian and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone or even tried to negotiate with them, he probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damian's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that Damian and Mark have much in common.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Albright when he realizes that he's not suffering from a seizure.]][[spoiler: Instead, Damian is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.]]
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damian]][[spoiler: and Mark,]] if his shooting at [[spoiler: Albright]] after stating that he planned to make use of [[spoiler: Anna's organs]] is any indication.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's [[spoiler:Albright's decision to pursue Damian and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone or even tried to negotiate with them, he probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damian's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that Damian and Mark have much in common.
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Albright when he realizes NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:It turns out that he's not suffering from a seizure.]][[spoiler: Instead, Damian is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.and Mark have much in common.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Albright when he realizes that he's not suffering from a seizure. Instead, Damian is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.]]
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damian]][[spoiler: [[spoiler:Damian and Mark,]] if his shooting at [[spoiler: Albright]] [[spoiler:Albright]] after stating that he planned to make use of [[spoiler: Anna's [[spoiler:Anna's organs]] is any indication.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Albright's remaining goons are quick to do this after Damian burns Albright alive.]]

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Albright's [[spoiler:Albright's remaining goons are quick to do this after Damian burns Albright alive.]]



* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game of chicken with [[spoiler: Damian]] without wearing his seatbelt?
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Anton has gotten burned alive, shot, and had his legs crushed. And that was on top of whatever horrific injuries he suffered in prison.]][[spoiler: As he's Albright's main enforcer, he deserved every moment of it.]]
* UndyingLoyalty:
** [[spoiler: Anton is this to Albright, who keeps shedding him into new bodies when his previous one gets too badly injured. It is a negative example as Albright knows that Anton is increasingly loyal and grateful every time this happens and uses that to his advantage.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin is this to Damian. He is the one who sent him to Albright in order to give him a second chance at life and later helps him save Madeline and Anna. Apart from alerting Albright when Damian turns up at his house, he remains a true friend to him through all of it.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.[[spoiler:Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game of chicken with [[spoiler: Damian]] [[spoiler:Damian]] without wearing his seatbelt?
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Anton has gotten burned alive, shot, and had his legs crushed. And that was on top of whatever horrific injuries he suffered in prison.]][[spoiler: As he's Albright's main enforcer, he deserved every moment of it.]]
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** [[spoiler: Anton [[spoiler:Anton is this to Albright, who keeps shedding him into new bodies when his previous one gets too badly injured. It is a negative example as Albright knows that Anton is increasingly loyal and grateful every time this happens and uses that to his advantage.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin [[spoiler:Martin is this to Damian. He is the one who sent him to Albright in order to give him a second chance at life and later helps him save Madeline and Anna. Apart from alerting Albright when Damian turns up at his house, he remains a true friend to him through all of it.]]



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Caribbean. He could've even dismissed his flashbacks and taken Albright at his word and avoided the entire conflict. Instead, he searches for the truth and eventually selflessly stops taking the meds, letting himself die so Mark can come back.]]

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian [[spoiler:Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Caribbean. He could've even dismissed his flashbacks and taken Albright at his word and avoided the entire conflict. Instead, he searches for the truth and eventually selflessly stops taking the meds, letting himself die so Mark can come back.]]



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Albright shedded Martin's son into another child's body. He was also planning to harvest Anna's organs.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: When Albright's men subdue Damian and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he managed to swallow a bullet (metal disrupts the shedding process) and successfully fooled everyone into thinking he was Anton. Even Albright was impressed.]]
* 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 who knows too much.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Albright [[spoiler:Albright shedded Martin's son into another child's body. He was also planning to harvest Anna's organs.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When Albright's men subdue Damian and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he managed to swallow a bullet (metal disrupts the shedding process) and successfully fooled everyone into thinking he was Anton. Even Albright was impressed.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: What [[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 who knows too much.]]]]
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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BenKingsley. TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, Damian Hale (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damian finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damian agrees.

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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BenKingsley. TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Damian Hale (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damian finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damian agrees.






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* BlackBestFriend: Anton, who Damian meets in New Orleans. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Damian discovers that Anton works for Albright, at which point Anton snaps and just starts trying to kill Damian. Also, it's later revealed that Anton originally was from a Russian prison. He just happened to have been shed into a black body when he's introduced.]]


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* TokenBlackFriend: Anton, who Damian meets in New Orleans. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Damian discovers that Anton works for Albright, at which point Anton snaps and just starts trying to kill Damian. Also, it's later revealed that Anton originally was from a Russian prison. He just happened to have been shed into a black body when he's introduced.]]
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* NecessaryEvil: How [[spoiler:Albright]] seems to view [[spoiler:killing people so their bodies can be used for shedding]].

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Caribbean. He could've even dismissed his flashbacks and taken Albright at his word and avoided the entire conflict. Instead, he searches for the truth and eventually selflessly stops taking the meds, letting himself die so Mark can come back.]]



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Caribbean. Instead, he selflessly stops taking the meds, lettimg himself die so Mark can come back.]]
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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: When Albright's men subdue him and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he managed to swallow a bullet (metal disrupts the shedding process) and successfully fooled everyone into thinking he was Anton. Even Albright was impressed.]]

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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: When Albright's men subdue him Damian and tried to shed Anton into Mark's body, he managed to swallow a bullet (metal disrupts the shedding process) and successfully fooled everyone into thinking he was Anton. Even Albright was impressed.]]

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** [[spoiler: Damian.]] 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."

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** [[spoiler: Damian.]] 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."


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Carribean. Instead, he selflessly stops taking the meds, lettimg himself die so Mark can come back.]]

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Damian could just as easily continue taking the meds and continue living, even joining Maddie and Anna in the Carribean.Caribbean. Instead, he selflessly stops taking the meds, lettimg himself die so Mark can come back.]]
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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damian.]][[spoiler: And Mark.]]

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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damian.]][[spoiler: And Mark.]]Damian]][[spoiler: and Mark,]] if his shooting at [[spoiler: Albright]] after stating that he planned to make use of [[spoiler: Anna's organs]] is any indication.
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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BenKingsley. TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, Damien (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damien finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damien agrees.

Unfortunately, the new body comes with a lot of hallucinations of locations and people. Albright, the head of the shedding process, assures Damien that this is normal and gives him medication to help with it. Damien is convinced there's more to the hallucinations than that. Cue the discovery of a dark secret behind the process of shedding...

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''Self/Less'' is a 2015 film directed by [[Film/TheCell Tarsem]] [[Film/{{Immortals}} Singh]] and starring Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BenKingsley. TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, Damien Damian Hale (Kingsley), an insanely wealthy real estate mogul, is dying from cancer. Following the lead of a business card he's slipped, Damien Damian finds out about a process called "shedding", which will put his mind in an artificially-grown younger body (Reynolds). Afraid of dying, Damien Damian agrees.

Unfortunately, the new body comes with a lot of hallucinations of locations and people. Albright, the head of the shedding process, assures Damien Damian that this is normal and gives him medication to help with it. Damien Damian is convinced there's more to the hallucinations than that. Cue the discovery of a dark secret behind the process of shedding...



** Madeline's daughter is deathly ill, her husband dies, [[spoiler:and then he seems to show up alive, but with a completely different personality. This is when she has to grab her daughter and go on the run, spending a lot of her time terrified that they'll be kidnapped or killed.]] There's also the part at the end where [[spoiler:Damien, who she's grown to trust, coldly walks into a room she and her daughter are locked in and begins shooting people. He turns out to be saving her, but she understandably is terrified for their lives.]]

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** Madeline's daughter is deathly ill, her husband dies, [[spoiler:and then he seems to show up alive, but with a completely different personality. This is when she has to grab her daughter and go on the run, spending a lot of her time terrified that they'll be kidnapped or killed.]] There's also the part at the end where [[spoiler:Damien, [[spoiler:Damian, who she's grown to trust, coldly walks into a room she and her daughter are locked in and begins shooting people. He turns out to be saving her, but she understandably is terrified for their lives.]]



** [[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.]]
** [[spoiler: His friend Martin is this as well when he learns the truth about Shedding. He helps Damien find the warehouse where Maddie and Anna were taken to and helps them escape to the Caribbean.]]

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** [[spoiler: Damien, Damian, 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.]]
** [[spoiler: His friend Martin is this as well when he learns the truth about Shedding. He helps Damien Damian find the warehouse where Maddie and Anna were taken to and helps them escape to the Caribbean.]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Damien chooses to die so that Mark can come back to life and reunite with his family. Before dying, he leaves his daughter a letter to provide closure between the two of them and arranges for Mark and his family to have enough money to live in the Caribbean.]]
* BlackBestFriend: Anton, who Damien meets in New Orleans. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Damien discovers that Anton works for Albright, at which point Anton snaps and just starts trying to kill Damien. Also, it's later revealed that Anton originally was from a Russian prison. He just happened to have been shed into a black body when he's introduced.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Damien [[spoiler:Damian chooses to die so that Mark can come back to life and reunite with his family. Before dying, he leaves his daughter a letter to provide closure between the two of them and arranges for Mark and his family to have enough money to live in the Caribbean.]]
* BlackBestFriend: Anton, who Damien Damian meets in New Orleans. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Damien Damian discovers that Anton works for Albright, at which point Anton snaps and just starts trying to kill Damien.Damian. Also, it's later revealed that Anton originally was from a Russian prison. He just happened to have been shed into a black body when he's introduced.]]



* 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, there's a closeup of both characters looking straight at the camera; almost as if they were looking each other in the eye.]]
* 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 that he already knew the formula thanks to Martin]] before killing him.]]
* CharacterTic: Albright has a tendency to flick his glasses. [[spoiler:This clues Damien in on who he used to be...]]

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* BookEnds: [[spoiler: For obvious reasons, neither Mark nor Damien Damian ever meet. The only contact either have with each other are through videos. For Damien, Damian, it was Anna's birthday video. For Mark, it was Damien's Damian's final message to him. At the end of both videos, there's a closeup of both characters looking straight at the camera; almost as if they were looking each other in the eye.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: {{Invoked}}; when [[spoiler:confronted by Damien Damian 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]], Damian's]], killing him isn't an option. [[spoiler:Damien [[spoiler:Damian [[ShutUpHannibal answers by revealing that he already knew the formula thanks to Martin]] before killing him.]]
* CharacterTic: Albright has a tendency to flick his glasses. [[spoiler:This clues Damien Damian in on who he used to be...]]



** [[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."

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** [[spoiler: Damien.Damian.]] 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."



* DisappearedDad: Damien was something of this to his daughter when she was little growing up, and became worse in later years. He regrets this, and in the end somewhat makes up for it, giving her a letter stating how much she meant to him.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Madeline and Damien's argument [[spoiler:when he tells her that he used shedding to move into her husband's body]]. When it's seen from Anna's perspective, it could easily be mistaken for any intense argument between parents, complete with Madeline giving Anna false reassurances that everything's fine and urging her to go play elsewhere while they finish talking.

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* DisappearedDad: Damien Damian was something of this to his daughter when she was little growing up, and became worse in later years. He regrets this, and in the end somewhat makes up for it, giving her a letter stating how much she meant to him.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Madeline and Damien's Damian's argument [[spoiler:when he tells her that he used shedding to move into her husband's body]]. When it's seen from Anna's perspective, it could easily be mistaken for any intense argument between parents, complete with Madeline giving Anna false reassurances that everything's fine and urging her to go play elsewhere while they finish talking.



* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Damien's penthouse is all gold everywhere. To call it ostentatious would be an understatement.

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* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Damien's Damian's penthouse is all gold everywhere. To call it ostentatious would be an understatement.



* GuileHero: [[spoiler: Damien]] is this by successfully fooling everyone into thinking that he's [[spoiler: Anton.]]
* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch:]][[spoiler: The main reason why Albright pursues Damien, Madeline and Anna.]]
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Damien eventually stops taking his medicine and lets himself fade away so Mark can come back and be with his family.]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Damien is telling Albright about the visions he has during his seizures, Albright attributes them to being leftover memories from his past life. The Latina woman he saw was probably a woman he used to date. Damien points out that he never said the woman he saw was Latina.

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* GuileHero: [[spoiler: Damien]] Damian]] is this by successfully fooling everyone into thinking that he's [[spoiler: Anton.]]
* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch:]][[spoiler: The main reason why Albright pursues Damien, Damian, Madeline and Anna.]]
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Damien [[spoiler:Damian eventually stops taking his medicine and lets himself fade away so Mark can come back and be with his family.]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Damien Damian is telling Albright about the visions he has during his seizures, Albright attributes them to being leftover memories from his past life. The Latina woman he saw was probably a woman he used to date. Damien Damian points out that he never said the woman he saw was Latina.



** 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.]]
** Albright's [[spoiler: decision to send Anton to St. Louis to confront Damien 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.]]

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** 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 Damian's attempt at leading them away will work. It probably goes without saying that she and Anna both get kidnapped.]]
** Albright's [[spoiler: decision to send Anton to St. Louis to confront Damien Damian 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 Damian in person and at least try to come up with some kind of agreement with Damien Damian 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.]]



* IronicEcho: At the start of the movie, Damien offers Claire funding for her organization, causing her to angrily say how he thinks that he can just solve any problem by opening his checkbook. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Damien meets Claire in his new body, posing as a friend who spoke to her father before his death. He offers her an envelope from her father that has a piece of paper inside and, as she starts to react with disgust and thinks he was still trying to bribe her, says that her father knew he had a tendency to think that he could solve every problem with his checkbook. It was really a letter about how much she meant to him.]]
* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Subverted. Every time Damien Googles something, the related search options are always shown. When he searches for "shedding", he has to specify that it's "shedding medical". When he Googles the visions he has during his seizures, it takes a few attempts to refine the search to what he wants. [[spoiler:When he searches for information on the medicine he takes for the seizures, searching for "shedding medication" just gets him information on shedding for animals.]]

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* IronicEcho: At the start of the movie, Damien Damian offers Claire funding for her organization, causing her to angrily say how he thinks that he can just solve any problem by opening his checkbook. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Damien Damian meets Claire in his new body, posing as a friend who spoke to her father before his death. He offers her an envelope from her father that has a piece of paper inside and, as she starts to react with disgust and thinks he was still trying to bribe her, says that her father knew he had a tendency to think that he could solve every problem with his checkbook. It was really a letter about how much she meant to him.]]
* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Subverted. Every time Damien Damian Googles something, the related search options are always shown. When he searches for "shedding", he has to specify that it's "shedding medical". When he Googles the visions he has during his seizures, it takes a few attempts to refine the search to what he wants. [[spoiler:When he searches for information on the medicine he takes for the seizures, searching for "shedding medication" just gets him information on shedding for animals.]]



** Damien [[spoiler: at first.]]

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** Damien Damian [[spoiler: at first.]]



* KillHimAlready: [[spoiler:Anton]] jumps to this when Damien refuses to cooperate.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Damien eventually kills Albright.]]

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* KillHimAlready: [[spoiler:Anton]] jumps to this when Damien Damian refuses to cooperate.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Damien Damian eventually kills Albright.]]



** [[spoiler: Damien when he realizes that his body belonged to someone else.]]

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** [[spoiler: Damien Damian when he realizes that his body belonged to someone else.]]



** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damien Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damien did for him. Damien points out that he could have said no.]]

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** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damien Damian Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damien Damian did for him. Damien Damian points out that he could have said no.]]



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damien and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone or even tried to negotiate with them, 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.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that Damien and Mark have much in common.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Albright when he realizes that he's not suffering from a seizure.]][[spoiler: Instead, Damien is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.]]
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damien.]][[spoiler: And Mark.]]

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Albright's decision to pursue Damien Damian and Mark's wife and daughter led to his downfall. Had he simply left them alone or even tried to negotiate with them, he probably would have been allowed to continue his work.]][[spoiler: It also likely made Damien's Damian's decision to die so Mark could live far easier.]]
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that Damien Damian and Mark have much in common.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Albright when he realizes that he's not suffering from a seizure.]][[spoiler: Instead, Damien Damian is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.]]
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Damien.Damian.]][[spoiler: And Mark.]]



* ReplacementGoldfish: Anna serves as one to Damien, to an extent. He regrets not being there for his own daughter when she was growing up, so he eventually starts caring for her. This includes [[spoiler:fulfilling her father's promise to teach her to swim when she was better.]]

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* ReplacementGoldfish: Anna serves as one to Damien, Damian, to an extent. He regrets not being there for his own daughter when she was growing up, so he eventually starts caring for her. This includes [[spoiler:fulfilling her father's promise to teach her to swim when she was better.]]



* SadisticChoice: When Damien realizes [[spoiler:that his taking the pills are all that stand between him living and Mark's personality returning]], he has to choose between [[spoiler:fading away so Madeline and Anna can have Mark back]] or [[spoiler:continuing to live while Mark is lost forever]]. He ultimately [[spoiler:chooses to let Mark return.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Albright's remaining goons are quick to do this after Damien burns Albright alive.]]
* ShowingOffTheNewBody: After being put in the new body, Damien's montage of learning to control it is intercut with a scene of him walking up to a mirror and admiring his new appearance.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game of chicken with [[spoiler: Damien]] without wearing his seatbelt?

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* SadisticChoice: When Damien Damian realizes [[spoiler:that his taking the pills are all that stand between him living and Mark's personality returning]], he has to choose between [[spoiler:fading away so Madeline and Anna can have Mark back]] or [[spoiler:continuing to live while Mark is lost forever]]. He ultimately [[spoiler:chooses to let Mark return.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Albright's remaining goons are quick to do this after Damien Damian burns Albright alive.]]
* ShowingOffTheNewBody: After being put in the new body, Damien's Damian's montage of learning to control it is intercut with a scene of him walking up to a mirror and admiring his new appearance.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Anton.]] Honestly, what was he thinking playing a game of chicken with [[spoiler: Damien]] Damian]] without wearing his seatbelt?



** [[spoiler: Martin is this to Damien. He is the one who sent him to Albright in order to give him a second chance at life and later helps him save Madeline and Anna. Apart from alerting Albright when Damien turns up at his house, he remains a true friend to him through all of it.]]

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** [[spoiler: Martin is this to Damien.Damian. He is the one who sent him to Albright in order to give him a second chance at life and later helps him save Madeline and Anna. Apart from alerting Albright when Damien Damian turns up at his house, he remains a true friend to him through all of it.]]



* 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.]]

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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Damien Damian 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.]]

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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Albright when he realizes that he's not suffering from a seizure.]][[spoiler: Instead, Damien is using a flamethrower to burn through the bulletproof glass separating them.]]



** [[spoiler: Anton is this to Albright, who keeps shedding him into new bodies when his previous one gets too badly injured. It is a negative example as Albright knows that Anton is grateful every time this happens and uses that to his advantage.]]

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** [[spoiler: Anton is this to Albright, who keeps shedding him into new bodies when his previous one gets too badly injured. It is a negative example as Albright knows that Anton is increasingly loyal and grateful every time this happens and uses that to his advantage.]]
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** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damien Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damien did for him. Damien points out that he should never had said yes.]]

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** [[spoiler: Martin was the one who gave Damien Albright's business card, kicking off the events in the film. He thought he was paying him back after everything Damien did for him. Damien points out that he should never had could have said yes.no.]]
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**[[spoiler: Anton is this to Albright, who keeps shedding him into new bodies when his previous one gets too badly injured. It is a negative example as Albright knows that Anton is grateful every time this happens and uses that to his advantage.]]
**[[spoiler: Martin is this to Damien. He is the one who sent him to Albright in order to give him a second chance at life and later helps him save Madeline and Anna. Apart from alerting Albright when Damien turns up at his house, he remains a true friend to him through all of it.]]

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