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* PetTheDog: Gray of all people does this when he forces [=MacFarlane=] to operate on a paralyzed girl he earlier refused to help. [[KickTheDog He also thoughtfully provides 'Toddy' with the body of a murdered blind girl for practice.]]
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* PetTheDog: Subverted when Gray of all people does this when he forces [=MacFarlane=] to operate on a paralyzed girl he earlier refused to help.help, as it's made clear that he doesn't actually care about her -- he just enjoys seeing [=MacFarlane=] bend to his will. [[KickTheDog He also thoughtfully provides 'Toddy' with the body of a murdered blind girl for practice.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Robby, the dog that sticks around at his master's grave in Greyfriars Cemetery, is very clearly modeled on a real dog called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby Greyfriars Bobby]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed:
** Robby, the dog that sticks around at his master's grave in Greyfriars Cemetery, is very clearly modeled on a real dog called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby Greyfriars Bobby]].
** Robby, the dog that sticks around at his master's grave in Greyfriars Cemetery, is very clearly modeled on a real dog called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby Greyfriars Bobby]].
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* AmbiguousEnding: Though he's mentioned it a couple of times, it's hard to tell if Donald Fettes chose to remain training to be a doctor, or went down a different path.
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* AmbiguousEnding: Though he's mentioned it a couple of times, The film ends with [[spoiler:both Gray and [=MacFarlane=] dead]] as Fettes walks off into the distance, but it's hard to tell if Donald Fettes chose to remain left unclear whether he will continue his training to be as a doctor, doctor or went go down a different path.
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* MadnessMantra: "''NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me! '''NEVER get rid of me!'''''"
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* MadnessMantra: After [=MacFarlane=] [[spoiler:has killed Gray and resorted to stealing corpses himself]], Gray's words "You'll never get rid of me" start echoing in his head.
--> "''NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me! '''NEVER get rid of me!'''''"
--> "''NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me! '''NEVER get rid of me!'''''"
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* NiceGuy: Donald Fettes comes off as this. Georgina prefers him as her doctor over [=MacFarlane=].
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* NiceGuy: Donald Fettes comes off as this. is friendly and compassionate, which is why Georgina prefers him as her doctor over [=MacFarlane=].
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill [=MacFarlane=] during their fight, but Gray kept sparing [=MacFarlane=] instead. This just leads to [=MacFarlane=] escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: VillainBall: [[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill [=MacFarlane=] during their fight, but Gray kept sparing [=MacFarlane=] instead. This just leads to [=MacFarlane=] escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
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* AffablyEvil: Gray comes of as this, especially to 'Toddy' and to a paralyzed young girl he brings to see [=MacFarlane=]. Don't be fooled, beneath that he's [[FauxAffablyEvil one of the vilest characters Karloff ever portrayed]].
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* AntiHero: [=MacFarlane=] is a type III.
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* DrivenToMadness: [=MacFarlane=], who starts stealing bodies himself after Gray's death (and who suffers a VillainousBreakdown shortly afterwards).
* DrJerk: [=MacFarlane=], in contrast to his student Fettes.
* DrJerk: [=MacFarlane=], in contrast to his student Fettes.
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* DrivenToMadness: [=MacFarlane=], who starts [=MacFarlane=] [[spoiler:starts stealing bodies himself after Gray's death (and who death]] and suffers a VillainousBreakdown shortly afterwards).
afterwards.
* DrJerk:[=MacFarlane=], [=MacFarlane=] is a highly respected doctor, but he's also arrogant, emotionally distant, and has terrible bedside manner, in contrast to his more compassionate student Fettes.
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* ForScience: How [=MacFarlane=] justifies his body snatching.
* GraveRobbing: TheMovie.
* GraveRobbing: TheMovie.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Gray comes of as charming and polite, but beneath his pleasant demeanor, he's a vile grave robber and an unrepentant murderer.
* ForScience:How [=MacFarlane=] justifies his body snatching.
snatching by claiming that it will help advance medical science and thus save more lives in the future.
* GraveRobbing:TheMovie. [=MacFarlane=] pays Gray to deliver corpses stolen from cemeteries to him for medical studies.
* ForScience:
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* MadnessMantra: “''NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me! '''NEVER get rid of me!'''''”
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* MadnessMantra: “''NEVER "''NEVER get rid of me! NEVER get rid of me! '''NEVER get rid of me!'''''”me!'''''"
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* MotiveRant: Gray gives one explaining why he won't accept [=MacFarlane=]'s offer to permanently buy his silence, explaining that it's not the money he loves, or the things he can compel the doctor to do: it's the feeling of power itself. Without it, he's just a coachman and a grave robber, but if he has power over a gentleman, he's ''somebody''. [=MacFarlane=] himself gives one as well; see WellIntentionedExtremist.
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* MotiveRant: Gray gives one explaining why he won't accept [=MacFarlane=]'s offer to permanently buy his silence, explaining that it's not the money he loves, or the things he can compel the doctor to do: it's the feeling of power itself. Without it, he's just a coachman and a grave robber, but if he has power over a gentleman, he's ''somebody''. [=MacFarlane=] himself gives one as well; see WellIntentionedExtremist.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subverted with Gray's first scene, where he comes across as deeply charming, treating the IllGirl with great kindness. In his next scene, however, he [[FauxAffablyEvil sheds his facade]] with a big, almost literal KickTheDog moment.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subverted with Gray's first scene, where he comes across as deeply charming, treating the IllGirl an ill girl with great kindness. In his next scene, however, he [[FauxAffablyEvil sheds his facade]] with a big, almost literal KickTheDog moment.
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* IllGirl: Georgina Marsh, who has a crippling spinal disorder.
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* TooDumbToLive: Joseph plans to blackmail Gray whom he knows is a murderer. Gray is easily able to get Joseph drunk when he goes to Gray's place alone, then smothers Joseph when he's too sloshed to fight back.
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Loosely based on the short story of the same name by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson [[http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/body.htm (which you can read here for comparison)]], ''The Body Snatcher'' is a 1945 horror film directed by Creator/RobertWise, and produced by Creator/ValLewton. It is notable for being the last film to have both Creator/BorisKarloff [[TheRival and]] Creator/BelaLugosi together.
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Loosely based on the short story of the same name by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson [[http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/body.htm (which you can read here for comparison)]], ''The Body Snatcher'' ''Literature/TheBodySnatcher'' is a 1945 horror film directed by Creator/RobertWise, and produced by Creator/ValLewton. It is notable for being the last film to have both Creator/BorisKarloff [[TheRival and]] Creator/BelaLugosi together.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original short story, Gray was just [[{{Jerkass}} a rude and obnoxious man]] who fell victim to the [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]] and returned as a ghost at the end to scare them. Here, he's a fully-fledged villain who's part of the body snatching/murder scheme.
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Karloff, on the other hand, gives one of the finest performances of his career.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: [=MacFarlane=] hates being called "Toddy" by Gray, but doesn't seem to mind it when Meg calls him that. Presumably, it's Gray's familiar tone he resents.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: There is nary a Scots accent to be found. Gets especially ridiculous when Meg tells Fettes that he's a Lowlander, not a Highlander like her, even though both of them have spoken in American accents the entire movie.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: There is nary a Scots accent to be found. Gets especially ridiculous when Meg tells points out to Fettes that he's a Lowlander, not a Highlander like her, even though both of them have spoken in American accents the entire movie.
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: [=MacFarlane=] hates being called "Toddy" by Gray, but doesn't seem to mind it when Meg calls him that. Presumably, it's Gray's familiar tone he resents.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: [=MacFarlane=] hates being called "Toddy" by Gray, but doesn't seem to mind it when Meg calls him that. Presumably, it's Gray's familiar tone he resents.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: There is nary a Scots accent to be found. Gets especially ridiculous when Meg tells Fettes that he's a Lowlander, not a Highlander like her, even though both of them have spoken in American accents the entire movie.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Gray's first scene, he kills a dog guarding its master's grave.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Subverted with Gray's first scene, where he kills comes across as deeply charming, treating the IllGirl with great kindness. In his next scene, however, he [[FauxAffablyEvil sheds his facade]] with a dog guarding its master's grave.big, almost literal KickTheDog moment.
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* JerkAssHasAPoint: Gray calls [=MacFarlane=] out on his terrible bedside manner.
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* JerkAssHasAPoint: Gray calls [=MacFarlane=] out on his terrible bedside manner.manner, as well as his hypocrisy in wanting the bodies but not wanting to know where they come from.
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* MarriedToTheJob: [=MacFarlane=], according to his wife.
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* MarriedToTheJob: [=MacFarlane=], according to his wife.mistress.
* MotiveRant: Gray gives one explaining why he won't accept [=MacFarlane=]'s offer to permanently buy his silence, explaining that it's not the money he loves, or the things he can compel the doctor to do: it's the feeling of power itself. Without it, he's just a coachman and a grave robber, but if he has power over a gentleman, he's ''somebody''. [=MacFarlane=] himself gives one as well; see WellIntentionedExtremist.
* MotiveRant: Gray gives one explaining why he won't accept [=MacFarlane=]'s offer to permanently buy his silence, explaining that it's not the money he loves, or the things he can compel the doctor to do: it's the feeling of power itself. Without it, he's just a coachman and a grave robber, but if he has power over a gentleman, he's ''somebody''. [=MacFarlane=] himself gives one as well; see WellIntentionedExtremist.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Robby, the dog that sticks around at his master's grave in Greyfriars Cemetery, is very clearly modeled on a real dog called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby Greyfriars Bobby]].
** Overlapping with ExpyCoexistence, it's clear that [=MacFarlane=] is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knox Dr. Robert Knox]], while Gray is [[CompositeCharacter a one-man]] version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders William Burke and William Hare]]. All three of these people are mentioned in the film: [=MacFarlane=] is said to have trained under Knox, and Gray was apparently a witness in the Burke and Hare trial.
** Overlapping with ExpyCoexistence, it's clear that [=MacFarlane=] is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knox Dr. Robert Knox]], while Gray is [[CompositeCharacter a one-man]] version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders William Burke and William Hare]]. All three of these people are mentioned in the film: [=MacFarlane=] is said to have trained under Knox, and Gray was apparently a witness in the Burke and Hare trial.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Joseph thinks that he'll be able to get easy money by blackmailing Gray. He gets strangled by him.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Joseph thinks that he'll be able to get easy money by blackmailing Gray. He gets strangled [[VorpalPillow smothered]] by him.
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill [=MacFarlane=] during their fight, but Gray kept sparing MacFarlane instead. This just leads to [=MacFarlane=] escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill [=MacFarlane=] during their fight, but Gray kept sparing MacFarlane [=MacFarlane=] instead. This just leads to [=MacFarlane=] escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill MacFarlane during their fight, but Gray kept sparing MacFarlane instead. This just leads to MacFarlane escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
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* VillainBall:[[spoiler: Gray had several chances to kill MacFarlane [=MacFarlane=] during their fight, but Gray kept sparing MacFarlane instead. This just leads to MacFarlane [=MacFarlane=] escaping from Gray and beating him to death.]]
