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* HateSink: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.

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* HateSink: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono Music/YokoOno has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.
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* HateSink / ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.

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* HateSink / ZeroPercentApprovalRating: HateSink: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.
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* HateSink: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.

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* HateSink: HateSink / ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.
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* HateSink: In reality, Mark David Chapman is universally despised by John Lennon’s fans for what he did. As a result, along with concerns over her safety, Yoko Ono has seen to it that he ''never'' gets parole.

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''The Killing Of John Lennon'' was a 2006 movie dramatizing the events leading up to Mark David Chapman's killing of Music/JohnLennon.

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''The Killing Of of John Lennon'' was a 2006 movie dramatizing the events leading up to Mark David Chapman's killing of Music/JohnLennon.
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* PlatonicProstitution: Before killing Lennon, Chapman hires a prostitute to recreate a scene from ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye'' where Caulfield hires a prostitute. Chapman has no intention of having sex with the prostitute.

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* PlatonicProstitution: Before killing Lennon, Chapman hires a prostitute to recreate a scene from ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye'' ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' where Caulfield hires a prostitute. Chapman has no intention of having sex with the prostitute.



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''The Killing Of John Lennon'' was a 2006 movie dramatizing the events leading up to Mark David Chapman's killing of Creator/JohnLennon.

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''The Killing Of John Lennon'' was a 2006 movie dramatizing the events leading up to Mark David Chapman's killing of Creator/JohnLennon.
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* VillainProtagonist: The main character is ''the guy who killed John Lennon'', and as the film makes clear, he had no good justification for it.

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* VillainProtagonist: The main character is ''the guy who killed John Lennon'', and as the film makes clear, he had no good justification for it.it.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: While staying at the YMCA, Chapman flips out because two men are having sex in the room next to his.
* MadnessMantra: "The phony must die, said the Catcher in the Rye."
* NoSocialSkills: The film portrays Chapman as a loner who really doesn't fit in anywhere.
* PlatonicProstitution: Before killing Lennon, Chapman hires a prostitute to recreate a scene from ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye''.
* UnreliableNarrator: The film is narrated by Mark David Chapman.
* VillainProtagonist: The main character is ''the guy who killed John Lennon''.

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* GunmanWithThreeNames: Averted. The real Chapman is often called "Mark David Chapman", but in this film, his three names aren't used until the very end, to emphasize the fact that he was a complete nobody until he killed John Lennon.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: While staying at the YMCA, Chapman flips out because two men are having sex in the room next to his.
his, and contemplates going next door and killing them. He stops himself only because killing two men would probably ruin his plans to kill Lennon.
* MadnessMantra: Chapman repeats the phrase, "The phony must die, said the Catcher in the Rye."
Rye," several times in the movie.
* NoSocialSkills: The film portrays Chapman as a loner who really doesn't fit in anywhere.
anywhere. The few times he's actually seen interacting with other people before the killing, he is abrasive or aloof towards them. It's worth noting that the film is shown from the perspective of Chapman after he's become obsessed with ''Catcher in the Rye'', so he may just have convinced himself that he has no social skills.
* PlatonicProstitution: Before killing Lennon, Chapman hires a prostitute to recreate a scene from ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye''.
''Literature/CatcherInTheRye'' where Caulfield hires a prostitute. Chapman has no intention of having sex with the prostitute.
* UnreliableNarrator: The film is narrated by from Mark David Chapman.
Chapman's perspective, and is based upon the real Chapman's own account of the events leading up to the killing. Thus, it's questionable how much of the story is true.
* VillainProtagonist: The main character is ''the guy who killed John Lennon''.Lennon'', and as the film makes clear, he had no good justification for it.
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* MadnessMantra: "The phony must die, said the Catcher in the Rye."
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->''"I was nobody until I killed the biggest somebody on Earth."''

''The Killing Of John Lennon'' was a 2006 movie dramatizing the events leading up to Mark David Chapman's killing of Creator/JohnLennon.

!!This film contains examples of:

* HeteronormativeCrusader: While staying at the YMCA, Chapman flips out because two men are having sex in the room next to his.
* NoSocialSkills: The film portrays Chapman as a loner who really doesn't fit in anywhere.
* PlatonicProstitution: Before killing Lennon, Chapman hires a prostitute to recreate a scene from ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye''.
* UnreliableNarrator: The film is narrated by Mark David Chapman.
* VillainProtagonist: The main character is ''the guy who killed John Lennon''.

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