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* ChekhovsGun: Parker's artificial arm comes in [[IncrediblyLamePun handy]] at the climax of the film.

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* ChekhovsGun: Parker's artificial arm comes in [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} handy]] at the climax of the film.
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* {{Novelization}}: By Creator/TerryBisson.
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* RobotGirl: Clyde's desire to turn Shelia 3.2 into this results in SID getting an android body.

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* RobotGirl: Clyde's desire Sheila 3.2, [[ArtificialIntelligence Virtual reality sex doll]], whose sole function is to turn Shelia deduce your psychosexual needs, and fulfill them: "Sheila 3.2 is collecting information from 136 aspects of your physiology. Your heart rate, pupil dilation, vocal intonation, syntax..." She was scheduled for download to a [[SuperStrength super strong]] [[HealingFactor regenerative]] body, capable of [[ShapeShifting shape-shifting]] into this results in the IA virtual avatar. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because the ''male'' IA SID getting an android body.is the one who ends up being downloaded.
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** The entire audience is chanting "Kapow!" in time to a song, a complete artistic invention.

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** The entire audience is chanting "Kapow!" in time to a song, song during the fight, a complete artistic invention.
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* DigitalAbomination: SID 6.7 is effectively this as a MindHive amalgamation of 200 notorious criminal personalities assembled out of the minds of dozens of psychopaths, murderers and dictators, including the dead terrorist Matthew Grimes. Lindenmeyer, SID 6.7's creator, unleashes him to the world to cause chaos and he eventually gets downloaded into a self-regenerating nanomachine android body. As such, he immediately goes on a killing spree, murdering in the style of assorted killers (i.e. writing "death to the pigs" in blood like Charles Manson). Best demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKU

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* DigitalAbomination: SID 6.7 is effectively this as a MindHive amalgamation of 200 notorious criminal personalities assembled out of the minds of dozens of psychopaths, murderers and dictators, including the dead terrorist Matthew Grimes. Lindenmeyer, SID 6.7's creator, unleashes him to the world to cause chaos and he eventually gets downloaded into a self-regenerating nanomachine android body. As such, he immediately goes on a killing spree, murdering in the style of assorted killers (i.e. writing "death to the pigs" in blood like Charles Manson). Best demonstrated here: [[here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKUcom/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKU]].

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* ProductPlacement: The action extends to an UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship bout. Oddly, the promotion is portrayed in an extremely inaccurate manner.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Barnes is arrested for the shooting death of the hostage at the train station, even though any competent investigator would see that the bullet wounds came from behind, showing that she was shot at the back by SID.
* ProductPlacement: The action extends to an UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship bout. Oddly, the promotion is portrayed in an extremely inaccurate manner.manner, as the UFC was underground at the time.
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* HotScientist: Dr. Madison Carter, a psychologist who's pretty attractive. Barnes even admits this to Carter's young daughter when asked.
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* ContentWarnings: Delivered in pure FauxAffablyEvil fashion by Sid as he begins his "Death TV" rampage.
-->'''SID''': Before we begin, a word to the parents of our younger viewers: The following programme contains scenes of violence, it will not be suitable for small children. The rest of you won't be able to take your eyes off the screen. [''[[OffhandBackhand Points his Glock to hostages without turning to look at them]]''] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Fucking. Move.]]
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Matthew Grimes was a domestic terrorist who zeroed in on Barnes as a scapegoat for TheMan.

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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Matthew Grimes was a domestic terrorist who zeroed in on Barnes as a scapegoat for TheMan.The Man.
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-->'''SID''': Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends

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-->'''SID''': Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friendsfriends.



* GoneHorriblyRight: SID 6.7 was intended to essentially be the ultimate criminal, the idea being that if cops could catch him in the simulation, catching any real-life criminal would be easy. Unfortunately, SID figures out how to first start killing people inside the simulation...and then escape into the real world.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: SID 6.7 was intended to essentially be the ultimate criminal, the idea being that if cops could catch him in the simulation, catching any real-life criminal would be easy. Unfortunately, SID figures out how to first start killing people inside the simulation... and then escape escapes into the real world.



* MagicCountdown: Double subverted with the last bomb...which countdowns normally, until Barnes tries anything...at which point it speeds up. Desperate, Barnes uses wiring in his prosthetic arm to try and foul it up...which only makes it countdown faster...and then glitch up, "de-activating" the bomb.

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* MagicCountdown: Double subverted with the last bomb... which countdowns normally, until Barnes tries anything...anything... at which point it speeds up. Desperate, Barnes uses wiring in his prosthetic arm to try and foul it up... which only makes it countdown faster...faster... and then glitch up, "de-activating" the bomb.



-->'''SID 6.7''': All you have to do, sweet viewers, is ask! So, what do you want? Strangulation? Mutilation? Cannibalism? Gunshots? Stabbings? I'll slice, I'll dice, I'll julienne! How about hanging...by the testicles?

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-->'''SID 6.7''': All you have to do, sweet viewers, is ask! So, what do you want? Strangulation? Mutilation? Cannibalism? Gunshots? Stabbings? I'll slice, I'll dice, I'll julienne! How about hanging... by the testicles?



-->'''SID 6.7''': I've been thinking, Parker. We have so much in common psychologically. Wouldn't you agree, Dr. Carter? We have such a history together. We'd make a great team. A dynamic duo. Who else touches the world with [[ArtificialLimbs synthetic hands]]? Who else has been locked out of the real world and is now just learning to free? Who else do you know that's a multiple murderer...just like you?

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-->'''SID 6.7''': I've been thinking, Parker. We have so much in common psychologically. Wouldn't you agree, Dr. Carter? We have such a history together. We'd make a great team. A dynamic duo. Who else touches the world with [[ArtificialLimbs synthetic hands]]? Who else has been locked out of the real world and is now just learning to free? Who else do you know that's a multiple murderer... just like you?
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* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: SID 6.7 uses a roomful of hostages at a dance club as a source of a variety of screams, which he then remixes with the club's equipment for his enjoyment.

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* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: SID 6.7 uses a roomful of hostages at a dance club as a source of a variety of screams, which he then remixes with the club's equipment for his enjoyment. As one can probably tell from this scene alone, this guy is a complete psycho.
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''Virtuosity'' is a [[TheNineties 1995]] science fiction film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells of a new virtual reality training program for cops. SID 6.7 (Aussie import Creator/RussellCrowe), the villain program in charge of the sim, is mothballed after causing a brain overload in one of the playtesters, but the lead scientist Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer (Stephen Spinella) refuses to quit. In revenge, he transplants SID into an android body and sets him loose in Los Angeles.

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''Virtuosity'' is a [[TheNineties 1995]] science fiction film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells of a new virtual reality training program for cops. SID 6.7 (Aussie import Creator/RussellCrowe), the villain program in charge of the sim, is mothballed after causing a brain overload in one of the playtesters, but the lead scientist Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer (Stephen Spinella) (Creator/StephenSpinella) refuses to quit. In revenge, he transplants SID into an android body and sets him loose in Los Angeles.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: No matter how depraved his actions get, SID never loses his cheery demeanor or impeccable manners and seems like someone who'd be fun to be around were he not a monstrous killer:
-->'''SID''': Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends
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* DigitalAbomination: SID 6.7 is effectively this as a MindHive amalgamation of 200 notorious criminal personalities assembled out of the minds of dozens of psychopaths, murderers and dictators, including the dead terrorist Matthew Grimes. Lindenmeyer, SID 6.7's creator, unleashes him to the world to cause chaos and he eventually gets downloaded into a self-regenerating nanomachine android body. As such, he immediately goes on a killing spree, murdering in the style of assorted killers (i.e. writing "death to the pigs" in blood like Charles Manson). Best demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKp6tH2AKU
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* ProductPlacement: The action extends to an UltimateFightingChampionship bout. Oddly, the promotion is portrayed in an extremely inaccurate manner.

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* ProductPlacement: The action extends to an UltimateFightingChampionship UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship bout. Oddly, the promotion is portrayed in an extremely inaccurate manner.
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* KissMeIAmVirtual: Sheila 3.2, a virtual reality sex doll whose function is to deduce your psycho-sexual needs and fulfill them. Lindenmeyer explains to Clyde: "Sheila 3.2 is collecting information from 136 aspects of your physiology. Your heart rate, pupil dilation, vocal intonation, syntax..." Lindenmeyer says [[PlatonicProstitution she's also very skilled at chess]].

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* KissMeIAmVirtual: KissMeImVirtual: Sheila 3.2, a virtual reality sex doll whose function is to deduce your psycho-sexual needs and fulfill them. Lindenmeyer explains to Clyde: "Sheila 3.2 is collecting information from 136 aspects of your physiology. Your heart rate, pupil dilation, vocal intonation, syntax..." Lindenmeyer says [[PlatonicProstitution she's also very skilled at chess]].
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* LargeHam: Creator/RussellCrowe had so much ''fuuuun'' with this movie. Given that his character is basically the robot [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]], it was probably the right way to play it.

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* LargeHam: Creator/RussellCrowe had so much ''fuuuun'' with this movie. Given that his character is basically the robot [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]], it was probably the right way to play it.

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* TooDumbToLive: Lindenmeyer, the creator of SID 6.7, fools Clyde into introducing him into the real world. Guess who kills the sucker?

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Lindenmeyer, the creator of SID 6.7, fools Clyde into introducing him into the real world. Guess who kills the sucker?
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** The news crew that went to interview a psychotic bomber in his hideout, then rushed toward an injured man with a machine gun in an apparent attempt to get questions answered.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/{{Shocker}}'', as both films involved a electronic tech-based SerialKiller causing mayhem both in the digital screen world and the real world and a protagonist named Parker (which is the forename in this film instead of surname in the other) pursues to put a stop to him. Both films had a fight between the villain and the hero on top of broadcasting tower and culminated in the final showdown in the digital world.

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