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* RememberTheNewGuy: Bretton James was apparently an associate of Gordon's back in the 80s, but unreconciled differences meant that they had gone their separate ways by the time the Bluestar Airlines purchase occurred. Gordon relays this info to Jake in an InfoDump, before explaining that James was (at least partially) responsible for why he ended up in prison for 13 years.
* {{Rewrite}}: The ending of the original film strongly suggested that Gordon was going to prison for many years for insider trading and securities fraud. In this film, however, not only was that original sentence just a slap on the wrist, but his eventual prison stint was caused by unrelated parties, with him tied up in legal proceedings for five years before getting sent to prison for eight.
* {{Rewrite}}: The ending of the original film strongly suggested that Gordon was going to prison for many years for insider trading and securities fraud. In this film, however, not only was that original sentence just a slap on the wrist, but his eventual prison stint was caused by unrelated parties, with him tied up in legal proceedings for five years before getting sent to prison for eight.
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* TimeSkip: The film kicks off with Gordon being released from prison in 2001, then skips forward seven years to the 2008 financial crisis.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Goya painting depicting Saturn devouring one of his own children foreshadows Gordon Gekko's betrayal of his daughter at the end of the film.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Goya Creator/FranciscoDeGoya painting depicting Saturn devouring one of his own children ''Art/SaturnDevouringHisSon'' foreshadows Gordon Gekko's betrayal of his daughter at the end of the film.
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* AffablyEvil: While Gordon was more FauxAffablyEvil in the first film, here he's a straight example of this trope [[spoiler:and by the end of the film he's dropped the "Evil" part]].
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* TechnologyMarchesOn:
** There's a gag when Gordon, leaving prison, is given his old (formerly extravagant and top of the line) brick-sized cell phone back (it's one of the trailers for the movie).
** When one considers that 'Wall Street' ''itself'' no longer exists, as it has traditionally been understood. Trading is no longer the province of a few stock brokers in New York City, but is considerably decentralized and personal, thanks to the Internet. So, Finance Marches On, perhaps.
** As he's leaving prison, Gordon sees an inmate be greeted by his family in a limousine. What was once an icon of status and wealth is now accessible to the common man.
** There's a gag when Gordon, leaving prison, is given his old (formerly extravagant and top of the line) brick-sized cell phone back (it's one of the trailers for the movie).
** When one considers that 'Wall Street' ''itself'' no longer exists, as it has traditionally been understood. Trading is no longer the province of a few stock brokers in New York City, but is considerably decentralized and personal, thanks to the Internet. So, Finance Marches On, perhaps.
** As he's leaving prison, Gordon sees an inmate be greeted by his family in a limousine. What was once an icon of status and wealth is now accessible to the common man.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: InUniverse, Gordon's StatusCellPhone isn't so top of the line any more. (It's such an iconic moment that the trailer makes use of it.)
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: InUniverse, Gordon's StatusCellPhone isn't so TechnologyMarchesOn:
** There's a gag when Gordon, leaving prison, is given his old (formerly extravagant and top of theline any more. (It's such an iconic moment line) brick-sized cell phone back (it's one of the trailers for the movie).
** When one considers that 'Wall Street' ''itself'' no longer exists, as it has traditionally been understood. Trading is no longer thetrailer makes use province of it.)a few stock brokers in New York City, but is considerably decentralized and personal, thanks to the Internet. So, Finance Marches On, perhaps.
** As he's leaving prison, Gordon sees an inmate be greeted by his family in a limousine. What was once an icon of status and wealth is now accessible to the common man.
** There's a gag when Gordon, leaving prison, is given his old (formerly extravagant and top of the
** When one considers that 'Wall Street' ''itself'' no longer exists, as it has traditionally been understood. Trading is no longer the
** As he's leaving prison, Gordon sees an inmate be greeted by his family in a limousine. What was once an icon of status and wealth is now accessible to the common man.
