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* AnAesop: Cooper repeatedly ignores his mother's calls. If Cooper ever answered his mother's calls they could have regular times to talk instead of her calling randomly at all hours. This Aesop is driven home with the final words: "Called 'Mom'".
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"somewhat more obscurely"? Well, he was another face in the games industry and is a meme.


* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Saito has more than passing resemblance to Creator/HideoKojima.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Saito has more than passing resemblance to Creator/HideoKojima. Cooper also looks a lot like then Website/GiantBomb employee and [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/255/tumblr_inline_o58r6dmSfe1suaed2_500.gif "blinking White guy"]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1111377641452400641/64aBQ96a_400x400.png Drew Scanlon]] right down to the blue shirt in the style Scanlon commonly wore while working at Giant Bomb.

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* FantasticAesop: Don't agree to undergo experimental medical procedures from a ''video-game company.''



* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't agree to undergo experimental medical procedures from a ''video-game company.''
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* AssholeVictim: A mild example. While Cooper has some kind traits, he can be seen as an asshole for abandoning his mother without notice and ignoring her for weeks or months while he indulges in a globetrotting vacation.

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* AssholeVictim: A mild example. While Cooper has some kind traits, he can be seen as is a fairly decent guy, he's arguably still an asshole for abandoning his mother without notice and ignoring her for weeks ''weeks or months months'' while he indulges in a globetrotting vacation.
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Removed "he would have had a resource" as it doesn't make sense. Even after ignoring his mom's calls, Cooper could have called her for financial help, but he deliberately chose not to.


* AnAesop: Cooper repeatedly ignores his mother's calls. If Cooper ever answered his mother's calls he would have had a resource when his account was hacked, and they could have regular times to talk instead of her calling at all hours. This Aesop is driven home with the final words: "Called 'Mom'".

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* AnAesop: Cooper repeatedly ignores his mother's calls. If Cooper ever answered his mother's calls he would have had a resource when his account was hacked, and they could have regular times to talk instead of her calling randomly at all hours. This Aesop is driven home with the final words: "Called 'Mom'".
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** Cooper tries to cut the mushroom out with a shard of broken mirror, bringing it to his neck like Bing in "Fifteen Million Merits". Punching a mirror also happens in "San Junpiero", [[CallForward two episodes later]].

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** Cooper tries to cut the mushroom out with a shard of broken mirror, bringing it to his neck like Bing in "Fifteen Million Merits".Merits", and Liam in "The Entire History of You". Punching a mirror also happens in "San Junpiero", [[CallForward two episodes later]].
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** Katie refers to the game's brain implant as a "mushroom", and Cooper asks if it's "Like ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]]''"

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** Katie refers to the game's brain implant as a "mushroom", and Cooper asks if it's "Like ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]]''"]]''?"

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* NoOshaCompliance: The experimental technology which reacts extremely poorly to radio interference with lethal (and as it turns out horrific) consequences to the poor subject, is tested in a room unshielded from radio signals outside the building, and without a screening process to ensure all electronic devices capable of producing these dangerous signals are not brought into the room. If they took both of these precautions then Cooper would have survived the game test without incident.

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* NoOshaCompliance: The experimental technology which reacts extremely poorly to radio interference with lethal (and as it turns out horrific) consequences to the poor subject, is tested in a room unshielded from radio signals outside the building, radio signals, and without a screening process to ensure all electronic devices capable of producing these dangerous signals are not brought into the room. If they took both of these precautions then Cooper would have survived the game test without incident.


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** Katie refers to the game's brain implant as a "mushroom", and Cooper asks if it's "Like ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]]''"
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* AssholeVictim: A mild example. While Cooper has some kind traits, he can be seen as an asshole for abandoning his mother without notice and ignoring her for weeks or months while he indulges in a globetrotting vacation.


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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't agree to undergo experimental medical procedures from a ''video-game company.''


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* UnreliableNarrator: Since the majority of the episode is actually Cooper's DyingDream, it's unclear how many of the events shown actually happened, such as Sonja stealing Cooper's credit card, the mysterious disappearance of the previous playtesters, or Cooper's mother developing Alzheimer's.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''Series/BlackMirror Series Three''' '''[[Recap/BlackMirror Recap]]'''\\

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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''Series/BlackMirror Series Three'''\\

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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''Series/BlackMirror Series Three'''\\Three''' '''[[Recap/BlackMirror Recap]]'''\\
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[[Recap/BlackMirrorNosedive Nosedive]]] | '''Playtest''' | [[Recap/BlackMirrorShutUpAndDance Shut Up and Dance]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorMenAgainstFire Men Against Fire]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorHatedInTheNation Hated in the Nation]]-]]]]]

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[[Recap/BlackMirrorNosedive Nosedive]]] Nosedive]] | '''Playtest''' | [[Recap/BlackMirrorShutUpAndDance Shut Up and Dance]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorMenAgainstFire Men Against Fire]] | [[Recap/BlackMirrorHatedInTheNation Hated in the Nation]]-]]]]]

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