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* AdaptationTitleChange: "Kill All Others" is based on the short story "The Hanging Stranger".
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: Holographic characters advertising various products show up uninvited within the protagonist's home. He is treated as unusual for resenting this.
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** Holographic characters advertising various products show up uninvited within the protagonist's home. He is treated as unusual for resenting this.
** Holographic characters advertising various products show up uninvited within the protagonist's home. He is treated as unusual for resenting this.
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* ApatheticCitizens: Anyone who is not a "Other".
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* ApatheticCitizens: Anyone who is not a an "Other".
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* InsistentTerminology: The politician around whom the episode revolves is always referred to, including in print, as "the Candidate," with no name given, and only goes by "they/them" pronouns (even though they are played by Vera Farmiga and present as feminine). Whether this is related to the Mexuscan government's unique form of media-driven one-party rule is left unexplained.
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* InsistentTerminology: InsistentTerminology:
** The politician around whom the episode revolves is always referred to, including in print, as "the Candidate," with no name given, and only goes by "they/them" pronouns (even though they are played by Vera Farmiga and present as feminine). Whether this is related to the Mexuscan government's unique form of media-driven one-party rule is left unexplained.
** The politician around whom the episode revolves is always referred to, including in print, as "the Candidate," with no name given, and only goes by "they/them" pronouns (even though they are played by Vera Farmiga and present as feminine). Whether this is related to the Mexuscan government's unique form of media-driven one-party rule is left unexplained.
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* ShamCeremony: The upcoming election is treated as very SeriousBusiness even though it's a ForegoneConclusion since there's only one candidate (who is never referred to by name, only [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "the Candidate"]]). It's unclear whether this means "the Candidate" is a PresidentForLife or whether this is a process by which the populace rubber stamps the party bureaucracy's decision, as in real-life one-party states. (The Candidate says they took part in a long, grueling selection process to become the Candidate, but it's unclear whether this was any more competitive than the "election".)
* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because {{Dehumanization}} and making TheScapegoat out of "the Other" is [[HumansAreBastards human nature]]. In the end the Candidate gives a whole speech that is quite clearly [[CardCarryingVillain ''superliminal'']] laying out the "Kill All Others" philosophy in explicit detail, which [[WorldOfJerkass everyone blithely accepts]].
* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because {{Dehumanization}} and making TheScapegoat out of "the Other" is [[HumansAreBastards human nature]]. In the end the Candidate gives a whole speech that is quite clearly [[CardCarryingVillain ''superliminal'']] laying out the "Kill All Others" philosophy in explicit detail, which [[WorldOfJerkass everyone blithely accepts]].
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* ShamCeremony: The upcoming election is treated as very SeriousBusiness even though it's a ForegoneConclusion since there's only one candidate (who is never referred to by name, only [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "the Candidate"]]). It's unclear whether this means "the Candidate" is a PresidentForLife or whether this is a process by which the populace rubber stamps the party bureaucracy's decision, as in real-life one-party states. (The states (the Candidate says they took part in a long, grueling selection process to become the Candidate, but it's unclear whether this was any more competitive than the "election".)
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* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because{{Dehumanization}} {{dehumanization}} and making TheScapegoat [[TheScapegoat scapegoats]] out of "the Other" is [[HumansAreBastards human nature]]. In the end the Candidate gives a whole speech that is quite clearly [[CardCarryingVillain ''superliminal'']] laying out the "Kill All Others" philosophy in explicit detail, which [[WorldOfJerkass everyone blithely accepts]].
* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because
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** SexSells: The characters are apparently closely tailored to individuals' sexual preferences to get them to buy more products, and people buy certain brands specifically to get closer to to certain characters.
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* ApatheticCitizens: Anyone who is not a "Other".
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: PhilipKDick's original story, "The Hanging Stranger", was about a BodySnatcher scenario where the hanging corpse was put up as an ImpostorExposingTest for unconverted humans. In this story, there's no indication anyone in the world is anything other than human, and the lesson is that HumansAreBastards.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: PhilipKDick's Creator/PhilipKDick's original story, "The Hanging Stranger", was about a BodySnatcher scenario where the hanging corpse was put up as an ImpostorExposingTest for unconverted humans. In this story, there's no indication anyone in the world is anything other than human, and the lesson is that HumansAreBastards.
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** SexSells: The characters are apparently closely tailored to individuals' sexual preferences to get them to buy more products, and people buy certain brands specifically to get closer to to certain characters.
** KissMeImVirtual: The characters aren't tangible and aren't actually programmed with naughty bits, but that doesn't prevent the protagonist's wife from emotionally cheating on him with one.
** KissMeImVirtual: The characters aren't tangible and aren't actually programmed with naughty bits, but that doesn't prevent the protagonist's wife from emotionally cheating on him with one.
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: Holographic characters advertising various products show up uninvited within the protagonist's home. He is treated as unusual for resenting this.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Critics almost universally picked up that "the Candidate" in this story is a metaphor for UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, though people were quick to point out that there were also clear thematic parallels to UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton (a female politician who expects a "coronation") and even UsefulNotes/BarackObama ("Mexuscan, Yes Us Can!" = "Yes We Can")
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates has merged with UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} and UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} to form the [[InherentlyFunnyWords unfortunately named]] polity of [[NewSpeak "Mexuscan"]]. It is unclear if "Mexuscan" itself is a sovereign state or part of some larger world state, since the ending has the Candidate describe expanding the "Kill All Others" policy to the entire Western Hemisphere.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: PhilipKDick's original story, "The Hanging Stranger", was about a BodySnatcher scenario where the hanging corpse was put up as an ImpostorExposingTest for unconverted humans. In this story, there's no indication anyone in the world is anything other than human, and the lesson is that HumansAreBastards.
* InsistentTerminology: The politician around whom the episode revolves is always referred to, including in print, as "the Candidate," with no name given, and only goes by "they/them" pronouns (even though they are played by Vera Farmiga and present as feminine). Whether this is related to the Mexuscan government's unique form of media-driven one-party rule is left unexplained.
** No one ever defines what exactly an "Other" is, aside from the general sense of people who are somehow different and disloyal. In the end it seems an "Other" is [[ShapedLikeItself anyone who feels threatened by or opposed to the phrase "Kill All Others"]].
* ShamCeremony: The upcoming election is treated as very SeriousBusiness even though it's a ForegoneConclusion since there's only one candidate (who is never referred to by name, only [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "the Candidate"]]). It's unclear whether this means "the Candidate" is a PresidentForLife or whether this is a process by which the populace rubber stamps the party bureaucracy's decision, as in real-life one-party states. (The Candidate says they took part in a long, grueling selection process to become the Candidate, but it's unclear whether this was any more competitive than the "election".)
* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because {{Dehumanization}} and making TheScapegoat out of "the Other" is [[HumansAreBastards human nature]]. In the end the Candidate gives a whole speech that is quite clearly [[CardCarryingVillain ''superliminal'']] laying out the "Kill All Others" philosophy in explicit detail, which [[WorldOfJerkass everyone blithely accepts]].
* TitleDrop: In the Candidate's opening speech. Doubles as ArcWords.
* WitchHunt: The whole premise.
* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates has merged with UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} and UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} to form the [[InherentlyFunnyWords unfortunately named]] polity of [[NewSpeak "Mexuscan"]]. It is unclear if "Mexuscan" itself is a sovereign state or part of some larger world state, since the ending has the Candidate describe expanding the "Kill All Others" policy to the entire Western Hemisphere.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: PhilipKDick's original story, "The Hanging Stranger", was about a BodySnatcher scenario where the hanging corpse was put up as an ImpostorExposingTest for unconverted humans. In this story, there's no indication anyone in the world is anything other than human, and the lesson is that HumansAreBastards.
* InsistentTerminology: The politician around whom the episode revolves is always referred to, including in print, as "the Candidate," with no name given, and only goes by "they/them" pronouns (even though they are played by Vera Farmiga and present as feminine). Whether this is related to the Mexuscan government's unique form of media-driven one-party rule is left unexplained.
** No one ever defines what exactly an "Other" is, aside from the general sense of people who are somehow different and disloyal. In the end it seems an "Other" is [[ShapedLikeItself anyone who feels threatened by or opposed to the phrase "Kill All Others"]].
* ShamCeremony: The upcoming election is treated as very SeriousBusiness even though it's a ForegoneConclusion since there's only one candidate (who is never referred to by name, only [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "the Candidate"]]). It's unclear whether this means "the Candidate" is a PresidentForLife or whether this is a process by which the populace rubber stamps the party bureaucracy's decision, as in real-life one-party states. (The Candidate says they took part in a long, grueling selection process to become the Candidate, but it's unclear whether this was any more competitive than the "election".)
* SubliminalSeduction: Subverted. It is implied at first that this is what is going on with "Kill All Others", with the phrase flashing and glitching randomly during the Candidate's speech, and no one but the main character apparently having heard them say it. We then find out that people did actually hear the phrase and understand it, but just don't see it as remarkable because {{Dehumanization}} and making TheScapegoat out of "the Other" is [[HumansAreBastards human nature]]. In the end the Candidate gives a whole speech that is quite clearly [[CardCarryingVillain ''superliminal'']] laying out the "Kill All Others" philosophy in explicit detail, which [[WorldOfJerkass everyone blithely accepts]].
* TitleDrop: In the Candidate's opening speech. Doubles as ArcWords.
* WitchHunt: The whole premise.
