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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The young woman that Koen rescues. He sees her as a much older woman at times and she seems to have powers of her own. Whoever she is, she's [[TheVoiceless not talking]].
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, rugs, and the like.
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* HowDoIShotWeb: Beyond the instinctive sensing and healing, Koen doesn't have the first idea of how to be a Cleverman.
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* NoSell: The girl who was brought back to life blocks Koen's attempt to sense her Dreaming.
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* CoolOldLady: The old woman who shelters Latani and then forges a fake ID and special contacts to help her escape the authorities.
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* CoolOldLady: The old woman who shelters Latani and then forges a fake ID and special contacts contact lenses to help her escape the authorities.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Possibly the aged short staff Uncle Jimmy gave to Koen.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Possibly the aged short staff waddy (traditional hunting club) Uncle Jimmy gave to Koen.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. A small child member of the Hairy people is killed by the authorities because her older brother was fighting back.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. A small child member of the Hairy people is killed by the authorities because her older brother was fighting back.back, and a 12-year old human boy is killed by the Namorrodor.
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* HughMann: The Hairyman who acts as Waruu's right hand is called Harry. Played with in that, otherwise, his human disguise is completely convincing.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The sadistic prison guards gets Djukuru to cooperate by electrocuting his father in front of him until he breaks.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The sadistic prison guards guard gets Djukuru to cooperate by electrocuting his father in front of him until he breaks.
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* CoolOldLady: The old woman who shelters Latani and then forges a fake ID and special contacts to help her escape the authorities.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: The sadistic prison guards gets Djukuru to cooperate by electrocuting his father in front of him until he breaks.
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* MarkOfTheSupernatural: The unnaturally blue left eye that marks a Cleverman.
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* BigBrotherBully: In case his completely uncaring reaction to Koen having his finger torn off didn't confirm Waruu as this, a flashback reveals that he used to bully Koen for being biracial.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Slade's wife is having trouble conceiving.
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* SuperStrength: The Hairies are easily an order of magnitude stronger than the humans.
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* SuperStrength: The Hairies are easily an order of magnitude stronger than the humans.humans.
* TraumaticHaircut: Djukuru, one of the main Hairies in prison, gets publicly shaved to shame him after he beats a couple prison guards.
* TraumaticHaircut: Djukuru, one of the main Hairies in prison, gets publicly shaved to shame him after he beats a couple prison guards.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jarod. Unabashedly so.
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* CharacterEstablishingMoment: See OpportunisticBastard below.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: See OpportunisticBastard below.
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* OpportunisticBastard: Koen makes himself out as a kindly human wanting to help the poor, downtrodden Hairies get out of the slum that is the Zone and into a nicer, newer home in the city. But he is really setting them up. He calls the authorities to report "a sighting" of them so he can get the reward for turning them in. He sneers at his friends when they balk up on realizing what the authorities ''do'' to Hairies who don't come quietly.
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* OpportunisticBastard: Koen makes himself out as a kindly human wanting to help the poor, downtrodden Hairies get out of the slum that is the Zone and into a nicer, newer home in the city. But he is really setting them up. He calls the authorities to report "a sighting" of them so he can get the reward for turning them in. He sneers at his friends when they balk up on realizing what the authorities ''do'' to Hairies who don't come quietly.
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* CharacterEstablishingMoment: See OpportunisticBastard below.
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* OpportunisticBastard: Koen makes himself out as a kindly human wanting to help the poor, downtrodden Hairies get out of the slum that is the Zone and into a nicer, newer home in the city. But he is really setting them up. He calls the authorities to report "a sighting" of them so he can get the reward for turning them in. He sneers at his friends when they balk up on realizing what the authorities ''do'' to Hairies who don't come quietly.
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* OpportunisticBastard: Koen makes himself out as a kindly human wanting to help the poor, downtrodden Hairies get out of the slum that is the Zone and into a nicer, newer home in the city. But he is really setting them up. He calls the authorities to report "a sighting" of them so he can get the reward for turning them in. He sneers at his friends when they balk up on realizing what the authorities ''do'' to Hairies who don't come quietly.
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* BequeathedPower: Played with. Uncle Jimmy chose Koen as the new Cleverman, and then chose to go to his death.
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* BequeathedPower: Played with. Uncle Jimmy chose Koen --the black sheep of the family-- as the new Cleverman, and then chose to go to his death.
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* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Koen is apparently GenreSavvy enough to realize he has a HealingFactor [[spoiler: after the finger that got torn off heals in a matter of minutes]]. To prove it to his girlfriend and friend -- and to himself -- he takes a sharp knife and slits his wrist vertically, only to watch it heal in seconds.
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* HealingFactor: One of the first powers we see that comes with the Cleverman title.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: A young woman is revived from the dead by Uncle Jimmy.]] It is his last act as the Cleverman before he gives it to Koen.
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* RedheadsAreUncool: Subverted. Koen's girlfriend is a redhead. She's very sweet, very caring, and was very disgusted when she learned what Koen's double cross of the Hairies resulted in.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Waruu is versed in the Dreaming, enough that he recognizes important story related events around him.
** He identifies the creature that killed Uncle Jimmy by its work and its reason for showing up: "when things are out of balance".
** He also recognizes the story from Uncle Jimmy as an indication said uncle made his choice of who will succeed him as Cleverman.
** He identifies the creature that killed Uncle Jimmy by its work and its reason for showing up: "when things are out of balance".
** He also recognizes the story from Uncle Jimmy as an indication said uncle made his choice of who will succeed him as Cleverman.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: We never see what killed Uncle Jimmy or how it was done, but the results are pretty gory: whatever it was that killed him went into his chest below the ribs, cracked them open and took his heart.
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* SlaveBrand: Played with. The Hairies are branded by the authorities once they have been apprehended, though they are not officially slaves. A branded Hairy is easier for the Authorities to recognize. They know where to look on the back of the neck for the burn mark.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all bravado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by [[spoiler: tearing it off and ]]dropping it on the floor.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all bravado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by [[spoiler: tearing it off and ]]dropping it on the floor.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]]. \n
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all bravado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and finger]]; the Hairy [[spoiler: responds by [[spoiler: tearing it off at the lowest knuckle and ]]dropping it on the floor.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all braavado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by tearing it off and dropping it on the floor.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all braavado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by tearing it off and dropping it on the floor.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]]. \n
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all braavado, bravado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by [[spoiler: tearing it off and dropping ]]dropping it on the floor.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy.
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* FantasticSlurs: Played with. There are a handful of derogatory terms regular humans use for the Hairypeople: Hairypeople: Hairies, subbies, subhumans, monkeys, shavers, and the like. like.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
* {{Fingore}}: When Waruu finds out that Koen made the call that got a family of hairies separated and their youngest child killed, he shows up at his brother's bar with a Hairy. Koen, all braavado, gives the Hairy [[FlippingTheBird the finger]], and the Hairy responds by tearing it off and dropping it on the floor.
* FlippingTheBird: Koen shows up at Uncle Jimmy's funeral and does this to his brother [[spoiler: to show that the finger torn off the night before has healed]].
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* PassFail: In the opening of the first episode, the Hairy on the bus is discovered pretty quickly.quickly.
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* {{Fainting}}: Koen's quickie sex with his girlfriend is interrupted by this as the Cleverman power enters him.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Possibly the aged short staff Uncle Jimmy gave to Koen.
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-->'''Uncle Jimmy:''' That is not a toy.
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* BequeathedPower: Played with. Uncle Jimmy chose Koen as the new Cleverman, and then chose to go to his death.
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->''The Aboriginal people of Australia are the longest surviving culture on earth with over 60,000 years of stories known as The Dreaming.\\
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The Dreaming is a spiritual realm that binds the past, present and future together. It is inhabited by incredible creatures and spirits.\\
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At the head of this realm is the Cleverman, a powerful man who is the conduit between The Dreaming and the real world.''
-->--'''Opening title cards'''
'''''Cleverman''''' is an Australian TV series co-produced with New Zealand and the United States, starring Hunter Page-Lochard, Deborah Mailman, Frances O'Connor and Iain Glen. The show was created by Ryan Griffen, who wanted to create an Aboriginal superhero for his son, and draws heavily from the mythology of the Indigenous Australians. ''Cleverman'' is broadcast simultaneously on the ABC in Australia and Sundance in the United States.
In a dystopic alternate version of Australia, "Hairypeople" -- strong, long-lived humanoid creatures with a connection to the Dreaming -- are rounded up by the government and forced to live in squalor in an area called "the Zone" alongside the poorest and neediest humans. Koen West, an amoral bar owner in the Zone who has turned his back on his culture, is anointed the new Cleverman after the death of his Uncle Jimmy. With new supernatural abilities and the help of his brother Waruu, a community leader who expected to be the new Cleverman, Koen must face threats to his people and the political forces encroaching on the Zone.
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* TheChosenOne: Koen is chosen by Uncle Jimmy to succeed him as the Zone's Cleverman.
** TheChooserOfTheOne: Uncle Jimmy.
** TheChosenWannabe: Waruu, a respected community leader who was close with Uncle Jimmy, fully expected to be chosen as the next Cleverman. He's not happy that it went to his screwup brother instead.
* IfItBleedsItLeads: Jarrod Slade defies the government's media embargo to broadcast footage of the Hairy raid in the first episode, which ended with a child being shot by police.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Koen is pretty quickly established as this.
* PassFail: In the opening of the first episode, the Hairy on the bus is discovered pretty quickly.
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->''The Aboriginal people of Australia are the longest surviving culture on earth with over 60,000 years of stories known as The Dreaming.\\
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The Dreaming is a spiritual realm that binds the past, present and future together. It is inhabited by incredible creatures and spirits.\\
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At the head of this realm is the Cleverman, a powerful man who is the conduit between The Dreaming and the real world.''
-->--'''Opening title cards'''
'''''Cleverman''''' is an Australian TV series co-produced with New Zealand and the United States, starring Hunter Page-Lochard, Deborah Mailman, Frances O'Connor and Iain Glen. The show was created by Ryan Griffen, who wanted to create an Aboriginal superhero for his son, and draws heavily from the mythology of the Indigenous Australians. ''Cleverman'' is broadcast simultaneously on the ABC in Australia and Sundance in the United States.
In a dystopic alternate version of Australia, "Hairypeople" -- strong, long-lived humanoid creatures with a connection to the Dreaming -- are rounded up by the government and forced to live in squalor in an area called "the Zone" alongside the poorest and neediest humans. Koen West, an amoral bar owner in the Zone who has turned his back on his culture, is anointed the new Cleverman after the death of his Uncle Jimmy. With new supernatural abilities and the help of his brother Waruu, a community leader who expected to be the new Cleverman, Koen must face threats to his people and the political forces encroaching on the Zone.
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!Tropes
* TheChosenOne: Koen is chosen by Uncle Jimmy to succeed him as the Zone's Cleverman.
** TheChooserOfTheOne: Uncle Jimmy.
** TheChosenWannabe: Waruu, a respected community leader who was close with Uncle Jimmy, fully expected to be chosen as the next Cleverman. He's not happy that it went to his screwup brother instead.
* IfItBleedsItLeads: Jarrod Slade defies the government's media embargo to broadcast footage of the Hairy raid in the first episode, which ended with a child being shot by police.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Koen is pretty quickly established as this.
* PassFail: In the opening of the first episode, the Hairy on the bus is discovered pretty quickly.
