History TearJerker / MrNobody

* On a minor level, the journalist interviewing Old Nemo and trying to make sense of all the contradictory life stories, some not even making sense because Nemo dies in those. Unlike the other invasive mass media figures making a spectacle out of him, the journalist approaches Nemo respectfully and records their interview with an old-fashioned tape recorder. There's a mix of frustration and empathy for the lost centenary man in the journalist's reactions and demands of knowing which recount is the right one. And to top it all off, in the end Old Nemo tells to his face that he doesn't exist, and they're both just fragments of a child's imagination. For the poor journalist's sake, let's hope Old Nemo is making it all up in a DyingDream.

** They marry, but while driving away from the wedding they're involved in a freak road accident that kills Elise. Nemo decides to make himself immortal and by 2092 he travels to Mars to spread her ashes there as he promised when they bonded as teenagers, only to then die as the SleeperShip gets destroyed by asteroids.

* On a minor level, the journalist interviewing Old Nemo and trying to make sense of all the contradictory life stories, some not even making sense because Nemo dies in those. Unlike the other invasive mass media figures making a spectacle out of him, the journalist approaches Nemo respectfully and records their interview with an old-fashioned tape recorder. There's a mix of frustration and empathy for the lost centenary man in the journalist's reactions and demands of knowing which recount is the right one. And to top it all off, in the end Old Nemo tells to his face that he doesn't exist, and they're both just fragments of the imagination of a child. For the poor journalist's sake, let's hope Old Nemo is making it all up in a DyingDream.

** When Elise admits that she's missing Stefano, she breaks up again when Nemo reassures her that [[UndyingLoyalty he won't abandon her]].

* The ButterflyEffect of the waffles factory worker leaving a piece of eggshell that distracts Nemo's father leading to an accident that leads to the divorce and Nemo causing a man in Brazil to lose his job because he picked a cheaper pair of jeans offers a FridgeHorror tear jerker that our actions, even the smallest ones, can snowball into ruining someone's life.

** Alternatively, they marry, they don't get involved with any road accident, but Nemo endures an AwfulWeddedLife with her due to her depression and BPD. The part where Elise temporarily keeps her mental issues in check and enjoys herself at her daughter's birthday party and then sleeps with her whole family together in the same bed is then [[MoodWhiplash brutally undercut]] by her having a depressive episode the very next day in which she goes outside to weep under the rain, so much so that some concerned neighbors come out of their homes.

* On a minor level, the journalist interviewing Old Nemo and trying to make sense of all the contradictory life stories, some not even making sense because Nemo dies in those. Unlike the other invasive mass media figures making a spectacle out of him, the journalist approaches Nemo respectfully and records their interview with an old-fashioned tape recorder. There's a mix of frustration and empathy for the lost centenary man in the journalist's reactions and demands of knowing which recount is the right one. And to top it all off, in the end Old Nemo tells to his face that he doesn't exist, and they're both just fragments of the imagination of a child. For the poor journalist's sake, let's hope Old Nemo is making it all up in a DyingDream.

* The ButterflyEffect of the waffles factory worker leaving a piece of eggshell that distracts Nemo's father leading to an accident that leads to the divorce and Nemo causing a man in Brazil to lose his job because he picked a cheaper pair of jeans offers a FridgeHorror tear jerker is that our actions, even the smallest ones, can snowball into ruining someone's life.

* The depiction of 2092 New York being a cheery EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture utopia with people that have gained everlasting lifespans is undercut by Old Nemo's predicament of being the last mortal on Earth: lonely, disillusioned, confused, spied on and gawked by the mass media following his final days with the anticipation of a reality show audience, and struggling to remember his past. And when he does manage to squeeze out some episodes of his life, they're all contradictory and they all present tragic outcomes that are bittersweet at best.

* The ButterflyEffect of the waffles factory worker leaving a piece of eggshell that distracts Nemo's father leading to an accident that leads to the divorce and Nemo causing a man in Brazil to lose his job because he picked a different brand of jeans offers a FridgeHorror tear jerker is that our actions, even the smallest ones, can snowball into ruining someone's life.

* Nemo actually dreamt of the accident his father will cause that ends up taking the life of a mother crossing the road while walking out with her baby, and tried to run outside to warn him. The accident takes a huge toll on Nemo's dad.

** Nemo does his best to be a good husband and father, but even he has his limits and eventually expresses his honest thoughts through a HeroicBSOD:

** She decides to leave, and actually comes across Stefano while working at a beauty salon... but it's AllForNothing he's all grown up and she doesn't recognize him, and thus she's left waiting and longing for him, holding onto a photo of him as a teenager as she continues to be unable to let go of the past.

* Nemo's omniscience not really helping him choose the right path. Even the timelines with happy outcomes in which Nemo is reunited with Anna or Teenager Nemo wakes up from the coma in front of his reconciled parents, just because things turned out well then, nothing indicates that bad things will stop happening afterwards, and the bizarre GainaxEnding with time reversing making everything turn out well could very well be just Old Nemo's wishful DyingDream.