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** Detective Hugo reveals to Vincent that he's figured out he and the In-Valid fugitive are brothers, but he doesn't rat them out.

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** Detective Hugo reveals to Vincent Anton that he's figured out he and the In-Valid fugitive are brothers, but he doesn't rat them out.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Vincent and Anton's mother Marie might be recognizable to modern-day sci-fi fans as Admiral Katrina Cornwell on ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Vincent and Anton's mother Marie might be recognizable to modern-day sci-fi fans as Admiral Katrina Cornwell on ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/UmaThurman got married two years after meeting in this film and had two children but they have since separated.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/UmaThurman got married two years after meeting in this film and had two children (including Creator/MayaHawke) but they have since separated.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/UmaThurman got married two years after meeting in this film but they have since separated.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/UmaThurman got married two years after meeting in this film and had two children but they have since separated.
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** The head janitor gives Vincent some fatherly advice when he first works at NASA and is later shown to be his SecretKeeper, with the two having a joking conversation before the final mission.
** The geneticist describes the process more, reveals that all babies are made heterosexual, and nonchalantly talks about disposing of the leftover embryos once the Freemans' pick the one they want.
** Detective Hugo reveals to Vincent that he's figured out he and the In-Valid fugitive are brothers, but he doesn't rat them out.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/UmaThurman got married two years after meeting in this film but they have since separated.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/SeanPenn were offered the role of Jermoe/Eugene Morrow.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/SeanPenn were offered the role of Jermoe/Eugene Jerome/Eugene Morrow.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite very good reviews from critics, the film raked in [[BoxOfficeBomb only $12.5 million out of a $36 million budget]].

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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite very good reviews from critics, the film raked in [[BoxOfficeBomb only $12.5 million out of a $36 million budget]].budget]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/SeanPenn were offered the role of Jermoe/Eugene Morrow.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite very good reviews from critics, the film raked in [[BoxOfficeBomb only $12.5 million out of a $36 million budget]].
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
** Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely ''opaque'', as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990's when this was filmed and [[ScienceMarchesOn before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004]].
** Also given near-future engines, it would be possible as well. In real life, they're still in the research phase...
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Unless there's blood or other stuff that's not supposed to be in there in it, Urine doesn't contain genetic material.
** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.
** There' also considerable debate about how much DNA is in hair. Most sources say it's just in the root, but others say that fragmentary DNA can still be found in the strand.
* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complementary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]

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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite very good reviews from critics, the film raked in [[BoxOfficeBomb only $12.5 million out of a $36 million budget]].
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
** Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely ''opaque'', as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990's when this was filmed and [[ScienceMarchesOn before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004]].
** Also given near-future engines, it would be possible as well. In real life, they're still in the research phase...
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Unless there's blood or other stuff that's not supposed to be in there in it, Urine doesn't contain genetic material.
** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.
** There' also considerable debate about how much DNA is in hair. Most sources say it's just in the root, but others say that fragmentary DNA can still be found in the strand.
* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complementary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]
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* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complimentary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]

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* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complimentary complementary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite very good reviews from critics, the film raked in [[BoxOfficeBomb only $12.5 million out of a $36 million budget]].



* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complimentary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]

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* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complimentary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]
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* RoleAssociation: MayaRudolph, later to star on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', pops up as a nurse.
** {{Monk}} presents Jerome to Vincent. Guess that he told him many times to clean everything he owns. Which is hilarious in hindsight since one of the major plot points of the movie is Vincent not cleaning up.
** One of the sequencing technicians [[Series/TheState just wants to dip his balls in it!]]
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** One of the sequencing technicians [[Series/TheState just wants to dip his balls in it!]]
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* The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" [=(GCAT)=]. The complimentary strand would be [=CTAATGT=]. The [=mRNA=] strand would be [=CUAAUGU=]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: MayaRudolph, later to star on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', pops up as a nurse.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: RoleAssociation: MayaRudolph, later to star on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', pops up as a nurse.
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** There' also considerable debate about how much DNA is in hair. Most sources say it's just in the root, but others say that fragmentary DNA can still be found in the strand.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SaturdayNightLive Maya Rudolph]] pops up as a nurse.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SaturdayNightLive Maya Rudolph]] MayaRudolph, later to star on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', pops up as a nurse.
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** {{Monk}} presents Jerome to Vincent. Guess that he told him many times to clean everything he owns.

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** {{Monk}} presents Jerome to Vincent. Guess that he told him many times to clean everything he owns. Which is hilarious in hindsight since one of the major plot points of the movie is Vincent not cleaning up.
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** Also given near-future engines, it would be possible as well. In real life, they're still in the research phase...

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
** Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely ''opaque'', as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990's when this was filmed and [[ScienceMarchesOn before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004]].
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Unless there's blood or other stuff that's not supposed to be in there in it, Urine doesn't contain genetic material.
** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.



* YouFailBiologyForever: Unless there's blood or other stuff that's not supposed to be in there in it, Urine doesn't contain genetic material.
** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.
* AstronomyGoof: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
** Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely ''opaque'', as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990's when this was filmed and [[ScienceMarchesOn before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004]].
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* AsrtonomyGoof: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.

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* AsrtonomyGoof: AstronomyGoof: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
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** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.

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** There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though.though.
* AsrtonomyGoof: Barring [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention]] it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan.
** Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely ''opaque'', as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990's when this was filmed and [[ScienceMarchesOn before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004]].

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