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** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] by being murdered in the hands of the MI5 elements under the Network's control for being dangerous to them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
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** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] by being murdered in the hands of the MI5 [=MI5=] elements under the Network's control for being dangerous to them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
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* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline UsefulNotes/ThomasMore's ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.
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* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline UsefulNotes/ThomasMore's ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.the society he lived in.
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* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline [[UsefulNotes/ThomasMore]]'s ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.
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* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline [[UsefulNotes/ThomasMore]]'s UsefulNotes/ThomasMore's ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.
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!The [[Literature/{{Utopia}} Book]]
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* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline [[UsefulNotes/ThomasMore]]'s ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.
* MisaimedFandom: A lot of people think the book is supposed outline [[UsefulNotes/ThomasMore]]'s ideal society. Based on what we know about him and his views, it's more likely he intended to be Main/{{Satire}} on flaws in his society.
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* TheWoobie: To varying degrees (considering the setting), almost all of the main characters, especially Grant and Alice.
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* TheWoobie: To varying degrees (considering the setting), almost all of the main characters, especially Grant and Alice.Alice.
!The [[Literature/{{Utopia}} Book]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: The entire plot to use [[spoiler: a manufactured epidemic to spread vaccines that are in turn a carrier for a secret medical component]] hits ''hard'' with [[spoiler: the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and just how many people seriously entertain outlandish conspiracy theories around the pandemic and vaccines]].
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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Even when the protagonists are being faced with a literal global conspiracy hellbent on [[spoiler: causing mass infertility on humanity to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save the planet]],]] Donaldson pretty much occupies the space for being the [[{{Jerkass}} most-hated]] [[HateSink character]] in the series. Even though the Network doesn't have a lack of total psychopaths, Donaldson, though not a full-fledged member of the Network, is only in the Network [[MoneyDearBoy for money]] and is a massive pain in the ass for everyone involved, with Becky being the prime contender. Ironically, [[spoiler: he caused the worst friction to Ian and Becky's relationship in the series by spreading slanders about Becky having an affair with him (despite it's Becky who's being blackmailed into it),]] even though the Network has managed to strain the protagonists' relationship many times.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The incredible, experimental score composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer encapsulates the paranoia and fear of the main characters, while also giving some surprisingly upbeat (albeit with harrowing undertones) tracks.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The entire plot to use [[spoiler: a manufactured epidemic to spread vaccines that are in turn a carrier for a secret medical component]] hits ''hard'' with [[spoiler: the COVID-19 pandemic and just how many people seriously entertain outlandish conspiracy theories around the pandemic and vaccines]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: The entire plot to use [[spoiler: a manufactured epidemic to spread vaccines that are in turn a carrier for a secret medical component]] hits ''hard'' with [[spoiler: the COVID-19 pandemic UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and just how many people seriously entertain outlandish conspiracy theories around the pandemic and vaccines]].
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** Terrence in the final episode of Season 2 where he delivers his iconic HannibalLecture to a woman and her child in the bus station.
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* CrazyIsCool: Jessica Hyde, RaisedByWolves to become a CrazySurvivalist. Best shown in Series 2 with her entire escape from the Facility.
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* CrazyIsCool: Jessica Hyde, RaisedByWolves to become a CrazySurvivalist. Best shown in Series 2 with her entire escape from the Facility.Network's prison facility.
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** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its [[Series/UtopiaUS HBO remake]] in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due to horrifically coincidental bad timing.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
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** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its [[Series/UtopiaUS HBO remake]] in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due Interestingly, WordOfGod stated that while they did take some inspiration from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre Columbine High School massacre]] as the inspiration for the plot line, they absolutely didn't expect the Sandy Hook massacre to horrifically take place on December 2012, a month before the first season aired. As such, it was a notable case of horrifyingly coincidental bad timing.
timing for the series.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]]as an attempt by being murdered in the Network hands of the MI5 elements under the Network's control for being dangerous to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]]
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** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its HBO remake in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due to horrifically coincidental bad timing.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Tebbit Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Tebbit Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
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** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its [[Series/UtopiaUS HBO remake remake]] in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due to horrifically coincidental bad timing.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Tebbit [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28284124 Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Mr. Lee [[spoiler: is shot and taken out of commission after one episode in the first series and is presumed dead. He turns out to have survived being shot but has minimal impact in the second series before being shot again in the series finale.]]
* TheWoobie: To varying degrees, almost all of the main characters, especially Grant and Alice.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Mr. Lee [[spoiler: is shot and taken out of commission after one episode in the first series and is presumed dead. He turns out to have survived being shot but has minimal impact in the second series (only serving as a bully and major obstacle to Wilson after his FaceHeelTurn) before being shot again (for good) by Wilson in the series finale.]]
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Hit by two of these cases during its airtime in 2013-2014:
** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its HBO remake in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due to horrifically coincidental bad timing.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Tebbit Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
** The first one comes when it is revealed that the series involves a plot point in which [[spoiler: Arby massacres an entire secondary school in order to pin the blame on Grant (and thus retrieving the Utopia manuscript from him)]], which ended in a total of ''44'' complaints from concerned parties about the plot point's horrifying similarity to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. Curiously, much like its HBO remake in 2020, both series are hit with this particular controversy due to horrifically coincidental bad timing.
** The second one concerns the fictional depiction of [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave Airey Neave's death]] as an attempt by the Network to get rid of politicians who might oppose them]], which ends up in his colleague [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Tebbit Norman Tebbit]] to decry the depiction as "despicable to someone who is dead and cannot defend himself".
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The incredible, experimental score composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer encapsulates the paranoia and fear of the main characters, while also giving some surprisingly upbeat tracks.
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* GeniusBonus: The comics being titled "The Utopia Experiments" evokes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink a series of experiments]] in animal group behavior which are often referred to as "rat/mouse utopia experiments". As these experiments are seen as modeling [[spoiler: the effects of overcrowding and ensuing societal collapse]], drawing this connection ends up spoiling The Network's ultimate goals.
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* GeniusBonus: The comics being titled "The Utopia Experiments" evokes evoke [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink a series of experiments]] in animal group behavior which are is often referred to as "rat/mouse utopia experiments". As these experiments are seen as modeling [[spoiler: the effects of overcrowding and ensuing societal collapse]], drawing this connection ends up spoiling spoils The Network's ultimate goals.
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** Terrence in the final episode of Season 2 where he delivers his iconic HannibalLecture to a woman and her child in the bus station.
* {{Squick}}: Quite aplenty, with notable examples being:
** Lee [[spoiler: slicing Joe's (Ian's boss) neck when infiltrating Ian's office, only to find out that he isn't quite dead yet and has to bash his head in with a fire extinguisher, which ends up in him not being able to frame the scene as a suicide act.]]
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** [[spoiler: Joe spending about ''a good minute'' of being exsanguinated from his neck after being sliced by Lee when the latter infiltrates Ian's office]] in the third episode of Season 2.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Mr. Lee [[spoiler: is shot and taken out of commission after one episode in the first series and is presumed dead. He turns out to have survived being shot but has very little impact in the second series before being shot again in the series finale.]]
* TheWoobie: To varying degrees, almost all of the main characters but especially Grant and Alice.
* TheWoobie: To varying degrees, almost all of the main characters but especially Grant and Alice.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Mr. Lee [[spoiler: is shot and taken out of commission after one episode in the first series and is presumed dead. He turns out to have survived being shot but has very little minimal impact in the second series before being shot again in the series finale.]]
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* GeniusBonus: The title comics being titled "The Utopia Experiment" Experiments" evokes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink a series of experiments]] in animal group behavior which are often referred to as "rat/mouse utopia experiments". As these experiments are seen as modeling [[spoiler: the effects of overcrowding and ensuing societal collapse]], drawing this connection ends up spoiling The Network's ultimate goals.
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* ColbertBump: The 7 hour video made by WebVideo/Pyrocynical about the series has caused a large surge in attention, with much more activity on the Utopia subreddit since it dropped in November 2021.
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* ColbertBump: WebVideo/Pyrocynical's The 7 hour long video made by WebVideo/Pyrocynical about the series has caused a large surge in attention for the series, attention, with much more activity on the Utopia subreddit since it dropped in November 2021.
