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6* In the first movie, when the CIA is going over Marie's background, the agent analyzing her profile mentions she has [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} Gypsy]] heritage. With this in mind, this may be a factor in why she was getting such lousy treatment at the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland, as well as why she can't seem to hold down a steady job and is always on the move.
7* Bourne's memory loss wasn't just because of the gunshot wounds he suffered, but from what happened immediately beforehand: [[spoiler: he encountered Wombosi with his children right as he was about to assassinate him.]] Given that the whole point of the assassination was to make it look like a BodyguardBetrayal, [[spoiler: that meant he would have had to kill anyone who saw him do the deed, including them. When faced with the fact that he would have to kill three [[ChildrenAreInnocent children]] for the first time, he probably began to experience a HeroicBSOD as the full enormity of his ruthless career catches up to him. The gunshots afterward were just the icing on the cake.]]
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10* In ''Identity'', Wombosi [[spoiler: was shown to have had several children ]]before he was assassinated. [[spoiler: [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What happened to them after their father's death]]?]]
11* In ''Supremacy'', Bourne's interrogation of Nikki becomes a hundred times more horrifying when [[spoiler: ''Ultimatum'' implies that they used to be an item.]] So you're alone, underground, cut off from all communication with your superiors (AKA the people keeping you safe), and [[spoiler: the person you love, who's looking at you like an absolute stranger,]] is threatening to kill you.
12* In ''Ultimatum'', the fact that the CIA can literally sedate and kidnap a guy in broad daylight, in front of dozens of shocked witnesses, in a foreign country, and get it away with it with a terrorism excuse is pretty unnerving. ''Especially'' since the guy in question is totally innocent and just had the bad luck to be standing next to Ross.
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