Jerkass Woobie: Nastasya Filippovna, full stop. To some extent Ippolit as well.
Memetic Mutation: In some circles, sarcastically addressing someone as "Prince Myshkin" (thereby implying that the person is an idiot) has become a Stealth Insult. This largely grew out of a rather clever joke in The Producers in which Max says to Leo "Yes, Prince Myshkin! What can we do for you?"
Moe: Prince Myshkin has a lot of these traits, being a virginal ill guy who gives off an air of child-like innocence and trust. Needless to say, this being Dostoevsky, things do not go well. Could possibly count as a deconstruction for this reason.
Alternate Aesop Interpretation: Many people throughout the years have assumed that "China Girl" is at least partially about heroin, but Pop insists it isn't. He's been quite forthright that several of his other songs from the same period are about heroin, but the interpretation persists nonetheless - even Nile Rodgers, the producer of Bowie's version, took that interpretation.
