Consequently, many find that Metropolis Is Unoriginal: This movie’s tropes, characters, visual style, and special effects have been mimicked to the point of exhaustion. Ironically, on its release people criticized the plot for borrowing heavily from Victorian melodramas and other sci fi stories; H. G. Wells in particular felt he’d been plagiarized. Aerith and Bob: […]

We assume the target was hit, but the next camera shot reveals that it was Mr Lucky who got hit by another sniper. Batman Gambit: Eddie banks on Mr. X’s success of getting the pills off the Serbians so the two can make a drug deal for themselves. X delivers, but Eddie holds his folks […]

Often, these tropes were a sign of the times, and as the times moved on so did the tropes, morphing to fit the current standard. Many tropes evolved this way, and while their ancestors went extinct, the fossils remain (as do, occasionally, vestigial features in their descendants). Tropes of this nature are occasionally revived (though […]

Not So Imaginary Friend Skull’s super intelligent cat. Inverted with Skull. Everyone in the comic can see Skull with the exception of Max Powers. Not anymore. Oblivious Admirer Ricky “Turtle” Tuttle is this to Francis. Offhand Backhand: Robbie takes out a sales drone before he can do any damage. Our Werewolves Are Different: A Beast […]

Actually, the song it’s intentionally based on is the quasi official anthem of German communism. Anti Love Song: Many of them, but “Stein um Stein” and “Amour” come to mind. Artistic License Geography: “Amerika” includes in one refrain such American brands as Coca Cola and Wonderbra. The latter is actually originally a Canadian product. That’s […]

At the end of “Whatever it Takes.”, we see Trey has a wife and child. Reset Button Ending: “Whatever It Takes.” June has finally gotten the analyst job she had been trying for since losing her original job in the pilot. Her hiring was contingent on Chloe continuing her affair with the boss’s son, left […]

Took a Level in Badass: June, by the end of the film. Toros y Flamenco: They had the decency to shoot in the real Spain, but then put the running of the bulls in Seville, while a banda plays a feria song that goes “A Pamplona hemos de ir”note To Pamplona we must go. Trailers […]

In the real world, there was a Pioneer Airlines which has now become incorporated into United Airlines, but through different means: the real Pioneer was merged with Continental Airlines in 1955, which in turn merged with United in 2011. One of the plotlines in Season 3 is around negotiations for a deal between the United […]

The show was made into a live action movie in late 2005 starring Charlize Theron, in which the plot, characters, themes and artistic style were unrelated enough to original series to cause the original creator to feel humiliated when he saw it. A licensed tie in game was made to try and link the two, […]

Death by Irony: Art Land is crushed beneath his hotel’s giant globe. Martha Dale is crushed by a White House decoration after obsessing over decor and furniture earlier in the movie. Defiant to the End: General Decker continues ranting about America even as he’s shrunk by the Martian leader. Denser and Wackier: While the original […]