The Manchurian Candidate (novel)/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: Eleanor Iselin, Up to Eleven.
 * It Makes Sense in Context: but you probably couldn't get away with a heated fight scene in a modern thriller wherein the hero continually screams "HOW DID THE OLD LADIES TURN INTO RUSSIANS?"
 * Jerkass Woobie: Raymond Shaw. Quite the Jerkass, but what happens to him is awful.
 * Memetic Mutation: "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known." It even got referenced in A Very Potter Musical.