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* [[Fantastic Catholicism]]

* [[The Film of the Book]]: Released in 2009. Now with less stupid hair. To make things highly confusing, the film is a ''sequel'' to ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''.

* [[Gambit Roulette]]: {{spoiler|It also depends on him being NOT seen by Langdon and getting to the Anti-Matter, which he placed on Saint Peter's catacomb, on time. Needless to say, he's spotted by Langdon, and was interrogated by Kohler (who caught the whole thing on tape) before Kohler was shot.}}

** Even less plausible in [[The Film of the Book]], where the plan is {{spoiler|for ''Langdon'' to find the antimatter mere minutes before it detonates. A few minutes too soon, and the bomb is easily defused. A minute too late, and St. Peter's is destroyed, along with the Camerlengo.}} And that's just the most obvious flaw in the Xanatos' hilariously roundabout plan. Spotting the rest makes for one Hell of a drinking game.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] - it's set in Rome/Vatican. Go figure.

* [[Planar Shockwave]] - averted in the movie, the antimatter detonation produced a invisible and expanding sphere of energy. Also averted in the book, where the antimatter bomb (a bomb that was supposed to clock in at about 5 kilotons) blew up with out even ruffling anyone's tie. It did, however, shake things up.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: {{spoiler|If the poor Camerlengo had ''really listened'' to the Pope's full story, all of this wouldn't have happened.}}

* [[Police Are Useless]]: The movie has a really bad case of this. Albeit this was supposed to be a more or less rational thriller, a single assassin manages to {{spoiler|kill the entire Italian and Papal police presence at a top-priority crime scene, using little more than a [[Hollywood Silencer|Silencer Pistol]].}}. Shortly after, Langdon only manages to {{spoiler|convince ''two'' Carabinieri to accompany him to the soon-to-be crime scene, to stop the killer in time. The van with the assassin and the next victim drives onto the square boldly. The policemen, however, instead of calling for better armed reinforcement, immediately try to sneak around the van, ''one by one'' (although they obviously don't have a chance of a surprise attack anymore). They are also sniped by the killer one by one as a result, who then goes pushing his fourth victim into the water unhindered.}} Later in the movie, {{spoiler|Langdon and the Italian special units storm the presumed criminal hideout. But instead of listening to Langdon, and following him, or even to aid him a little bit, they run off into the other direction for no obvious reason, although Langdon begs them to stay with him. A few minutes later, he finds himself face-to-face with the armed assassin.}}

** Perhaps a much smaller quantity of electrons were bottled than the CERN scientists thought. An instrumentation error, to be sure.

* [[Soft Water]]: {{spoiler|Langdon survives a fall from the helicopter into the Tiber river thanks to a tip he learned from a [[Chekhov's Classroom]]. It's noted by the emergency personnel who save him that he didn't break his bones.}}

* [[Those Two Guys]] - Two BBC journalists start following Robert during his chase to save the kidnapped Preferiti in hopes of a better story and an award.

* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Poor Langdon.