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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Charles Foster Kane, obviously. He turns from an idealistic muckraker to a mogul whose life is slowly spiraling out of control. |
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Charles Foster Kane, obviously. He turns from an idealistic muckraker to a mogul whose life is slowly spiraling out of control. |
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* [[Aside Glance]]: |
* [[Aside Glance]]: |
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{{quote|'''Thatcher:''' "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper." Hmmph!}} |
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* [[Badass Boast]]: "I'm Charles Foster Kane! I'm not some cheap politician!" |
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I'm Charles Foster Kane! I'm not some cheap politician!" |
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Kane's wives, Emily and Susan, respectively |
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Kane's wives, Emily and Susan, respectively |
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* [[Big Fancy House]]: Xanadu. |
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Xanadu. |
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* [[Blunt Yes]]: |
* [[Blunt Yes]]: |
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{{quote|'''Leland:''' Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm? |
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'''Bernstein:''' Yes. If you thought I'd answer you any differently than what Mr. Kane tells you... }} |
'''Bernstein:''' Yes. If you thought I'd answer you any differently than what Mr. Kane tells you... }} |
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* [[Book Ends]]: The same shot of Kane's house. |
* [[Book Ends]]: The same shot of Kane's house. |
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* [[The Gay Nineties]]: Kane's childhood. |
* [[The Gay Nineties]]: Kane's childhood. |
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* [[Gilligan Cut]]: When Kane announces his intention to make Susan Alexander an opera star, a reporter asks if she'll sing at the Met: |
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: When Kane announces his intention to make Susan Alexander an opera star, a reporter asks if she'll sing at the Met: |
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{{quote|'''Susan:''' Charlie said if I didn't, he'd build me an opera house. |
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'''Kane:''' That won't be necessary. |
'''Kane:''' That won't be necessary. |
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''(cut to newspaper headline: "KANE BUILDS OPERA HOUSE")'' }} |
''(cut to newspaper headline: "KANE BUILDS OPERA HOUSE")'' }} |
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* [[The Great Depression]]: Major element of the setting. |
* [[The Great Depression]]: Major element of the setting. |
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* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Averted with Susan Alexander. To get the effect of a realistically overmatched singer, Welles got a professional '''alto''' opera singer and had her sing a soprano part |
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Averted with Susan Alexander. To get the effect of a realistically overmatched singer, Welles got a professional '''alto''' opera singer and had her sing a soprano part |
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* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: [[Inverted Trope]] by Kane, when he is forced to give up the control of his empire. Hardly a nobody. Very disillusioned, he reflects that it was his ''advantages'' that stole him his chance at true greatness: |
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: [[Inverted Trope]] by Kane, when he is forced to give up the control of his empire. Hardly a nobody. Very disillusioned, he reflects that it was his ''advantages'' that stole him his chance at true greatness: |
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{{quote|'''Charles Foster Kane:''' You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. |
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'''Thatcher:''' Don't you think you are? |
'''Thatcher:''' Don't you think you are? |
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'''Charles Foster Kane:''' I think I did pretty well under the circumstances. |
'''Charles Foster Kane:''' I think I did pretty well under the circumstances. |
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'''[[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Thatcher:]]''' What would you like to have been? <br /> |
'''[[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Thatcher:]]''' What would you like to have been? <br /> |
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'''Charles Foster Kane:''' [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|Everything you hate.]] }} |
'''Charles Foster Kane:''' [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|Everything you hate.]] }} |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: This is Kane's main motivation. [[Deconstructed]], as, despite how innocuous a motivation it seems, it causes him to be a [[Jerkass]]. |
* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: This is Kane's main motivation. [[Deconstructed]], as, despite how innocuous a motivation it seems, it causes him to be a [[Jerkass]]. |
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* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: |
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: |
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{{quote|'''Charles Foster Kane:''' You long-faced, overdressed anarchist. |
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'''Leland:''' I am not overdressed. }} |
'''Leland:''' I am not overdressed. }} |
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* [[It's All About Me]]: Kane’s mission in life is ''to be loved on his own terms''. Lampshaded spectacularly: |
* [[It's All About Me]]: Kane’s mission in life is ''to be loved on his own terms''. Lampshaded spectacularly: |
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{{quote|'''Kane:''' [pleading] Don't go, Susan. You mustn't go. You can't do this to me. |
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'''Susan:''' I see. So it's you who this is being done to. It's not me at all. Not how I feel. Not what it means to me.'' [laughs] ''I can't do this to you? [odd smile] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Oh, yes I can.]] }} |
'''Susan:''' I see. So it's you who this is being done to. It's not me at all. Not how I feel. Not what it means to me.'' [laughs] ''I can't do this to you? [odd smile] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Oh, yes I can.]] }} |
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* [[It's All Junk]]: Kane is an obsessive collector of everything, who then treats people like objects and dies a lonely old man, surrounded by glorified junk in a ridiculously opulent estate. |
* [[It's All Junk]]: Kane is an obsessive collector of everything, who then treats people like objects and dies a lonely old man, surrounded by glorified junk in a ridiculously opulent estate. |
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* [[Trade Your Passion for Glory]] |
* [[Trade Your Passion for Glory]] |
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* [[Tragic Hero]]: Kane, lampshaded by Leland. |
* [[Tragic Hero]]: Kane, lampshaded by Leland. |
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{{quote|'''Leland:''' That's all he ever wanted out of life... [[Tragic Dream|was love. That's the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see, he just didn't have any to give]].}} |
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Rosebud" was allegedly William Randolph Hearst's pet name for a specific part of Marion Davies' genitalia. Gives a whole new meaning to [[It Was His Sled]] now, doesn't it? |
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Rosebud" was allegedly William Randolph Hearst's pet name for a specific part of Marion Davies' genitalia. Gives a whole new meaning to [[It Was His Sled]] now, doesn't it? |
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* [[Video Credits]]: A clip of each major character is shown in the credits, except Kane himself. |
* [[Video Credits]]: A clip of each major character is shown in the credits, except Kane himself. |