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* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Travis in the novel, as corporations are covertly fighting each other the way [[Cold War]] intelligence agencies used to. In the movie his paranoia is simply a sign of his general Jerkass nature.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Travis in the novel, as corporations are covertly fighting each other the way [[Cold War]] intelligence agencies used to. In the movie his paranoia is simply a sign of his general Jerkass nature.
* [[Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: At the end of the movie, Dr. Ross destroys her company's satellite in payback for her boss putting the mission above her fiancée. Never mind that this would inevitably cause thousands of people to lose their jobs...
* [[Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: At the end of the movie, Dr. Ross destroys her company's satellite in payback for her boss putting the mission above her fiancée. Never mind that this would inevitably cause thousands of people to lose their jobs...
** Though the company was shown as already being in a tailspin and had been for (at the least) months before the events of the movie take place. Most of those thousands likely already had their resumes ready, and many will likely keep their jobs under new ownership as various bits of the company are sold off or taken over.
* [[Red Shirt]]: African porters.
* [[Red Shirt]]: African porters.
** {{spoiler|Also Richard. He wasn't even in the novel}}
** {{spoiler|Also Richard. He wasn't even in the novel}}