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* [[Author Tract]]: [[Justified]]
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: You might already know how the events unfold, since it's been covered on Canadian television and on [[Wikipedia]].
* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]▼
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: {{spoiler|How Shirley dealt with her problems.}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Justice Gail Welsh's statements on Shirley Turner's behavior are repeated aloud, alongside evidence of the obvious contrary.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Shirley was a master at being one. [[Discussed]] in interviews.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The movie starts with a written letter: ''"Dear Zachary, Your father was..."'' and then interviews are spliced in, taking about Andrew's qualities and quirks. But then a woman starts crying...
* [[Narrator]]: Kuenne himself.
* [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]: Discussed by people interviewed about Andrew.
{{quote|'You know how loved ones you've lost take on sort of a rosy glow in your memories? [[Defied|That's not what's happening here.]]''}}
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Andrew was never late... except that one time.
* [[Plot Armor]]: {{spoiler|You'd think Zachary would grow old enough to watch the home movie. How ''wrong'' you'd be.}}
* [[Plot Twist]]
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: David Bagby, when talking about Shirley {{spoiler|after Zachary's death.}}
▲* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Zachary.
* [[The Sociopath]]: Shirley Turner, a lot.
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: Shirley Turner got away with the murder of Andrew {{spoiler|and her son Zachary.}}
* [[There Should Be a Law]]: And now, [http://www.slashfilm.com/legacy-dear-zachary-zacharys-bill-law-canada/ there is.]
* [[The Unfair Sex]]
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Kurt Kuenne says the film is intended for Zachary. {{spoiler|It ''was'' intended for him, but [[Real Life Writes The Plot|Real Life]] got in the way. '''Hard.'''}}
* [[Yandere]]: Shirley Turner. The sections about her history in the extensive government report [http://www.dearzachary.com/investigation/ here] make her look like a walking poster child for dangerous manifestations of borderline personality disorder, for years even before the tragedies depicted in this film.
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