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Absolutely no relation to the 1963 [[Vincent Price]] horror film.
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=== This story provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Bedlam House]]: Poprishchin's eventual fate.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Mostly funny. And then it ends with him sobbing in a heap.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: The story details this, as Poprishchin's grip on reality continues to slip, eventually resulting in {{spoiler|him believing himself the heir to the Spanish throne.}}
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes]]: Poprishchin's a definite Type I, a complete failure in every regard.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Poprishchin, who thinks he is a person of some importance, when, well, he isn't.
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: Poprishchin's first delusion is that he can understand the talks of dogs, and later the letters they write each other.
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]: It's the diary of a madman.