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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] - Both characters are subject to this, more so Hayley.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] - Both characters are subject to this, more so Hayley.
** A lot of people seem to think Hayley was molested or otherwise abused, driving her to seek revenge on men like the one who hurt her, which does change things up a bit.
** A lot of people seem to think Hayley was molested or otherwise abused, driving her to seek revenge on men like the one who hurt her, which does change things up a bit.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Both characters. Jeff's [[Buffy Speak|monster-ness]] is more in the backstory, but [[Ellen Page|Hayley's]] is the focus of the movie.
** {{spoiler|Jeff actually acknowledges his [[Complete Monster]] nature after sufficient [[Mind Rape]] by Hayley; after ranting about young girls driving him crazy while stabbing one of his pictures with a kitchen knife he admits "This is me."}}
*** {{spoiler|Is he acknowledging it or is he only accepting what she has said as true because she's completely shattered him?}}
*** {{spoiler|A bit of both. As he privately cofesses that this is who he really is, he actually thanks Hayley for helping him to drop his facade.}}
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Similar to Sarah Connor, Hayley is seen by some as a righteous figure and paragon for feminism when in reality she's a sick and demented girl who tracks down child molesters so she has someone she can torture to death.
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Similar to Sarah Connor, Hayley is seen by some as a righteous figure and paragon for feminism when in reality she's a sick and demented girl who tracks down child molesters so she has someone she can torture to death.
* [[Just Here for Godzilla]]: ''That'' torture scene.
* [[Just Here for Godzilla]]: ''That'' torture scene.
* [[Mind Game Ship]]: Hayley and Jeff's entire [[Foe Yay|interaction]] with [[No Yay|each other]].
* [[Mind Game Ship]]: Hayley and Jeff's entire [[Foe Yay|interaction]] with [[No Yay|each other]].
* [[Misaimed Fandom]] - The ambiguity of the film strikes again.
* [[Misaimed Fandom]] - The ambiguity of the film strikes again.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]] - Both characters are [[Complete Monster|complete monsters,]] and both cross the moral event horizon. Jeff crosses it offscreen, in the backstory, by virtue of being a predatory hebephile, Hayley during the {{spoiler|castration scene.}} Neither character is a good person at all.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]] - Jeff crosses it offscreen in the backstory by virtue of being a predatory hebephile, Hayley during the {{spoiler|castration scene.}} Neither character is a good person at all.
* [[Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize]]: {{spoiler|1=Surprisingly subverted. Sandra Oh, despite appearing in several famous movies and shows (including a starring role in Grey's Anatomy) has been placed in a OneSceneWonder role as an extra; despite being very suspicious of Hayley, she disappears for the rest of the plot (besides Jeff using her suspicion to try and make Hayley paranoid) acting as a human RedHerring of sorts.}}
* [[Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize]]: {{spoiler|1=Surprisingly subverted. Sandra Oh, despite appearing in several famous movies and shows (including a starring role in Grey's Anatomy) has been placed in a OneSceneWonder role as an extra; despite being very suspicious of Hayley, she disappears for the rest of the plot (besides Jeff using her suspicion to try and make Hayley paranoid) acting as a human RedHerring of sorts.}}


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  • Acceptable Targets - Some have theorized that Hayley is just a sociopathic sadist who looks for socially acceptable targets, like pedophiles.
    • Word of God has confirmed this.
    • Some believe that the writers view pedophiles and hebephiles as Acceptable Targets and were playing this trope straight.
  • Alternate Character Interpretation - Both characters are subject to this, more so Hayley.
    • A lot of people seem to think Hayley was molested or otherwise abused, driving her to seek revenge on men like the one who hurt her, which does change things up a bit.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Similar to Sarah Connor, Hayley is seen by some as a righteous figure and paragon for feminism when in reality she's a sick and demented girl who tracks down child molesters so she has someone she can torture to death.
  • Just Here for Godzilla: That torture scene.
  • Mind Game Ship: Hayley and Jeff's entire interaction with each other.
  • Misaimed Fandom - The ambiguity of the film strikes again.
  • Moral Event Horizon - Jeff crosses it offscreen in the backstory by virtue of being a predatory hebephile, Hayley during the castration scene. Neither character is a good person at all.
  • Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize: Surprisingly subverted. Sandra Oh, despite appearing in several famous movies and shows (including a starring role in Grey's Anatomy) has been placed in a OneSceneWonder role as an extra; despite being very suspicious of Hayley, she disappears for the rest of the plot (besides Jeff using her suspicion to try and make Hayley paranoid) acting as a human RedHerring of sorts.
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