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* [[Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence]]: The film depicts the genocide as being a consequence of this logic.
* [[Guile Hero]]: Paul.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Paul has one shortly after
** Colonel Oliver has one when he finds out the U.N. soldiers aren't going to protect the refugees or help them get out of the country.
* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]: Paul's boss in Belgium, Mr. Tillens, who does what he can to help Paul and the refugees.
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* [[Take a Third Option]]: Given the choice between shooting the Tutsi refugees or being shot himself, Paul instead {{spoiler|bribes the soldier holding him at gunpoint into releasing them.}}
* [[Take That]]:
{{quote|'''Jack''': ''"I think if people see this footage, they'll say oh my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners."''
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: It's theorized that the assassinated President Habyarimana did this so it would give his followers an excuse for committing the genocide (which was pre-planned). The movie takes this angle.
* [[Wham! Line]]:
{{quote|'''George Rutaganda''': ''"Cut the tall trees. [[It Got Worse|Cut the tall trees now!]]"''
* [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide]]: The UN refused to call it a genocide, despite obvious evidence that the Tutsi population was being massacred. Definitely a cowardly form of [[Loophole Abuse]].
** The [[Insistent Terminology]] on the part of the US government, the UN, etc. was a lot more cynical than it seems on face. International law on genocide requires all parties to intervene to prevent or punish genocide. If they called it genocide, they'd have to do something about it.
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