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* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Most of the Incubi invariably walk around with permanent [[Stepford Smiler]] faces, although the Keymaster Incubus in particular has a creepy moment where you see the smile ''spread'' across his face from his initially neutral expression. It seems to stretch pretty wide.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: John has one of these before his crash in the beginning of the movie.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Natural Light = Real World. White, Green, and (Beige/Orange?) are the [[Spirit World]], Nightmares (and Incubi-induced thoughts), and Dreams respectively.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: John's wife fits into this role.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: What would have happened if {{spoiler|Ink and John were not redeemed at the same time?}}

** Liev can undo what already was done.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Ink's pallid, goblin-like appearance is referred to as scarring caused {{spoiler|by his suicide}}. It's also his motivation in that he believes joining the Incubi will rid him of his ugliness.

** If you look closely, he has scars, or at least very thick veins and imperfections all over his head.

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] - Ink, so ''very'' much. He isn't even very ineffectual, aside from letting the key-drum which would have allowed him instant access to the Assembly (and made the movie MUCH shorter) get broken, but the Incubi like to play off of his low self-esteem. That, his sheer determination, and a series of sympathetic moments put him in [[Anti-Villain]] territory by the end of the movie. {{spoiler|Then he has his [[Heel Face Turn]] and [[Papa Wolf|kicks EPIC amounts of Incubi ass.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Infant Immortality]]}}: {{spoiler|Brutally [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in Ink's parent timeline. Played straight in the other timeline.}}

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Ink, after Liev's surrender.

* [[Large Ham]]: The Pathfinder, again. Sadie also hams it up quite a bit as well.

* [[No Budget]]: Made on a quarter of a million dollars.

* [[Oh Crap]]: That is a LOT of Incubi...

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: The spirits of the dead can end up either as Storytellers, Incubi, or Drifters. Storytellers are good people who give people happy dreams (and can kick ass when needed, but not affect the physical world). Incubi give people nightmares and try to influence them to increase the amount of pride and selfishness in the world. Drifters are the most like traditional ghosts, owing allegiance to neither side, and most seem to be caught up in the obsessions they had in life. All spirits can be [[Deader Than Dead|killed by another]] in the same way that humans can be killed, but it never says what, if anything, happens to them after that.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Ink}} gets one when he prevents Sadie chopping off all of Liev's hair and further humiliating her.

* [[Power Fist]]: Gabe breaks out some brass knuckles for the climactic fight.

* [[Pride]]: Pretty much what the movie is about.

* [[Reset Button]]: Two - the one that fixes things broken when Storytellers fight, and {{spoiler|The [[Stable Time Loop]]-breaking one at the end.}}

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Ink is John from a [[Bad Future]]. Specifically, he completed his business deal, let Emma die alone in the hospital, spiraled into depression and blew his brains out, scarring his already twisted soul enough to turn him into monster.}}

** Emma, about to be sacrificed: "When I die will I be a storyteller like you?" Liev: "No. You will be much greater than that."

* [[This Is Sparta]]: Shake. The. Shit. Out of her.

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: Liev gets one from Sadie.

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Purposefully and rather effectively done with the Incubi. The screens in front of their faces greatly distort and exaggerate their [[Stepford Smiler|Stepford Smiles]] to a disturbing level.