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* [[Evil Brit]]: Vandamm
* [[Evil Brit]]: Vandamm
* [[Evil Minions]]
* [[Evil Minions]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep]]: The Professor
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Professor
* [[Exposition Cut]]: When Roger is brought up to speed, we do not hear the exposition since we already know this stuff.
* [[Exposition Cut]]: When Roger is brought up to speed, we do not hear the exposition since we already know this stuff.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Eve Kendall.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Eve Kendall.
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* [[Internal Reveal]]: The audience learns the truth about Kaplan at the end of the first act. See [[Plot Based Voice Cancellation]] for when Thornhill finds out.
* [[Internal Reveal]]: The audience learns the truth about Kaplan at the end of the first act. See [[Plot Based Voice Cancellation]] for when Thornhill finds out.
* [[Invented Individual]]: George Kaplan
* [[Invented Individual]]: George Kaplan
* [[It Was Here I Swear]]
* [[It Was Here, I Swear]]
* [[Knife Nut]]: Valerian.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Valerian.
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From ''[[Hamlet]]'':
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From ''[[Hamlet]]'':
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* [[MacGuffin]]: Both the microfilm and George Kaplan, since the first two acts of the movie are about Thornhill and Vandamm both looking for the nonexistent spy.
* [[MacGuffin]]: Both the microfilm and George Kaplan, since the first two acts of the movie are about Thornhill and Vandamm both looking for the nonexistent spy.
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: The entire basis of the film.
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: The entire basis of the film.
* [[Mommas Boy]]: Thornhill, at least to the extent that it's Mother who he calls to bail him out of jail and assist him in casing "Kaplan"'s room at the Plaza.
* [[Momma's Boy]]: Thornhill, at least to the extent that it's Mother who he calls to bail him out of jail and assist him in casing "Kaplan"'s room at the Plaza.
* [[Monumental Battle]]
* [[Monumental Battle]]
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: The Professor
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: The Professor
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Thornhill, up to a certain moment, is this to both the Professor's and Vandamm's [[Plan|plans]].
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Thornhill, up to a certain moment, is this to both the Professor's and Vandamm's [[Plan|plans]].
* [[Visual Innuendo]]: Train and tunnel version.
* [[Visual Innuendo]]: Train and tunnel version.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: Licht, Vandamm's henchman wearing a hat, disappears without explanation midway through the film. In the script, he was one of the two men in the cropduster but there's nothing in the film to suggest this.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Licht, Vandamm's henchman wearing a hat, disappears without explanation midway through the film. In the script, he was one of the two men in the cropduster but there's nothing in the film to suggest this.
* [[The Windy City]]
* [[The Windy City]]
* [[Word of Gay]]: Martin Landau stated in interviews that he portrayed Vandamm's henchman Leonard as a closeted homosexual who was secretly jealous of Eve Kendall's relationship with his employer. In the scene where he revealed to Vandamm that Eve was secretly working for the Feds, he commented, "Call it my woman's intuition if you will..."
* [[Word of Gay]]: Martin Landau stated in interviews that he portrayed Vandamm's henchman Leonard as a closeted homosexual who was secretly jealous of Eve Kendall's relationship with his employer. In the scene where he revealed to Vandamm that Eve was secretly working for the Feds, he commented, "Call it my woman's intuition if you will..."
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