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* [[Was It All a Lie?]]: And a decidedly cruel, sad version of it, because for once {{spoiler|"[[The Mole]]" was actually doing it for the protagonist's own good}}.

'''{{spoiler|Teddy/Andrew}}''': You were my friend. I trusted you ... You were my friend, {{spoiler|Chuck}}. Oh, I'm sorry, {{spoiler|Lester}}. }}

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** In addition, {{spoiler|Teddy told his partner that his wife was killed by smoke from a fire. A constant habit of his is smoking. Another arguable point, as it is the fifties, and smoking was encouraged at the time.}}

*** {{spoiler|Smoke from a fire could have also been refering to the smoke from his gun, as shown when he hullucinates shooting it. Some films from that time period have similar lines}}

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Most assuredly not always present, but still packs a wallop at {{spoiler|the ending, with the "peaceful" shot of the lighthouse. The [[Here We Go Again|previous scene]] makes clear [[Body Horror|what will happen to Laeddis there]].}}

* [[Herr Doctor]]: Played with. Dr. Naehring is undeniably German (although [[Fake Nationality|played by a legendary Swede]]), but his accent is much lighter than required by the trope.

** [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Casey Jones]] is a mad arsonist.

*** He used to be a [[The Prophecy (film)|former priest turned Los Angeles homicide detective]].

*** And he shot [[House (TV series)|Dr. House]].

*** And he [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button|made a clock that runs backwards]].

* [[Homage]]: The film is absolutely crawling with them, in particular [[Alfred Hitchcock]]/Vertigo.

** The crooked angles in the lighthouse are a homage to ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'', a German film told from the perspective of an asylum patient.

** Although {{spoiler|considering that by the point in the movie where we first meet the warden was when Andrew was coming off the Chlorazapine and [[Unreliable Narrator|obviously hallucinating]], we don't really know if that conversation actually happened or was [[Through the Eyes of Madness|simply a part of Andrew's delusion]].}}

* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: {{spoiler|As we later learn, <s>Daniels's</s> Laeddis' delusions led him to completely misunderstand what George Noyce was talking about.}}

{{spoiler|"It's about you. And, Laeddis, it's always been about you", implying that Daniels IS Laeddis and everything was focused around HIM}} }}

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: The inmates interrogated by Teddy give one hell of a performance, particularly [[Jackie Earle Haley]].

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