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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Travis Bickle practically ''invented'' the modern anti-hero. Travis is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]].
* [[Asshole Victim]]: We're not supposed to cheer the carnage but Travis' victims (Robbers and pimps) do fall under this category.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Travis for Paul Schrader, though Schrader obviously never went on a shooting spree (
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Travis by the end of the movie.
** One could easily make the case that Travis was insane from the very beginning.
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*** They're dressed differently. He keeps the same hair and beard in the scene.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: Travis.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Surprisingly averted. We learn almost nothing of Travis' past and, based on the anniversary card, he keeps in contact with his parents and cares enough about their opinion to lie to them about his life. It makes the film more interesting as you really wonder what happened to Travis to make him the way he is.
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of the [[Vigilante Man]]. Technically, on his first
* [[Discretion Shot]]: Travis's awkward phone call to Betsy, where the camera pans away from him to look down an empty hallway as though feeling his embarrassment, is an unusual example.
* [[Don't Tell Mama]]: Travis lies to his parents about what is really going on with him to reassure them.
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* [[This Is Sparta]]: "They... can not... touch...... her..."
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: A lot of repressed passion beneath that quiet, cold surface.
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour]]: Jodie Foster as a 12-year-old underage prostitute.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: You cannot literally believe a word that Travis says. Or at least, you cannot take it at face value.
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[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]
[[Category:Taxi Driver]]
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