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* [[Death Trap]]: The Phantom installed one as the first room beyond the back entrance to his lair to intercept trespassers. When Raoul and the Persian fall into it, it starts as a [[Sauna of Death]] and ends as a [[Drowning Pit]], although its greatest torture is psychological.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: La Sorelli seems to be set up to be the female lead in the first chapter.
* [[Deceptively
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: During his [[Motive Rant]], the Phantom laments (among other things) how he never knew his father.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Christine.
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* [[Hall of Mirrors]]: The Phantom uses one to convince Raoul and the Persian that they are trapped in a desert.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Christine by Madame Valerius after her father died.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: La Sorelli.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Named]]: Half the dancers and employees of the Paris Opera constantly try to tell the other half never to speak of "the ghost." The Persian refers to him as "He" around Raoul and orders Raoul not to say his name.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Phantom spends a lot of time as [[The Voice]] and [[The Faceless]].
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* [[Save the Villain]]: The Persian did this in the past and now frequently laments "[[My God, What Have I Done?]]"
* [[Scarpia Ultimatum]]: The Phantom threatens to blow up the Opera, killing everyone inside, if Christine doesn't "marry" him.
* [[Scooby
* [[Scrapbook Story]]: We hear the story from the [[Narrator]] based on his research (which contain several [[Flash Back|flashbacks]] narrated by Christine to Raoul and by Madame Giry to the new managers), memories of one of the new Opera managers Moncharmin, and the Persian.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Deconstructed in the original book showing the consequences of a society that embraces this principle: Richard and Moncharmin know how to play politics better than to manage, and Carlotta knows is easier being [[The Prima Donna]] that to sing better. This means that everyone is a [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] who doesn’t know how to do his job. Every employee knows that, so the bosses are [[Properly Paranoid]] about being pranked by them because [[Dude, Where's My Respect?|nobody respects them]]. They also are the ideal victims for a [[Blackmail|Blackmailer]], and that’s how Erik could convince them of letting him do whatever he pleases.
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* [[Shoot the Builder]]: After Erik built his palace in Mazendaran, the Shah-in-Shah tried to do this to Erik. It didn't work.
* [[Shoot the Messenger]]: The standard method of solving any problem by [[Pointy-Haired Boss|Pointy-Haired Bosses]] Richard and Moncharmin is to fire those employees involved in it. Only those with [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|enough influence can escape]].
* [[Single
{{quote| '''The Phantom:''' You alone can make my song take flight, and help me make the Music of the Night.}}
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: [[In Universe]]: [[Pointy-Haired Boss|Pointy-Haired Bosses]] Richard and Moncharmin and [[The Prima Donna]] Carlotta. Madam Giry is lampshaded like this (see [[It's All About Me]]), a humble usher who thinks of herself as an equal to the Opera’s administrators… just moments before they fire her. But [[Fridge Brilliance]] show us is subverted: In Parisian society, [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|it’s not what you do, it’s who you know]]. Madam Giry ''knows the Phantom and he is happy with her work''. Therefore, ''she is more important that Richard and Moncharmin''. She gets his job back
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "And if he has to kill a thousand men/ The Phantom of the Opera will kill and kill again!"
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] bordering on [[Artistic License History|You Fail History Forever]]: the film moves the setting from 1881 (in the play) to 1871, apparently so they could time the ending to have {{spoiler|Christine appear to be a victim of the Spanish Influenza in 1918 and to have Raoul a very elderly man. As the Phantom appears to be alive at least long enough to leave a rose on her grave, and is supposed to be substantially older than Christine and Raoul, this is already stretching credulity.}} The problem is, in 1871 Paris was besieged by these people called the Prussians in the middle of a little thing called the Franco-Prussian war and the Opera House wasn't even finished yet. Adding insult to injury in 1918 France was in the grips of the Influenza AND crawling out of the end of this little thing called [[World War I]]. Apparently they live in an alternate France that doesn't spend much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries at war with Germany.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: In the 1943 version starring [[Claude Rains]], when Erique Claudin tries to have his work published, one of the publishers tells him that he never received it. Little did either of them know, was that the company was showing Erique's work to renowned music critic [[Franz Liszt]] to get his testimonial for its publication. When Erique hears his music being played to Liszt in the other room, he assumes that the company stole his music and [[Freak
* [[Dramatic Necklace Removal]]: "Your chains are still mine..."
* [[Dramatic Unmask]]: The silent film in particular has one of the best examples of this trope. According to the [[IMDb]], "The sight was said to have caused some patrons at the premiere to faint."
** [[Robert Bloch]] wrote about having seen this movie as a child. He didn't follow the plot much, and didn't get why the Phantom was wearing a mask. Then came the dramatic unmasking scene, and he slept the next ten years with lights on.
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: In the silent film, surrounded by pretty much ''every adult male in Paris'', the Phantom holds up his fist with what appears to be a grenade. After they have all retreated, he opens his empty fist and lets out one last [[Evil Laugh]] before they mob him and beat him to death.
* [[The Eleven O
* [[Oedipus Complex|Electra Complex]]: Part of Christine's attraction to the Phantom is that he reminds her of her father. (Note how most of the lyrics in "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" could just as easily apply to the Phantom.) [[Word of God]] said that in the movie, M. Daae was deliberately cast to look like Gerard Butler.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: In the stage version, the Phantom breaks out in mad laughter first when he ruins Carlotta's performance and later when he crashes the chandelier. In the silent film, Lon Chaney proves you don't even need sound to let loose with an [[Evil Laugh]].
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*** Well, the ages of Rossum and Butler at the time of filming do match the ages of Christine and the Phantom (Butler may even be a touch young for the part, but I can't recall the Phantom's exact age in the book). Also keep in mind that Michael Crawford was approached to do the part but said no since Brightman would not be playing Christine. Imagine how squicky it would have been if Rossum had played against Crawford!
*** If you think the musical version is [[Hotter and Sexier]] you should see the one [[Dario Argento]] made!
* [["I Am Becoming" Song]]: "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", Christine recognizes how hard she's been trying to hold on the past and tries to move on.
* [[The Ingenue]]: Christine is the epitome of this, except in 1943, where she's a well-adjusted, career-minded girl. Carlotta even [[Lampshades]] Christine's ingenue status right before "Prima Donna":
{{quote| '''Carlotta''': ''(to Andre and Firmin)'' Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?}}
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