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* [[Evil Tastes Good]]: "The hunger"
* [[Flaw Exploitation]] - And "Smith" has so many flaws indeed....
* [[Freeze
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|Subverted and Played straight with the ''same bit of foreshadowing'', as Earl is correct to assume his daughter is a murderer, but the scene where she murders him as well turns out to be [[All Just a Dream]]}}
* [[Gollum Made Me Do It]]
* ~Hey, It's That Guy!~ - [[CSI|Catherine Willows]] is ''married'' to the Thumbprint Killer and doesn't suspect a thing?! That's not gonna go over well with Grissom and the gang.
** And fellow [[Soul Eater|voice]] [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* [[Hollywood Silencer]] - Averted. Brooks distinctive handgun sounds quite realistic.
* [[If I Wanted You Dead...]]
* [[Imaginary Friend]] - Marshall.
* [[In the Blood]]: {{spoiler|Earl's daughter turns out to have the same urge to kill as he does.}} She's just not nearly as good at it.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: "Mr. Smith"/Mr. Baffert is only referred to as such during the film. Towards the its end, if you [[Freeze
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Brooks, often manifesting through Marshall.
* [[Mr. Smith]] - Played straight with Baffert, alias "Mr. Smith"
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* [[Non-Idle Rich]] - Tracy Atwood inherited millions, but is still devoted to her career as a hard-working homicide detective. Brooks greatly admires this.
** All of the main characters essentially qualify.
* [[Out
* [[The Perfect Crime]]
* [[Playing Against Type]] - Dane Cook, stand-up comedian and comic actor, as the bitter douchebag "Smith", although he made sure to incorporate some of his signature brand of obnoxiousness.
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* [[Sympathetic Murderer]] - Earl Brooks, heartbreakingly so.
* [[Talking to Themself]] - A particularly notable example.
* [[This Is Your Brain
* [[Tragic Villain]] - Brooks vehemently tries to overcome his addiction to murder, with occasional periods of success.
* [[Tropaholics Anonymous]]
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