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The whole movie is posted [http://www.crackle.com/c/Stranger_Than_Fiction/Stranger_Than_Fiction/2482887 here], though [[No Export for You|it may not be available in certain parts of the world]].
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=== This movie provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Addiction Displacement]]: at the end, Karen Eiffel's assistant Penny gets her the patch to replace her cigarettes, but it's left unclear whether Karen will give up her addiction or not.
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* [[Arc Words]]: "Harold's life was full of moments both significant and mundane." It also references the notion without the exact words a few times.
** "Little did he know..."
* [[AuthorsAuthor's Saving Throw]]: Amazingly enough, an ''in-universe'' example. {{spoiler|Karen Eiffel decides that she doesn't want Harold Crick to die after all, so she writes another ending that she admits is a [[Deus Ex Machina]]. Her novel was initially about someone who [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|dies unexpectedly]], but when she meets Harold Crick, [[Heroic Sacrifice|he gave his life willingly]], knowing what she had planned for him and that it was for the greater good. She decides to [[Retcon|revise the story]] she's already written so that it works with the new ending, but you don't see the results.}}
** Or do you? It could be that {{spoiler|[[Literary Agent Hypothesis|the]] ''[[Literary Agent Hypothesis|movie itself]]'' is the rewrite...}}
** Maybe the story wasn't about Harold at all. {{spoiler|It was about his wristwatch.}}
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** Penny too, in a quiet, subtle, lethal way:
{{quote| '''Penny:''' "Yeah, they said you were funny."}}
* [[Design StudentsStudent's Orgasm]]: Well, more of an auditor's orgasm. Harold's number-obsessed view of the world shows up as hovering numbers and graphs that expand out of the objects he's analyzing.
** Not ''nearly'' as much as the end credit sequence, especially after watching the special features about the the design company.
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: A variation: Harold can hear the narrator, but {{spoiler|turns out the Fourth Wall isn't technically up in the first place}}
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* [[No Antagonist]]: Harold is simply dealing with the narration of his life and the fact that he's going to die soon. Karen is just working through writer's block, and has no idea that she's affecting Harold's life. {{spoiler|Even when they meet, their relationship isn't antagonistic; Karen has massive doubts over killing Harold, but can't think of another way to end the story.}}
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[Oh, and X Dies]]: Early in the novel (and film), it's made clear that Harold is going to die at the end, and this is what kicks off his quest. {{spoiler|He doesn't, however.}}
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: For us. The narrator in any other movie would be the normal narrator, but here the main character reacts to a voice, as you do when someone describes your life in detail.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Will Ferrell. And a damn good job of it.
* [[Post Modernism]]
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]] / [[Rage Against the Author]]
* [[Railroading]]: When Harold Crick tries [[Take Your Time|staying at home all day, doing nothing, in order to prevent the plot from moving forward]], a wrecking crew [[ChandlersChandler's Law|tears a hole]] in his apartment wall.
* [[Reality Writing Book]]
* [[Roofless Renovation]]
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