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* [[The Archer]]: Eli uses a bow to protect Solara from road bandits and to hunt for food.
* [[The Archer]]: Eli uses a bow to protect Solara from road bandits and to hunt for food.
* [[All Men Are Rapists]]: It is ''not'' a good idea to wander alone in post-apocalyptic America if you're a woman.
* [[All Men Are Rapists]]: It is ''not'' a good idea to wander alone in post-apocalyptic America if you're a woman.
* [[As the Good Book Says]]: Natch, given what [[The Bible|the book]] is. And they're not too subtle about it [[Trailers Always Spoil|in the trailers.]]
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: Natch, given what [[The Bible|the book]] is. And they're not too subtle about it [[Trailers Always Spoil|in the trailers.]]
** Subverted hilariously when Eli is trying to explain the concept of faith to Solara with the metaphor "flower of light in a field of darkness". She asks if he got that from the book, and he admits that it's a quote from [[Johnny Cash]].
** Subverted hilariously when Eli is trying to explain the concept of faith to Solara with the metaphor "flower of light in a field of darkness". She asks if he got that from the book, and he admits that it's a quote from [[Johnny Cash]].
* [[Badass]]: Three guesses as to whom.
* [[Badass]]: Three guesses as to whom.
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* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Standard fare for [[After the End]], though the only major landmark is fairly well off.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Standard fare for [[After the End]], though the only major landmark is fairly well off.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|For Carnegie; he spends the entire movie hunting Eli to steal the bible. Carnegie feels that with the bible, he can use it to maintain his iron-grip on the town. At the climax of the film, he finally does get the book, but at the sacrifice of [[The Dragon|his dragon]], only to learn the book is in braille. And after putting so much effort into his manhunt, the towns people have finally turned against him and started rioting and looting his "kingdom."}}
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|For Carnegie; he spends the entire movie hunting Eli to steal the bible. Carnegie feels that with the bible, he can use it to maintain his iron-grip on the town. At the climax of the film, he finally does get the book, but at the sacrifice of [[The Dragon|his dragon]], only to learn the book is in braille. And after putting so much effort into his manhunt, the towns people have finally turned against him and started rioting and looting his "kingdom."}}
* [[Shout Out]]: When Carnegie puts Eli up for the night, the poster on the wall is for ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'', another post-apocalyptic movie set in a desert.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When Carnegie puts Eli up for the night, the poster on the wall is for ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'', another post-apocalyptic movie set in a desert.
** {{spoiler|The two cannibals}} are named [[Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf|George and Martha.]]
** {{spoiler|The two cannibals}} are named [[Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf|George and Martha.]]
* [[Shown Their Work]]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_%28disease%29 The cannibals' hands shake uncontrollably.]
* [[Shown Their Work]]: [[wikipedia:Kuru chr(28)diseasechr(29)|The cannibals' hands shake uncontrollably.]]
** There's also a frequent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation clicking noise] heard throughout the movie.
** There's also a frequent [[wikipedia:Human echolocation|clicking noise]] heard throughout the movie.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Just as someone is about to rape Solara, something else goes right through his pants. No, [[Right Through His Pants|not like that]]. [[Groin Attack|More like this.]]
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Just as someone is about to rape Solara, something else goes right through his pants. No, [[Right Through His Pants|not like that]]. [[Groin Attack|More like this.]]
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "Ring my Bell" by Anita Ward, for any number of reasons.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "Ring my Bell" by Anita Ward, for any number of reasons.
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* [[Take That]]: Among the pile of books and magazines brought before Carnegie (and subsequently burned) is a copy of ''[[The Da Vinci Code]].''
* [[Take That]]: Among the pile of books and magazines brought before Carnegie (and subsequently burned) is a copy of ''[[The Da Vinci Code]].''
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: Eli is really good at killing people, but feels guilty about it.
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: Eli is really good at killing people, but feels guilty about it.
* [[Throw Away Guns]]: Averted when Eli runs out of handgun ammunition and sets his gun down on a car -- but retrieves it before he leaves. Also averted in the fact that apparently it's very common for people to carry guns despite ammunition being rare.
* [[Throw-Away Guns]]: Averted when Eli runs out of handgun ammunition and sets his gun down on a car -- but retrieves it before he leaves. Also averted in the fact that apparently it's very common for people to carry guns despite ammunition being rare.
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The trailers painted it as more of a generic action movie, instead of the more cerebral film that it is.
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The trailers painted it as more of a generic action movie, instead of the more cerebral film that it is.
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|Eli was blind the entire time. Plus, the book's in Braille.}}
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|Eli was blind the entire time. Plus, the book's in Braille.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Before the apocalypse, Eli was a simple clerk at a local Kmart.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Before the apocalypse, Eli was a simple clerk at a local Kmart.
** Then again, Eli might've just been a [[Retired Badass]]. Solara on the other hand, certainly goes through this.
** Then again, Eli might've just been a [[Retired Badass]]. Solara on the other hand, certainly goes through this.
* [[Truth in Television]]: The [[Nightmare Fuel|symptoms]] that the [[Cannibal Clan|cannibals]] showed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_%28disease%29 Kuru], a prion disease caused by cannibalism, is characterized by truncal ataxia, headaches, joint pains, and, most importantly, ''shaking of the limbs''. Until the 1950's when cannibalism was outlawed in New Guinnea, [[Cannibal Tribe|members of the South Fore]] often contracted it by eating their dead. (It had an incidence that was 8 times higher in women than in men because the men would get the [[I'm a Humanitarian|better cuts]] and women were left with the brains and spinal cords).
* [[Truth in Television]]: The [[Nightmare Fuel|symptoms]] that the [[Cannibal Clan|cannibals]] showed. [[wikipedia:Kuru chr(28)diseasechr(29)|Kuru]], a prion disease caused by cannibalism, is characterized by truncal ataxia, headaches, joint pains, and, most importantly, ''shaking of the limbs''. Until the 1950's when cannibalism was outlawed in New Guinnea, [[Cannibal Tribe|members of the South Fore]] often contracted it by eating their dead. (It had an incidence that was 8 times higher in women than in men because the men would get the [[I'm a Humanitarian|better cuts]] and women were left with the brains and spinal cords).
** For a more memorable analogue, a similar disease is also known as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or more commonly "Mad Cow Disease", which can be caused by feeding cows beef.
** For a more memorable analogue, a similar disease is also known as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or more commonly "Mad Cow Disease", which can be caused by feeding cows beef.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Or thirty years.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Or thirty years.
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