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* [[Cannibal Clan]]: These kinds of people are quite common to the inhabitants of the world of ''[[The Book of Eli]]'', even to the extent of people being able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands (caused by kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism). |
* [[Cannibal Clan]]: These kinds of people are quite common to the inhabitants of the world of ''[[The Book of Eli]]'', even to the extent of people being able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands (caused by kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism). |
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* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]]? |
* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]]? |
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{{quote|'''Eli:''' Sorry, [[Chekhov's Gun|I didn't see it]].}} |
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* [[Captain Obvious]]: The commercials boast "[[Gary Oldman]] makes a great villain!" from the critics. |
* [[Captain Obvious]]: The commercials boast "[[Gary Oldman]] makes a great villain!" from the critics. |
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* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Subverted. The chainsaw wielder gets a few good swings against Eli (hitting only air, but impressive for a bulky weapon), but still gets the thing knocked out of his hands and stabbed to death. |
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Subverted. The chainsaw wielder gets a few good swings against Eli (hitting only air, but impressive for a bulky weapon), but still gets the thing knocked out of his hands and stabbed to death. |
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* [[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. |
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** {{spoiler|The two cannibals}} are named [[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?|George and Martha.]] |
** {{spoiler|The two cannibals}} are named [[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?|George and Martha.]] |
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: [[wikipedia:Kuru |
* [[Shown Their Work]]: [[wikipedia:Kuru (disease)|The cannibals' hands shake uncontrollably.]] |
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** There's also a frequent [[wikipedia:Human echolocation|clicking noise]] heard throughout the movie. |
** There's also a frequent [[wikipedia:Human echolocation|clicking noise]] heard throughout the movie. |
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* [[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.]] |
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* [[Survival Mantra]]: "Stay on the path." |
* [[Survival Mantra]]: "Stay on the path." |
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* [[Take Over the World]]: Carnegie wants to expand his empire [[Corrupt Church|using the doctrine of Christianity]] to coerce people into following him. |
* [[Take Over the World]]: Carnegie wants to expand his empire [[Corrupt Church|using the doctrine of Christianity]] to coerce people into following him. |
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{{quote|'''Carnegie:''' It's happened before.}} |
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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]].'' |
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* [[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. |
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* [[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. |
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** 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. |
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* [[Truth in Television]]: The [[Nightmare Fuel|symptoms]] that the [[Cannibal Clan|cannibals]] showed. [[wikipedia:Kuru |
* [[Truth in Television]]: The [[Nightmare Fuel|symptoms]] that the [[Cannibal Clan|cannibals]] showed. [[wikipedia:Kuru (disease)|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). |
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** 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. |
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* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Or thirty years. |
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Or thirty years. |