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=== ''The Island'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr. Merrick and the original Tom Lincoln.▼
* [[Aesoptinum]]
▲* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr. Merrick and the original Tom Lincoln.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Dr. Merrick injects microprobes into Lincoln near the beginning of the film, and says that he will pass them through his urine. Later Lincoln is seen standing in front of of a urinal, groaning.
** While you can hear something going CLINK CLINK CLINK in the Urinal.
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* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Lincoln and Jordan after escaping, they have no concept of how ''anything'' in the real world works.
* [[Genetic Memory]]: How Lincoln can drive all the cool vehicles in the movie, and mimic Tom Lincoln's Scottish accent with impeccable accuracy.
* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: Quoted with amusing and unnerving effect by Buscemi's character ''"Well just because you like the hamburger does not mean you want to meet the cow."''▼
* [[Guys Smash, Girls Shoot]]- Lincoln uses crowbars and hand-to-hand combat to fight while Jordan uses guns. [[Chickification|Even though she was shown to be superior at the]] [[Chekhov's Skill|combat simulator.]]
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: All the workers in the compound refer to the clones as "products", and think about them this way as well, leading to some heartless exchanges like this one:
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Steve Buscemi plays one, befriending Lincoln and helping him after escaping despite great reservations.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Dr. Merick gets to do this repeatedly, mostly to create dissonance between things he says (e.g. telling investors that their spare parts do not come from sentient humans) and what he does (heartlessly killing a clone ''who actually likes being there there'' while praising him for the human trait of curiosity).
▲* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: Quoted with amusing and unnerving effect by Buscemi's character ''"Well just because you like the hamburger does not mean you want to meet the cow."''
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|''[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'' ''[[You Are Number Six|Six Echo]]'' emancipates the clones.}}
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]
* [[No Sex Allowed]]: Inside the community of clones. {{spoiler|Subverted in the outside world...}}▼
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted, as part of a Brick Joke.
▲* [[No Sex Allowed]]: Inside the community of clones. {{spoiler|Subverted in the outside world...}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: When it is discovered that the dead Lincoln is {{spoiler|the original Tom Lincoln and not the clone}}.
* [[People Farms]]
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