The Manchurian Candidate (novel)/YMMV
- Complete Monster: Eleanor Iselin, Up to Eleven.
- It Makes Sense in Context: but you probably couldn't get away with a heated fight scene in a modern thriller wherein the hero continually screams "HOW DID THE OLD LADIES TURN INTO RUSSIANS?"
- Jerkass Woobie: Raymond Shaw. Quite the Jerkass, but what happens to him is awful.
- Memetic Mutation: "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known." It even got referenced in A Very Potter Musical.
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