The Phantom of Manhattan: Difference between revisions

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* [[Boom Town]]: Coney Island is on the cusp of becoming an internationally famous tourist destination when Erik arrives in America.

* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: As it turns out, {{spoiler|Raoul and Christine, due to an old injury of his}}.

* [[Career Ending Injury]]: A knee injury ended Meg's ballet career; she subsequently became Christine's maid.

* [[Career-Ending Injury]]: A knee injury ended Meg's ballet career; she subsequently became Christine's maid.

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Pierre de Chagny, who is not quite thirteen; in fact, aside from his precocious knowledge of mechanical devices, his innocent speech and behaviours (polite though they are) come off as those of someone a few years younger.

* [[~~Chekovs~~ Gun]]: {{spoiler|Erik's Derringer -- an actual gun --}} gets used in the climax.

* [[Chekov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Erik's Derringer -- an actual gun --}} gets used in the climax.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Erik's efforts to be with Christine again without revealing himself to the rest of the world require him to be this.

* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: The Girys and de Chagnys are Catholic (the latter even hired an [[Irish Priest]] as a tutor), and Darius was raised as Catholic but eventually rejected the faith and murdered his tutor. On the other hand, Taffy Jones notes "as a chapel going man I do not normally have much to do with Papist priests" when recounting his initial encounter with Father Joe.

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* [[Dramatic Unmask]]: {{spoiler|Pierre de Chagny}} gets the honor of unmasking Erik in the climactic scene.

* [[The Edwardian Era]]: The story's temporal setting.

* [[Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]]: Darius.

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Darius.

* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Most of the city's residents don't realize that E. M. Tower, the tallest building in New York City, is also this. Most of it is occupied by ordinary people, but the top two floors serve as both corporate headquarters and living quarters for Erik and Darius.

* [[Featureless Plane of Disembodied Dialogue]]: Once the priest arrives to take Madame Giry's final confession, Chapter One becomes this, making the end of the chapter slightly tricky to follow as two other characters join the conversation.

* [[~~Firstperson~~ Smartass]]: Cholly Bloom -- he ''is'' recounting his adventures to his buddies over drinks in Chapters Four and Nine. He's a lot more serious 40+ years later in Chapter Sixteen, but his casual sense of humor still turns up from time to time.

* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Cholly Bloom -- he ''is'' recounting his adventures to his buddies over drinks in Chapters Four and Nine. He's a lot more serious 40+ years later in Chapter Sixteen, but his casual sense of humor still turns up from time to time.

* [[Foil]]: Father Joe (a humble and charitable man of the cloth) to Darius (a ruthless money-worshipper). Darius is also a foil to {{spoiler|pure-hearted Pierre -- the former is described by Mammon as Erik's "adopted son", and the latter is Erik's ''actual'' son}}.

* [[French Jerk]]: Chapter Four is told from French notary Armand Dufour's point of view; his narration alternates between detailing his seemingly futile quest to deliver Madame Giry's letter and complaining about how lousy New York City (and the United States in general) is compared to his home country.

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* [[Southern Belle]]: Christine's character in ''The Angel of Shiloh''.

* [[Spooky Painting]]: Erik secretly observes visitors to the E.M. Corporation's office from behind a reproduction of the painting ''The Laughing Cavalier''. Going beyond the [[Portrait Painting Peephole]] approach, Cholly Bloom actually sees Erik's masked face in the place of the portrait's via a reflection and is startled -- but when he turns around to point it out, it's back to normal.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: The lovers in ''The Angel of Shiloh'' -- she's from the South, he's from the North...

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: The lovers in ''The Angel of Shiloh'' -- she's from the South, he's from the North...

* [[The Starscream]]: Darius. He is in line to inherit all Erik has and is only kept from speeding up the process by Mammon's orders, which ''do'' stipulate that if anything threatens this inheritance, Darius must eliminate it at once.

* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: Madame Giry dies of a terminal illness in the opening chapter, but it ''has'' been almost 13 years since the events of ''Phantom'' (she's 58 when she succumbs), and she sets up the rest of the story with her letter before doing so.

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* [[Vice City]]: Coney Island, where Erik and Darius make their initial fortune through a variety of cons. It's relatively safe for visitors to the funfairs and amusement parks (including family groups), but they can still be scammed out of their money.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Erik.

* [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]]: The surviving major characters' fates are briefly described (in the third person) to close out the book.

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The surviving major characters' fates are briefly described (in the third person) to close out the book.

* [[White Mask of Doom]]: Erik still has his.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Worshipping Mammon requires a willingness to do this; as Erik explains, "There is no widow, no child, no pauper wretch who cannot be crushed a little more for a few extra granules of the precious metal that so pleases the Master."