The Truman Show: Difference between revisions

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Truman for Sylvia, despite his friend's attempts to distract him with trumpet playing and his planned future wife's [[Crash Into Hello]].

* [[Mad Artist]]: Christof.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Truman Burbank: Burbank because that's where Seahaven really is, and Truman as in "True man", because Truman is the only "real" person in Seahaven.

** 'Christ'of, as well as Moses and Roman, the two network executives, and one of of Christof's assistants is named Simeon.

** The principle characters also have names seemingly inspired by notable actors (Marlon, Meryl, etc.).

* [[Missing the Good Stuff]]

* [[Never Found the Body]]: Truman's reason for holding out hope that his father is still alive.

* [[Red Alert]]: During the staged nuclear power plant accident, a man could be heard announcing "This is a red alert!"

* [[Redemption in the Rain]]: Spoofed - at one point, a scene that looks like it has this potential is ruined when the 'rain' falls ''only'' on Truman, nobody else.

* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: They have created a self-contained biodome that perfectly mimics weather and sky. Alas, it is the only one in existence ("Along with the great wall of china the only man made object visible from space"), and it's used for a TV show.

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: Not actually shown on film, but a couple of the show's viewers comment that Christof does this when Truman and Meryl get it on.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: In-universe, Meryl doesn't really love Truman and is only acting the part of his love interest. At one point, he even asks her "Why do you want a baby with me? You can't stand me". After she leaves the show, the studio seems ready to set up a second relationship, in the form of a hot new co-worker named Vivian.