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* [[Faux Symbolism]]: In the film, it's quite apparent that director Ken Russell has never met a piece of symbolism he couldn't beat his viewers over the head with.

* [[Heartwarming Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Heartwarming Moments]]: Is there anyone who ''doesn't'' get choked up listening to "Listening To You"?

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In "Go To The Mirror!" the doctor thinks about the isolation shock caused when/if Tommy's senses return. When he does get them back, he mobilizes his ~~cult~~ of ~~personality~~. [[Subverted]] later [[Foreshadowing|when his followers leave him]] thanks to the unorthodox views he got from his experiences.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In "Go To The Mirror!" the doctor thinks about the isolation shock caused when/if Tommy's senses return. When he does get them back, he mobilizes his [[Cult of Personality]]. [[Subverted]] later [[Foreshadowing|when his followers leave him]] thanks to the unorthodox views he got from his experiences.

** In the movie the [[Only Sane Man|Doctor]] was [[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|played by]] [[The Shining|Jack]] [[The Joker|Nicholson]].

** Another movie example: When Rod Stewart asked [[Elton John]] if he should take the part of the Local Lad, Elton told him "don't touch it with a barge pole."