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Evey Hammond is rescued from rapist policemen by V, and this act of kindness starts the comic. She is taken to his [[Elaborate Underground Base]], and, although scared by V at first, she decides to join his campaign to bring down the Government, replacing it with an anarchist society.
It was adapted into [[V for Vendetta (film)|a film]] in 2006 with Hugo Weaving as V and [[Natalie Portman]] as Evey. Where the original comic was influenced by Alan Moore's fears of [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcherite]] Britain becoming a repressive dictatorship, the film owes more to critics of the second [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration.
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* [[Pet Rat]]: Alistair Harper and his gang are hired in this capacity by the government when the existing police force isn't enough.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: V does this with Evey occasionally - reading to her, dancing with her etc.
* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: In-universe example: {{spoiler|The Norsefire leader}} for the government computer system, FATE. FATE wasn't in the movie, probably because of a combination of this and [[The Wachowskis]] (the screenplay
* [[Playing with Syringes]]: V's origin.
* [[Police Brutality]]: Norsefire Fingermen, and in the film the regular police gun down an innocent man (admittedly he was disguised as V) when V takes over a news studio. It's played to look like they shot the real V, though judging from the reactions of the various people watching the news it's not very widely believed that they did it.
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