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* [[Expressive Mask]]: V's mask never moves, but it still manages to convey emotion through shadow and angles. |
* [[Expressive Mask]]: V's mask never moves, but it still manages to convey emotion through shadow and angles. |
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* [[The Extremist Was Right]] |
* [[The Extremist Was Right]] |
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* [[Fake Brit]]: Both Portman (Israeli-American) and Weaving (Australian). However, given V's cloudy backstory and the xenophobia of the government, V may not have been a native Brit himself. |
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** Considering Weaving actually spent a good portion of his childhood and teens living in the UK, his [[Fake Brit]] status is debatable. |
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* [[Fictional Political Party]]: [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|Norsefire]]. In the film, the party came to power after a democratic election. In the graphic novel, they came to power after first Thatcher's government fell, a liberal party replacing Thatcher withdrew from NATO and caused the [[Cold War]] to go hot, resulting in the most far right policies being seen as vindicated, but Alan Moore models them as a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to [[wikipedia:British National Front|the British National Front]]. |
* [[Fictional Political Party]]: [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|Norsefire]]. In the film, the party came to power after a democratic election. In the graphic novel, they came to power after first Thatcher's government fell, a liberal party replacing Thatcher withdrew from NATO and caused the [[Cold War]] to go hot, resulting in the most far right policies being seen as vindicated, but Alan Moore models them as a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to [[wikipedia:British National Front|the British National Front]]. |
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* [[Fast-Forward Gag]]: Used in the film, complete with "Yakety Sax." |
* [[Fast-Forward Gag]]: Used in the film, complete with "Yakety Sax." |
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