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Ghost in the Shell

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Ghost in the Shell	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii's 1995 animated film adaption of Shirow Masamune's classic manga about a cyborg policewoman in Post-Cyberpunk Japan, condenses the original manga's plot by focusing entirely on the "Puppet Master" story. It also takes a much, much more serious tone than the manga, focusing on the series's psychology over most action hijinks. The film's visuals, action sequences, and large amount of both philosophical ponderings and technobabble all but defined Western conceptions of anime for the better part of a decade.The film's story takes place in a post-cyberpunk future where cybernetic bodies have become the norm and society conceptualizes a person's mind/soul as their "ghost". Major Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg and the leader of a covert government task-force specializing in cybercrime, leads her team on the hunt for a notorious hacker known only as "Puppet Master". The Puppet Master "cyber-hacks" the brains of innocent people and implants memories to turn them into his unwitting accomplices in various crimes.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The 2004 sequel, GiTS 2: Innocence, revolves around Motoko's team working to solve a rash of murders involving berserk robots while dealing with her absence following the events of its predecessor. Innocence featured heavy usage of integrated CGI and cel animation — and it explored the Uncanny Valley even further than the first film.A remastered version of the first film, Ghost in the Shell 2.0, saw the light of day in 2009; among other changes to the film, this version mixed in modern-day CGI with the original animation (in the vein of Innocence), all under the supervision of Oshii. A high-definition transfer of the original version came with the Blu-ray version of 2.0, and a separate high-definition "remaster" release of the original version showed up a few years later. A live-action American entry into the franchise that partially draws upon this film was released in 2017.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })The Wachowskis cite the first film as a direct influence on the Matrix films — so much so that even the Wachowskis themselves think of Ghost in the Shell as The Matrix's spiritual predecessor.This film has no relation to the TV/OVA series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex or Ghost in the Shell: Arise other than their shared source material.
Ghost in the Shell	fetched	2021-05-07T02:44:06Z
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1379edfa	type	Romantic Fusion
Ghost in the Shell / int_1379edfa	comment	Romantic Fusion: The goal of the Big Bad, Puppet Master, is to merge with Major Kusanagi. This is referred to at various points as "mating" between the two machines. When it happens at the end, the new entity has a child-like body and is comparable to the "offspring" of the two original beings.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1440584e	type	Heroic RRoD
Ghost in the Shell / int_1440584e	comment	Heroic RRoD: See An Arm and a Leg above.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Ghost in the Shell / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Compared to the series and to a lesser extent, the manga. Most of the comic relief is dropped, and what little remains is much darker in nature. The characters, all of whom are quite goofy and talkative in the manga, become morose and introspective. The visuals are very dark as well, with most outdoor scenes taking place either at night or under overcast skies, while the manga has many missions be at daylight.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
Ghost in the Shell / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: The Puppet Master. Although he's not strictly speaking evil.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_173909	type	Brainwashed and Crazy
Ghost in the Shell / int_173909	comment	Brainwashed and Crazy: The sanitation worker who's trying to hack into a government official's brain turns out to have been under the control of the Puppet Master and has no recollection of anything (see Mind Rape).
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Ghost in the Shell / int_18ce8f1d	type	Full-Frontal Assault
Ghost in the Shell / int_18ce8f1d	comment	Full-Frontal Assault: The opening scene and others in which the Major wears an Invisibility Cloak.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
Ghost in the Shell / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: Batou, when Kusanagi is shot by the police helicopter.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1d8fa74d	type	Chase-Scene Obstacle Course
Ghost in the Shell / int_1d8fa74d	comment	Chase-Scene Obstacle Course: Batou pursues an optic-camo user through a market. His invisible quarry shoves customers aside and plows through a pile of melons, which Batou then shoots to disrupt his camo.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1dea3034	type	Cool Shades
Ghost in the Shell / int_1dea3034	comment	Cool Shades: The Major often wears them, as do quite a few of the government's mooks. Batou's artificial eyes give off this effect as well.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1e580ede	type	Fan of the Past
Ghost in the Shell / int_1e580ede	comment	Fan of the Past: People in the future's obsession with the past is a recurring motif in the film, as demonstrated by the constant quotation of classic philosophy and literature and the striking festival sequence. In addition, there appears to be a popular market for 50's-style carshells constructed around modern electric vehicles.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_1f137e42	type	Artificial Limbs
Ghost in the Shell / int_1f137e42	comment	Artificial Bodies
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Ghost in the Shell / int_204340fc	type	Vomiting Cop
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Ghost in the Shell / int_20598ec4	type	Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain
Ghost in the Shell / int_20598ec4	comment	Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain: Even when it's not actually raining, the skies are always overcast.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2221d1fc	type	Invisibility Flicker
Ghost in the Shell / int_2221d1fc	comment	Invisibility Flicker: The Major's cloaking device briefly displays her when attacking, a concept that was borrowed by Perfect Dark.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Ghost in the Shell / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The movie is a very loose adaptation of the chapter "Robot Rondo" from the original manga. In particular, the Powered by a Forsaken Child robots were used to make hundreds of robots who all went berserk rather than just sexbots, hence Batou's angry reaction.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
Ghost in the Shell / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: Quite a few times, especially in Innocence which uses a lot of Christian symbolism. The original movie quotes an entire passage from The Bible (1 Corinthians, specifically) which comes up twice.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2473b050	type	Fast-Roping
Ghost in the Shell / int_2473b050	comment	Fast-Roping: The Major uses this to get to the museum during the film's climax.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2745f935	type	Gas Mask Mooks
Ghost in the Shell / int_2745f935	comment	Gas Mask Mooks: Section 6 uses them liberally.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
Ghost in the Shell / int_2a090d00	comment	During a conversation with Ishikawa, Batou remarks that "I liked you better when you were the quiet type", a humorous Lampshade Hanging on the fact that Ishikawa only had a few lines of dialogue (most of them exposition) in the first film.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2a195285	type	Revolvers Are Just Better
Ghost in the Shell / int_2a195285	comment	Revolvers Are Just Better: As Togusa finds out. Apparently an entire clip from a 9mm can't pierce a car's frame, but a single slug from a revolver can. Justified in that the trace slug was meant for the far softer license plate.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2af6fce4	type	Running Over the Plot
Ghost in the Shell / int_2af6fce4	comment	Running Over The Plot: A truck driver runs over a naked woman on a rainy freeway. It turns out to be Project 2501 escaping in a cyborg body.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2b706ca	type	More Dakka
Ghost in the Shell / int_2b706ca	comment	More Dakka: All over the place. There are the submachine guns that Section 9 carries, the Spider Tank's miniguns, and a criminal who uses armor-piercing bullets in a Micro Uzi.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
Ghost in the Shell / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: Arguably much of the technology falls under this, but some of the less-justified examples are the androids at Section 6 with branching fingers for efficient data input.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2cd6b637	type	Fantastic Nuke
Ghost in the Shell / int_2cd6b637	comment	Fantastic Nuke: A talented computer programmer is considered to be almost like a Weapon of Mass Destruction in this setting. They're even subject to arms treaties.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2f329e3c	type	Tomato in the Mirror
Ghost in the Shell / int_2f329e3c	comment	Tomato in the Mirror: Kusanagi is motivated by a need to come to terms with her own humanity as a cyborg who must hunt down an artificial lifeform.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
Ghost in the Shell / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: At the end of the first film Batou puts the Major combined with Project 2501 into the body of a child. She asks if he goes for that sort of thing. He reminds her that he had to go to the black market - they didn't allow him the luxury to choose. Also, Director Mamoru Oshi, in toning down Kusanagi's very ebullient manga persona, envisioned her as a mature woman, hence her more soft spoken demeanor in the film. He speculated that she was older than the young woman that even her regular adult body suggested. Given her rank (unusually high for a woman who appears physically to be only about thirty), she may very well have been at least well into middle age.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_30ef2781	type	The City Narrows
Ghost in the Shell / int_30ef2781	comment	The City Narrows: Rundown ghettos exist alongside gleaming office towers. An entire part of town is mentioned to be flooded.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_33a2f32f	type	Do Androids Dream?
Ghost in the Shell / int_33a2f32f	comment	Do Androids Dream?
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Ghost in the Shell / int_33affa42	type	Government Agency of Fiction
Ghost in the Shell / int_33affa42	comment	Government Agency of Fiction: Section 6, Section 9 and others.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
Ghost in the Shell / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: The Fuchikomas are notoriously absent from the movies, making it a case of Artifact Title given that the original one, Mobile Armored Riot Police, referenced directly the wide usage of Fuchikomas as mobile mechs by the Section 9. Paz and Borma also absent from both movies, while Saito is only mentioned in the first.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_34bd7be2	type	Super Drowning Skills
Ghost in the Shell / int_34bd7be2	comment	Super Drowning Skills: Kusanagi enjoys diving, a risky hobby for cyborgs (as they are extremely heavy). She has to rely on the floaters as a skydiver would their parachute.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_36e63b81	type	Rule of Cool
Ghost in the Shell / int_36e63b81	comment	Rule of Cool / Stripperiffic: Kusanagi goes into battle three times using her thermoptic camouflage bodysuit, which is tight enough to leave very little to the imagination. At the climax, it's revealed that she's not wearing anything underneath it.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_39303819	type	Zeerust
Ghost in the Shell / int_39303819	comment	Zee Rust: Sentient AI and full-body replacements exist alongside satellite phones.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Ghost in the Shell / int_3b113b7	comment	The biggest change is Major Kusanagi herself. In the manga, she is an immature, juvenile hustler with a wild personal life and a great rapport with her underlings, while the movie makes her a depressive, introverted philosopher of few words who only seems to trust Batou (and not to a large degree). This resembles the Character Development she receives later in the manga after her encounter with the Puppet Master, only that here it is shown to be her natural state, possibly caused by the experience of her cybernetization. Ironically enough, the first movie briefly reverses this evolution, as she behaves a bit more similar to her initial manga version when she is given a child body after the encounter with the Puppet Master (although Innocence shows she has otherwise retained her stoic new personaliy).
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3c078184	type	Visible Invisibility
Ghost in the Shell / int_3c078184	comment	Visible Invisibility: The cloaking devices leave a faint outline of the wearer visible (see Invisibility Flicker as well).
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3ccb50e0	type	No Waterproofing in the Future
Ghost in the Shell / int_3ccb50e0	comment	No Water Proofing In The Future: The cloaking devices also don't work when in contact with water, even when the user steps in a puddle.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3cec8223	type	Electronic Eyes
Ghost in the Shell / int_3cec8223	comment	Electronic Eyes: Batou has them.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3d59c9a0	type	Powered Armor
Ghost in the Shell / int_3d59c9a0	comment	Powered Armor: The Section 9 members' enhanced bodies are more or less this, allowing them to perform all sorts of feats beyond normal human endurance.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3d92b13e	type	Research, Inc.
Ghost in the Shell / int_3d92b13e	comment	Research, Inc.: Many companies, as it takes place 20 Minutes into the Future.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3dd3951e	type	Cowboy Cop
Ghost in the Shell / int_3dd3951e	comment	Cowboy Cop: In both films (Innocence in particular) Batou is unafraid to ignore orders and take the law into his own hands. In Innocence this puts him (oftentimes humorously) at odds with cautious straight-man Togusa.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3ec18c6f	type	Sherlock Scan
Ghost in the Shell / int_3ec18c6f	comment	Sherlock Scan: Batou does this in several scenes with his cybernetic eyes. In the first movie, they allow him to scan a crowded marketplace and instantly pick out the criminal he's pursuing.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3eed59a8	type	Explosive Overclocking
Ghost in the Shell / int_3eed59a8	comment	Explosive Overclocking: The high-velocity rounds used by a criminal overload the firing mechanism of his gun, ruining the barrel.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
Ghost in the Shell / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: Averted. The Major coming back from Cyberspace to save Batou might appear to be one, but if you pay attention it's obvious that she's been watching him at least since the convenience store; her voice warns him that he's on a kill-zone. Also, the little girl sitting on the floor in Kim's mansion is the artificial body that Batou placed the melded Puppet Master/Major in at the end of the first movie, and her final comments imply that she is everywhere, and always looking after Batou.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_403c6dbf	type	Neural Implanting
Ghost in the Shell / int_403c6dbf	comment	Neural Implanting
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Ghost in the Shell / int_4127eb1	type	Shut Up, Hannibal!
Ghost in the Shell / int_4127eb1	comment	Shut Up, Hannibal!: Togusa's response to a creepy cyborg dressed like him ranting about the Uncanny Valley is violence. The final scene of the movie implies that Togusa is resisting a valid but uncomfortable moral.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_42cfbfc6	type	2D Visuals, 3D Effects
Ghost in the Shell / int_42cfbfc6	comment	2D Visuals, 3D Effects: In Innocence, while the CGI and animated elements meld together, the transition between a fully CG landscape and one containing a mix of animation and CG is very apparent. According to Oshii, the CG sequences were supposed to tap into the Uncanny Valley. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 likewise contains somewhat jarring bits of CGI. Far more jarring, since it constantly flips between early 90's style animation and 21st century CGI. They don't fit together very well, especially when occasionally even the characters are turned into CG.
Ghost in the Shell / int_42cfbfc6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_42cfbfc6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_42cfbfc6
Ghost in the Shell / int_4364fe24	type	Ethereal Choir
Ghost in the Shell / int_4364fe24	comment	Ethereal Choir: The film's recurring theme, which plays over the opening credits, is sung a capella over percussion. The lyrics are in archaic Japanese and are derived from a wedding chant, which ties into a theme (the marriage of humans and machines) of the film.
Ghost in the Shell / int_4364fe24	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_4364fe24	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_4364fe24
Ghost in the Shell / int_43880337	type	Face, Nod, Action
Ghost in the Shell / int_43880337	comment	Face, Nod, Action: The ambassador's two guards, just before firing on the police.
Ghost in the Shell / int_43880337	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_43880337	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_43880337
Ghost in the Shell / int_44655826	type	Darkened Building Shootout
Ghost in the Shell / int_44655826	comment	Darkened Building Shootout: The climax of the film, which appears to be set in a museum of some sort.
Ghost in the Shell / int_44655826	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_44655826	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_44655826
Ghost in the Shell / int_4503f7d4	type	Who Watches the Watchmen?
Ghost in the Shell / int_4503f7d4	comment	Who Watches the Watchmen?: Batou questions at one point how reliable the technicians who maintain their cyber-brains really are, which Aramaki dismisses.
Ghost in the Shell / int_4503f7d4	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_4503f7d4	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_4503f7d4
Ghost in the Shell / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Ghost in the Shell / int_47fea76b	comment	Togusa in the manga is cockier and more energetic than his movie self, as he is somewhat of a self-conscious Butt-Monkey and whines sometimes about it. In stark contrast, even if he retains his role as the team rookie in the movies, the movies play it dead serious and make sure to give him a professional, collected demeanor.
Ghost in the Shell / int_47fea76b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_47fea76b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_47fea76b
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d18492	type	Scenery Gorn
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d18492	comment	Scenery Gorn: There are montages of polluted rivers, rundown buildings and garbage heaps. Could double as Gaia's Lament in this case.
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d18492	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d18492	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_49d18492
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: At least one scene in each of Mamoru Oshii's films exists for this purpose and this purpose alone. Ghost in the Shell is no different.
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_49d59be9
Ghost in the Shell / int_4cb90f31	type	Three Laws-Compliant
Ghost in the Shell / int_4cb90f31	comment	Three Laws-Compliant: The gynoid geishas...at least, until a shipping inspector trying to free Locus Solus's imprisoned girls tampers with their "ethics code", leaving them free to kill others and themselves.
Ghost in the Shell / int_4cb90f31	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_4cb90f31	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_4cb90f31
Ghost in the Shell / int_4d28eee2	type	Roofhopping
Ghost in the Shell / int_4d28eee2	comment	Roofhopping: Section 9 does quite a bit of it, augmented by their cyborg bodies.
Ghost in the Shell / int_4d28eee2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_4d28eee2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_4d28eee2
Ghost in the Shell / int_50f848cc	type	Technology Porn
Ghost in the Shell / int_50f848cc	comment	Technology Porn: Both films have lots of it. The gynoid assembly sequences at the beginning of both films, for example.
Ghost in the Shell / int_50f848cc	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_50f848cc	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_50f848cc
Ghost in the Shell / int_533bc7ae	type	Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
Ghost in the Shell / int_533bc7ae	comment	Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Mostly averted, since the characters are treated like regular people most of the time. However, they still wonder if they're really human or not.
Ghost in the Shell / int_533bc7ae	featureApplicability	-1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_533bc7ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_533bc7ae
Ghost in the Shell / int_54321e11	type	Innocent Fanservice Girl
Ghost in the Shell / int_54321e11	comment	Innocent Fanservice Girl: Major Kusanagi seems to get (nearly) naked quite a lot while she's on the job. As a Robot Girl, she doesn't have any inhibitions about it either.
Ghost in the Shell / int_54321e11	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_54321e11	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_54321e11
Ghost in the Shell / int_55f0bf7a	type	Robotic Assembly Lines
Ghost in the Shell / int_55f0bf7a	comment	Robotic Assembly Lines: The title sequence of the original movie shows Kusanagi's body being assembled in a factory. This is repeated in the opening of Innocence with the construction of a Locus Solus gynoid.
Ghost in the Shell / int_55f0bf7a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_55f0bf7a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_55f0bf7a
Ghost in the Shell / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Ghost in the Shell / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: When the Puppet Master requests asylum, the response of the government officials is to deny it's a sentient being, though it clearly is. Interestingly, cyborgs seem to suffer no such discrimination, only androids (most likely because cyborgs are human in spite of their modifications, but androids are artificial).
Ghost in the Shell / int_57b80b45	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_57b80b45	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_57b80b45
Ghost in the Shell / int_580be152	type	Adaptational Modesty
Ghost in the Shell / int_580be152	comment	Adaptational Modesty: Inverted with the thermoptic camouflage suit used by Kusanagi. The film makes it skintight and flesh-colored, making the Major look naked while wearing it, whereas in the manga it was blue and bulky and didn't really differ from her usual combat uniform.
Ghost in the Shell / int_580be152	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_580be152	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_580be152
Ghost in the Shell / int_58bec5a6	type	Digitized Hacker
Ghost in the Shell / int_58bec5a6	comment	Digitized Hacker: The Puppet Master is a variation on the trope. He is technically digitized, but only because he was never human to begin with.
Ghost in the Shell / int_58bec5a6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_58bec5a6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_58bec5a6
Ghost in the Shell / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
Ghost in the Shell / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: Both films combine elements from multiple arcs of the manga.
Ghost in the Shell / int_5a40d6a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_5a40d6a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_5a40d6a
Ghost in the Shell / int_5f930b19	type	Named After Somebody Famous
Ghost in the Shell / int_5f930b19	comment	Named After Somebody Famous Section 9 is named after real-life German counter-terrorism unit GSG 9 (Border Guard, Unit 9). Despite the barrage of literary and philosophical references in Innocence, the only character who actually falls under this trope is the forensics inspector Haraway, named after scholar Donna Haraway.
Ghost in the Shell / int_5f930b19	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_5f930b19	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_5f930b19
Ghost in the Shell / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
Ghost in the Shell / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: This is a Mamoru Oshi film, so everyone is very serious and no character banter.
Ghost in the Shell / int_603f1a80	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_603f1a80	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_603f1a80
Ghost in the Shell / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
Ghost in the Shell / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: It's just for a second, but when Batou confronts the mob boss after having murdered a dozen thugs and defeated the cyborg with the "crab claw", the latter appears to have crapped his pants!
Ghost in the Shell / int_62f9d08e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_62f9d08e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_62f9d08e
Ghost in the Shell / int_641cf81d	type	Viewers Are Geniuses
Ghost in the Shell / int_641cf81d	comment	Viewers Are Geniuses: Most of the themes, allegories and nods will fly over the head of most viewers.
Ghost in the Shell / int_641cf81d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_641cf81d	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_641cf81d
Ghost in the Shell / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
Ghost in the Shell / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: Mamoru Oshii is very fond of basset hounds, even expressing a desire to be reincarnated as one. During the Scenery Porn scene in the first movie, a basset hound is shown. In Innocence, Batou has one as a pet.
Ghost in the Shell / int_6627695f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_6627695f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_6627695f
Ghost in the Shell / int_66ce8a39	type	Fake Memories
Ghost in the Shell / int_66ce8a39	comment	Fake Memories: A man's entire past (including his family) is revealed to have been implanted by hackers. He's grief-stricken when he finds out.
Ghost in the Shell / int_66ce8a39	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_66ce8a39	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_66ce8a39
Ghost in the Shell / int_673b2da6	type	Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!
Ghost in the Shell / int_673b2da6	comment	Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!: The Puppet Master is a government experiment in strong AI that became sentient on its own.
Ghost in the Shell / int_673b2da6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_673b2da6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_673b2da6
Ghost in the Shell / int_67e53056	type	Gun Porn
Ghost in the Shell / int_67e53056	comment	Gun Porn: Oh yeah. The movie's guns are so detailed and realistic that "Firearms consultant" even gets its own place in the credits. For a trip down that rabbit hole, look into the IMFBD page on the first film and the second one.
Ghost in the Shell / int_67e53056	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_67e53056	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_67e53056
Ghost in the Shell / int_68069489	type	Nipple and Dimed
Ghost in the Shell / int_68069489	comment	Nipple and Dimed: We see the occasional uncensored nipples, but no genitals are drawn.
Ghost in the Shell / int_68069489	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_68069489	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_68069489
Ghost in the Shell / int_684496c7	type	ComicRelief
Ghost in the Shell / int_684496c7	comment	Batou is also turned into a quiet, bitter man with his own philosophical doubts, instead of the goofy, happy dumbass he was in the manga. His role in the movies is clearly associated to the more contemplative moments, while in the manga he is instead used as Comic Relief most the time.
Ghost in the Shell / int_684496c7	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_684496c7	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_684496c7
Ghost in the Shell / int_6a0b03a6	type	One Last Job
Ghost in the Shell / int_6a0b03a6	comment	One Last Job: After getting brain hacked, Togusa declares that he's done and is gonna quit to spend time with his family. All the same, he refuses to do so until after he helps Batou pull off his raid on the gynoid factory.
Ghost in the Shell / int_6a0b03a6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_6a0b03a6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_6a0b03a6
Ghost in the Shell / int_6b5a92dc	type	Uncanny Valley
Ghost in the Shell / int_6b5a92dc	comment	Uncanny Valley: Both films play with this In-Universe. The original tapped into this with the Major, as she never blinks, and especially with the Puppet Master's male voice coming from a female body. Fans weren't happy when a female voice was used in 2.0. Innocence goes even further, with those eerie geisha robots, Haraway the forensics scientist, Kim and the really creepy-looking doll Togusa brings home to his daughter at the end. The trope is even discussed at one point:
Ghost in the Shell / int_6b5a92dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_6b5a92dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_6b5a92dc
Ghost in the Shell / int_6eb4e408	type	Artistic License â€“ Military
Ghost in the Shell / int_6eb4e408	comment	Artistic License – Military: The original (1995) film's dub: During Major Kusanagi's battle with the tank, just before the helicopter pilot covering her departs he says "Over and out" to her. To end a conversation, he should have simply said "Out."
Ghost in the Shell / int_6eb4e408	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_6eb4e408	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_6eb4e408
Ghost in the Shell / int_6fbe85e6	type	Adaptation Personality Change
Ghost in the Shell / int_6fbe85e6	comment	Adaptation Personality Change: The Puppet Master here is much more cerebral and speaks in an emotionless, machine-like Spock Speak. In contrast, his manga version behaved much more humanlike and could even be humorous at times.
Ghost in the Shell / int_6fbe85e6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_6fbe85e6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_6fbe85e6
Ghost in the Shell / int_7115b262	type	Repeat Cut
Ghost in the Shell / int_7115b262	comment	Repeat Cut: The Major's knockout roundhouse kick at the red shirt-wearing thug during the garbage truck chase scene is shown three times in quick succession.
Ghost in the Shell / int_7115b262	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_7115b262	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_7115b262
Ghost in the Shell / int_716c0b1b	type	And the Adventure Continues
Ghost in the Shell / int_716c0b1b	comment	And the Adventure Continues: The ending implies this when the Major/Puppetmaster leave Batou's home to face an unknown future.
Ghost in the Shell / int_716c0b1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_716c0b1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_716c0b1b
Ghost in the Shell / int_730d3664	type	Adaptational Angst Upgrade
Ghost in the Shell / int_730d3664	comment	Adaptational Angst Upgrade: The last we see of the garbageman whose wife and daughter were just Fake Memories is him crying as he's confronted with the truth (in the manga, he appears back at his job and clearly over the whole ordeal).
Ghost in the Shell / int_730d3664	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_730d3664	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_730d3664
Ghost in the Shell / int_73733868	type	Awesomeness by Analysis
Ghost in the Shell / int_73733868	comment	Awesomeness by Analysis: Starting at the slight weirdness of seeing two cars in the parking garage for two guests who arrived together, Togusa is able to investigate from his car and deduce the presence of two thermoptic camo-cloaked operatives in Section 9.
Ghost in the Shell / int_73733868	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_73733868	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_73733868
Ghost in the Shell / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Ghost in the Shell / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "A whisper from my ghost" and its variants.
Ghost in the Shell / int_7464705c	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_7464705c	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_7464705c
Ghost in the Shell / int_77414bc2	type	Action Prologue
Ghost in the Shell / int_77414bc2	comment	Action Prologue: The assassination of a skilled hacker provides the film's Cold Open.
Ghost in the Shell / int_77414bc2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_77414bc2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_77414bc2
Ghost in the Shell / int_787c6068	type	My Significance Sense Is Tingling
Ghost in the Shell / int_787c6068	comment	My Significance Sense Is Tingling: "Just a feeling. A whisper from my ghost."
Ghost in the Shell / int_787c6068	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_787c6068	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_787c6068
Ghost in the Shell / int_7bc90010	type	Hearing Voices
Ghost in the Shell / int_7bc90010	comment	Hearing Voices: When both Motoko and Batou hear the voice of the Puppet Master reciting the passage from The Bible, "But for now we see through a glass darkly." He uneasily asks her if she's the one who said it.
Ghost in the Shell / int_7bc90010	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_7bc90010	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_7bc90010
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f080f98	type	Vague Age
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f080f98	comment	Some of Kusanagi's dialogue in both movies suggests that she may have feelings towards Batou that border on "motherly". Especially, given that Mamoru Oshi likes to suggest a Vague Age for the characters, given their nature as cyborgs, and especially given that Kusanagi's body (except for her brain) are completely artificial.
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f080f98	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f080f98	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_7f080f98
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f2c7fae	type	Explosive Instrumentation
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f2c7fae	comment	Explosive Instrumentation: Subverted. It seems like the Puppet Master makes the computer banks explode when it's recovered from Section 9 headquarters, but it's actually Section 6 mooks using thermoptic camouflage.
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f2c7fae	featureApplicability	-0.3
Ghost in the Shell / int_7f2c7fae	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_7f2c7fae
Ghost in the Shell / int_82f3c20	type	Wetware Body
Ghost in the Shell / int_82f3c20	comment	Wetware Body: See Mind Rape.
Ghost in the Shell / int_82f3c20	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_82f3c20	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_82f3c20
Ghost in the Shell / int_8344209e	type	BFG
Ghost in the Shell / int_8344209e	comment	BFG: Probably not the only occurrence, but in the climax of the first movie, Batou shows up with what amounts to a cross between an oversized shotgun loaded with (appropriately oversized) deer slugs and a shoulder-mounted artillery cannon. This example showcases the attention to guns as minor but significant characters in the movie. The irony of the "your regular old big gun" line is that the it's anything but: an obscure toggle-lock action turns it into an incredibly kinetic, clunky, dangerous, violently cycling beast that stops firing early when one of its oversized casings visibly jams the mechanism. Basically, it is a German Luger pistol upsized to become a mecha weapon — something a discerning gun nut would greatly appreciate.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8344209e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8344209e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8344209e
Ghost in the Shell / int_83b464fb	type	Straight Man
Ghost in the Shell / int_83b464fb	comment	Straight Man: Togusa, particularly to Motoko and Batou's eccentric methods and sense of humor.
Ghost in the Shell / int_83b464fb	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_83b464fb	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_83b464fb
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: Several.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a295a46	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a295a46	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8a295a46
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a4988bb	type	Mind Rape
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a4988bb	comment	Mind Rape: "Ghost-hacking", or essentially hacking into a person's brain in order to force them to commit crimes. Some sequences indicate just how it looks to the hijacked individual - it's chillingly unclear where the individual's true perception ends and the hack begins until the connection breaks down.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a4988bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8a4988bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8a4988bb
Ghost in the Shell / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
Ghost in the Shell / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: The Puppet Master towards Motoko. It's joked about that he/it may be in love with her.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8b68d9a7	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8b68d9a7	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8b68d9a7
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb4ea46	type	By-the-Book Cop
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb4ea46	comment	By-the-Book Cop: Batou, in contrast to Kusanagi. Of course, he's practically a Cowboy Cop by anyone else's standards. Togusa is the most straightlaced of the team.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb4ea46	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb4ea46	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb4ea46
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: Batou usually fills this role.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb844c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb844c6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8cb844c6
Ghost in the Shell / int_8db4988a	type	Unusual User Interface
Ghost in the Shell / int_8db4988a	comment	Unusual User Interface: The jacks used to access the network and the keyboards so complex they require artificial hands with numerous telescopable digits to use.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8db4988a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8db4988a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8db4988a
Ghost in the Shell / int_8e1aef2d	type	Reference Overdosed
Ghost in the Shell / int_8e1aef2d	comment	Reference Overdosed: While the first film doesn't slack in making references, Innocence goes above and beyond in being a highly intertextual work chock full of direct quotations from other works, casually dropped names, and visual references. Its characters having external memory devices certainly helps.
Ghost in the Shell / int_8e1aef2d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_8e1aef2d	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_8e1aef2d
Ghost in the Shell / int_90141f06	type	IKEA Weaponry
Ghost in the Shell / int_90141f06	comment	IKEA Weaponry: Motoko assembles a more powerful rifle from a suitcase to take on the Spider Tank — for all the good it does.
Ghost in the Shell / int_90141f06	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_90141f06	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_90141f06
Ghost in the Shell / int_9075ac17	type	Just a Machine
Ghost in the Shell / int_9075ac17	comment	Just a Machine: Questioned in both films.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9075ac17	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_9075ac17
Ghost in the Shell / int_90c75498	type	Cut-and-Paste Translation
Ghost in the Shell / int_90c75498	comment	Cut-and-Paste Translation: In the Japanese original voice-track, Kusanagi had "noise in her brain" because of her monthlies (just like in the manga). In the English dub, it was "a loose wire".
Ghost in the Shell / int_90c75498	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_90c75498	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9203bf6	type	Arc Number
Ghost in the Shell / int_9203bf6	comment	Arc Number: "2501." Batou knows he's safe whenever he sees it. See Deus ex Machina below.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9203bf6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_9203bf6
Ghost in the Shell / int_967edd3a	type	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Ghost in the Shell / int_967edd3a	comment	Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: A lot, as this is an Oshii staple.
Ghost in the Shell / int_967edd3a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_967edd3a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_967edd3a
Ghost in the Shell / int_97d63115	type	Matrix Raining Code
Ghost in the Shell / int_97d63115	comment	Matrix Raining Code: The inspiration. Used prominently in the title sequence and conspicuously replaced in 2.0.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_97d63115	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_997d5872	type	"Ass" in Ambassador
Ghost in the Shell / int_997d5872	comment	"Ass" in Ambassador: Chief Nakamura of Section 6. For such an important diplomat, he sure is tactless.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_997d5872	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_997d5872
Ghost in the Shell / int_9aaf8eca	type	Crippling Overspecialization
Ghost in the Shell / int_9aaf8eca	comment	Crippling Overspecialization: Discussed. When Togusa asks the Major why she brought him along on a mission, she replies that his different skill set as an organic will balance out the team. This foreshadows the Puppet Master's reasons for wanting to merge with her.
Ghost in the Shell / int_9aaf8eca	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_9aaf8eca	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9b0f37de	type	Contemplate Our Navels
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b0f37de	comment	Contemplate Our Navels: In both films, usually lead by Motoko and/or Batou.
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b0f37de	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b0f37de	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_9b0f37de
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b76b81	type	Evolutionary Levels
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b76b81	comment	Evolutionary Levels: Hinted by the mural showing humanity's evolutionary heritage. It also implies that cyborgs occupy the next level.
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b76b81	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_9b76b81	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9c45b5a2	type	What Measure Is a Non-Human?
Ghost in the Shell / int_9c45b5a2	comment	What Measure Is a Non-Human?: A central theme of the film.
Ghost in the Shell / int_9c45b5a2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_9c45b5a2	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9d1cc720	type	Barbie Doll Anatomy
Ghost in the Shell / int_9d1cc720	comment	Barbie Doll Anatomy: The occasional nipple or two are shown, but the downstairs always stay barbie. Potentially justified, given the only naked bodies we see are of full prosthetic ones. Nipples would be purely cosmetic, but there's no need for genitalia if the body is not meant for sexual activity. The Major in particular is usually remarked upon as having a body that looks "stock" but is actually packed with military-grade hardware.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9d1cc720	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9dffb45f	type	False Camera Effects
Ghost in the Shell / int_9dffb45f	comment	False Camera Effects: There are a lot of horizontal Lens Flare effects, especially from red warning lights. And then there's the Dolly Zoom during the Major's post-diving navel contemplation.
Ghost in the Shell / int_9dffb45f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_9dffb45f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
Ghost in the Shell / int_9e943076	comment	One-Woman Army: Kusanagi is easily the most badass member of Section 9, taking on (and almost defeating) a giant robotic tank all on her own.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9eaf2be0	type	Three-Point Landing
Ghost in the Shell / int_9eaf2be0	comment	Three-Point Landing: The Major does a series of jumps to scale a building, and lands like this on the final jump with enough force to crumple the roof she lands on.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_9eaf2be0	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_a16f3cbd	type	Infrared X-Ray Camera
Ghost in the Shell / int_a16f3cbd	comment	Infrared Xray Camera: Both types show up in the film.
Ghost in the Shell / int_a16f3cbd	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_a16f3cbd	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_aa8dcc21	type	MegaCorp
Ghost in the Shell / int_aa8dcc21	comment	Mega-Corp: Several. The one that made Section 9's cyborg bodies is even called Megatech.
Ghost in the Shell / int_aa8dcc21	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_aa8dcc21	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ae0f579f	type	De-power
Ghost in the Shell / int_ae0f579f	comment	Depower: Subverted; Kusanagi may be in a child's cyborg body at the end of the film, but mentally...
Ghost in the Shell / int_ae0f579f	featureApplicability	-0.3
Ghost in the Shell / int_ae0f579f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_ae0f579f
Ghost in the Shell / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Ghost in the Shell / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Batou. Togusa picks up a little bit of it too by the end of Innocence - as he says, "I learn from the best."
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ae3d6438	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Ghost in the Shell / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: The Major. Her "Thermoptic camouflage" suit in the first movie is basically a nude-colored skintight bodysuit that leaves very little to the imagination.
Ghost in the Shell / int_b032e4ed	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_b032e4ed	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b0cbdcb1	type	Black Helicopter
Ghost in the Shell / int_b0cbdcb1	comment	Black Helicopter: Section 6 comes after the Puppet Master with snipers in helicopters at the climax of the film.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b0cbdcb1	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
Ghost in the Shell / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: The killer Fembot Sex Bot Geisha hookers are revealed to be hosting copies of the ghosts of kidnapped young girls, in order to make them behave more like humans. Geez, no wonder they went berserk.
Ghost in the Shell / int_b1346878	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_b1346878	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b1c2112	type	Tracking Device
Ghost in the Shell / int_b1c2112	comment	Tracking Device: Togusa implants one in a car with a Trick Bullet (see Revolvers Are Just Better).
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b1c2112	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_b1c2112
Ghost in the Shell / int_b2cdd776	type	Bottomless Magazines
Ghost in the Shell / int_b2cdd776	comment	Bottomless Magazines: Averted. The characters are clearly shown stopping to reload frequently, and in the first movie, a thug being chased by Section 9 checks how many bullets he has left in his magazine. Motoko's strategy against the Spider Tank at the film's climax even involves waiting for its gun attachments to run out of ammo. Continued in Innocence, with Batou frequently reloading during shootouts and almost running out of ammo to hold off the rampaging gynoids while Kusanagi's borrowed body is immobilized.
Ghost in the Shell / int_b2cdd776	featureApplicability	-1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_b2cdd776	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b475abfb	type	Gut Feeling
Ghost in the Shell / int_b475abfb	comment	Gut Feeling
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b475abfb	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_b475abfb
Ghost in the Shell / int_b8dbe475	type	Blood from the Mouth
Ghost in the Shell / int_b8dbe475	comment	Blood from the Mouth: The criminal that Kusanagi beats up, who turns out to be ghost-hacked.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_b8dbe475	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_b8dbe475
Ghost in the Shell / int_b9db28ab	type	Emotionless Girl
Ghost in the Shell / int_b9db28ab	comment	Emotionless Girl: Kusanagi comes across this way at first, but she's really more of a Sugar-and-Ice Girl.
Ghost in the Shell / int_b9db28ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_b9db28ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_b9db28ab
Ghost in the Shell / int_bb040b01	type	Cool Guns
Ghost in the Shell / int_bb040b01	comment	Cool Guns: Many. For example, the thug the Major chases down carries a Micro Uzi while she uses a fictional submachine gun conceptually based on the FN-P90.[1] The animators worked hard to get the details right.
Ghost in the Shell / int_bb040b01	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_bb040b01	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Ghost in the Shell / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: The producers of the English dub find the word "fuck" less offensive then mentioning a women's monthlies.
Ghost in the Shell / int_bc00493f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_bc00493f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_bc00493f
Ghost in the Shell / int_bcd27e37	type	Improbable Aiming Skills
Ghost in the Shell / int_bcd27e37	comment	Improbable Aiming Skills: Not that much, but there are a few examples, such as shooting out a car's tires or being able to hit a moving vehicle in the license plate. Some feats are due to cybernetically augmented reflexes.
Ghost in the Shell / int_bcd27e37	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_bcd27e37	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_bd2812b5	type	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
Ghost in the Shell / int_bd2812b5	comment	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Motoko/the Puppet Master.
Ghost in the Shell / int_bd2812b5	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_bd2812b5	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_bdddc73e	type	Yakuza
Ghost in the Shell / int_bdddc73e	comment	Yakuza: Batou and Togusa raid an office of theirs.
Ghost in the Shell / int_bdddc73e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_bdddc73e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_bdddc73e
Ghost in the Shell / int_beccd0d7	type	Cyberpunk Is Techno
Ghost in the Shell / int_beccd0d7	comment	Cyberpunk Is Techno: Significantly averted; the soundtracks to both films (especially the first) consist of moody, haunting pieces featuring traditional chants and instruments.
Ghost in the Shell / int_beccd0d7	featureApplicability	-1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_beccd0d7	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_beccd0d7
Ghost in the Shell / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
Ghost in the Shell / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: Both movies, but especially Innocence.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_bef696dd	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_bef696dd
Ghost in the Shell / int_c2b0ebc0	type	Never Gets Drunk
Ghost in the Shell / int_c2b0ebc0	comment	Never Gets Drunk: During the diving scene, when Motoko starts getting philosophical about herself, Batou asks her if she's drunk. She responds that as a cyborg, their bodies can fully process alcohol in less than 10 seconds when ordered to do so, so they could even be drunk while waiting for contact from work but respond to the call fully sober.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c2b0ebc0	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c2b0ebc0	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c2b0ebc0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c303f680	type	Briefcase Blaster
Ghost in the Shell / int_c303f680	comment	Briefcase Blaster: The bodyguards in the Cold Open pull hidden submachine guns out of their briefcases.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c303f680	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c303f680	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c303f680
Ghost in the Shell / int_c3585f4a	type	Boom, Headshot!
Ghost in the Shell / int_c3585f4a	comment	Boom, Headshot!: The diplomat in the opening scene. It isn't pretty. The Puppet Master's borrowed body at the end.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c3585f4a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c3585f4a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c3585f4a
Ghost in the Shell / int_c5eec843	type	Mobile Factory
Ghost in the Shell / int_c5eec843	comment	Mobile Factory: The ship building gynoid geishas that are actually cyborg Sex Slaves.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c5eec843	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c5eec843	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c5eec843
Ghost in the Shell / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Ghost in the Shell / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: In the first film, Kusanagi's naked body being disintegrated. In the second, the host of nude, blank-faced, murderous gynoids.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c660bc15	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c660bc15	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c660bc15
Ghost in the Shell / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Ghost in the Shell / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The film contains numerous homages to Blade Runner, the franchise's primary visual and thematic inspiration. In one scene in Innocence, for example, Togusa asks Batou if his dog is "real" or a clone, since "originals are expensive". The thermoptic camouflage also resembles the scramble suits seen in A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick, who also wrote the novel that Blade Runner is based on. Innocence opens with a quote from The Future Eve. "Hadaly" was also the name of the android in this book.
Ghost in the Shell / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_c75df49a
Ghost in the Shell / int_cac6d1d2	type	Mental Fusion
Ghost in the Shell / int_cac6d1d2	comment	Mental Fusion: Kusanagi and Project 2501.
Ghost in the Shell / int_cac6d1d2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_cac6d1d2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_cac6d1d2
Ghost in the Shell / int_cafdaf4e	type	Trust Password
Ghost in the Shell / int_cafdaf4e	comment	Trust Password: At the end of the film, just before Major Kusanagi leaves Batou, she tells him that 2501 (the code number of the Puppetmaster project) will be their password so he can identify her when they meet again.
Ghost in the Shell / int_cafdaf4e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_cafdaf4e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_cafdaf4e
Ghost in the Shell / int_cb360726	type	Einstein Hair
Ghost in the Shell / int_cb360726	comment	Einstein Hair: Chief Aramaki has it.
Ghost in the Shell / int_cb360726	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_cb360726	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_cb360726
Ghost in the Shell / int_ceb7336a	type	Wetware CPU
Ghost in the Shell / int_ceb7336a	comment	Wetware CPU: The Section 9 cyborgs have data input jacks in the backs of their necks which connect to their brains.
Ghost in the Shell / int_ceb7336a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_ceb7336a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_ceb7336a
Ghost in the Shell / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Ghost in the Shell / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: The Puppet Master: wanted cybercriminal, or sentient being that just wants to be treated the same as everyone else?
Ghost in the Shell / int_d001c42c	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d001c42c	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_d01cffbc	type	Badass Longcoat
Ghost in the Shell / int_d01cffbc	comment	Badass Longcoat: Batou wears a trenchcoat frequently, as does Kusanagi at times.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d01cffbc	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d01cffbc	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
Ghost in the Shell / int_d028e0da	comment	An Arm and a Leg: The Puppet Master's humanoid body has all four limbs completely wrecked by collision with a truck. At the climax of the movie, Kusanagi is under attack from a huge Spider Tank. She tries to wrench open the tank's access hatch, and instead rips her own arms off at mid-bicep. Batou also loses half his arm when shot by a sniper rifle.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d028e0da	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d028e0da	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_d0b95b85	type	Used Future
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0b95b85	comment	Used Future: Cities are crowded, dirty and run-down, and high technology doesn't stop people from polluting or spraying graffiti everywhere.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0b95b85	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0b95b85	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_d0bf8a6d	type	No Periods, Period
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0bf8a6d	comment	No Periods, Period: Motoko joking about being on her period was censored out of the English dub.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0bf8a6d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d0bf8a6d	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_d54b9eb3	type	Inter-Service Rivalry
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54b9eb3	comment	Interservice Rivalry: Section 6 (foreign relations) vs. Section 9 (counter-terrorism).
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54b9eb3	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54b9eb3	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_d54b9eb3
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54f84cb	type	Dream Within a Dream
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54f84cb	comment	Dream Within a Dream: Togusa repeating the same scene thanks to a brain hack.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54f84cb	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d54f84cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_d54f84cb
Ghost in the Shell / int_d6fce123	type	The Future Is Noir
Ghost in the Shell / int_d6fce123	comment	The Future Is Noir
Ghost in the Shell / int_d6fce123	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d6fce123	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_d6fce123
Ghost in the Shell / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Ghost in the Shell / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Kusanagi is still called "Major," despite not holding that rank at the time of the film, out of respect.
Ghost in the Shell / int_d7b34c31	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_d7b34c31	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_da15842d	type	Brain/Computer Interface
Ghost in the Shell / int_da15842d	comment	Brain–Computer Interface: The plug-ins that the characters have on the back of their necks, which directly inspired the similar technology in The Matrix.
Ghost in the Shell / int_da15842d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_da15842d	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost in the Shell / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Ghost in the Shell / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: The Major.
Ghost in the Shell / int_dae5c997	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_dae5c997	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_dae5c997
Ghost in the Shell / int_db33bc7e	type	Ludicrous Gibs
Ghost in the Shell / int_db33bc7e	comment	Ludicrous Gibs: The foreign diplomat shot by Kusanagi in the opening scene practically explodes. His spine can be seen for a brief moment.
Ghost in the Shell / int_db33bc7e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost in the Shell / int_db33bc7e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Ghost in the Shell / int_db33bc7e
Ghost in the Shell / int_db8a9d51	type	Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence
Ghost in the Shell / int_db8a9d51	comment	Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence
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Ghost in the Shell / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Ghost in the Shell / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Chief Aramaki of Section 9.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_dccf42c1	type	Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future
Ghost in the Shell / int_dccf42c1	comment	Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future: Kind of. Although there are very advanced-looking 3D monitors, the GPS system that Section 9 uses to track criminals is like a bare-bones Google Maps.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_dea5fe1	type	Kubrick Stare
Ghost in the Shell / int_dea5fe1	comment	Kubrick Stare: The Major fixes her gaze on Batou in that manner while talking to him on the boat. Accentuated by a dolly zoom effect. Project 2501 breaks one out when they request political asylum. The product of the Major and Project 2501 fusing does this as they look out over the city.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_df02a97f	type	City of Canals
Ghost in the Shell / int_df02a97f	comment	City of Canals
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e0789c2a	type	Your Head A-Splode
Ghost in the Shell / int_e0789c2a	comment	Your Head A-Splode: The animation crew seemed to have liked these quite a bit; there's a head asploding in some form or fashion at the beginning and end of each movie. It also quite handily shows audiences that this ain't no kid's show they're dealing with here. To quote IGN:
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e1fa333c	type	Hannibal Lecture
Ghost in the Shell / int_e1fa333c	comment	Hannibal Lecture: The Puppet Master gives one to Nakamura when captured by Section 6, coupled with a Motive Rant.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e294a0be	type	Our Souls Are Different
Ghost in the Shell / int_e294a0be	comment	Our Souls Are Different: A person's consciousness, or their "ghost", is unique and impossible to replicate. It's also thought that machines cannot spontaneously generate one – until the Puppet Master proves this wrong.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e3b0cd87	type	Morality Pet
Ghost in the Shell / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: Batou may be a cold, hardened antihero, but the innocent Gabriel brings out his humanity.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e4900915	type	Ridiculously Human Robots
Ghost in the Shell / int_e4900915	comment	Ridiculously Human Robots: Cyborg bodies can do practically anything human bodies can (including drinking alcohol and having sex) but are much stronger.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e4fc9fbc	type	A Glitch in the Matrix
Ghost in the Shell / int_e4fc9fbc	comment	A Glitch in the Matrix
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e542d889	type	Gorn
Ghost in the Shell / int_e542d889	comment	Gorn: Lots of it, including people being shot with high-powered sniper rifles and Kusanagi's body being torn to shreds.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e75d1aee	type	Friendly Local Chinatown
Ghost in the Shell / int_e75d1aee	comment	Friendly Local Chinatown: A chase scene is set in one, compete with the obligatory knocking over of a Fruit Cart.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e78119cb	type	Girls with Guns
Ghost in the Shell / int_e78119cb	comment	Girls with Guns
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e90a93b2	type	Creepy Monotone
Ghost in the Shell / int_e90a93b2	comment	Creepy Monotone: The Puppet Master sounds like this at times.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_e91a2f04	type	Cloning Blues
Ghost in the Shell / int_e91a2f04	comment	Cloning Blues: Kusanagi, when she sees how similar she is to the Puppet Master's "shell" (they were made by the same Mega-Corp). In one scene, she wanders around the city alone and notices just how many people look like her, including a mannequin.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Ghost in the Shell / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Batou saving Kusanagi from the Spider Tank.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ebee7b3a	type	Parking Garage
Ghost in the Shell / int_ebee7b3a	comment	Parking Garage: Togusa is in one when he notices that a cloaked person or persons has snuck in behind the minister. It's a team sent to capture the Puppet Master.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_edf6e8ef	type	BlueOrangeContrast
Ghost in the Shell / int_edf6e8ef	comment	Blue/Orange Contrast: Occurs in the diving scene as the Major rises from the water.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f32d85ab	type	20 Minutes into the Future
Ghost in the Shell / int_f32d85ab	comment	20 Minutes into the Future: The setting is around 2030.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f5920574	type	Hero-Tracking Failure
Ghost in the Shell / int_f5920574	comment	Hero-Tracking Failure: The Spider Tank keeps firing behind Major Kusanagi as she runs along a wall and backflips up a flight of stairs.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f627b434	type	Platonic Life-Partners
Ghost in the Shell / int_f627b434	comment	Platonic Life-Partners: Motoko and Batou are close friends as well as coworkers, and in her case, perhaps her only real friend. In addition, there are very subtle implications, such as the way Batou looks away when Kusanagi undresses and covers her with his jacket, that he may have some unrequited feelings for her. Some of Kusanagi's dialogue in both movies suggests that she may have feelings towards Batou that border on "motherly". Especially, given that Mamoru Oshi likes to suggest a Vague Age for the characters, given their nature as cyborgs, and especially given that Kusanagi's body (except for her brain) are completely artificial.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f6507695	type	Everything Is Online
Ghost in the Shell / int_f6507695	comment	Everything Is Online: Even garbage trucks.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f771f23b	type	Battle Strip
Ghost in the Shell / int_f771f23b	comment	Battle Strip: Motoko has to strip down to only her thermoptic camo suit to use it; this is shown at the start of the movie and, briefly, just before she tries to tear the hatch off the tank in the climax.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f8671289	type	Trunk Shot
Ghost in the Shell / int_f8671289	comment	Trunk Shot: Used before Batou and Togusa raid a Yakuza office.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_f9bc2937	type	Laser Sight
Ghost in the Shell / int_f9bc2937	comment	Laser Sight: The snipers' targeting lasers are invisible except when viewed through Batou's eyes, presumably because his cybernetic eyes can see special frequencies and/or can intelligently amplify faint straight-line scatter. note Real snipers do not use laser sights.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_fa078f0	type	Uniformity Exception
Ghost in the Shell / int_fa078f0	comment	Uniformity Exception: Batou invades a manufactory ship that is making illicit gynoids. When the gynoids swarm him, Major Kusanagi takes over one of them to lend a hand. He puts his jacket on her shoulders, a technically pointless gesture that serves both as a Call-Back to the previous film and to easily distinguish Kusanagi from the dozens of gynoids that she is fighting.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_fb01ee16	type	Cyberpunk
Ghost in the Shell / int_fb01ee16	comment	Cyberpunk / Post-Cyberpunk
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Ghost in the Shell / int_fc52510	type	Brain Uploading
Ghost in the Shell / int_fc52510	comment	Brain Uploading: The Puppet Master installs its own ghost into an empty body. And at the end of the film, into Kusanagi's when the body is destroyed.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_fdc4fab4	type	Depending on the Writer
Ghost in the Shell / int_fdc4fab4	comment	Depending on the Writer: In the original manga the Major starts out as a wisecracking, violence loving, Hard-Drinking Party Girl but becomes more introspective after her encounter with the Puppet Master, whereas here she's like that from the beginning.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Ghost in the Shell / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Batou has an entire scene dedicated to this, quite literally.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ff8afd14	type	Spider Tank
Ghost in the Shell / int_ff8afd14	comment	At the climax of the movie, Kusanagi is under attack from a huge Spider Tank. She tries to wrench open the tank's access hatch, and instead rips her own arms off at mid-bicep.
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Ghost in the Shell / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Ghost in the Shell / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Batou's weapons handling is just what the military teaches — weapon at the shoulder and fire short, controlled bursts. He does hold the trigger down on his SAW in Innocence, but presumably the enhanced strength of his cybernetic body allows him to better control the recoil (which was confirmed in the manga); he certainly succeeds at clearing the room with it.
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Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Bullet Sparks / int_2a5e52e7
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Facepalm of Doom / int_2a5e52e7
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Lull Destruction / int_2a5e52e7
RichardEpcar	seeAlso	Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Schematized Prop / int_2a5e52e7
ShirowMasamune	seeAlso	Ghost in the Shell
Willbyr	seeAlso	Ghost in the Shell
Kisetsu o Dakishimete (Visual Novel)	seeAlso	Ghost in the Shell
ghostintheshell	sameAs	Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell	hasFeature	Not the Fall That Kills You / int_2a5e52e7

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