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Gattaca

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Gattaca	label	Gattaca
Gattaca	page	Gattaca
Gattaca	comment	Gattaca is a 1997 Science Fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, in his filmmaking debut, which presents a biopunk vision of a futuristic society driven by genetic engineering. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin in supporting roles.The story centers on Vincent Freeman (Hawke), who was born naturally but has a younger brother who was optimized. Vincent has poor eyesight and a heart defect, but wants to work on the space program at the eponymous agency. He joins forces with Jerome Eugene Morrow (Law), who has perfect genes but was crippled after being struck by a car. Using contact lenses and copious amounts of Eugene's hair and blood while being careful not to lose a trace of his own genetic material, Vincent manages to pass himself off as a Valid and get a job at Gattaca, where he succeeds by hard work and determination despite his inferior genes.However, a week before Vincent is scheduled to leave Earth on a mission to Saturn's moon Titan, the Mission Director is murdered in his office and one of Vincent's In-Valid eyelashes is found on the scene. He must now avoid being discovered despite intense police scrutiny and his progressing relationship with his Love Interest Irene Cassini (Thurman), while discovering who the real killer is.Compare and contrast Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
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Gattaca / int_1246c26c	type	Villainous Lineage
Gattaca / int_1246c26c	comment	Villainous Lineage: The true murderer isn't even considered a possible suspect for most of the investigation, on the dubious grounds that his genotype contains no markers for violent behavior.
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Gattaca / int_12476700	type	Locard's Theory
Gattaca / int_12476700	comment	Locard's Theory: The reason the era's investigators are called "Hoovers" - not just for J. Edgar Hoover, but because they spend a lot of time simply vacuuming crime scenes for genetic evidence. They don't even bother with dusting for fingerprint evidence because fake fingertips like Vincent's are so easy to make.
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Gattaca / int_1420a9b8	type	Scenery Censor
Gattaca / int_1420a9b8	comment	Scenery Censor: Every time Vincent strips nude to shave all of the stray hairs off his body, he's always contorted in such a way that the camera doesn't show any of his intimate bits. The most blatant moment of this is when he cleans himself at the beach after sleeping with Irene.
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Gattaca / int_146f4e0	type	Blind Without 'Em
Gattaca / int_146f4e0	comment	Blind Without 'Em: Vincent is myopic, and wears contact lenses to fake perfect eyesight. In one scene he has to ditch the lenses to duck a police inspection. Then he has to cross a busy highway. Yikes.
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Gattaca / int_1484dba1	type	Foreshadowing
Gattaca / int_1484dba1	comment	Foreshadowing: There are some slightly subtle hints that the lead investigator is Vincent's brother Anton, easier to catch on a rewatch. Right off the bat, when his partner wants to run a check on Vincent's background, he quickly insists he's already run it, and it turned up no known relatives—because he knows very well that if anyone else looked it up, he would come up as a relative. He spends the whole film trying to steer the investigation off of the In-Valid, even to the derision of his subordinates, and makes pointed inquiries about the hiring process and what would be done if someone exceeded their potential. He is also the only person besides Irene to notice that Vincent and Jerome are different people. Add to that, one scene shows him swimming in an endless pool. He is still obsessed with his loss to his imperfect brother.
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Gattaca / int_18aff462	type	Artistic License â€“ Biology
Gattaca / int_18aff462	comment	Artistic License â€“ Biology: Unless there's blood or other stuff that's not supposed to be in there in it, Urine doesn't contain genetic material. There will almost certainly be shed epithelial cells from the urethra in there though. There' also considerable debate about how much DNA is in hair. Most sources say it's just in the root, but others say that fragmentary DNA can still be found in the strand. The title is made from the four nitrogen bases "letters" (GCAT). The complementary strand would be CTAATGT. The mRNA strand would be CUAAUGU.
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Gattaca / int_19209d54	type	Sibling Rivalry
Gattaca / int_19209d54	comment	Sibling Rivalry: Vincent is shown to have been jealous of his brother since childhood, which is then played with as his brother turns out to be just as insecure as he is in adulthood.
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Gattaca / int_19d1c1ae	type	Always Someone Better
Gattaca / int_19d1c1ae	comment	Always Someone Better: The reason Jerome is so disillusioned with himself. For Vincent, this is his brother. See Sibling Rivalry.
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Gattaca / int_1e6ca414	type	Burning the Ships
Gattaca / int_1e6ca414	comment	Burning the Ships: Invoked: When they were kids, Vincent and Anton would play a game of "chicken" where they would swim out to sea as far as possible with the loser being the one who turns back first. Anton would always win until Vincent beat him by deliberately not saving energy for the swim back, mirroring how Vincent got to where he is in life: by never considering a way back.
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Gattaca / int_1ea248b4	type	Neat Freak
Gattaca / int_1ea248b4	comment	Neat Freak: Vincent has this reputation, as he's constantly cleaning his desk; however, he's actually trying to make sure that none of his genetic material remains, and he systematically plants DNA from Jerome after cleaning his.
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Gattaca / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
Gattaca / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Whenever they check Jerome's blood, his name and photo show up on a computer screen with the word "VALID". That said, the guy giving the sample is Vincent, who looks nothing like Jerome. Vincent himself brings this up the moment he meets Jerome; the forger explains that photo ID is so outdated Vincent could use the forger's photo (played by Tony Shalhoub) and people wouldn't notice. People have grown so complacent in depending on the DNA checks that they commit the first-week-of-basic-training mistake of not comparing the ID to the ID holder. They do make something of an effort, though. Vincent dyes his hair and matches his hairstyle to that of the photo. He also has to undergo surgery to "stretch" both pairs of his tibia/fibula in order to be the same height as Jerome. Additionally, the photo itself is actually a blend of Vincent's and Jerome's faces which is close enough that both of them could use it if necessary (This is confirmed in the screenplay). It also serves to highlight the importance of those who do notice; such as showcasing Vincent's bond with Irene and Foreshadowing that the lead investigator is Anton, who can recognise Vincent, as he still appears unconvinced by the performance and the results in the scene where he tests the real Jerome. Also subverted by the doctor. He knew full well that Vincent wasn't Jerome, he just didn't care.
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Gattaca / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Gattaca / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The incinerator.
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Gattaca / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Gattaca / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: After Irene mentions her heart condition: Later, after Irene discovers Vincent isn't actually Jerome:
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Gattaca / int_24115bb4	type	Pass Fail
Gattaca / int_24115bb4	comment	Pass Fail: Vincent is an In-Valid passing himself as a Valid with the help of Jerome. There is in fact an entire black market in "borrowed ladders" such as Vincent.
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Gattaca / int_25b47c12	type	Rapid DNA Test
Gattaca / int_25b47c12	comment	Rapid DNA Test: The key technology of the whole premise, instant and ubiquitous DNA readers make the laws against genetic discrimination impossible to enforce.
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Gattaca / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Gattaca / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: The public address announcements are given in both English and Esperanto. The Esperanto League of North America is credited for its translation assistance.
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Gattaca / int_29e25672	type	Oppose What You Suffered
Gattaca / int_29e25672	comment	Oppose What You Suffered: Vincent allows the wind to carry away a genetic sample given to him by Irene when she is clearly afraid he will reject her because of her imperfect genes. Actually having used bought genetic samples to assume another man's identity after having been discriminated against because of his own imperfect genes all his life, Vincent knows exactly how Irene feels.
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Gattaca / int_2b3bd260	type	Readings Are Off the Scale
Gattaca / int_2b3bd260	comment	Readings Are Off the Scale: Jerome's superior genetics are described this way.
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Gattaca / int_2cd69f80	type	Fantastic Noir
Gattaca / int_2cd69f80	comment	Fantastic Noir: Once the murder subplot is introduced. Long coats, hats, and retro cars for everyone!
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Gattaca / int_2d3016e8	type	Guilty Until Someone Else Is Guilty
Gattaca / int_2d3016e8	comment	Guilty Until Someone Else Is Guilty: Vincent is suspected of murdering his mission director until another party is found to be the culprit.
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Gattaca / int_32c082ae	type	Bury Your Disabled
Gattaca / int_32c082ae	comment	Bury Your Disabled: At the very end, although Jerome's suicide is presented as strong and noble, rather than pathetic or induced by Wangst.
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Gattaca / int_393ec3f9	type	Zeerust
Gattaca / int_393ec3f9	comment	Zeerust: The movie focuses its future speculation on genetic engineering, so it's natural that other aspects of the film's future would be less well thought out. Still, it can be a bit odd watching the movie and wondering why the televisions and computer monitors look like they're stuck in The '90s, why Pluto is still a planet, and why nobody knows what Titan's surface looks like. The aesthetics of the film also deliberately invoke this. The fashion and cars look like they're out of the 50s. Vincent narrates that the identity broker isn't "someone you find in the Yellow Pages." Look at any phone book in 2024, if you can find one. They're very thin. It's doubtful that the Yellow Pages will even exist fifty or sixty years from now.
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Gattaca / int_3aec9e5e	type	Properly Paranoid
Gattaca / int_3aec9e5e	comment	Properly Paranoid: Vincent regularly shaves and exfoliates his entire body to avoid leaving behind loose hairs and skin particles, and still regularly sanitizes his workspace just in case. He even goes so far as to plant Jerome's skin cells and hairs at his desk, just in case anyone checks. Fortunately there's a whole industry in maintaining your privacy so this doesn't stand out, but a stray eyelash still almost brings him down.
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Gattaca / int_3b79029a	type	Crapsaccharine World
Gattaca / int_3b79029a	comment	Crapsaccharine World: Despite looking pristine and well-organized, the world of Gattaca is not a nice place to live for anyone with less than perfect genetics.
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Gattaca / int_3e416b0f	type	Perma-Shave
Gattaca / int_3e416b0f	comment	Perma-Shave: Justified; Vincent meticulously removes all of his body hair to ensure that none of it can shed and reveal his true identity.
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Gattaca / int_3fff5717	type	Genius Cripple
Gattaca / int_3fff5717	comment	Genius Cripple: Mostly subverted with Eugene.
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Gattaca / int_401d4116	type	Broken Aesop
Gattaca / int_401d4116	comment	Broken Aesop: Despite the movie's message against discrimination, Vincent's poor eyesight and heart defect are both legitimate reasons to disqualify him from serving as an astronaut.
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Gattaca / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Gattaca / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Vincent achieves his dream of flying on the mission to Titan and wins the love of Irene, but Jerome commits suicide as the rocket takes off.
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Gattaca / int_43b154c9	type	Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Gattaca / int_43b154c9	comment	Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Nobody ever figures out that Vincent is not Jerome despite the real Jerome having a British accent which Vincent never even tries to fake.
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Gattaca / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
Gattaca / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Vincent is terrified his past will catch up with him but Eugene points out that society is so wrapped up in thinking about people on a genetic level that they've started to ignore their faces and that Jerome has already become the mask.
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Gattaca / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Gattaca / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jerome. Even though he's a jerk to Vincent at times, he still comes through for him when needed and leaves enough genetic samples to last Vincent a lifetime before committing suicide.
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Gattaca / int_5115e5f6	type	Fantastic Underclass
Gattaca / int_5115e5f6	comment	Fantastic Underclass: Naturally-born individuals are barely trusted with janitorial duties, segregated to poor neighborhoods, and easily picked on by the police. Plus, with DNA scanners everywhere in this society, certain doors will always remain closed to the new underclass.
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Gattaca / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Gattaca / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: There are quite a few mostly inconsequential moments early in the film that are paralleled during and around the climax in ways more meaningful to the plot. Vincent and Anton's swimming races, the urine test, "Oops, the wind caught it"...
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Gattaca / int_53d45fa8	type	Back-Alley Doctor
Gattaca / int_53d45fa8	comment	Back-Alley Doctor: Tony Shalhoub's character in addition to dealing in genetic profiles, also seems a skilled surgeon, dentist, and optician to make the identity swaps to work. Justified due to likely being one of the genetically perfect elite himself.
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Gattaca / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Gattaca / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: The entire point of the film. Although discrimination based on genetics is supposed to be illegal, Vincent says "no one takes the law seriously", because they can easily check your DNA to find out, thus it's nevertheless present from birth, preventing him from getting into a good school and finding a good job despite his hard work and intelligence. Which is why he decides to impersonate someone else to work at Gattaca.
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Gattaca / int_59166261	type	Second-Act Breakup
Gattaca / int_59166261	comment	Second-Act Breakup: Downplayed, both in terms of breakup and reconciliation. Vincent's romantic relationship with Irene falls through when she visits his home and pieces together his identity scheme with Jerome. She forgives him before the end, but he leaves for outer space and it's unlikely they'll be able to see each other again.
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Gattaca / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Gattaca / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: The police constantly focus on Vincent, assuming that the In-Valid must be responsible for the murder at Gattaca. If not for the combination of the fact that Anton refuses to accept the assumption that 'the invalid' aka his brother is automatically the murderer, regularly trying to redirect the investigation to other possibilities, and his older partner's dedication to searching every nook and cranny for evidence, the murder case might never have been solved.
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Gattaca / int_5bf25e11	type	Extra Digits
Gattaca / int_5bf25e11	comment	Extra Digits: Vincent and Irene attend a concert by a twelve-fingered pianist during one of their dates. Said pianist was genetically designed to have those extra digits because he plays pieces that nobody with only ten fingers would be capable of; his parents decided he would be a pianist before he was even born. (Interesting fact: the pianist in this scene is played by the creator of Ratboy Genius). Or another interpretation is that the pianist is an In-Valid with the kind of birth defect that's usually engineered out.
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Gattaca / int_61c7d589	type	Bigger Is Better in Bed
Gattaca / int_61c7d589	comment	Bigger Is Better in Bed: Despite his overall genetic inferiority, Vincent is mentioned to be superior in one notable area. The doctor reveals at the end that he knew it was fake all along, and is literally complimenting Vincent on the equipment he used to pull off the scam, which would by necessity require a fake phallus to cover the delivery system from the urine pouch.
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Gattaca / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
Gattaca / int_6411dac8	comment	Badass Normal: Through sheer training and determination, Vincent becomes almost equal to any of the Designer Babies he works with.
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Gattaca / int_67f26dcc	type	Planet of Hats
Gattaca / int_67f26dcc	comment	Planet of Hats: With the planet in question being the future Earth, of course.
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Gattaca / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Gattaca / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: When it becomes clear that Vincent will need surgery to match Jerome's height. "I'm not doing it!"
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Gattaca / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Gattaca / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: The young detective is really Vincent's brother, Anton. The killer of the Mission Director is Director Josef, head of the space program that Vincent infiltrated, who killed the Mission Director for holding the mission back with constant cutbacks. Lamar, the person that runs background checks, actually knew Vincent was an In-Valid the whole time and didn't rat him out because he gives him hope that his son—who was genetically selected but "not all that they promised"—might also become something more.
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Gattaca / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Gattaca / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Vincent Freeman and Jerome Eugene Morrow. The title of the movie and eponymous agency is spelled using the initials of the four DNA bases (the parts that define genes). "Vincent" means "winner" in Latin. Jerome may suggest "genome". Eugene means "well-born" and relates to "eugenics" as practiced too. Also, Morrow suggests "tomorrow". Cassini from the Cassini Space Probe (or its namesake Giovanni Cassini, a 17th century Italian astronomer known for his studies of Saturn). In the Greek from which it comes, "eu" means "good" - so it literally means the incredibly blatant Jerome Good-Gene Morrow.
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Gattaca / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Gattaca / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Jerome's backstory; he attempted to kill himself because of the intense pressure upon him to succeed (thanks to his supposedly perfect genes) and was left disabled.
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Gattaca / int_6e27397	type	Missed Him by That Much
Gattaca / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: Vincent and Anton conveniently never come properly face to face until the very end, keeping them from recognising each other. While Anton knew Vincent was there and was actively looking for him, Vincent has no clue who Anton truly is until the very end.
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Gattaca / int_6e429667	type	Fantastic Slurs
Gattaca / int_6e429667	comment	Fantastic Slurs: Derisive terms for non-engineered people abound like "Utero", "Faithbirth", "Godchild", "In-Valid", etc. In contrast, engineered folk are given complimentary nicknames such as "Vitro", "Valid" or "Made-Man". A natural-born individual who assumes the identity of an engineered person was often referred to as a "borrowed ladder" or, less flatteringly, a "de-gene-erate".
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Gattaca / int_6e4fa397	type	Alleged Lookalikes
Gattaca / int_6e4fa397	comment	Alleged Lookalikes: The fact that DNA samples are more noticed than faces is mentioned. Vincent is initially skeptical, as he and Jerome look almost nothing alike, but is convinced that nobody looks at ID photos anymore. The photo on Jerome that comes up on the ID is actually a blend of Ethan Hawke and Jude Law's faces, making both of them using it at one point slightly more believable. The only person who notices that Vincent and Jerome look different is Irene—and, it's heavily implied, Vincent's brother, Anton.
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Gattaca / int_6fca80fd	type	Oblivious Mockery
Gattaca / int_6fca80fd	comment	Oblivious Mockery: There's a while-you-wait DNA testing lab used by women to test their dates. When Irene drops off Vincent's sample (unaware it's a hair from Jerome) she's told, "Congratulations" on being handed the result. Irene however is upset because she assumes Vincent is too perfect to want her.
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Gattaca / int_7064ec04	type	Cassette Futurism
Gattaca / int_7064ec04	comment	Cassette Futurism: In addition to the Zeerusty anesthetics, the world of Gattaca features several elements from the 90s, specifically the computers and the Magne Charge inductive chargers the electric cars use, the latter of which was only used with 90s electric cars like the General Motors EV-1.
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Gattaca / int_71105dfc	type	Everybody Smokes
Gattaca / int_71105dfc	comment	Everybody Smokes: Which seems strange given the vision of the future presented.
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Gattaca / int_72595768	type	Darwinist Desire
Gattaca / int_72595768	comment	Darwinist Desire: On the one hand, parents wanting their children to be better led to a generation of Designer Babies. On the other, once they became adults these people still view genetic fitness as the prime reason to enter into a relationship, despite it being pretty much irrelevant to having perfect children and has marriage be based only on the perceived genetic fitness of a potential mate.
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Gattaca / int_77aae115	type	Hated by All
Gattaca / int_77aae115	comment	Hated by All: Absolutely no one seems to have liked or respected The Mission Director; when he's murdered, people are generally only concerned with how his death will affect the mission.
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Gattaca / int_77e144a2	type	Super Doc
Gattaca / int_77e144a2	comment	Super Doc: German who besides finding and selling genetic profiles also dabbles as an optometrist and a surgeon to help Vincent look more like Eugene; somewhat justified by him likely being a Valid.
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Gattaca / int_798a9e41	type	Auto Erotica
Gattaca / int_798a9e41	comment	Auto Erotica: Vincent was (accidentally) conceived this way. Deconstructed, because this prevents him from being born as a designer baby and essentially renders him an outcast to society, consequently driving much of the film's plot.
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Gattaca / int_7b07e9f	type	Prim and Proper Bun
Gattaca / int_7b07e9f	comment	Prim and Proper Bun: Irene's default hairstyle.
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Gattaca / int_7eb49b31	type	Almost Kiss
Gattaca / int_7eb49b31	comment	Almost Kiss: During Vincent and Irene's dance at the club, they begin to inch closer for a kiss only to be interrupted by the entrance of Detective Hugo.
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Gattaca / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
Gattaca / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Jerome. He is drowning his sorrows after his accident and dealing with all the other problems his failing to live up to his "perfection" brought.
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Gattaca / int_81c4faa3	type	Entertainingly Wrong
Gattaca / int_81c4faa3	comment	Entertainingly Wrong: After finding another sample from Vincent at Gattaca, Hugo correctly deduces that he's using someone else's genetic profile to secretly work as an astronaut and surmises that he murdered the mission director because he found out about it. A logical, but incorrect, conclusion.
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Gattaca / int_85bcc5a8	type	Lampshaded Double Entendre
Gattaca / int_85bcc5a8	comment	Lampshaded Double Entendre: Vincent's excuse to weasel out of getting his mouth swabbed at a checkpoint. He nods in Irene's direction and says they'd just get a contaminated sample.
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Gattaca / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Gattaca / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: "If the glass is clean it'll be easier for you to see me on the other side of it".
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Gattaca / int_87f13be4	type	Designer Babies
Gattaca / int_87f13be4	comment	Designer Babies: This film is the former Trope Namer. The embryo products of in-vitro fertilization are screened for genetic predispositions to unwanted traits. Embryos without genetic defects are brought to term and these children are considered superior to children born by random chance. Whether they actually are or not is played with: Vincent has a high probability for developing a heart condition, but his heart is fine. Despite this, he can't match Jerome even with his training. It's implied that Irene's heart condition is largely, if not entirely, psychosomatic— she was told she was defective, and so she is... or at least experiences enough symptoms to believe she is. The doctor who tests Vincent for his genes has a son who "Wasn't everything they promised".
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Gattaca / int_8bd16732	type	The Law of Conservation of Detail
Gattaca / int_8bd16732	comment	The Law of Conservation of Detail: A lot of the space issues and program in this movie don't make a lot of sense, and understandably so because the movie is about Sci-Fi genetics, not Sci-Fi space.
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Gattaca / int_8cb4b589	type	Symbolic Baptism
Gattaca / int_8cb4b589	comment	Symbolic Baptism: The protagonist competes routinely with his genetically superior younger brother in swimming races out to the furthest possible point. A pivotal moment in his childhood and resolving to lie about his genetic status comes when he finally wins a race against his brother, proving that he could do anything he set his mind to, genetics be damned. When the stunt is repeated late in life and he once again triumphs, he reveals his secret to success with his brother he never planned to make the return trip and was determined to swim out as far as he could, return trip be damned. He was counting on his brother calculating for the return trip.
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Gattaca / int_8cb66c2f	type	Who Murdered the Asshole
Gattaca / int_8cb66c2f	comment	Who Murdered the Asshole: Though the police are inclined to focus on Vincent as the primary suspect in the murder case at Gattaca, Anton points out that a random invalid has no motive to kill the Director (who was trying to kill a project everyone was deeply invested in and apparently acted as if the universe revolved around him), whereas just about everyone at Gattaca did. As it turns out, he was right.
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Gattaca / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Gattaca / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: The Mission Director. No one mourns him, at least not at work, and the only concern is how this will affect the upcoming missions.
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Gattaca / int_92d7976	type	You Keep Using That Word
Gattaca / int_92d7976	comment	You Keep Using That Word: A genetics expert complains about this when a reporter asks about whether people can "exceed their potential". Of course not, that's what "potential" means. What they can do is exceed the estimates of their potential and show they had been misjudged.
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Gattaca / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Gattaca / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Anton experiences this when Vincent tells him that his real motivation is to deal with his own jealousy and insecurity.
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Gattaca / int_9c6da41b	type	Spot the Imposter
Gattaca / int_9c6da41b	comment	Spot the Imposter: Vincent spends the entire film trying to avoid being outed as an In-Valid.
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Gattaca / int_9ce377f1	type	Cure Your Gays
Gattaca / int_9ce377f1	comment	Cure Your Gays: In a deleted scene, when the geneticist asks Antonio and Marie if he had forgotten anything, they mention that they want Anton to marry and give them some grandchildren. As he has already taken care of any genetic diseases that would inhibit reproduction, it seems clear that they don't want Anton to be gay. We are then told that the doctors had done this before they had even asked.
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Gattaca / int_9e1e14ea	type	Ambition Is Evil
Gattaca / int_9e1e14ea	comment	Ambition Is Evil: Averted. Vincent's desire to succeed is what separates him from the other designer babies that exist in the new society, and allows him to go farther than most would have expected him to through hard work and diligence.
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Gattaca / int_9f970427	type	Secret-Keeper
Gattaca / int_9f970427	comment	Secret-Keeper: Lamar, Irene and Anton at the end of the movie. Deleted scenes show that both The head janitor and Anton's partner are also aware of Vincent's identity but chose not to reveal it.
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Gattaca / int_a195379b	type	Murder by Cremation
Gattaca / int_a195379b	comment	Suicide By Cremation: This is how Jerome dies in the end.
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Gattaca / int_a5596c12	type	IWantMyJetPack
Gattaca / int_a5596c12	comment	I Want My Jet Pack: Now that the scientists have finished the Human Genome Project, no one knows what exactly to do with it. We still don't have Designer Babies yet, though we're a lot closer to being able to do a lot of what was done in the movie, with medical technology having come as far as it has now. In-vitro fertilization already uses the technique of identifying the most optimal embryos as candidates for uterine implantation and it is already possible (for an exorbitant sum of money) to clone your favorite cat for the next generation. Ethics, of course, are heavily involved in all this, which may explain why we don't live in Gattaca yet.
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Gattaca / int_a7ae597a	type	No New Fashions in the Future
Gattaca / int_a7ae597a	comment	No New Fashions in the Future: This movie is a Genre Throwback to Film Noir movies of the 1940s/50s, so everyone has old-timey cars and clothes despite being 20 Minutes into the Future.
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Gattaca / int_a7e47a11	type	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
Gattaca / int_a7e47a11	comment	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Irene takes the hair she thinks is from Vincent to a DNA testing clinic used for checking potential suitors. The person doing the testing congratulates her on having picked up someone with such a high score; Irene however is devastated as she now thinks Vincent won't be interested in her.
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Gattaca / int_aa87556f	type	Orange/Blue Contrast
Gattaca / int_aa87556f	comment	Orange/Blue Contrast: Common cinematic device through the movie. See page image, for example.
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Gattaca / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Gattaca / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Eugene, from the first words we hear him speak.
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Gattaca / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Gattaca / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Jerome does this at least twice.
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Gattaca / int_bcd5bc72	type	Handshake of Doom
Gattaca / int_bcd5bc72	comment	Handshake of Doom: Most employers will only hire "Valid" individuals for the truly desirable jobs, with any "In-valids" applying for the positions being weeded out in advance through DNA tests. As Vincent notes, even if you don't disclose your status in the interview, it's possible for the prospective boss to get a DNA sample from something as innocuous as a handshake.
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Gattaca / int_c1967d3e	type	Retro Universe
Gattaca / int_c1967d3e	comment	Retro Universe: Possibly the Trope Codifier (well, along with its 1990s contemporary Batman: The Animated Series). The production design blends early 1960s fashions and "futuristic" vehicles from the period with 1930s noir and the setting, plot and theme has a very 1950s Science Fiction feel. Everyone drives retro or period cars, but with nifty glowing green headlights. There are a lot of notable similarities and parallels in both atmosphere, setting, and characterization to works by Philip K. Dick (his 1960's work in particular. Contemporary (1990s movies) by the Wachowskis and Darren Aronofsky, also reflected a similar stylised dystopian bent in works set 20 Minutes into the Future.
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Gattaca / int_c26fae5e	type	Casual Interplanetary Travel
Gattaca / int_c26fae5e	comment	Casual Interplanetary Travel: Gattaca is a space agency that performs several launches a day, and space travel has become so common that Vincent is thought to be unusual for wanting to watch the takeoff every time (since his dearest dream is to travel in space himself). When he finally gets to go on the mission to Titan, he and his fellow astronauts don't even wear space suits.
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Gattaca / int_c33ba0a8	type	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Gattaca / int_c33ba0a8	comment	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: The Back-Alley Doctor in charge of helping Vincent impersonate Jerome vanishes from the plot entirely after his first few scenes, with little mention of him thereafter.
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Gattaca / int_c3736a4e	type	Feigning Healthiness
Gattaca / int_c3736a4e	comment	Feigning Healthiness: Vincent takes on Eugene's identity because his own heart condition precludes him from being an astronaut.
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Gattaca / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
Gattaca / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The Mission Director is just referred to by his title.
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Gattaca / int_cc427069	type	Hard Work Hardly Works
Gattaca / int_cc427069	comment	Hard Work Hardly Works: Averted, which is probably the point. Despite being genetically "inferior", Vincent is able to prove himself and achieve his goals despite his disadvantages.
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Gattaca / int_ce75a983	type	Screw Destiny
Gattaca / int_ce75a983	comment	Screw Destiny: A biological take on this.
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Gattaca / int_cef6a167	type	Second Place Is for Losers
Gattaca / int_cef6a167	comment	Second Place Is for Losers: Played with. The reason for Jerome's attempted suicide and paralysis is that when he placed second in a swim meet, he jumped in front of a car. However, by the end of the movie, Jerome finally "accepts" second place, so to speak, by committing suicide and allowing Vincent to live on under his name. This is symbolically represented by Jerome's silver swimming medal appearing to turn gold as he burns in the incinerator.
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Gattaca / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Gattaca / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: The actual killer. While Director Josef is a believer in the Genetic caste system, he's a Benevolent Boss towards Vincent, has a sympathetic motive -the Mission Director was looking to kill a project he'd been waiting most of his life for and was too old to have another chance at- and he's willing to confess once the success of the mission has been assured.
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Gattaca / int_d139ffaf	type	Genre Throwback
Gattaca / int_d139ffaf	comment	Genre Throwback: The plot and aesthetics invoke 40s and 50s noir movies.
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Gattaca / int_d1f8448d	type	Born Winner
Gattaca / int_d1f8448d	comment	Born Winner: Played straight and subverted throughout the movie.
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Gattaca / int_d64491d8	type	Meaningless Meaningful Words
Gattaca / int_d64491d8	comment	Meaningless Meaningful Words: Played for laughs; at one point an expert on the designer baby tech is asked if it's possible for someone to "exceed their potential". He replies that it isn't, because that's what the word "potential" means; if someone is exceeding what was predicted to be their potential, the prediction was simply wrong.
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Gattaca / int_da06866e	type	Old Cop, Young Cop
Gattaca / int_da06866e	comment	Old Cop, Young Cop: The two policemen investigating the murder. Both are fairly tenacious and savvy, but there's at least twenty years between them.
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Gattaca / int_da1c8191	type	Writers Cannot Do Math
Gattaca / int_da1c8191	comment	Writers Cannot Do Math: At one point Vincent says that his heart is "already 10,000 beats overdue". So assuming that the average human heart beats around 80 times a minute, that's just over 2 hours. Still, it is possible that Vincent was just pulling a number out of the air to be dramatic.
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Gattaca / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Gattaca / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Vincent's brother the cop, and Director Josef, who killed the Mission Director.
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Gattaca / int_dccf42c1	type	Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future
Gattaca / int_dccf42c1	comment	Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future: Despite having Holographic Terminals and Casual Interplanetary Travel at Gattaca, their handheld testers are fairly simplistic. See Zeerust.
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Gattaca / int_e1718aa0	type	Dark Horse Sibling
Gattaca / int_e1718aa0	comment	Dark Horse Sibling: Vincent was always shunned compared to his brother Anton, but in the end, Vincent's the one who's an astronaut while compared to that, Anton is just a detective.
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Gattaca / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
Gattaca / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Vincent. Everything he accomplishes is through hard work, unlike everyone else who gets ahead by superior genetics and discrimination.
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Gattaca / int_e6558beb	type	Artistic License â€“ Space
Gattaca / int_e6558beb	comment	Artistic License â€“ Space: Barring some amazing propulsion system they didn't mention it would take far longer than a year to get to Titan. Titan is not transparent by a long shot, but it's not completely opaque, as Vincent tells Jerome. However this was the common perception back in the 1990s when this was filmed and before the Cassini-Huygens probe got to Titan in 2004. Also given near-future engines, it would be possible as well. In real life, they're still in the research phase...
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Gattaca / int_e8123047	type	Borrowed Biometric Bypass
Gattaca / int_e8123047	comment	Borrowed Biometric Bypass: In this setting, a person's ID is their DNA, so someone with inferior genes can potentially trick the system by carefully using samples of a Born Winner's DNA while concealing their own. Vincent borrows Eugene Morrow's DNA with his consent so he can follow his dreams, which would be inaccessible to him otherwise.
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Gattaca / int_eda30d58	comment	0% Approval Rating: The younger detective (who is later revealed to be Vincent's younger, "valid" brother Anton) investigating the murder of the Mission Director advises his older colleague to keep an open mind in regards to suspects, noting that he sees "a lot of dry eyes" around the place.
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Gattaca / int_f178203a	comment	Inspector Javert: Averted with the older detective. At first he fixates on the In-Valid angle despite being told by Anton it's likely unrelated to the murder, but it turns out that's only because it was the only viable lead they had. When other leads present themselves much later in the film the detective pursues them just as diligently and ultimately ends up solving the case.
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Gattaca / int_f2350614	comment	Nothing Left to Do but Die: Eugene kills himself in the end by activating the incinerator while he's inside so that Vincent can continue to live under his name, leaving enough samples that Vincent can continue to use his identity. Having helped Vincent achieve his dream, Eugene apparently feels there's no point in continuing as Vincent's goal gave him purpose as well.
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Gattaca / int_f32d85ab	comment	20 Minutes into the Future: The beginning of the movie actually notes it being "The Not-Too-Distant Future". The year can be narrowed down by the dates listed on the urine specimens. Vincent mentions that he is using Wednesday's sample, marked as 4/21. The close years in which this date falls on a Wednesday are 1999, 2004, 2010, 2021, and 2027. Vincent was conceived when the genetic technology was already commonplace, something still quite a ways away. Considering Vincent is about thirty years old, the film likely takes place in the late 21st Century.
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Gattaca / int_f36c4f98	comment	Easily Forgiven: Despite lying to Irene about his identity and status as an In-Valid, she forgives Vincent the next time she sees him after finding out, possibly because her genes aren't perfect either.
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