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Kalifornia

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Kalifornia is a 1993 thriller/road film directed by Dominic Sena, starring Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Juliette Lewis, and Michelle Forbes.Brian Kessler (Duchovny) works as a journalist who specializes in serial killers. He and his long-term girlfriend, professional photographer Carrie Laughlin (Forbes), are anxious to get away from the midwest and move out west. Since they can't afford to do this on their own, Brian posts an ad on a college bulletin board to find someone else to come along and share the expenses. His ad is answered by Early Grace (Pitt), who, along with his girlfriend Adele Corners (Lewis), also want to leave the area and move to California. Early and Adele are polar opposites to Brian and Carrie; the latter are college educated professionals, whereas the former are incredibly uneducated, impoverished, unemployed, and lowbrow. Unknown to Brian and Carrie, Early is, coincidentally, a serial killer himself. The foursome drive cross-country, making pit stops at famous serial killer locations to help Brian with his upcoming book. Meanwhile, Early leaves a trail of blood in their wake.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Companion Cube : The cactus Adele keeps in her purse, named "Lucy." She talks to it. When it's destroyed, she gets another one and names it.
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 Blatant Lies : No one gets a straight answer about Early's prison time.
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 A Storm Is Coming: Played straight shortly before Carrie sees Early on the news and Early stops hiding his crimes from everyone else.
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 Auto Erotica: Early and Adele with Carrie taking pictures. Early himself doesn't mind after he spots her doing so.
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 Cool Car : The Lincoln Convertible Brian and Carrie own.
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 Asshole Victim : Early's landlord, and the jerk in the Mercedes who nearly hits Early, at least in Early's view.
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 Berserk Button: Really, Early? Did you have to hurt Carrie and piss off Brian?
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 Disco Dan: A rather dark example, as it involves not outdated fashions or fads so much as outdated attitudes. Early Grayce is an "unreconstructed redneck" type who speaks in a slightly animalistic Southern accent. One of his more reactionary beliefs is that women should not only be inferior to men, but should be kept in a state of perpetual childhood. As such, his female companion, Adele, is forced to wear baby-doll dresses at all times and doesn't smoke cigarettes because "Early broke me of it." In addition, she's often seen playing with a yo-yo and speaks in a very whiny voice. When Adele finally starts acting like a grown-up and then gives Early a Shut Up, Hannibal! speech, Early kills her; he then abducts the hero's more modern, liberated female companion and turns her into a sex toy, with a halter top and cutoff shorts. (Of course, since Early is also an unapologetic serial killer, his Politically Incorrect Villain tendencies are just the tip of the iceberg.)
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