rotinbox.blogg.se - Repo the genetic opera tv tropes

My God, What Have I Done?: Failing to save his wife, his Repo Man activities, and his treatment of Shilo that eventually leads her to disowning him as a father.The Repo Man also seems to take pleasure in killing, while Nathan sees it as a Necessary Evil at best. They have distinct voices, the Repo Man being much more of a Guttural Growler than Nathan. Jekyll & Hyde: Nathan and the Repo Man.It's All My Fault: He blames himself for his wife's death, since she died after he tried to administer his cure to her.I Let Gwen Stacy Die: His wife, Marni, who died during childbirth.He also refuses to do a repossession of Blind Mag's eyes, Blind Mag being his late wife's best friend. Hitman with a Heart: Kills people for a living, but loves his daughter.Hearing Voices: Implied during "Legal Assassin" (especially in the soundtrack version) and "Let The Monster Rise.".Gaslighting: Does this to Shilo, to deny when she see anything from the outside world.For what it's worth, the Repo Man personality does take pride in doing his job well.

In "Night Surgeon", he switches rapidly between the two personalities, and you can hear it in his voice.

Evil Sounds Deep: Particularly interesting in that his voice gets much deeper and more gravelly when he's in Repo Man mode.

Evil Debt Collector: If you fall behind on your organ payments, he will collect your debts in the most brutal manner possible - by cutting the indebted goods right out of your body.

The Dreaded: The entire introduction goes over how everyone lives in fear of (knowingly or not) missing a payment and being hunted down by the Repo Man.

No anesthesia, transfusions, or replacements, though - good luck surviving without a spine. He cares about the organs, so will use clean gloves and relevant scalpels.

Deadly Doctor: He repossesses organs that people haven't paid for.

Consummate Liar: He constantly and easily lies about his work as the Repo Man, and lies about Shilo's condition her whole life.

He provides her poisoned medicine, and keeps her confined to her house to protect her from the evils of the outside world.

Beware the Nice Ones: A sweet and loving father.

Badass Bookworm: He is a doctor, after all.a doctor that will slit people's throats and rip out their organs while they're still alive.

Ax-Crazy: As the Repo Man, Nathan appears to forget that the people he's vivisecting are human.

That doesn't change the fact that he accomplished this by locking her away from the outside world, stunting her maturity and poisoning her to keep up the illusion that she's sick.

Abusive Parents: Played with he had the best of intentions, and after his wife's traumatic death he genuinely wanted Shilo safe.

He often laments his late night duties, but a seeming multiple personality tends to take him over, leaving him a vicious killing machine as opposed to the kind hearted, torn father. Shilo's father and a widower, having lost his wife Marni, a death which he blames himself for. What precision! Keen incisions, I deliver. Indeed, upon deciding that he failed Shilo, caused her to abandon him, and drove her into Rotti's thrall, he declares. Morality Chain: It's implied Shilo is all that's stopping Nathan from taking on the sociopathic Repo Man persona full-time.Missing Mom: Her mother, Marni, died when Shilo was born.Littlest Cancer Patient: Older than the typical example of that trope, and technically isn't suffering from cancer - in fact, she's perfectly healthy - but the imagery of the trope certainly is invoked in the scene we see her without her wig, in her sickbed, behind plastic drapes, wearing a hospital gown-esque nightie.Needless to say, her meetings with Graverobber are a bit of a shock to her. The Ingenue: She is heavily sheltered and unaware of what the world is like.Foreshadowing: The revelation that her mother didn't die from a blood disease is the first indication that something else is making her sick.The song is a punk rock anthem about her rebelling against her overbearing father's control over her, and escaping her sheltered life. Emo Teen: Her song "Seventeen" highlights this heavily.Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: She is sickly pale from her disease.