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''"Could be, or maybe he just likes the attention."'' }}
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* Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle who becomes obsessed with the Zodiac.
* David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) a renowned San Francisco homicide detective who is put on the case indefinitely.
* Paul Avery ([[Robert Downey, Jr.]]), a reporter on Zodiac for Chron.
The main problem catching the killer is that none of the agencies and jurisdictions investigating<ref> Vallejo PD, SFPD, Napa Sheriff, Solano Sheriff and California DOJ</ref> have all of the same information, and often the evidence seems to contradict itself. Robert Graysmith eventually takes it upon himself to go between them and solve the crimes.
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* [[All-Star Cast]]
* [[Alone
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Ken Narlow.
* [[Based on a True Story]]
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* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Zodiac's 3rd set of victims (his second on-screen set) end up like this.
* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]: Toschi.
* [[Cast
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Robert.
* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Toschi does this with Robert at least twice.
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''"I can't tell you anything about that. But maybe Melvin Belli could."'' }}
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Subverted. Toschi is the inspiration for both [[Bullitt]] and [[
* [[Creepy Basement]]: Bob Vaughn's old farmhouse cellar.
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* [[Creepy Monotone]]
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* [[Criminal Mind Games]]: Oh Boy. The Letters, the code, the stained shirt.
* [[Da Chief]]: Jack Mullinax, Vallejo PD; Ken Narlow, the Napa County Sheriff.
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** [[Word of God]] according to writer/producer James Vanderbilt this was a case of [[Truth in Television]].
* [[Distant Finale]]: The last scene takes place in 1991, 8 years after Graysmith finds Leigh at the hardware store. {{spoiler|The only person to see the Zodiac without a mask is taken in to see some photographs. He points out the one of Leigh, with a 8 out of 10 assuredness.}}
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]:
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* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]: The Establishing shot of San Francisco showing the Ferry Building.
** Later on, the Transamerica pyramid is shown frequently, though it's still under construction.
** Melvin Belli's St. Francis Wood mansion is shown to have a close view of Downtown San Francisco. In reality, the neighborhood is miles from Downtown and the view is obscured by hills.
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: Subverted, when hundreds of random citizens report their pet theories to the police.
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Tosci: ''"Frequently."'' }}
** Also
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'''Armstrong''': And how did you kill your victims?
'''Woman''': With a Gun! No wait, with a hammer! }}
* [[Famous Last Words]]
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** As well as his third set of victims (second on screen)
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* [[The Film of the Book]] - Well, the film of the making of the book. Graysmith's book is eventually seen on screen as well.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]
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'''Graysmith''': It's an Aqua Velva. You wouldn't make fun of it if you tried it.
Avery tries a sip of the drink, cut to a table full of empty umbrella drinks. }}
* [[Grey Rain of Depression]]: Overused to an absurd degree. Seriously, after a while You start wondering if its ever sunny in Northern California.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Rick Marshall.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Robert.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]
* [[Morning Routine]]: Disrupted to show the effect the killer has on the population.
* [[Mirror Scare]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: John Carroll Lynch as Arthur Leigh Allen has a total of about five minutes screen time in a movie that's two and a half hours long, most of that time without dialogue. However, his interrogation scene is guaranteed to leave an impression on you and thanks to Lynch's mannerisms its easy to see why Allen was a prime suspect.
* [[Politically
* [[Red Herring]]: Rick Marshall manages to take up thirty minutes of the movie despite never being seen and {{spoiler|not being Zodiac}}.
** The Riverside killing. And the attack on the woman on the highway.
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* [[Second Hand Storytelling]]: The first known murder committed by the Zodiac killer isn't shown in the film due to there being no surviving witnesses. The murder of Cherri Jo Bates also talked about but not shown again due to lack of survivors and due to it happening three years prior to the start of the film.
* [[Serial Killer]]: The [[Captain Obvious|Zodiac Killer himself]], natch.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''[[
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]] -
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'''Paul Avery''': You mean like retard?
'''Graysmith''': Yeah.
'''Paul Avery''': No. }}
** As well as when the Zodiac threatens Paul Avery, everyone begins to wear "I am not Paul Avery" buttons, including Paul Avery.
** And when Leigh is being interviewed by police:
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''later''
'''Leigh''': (to police officers) I'm not the Zodiac, and if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you. }}
* [[The End - or Is It?]]: Graysmith is positive he's found the killer, and Fincher clearly agrees that it's a very convincing case, but the film very deliberatly leaves it open that they might be wrong. John Carrol Lynch plays the assumed killer as just another guy annoyed at being bothered by the police, so you don't judge him as evil simply because he acts evil: you have to decide based on the available facts. Does the evidence stack up or doesn't it?
* [[The Sixties]] (and [[The Seventies]], [[The Eighties]], [[The Nineties]]...)
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]
* [[Umbrella Drink]]: Robert's aqua velvas.
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* [[Unreliable Expositor]]: Sherwood? Who was fired from Questioned Documents? Who drinks like Paul Avery?
* [[Unperson]]: Darla's sister seems to drop off the face of the Earth when Graysmith is looking for her, {{spoiler|he eventually finds her in a prison}}.
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