19 Things That Went Waaay Over Your Head In "They Cloned Tyrone"

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Bacon played a scientist that found a way to make matter invisible after years of experiments. That's why it fits perfectly for the club scene where Nixon used experimenting and science as an excuse for cloning and controlling residents in their hood.

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Fontaine scratched off a part of the card in different directions every time he got one but still lost. This is saying no matter where you start, if it's not time for you to win, you simply won't.

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In this scene, Nixon is saying that it’s easier to control people with less. If residents in the Glenn had their own resources, it wouldn’t be easy to persuade them that they need powerful people.

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Easily accessible, highly advertised, and cheap. In They Cloned Tyrone, the chicken had flour (or some white powdery substance) that made those who consumed it laugh. In real life, fast food is unhealthy and addicting, but in many cases, that's all some people can afford. You're more likely to spend money on quick, cheap food than expensive groceries.

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That's somewhat true. You'll eventually feel sad if you listen to a sad song repeatedly. In the movie, the "subjects" were under surveillance, and their mood changed when they heard specific genres.

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We've all "heard" that hip-hop "convinces" people, especially in poor communities, to partake in violent activities, and this scene shows two men fighting when they listen to the lyrics of a rap song due to the mind-controlling powers over the clones. Does softer music equal happy humans? When they hear the mellow, loving words of R&B music, they stop fighting and hug each other because there are no "hardcore lyrics to trigger violence and angry emotions."

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Violence and rival groups within the same communities divide neighborhoods, but there's always been a sense that they could come together to go against outsiders trying to tear apart what they call home. In this film, the hood only won when they all came together. 

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Black women have always been told our natural hair is "unprofessional." Perms and relaxers were always advertised as the best way to get that "slick and perfect straight hair." Just another form of mind control.

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When the crew sneaks into the world "underground," they find powdery substances and boxes of groceries like grape juice, cereal, etc... That substance was in everything, especially the chicken. Before they obtained that information, Slick Charles could be seen consuming the food, and he threw an empty bottle of grape juice when Fontaine revisited him. 

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Who needs a world war when there's a civil war? With the rival gangs in the Glenn, the drug dealers and more, there was a war going on right in their neighborhood.

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This scene briefly refers to how teachers have to use their own money, which is not much to begin with, to ensure their students learn. However, there was money to invest in mind-controlling technology.

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Using the heart of the community to control its residents also happens often. Churches often are the heart of many communities, especially poverty-filled ones.

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The movie on the TV is a 1988 American martial art film called Bloodsport. It's about a martial artist that left the army to compete in a martial arts tournament where death can occur. It symbolizes fighting for your beliefs, no matter who your challenger is. In this case, the challengers were the people in power. 

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When Nixon said "Olympia Black" a few scenes prior, Fontaine and Slick Charles had no control over their bodies. However, Fontaine used the exact words to get the clone to kill the older version of himself (who isn't a clone), and he wasn't affected this time.

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Many flyers are seen throughout the movie, but one was highlighted the most: Aliyah Jackson. She could be seen with her eyes wide open as the mind controllers tried to convince her about beauty standards. The character was missing (held captive by the bad guys) and freed at the end of the movie with the rest of the people.

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When someone has to over-emphasize that something is safe, you start to judge whether it is really safe. Many advertisements and posters were shown throughout the movie, like the one above, saying, "Working together makes us all stronger. Human betterment through safe science." What the bad guys were doing clearly wasn't safe science, but in their minds, it fits within their mission to create unity. 

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Nixon's excuse for cloning and controlling people was the mission to keep "the United States united." He claimed they were striving for greatness and togetherness. Does this sound familiar? 

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Just like the trio, Nancy had to solve a baffling mystery in this book. She finds a secret panel to an underground passage and staircase. She also discovers people are held prisoner underground, including her father. 

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There was no better song to fit with this film that Badu’s classic hit. Instead of, “I think you better call Tyrone,” she says, “I think they cloned Tyrone.”