# The movie "Fight Club" (May contain spoiler)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 16, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340 "2013-01-16T00:55:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/21 "2013-01-16T16:27:50Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Nobody said no tweeting about fight club.

Fight Club is for real men, and real men don’t tweet.

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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/22 "2013-01-16T16:30:27Z")

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The first time I watched the movie I thought the first rule of fight club was “you don’t talk about fight club.”

The second time I saw it, it dawned on me that fight club was the fastest growing club in the country. They were springing up so fast our hero found fight clubs in all the cities he traveled to.

So the real, unspoken rule of fight club is “don’t follow the rules.”

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**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/23 "2013-01-16T17:18:06Z")

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> [@shiftless](#):
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> The second time I saw it, it dawned on me that fight club was the fastest growing club in the country. They were springing up so fast our hero found fight clubs in all the cities he traveled to.

Not sure if this is a whoosh, but Tyler was travelling all around the country to start up the fight clubs. This is revealed towards the end of the movie when they do the “big twist”.

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**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/24 "2013-01-16T17:21:07Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> If this is your first thread about Fight Club, you HAVE to post.

One post at a time, Fella’s.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/25 "2013-01-16T17:40:05Z")

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> [@Meatros](#):
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> In the movie I _think_ the credits list him as ‘jack’, but that’s probably because in the movie he reads through a bunch of books about ‘jacks…’ (various body parts).

I don’t remember the books part, but either way these are a play on an old Readers’ Digest articles series called “I Am Joe’s…” or “I Am Jane’s…” \<body part\>.

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**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/26 "2013-01-16T20:49:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Meatros]  
No, he didn’t. He was simply the narrator in the book, if memory serves.

In the movie I _think_ the credits list him as ‘jack’, but that’s probably because in the movie he reads through a bunch of books about ‘jacks…’ (various body parts).  
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I believe in the book the names were all different. I could also swear that in the movie they mentioned a few different names, but when the narrator made up his own he’d always start with “I am Jacks…”, never any other name.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/27 "2013-01-16T21:00:49Z")

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> [@flander](#):
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> 3-) hi opal!

_\<punch\>_

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/28 "2013-01-16T21:14:41Z")

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So is everybody in this thread is the actually the same person?

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/29 "2013-01-16T21:24:42Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> How about writing about fight club? Can you write about fight club?  
> And how about texting or tweeting?  
> Nobody said no tweeting about fight club.

Talking is communication.

Writing is communication

Texting sexting and tweeting are communication.

The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t communicate about Fight Club.

The second rule of Fight Club is you don’t communicate about Fight Club.

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**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/30 "2013-01-16T21:44:03Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> So is everybody in this thread is the actually the same person?

All except for me. Turns out I was Kaiser Soze all the time.

\<Limps away quickly.\>

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/31 "2013-01-16T21:49:41Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> So is everybody in this thread is the actually the same person?

Cool theory, Nonny.

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**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/32 "2013-01-16T22:09:53Z")

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“one of if not THE best movie I have ever seen”

Of course being limited to the movies the poster has seen the pool might be very limited, but I remember when the movie came out there were many people making this claim in general - best movie ever.

Does anybody else think OK, good movie, nowhere near the best movie ever?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/33 "2013-01-16T22:42:06Z")

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A potential plot hole occured to me after seeing the movie several times. The big twist is is that the Narrator and Tyler Durden are the same person, though the Narrator doesn’t realize it. Other characters like Marla see only one person and are understandably confused by the inconsistent behaviour of Narrator/Tyler. When the Narrator runs into Robert Paulson (the heavyset character played by Meat Loaf), he is surprised to learn that ‘Tyler’ (i.e. his other personality) has been setting up other Fight Clubs. Thing is, Paulson has no idea that the Narrator is aleady involved in Fight Club - shouldn’t he have recognized the Narrator as Tyler?

Granted, it’s possible that Paulson got into Fight Club without ever seeing “Tyler”. I find it unlikely, though, since Fight Club at this stage doesn’t yet seem to be at the nationwide cult network level.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/34 "2013-01-16T23:40:44Z")

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I think even at that stage it was pretty networked: You had to know a guy who knows a guy who knows Tyler, not necessarily knowing him directly.

Plus, even if he had seen him in passing at a meeting, that’s a totally different context, and not one conducive to recognition: It’s poorly-lit, there’s a lot else going on, etc.

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**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/35 "2013-01-16T23:49:00Z")

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[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/) lists Edward Norton’s character as “The Narrator”, as do the credits.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/36 "2013-01-17T21:50:10Z")

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What are the first three rules of real estate?

1. Location
2. Location
3. Location (sorry Opal)

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**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/37 "2013-01-17T22:01:47Z")

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i don’t think spoiler tags are necessary for a movie that’s nearly **fifteen years old**

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/38 "2013-01-17T22:37:04Z")

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You’re saying fifteen-year-olds can be spoiled?

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/39 "2013-01-17T22:38:03Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> You’re saying fifteen-year-olds can be spoiled?

It depends… how were they fucked in grade school?

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**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-fight-club-may-contain-spoiler/647340/40 "2013-01-18T00:26:25Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> It depends… how were they fucked in grade school?

Double math followed by double geography.

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