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| - Throughout most of the story, The Narrator does not know that Tyler Durden is actually him, and he becomes involved in a twisted relationship with Marla Singer in which he is both jealous of and disgusted by himself.
- The first rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. We intend to break both of those rules right now. Fight Club, a 1999 movie directed by David Fincher and originally based on a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk, ended up becoming more famous than its literary inspiration (and even the author liked it better). It spawned two notable memes: one involves the first two rules of Fight Club, while the second involves the oft-repeated claim of a mix of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate making anything but the world's third-worst screwdriver. The story itself follows the life of a man discontented with his life, which seems only to revolve around his dreary corporate job, support groups for diseases he doesn't have, and endless consumerism. During a business flight, the man meets a charismatic free spirit named Tyler Durden, and they eventually start a "support group" -- the titular "Fight Club" -- where other unhappy, unfulfilled men can get together and beat the ever-loving shit out of each other as a form of "therapy." Fight Club eventually escalates as Tyler turns from the man's best friend into a Sensei for Scoundrels -- and, eventually, into an Evilutionary Biologist. Spoiler Alert: This film has a famous Twist Ending that you will find out if you read the spoiler text. Be warned.
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