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!!Dirk Diggler

--> "I am a big, bright, shining star."

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!!Dirk Diggler

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!!Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkWahlberg

->''"I
am a big, bright, shining star."
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!!Amber Waves

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!!Amber !!Maggie / Amber Waves
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JulianneMoore




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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BurtReynolds
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* PornWithPlot: Sleazy though his occupation is, he aspires to make porn movies with stories so good that viewers will want to stay even after they're done masturbating. The advent of videotape and the loss of the Colonel's financing both work to bury his dream well before the movie's end.

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* AbusiveParents: His mother verbally and physically abuses him for staying out late and dropping out.

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* AbusiveParents: His mother verbally and physically abuses him for staying out late and dropping out.out of school.



* BrainlessBeauty: Dirk may have a giant penis, but he's not really smart.

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* BrainlessBeauty: Dirk may have a giant penis, penis and a good physique, but he's not really smart.a bit short in the brains department.



* ConMan: He, Reed and Todd try to sell fake drugs to gangster Rahad Jackson. It would have worked had Todd not tried to rob Rahad further.

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* ConMan: He, Reed Reed, and Todd Parker try to sell fake drugs to gangster Rahad Jackson. It would have worked had Todd not tried to rob Rahad further.



* DrugsAreBad: Dirk suffers extremely hard for his drug use; he first gets fired by Jack because his cocaine addiction has made him belligerent on set, he's beaten up by a group of surfers because he can't get an erection due to it, and he resorts to robbing a deadly gangster to get more money.

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* DrugsAreBad: Dirk suffers extremely hard for his drug use; he first gets fired by Jack because his cocaine addiction has made him belligerent on set, he's beaten up by a group of surfers because he can't get an erection due to it, and he resorts to robbing a deadly gangster to get more money.(with tragic consequences) because his drug habit has left him dead broke.



* TheGrovel: Dirk apologizes to Jack towards the end of the film and reunites with him.

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* TheGrovel: Having been broken by his many bad experiences after leaving Jack, Dirk tearfully apologizes to Jack him towards the end of the film and reunites with him.



* TookALevelInJerkass: After getting addicted to drugs, he is considerably more hot-tempered than before, refusing to shake a new actor's hand and berating everyone around him. Jack has enough and fires him. Then he plans to sell fake drugs, though that leads to a JerkassRealization for him.

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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Dirk is CaughtComingHomeLate, triggering another of his mother's abusive tirades, this proves to be the last straw for him, and he walks out of their house to move in with Jack.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After getting addicted to drugs, he is considerably more hot-tempered than before, refusing to shake a new actor's hand and berating being a jerkass to everyone around him. Jack has enough and fires him. Then he plans to sell fake drugs, though that leads to a JerkassRealization for him.



* IHaveManyNames: Amber's real name is Maggie, but nobody knows this. Her son attempts to call her, using her real name, but due to her not telling anyone this, it leads Maurice and Buck to believe the boy reached a wrong number.

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* IHaveManyNames: Amber's real name is Maggie, but nobody knows this. Her son attempts to call her, using her real name, but due to her not telling anyone this, it leads Maurice and Buck to believe the boy reached dialed a wrong number.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She introduces Dirk to cocaine, which leads him to being fired.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She introduces Dirk to cocaine, which leads him to being fired.is the start of everything that goes wrong for him.



* AffablyEvil: While "evil" may not be the right word for him, his line of work is morally dubious, he's not above hiring performers who are slightly below the age of consent, and gets violent when his filmmaking abilities are mocked. But overall, he's very much AFatherToHisMen and truly cares about his performers.

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* AffablyEvil: While "evil" may not be the right word for him, his line of work is morally dubious, he's not above hiring performers who are slightly below the legal age of consent, and gets violent when his filmmaking abilities are mocked. But overall, he's very much AFatherToHisMen and truly cares about his performers.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:He accepts Dirk back into his home when Dirk tearfully apologizes to him.]]
* TookALevelInCynic: At the start of the film, he's genuinely trying to make erotica with style and plot. By the end, he's as worn down as the actors and just says "Yeah, whatever." when people suggest changes to his scripts.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:He He accepts Dirk back into his home when Dirk tearfully apologizes to him.]]
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* TookALevelInCynic: At the start of the film, he's genuinely trying to make erotica with style and plot. By the end, he's as worn down as the actors and just says "Yeah, whatever." whatever" when people suggest changes to his scripts.
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* TookALevelInCynic: At the start of the film, he's genuinely trying to make erotica with style and plot. By the end, he's as worn down as the actors and just says "Yeah, whatever." when people suggest changes to his scripts.
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The only thing Dirk really has going for him is the fact that he has a gigantic penis.

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The only thing Dirk really has going for him is the fact that he has a his gigantic penis.penis and short refractory period.
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* RunningGagPenis: Everyone frequently makes reference to his massive member.

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!!Jack Horner

* AffablyEvil: While "evil" may not be the right word for him, his line of work is morally dubious, he's not above hiring performers who are slightly below the age of consent, and gets violent when his filmmaking abilities are mocked. But overall, he's very much AFatherToHisMen and truly cares about his performers.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:He accepts Dirk back into his home when Dirk apologizes to him.]]

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:He accepts Dirk back into his home when Dirk tearfully apologizes to him.]]]]
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* RunningGagPenis:

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* RunningGagPenis:RunningGagPenis: Everyone frequently makes reference to his massive member.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After getting addicted to drugs, he is considerably more hot-tempered than before, refusing to shake a new actor's hand and berating everyone around him. Jack has enough and fires him. Then he plans to sell fake drugs, though that leads to a JerkassRealization for him.



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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Collected and reasonable as he may be, he does not take kindly to his movies being criticized [[spoiler:and will react violently if you say his movies suck within earshot of him.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he has little problem with the Colonel's obvious penchant for teenage girls who are clearly somewhere below the statutory age-of-consent limit (and offers the not-quite-18-year-old Dirk a role), he is utterly disgusted and breaks with him completely upon discovering that the Colonel's tastes extend to pre-pubescent children.
* MrViceGuy: He may be a well-known pornographer, but he's usually affable and approachable.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:He accepts Dirk back into his home when Dirk apologizes to him.]]
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* IHaveManyNames: Amber's real name is Maggie, but nobody knows this. Her son attempts to call her, using her real name, but due to her not telling anyone this, it leads Maurice and Buck to believe nobody is named Maggie.

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* IHaveManyNames: Amber's real name is Maggie, but nobody knows this. Her son attempts to call her, using her real name, but due to her not telling anyone this, it leads Maurice and Buck to believe nobody is named Maggie.the boy reached a wrong number.

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* BeatBag: He, Reed and Todd try this on gangster Rahad Jackson. It would have worked had Todd not tried to rob Rahad further.


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* ConMan: He, Reed and Todd try to sell fake drugs to gangster Rahad Jackson. It would have worked had Todd not tried to rob Rahad further.
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* BadBadActing: Shown in her sex scene with Dirk.

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* BadBadActing: Shown in her sex scene with Dirk.Dirk.
* BlatantLies: She denies her drug addiction during her hearing.
* DrugsAreBad: Her cocaine addiction results in her losing custody of her son.
* FathersQuest: Well, mother's quest to gain custody of her child.
* IHaveManyNames: Amber's real name is Maggie, but nobody knows this. Her son attempts to call her, using her real name, but due to her not telling anyone this, it leads Maurice and Buck to believe nobody is named Maggie.
* IncestSubtext: She becomes sort of a mother figure to Dirk, and has a borderline romantic love towards him.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She introduces Dirk to cocaine, which leads him to being fired.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Amber is based off of porn star Veronica Hart, who has a cameo as the judge during Amber's hearing.
* PornNames: When her son calls her by her real name, Maurice tells him that there's no Maggie at Jack's house.
* StylisticSuck: Her documentary about Dirk.
* TeamMom: She becomes something of a mother figure to both Dirk and Rollergirl.
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!!Amber Waves

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In her attempt to gain custody for her child, Amber openly admits she has a criminal record, and this, along with her job in the business of pornography and drug addiction, causes her to lose the hearing, and is a sobbing mess as a result.
* BadBadActing: Shown in her sex scene with Dirk.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a temper and an ego, and is belligerent on set, but clearly loves some of the other characters.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives one from a group of surfers.



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