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* {{Gasshole}}: Made a "restaurant record" of the ''longest'' burp. Though he does this on purpose, just to spite people.

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* {{Gasshole}}: Made a "restaurant record" of the ''longest'' burp. Though he does this on purpose, purpose just to spite people.



* UngratefulBastard: Whitey helps Davey go on jail probation by giving him community service instead, and how does Davey pay the offer? He allows him to freeze to death and being so unrepentantly cruel to him in general. [[spoiler: It's not until ''the '''very end''''' where he learns to treat Whitey more nicely.]]

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* UngratefulBastard: He continuously treats Whitey helps Davey go on jail probation by giving him community service instead, and how does Davey pay poorly despite the offer? He allows him to freeze to death and being so unrepentantly cruel fact that Whitey stood up to him in general. [[spoiler: It's not until ''the '''very end''''' where he learns to treat Whitey more nicely.]]for the judge by minimizing his prison time.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eventually gives up his criminal ways and begins to become a genuinely good person.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eventually gives up his criminal ways and begins to become starts becoming a genuinely good person.]]

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* DefrostingIceKing: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end, [[spoiler:he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone]].

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* DefrostingIceKing: Comes off as extremely incredibly cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), everyone, but by the end, [[spoiler:he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone]].everyone, including Whitey, Eleanore, and Jennifer]].



* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eventually gives up his criminal ways and begins to become a genuinely good person.]]



* PetTheDog: Excluding what he does at the end, he does treat his ex-girlfriend's son, Benjamin, pretty nicely, though is still considered a poor influence on him since he taught him to use profanity to one of their basketball opponents.

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* PetTheDog: Excluding what he does at the end, he does treat his ex-girlfriend's son, Benjamin, pretty nicely, though is still considered a poor influence on him since he taught him to use profanity to one of their basketball opponents. This also counts as one of his ''few'' redeeming traits before his HeelFaceTurn.

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* BrokenBird: Is ''very'' devastated over his tragic past.
* TheBully: Particularly towards Whitey.

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* BrokenBird: Is ''very'' devastated over He spends most of his tragic past.
time battling with severe depression and alcoholism to deal with his stress.
* TheBully: Particularly towards Whitey. Continuously harasses and torments Whitey for his own sick amusement.



* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident]].

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* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident]]. incident.]]



* KarmaHoudini: He gets absolutely ''zero'' consequences for his mean-spirited behavior and is EasilyForgiven by the townspeople for his ''unforgivable'' torture towards them.

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* KarmaHoudini: He gets absolutely ''zero'' [[spoiler:While he does later change his ways towards the end of the film,]] he still surprisingly suffers no consequences for his mean-spirited behavior and is EasilyForgiven by everything he has done throughout the townspeople for his ''unforgivable'' torture towards them.film.



* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends for it later on for his uncaring attitude.]]

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* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about He comes off as rather remorseless for the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends for it later on for his uncaring attitude.]]most part.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a brutally harsh one to Whitey for [[InnocentlyInsensitive reminding him of his past]].

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a brutally rather harsh one to Whitey for [[InnocentlyInsensitive reminding him of his past]].



* WouldHitAGirl: Sprays beer on Eleanore and takes off her wig rather violently during his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]].



* AmusingInjuries: ''Continuously'' suffers these events from [[TheSociopath Davey]].

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* AmusingInjuries: ''Continuously'' suffers these events from [[TheSociopath [[TheBully Davey]].



* ButtMonkey: Davey makes fun of him, ignores him when his car is stuck ''during a snowstorm'', hits him, and is prone to seizures during his spasms ([[spoiler:happy]] or not).

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* ButtMonkey: Davey makes fun of him, ignores him when his car is stuck ''during a snowstorm'', hits him, and is prone to seizures during his spasms ([[spoiler:happy]] ([[spoiler:happy or not).not]]).


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* DespairEventHorizon: He later goes into a deep state of severe depression once he never gets to win his award he thought he deserved.
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* PetTheDog: Excluding what he does at the end, he does treat his ex-girlfriend's son Benjamin pretty nicely, though is still considered a bad influence on him since he taught him to use profanity to one of their basketball opponents.

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* PetTheDog: Excluding what he does at the end, he does treat his ex-girlfriend's son Benjamin son, Benjamin, pretty nicely, though is still considered a bad poor influence on him since he taught him to use profanity to one of their basketball opponents.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end, [[spoiler:he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone]].

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* DefrostingIceQueen: DefrostingIceKing: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end, [[spoiler:he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone]].
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-->'''Davey:''' Did you read about a deformed referee who spends 35 years trying to win some STUPID PATCH... so he can ''pretend people actually like him''?!"
-->'''Eleanore:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What month was that in?]]"

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-->'''Davey:''' Did you read about a deformed referee who spends 35 years trying to win some STUPID PATCH... so he can ''pretend people actually like him''?!"
him''?!
-->'''Eleanore:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What month was that in?]]"in?]]


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-->'''Davey:''' If they have an award for the freakiest looking fraternal twins... who no one even gives a crap about, ''you two'' are definitely winning. But that patch thing ain't ever gonna happen for you... because the truth is, ''nobody in this town even knows you EXIST''!

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-->'''Davey:''' If they have an award for the freakiest looking fraternal twins... who no one even gives a crap about, ''you two'' are definitely winning. But that patch thing ain't ever gonna happen for you... because the truth is, ''nobody ''[[WhamLine nobody in this town even knows you EXIST''!EXIST]]''!



-->'''Davey:''' And you're bald!

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-->'''Davey:''' And you're bald!bald! (tears off her wig)



* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Davey during his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]] towards Whitey. She even calls out her son for using the word "biatch" to his opponent (though it ''was'' under Davey's influence).

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* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Davey during his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]] outburst]] towards Whitey. She even calls out her son for using the word "biatch" to his opponent (though it ''was'' under [[ToxicFriendInfluence Davey's influence).influence]]).
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When she confronts the guy who [[spoiler: stole her Liz Taylor wig when she was a kid.]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When she confronts the guy who [[spoiler: stole her Liz Taylor wig when she was a kid.]]kid]].



* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Davey during his tantrum towards Whitey. She even calls out her son for using the word "biatch" to his opponent (though it ''was'' under Davey's influence).

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* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Davey during his tantrum [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]] towards Whitey. She even calls out her son for using the word "biatch" to his opponent (though it ''was'' under Davey's influence).
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end [[spoiler:, he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone.]]
* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident.]]

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end [[spoiler:, he end, [[spoiler:he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone.]]
everyone]].
* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident.]] incident]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: An ''extreme'' case of one.

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* {{Jerkass}}: An ''extreme'' case Oh, boy. He just comes off as a complete and utter asshole towards everyone at the beginning of one.the movie.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: The nicest person in the film who ends up taking the most abuse from nearly everyone in town until the very end.

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* {{Gonk}}: He's a short chubby old man with mismatched sized feet that makes him hobble instead of walk in a steady gait, as well as having unusual amounts of body hair.



* BrokenBird: Implied by Whitey, since Jennifer had just came back to her hometown to raise her son by herself in a mall bakery after a messy divorce from a husband of 12 years who left her for a woman he met on the Internet. Not to mention her falling out with Davey who she clearly cares for but is repulsed by his obnoxious behavior for most of the film.

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* BrokenBird: Implied by Whitey, since Jennifer had just came back to her hometown to raise her son by herself in a mall bakery after a messy divorce from a husband of 12 years who left her for a woman he met on the Internet. Not to mention her falling out with Davey who whom she clearly cares for but is repulsed by his obnoxious behavior for most of the film.

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* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins.]]

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* FreudianExcuse: His cruel nature comes from the fact that [[spoiler: at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he ''finally'' wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident.]]



* IronButtMonkey: Whitey undergoes a series of injuries like being trampled, falling from a tree, and being near frozen to death throughout the film while being no worse for wear afterwards.




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* BrokenBird: Implied by Whitey, since Jennifer had just came back to her hometown to raise her son by herself in a mall bakery after a messy divorce from a husband of 12 years who left her for a woman he met on the Internet. Not to mention her falling out with Davey who she clearly cares for but is repulsed by his obnoxious behavior for most of the film.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech was exceptionally harsh, but he did have a good reason to get angry after Whitey was talking about [[spoiler: the night his parents died]] ''right in front of him''.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech was exceptionally harsh, but he did have a good reason to get angry after Whitey was talking about [[spoiler: the night his parents died]] ''right in front of him''.him'', and after Davey said multiple times not to bring it up.

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* InkSuitActor: Davey looks ''exactly'' like his voice actor. Right down to the same hairstyle.



* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends for it later on for his uncaring attitude]]

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* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends for it later on for his uncaring attitude]]attitude.]]

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[[folder: Davey Stone]]
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[[folder: Davey [[folder:Davey Stone]]
!! Davey !!Davey Stone






* AssholeVictim: When his trailer/home gets burnt by the guy ''he forced to eat his own jock strap after losing a basketball game with him''.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end[[spoiler:, he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone.]]

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the end[[spoiler:, end [[spoiler:, he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone.]]



-->'''Benjamin:''' "Eat that nutstrap, ''biatch''!"

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-->'''Benjamin:''' "Eat Eat that nutstrap, ''biatch''!"''biatch''!



-->'''Davey:''' "l'm out of here. I don't need this sympathy crap."
-->'''Whitey:''' "Maybe it's time you stop running from your emotions."
-->'''Davey:''' "l'm not. l'm running from two crybabies who won't shut up about something that isn't their business."
-->'''Eleanore:''' "You know, l read recently in Reader's Digest that people who let themselves cry when they're hurting are often stronger than the people who try to hold all their pain inside."

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-->'''Davey:''' "l'm I'm out of here. I don't need this sympathy crap."
crap.
-->'''Whitey:''' "Maybe Maybe it's time you stop running from your emotions."
emotions.
-->'''Davey:''' "l'm I'm not. l'm running from two crybabies who won't shut up about something that isn't their business."
business.
-->'''Eleanore:''' "You You know, l read recently in Reader's Digest that people who let themselves cry when they're hurting are often stronger than the people who try to hold all their pain inside."



-->'''Eleanore:''' "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint What month was that in?]]"
-->'''Whitey:''' "[[BreakTheCutie Take that back.]]"
-->'''Davey:''' "lf they have an award for the freakiest looking fraternal twins... who no one even gives a crap about, ''you two'' are definitely winning. But that patch thing ain't ever gonna happen for you... because the truth is, ''nobody in this town even knows you EXIST''!"
-->'''Eleanore:''' "You're an animal!"
-->'''Davey:''' "And you're bald!"
-->'''Eleanore:''' "Not again!"
-->'''Whitey:''' "You're not welcome in my house."
-->'''Davey:''' "Good, your house SUCKS!"

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-->'''Eleanore:''' "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What month was that in?]]"
-->'''Whitey:''' "[[BreakTheCutie [[BreakTheCutie Take that back.]]"
]]
-->'''Davey:''' "lf If they have an award for the freakiest looking fraternal twins... who no one even gives a crap about, ''you two'' are definitely winning. But that patch thing ain't ever gonna happen for you... because the truth is, ''nobody in this town even knows you EXIST''!"
EXIST''!
-->'''Eleanore:''' "You're You're an animal!"
animal!
-->'''Davey:''' "And And you're bald!"
bald!
-->'''Eleanore:''' "Not again!"
Not again!
-->'''Whitey:''' "You're You're not welcome in my house."
house.
-->'''Davey:''' "Good, Good, your house SUCKS!"SUCKS!




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* DefrostingIceQueen: After [[spoiler: the hallucinations show him his parents' Hanukkah card and then a "Hanukkah miracle" prevents him from skipping town on a train, this makes him make amends for how treated everybody.]]

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* DefrostingIceQueen: After [[spoiler: Comes off as extremely cold and nasty towards everyone (especially Whitey), but by the hallucinations show him end[[spoiler:, he learns to let his parents' Hanukkah card past go and then a "Hanukkah miracle" prevents him from skipping town on a train, this makes him make amends for how he treated everybody.]]everyone.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes of as extremely mean, sarcastic, and petty. But by the end, [[spoiler: he tries to make things right for all of the horrible things he did, [[WhatTheHellTownspeople including calling out the people who mistreated Whitey.]]]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes of as extremely mean, sarcastic, and petty. But by the end, [[spoiler: he tries to make things right for all of the horrible things he did, [[WhatTheHellTownspeople including calling out the people who mistreated Whitey.]]]]]]
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* CanonImmigrant: From Adam Sandler's third album and ''Film/LittleNicky''.


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* GoshDangItToHeck: He heavily prefers euphemisms instead of profanity.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends later on for his former uncaring attitude]]

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* LackOfEmpathy: Does not care ''at all'' about the people he harms, especially Whitey. [[spoiler: Though, he does make amends for it later on for his former uncaring attitude]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Spends the majority of the movie breaking the law, drinking carelessly, hurting innocent people, and he just comes off as a very unpleasant person in general. [[He ''does'', however, try to make things right towards the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Spends the majority of the movie breaking the law, drinking carelessly, hurting innocent people, and he just comes off as a very unpleasant person in general. [[He [[spoiler: He ''does'', however, try to make things right towards the end.]]



* WouldHitAGirl: Sprays beer on Eleanore and takes off her wig rather violently during his [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]].



* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about Davey's past to Eleanore, which Davey clearly didn't like remembering. He also tries to consult the the second grader that Davey insulted, though unfortunately, it only makes the kid feel worse.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about Davey's past to Eleanore, which Davey clearly didn't like remembering. He also tries to consult the the second grader that whom Davey insulted, though unfortunately, it only makes the kid feel worse.


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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is ''even more'' abnormal than Whitey.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Whitey was exceptionally harsh, but Whitey was talking about [[spoiler: the night his parents died]] ''right in front of Davey'', so Davey still had a reason to get angry at him, though he could have said it ''much'' more nicely.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Whitey was exceptionally harsh, but he did have a good reason to get angry after Whitey was talking about [[spoiler: the night his parents died]] ''right in front of Davey'', so Davey still had a reason to get angry at him, though he could have said it ''much'' more nicely.him''.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a brutally harsh one to [[TheWoobie Whitey]] for [[InnocentlyInsensitive reminding him of his past]].

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a brutally harsh one to [[TheWoobie Whitey]] Whitey for [[InnocentlyInsensitive reminding him of his past]].



-->'''Eleanore:''' "You're an animal"

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-->'''Eleanore:''' "You're an animal"animal!"



* VillainProtagonist: His actions throughout the movie easily make him one. [[spoiler: Even if he ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: His actions throughout Spends the majority of the movie easily make him one. [[spoiler: Even if breaking the law, drinking carelessly, hurting innocent people, and he ''does'' just comes off as a very unpleasant person in general. [[He ''does'', however, try to make things right towards the end.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: His actions throughout the movie easily make him one. [[Even if he ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: His actions throughout the movie easily make him one. [[Even [[spoiler: Even if he ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Initially. [[spoiler:He ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Initially. [[spoiler:He His actions throughout the movie easily make him one. [[Even if he ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Initially one due to his actions towards everyone. [[spoiler: He ''does'' make things right towards the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Initially one due to his actions towards everyone. [[spoiler: He Initially. [[spoiler:He ''does'' try to make things right towards the end.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Clearly one of the most unlikable of all the animated movie protagonists. [[spoiler: Even if he ''does'' try to make things right at the end.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Clearly Initially one of the most unlikable of all the animated movie protagonists. due to his actions towards everyone. [[spoiler: Even if he He ''does'' try to make things right at towards the end.]]

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