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* BenevolentBoss: Not even Lucas losing $9000 is enough for him to try and be empathetic to him, and ask ''why'' he'd do something so obvious foolish.
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* BenevolentBoss: Not even Lucas losing $9000 is enough for Joe to give up on him to try and be fire him. Despite being utterly livid, he's surprisingly empathetic to him, and ask asks ''why'' he'd do something so obvious obviously foolish.
* AFatherToHisMen: Acts more like hisemployees employees' dad than their boss. Particularly to Lucas. His attempt to try and talk Debra's struggles out are notable, even if Deb refuses.
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* ImportantHaircut: It's our first impression of her -- she shows up for work, walks into the bathroom, and buzzes her entire head right there at the sink. Combined with her standoffish attitude, everyone knows immediately that something's not right with Deb.
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** Joe does get rough with him, expressing his anger at Lucas' folly gambling away the store's money, but even then it's a light beatdown and Lucas only ends up with a small bleeding cut above his eye. Both of them basically acknowledge it had to happen.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She did seem to have a crush on Rex Manning, and wanted to flirt with him as a celebrity when she brings him the lunch. But when Rex responds with a brusque demand for oral sex by unzipping his pants, Corey realizes it's going too far and freaks out.
* MediumAwareness: Mark is the one who talks most often to the audience, as though aware of the fourth wall.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Versus Deb. Also counts as OddFriendship because in spite of their open antagonism they still work together and even team up to snark at Warren when he's caught shoplifting.
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* BenevolentBoss: Not even Lucas losing $9000 is enough for him to try and be empathetic to him, and ask ''why'' he'd do something so obvious foolish.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: How he is portrayed compared to the erratic, eccentric or just downright incompetent employees he oversees (admittedly they are all teenagers).
* OnlySaneEmployee: How he is portrayed compared to the erratic, eccentric or just downright incompetent employees he oversees (admittedly they are all teenagers).
* OnlySaneEmployee: How he is portrayed compared to the erratic, eccentric or just downright incompetent employees he oversees (admittedly they are all teenagers).
* NervesOfSteel: Perhaps because of her near-death experience giving her a new outlook on life, she's not the least bit afraid of Warren waving a ''gun'' in her face.
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* BenevolentBoss: Not even Lucas losing $9000 is enough for him to try and be empathetic to him, and ask ''why'' he'd do something so obvious foolish.
* BenevolentBoss: Not even Lucas losing $9000 is enough for him to try and be empathetic to him, and ask ''why'' he'd do something so obvious foolish.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Seems to adopt this attitude when he gets really stressed, culminating in him ranting to the whole store about the impending buyout from Music Town. It's a facade, though, and he does want the best for the people who work under him.
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* CloudCuckoolander: After his failed gamble with the store's money in an effort to stop the buyout he has been reduced to a "zen" state state, which takes a lot of the staffers off guard as apparently he wasn't like this the day before.before.
* FeigningIntelligence: His "wisdom" and introspective monologues tend to come off like {{Ice Cream Koan}}s. It's all somewhat undercut by the fact that the film begins with him making an unbelievably stupid decision.
* FeigningIntelligence: His "wisdom" and introspective monologues tend to come off like {{Ice Cream Koan}}s. It's all somewhat undercut by the fact that the film begins with him making an unbelievably stupid decision.
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* BreakTheCutie: Seems like the sweetest person of the main cast, so of course, she goes on to have an emotional rollercoaster of a day.
* FreakOut: Her spat with Gina eventually leads to her having one of these in the middle of the store, flipping signs over and everything. She's calmed down by, of all people, Deb.
* FreakOut: Her spat with Gina eventually leads to her having one of these in the middle of the store, flipping signs over and everything. She's calmed down by, of all people, Deb.
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* {{Keet}}: By far the most energetic employee at Empire Records. This guy starts a ''mosh pit'' during work hours.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Trying to get out of this status with Corey.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Corey turning him down causes his mood to sink very low, to the point of making a public spectacle with Gina out of spite.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Corey turning him down causes his mood to sink very low, to the point of making a public spectacle with Gina out of spite.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Having to appease Rex's ego and be the butt of jokes for working with him makes her this.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Deb is hostile, anti-social, and shaves her head in the store bathroom near the beginning of the film. Her hairstyle (and personality) reflects how closed off she is emotionally and provides a counterpoint to the more stereotypical feminine behavior and appearance of the other female characters.
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* EasilyForgiven: First he robs the store, then he comes back with a gun (filled with blanks) and makes a show of holding up the place but the gang have forgiven before the police even have a chance to take him away and make up an employee nametag for him to use when he get's out of custody (which happens before the movie ends).
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Male variant. Used to star on a show called the "Family Way" and once had a lucrative music career. Both seem to be over by the time the movie takes place and he grows more miserable as it becomes more and more apparent his heyday is well behind him.
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* FunctionalAddict: Played with. Is taking speed pills to increase her productivity and her ability to keep up with all her father's expectations. She eventually does break down but before that she was seen as the most competent among the staff.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: After leaving earlier after a soul searching chat with Joe, she returns just in the eleventh hour to help out with the impromptu concert to save the store.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After dealing with all of Rex's demands plus all the mocking she gets for working for someone like Rex in the first place she decides to just quit and walks out without even telling Rex.
* ShipTease: It's implied she and Joe are kindling a romantic relationship. They connect over their disappointing life choices and later when she comes back they dance together.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After dealing with all of Rex's demands plus all the mocking she gets for working for someone like Rex in the first place she decides to just quit and walks out without even telling Rex.
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* NoNameGiven: Calls himself "Warren Beatty" "Creator/WarrenBeatty" as a joke but comes to regret when that's all the employees refer to him as for the rest of the movie, most coming to believe it is his actual name. He comes to embrace it in the end. We as the audience never learn his actual real name.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Her reasons aren't exactly given but she made a half-hearted attempt at suicide just prior to the events of the film. Possibly related to a falling out with Berko or her MissingMom.
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*CloudCuckoolander: After his failed gamble with the store's money in an effort to stop the buyout he has been reduced to a "zen" state which takes a lot of the staffers off guard as apparently he wasn't like this the day before.
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* DarkFeminineLightFeminine: Her dynamic with Corey. One is the good girl next door bound for Harvard the other is a EthicalSlut bad girl type who thinks nothing of stripping down in her workplace for a joke.
* EthicalSlut: Clearly enjoys the company of men but is not looked down for it by anyone, though they do sometimes take exception to how little she chooses to wear. (except one moment where Corey tried to slut shame her but this is portrayed as Corey being the one out of line).
* ShipTease: A bit in the end with Lucas, dancing quite romantically together.
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*CloudCuckoolander: After his failed gamble with the store's money in an effort to stop the buyout he has been reduced to a "zen" state which takes a lot of the staffers off guard as apparently he wasn't like this the day before.
*KarmaHoudini: Is never held accountable for stealing money from the store.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Is constantly trying to live up to her father's very high expectations and it's clearly overwhelming her.
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[[folder:Mark]]
Portrayed by:''creator/EthanRandall''
* CloudCuckoolander: Implied to be because of heavy marijuana use but still even for that Mark is...out there.
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[[folder:Rex Manning]]
Portrayed by:''Creator/MaxwellCaulfield''
* MilesImperious: Rex is a complete snob, almost to cartoonish proportions and makes no effort to hide that he feels everything and everyone he comes across in Empire Records is beneath him.
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[[folder:Gina]]
Portrayed by:''Creator/ReneeZelweger''
* DarkFeminineLightFeminine: Her dynamic with Corey. One is the good girl next door bound for Harvard the other is a EthicalSlut bad girl type who thinks nothing of stripping down in her workplace for a joke.
* EthicalSlut: Clearly enjoys the company of men but is not looked down for it by anyone, though they do sometimes take exception to how little she chooses to wear. (except one moment where Corey tried to slut shame her but this is portrayed as Corey being the one out of line).
* ShipTease: A bit in the end with Lucas, dancing quite romantically together.
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