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Why on earth not?

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'''Wendy:''' Why on earth not?
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** Wendy also gets a few in during her encounter with Otto.
--->'''Otto:''' [[BerserkButton Don't call me stupid.]]\\
Why on earth not?
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** Not to mention:
---> '''Wendy:''' Good night, Archie. ''(beat)'' Good ''night'', Archie!\\
'''Archie:''' Good night, Wanda.\\
'''Wendy:''' Good night ''who?''
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* RefugeInAudacity: When a family walks in on his nude prancing-about, Archie feigns indignation that they ''dare'' walk in on him.

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* RefugeInAudacity: When a family walks in on his nude prancing-about, prancing-about in their apartment (unknown to him), Archie feigns indignation that they ''dare'' walk in on him.
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** At a different point Wanda orders Otto to apologize as well.

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** At a different point Later, Wanda orders Otto to apologize as well.to Archie for the dangling incident.
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** The family of Archie [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is presented]] as callous, superficial and emotionally distant.

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** The Archie's family of Archie [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is presented]] as callous, superficial and emotionally distant.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Otto once again. Naturally, he doesn't even bother to use a right-hand-drive car and makes every turn incorrectly.
-->'''Otto:''' [[NeverMyFault Asshole!]]



* DrivesLikeCrazy: Otto once again. Naturally, he doesn't even bother to use a right-hand-drive car and makes every turn incorrectly.
-->'''Otto:''' [[NeverMyFault Asshole!]]
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* DutchAngle: During the jewel heist, emphasizing the crooked motives of the robbers.
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'''Otto''': Yep. Winners.\\

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'''Otto''': Yep.Yeah. Winners.\\
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'''Otto''': Winners.\\

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'''Otto''': Yep. Winners.\\
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-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED! Son of a bitch. What do you have to do in this world to make people trust you!?!

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-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED! Son of a bitch. bitch! What do you have to do in this world life to make people trust you!?!
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* MsFanservice: Jamie Lee Curtis.

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* MsFanservice: Jamie Lee Curtis.Wanda.
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* CloseUpOnHead: When Archie is apologising to Otto, his head is first seen the right way up, then the camera turns upside down and zooms out, revealing him being dangled out a window by his ankles.
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** John Cleese originally meant for Jamie Lee Curtis to have the nude scene, but she pointed out that Naked People are Funny, but Naked MsFanservice less so. So he did it instead
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* PushyGunTotingVillain: Outside of the robbery itself, Otto is the only one who regularly carries a gun, and he's an arrogant hothead who uses any excuse to threaten or beat up people.
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* TallPoppySyndrome: The film portrays the worst aspects of British versus American culture this way. According to Archie, Brits are terrified of embarrassment and awkwardness, so they avoid putting themselves in precarious situations. Americans, by contrast, are bull-headedly obsessed with being "winners."
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-->'''Wanda:''' Now let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself". And UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground is not a political movement! Those are all mistakes, Otto! I looked them up.

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-->'''Wanda:''' Now let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle Creator/{{Aristotle}} was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself". And UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground is not a political movement! Those are all mistakes, Otto! I looked them up.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: The Leaches. SleepingSingle and uncaring.
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-->'''Otto:''' You're the vulgarian, [[IResembleThatRemark you fuck!]]

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-->'''Otto:''' You're ''You're'' the vulgarian, [[IResembleThatRemark you fuck!]]
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Archie.

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* SympatheticAdulterer: Archie. When he first returns triumphant from a case, his wife is presented as joy-sucking, cold, nagging and uncaring, so we are supposed to root for him. See Alternate Character Interpretation on the YMMV for details that make the whole situation more nuanced.

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* FaceHeelTurn: Archie goes from respectable lawyer and husband to adulterous aider and abettor of criminals. [[spoiler:He finally absconds with the loot of the robbery in full complicity with Wanda]].



* VillainProtagonist: Three quarters of the main characters (Wanda, Otto and Ken) are thieves looking to keep their loot (and at least in the case of the first two planning to betray their leader over it.)

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* VillainProtagonist: Three quarters of the main characters (Wanda, Otto and Ken) are thieves looking to keep their loot (and at least in the case of the first two planning to betray their leader over it.)) , and Archie [[FaceHeelTurn breaks bad]] during the film.

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* HypocriticalHumor
** After betraying George, Otto gets mad when he discovers that George moved the loot to another location.
-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED! Son of a bitch. What do you have to do in this world to make people trust you!?!
** Some other time:
--->'''Archie:''' You really are the vulgarian.
--->'''Otto:''' ''You're'' the vulgarian, you ''fuck''!

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* HypocriticalHumor
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HypocriticalHumor: After betraying George, Otto gets mad when he discovers that George moved the loot to another location.
-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED! Son of a bitch. What do you have to do in this world to make people trust you!?!
** Some other time:
--->'''Archie:''' You really are the vulgarian.
--->'''Otto:''' ''You're'' the vulgarian, you ''fuck''!
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* InsultToRocks

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* InsultToRocksInsultToRocks:
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*ConsummateLiar: ''Everyone'', but extra credit can be given to Archie, a law-abiding citizen who gets mixed overnight with a pack of criminals and is more than able to keep up with their game, lying and weaseling his way out on the spot, until his house of cards inevitably falls down.
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-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED. Son of a bitch. What do you have to do in this world to make people trust you!?!

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-->'''Otto:''' Ok... Ok... DISAPPOINTED. DISAPPOINTED! Son of a bitch. What do you have to do in this world to make people trust you!?!
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--->'''Otto:''' YOU'RE the vulgarian, you ''fuck''!

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--->'''Otto:''' YOU'RE ''You're'' the vulgarian, you ''fuck''!
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'''George:''' ''({{beat}})'' You ''bitch''!

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'''George:''' ''({{beat}})'' You ''bitch''!YOU BITCH!! YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!
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* OneMarioLimit: This trope (or the reaction to its aversion) is one of the many examples of Otto's stupidity. When he hears that Archie's daughter is named Portia (a homophone of "Porsche"), he asks why on earth he would name her after a car.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy JerkJock: Otto, who echoes of the more unsavory types who were caught up in the 1970s martial arts boom in the States. He is a proficient practitioner of Japanese martial arts, from karate, kenjutsu, and even ninjutsu, and follows Buddhism and its influence into the martial arts, but he is an arrogant and sometimes baffling {{Jerkass}} who only uses his craft to terrorize and throw his weight around, is a jingoistic racist asshole which trait is most prominently highlighted by constantly putting down the British right on their soil, and as Wanda tells, his interpretation of Buddhism is more Social Darwinism and antipathy than anything humanistic or altruistic.

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* ArrogantKungFuGuy JerkJock: Otto, who echoes of the more unsavory types who were caught up in the 1970s martial arts boom in the States. He is a proficient practitioner of Japanese martial arts, from karate, kenjutsu, and even ninjutsu, and follows Buddhism and its influence into the martial arts, but he is an arrogant and sometimes baffling obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who only uses his craft to terrorize and throw his weight around, is a jingoistic racist asshole which trait is most prominently highlighted by constantly putting down the British right on their soil, and as Wanda tells, his interpretation of Buddhism is more Social Darwinism and antipathy than anything humanistic or altruistic.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy JerkJock: Otto, who echoes of the more unsavory types who were caught up in the 1970s martial arts boom in the States. He is a proficient practitioner of Japanese martial arts, from karate, kenjutsu, and even ninjutsu, and follows Buddhism and its influence into the martial arts, but he is an arrogant and sometimes baffling {{Jerkass}} who only uses his craft to terrorize and throw his weight around, is a jingoistic racist asshole which trait is most prominently highlighted by constantly putting down the British right on their soil, and as Wanda tells, his interpretation of Buddhism is more Social Darwinism and antipathy than anything humanistic or altruistic.
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-->'''Wanda:''' ''(on witness stand)''' I looked at the clock because I was saying to myself, "It's five to seven. Where could he be going with that sawed off shotgun?"\\

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-->'''Wanda:''' ''(on witness stand)''' stand)'' I looked at the clock because I was saying to myself, "It's five to seven. Where could he be going with that sawed off shotgun?"\\

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