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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The kids at the birthday party had no idea what a scumbag Wolf was before they attacked him. They just wanted to hurt the birthday clown. Still, it is no less deserved.
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* AnAesop: [[spoiler:"The truth is ''NOT'' overrated" (in other words, honesty is the policy and the truth will set you free).]]
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* AnAesop: [[spoiler:"The truth is ''NOT'' overrated" (in other words, honesty is the best policy and the truth will set you free).]]
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* AnAesop: [[spoiler:"The truth is ''NOT'' overrated".]]
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* AnAesop: [[spoiler:"The truth is ''NOT'' overrated".overrated" (in other words, honesty is the policy and the truth will set you free).]]
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In a modern-day retelling of ''[[CryingWolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf]]'', 14-year-old Jason Shepherd (Muniz) is a [[TitleDrop Big Fat Liar]] who lies all the time to everyone. Then a greedy movie producer Marty Wolf (Giamatti) [[PlagiarismInFiction steals his creative writing essay to use it as the basis for his next blockbuster]] and no-one will believe Jason when [[YouHaveToBelieveMe he explains what happened]]. Jason decides that the only way to prove his case is to sneak off to L.A. with his best friend Kaylee (Bynes) and convince Wolf to confess, which soon involves inflicting a series of escalating pranks on the guy until he has a nervous breakdown. HilarityEnsues.
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In a modern-day retelling of ''[[CryingWolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf]]'', 14-year-old Jason Shepherd (Muniz) is a [[TitleDrop Big Fat Liar]] who lies all the time to everyone. Then a greedy movie producer Marty Wolf (Giamatti) [[PlagiarismInFiction steals his creative writing essay to use it as the basis for his next blockbuster]] and no-one will believe Jason when [[YouHaveToBelieveMe he explains what happened]]. Jason decides that the only way to prove his case is to sneak off to L.A. with his best friend Kaylee (Bynes) and convince Wolf to confess, which soon involves inflicting a series of escalating pranks on the guy until he has a nervous breakdown. HilarityEnsues.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: The film is about the victim of an act of plagiarism trying to get the plagiarist to confess. HilarityEnsues.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: The film is about the victim of an act of plagiarism trying to get the plagiarist to confess. HilarityEnsues.
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* TheCon: The climax is Jason and Kaley getting every single person that Marty Wolf has pissed off during the film (and that is ''a lot'' of people) together to pull a HumiliationConga scam on Wolf that will end with him giving an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The climax is Jason and Kaley getting every single person that Marty Wolf has pissed off during the film (and that is ''a lot'' of people) together to pull a HumiliationConga scam on Wolf that will end with him giving an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The climax is Jason and Kaley getting every single person that Marty Wolf has pissed off during the film (and that is ''a lot'' of people) together to pull a HumiliationConga scam on Wolf that will end with him giving an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: InUniverse, Wolf's film ''Whittiker and Fowl'' about a police officer who's partners with a ''chicken'' is a 30 million dollar bomb (not to mention the scathing reviews it receives by critics) which almost gets production of ''Big Fat Liar'' shut down.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: InUniverse, Wolf's film ''Whittiker ''Whitaker and Fowl'' about a police officer who's who partners with a ''chicken'' is a 30 million dollar bomb (not to mention the scathing reviews it receives by critics) which almost gets production of ''Big Fat Liar'' shut down.
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* CryingWolf: Doing this all the time is what keeps everyone from believing that Jason lost his homework on his way to school. That, and the fact that a director stealing a kid's script is ''highly'' improbable under ordinary circumstances. So, unfortunately, even if Jason ''didn't'' have a reputation as a liar, it would be a pretty easy thing to disbelieve anyway.
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* CryingWolf: Doing this all the time is what keeps everyone from believing that Jason lost his homework on his way to school. That, and the fact that a director producer stealing a kid's script is ''highly'' improbable under ordinary circumstances. So, unfortunately, even if Jason ''didn't'' have a reputation as a liar, it would be a pretty easy thing to disbelieve anyway.
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* KidsAreCruel: Wolf finds himself hit hard with this one at two birthday parties. In the first, the kids mistake him for a clown. In the other, when he really ''is'' working as a party clown, they have no reaction to his presence until the birthday boy is instructed to make with his "nutcracker" on him (which he does).
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* KidsAreCruel: Wolf finds himself hit hard with this one at two birthday parties. In At the first, the kids mistake him for a clown. In the other, when he really ''is'' working as a party clown, they have no reaction to his presence until the birthday boy is instructed to make with his "nutcracker" on him (which he does).
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* LateForSchool: The opening, showcasing Jason Shepherd's casual use of lies for anything from saying he had breakfast to ADogAteMyHomework.
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* LateForSchool: The opening, showcasing which showcases Jason Shepherd's casual use of lies for anything from saying he had breakfast to ADogAteMyHomework.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Marty is probably one of the most successful directors in the movie biz, but he's pretty much-alienated anyone close to him which ends up ''biting him in the rear.''
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Marty is probably one of the most successful directors producers in the movie biz, but he's pretty much-alienated much alienated anyone close to him which ends up ''biting him in the rear.''
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Kaylee to Jason, who goes to Hollywood with him and helps him get the credit and story from Wolf, but neither hint at anything other than pure friendship. Frankie Muniz said this trope was intentional on the part of the filmmakers, feeling a true platonic friendship without ever bringing up the subject of romantic interest was more authentic to actual friendships of kids their age.
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Kaylee to Jason, who goes to Hollywood with him and helps him get the credit and story from Wolf, but neither hint one hints at anything other than pure friendship. Frankie Muniz said this trope was intentional on the part of the filmmakers, feeling a true truly platonic friendship without ever bringing up the subject of romantic interest was more authentic to actual friendships of kids their age.
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* OhCrap: Marty has two significant instances. The first is when he goes to the ledge of the building on which the EngineeredPublicConfession occurred (and some news teams are waiting on the ground, along with the rest of his victims). The other is when he is [[spoiler:reduced to being a clown]] in the final scene of the movie when he meets the son of same wrestler whose car he wrecked and insulted earlier.
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* OhCrap: Marty has two significant instances. The first is when he goes to the ledge of the building on which the EngineeredPublicConfession occurred (and some news teams are waiting on the ground, along with the rest of his victims). The other is when he is [[spoiler:reduced to being a clown]] in the final scene of the movie when he meets the son of the same wrestler whose car he wrecked and insulted earlier.
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* PrimaDonnaDirector: Technically a producer, but Marty still fits this with ego that would rival Creator/JamesCameron. Amusingly enough, the actual InUniverse director of ''Big Fat Liar'', Dustin "Dusty" Wong, is himself actually a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and spends quite a bit of the film as one of Marty's chew toys.
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* PrimaDonnaDirector: Technically a producer, but Marty still fits this with an ego that would rival Creator/JamesCameron. Amusingly enough, the actual InUniverse director of ''Big Fat Liar'', Dustin "Dusty" Wong, is himself actually a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and spends quite a bit of the film as one of Marty's chew toys.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Like any director would steal creative writing from some kid's backpack and turn it into his next big movie...which is the reason why Wolf did it in the first place.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Like any director producer would steal creative writing from some kid's backpack and turn it into his next big movie...which is the reason why Wolf did it in the first place.
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* StealthPun: Jason always lies until he finally tells the truth that someone stole his paper, and no one believes him. The thief? Director Marty Wolf. Jason is the Boy Who Cried Wolf, literally.
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* StealthPun: Jason always lies until he finally tells the truth that someone stole his paper, and no one believes him. The thief? Director Producer Marty Wolf. Jason is the Boy Who Cried Wolf, literally.
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* TwoWordsICantCount: In the awful movie-in-a-movie, ''Whittaker and Fowl'', Whitaker is told "shut the heck up" is two words.
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* TwoWordsICantCount: In the awful movie-in-a-movie, ''Whittaker ''Whitaker and Fowl'', Whitaker is told "shut the heck up" is two words.
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* UngratefulBastard: Jason helps Wolf make the BFL premiere party a smashing success and restore the latter's career to impress Mr. Duncan. How does Wolf repay Jason? [[spoiler:Go back on his promise once again and instead have security escort him and Kaylee out.]] Especially despicable since he had just ''sincerely'' thanked him for his help with the party!
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* UngratefulBastard: Jason helps Wolf make the BFL pitch spiel at the ''Whitaker and Fowl'' premiere party a smashing success and restore restores the latter's career to impress Mr. Duncan. How does Wolf repay Jason? [[spoiler:Go back on his promise once again and instead have security escort him and Kaylee out.]] Especially despicable since he had just ''sincerely'' thanked him for his help with the party!
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--> '''Wolf''': Yeah, I stole your story, whoop-dee-doodle-do! You happy now? '''I STOLE JASON SHEPHERD'S PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO ''BIG FAT LIAR''!''' Do you know who's listening? No one. And they never will. So for the last time, give it up. Because I will never-ever, like never-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-infinity tell the truth!
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--> '''Wolf''': Yeah, I stole your story, whoop-dee-doodle-do! You happy now? '''I STOLE JASON SHEPHERD'S PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO ''BIG FAT LIAR''!''' Do you know who's listening? No one. And they never will. So for the last time, give it up. Because I will never-ever, never ever, like never-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever-infinity tell the truth!
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* VillainousBreakdown: How Marty reacts to Jason tricking him into confessing to his crimes in full view of everyone else.
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* VillainousBreakdown: How Marty reacts to Jason tricking him into confessing to his crimes in full view of everyone else.
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* BareYourMidriff: Kaylee wears a belly shirt for part of the movie.
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* LateForSchool: The opening, showcasing Jason Shepherd's casual use of lies for anything from saying he had breakfast to TheDogAteMyHomework.
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* LateForSchool: The opening, showcasing Jason Shepherd's casual use of lies for anything from saying he had breakfast to TheDogAteMyHomework.ADogAteMyHomework.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Marty hits the monster truck, he correctly points out it was the old lady's fault and he just lightly tapped a tire so it was really no big deal.
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* BadBoss: Marty takes this one UpToEleven.
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* BadBoss: Marty takes this one UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* FailedASpotCheck:
** Marty doesn't notice that his swim in his pool dyed his skin blue until he's partway through his shower.
** [[spoiler:Some of the cameras and crew capturing Marty's EngineeredPublicConfession were concealed. Several others were in plain sight of the rooftop where Marty and Jason have their final confrontation, which Marty fails to notice until Dustin yells "Cut!" and the windows behind Marty open up to reveal one of the cameras and crew.]]
** Marty doesn't notice that his swim in his pool dyed his skin blue until he's partway through his shower.
** [[spoiler:Some of the cameras and crew capturing Marty's EngineeredPublicConfession were concealed. Several others were in plain sight of the rooftop where Marty and Jason have their final confrontation, which Marty fails to notice until Dustin yells "Cut!" and the windows behind Marty open up to reveal one of the cameras and crew.]]
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* StunnedSilence: Marty has to take a few seconds to process the fact that Jason and Kaylee had been behind his skin being dyed blue, his hair being dyed orange, his headset being superglued to his ear and his car controls getting sabotaged.
-->'''Wolf:''' ...''Y-you'' did this?!
-->'''Wolf:''' ...''Y-you'' did this?!
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* SummerSchoolSucks: The movie's first act involves the protagonist being sent to summer school because he fell behind, and needed to produce a story for his English class. When it goes missing (because a sleazy film producer stole his paper, ItMakesSenseInContext) he is sent to summer school.
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* DoWrongRight: While Jason is being driven to school by Marty in his limo, he recounts how he got into trouble by telling a lie. Marty simply lectures him on telling a ''bad'' lie.
* LikeADuckTakesToWater: Jason, a teller of tall tales, writes a story that even a Hollywood producer thought was good enough to turn into a movie. His father lampshades this, thinking a kid who lies as often as he does could easily tell a really good fictional tale.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Marty is probably one of the most successful directors in the movie biz, but he's pretty much alienated anyone close to him which ends up ''biting him in the rear.''
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* LonelyAtTheTop: Marty is probably one of the most successful directors in the movie biz, but he's pretty much alienated much-alienated anyone close to him which ends up ''biting him in the rear.''
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marcus Duncan, Marty's superior, is a Hollywood producer who isn't an abusive {{Jerkass}} and is himself sick of Marty's incompetence. [[spoiler: He immediately sacks Marty after learning he stole a kids' homework]].
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* FormallyNamedPet: Marty Wolf has a stuffed monkey named Mr. Funnybones that he's...[[CargoShip oddly attached to]].
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* FormallyNamedPet: Marty Wolf has a stuffed monkey named Mr. Funnybones that he's...[[CargoShip oddly attached to]].Funnybones.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretending the dog-lover secretary's car is [[CrossesTheLineTwice ''parked on a dog's tail'']]
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretending the dog-lover ''dog-lover'' secretary's car is [[CrossesTheLineTwice ''parked on a dog's tail'']]tail''.
