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The story tells us about the former-teacher named Charlie Wood who got [[FiringDay fired from the first day from his new job]] as a Call-Center Employee. Eventually one of his colleagues on the call-center, Gus Dickinson, suggested an idea to Charlie that they will try to {{blackmail}} a priest who happens to be listed in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites so that they could get some extra money. Along with the help of Gus' companion, Josie, they began to execute the plan. However, when Gus tries to retrieve the money from the Reverend's house, [[FromBadToWorse things went downhill from there as the Reverend wielding a gun towards Gus]] and accidentally kills him. As a result, Gus, Charlie and Josie tried to cover up the tracks of their actions.


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The story tells us about the former-teacher named Charlie Wood who got [[FiringDay fired from the first day from his new job]] as a Call-Center Employee. Eventually one of his colleagues on the call-center, Gus Dickinson, suggested an idea to Charlie that they will try to {{blackmail}} a priest who happens to be listed in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites so that they could get some extra money. Along with the help of Gus' companion, Josie, they began to execute the plan. However, when Gus tries to retrieve the money from the Reverend's house, [[FromBadToWorse things went go downhill from there as the Reverend wielding turns out to have a gun towards Gus]] gun]] and Gus accidentally kills him. As a result, Gus, Charlie and Josie tried to cover up the tracks of their actions.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted with Gus's case, while he's not a good person to begin with. He meets Josie after he has good sex with her. However, he gets punched by someone as a result.
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* VillainProtagonist: Charlie, Gus and Josie are basically this, considering that they tried to blackmail the reverend in order to retrieve a huge sum of money. [[spoiler: They also killed some people and disposed of their bodies when their plan of blackmailing the reverend failed big time.]]

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* VillainProtagonist: Charlie, Gus and Josie are basically this, considering that they tried to blackmail the reverend in order to retrieve a huge sum of money. [[spoiler: They also killed some people and disposed of their bodies when their plan of blackmailing the reverend failed big time.]]]]
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*AllForNothing: Combined with ShootTheShaggyDog story. [[spoiler: Gus's plan of blackmailing a person in order to retrieve a huge sum of money failed big time for the protagonists.]] This also matches perfectly with the movie title itself.



*LivingMacGuffin: The reverend is Gus, Charlie and Josie's blackmailing target in order to get the huge sum of money. He is basically the character who kickstarts the plot of the movie.
*MacGuffin: The money that Charlie, Gus and Josie stole and [[spoiler: the dead bodies of the people that they're murdered]] are essentially the things that keeps the plot going.



* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Charlie and Josie force Special Agent Hymnes to eat a large sugary lollipop which is dangerous due to his diabetes. Hymnes pleads for his life after his diabetes meter gets overloaded and he is killed by his own diabetes.]]

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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Charlie and Josie force Special Agent Hymnes to eat a large sugary lollipop which is dangerous due to his diabetes. Hymnes pleads for his life after his diabetes meter gets overloaded and he is killed by his own diabetes.]]
*VillainProtagonist: Charlie, Gus and Josie are basically this, considering that they tried to blackmail the reverend in order to retrieve a huge sum of money. [[spoiler: They also killed some people and disposed of their bodies when their plan of blackmailing the reverend failed big time.
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* FiringDay: Charlie gets fired from the first day as a call-center employee after getting several complaints from customers.



* FiringDay: Charlie gets fired from the first day as a call-center employee after getting several complaints from customers.
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The story tells us about the former-teacher named Charlie Wood who got fired from the first day from his new job as a Call-Center Employee. Eventually one of his colleagues on the call-center, Gus Dickinson, suggested an idea to Charlie that they will try to {{blackmail}} a priest who happens to be listed in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites so that they could get some extra money. Along with the help of Gus' companion, Josie, they began to execute the plan. However, when Gus tries to retrieve the money from the Reverend's house, [[FromBadToWorse things went downhill from there as the Reverend wielding a gun towards Gus]] and accidentally kills him. As a result, Gus, Charlie and Josie tried to cover up the tracks of their actions.

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The story tells us about the former-teacher named Charlie Wood who got [[FiringDay fired from the first day from his new job job]] as a Call-Center Employee. Eventually one of his colleagues on the call-center, Gus Dickinson, suggested an idea to Charlie that they will try to {{blackmail}} a priest who happens to be listed in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites so that they could get some extra money. Along with the help of Gus' companion, Josie, they began to execute the plan. However, when Gus tries to retrieve the money from the Reverend's house, [[FromBadToWorse things went downhill from there as the Reverend wielding a gun towards Gus]] and accidentally kills him. As a result, Gus, Charlie and Josie tried to cover up the tracks of their actions.
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* TapOnTheHead
* TragicMistake
* UndignifiedDeath

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* TapOnTheHead
TapOnTheHead: It is revealed that the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend was knocked unconscious by Gus. However, Charlie accidentally murders the reverend by throwing his body into a nearby septic-tank. [[spoiler: When both the deputy and Charlie try to open the septic-tank, Gus smashes a vase against the head of the deputy, who is promptly dragged inside while still unconscious.]]
* TragicMistake
TragicMistake: As Charlie says in the prologue, he made a big mistake after he joined in Gus's schemes in order to gain a quick buck.
* UndignifiedDeathUndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Charlie and Josie force Special Agent Hymnes to eat a large sugary lollipop which is dangerous due to his diabetes. Hymnes pleads for his life after his diabetes meter gets overloaded and he is killed by his own diabetes.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDoneMyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Charlie's reaction after he and Josie kill special agent, Chester Hymnes, by feeding him a lollipop, to the point that he remarks on what monsters they have become.]]



* PerfectPoison
* PosthumousNarration

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* PerfectPoison
PerfectPoison: This is Wyoming Widow's favorite MO. She kills her victims by mixing whiskey with highly concentrated thallium and letting her victims drink said whiskey after she seduces them.
* PosthumousNarrationPosthumousNarration: [[spoiler: Although Charlie was supposed to die at the end of the movie]], he narrates the beginning of the story about how he met Gus and how he ended up in this mess in the first place.

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* MalevolentMutilation
* MasterPoisoner

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* MalevolentMutilation
MalevolentMutilation:
**How the Oregon Undertaker kills his victims. After he kills them, he mutilates them horribly.
**When the [[spoiler: real reverend]] fails to make a snuff-film that he wanted and the actress is left laughing, he kills her with a shotgun and mutilates her body with a chainsaw.
* MasterPoisonerMasterPoisoner: The Wyoming Widow can make a deadly poison by mixing a whiskey with high-concentrated thallium.
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* FemmeFatale
* Foreshadowing
* FiringDay

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* FemmeFatale
FemmeFatale: Make no mistake, it was revealed that at the end of the day, [[spoiler: Josie]] is the real Wyoming Widow. She has a penchant for killing her victims by seducing them at first and killing them by making them drink whiskey mixed with highly-concentrated thallium.
* Foreshadowing
{{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Josie tries to force the deputy to drink more alcohol when he gets taken as a hostage by Charlie, Gus and her. It indicates that she is the Wyoming Widow, as the serial killer herself kills her victims by forcing them to drink whiskey mixed with a lethal poison.]]
* FiringDayFiringDay: Charlie gets fired from the first day as a call-center employee after getting several complaints from customers.



* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex
* ILied
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne
* KarmaHoudini

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex
GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted with Gus's case, while he's not a good person to begin with. He meets Josie after he has good sex with her. However, he gets punched by someone as a result.
* ILied
ILied: [[spoiler: It is revealed that Gus lied to Charlie when he said that he has a daughter that needs a retina operation.]]
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne
ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Agent Hymnes doesn't take it lightly when someone, such as Gus, calls him fat.
* KarmaHoudiniKarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Both the Wyoming Widow and the Oregon Undertaker get away with their crimes. It is implied that both of them will continue their murder spree.]]
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* EncyclopaedicKnowledge
* EpicFail
* FamilyMan
* FatBastard

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* EncyclopaedicKnowledge
EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Charlie has a habit of reeling off random facts from his head. It's because of the neurological disorder that he has and his mind will eventually become blank if he doesn't memorize things. The disorder is also the reason why he got fired from the teaching position.
* EpicFail
EpicFail: [[spoiler: Combined with ShootTheShaggyDog. Gus's plans to retrieve the money after blackmailing someone ends up with people, including him and his companion Charlie, getting killed left and right accidentally thanks to their actions. Averted with Charlie, as he's the only one who gets the money, by swapping it with his daughter's stuffed animals for the Wyoming Widow who was supposed to take the money.]]
* FamilyMan
FamilyMan: Charlie truly cares about his wife and daughter. The reason why he ended up following Gus's plans is because he wants to support his own daughter.
* FatBastardFatBastard: [[spoiler: Agent Hymnes is a fat person who kills Gus so that he can obtain the money for himself.]]

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* DisposingOfABody: When Charlie kills the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend, he throws the body on a nearby septic-tank. It is also revealed that they accidentally killed [[spoiler: the deputy and the reverend's wife]] once they got found out. To this end, they dispose of their bodies in a nearby disposal point the first time and a tar pit the second time when they almost get found out. [[spoiler: When Charlie and Josie kills the special agent, they also dispose his body to a nearby tar-pit.]]

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* DisposingOfABody: When Charlie kills the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend, he throws the body on a nearby septic-tank. It is also revealed that they accidentally killed [[spoiler: the deputy and the reverend's wife]] once they got found out. To this end, they dispose of their bodies in a nearby disposal point the first time and a tar pit the second time when they almost get found out. [[spoiler: When Charlie and Josie kills kill the special agent, they also dispose his body to in a nearby tar-pit.]]



*EncyclopaedicKnowledge
*EpicFail
*FamilyMan
*FatBastard
*FemmeFatale
*Foreshadowing
*FiringDay



*GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex
*ILied
*ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne
*KarmaHoudini
*MalevolentMutilation
*MasterPoisoner
*MyGodWhatHaveIDone



*PerfectPoison
*PosthumousNarration



* SnuffFilm: [[spoiler: It was revealed that the real reverend is involved in snuff filming business by targeting young women and then proceeds to torture them by threatening them to slit their throat and when one of them defies him, he proceeds to kill them and mutilate their body with a chainsaw. His snuff films earn him a lot of money that is estimated around 2 million dollars.]]

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* SnuffFilm: [[spoiler: It was revealed that the real reverend is involved in snuff filming business by targeting young women and then proceeds to torture them by threatening them to slit their throat and when one of them defies him, he proceeds to kill them and mutilate their body with a chainsaw. His snuff films earn him a lot of money that is estimated around 2 million dollars.]]]]
*TapOnTheHead
*TragicMistake
*UndignifiedDeath
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* DirtyCop: Combined with Fat Bastard. [[spoiler: It was revealed that Agent Hymnes tries to steal the money and kills Gus by shooting him twice because his lack of payment.]]
* DisposingOfABody:

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* DirtyCop: Combined with Fat Bastard.FatBastard. [[spoiler: It was revealed that Agent Hymnes tries to steal the money and kills Gus by shooting him twice because his lack of payment.]]
* DisposingOfABody:DisposingOfABody: When Charlie kills the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend, he throws the body on a nearby septic-tank. It is also revealed that they accidentally killed [[spoiler: the deputy and the reverend's wife]] once they got found out. To this end, they dispose of their bodies in a nearby disposal point the first time and a tar pit the second time when they almost get found out. [[spoiler: When Charlie and Josie kills the special agent, they also dispose his body to a nearby tar-pit.]]
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* DeathByFallingOver:
* DestroyTheEvidence:
* DirtyCop:

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* DeathByFallingOver:
DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler: How the deputy died. When he tries to escape from the toilet through a window, he accidentally slips and breaks his skull on the toilet because he is drunk.]]
* DestroyTheEvidence:
DestroyTheEvidence: More like throwing the evidence away. [[spoiler: After Charlie's wife, Penelope, accidentally discovers the badge from the officer who was murdered by Charlie and his friends, she decides to throw the evidence on a nearby bridge.]]
* DirtyCop:DirtyCop: Combined with Fat Bastard. [[spoiler: It was revealed that Agent Hymnes tries to steal the money and kills Gus by shooting him twice because his lack of payment.]]
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* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Charlie tries to lie to a local deputy by saying that the reverend's home is his own home and by saying that his name is Stephen. When the deputy notices some blood on the floor. Charlie then knife and cuts himself and then told the policeman that he cut himself on a vase. The police could notice the holes of Charlie's cover-up story. However, since the police is rather oblivious, he easily dismissed it anyway.

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* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Charlie tries to lie to a local deputy by saying that the reverend's home is his own home and by saying that his name is Stephen. When the deputy notices some blood on the floor. floor, Charlie then takes knife and cuts slices himself and then told tells the policeman that he cut himself on a vase. The police deputy could notice the holes of Charlie's cover-up story. However, story, but since the police he is rather oblivious, he easily dismissed it anyway.dismisses it.
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*ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Charlie tries to lie to a local deputy by saying that the reverend's home is his own home and by saying that his name is Stephen. When the deputy notices some blood on the floor. Charlie then knife and cuts himself and then told the policeman that he cut himself on a vase. The police could notice the holes of Charlie's cover-up story. However, since the police is rather oblivious, he easily dismissed it anyway.
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* ConfessToALesserCrime:

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* ConfessToALesserCrime:ConfessToALesserCrime: Charlie tries to repent for his crimes by turning himself in to the police and confessing what he had done after he and his friends made a huge mess with their plans. Much to the latter's disappointment.
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*ConArtist: Gus is revealed to be an aspiring con-artist. However, he fails because some of the characters such as Charlie see through his lies easily.
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* CementShoes: When the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend was knocked unconscious by Gus after he shoot him in the leg, Charlie tries to dispose his body by tying a lawn gnome on him and throw his body at a nearby septic tank.



* CementShoes: When the [[spoiler: fake]] reverend was knocked unconscious by Gus after he shoot him in the leg, Charlie tries to dispose his body by tying a lawn gnome on him and throw his body at a nearby septic tank.

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* CementShoes: When the *ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: fake]] reverend was knocked unconscious The real reverend]] tortures his victims by Gus after he shoot him threatening to stab them in the leg, Charlie tries to dispose throat for his body by tying a lawn gnome on him and throw his body at a nearby septic tank.own snuff-film.
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*CerebusSyndrome: Although it retains its humor, [[spoiler: the movie suddenly becomes darker after the reverend tries to shoot Gus when the latter tries to retrieve the money from him.]]
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* AccidentalMurderer: Charlie accidentally kills the [[spoiler:fake]] reverend by disposing of his body to a nearby septic-tank.

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*AccidentalMurderer: Charlie accidentally kills the [[spoiler:fake]] reverend by disposing of his body to a nearby septic-tank.


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*BlackComedy: The film has moments filled with this, such as Charlie getting fired after pranking the customers, Gus getting his face punched after he has sex with Josie, Charlie's reaction after he sees a snuff-film that makes him vomit and so on.


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*BrainBleach: When Charlie sees a video about [[spoiler: the real reverend]] mutilating someone with a chainsaw for his snuff-film, he screams "HOLY MOLY!" and proceeds to puke.

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