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* WouldHurtAChild: The criminals have no qualms about kidnapping or violent revenge against Preston for taking their money.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last we see of Butch is him still in the custody of the criminals, with them continuing to threaten his life unless he helps them find Preston. Once they actually ''do'' find Preston, however, he's nowhere to be found and doesn't reappear in the movie again.
* WouldHurtAChild: The criminals have no qualms about kidnapping or violent revenge against Preston for taking their money. They also kidnap and threaten Butch by dangling him over a building to extort information from him about Preston.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The FBI is only useful as TheCavalry, Preston's dad is a {{Jerkass}}, the bad guys are a TerribleTrio, the limo driver disappears after Preston lets him go because the money has run dry, and nobody else sees anything weird with a kid walking around with a backpack full of dollar bills that we find out early in the film have a big "FBI" stamped on them with UV ink courtesy of Agent Shay (Shay is seen checking a bunch of them out in her undercover capacity as a bank cashier after the shopping spree, but we are not given any additional information regarding the investigation).

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* AdultsAreUseless: The FBI is only useful as TheCavalry, Preston's dad is a {{Jerkass}}, the bad guys are a TerribleTrio, the limo driver disappears after Preston lets him go because the money has run dry, and nobody else sees anything weird with a kid walking around with a backpack full of dollar bills that we find out early in the film have a big "FBI" stamped on them with UV ink courtesy of Agent Shay (Shay Shay[[note]]Shay is seen checking a bunch of them out in her undercover capacity as a bank cashier after the shopping spree, but we are not given any additional information regarding the investigation).investigation[[/note]].



** Preston's parents. Dad's an ultra-capitalist douchebag who only cares about his sons as long as they're trying to earn money and the mother is a little better - she seldom initiates the abuse but she does give her support. His parents essentially let Preston's older brothers be complete assholes to him simply because they're starting up their own business and he isn't. Never mind the fact that Preston is only 12 years old. The most jaw-dropping moment, however, is probably when Preston's bike is run over by a car and his parents are [[SkewedPriorities more concerned]] with the fact that he "didn't take care of his property" than, you know, ''the fact that their son was almost hit by a car.'' They then proceed to ground him for saying that the way they treat him compared to his brothers is unfair, totally unaware that they just proved him right. His parents do get better though in the end to him, as do his brothers.
** Preston's brothers are able to use his bedroom as their business headquarters and steal his life savings to fund their business, they also get away with stealing Preston's money and hit him when he uses their computer to make a joke at their expense.

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** Preston's parents. Dad's His dad is an ultra-capitalist douchebag who only cares about his sons as long as they're trying to earn money money, and the mother is a little better - better; she seldom initiates the abuse abuse, but she does give her support. His parents essentially let Preston's older brothers be complete assholes to him simply because they're starting up their own business and he isn't. Never mind the fact that Preston is only 12 years old. The most jaw-dropping moment, however, is probably when Preston's bike is run over by a car and his parents are [[SkewedPriorities more concerned]] with the fact that he "didn't take care of his property" than, you know, ''the fact that their son was almost hit by a car.'' They then proceed to ground him for saying that the way they treat him compared to his brothers is unfair, totally unaware that they just proved him right. His parents do get better though better, though, in the end to him, end, as do his brothers.
** Preston's brothers are able to use his bedroom as their business headquarters and steal his life savings to fund their business, they business. They also get away with stealing Preston's money and hit hitting him when he uses their computer to make a joke at their expense.

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