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* ActorAllusion: Ray Liotta plays Joe Miletto, ''[[GoodFellas a big-time New York mobster]]''
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* Claire CountingToThree to make people do things.
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During dinner, a pair of men arrive and ask to talk to them in the alley outside. Phil and Claire comply, believing them to be restaurant employees who have discovered their dishonesty. They turn out to be thugs working for mobster Joe Miletto, attempting to retrieve a flash drive that the real Triplehorns have stolen. Phil and Claire attempt to explain themselves, but the men threatens them at gunpoint. Phil leads them to Central Park, where he and Claire escape after assaulting the two men.
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During dinner, a pair of men arrive and ask to talk to them in the alley outside. Phil and Claire comply, believing them to be restaurant employees who have discovered their dishonesty. They turn out to be thugs working for mobster Joe Miletto, attempting to retrieve a flash drive that the real Triplehorns have stolen. Phil and Claire attempt to explain themselves, but the men threatens threaten them at gunpoint. Phil leads them to Central Park, where he and Claire escape after assaulting the two men.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Taking someone else's restaurant reservation. Everyone who they explain their story to, from [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEPcM61wEg#t=22s the thugs]], to the police, to the [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHI-qZ7hzx0#t=1m real Triplehorns]], reacts this way.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Taking someone else's restaurant reservation. Everyone who they explain their story to, from [[www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEPcM61wEg#t=22s the thugs]], to the police, to the [[www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHI-qZ7hzx0#t=1m real Triplehorns]], reacts this way.
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DateNight is a 2010 romantic/action/comedy film starring Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/TinaFey as a hapless New Jersey couple - Phil and Claire Foster. They had been married for a while and were comfortable with each other, and always made sure to arrange a date night.
A couple that is friends with them is getting happily divorced because they had gotten bored with each other; Phil and Claire are told independently that they need to spice up their life. So Phil spontaneously decides to take Claire to the exclusive restaurant Claw. Unfortunately, Phil tends to have bad luck with spontaneous plans. This restaurant is so exclusive that reservations have to be made months in advance. So they spontaneously decide to steal another couple's reservation, the Tripplehorns.
Unfortunately, someone is after the Tripplehorns and a flash drive that couple possesses, and they don't know Phil and Claire aren't them. After all, the Tripplehorns aren't really the Tripplehorns, either. Phil and Claire are mugged and feel forced to bluff that they know where the flash drive is. The rest of the film is Phil and Claire's attempt to get through the night without being killed or endangering their family at home. This involves skills, knowledge, and connections they didn't know they had, plus a few that they don't have, and multiple near-disasters.
A couple that is friends with them is getting happily divorced because they had gotten bored with each other; Phil and Claire are told independently that they need to spice up their life. So Phil spontaneously decides to take Claire to the exclusive restaurant Claw. Unfortunately, Phil tends to have bad luck with spontaneous plans. This restaurant is so exclusive that reservations have to be made months in advance. So they spontaneously decide to steal another couple's reservation, the Tripplehorns.
Unfortunately, someone is after the Tripplehorns and a flash drive that couple possesses, and they don't know Phil and Claire aren't them. After all, the Tripplehorns aren't really the Tripplehorns, either. Phil and Claire are mugged and feel forced to bluff that they know where the flash drive is. The rest of the film is Phil and Claire's attempt to get through the night without being killed or endangering their family at home. This involves skills, knowledge, and connections they didn't know they had, plus a few that they don't have, and multiple near-disasters.
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DateNight is a 2010 romantic/action/comedy film starring Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/TinaFey as a hapless New Jersey couple - Phil and Claire Foster. They had been married for couple, who have a while and were comfortable with each other, and always made sure to arrange a date night.
[[TitleDrop "date night"]] every week.
A couplethat who is friends with them is getting happily divorced because they had have gotten bored with each other; other. Phil and Claire are told independently that they need to spice up their life. So One night, Phil spontaneously decides to take Claire to the exclusive restaurant Claw. Unfortunately, Phil tends Claw, but neglects to have bad luck with spontaneous plans. This restaurant is so exclusive that make reservations have to be made months in advance. So they spontaneously decide Upon their arrival, Phil decides to steal another couple's reservation, take the Tripplehorns.
Unfortunately, someone is afterreservation of a no-show couple, the Tripplehorns Triplehorns.
During dinner, a pair of men arrive and ask to talk to them in the alley outside. Phil and Claire comply, believing them to be restaurant employees who have discovered their dishonesty. They turn out to be thugs working for mobster Joe Miletto, attempting to retrieve a flash drive thatcouple possesses, and they don't know the real Triplehorns have stolen. Phil and Claire aren't them. attempt to explain themselves, but the men threatens them at gunpoint. Phil leads them to Central Park, where he and Claire escape after assaulting the two men.
Afterall, discovering the Tripplehorns aren't really the Tripplehorns, either. two men are corrupt police officers, Phil and Claire are mugged and feel forced to bluff that realize they know where can't trust the police, since the police must be on Miletto's payroll. When the thugs still after them, they decide to retrieve the flash drive is. from the real Triplehorns and return it to Miletto so that the men will leave them along.
The rest of the film is Phil and Claire's attempt to get through the night without being killed or endangering their family at home. This involves skills, knowledge, and connections they didn't know they had, plus a few that they don't have, and multiple near-disasters.
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* ActionSurvivor: Quite!
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* AllStarCast: Up to 11: Carrell. Fey. Franco. Kunis. Wahlberg. Ruffalo. Fichtner. Wiig.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: See RunningGag.
** "We've got you on obstruction of justice, racketeering, conspiracy, and I'm pretty sure prostitution."
*** Semi-subverted in that A) The person being addressed was [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown busted on the roof of a whore-house]], and, B), the other listed actions were [[RevealingCoverup all efforts to hide the last part from the public]].
** "We've got you on obstruction of justice, racketeering, conspiracy, and I'm pretty sure prostitution."
*** Semi-subverted in that A) The person being addressed was [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown busted on the roof of a whore-house]], and, B), the other listed actions were [[RevealingCoverup all efforts to hide the last part from the public]].
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: See RunningGag.
**"We've got you on obstruction of justice, racketeering, conspiracy, and I'm pretty sure prostitution."
*** Semi-subverted in that A) The person being addressed was [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown busted on the roof of a whore-house]], and, B), the other listed actions were [[RevealingCoverup all efforts to hide the last part from the public]]."
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*** Semi-subverted in that A) The person being addressed was [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown busted on the roof of a whore-house]], and, B), the other listed actions were [[RevealingCoverup all efforts to hide the last part from the public]].
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The poster shows the two are alright, in the film, not only are their clothes roughed up, but they get a fair share of bruises.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The poster shows the two are alright, in alright. In the film, not only are their clothes roughed up, but they get a fair share of bruises.
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* BrickJoke: At the beginning, at home, Claire bangs her shins on drawers someone had left open. Halfway through the movie [[spoiler:it happens twice more and it turns out it must have been Phil, since leaving drawers open is a bad habit of his]].
* BuffySpeak: "We just call it the computer sticky-thing!"
* BuffySpeak: "We just call it the computer sticky-thing!"
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* BrickJoke: At the beginning, at home, Claire bangs her shins on drawers someone had left open. Halfway through the movie [[spoiler:it it happens twice more and it turns out it must have been Phil, was Phil's fault each time, since leaving drawers open is a bad habit of his]].
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* BuffySpeak:"We just call it the Claire on flash drives: "Oh, it's a computer sticky-thing!"sticky thing? That's... in my office, we call it a computer sticky thing."
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* CountingToThree: Parodied. Claire uses this effectively on one of her kids in the beginning of the movie. The thugs who confront them at the restaurant threaten to count to three, to which Claire replies that she's not intimidated by it as she plays the counting game with her kids all the time. The villains then pull out guns, to which Claire exclaims "This is a different version!"
*During the MexicanStandoff at the climax of the movie, Claire tells the group she expects them to all put their guns down by the time she counts to three. She begins counting, and the group begins debating whether she's serious.
*During the MexicanStandoff at the climax of the movie, Claire tells the group she expects them to all put their guns down by the time she counts to three. She begins counting, and the group begins debating whether she's serious.
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*** [[GeekyTurnOn Doing the robot with Steve Carell.]]
**** Whilst performing erotic dancing in a strip club.
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*** [[GeekyTurnOn Doing the robot with Steve Carell.]]
**** WhilstCarell]], whilst performing erotic dancing in a strip club.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?!]]
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: The Fosters just ''took'' Taking someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?!]]restaurant reservation. Everyone who they explain their story to, from [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEPcM61wEg#t=22s the thugs]], to the police, to the [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHI-qZ7hzx0#t=1m real Triplehorns]], reacts this way.
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* InnocentInnuendo: almost all of Claire's dialogue to Holbrooke.
* IronicEcho: after Phil convinces Claire to go through with the stripper act, she repeats his own words to him when [[spoiler:the DA wants them ''[[DepravedBisexual both]]''.]]
* IronicEcho: after Phil convinces Claire to go through with the stripper act, she repeats his own words to him when [[spoiler:the DA wants them ''[[DepravedBisexual both]]''.]]
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* InnocentInnuendo: almost Almost all of Claire's dialogue to Holbrooke.
* IronicEcho:after After Phil convinces Claire to go through with the stripper act, she repeats his own words to him when [[spoiler:the DA wants them ''[[DepravedBisexual both]]''.]]
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* MiseryLit: Parodied in the book Claire reads in book club about a young girl who gets her first period...in Taliban ruled Afghanistan.
* NamesTheSame: Taste's real name is [[TomFelton Thomas Felton]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Tina Fey can do action comedy! Who knew?
* NamesTheSame: Taste's real name is [[TomFelton Thomas Felton]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Tina Fey can do action comedy! Who knew?
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* MiseryLit: Parodied in the book Claire reads in book club about a young girl who gets her first period... in Taliban ruled Afghanistan.
* NamesTheSame: Taste's real name is [[TomFelton Thomas Felton]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Tina Fey can do action comedy! Who knew?Afghanistan.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Fosters, in the course of one night, deal massive amounts of property damage to several cars, commit grand theft auto, drive recklessly / assault citizens with a vehicle, are caught on camera breaking and entering, invade a couple's home, illegally access the GPS chip in a cell phone, assault two police officers, and [[OverlyLongGag possibly obstruct justice]]. We never see any sort of comeuppance on their behalf, and it's almost implied that since they helped break the case, they get to walk off scot-free.
** Somewhat justified in that they bring down a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the district attorney. Any subsequent attempt to prosecute them would look like retribution. Though they will end up paying Holbrooke for his Audi (would YOU cross him after what they saw?)
* RunningGag: Everyone acting all offended that the main character's took the Tripplehorns' reservation.
** Somewhat justified in that they bring down a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the district attorney. Any subsequent attempt to prosecute them would look like retribution. Though they will end up paying Holbrooke for his Audi (would YOU cross him after what they saw?)
* RunningGag: Everyone acting all offended that the main character's took the Tripplehorns' reservation.
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** Somewhat justified in that they bring down a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the district attorney. Any subsequent attempt to prosecute them would look like retribution. Though they will end up paying Holbrooke for his Audi (would YOU cross him after what they saw?)
*Claire CountingToThree to make people do things.
*Claire walking into the drawers that Phil leaves open.
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DateNight is a 2010 romantic/action/comedy film starring SteveCarell Creator/SteveCarell and TinaFey Creator/TinaFey as a hapless New Jersey couple - Phil and Claire Foster. They had been married for a while and were comfortable with each other, and always made sure to arrange a date night.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance. --> '''Phil''': Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance.
--> '''Phil''': Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!
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It placed second in its box-office clash with TheRemake of ''ClashOfTheTitans'', but it was decently received. Several critics noted great chemistry between Carell and Fey.
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* AllStarCast: Up to 11: Carrell. Fey. Franco. Kunis. Wahlberg. Ruffalo. Fichtner. Wiig.
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** Will.i.am. "[[IAmNotShazam From Fergie!]]"
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** [[TheBlackEyedPeas Will.i.am. ]] "[[IAmNotShazam From Fergie!]]"
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* HotMom: Claire Foster.
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* TheCameo: Fellow ''Series/TheDailyShow'' alums Sam Bee and Jason Jones of appear early on as a couple.
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* PrecisionFStrike: "[[spoiler:Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!]]"
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* PrecisionFStrike: "[[spoiler:Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!]]"See WalkingShirtlessScene below.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance. Might be an ActorAllusion, as in his rapper days, Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance. Might be an ActorAllusion, as in his rapper days, Wahlberg often performed shirtless --> '''Phil''': Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and appeared in Calvin Klein ads. will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!
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* FanDisservice: Claire and Phil's awkward striptease.
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* ScaryBlackMan: one of the corrupted cops after the Fosters, played by Common no less.
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* ScaryBlackMan: one ScaryBlackMan:
** One of the corrupted cops after the Fosters, played by Common noless.less.
** Another one is the bouncer at the Peppermint Hippo, whose voice is [[BadassBaritone insanely deep]].
** One of the corrupted cops after the Fosters, played by Common no
** Another one is the bouncer at the Peppermint Hippo, whose voice is [[BadassBaritone insanely deep]].
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]that?!]]
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* ShoutOut: At the beginning, Phil talks to Brad and they bring up Long Duk Dong from ''SixteenCandles''.
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to Disney/TheLittleMermaid."
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to Disney/TheLittleMermaid."
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** At the beginning, Phil talks to Brad and they bring up Long Duk Dong from ''SixteenCandles''.
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to Disney/TheLittleMermaid."
* SpellMyNameWithAThe:
-->'''Phil:''' [The flash drive]'s in the park!\\
'''Corrupt cop:''' Could you be more specific?\\
'''Phil:''' ...the ''Central'' Park.
** At the beginning, Phil talks to Brad and they bring up Long Duk Dong from ''SixteenCandles''.
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to Disney/TheLittleMermaid."
* SpellMyNameWithAThe:
-->'''Phil:''' [The flash drive]'s in the park!\\
'''Corrupt cop:''' Could you be more specific?\\
'''Phil:''' ...the ''Central'' Park.
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* EroticDream: Claire claims to have a recurring erotic dream where she has sex with three men at once. It actually stresses her out because she "can only think of jobs for two".
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* DuelingStarsMovieDuelingStarsMovie: Steve Carell and Tina Fey as a married couple.
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* TheCameo: Fellow ''TheDailyShow'' alums Sam Bee and Jason Jones of appear early on as a couple.
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* ActorAllusion: Ray Liotta plays Joe Miletto, ''[[GoodFellas a big-time New York mobster]]''
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* ItGotWorse: After the first 10 minutes, this movie becomes the comedic equivalent of this trope.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]
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* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]
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* OneSceneWonder:
** Oh god, that [[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} poor taxi driver...]]
-->'''Taxi Driver:''' WHY AM I GOING BACKWARDS?!
** Plus the Tripplehorns themselves, Taste (James Franco) and Whippit (MilaKunis).
** Oh god, that [[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} poor taxi driver...]]
-->'''Taxi Driver:''' WHY AM I GOING BACKWARDS?!
** Plus the Tripplehorns themselves, Taste (James Franco) and Whippit (MilaKunis).
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* NamesTheSame: Taste's real name is [[TomFelton Thomas Felton]]
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* ChekhovsNews: An early mention of a local senate, an iconic broom and clean-up act turns out to play a big part in why the heroes are getting chased down.
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->''"God no, he [[GangstaStyle turned it sideways]]. KILL SHOT! THAT'S A KILL SHOT!"''\\
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* BadWriting: The terrible book about the teenaged girl having her first period under Taliban rule that the book club ([[StrangeMindsThinkAlike and the taxi driver]]) are reading.
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* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: A number of things, but most importantly [[spoiler:Claire's "counting to three" threat]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: Not your usual date, or theirs.]]
-->''"God no, he [[GangstaStyle turned it sideways]]. KILL SHOT! THAT'S A KILL SHOT!"''\\
--'''Phil Foster'''
DateNight is a 2010 romantic/action/comedy film starring SteveCarell and TinaFey as a hapless New Jersey couple - Phil and Claire Foster. They had been married for a while and were comfortable with each other, and always made sure to arrange a date night.
A couple that is friends with them is getting happily divorced because they had gotten bored with each other; Phil and Claire are told independently that they need to spice up their life. So Phil spontaneously decides to take Claire to the exclusive restaurant Claw. Unfortunately, Phil tends to have bad luck with spontaneous plans. This restaurant is so exclusive that reservations have to be made months in advance. So they spontaneously decide to steal another couple's reservation, the Tripplehorns.
Unfortunately, someone is after the Tripplehorns and a flash drive that couple possesses, and they don't know Phil and Claire aren't them. After all, the Tripplehorns aren't really the Tripplehorns, either. Phil and Claire are mugged and feel forced to bluff that they know where the flash drive is. The rest of the film is Phil and Claire's attempt to get through the night without being killed or endangering their family at home. This involves skills, knowledge, and connections they didn't know they had, plus a few that they don't have, and multiple near-disasters.
It placed second in its box-office clash with TheRemake of ''ClashOfTheTitans'', but it was decently received. Several critics noted great chemistry between Carell and Fey.
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[[AC:The movie provides examples of:]]
* ActionSurvivor: Quite!
* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: [[spoiler:Even though the police know they are directly responsible for breaking and entering, information theft, the destruction of a New York City Cab, quite a few parked cars and a substantial number of police cars]], they get off just fine in the end with nary a slap on the wrist. Seems like their HeroInsurance was paid up.
* AmbiguouslyGay: The Maitre'd at Claw.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: See RunningGag.
** "We've got you on obstruction of justice, racketeering, conspiracy, and I'm pretty sure prostitution."
* BadWriting: The terrible book about the teenaged girl having her first period under Taliban rule that the book club ([[StrangeMindsThinkAlike and the taxi driver]]) are reading.
* BavarianFireDrill: Phil and Claire distracting the hostess away from her podium, and later, when they bluff their way into the bordello.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The poster shows the two are alright, in the film, not only are their clothes roughed up, but they get a fair share of bruises.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The police storm the rooftop ''right'' on Claire's cue.]]
* BlindWithoutEm: Phil wears Claire's glasses when they disguise themselves as a snooty upper class couple, forcing her to get the information they came for by pressing her face right up to the computer screen.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning, at home, Claire bangs her shins on drawers someone had left open. Halfway through the movie [[spoiler:it happens twice more and it turns out it must have been Phil, since leaving drawers open is a bad habit of his]].
* BuffySpeak: "We just call it the computer sticky-thing!"
** Earlier on, Phil refers to risotto as "that rice thing".
* CaliforniaDoubling: The scenes that are obviously Manhattan were really filmed there, but almost everything else wasn't. All or most of [[spoiler:the car chase]] was filmed in downtown Los Angeles, and both Phil and Claire's house ''and'' the house Claire is shown trying to sell in the beginning are located on the same street in Pasadena, rather than somewhere in New Jersey.
* TheCameo: Fellow ''TheDailyShow'' alums Sam Bee and Jason Jones of appear early on as a couple.
** Will.i.am. "[[IAmNotShazam From Fergie!]]"
* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: A number of things, but most importantly [[spoiler:Claire's "counting to three" threat]].
** Also notable is the [[spoiler:gun]] Phil notices in Holbrook's apartment, which Phil later uses in [[spoiler:Taste's apartment]], and more importantly, [[spoiler:when the cops notice Phil and Claire in the car]].
* [=~Chekhov's Gunman~=]: [[spoiler:D.A. Frank Crenshaw]] is seen early in the film [[spoiler:giving a speech about cleaning up the streets]]. He turns out to be [[spoiler:the subject of the blackmail material mobster boss Joe Miletto has.]]
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:William Fichtner's character, the District Attorney.]]
* DirtyCop
* DreamTeam
* DuelingStarsMovie
* EatingTheEyeCandy: The FanService entry.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Phil's weird sex fantasy now involves Holbrooke after meeting him.
* FanService: MarkWahlberg without a shirt. Heavily lampshaded.
** TinaFey. [[LingerieScene In lingerie]].
*** [[GeekyTurnOn Doing the robot with Steve Carell.]]
**** Whilst performing erotic dancing in a strip club.
** Gal Gadot (Holbrooke's girlfriend Natanya) in lingerie.
* FauxFluency: Holbrooke's few painful words of Hebrew make it clear that there's no way Mark Wahlberg could have actually understood his character's Israeli girlfriend.
* FunnyForeigner: Holbrooke's Israeli girlfriend, who asks if Claire and Phil want to "making sex" with her and Holbrooke.
* GangstaStyle: See top when Carell freaks out at this.
* HilariousOuttakes: These offer us a look at what happens when Carell and Fey's improvisation goes awry.
* HilarityEnsues
* HypocriticalHumor: Whippit calling Claire a "skank".
* HotMom: Claire Foster.
* InnocentInnuendo: almost all of Claire's dialogue to Holbrooke.
* IronicEcho: after Phil convinces Claire to go through with the stripper act, she repeats his own words to him when [[spoiler:the DA wants them ''[[DepravedBisexual both]]''.]]
** Earlier, Phil and Claire come across a couple who've lost their money and [=IDs=] - then thanks to the crooked cops, the exact same thing happens to them.
** Played for laughs when Phil and Claire's conversation of what their married life has become is echoed by Taste and Whippit... kind of.
* ItGotWorse: After the first 10 minutes, this movie becomes the comedic equivalent of this trope.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Strip club Peppermint Hippo stands in for real-life Spearmint Rhino.
* MacGuffin: The flash drive.
* MexicanStandoff: The climax of the film.
* MiseryLit: Parodied in the book Claire reads in book club about a young girl who gets her first period...in Taliban ruled Afghanistan.
* OneSceneWonder:
** Oh god, that [[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} poor taxi driver...]]
-->'''Taxi Driver:''' WHY AM I GOING BACKWARDS?!
** Plus the Tripplehorns themselves, Taste (James Franco) and Whippit (MilaKunis).
* PlayingAgainstType: Tina Fey can do action comedy! Who knew?
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: See below.
* PrecisionFStrike: "[[spoiler:Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!]]"
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Fosters, in the course of one night, deal massive amounts of property damage to several cars, commit grand theft auto, drive recklessly / assault citizens with a vehicle, are caught on camera breaking and entering, invade a couple's home, illegally access the GPS chip in a cell phone, assault two police officers, and [[OverlyLongGag possibly obstruct justice]]. We never see any sort of comeuppance on their behalf, and it's almost implied that since they helped break the case, they get to walk off scot-free.
** Somewhat justified in that they bring down a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the district attorney. Any subsequent attempt to prosecute them would look like retribution. Though they will end up paying Holbrooke for his Audi (would YOU cross him after what they saw?)
* RunningGag: Everyone acting all offended that the main character's took the Tripplehorns' reservation.
* ScaryBlackMan: one of the corrupted cops after the Fosters, played by Common no less.
* ShoutOut: At the beginning, Phil talks to Brad and they bring up Long Duk Dong from ''SixteenCandles''.
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to TheLittleMermaid."
* SexyShirtSwitch: "Oh look, that's where your shirt went..."
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: the [[spoiler:Audi-with-a-taxi-stuck-to-it]] chase scene ends with a "BLOOOOW MEEEEE!!" [[spoiler:when Phil and the taxi go (literally) screaming into the East River.]]
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The two corrupt cops who are chasing the Fosters.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Seems that all Phil had to do to ensure his plans succeed is to not explain them, either onscreen or to his wife.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance. Might be an ActorAllusion, as in his rapper days, Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads.
* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Not your usual date, or theirs.]]
-->''"God no, he [[GangstaStyle turned it sideways]]. KILL SHOT! THAT'S A KILL SHOT!"''\\
--'''Phil Foster'''
DateNight is a 2010 romantic/action/comedy film starring SteveCarell and TinaFey as a hapless New Jersey couple - Phil and Claire Foster. They had been married for a while and were comfortable with each other, and always made sure to arrange a date night.
A couple that is friends with them is getting happily divorced because they had gotten bored with each other; Phil and Claire are told independently that they need to spice up their life. So Phil spontaneously decides to take Claire to the exclusive restaurant Claw. Unfortunately, Phil tends to have bad luck with spontaneous plans. This restaurant is so exclusive that reservations have to be made months in advance. So they spontaneously decide to steal another couple's reservation, the Tripplehorns.
Unfortunately, someone is after the Tripplehorns and a flash drive that couple possesses, and they don't know Phil and Claire aren't them. After all, the Tripplehorns aren't really the Tripplehorns, either. Phil and Claire are mugged and feel forced to bluff that they know where the flash drive is. The rest of the film is Phil and Claire's attempt to get through the night without being killed or endangering their family at home. This involves skills, knowledge, and connections they didn't know they had, plus a few that they don't have, and multiple near-disasters.
It placed second in its box-office clash with TheRemake of ''ClashOfTheTitans'', but it was decently received. Several critics noted great chemistry between Carell and Fey.
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[[AC:The movie provides examples of:]]
* ActionSurvivor: Quite!
* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: [[spoiler:Even though the police know they are directly responsible for breaking and entering, information theft, the destruction of a New York City Cab, quite a few parked cars and a substantial number of police cars]], they get off just fine in the end with nary a slap on the wrist. Seems like their HeroInsurance was paid up.
* AmbiguouslyGay: The Maitre'd at Claw.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: See RunningGag.
** "We've got you on obstruction of justice, racketeering, conspiracy, and I'm pretty sure prostitution."
* BadWriting: The terrible book about the teenaged girl having her first period under Taliban rule that the book club ([[StrangeMindsThinkAlike and the taxi driver]]) are reading.
* BavarianFireDrill: Phil and Claire distracting the hostess away from her podium, and later, when they bluff their way into the bordello.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The poster shows the two are alright, in the film, not only are their clothes roughed up, but they get a fair share of bruises.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The police storm the rooftop ''right'' on Claire's cue.]]
* BlindWithoutEm: Phil wears Claire's glasses when they disguise themselves as a snooty upper class couple, forcing her to get the information they came for by pressing her face right up to the computer screen.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning, at home, Claire bangs her shins on drawers someone had left open. Halfway through the movie [[spoiler:it happens twice more and it turns out it must have been Phil, since leaving drawers open is a bad habit of his]].
* BuffySpeak: "We just call it the computer sticky-thing!"
** Earlier on, Phil refers to risotto as "that rice thing".
* CaliforniaDoubling: The scenes that are obviously Manhattan were really filmed there, but almost everything else wasn't. All or most of [[spoiler:the car chase]] was filmed in downtown Los Angeles, and both Phil and Claire's house ''and'' the house Claire is shown trying to sell in the beginning are located on the same street in Pasadena, rather than somewhere in New Jersey.
* TheCameo: Fellow ''TheDailyShow'' alums Sam Bee and Jason Jones of appear early on as a couple.
** Will.i.am. "[[IAmNotShazam From Fergie!]]"
* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: A number of things, but most importantly [[spoiler:Claire's "counting to three" threat]].
** Also notable is the [[spoiler:gun]] Phil notices in Holbrook's apartment, which Phil later uses in [[spoiler:Taste's apartment]], and more importantly, [[spoiler:when the cops notice Phil and Claire in the car]].
* [=~Chekhov's Gunman~=]: [[spoiler:D.A. Frank Crenshaw]] is seen early in the film [[spoiler:giving a speech about cleaning up the streets]]. He turns out to be [[spoiler:the subject of the blackmail material mobster boss Joe Miletto has.]]
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:William Fichtner's character, the District Attorney.]]
* DirtyCop
* DreamTeam
* DuelingStarsMovie
* EatingTheEyeCandy: The FanService entry.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Phil's weird sex fantasy now involves Holbrooke after meeting him.
* FanService: MarkWahlberg without a shirt. Heavily lampshaded.
** TinaFey. [[LingerieScene In lingerie]].
*** [[GeekyTurnOn Doing the robot with Steve Carell.]]
**** Whilst performing erotic dancing in a strip club.
** Gal Gadot (Holbrooke's girlfriend Natanya) in lingerie.
* FauxFluency: Holbrooke's few painful words of Hebrew make it clear that there's no way Mark Wahlberg could have actually understood his character's Israeli girlfriend.
* FunnyForeigner: Holbrooke's Israeli girlfriend, who asks if Claire and Phil want to "making sex" with her and Holbrooke.
* GangstaStyle: See top when Carell freaks out at this.
* HilariousOuttakes: These offer us a look at what happens when Carell and Fey's improvisation goes awry.
* HilarityEnsues
* HypocriticalHumor: Whippit calling Claire a "skank".
* HotMom: Claire Foster.
* InnocentInnuendo: almost all of Claire's dialogue to Holbrooke.
* IronicEcho: after Phil convinces Claire to go through with the stripper act, she repeats his own words to him when [[spoiler:the DA wants them ''[[DepravedBisexual both]]''.]]
** Earlier, Phil and Claire come across a couple who've lost their money and [=IDs=] - then thanks to the crooked cops, the exact same thing happens to them.
** Played for laughs when Phil and Claire's conversation of what their married life has become is echoed by Taste and Whippit... kind of.
* ItGotWorse: After the first 10 minutes, this movie becomes the comedic equivalent of this trope.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Strip club Peppermint Hippo stands in for real-life Spearmint Rhino.
* MacGuffin: The flash drive.
* MexicanStandoff: The climax of the film.
* MiseryLit: Parodied in the book Claire reads in book club about a young girl who gets her first period...in Taliban ruled Afghanistan.
* OneSceneWonder:
** Oh god, that [[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} poor taxi driver...]]
-->'''Taxi Driver:''' WHY AM I GOING BACKWARDS?!
** Plus the Tripplehorns themselves, Taste (James Franco) and Whippit (MilaKunis).
* PlayingAgainstType: Tina Fey can do action comedy! Who knew?
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: See below.
* PrecisionFStrike: "[[spoiler:Will you let us come in... will you let us explain everything... and will you, for the love of god... put on a fucking shirt?!]]"
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The Fosters, in the course of one night, deal massive amounts of property damage to several cars, commit grand theft auto, drive recklessly / assault citizens with a vehicle, are caught on camera breaking and entering, invade a couple's home, illegally access the GPS chip in a cell phone, assault two police officers, and [[OverlyLongGag possibly obstruct justice]]. We never see any sort of comeuppance on their behalf, and it's almost implied that since they helped break the case, they get to walk off scot-free.
** Somewhat justified in that they bring down a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the district attorney. Any subsequent attempt to prosecute them would look like retribution. Though they will end up paying Holbrooke for his Audi (would YOU cross him after what they saw?)
* RunningGag: Everyone acting all offended that the main character's took the Tripplehorns' reservation.
* ScaryBlackMan: one of the corrupted cops after the Fosters, played by Common no less.
* ShoutOut: At the beginning, Phil talks to Brad and they bring up Long Duk Dong from ''SixteenCandles''.
** "At these prices, the crab had better sing and dance and introduce us to TheLittleMermaid."
* SexyShirtSwitch: "Oh look, that's where your shirt went..."
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: the [[spoiler:Audi-with-a-taxi-stuck-to-it]] chase scene ends with a "BLOOOOW MEEEEE!!" [[spoiler:when Phil and the taxi go (literally) screaming into the East River.]]
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The two corrupt cops who are chasing the Fosters.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Seems that all Phil had to do to ensure his plans succeed is to not explain them, either onscreen or to his wife.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: MarkWahlberg's character Holbrooke, much to Claire's delight and Phil's annoyance. Might be an ActorAllusion, as in his rapper days, Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads.
* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] The Fosters just ''took'' someone else's reservation! Just walked up and ''took'' it! [[RunningGag What kind of people do that?]]
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