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* EverybodyDiesEnding: [[spoiler:All the conspirators, Dave, Jack, Wendy, Sara, and Eric are killed off before the end credits. Dave kills Jack after revealing he actually hates him, Wendy kills Dave because she's secretly lovers with his fiance Sara, Eric is killed by Sara because he outlived his usefulness, and Wendy and Sara are both killed in a random car accident.]]
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All the conspirators, Dave, Jack, Wendy, Sara, and Eric are killed off before the end credits. Dave kills Jack after revealing he actually hates him, Wendy kills Dave because she's secretly lovers with his fiance Sara, Eric is killed by Sara because he outlived his usefulness, and Wendy and Sara are both killed in a random car accident.]]
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* MeanBoss: David's boss, Bill Gartin, is a jerkass who is salivating at a chance to fire Dave while playing favorites with his son-in-law. He spends the entire interview insulting David and dares him to file a lawsuit, gloating that he's got better lawyers.

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* MeanBoss: David's boss, Bill Gartin, is a jerkass who is salivating at a chance to fire Dave while playing favorites with his son-in-law. He spends the entire interview performance review insulting David and dares him to file a lawsuit, gloating that he's got better lawyers.
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* MeanBoss: David's boss, Bill Gartin, is a jerkass who is salivating at a chance to fire Dave while playing favorites with his son-in-law. He spends the entire interview insulting David and dares him to file a lawsuit, gloating that he's got better lawyers.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/WildThings''. Once again, Matt Dillon plays a regular guy who is fired from his job over some reputed indiscretion, before it turns out to be an elaborate gambit orchestrated by multiple characters to steal millions of dollars and then turn on each other.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/WildThings''. Once again, Matt Dillon plays a regular guy who is fired from his job over some reputed indiscretion, before it turns out to be an elaborate gambit orchestrated by multiple characters to steal millions of dollars and who then turn on each other.
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Dave Walsh (Creator/MattDillon) has a bright future ahead of him when he unexpectedly gets fired from his job at a bank, his financee dumps him, and his car gets stolen. Fed up with the world, he starts plotting revenge together with his best friend Jack.

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Dave Walsh (Creator/MattDillon) has a bright future ahead of him when he unexpectedly gets fired from his job at a bank, his financee dumps him, and his car gets stolen. Fed up with the world, he starts plotting revenge together with the help of his best friend Jack.
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* EmployeeOfTheMonth: Dave works at a small bank. A minor plot point is that the boss's son-in-law Kyle has held the Employee of the Month title for several years in a row. When Dave accuses him of nepotism, his boss flatly denies this, [[BlatantLies despite calling Kyle an idiot in the same sentence]]. After being fired from his job (based on a review authored by Kyle), Dave goes out of his way to be the ''worst'' employee of the month by GoingPostal on his last day.
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* GoingPostal: After losing everything in barely a day, Dave goes back to the bank and holds his {{Jerkass}} boss hostage on the same day that a BankRobbery takes place. [[spoiler:Turns out the robbery is actually part of Dave's plan.]]

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* GoingPostal: After losing everything in barely a day, Dave goes back to the bank he used to work at and holds his {{Jerkass}} boss hostage on the same day that when a BankRobbery takes place.interrupts him. [[spoiler:Turns out the robbery is actually part of Dave's plan.]]
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''Employee of the Month'' is a 2004 BlackComedy film.

Dave Walsh (Creator/MattDillon) has a bright future ahead of him when he unexpectedly gets fired from his job at a bank, his financee dumps him, and his car gets stolen. Fed up with the world, he starts plotting revenge together with his best friend Jack.

No relation to the [[Film/EmployeeOfTheMonth2006 2006 comedy]] with Dane Cook.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* ExcrementStatement: Dave barges into his boss's office and pisses on his father's portrait to show his displeasure over being fired the previous day.
* GoingPostal: After losing everything in barely a day, Dave goes back to the bank and holds his {{Jerkass}} boss hostage on the same day that a BankRobbery takes place. [[spoiler:Turns out the robbery is actually part of Dave's plan.]]
* HiddenDisdainReveal: [[spoiler:Dave murders his "best friend", Jack, revealing that he's secretly despised him ever since the childhood accident that left Dave with burn scars on his right side.]]
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All the conspirators, Dave, Jack, Wendy, Sara, and Eric are killed off before the end credits. Dave kills Jack after revealing he actually hates him, Wendy kills Dave because she's secretly lovers with his fiance Sara, Eric is killed by Sara because he outlived his usefulness, and Wendy and Sara are both killed in a random car accident.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/WildThings''. Once again, Matt Dillon plays a regular guy who is fired from his job over some reputed indiscretion, before it turns out to be an elaborate gambit orchestrated by multiple characters to steal millions of dollars and then turn on each other.
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