History Film / FunWithDickAndJane

* TheShowMustGoOn: According to the DVD commentary, Tea Leoni dislocated her shoulder while sliding on the coffeeshop counter. You'll notice that she struggles to hold the things they steal.

* OhCrap: Jack's reaction as he reads of his "charity" fund during a news conference, coming to the realization his ill-gotten money has been given away.

* SadTimesMontage: A montage featuring the Harpers CuttingCorners is accompanied by Music/JohnnyCash's "Why Me (Lord)".

* TheShowMustGoOn: According to the DVD commentary, Tea Leoni dislocated her shoulder while sliding on the coffeeshop counter. You'll notice that she struggles to hold the things they steal.

* AllForNothing: When Dick goes to a job interview, he gets into a fight with his old coworker Oz and other aspiring interviewees, but after arriving, he discovers that there's a long line of other interviewees stretching outside. And when a manager asks him to come with him, it isn't to be interviewed, but to be mocked over his awkward TV appearance when Globadyne was imploding.

* {{Bookends}}: The plot of the film kicks off with an unwitting Dick being made a patsy and thrown into a interview to explain Globodyne's collapse after Jack, the CEO, sold off most of the company's shares. The film ends with an [[ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine unsuspecting Jack being thrusted into an interview]] about how he donated the entirely of his fortune (that, in reality, Dick and Jane stole from him) into a pension relief fund to give back to the employees of Globodyne.

* AntiHero: Type III

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* BookEnds: The plot of the film kicks off with an unwitting Dick being made a patsy and thrown into a interview to explain Globodyne's collapse after Jack, the CEO, sold off most of the company's shares. The film ends with an [[ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine unsuspecting Jack being thrusted into an interview]] about how he donated the entirely of his fortune (that, in reality, Dick and Jane stole from him) into a pension relief fund to give back to the employees of Globodyne.

* PrecisionFStrike: Jane calls Jack [=Mc=]Callister a FUCKER for stealing all their money.

* TheDanza: Jane Fonda as Jane.

* MoneyToThrowAway: After robbing the aforementioned televangelist, Dick and Jane find they can't ditch the cops following them, so they throw part of the money out the window. Every other car behind them, including the cop cars, stops and blocks the road as the drivers make a grab for the money.
* OppressiveImmigrationEnforcement: The remake has Dick Harper (played by Creator/JimCarrey, who could not be more Caucasian) arrested by Immigration alongside a number of labor workers, mistaken for Mexican because he has a mild tan from being on the street all day and mumbles because of an injured jaw (and his son said "[[GratuitousSpanish Hola]]" to answer the phone when Dick used his OnePhoneCall to call his house -- the Immigration agents immediately hung up the phone after that and dragged him away) and sent to Mexico within a few hours, forcing Dick to cross the border (and nearly get shot) to return home. They showcase even more incompetence when they ignore an actual illegal immigrant because he had Dick's wallet and ID (that he stole), even when he looks absolutely nothing like Dick's photo.
* OutlawCouple: The two sum up to this, though neither fulfills a "brawn" role.

* BookEnds: The plot of the film kicks off with an unwitting Dick being made a patsy and thrown into a interview to explain Globodyne's collapse after Jack, the CEO, sold off most of the company's shares. The film ends with an [[ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine unsuspecting Jack being thrusted into an interview]] about how he donated the entirely of his fortune (that, in reality, Dick and Jane stole from him) was donated into a pension relief fund to give back to the employees of Globodyne.

* NothingPersonal: After Dick and Oz have done everything they can to impede the other from reaching Pyramid Tech to get the job interview first (from [[GroinAttack nutshots]], [[ThrowABarrelAtIt throwing a trolleys worth of water cooler bottles down the stairwell]] and [[RescueEquipmentAttack spraying with the fire extinguisher]]), when they see the huge line of hopefuls the resigned pair decide to go and [[INeedAFreakingDrink get drinks together]].

* JustJokingJustification: One of Dick's earlier, unsuccessful, attempts at thievery involves holding up someone at the ATM with a (fake) gun. Turns out the guy was another coworker from Globodyne and immediately recognizes Dick. He manages to get out of it by playing the whole thing off as a prank.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Jack caps off his BreakingSpeech at Dick in the final heist by making a check for the amount of two dollars and handing it to Dick, saying "this is exactly how much I think you're worth" and then walking away. The Harpers (who were already looking for him to sign some papers so they could take all of the money in his bank account) then copy the check's signature to do it themselves.

* ContrivedCoincidence: When Dick is mistaken for a Latino (due to a heavy suntan and a bruised jaw giving him a weird sounding accent) he claims he can prove he isn't to the immigration agent and tries to call home (due to his wallet having been stolen by another Latino). Unfortunately, his son, who was being taught Spanish by their housekeeper, answers "Hola" into the phone, which is all the agents need to report him.

In this version, set in 2000 at the height of web-based businesses, Dick is an employee of one such called Globodyne while his wife works at a travel agency. They live moderately well with their son and a Hispanic housemaid. One day Dick gets promoted to head of VP communications of the company. He tells Jane about it along with making the suggestion to quit her job with their supposed increase in money. However, the next day as Dick does an interview on a stock-based TV show, he realizes he's been made the scapegoat for the financial failings of the company which he, of course, didn't know about. Globodyne goes under in less than a day and the employees were laid off including Dick. What's more, Jane took his advice and quit meaning both are now jobless. With the recession of companies going under, Dick can't get another job similar to his old one, and Jane and he are forced into trying minimum wage work.

After one misadventure after another and having to either trade or give away most of their luxuries. Dick, fed up, "steals" back their lawn (as before he was laid off was getting new grass for his house), giving him a small victory in his struggle. But it doesn't last as he soon gets an eviction notice. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Dick set out to gain money, illegally. After inadvertently getting Jane caught up in the theft, the two realize they like the rush and thus their crime spree begins.

* TheAtoner: Frank Bascombe, the former CFO of Globaldyne, is guilt-ridden about his part in helping Jack [=McCallister=] in ripping off the company and ruining all the company's workers into poverty and is found [[DrowningMySorrows trying to drink himself to death]]. However, Dick and Jane convince him to help them get revenge on Jack and help steal all their and the other Globaldyne workers' money back.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: More justified here as Dick, Jane and many of the Globodyne employees put their shares in the company. Thanks to the CEO's actions and the recessions of jobs, most of his employees were forced into crime just to survive.

* ContrivedCoincidence: When Dick is mistaken for a Latino (due to a heavy suntan and a bruised jaw giving him a weird sounding accent) he claims he can prove he isn't to the police and tries to call home. Unfortunately, his son, who was being taught Spanish by their housekeeper, answers "Hola" into the phone.

* IMeantToDoThat: A variant. Dick and Jane try to hide how poor they are, but even their lawn plants are rented, and the company that rented them out comes to claim them after the check bounces. Jane sees the neighbor watching, so she starts ''ordering'' them to remove the plants, claiming they put in the wrong ones and she wants them gone and her money back.

** A tech company CEO pretends to call Dick in for a job interview, even letting him to bypass a long line of people queueing up for it. It turns out that he's just there so that the guy and the other higher-ups in the company can mock him and take more pictures of him for the 'net. Turns into a TheDogBitesBack moment when during their crime spree, Dick and Jane rob the guy blind, getting him fired in the process.

** Jack not only tosses his entire company under the bus in order to become richer, when Dick and Jane confront him in the climactic heist, Jack coldly tells Dick (who is ''pointing a gun at him'', mind) that he thinks he sucks and that he thinks so little of him that he will oblige Dick's request to make a check for him and makes it for the amount of two dollars, saying "this is exactly how much I think you're worth" before walking away.

''Fun with Dick and Jane'' is 1977 satirical comedy film directed by Creator/TedKotcheff, starring Creator/GeorgeSegal and Creator/JaneFonda as the title characters.

Until Jane sees a loan office robbed, and realizes just how easy crime can be....

In this version, set in 2000 at the height of web-based businesses, Dick is an employee of one such called Globodyne while his wife works at a travel agency. They live moderately well with their son and a Hispanic housemaid. One day Dick gets promoted to head of VP communications of the company. He tells Jane about it along with making the suggestion to quit her job with their supposed increase of money. However the next day as Dick does a interview on a stock based TV show, he realizes he's been made the scapegoat for the financial failings of the company which he of course didn't know about. Globodyne goes under in less then a day and the employees laid off including Dick. What's more Jane took his advice and quit meaning both are now jobless. With the recession of companies going under, Dick can't get another job similar to his old one and Jane and he are forced into trying minimum wage work.

Related InNameOnly to the ''Literature/DickAndJane'' beginning reader books.

* RealityEnsues:

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The movie was inspired by the 2002 Enron scandal, with Enron's executives sarcastically getting "thanked" in the closing credits.
* SarcasticConfession: When Dick is asked where he's getting all his money.