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* ShoppingMontage: Joe's spending spree in Manhattan, with plenty of ProductPlacement for stores like Hammacher Schlemmer. A rare male example.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Waponis are known for their love of orange soda. (And use the cans to decorate their clothing like ornaments.)
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Waponis are known for their love of orange soda. (And use the cans to decorate their clothing like ornaments.)
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* AlmightyJanitor: More like "wise" than "almighty". The chauffer that Joe hires gives him some pretty good advice and sets him on the right track.
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* WeirdMoon: A giant moon silouhettes Joe as he's floating around on his luggage raft. Justified, as Joe is hallucinating from the effects of exposure and dehydration.
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* [[{{Motif}} Arc Motif]]: The mysterious giant zig-zag symbol. It pops up [[http://www.glogster.com/media/5/27/46/47/27464788.jpg throughout the film]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The luggage. Let's just say it's a good that that it's [[spoiler:watertight.]]
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A 1990 RomanticComedy staring TomHanks Creator/TomHanks and MegRyan Creator/MegRyan (the first of three films they've done together). Hanks plays Joe Banks, a miserable {{everyman}} in a dead-end job with a BadBoss. To make matters worse, Joe is diagnosed with a mysterious "brain cloud" that will kill him in six months. Enter an EccentricMillionaire, who is trying to acquire the rights to a [[MacGuffin rare mineral]] on a South Pacific island. The natives will only give him the mineral rights if he finds a hero to AppeaseTheVolcanoGod for them. The millionaire hires Joe, who agrees to jump into the volcano at the end of a month of living it up on an all-expense-paid voyage. HilarityEnsues.
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* {{Anticlimax}}: At Joe's work, there is a large pipe with a massive wheel that has a sign that says "Do Not Close Valve" Joe decides to turn it after he finds out he's dying. [[spoiler:Nothing happens, much to his disappointment]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Chock full of stars in minor roles, including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Abe Vigoda, Dan "[[{{Cheers}} Nick Tortelli]]" Hedaya, Amanda Plummer (using a strange accent), and Ossie Davis. For the ''real'' cameos, you have Carol Kane as a hairdresser (credited as "Lisa [=LaFleur=]") and Nathan Lane as a Waponi.
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-->[[spoiler: Joe: I have... a brain cloud. ''(dramatic musical strike)'']]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: A brain cloud... what ''is'' a brain cloud?]]
-->[[spoiler: Joe: Well, it's a ... ''({{beat}})'' ... well, maybe I should have gotten a second opinion.]]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: You mean you were diagnosed with something called a brain cloud and didn't ask for a ''second opinion''?! What are you, a hypochondriac or something?]]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: A brain cloud... what ''is'' a brain cloud?]]
-->[[spoiler: Joe: Well, it's a ... ''({{beat}})'' ... well, maybe I should have gotten a second opinion.]]
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-->[[spoiler:Patricia: '''Patricia:''' A brain cloud... what ''is'' a brain cloud?]]
-->[[spoiler:Joe: '''Joe:''' Well, it's a ... ''({{beat}})'' ... well, maybe I should have gotten a second opinion.]]
-->[[spoiler:Patricia: '''Patricia:''' You mean you were diagnosed with something called a brain cloud and didn't ask for a ''second opinion''?! What are you, a hypochondriac or something?]]
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* FridgeLogic:[[invoked]] A rare In Universe example, invoked by Patricia at the end of the film. It also qualifies as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
-->[[spoiler: Joe: I have... a brain cloud. ''(dramatic musical strike)'']]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: A brain cloud... what ''is'' a brain cloud?]]
-->[[spoiler: Joe: Well, it's a ... ''({{beat}})'' ... well, maybe I should have gotten a second opinion.]]
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-->[[spoiler: Joe: I have... a brain cloud. ''(dramatic musical strike)'']]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: A brain cloud... what ''is'' a brain cloud?]]
-->[[spoiler: Joe: Well, it's a ... ''({{beat}})'' ... well, maybe I should have gotten a second opinion.]]
-->[[spoiler: Patricia: You mean you were diagnosed with something called a brain cloud and didn't ask for a ''second opinion''?! What are you, a hypochondriac or something?]]
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* ImportantHaircut: Joe gets one. Lampshaded by Cassie and Marshall: "You're coming into focus, kid."
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* Also Graynamore. And the limo driver. Really no one but Joe and Patricia appear in more than one or two scenes, but several of them make quite an impact.
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* OneSceneWonder: The luggage salesman, who just '''''loves''''' luggage. It's a ''way of life''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuhmY3tQ1A&feature=related See for yourself]].
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* NoOSHACompliance: Joe's workplace, which looks like something out of the game ''{{Fallout}}'' and is entirely lit with flickering fluorescent bulbs. He enters it to the tune of "16 Tons", a coal-miner's union song.
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A 1990 RomanticComedy staring TomHanks and MegRyan (the first of three films they've done together). Hanks plays Joe Banks, a miserable {{everyman}} in a dead-end job with a BadBoss. To make matters worse, Joe is diagnosed with a mysterious "brain cloud" that will kill him in six months. Enter an EccentricMillionaire, who is trying to acquire the rights to a [[MacGuffin rare mineral]] on a South Pacific island. The natives will only give him the mineral rights if he finds a hero to AppeaseTheVolcanoGod for them. The millionaire hires Joe, who agrees to jump into the volcano at the end of a month of living it up on an all-expense-paid voyage. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* {{Anticlimax}}: At Joe's work, there is a large pipe with a massive wheel that has a sign that says "Do Not Close Valve" Joe decides to turn it after he finds out he's dying. [[spoiler:Nothing happens, much to his disappointment]].
* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: [[spoiler: The volcano god rejects Joe and Patricia and sinks the island]].
* [[{{Motif}} Arc Motif]]: The mysterious giant zig-zag symbol. It pops up [[http://www.glogster.com/media/5/27/46/47/27464788.jpg throughout the film]].
** For instance, on the giant logo of the SteamAndFlameFactory, on the sidewalk outside, on the trail up the side of the volcano, on the lightning that destroys the boat... Is it a volcano or a lightning bolt?
*** It's quite explicit in the film. It's the "crooked road" that Joe's been walking all his life.
* ArcWords: Losing your soul.
* AuthorAppeal: Watch ''{{Moonstruck}}'' and this film and note the similarities.
* BadBoss: Mr. Waturi.
-->"Do you think I feel good? Nobody feels good. After childhood, it's a fact of life. I feel rotten. So what?"
* BrainFever: Joe's terminal "brain cloud".
* BrokenRecord:
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? Harry. Yeah, Harry. But can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you' Harry! Harry, Harry. Yeah, Harry, but can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. Harry, I am not arguing that with you! Who said that? I didn't say that. If I said that, I would have been wrong. Maybe. Maybe. I'm not arguing that with you! Yeah, Harry, I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! Who told you that? No! I told you that! Me! What? Maybe. Maybe, maybe. Maybe!
* CharacterTitle
* ChekhovsVolcano
* ComplainingAboutComplaining: See Broken Record.
* ConvenientTerminalIllness: Joe's poor prognosis drives the entire plot.
* CrapsackWorld: Joe's workplace, which we get a tour of to the tune of the mining song "16 Tons".
* DreamSequence: More of a sun-induced [[FeverDreamEpisode fever dream]], but still...
* EccentricMillionaire: Graynamore, [[spoiler: who's not as kind as he seems, making a perfectly healthy man commit suicide by making him think he has a fatal disease]].
* EpiphanicPrison: Joe.
-->'''Patricia''': My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant ''total amazement''.
* {{Everyman}}: Literally, a guy named Joe.
* FamousLastWords:
-->'''Joe''': I want you to listen, Patricia, because these are my last words: I gotta be brave. I gotta jump in.
** [[spoiler: Patricia says she has last words too when she decides to jump with him, but she can't think of anything to say]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Joe packs three books when he leaves his job: ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
** Joe's Hula girl lamp as well.
* HappilyEverAfter: Played straight.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Chock full of stars in minor roles, including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Abe Vigoda, Dan "[[{{Cheers}} Nick Tortelli]]" Hedaya, Amanda Plummer (using a strange accent), and Ossie Davis. For the ''real'' cameos, you have Carol Kane as a hairdresser (credited as "Lisa [=LaFleur=]") and Nathan Lane as a Waponi.
* InducedHypochondria
* InferredHolocaust: Lampshaded.
* LikeYouWereDying
* {{MacGuffin}}: The rare mineral Boobaroo.
* NauticalKnockout: This happens to Patricia during a storm, knocking her out. Joe jumps in to save her, hero that he is.
* NoEnding: {{Lampshaded}} by Joe that he and Patricia are in the middle of nowhere. Patricia [[HandWave Hand Waves]] this and just smiles, "It's always gonna be something with you, isn't it?"
* NoOSHACompliance: Joe's workplace, which looks like something out of the game ''{{Fallout}}'' and is entirely lit with flickering fluorescent bulbs. He enters it to the tune of "16 Tons", a coal-miner's union song.
* OneSceneWonder: The luggage salesman, who just '''''loves''''' luggage. It's a ''way of life''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuhmY3tQ1A&feature=related See for yourself]].
* Also Graynamore. And the limo driver. Really no one but Joe and Patricia appear in more than one or two scenes, but several of them make quite an impact.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Joe's CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
-->'''Joe''': You look terrible, Mr. Waturi. You look like a bag of shit stuffed in a cheap suit. Not that anyone could look good under these zombie lights. I, I, I, I can feel them sucking the juice out of my eyeball. Suck, suck, suck, SUCK... ''(makes a sucking noise)'' For 300 bucks a week, that's the news. For 300 bucks a week, I've lived in this sink, this used rubber.
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': You watch it, mister! There's a woman here!
-->'''Joe''': Don't you think I know that, Frank? Don't you think I am aware there is a woman here? I can smell her, like, like a flower. I can taste her, like sugar on my tongue. When I'm 20 feet away I can hear the fabric of her dress when she moves in her chair. Not that I've done anything about it. I've gone all day, every day, not doing, not saying, not taking the chance for 300 bucks a week, and Frank, the coffee stinks, it's like arsenic. The lights give me a headache. If the lights don't give you a headache, you must be dead; let's arrange the funeral.
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': You better get outta here right now! I'm telling you!
-->'''Joe''': You're telling me nothing. And why, I ask myself, why have I put up with you? I can't imagine, but now I know. Fear. Yellow freakin' fear. I've been too chicken shit afraid to live my life so I sold it to you for 300 freakin' dollars a week! You're lucky I don't kill you! You're lucky I don't rip your freakin' throat out! But I'm not going to! And maybe you're not so lucky at that. [[FateWorseThanDeath 'Cause I'm gonna leave you here, Mr. Wahoo Waturi, and what could be worse than that?]]
* RomanticComedy
* ShoppingMontage: Joe's spending spree in Manhattan, with plenty of ProductPlacement for stores like Hammacher Schlemmer. A rare male example.
* {{Unobtainium}}: Boobaroo, the rare mineral that is a tremendous superconductor.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Graynamore and his doctor tricked Joe into thinking he was dying to get him to jump in a volcano to win some {{Unobtainium}}]].
* VersusTitle
* WeirdMoon: A giant moon silouhettes Joe as he's floating around on his luggage raft. Justified, as Joe is hallucinating from the effects of exposure and dehydration.
* YouLookFamiliar: Meg Ryan plays three roles. {{Lampshaded}}: "Did I ever tell you that the first time I saw you, I felt I'd seen you before?"
** FridgeBrilliance: Joe mentions how he keeps meeting the same people in his life.
** The filmmakers said this was to symbolize (paraphrased) how the same woman can seem completely and totally different depending on when in your life you meet her. [[spoiler:When Joe meets the first woman played by Meg Ryan, she's someone he's dreamed about but upon actually getting her, finds she's shallow and fearful... like his adult life has been for the last few years. The second woman is flighty and obsessed with the material and ultimately empty... Joe's transition between his old life and new way of living, where he accumulates numerous possessions but is still alone and acutely aware that he is. The third is both outspoken and independent, but still not sure of her lot in life and frustrated with the connections that drag her down... this is how Joe feels as he begins to come to terms with the end of his life but still finds himself clinging to it. It's this woman that Joe spends the most time with and connects with, and so they [[CharacterDevelopment grow together]] into a complete whole.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered
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A 1990 RomanticComedy staring TomHanks and MegRyan (the first of three films they've done together). Hanks plays Joe Banks, a miserable {{everyman}} in a dead-end job with a BadBoss. To make matters worse, Joe is diagnosed with a mysterious "brain cloud" that will kill him in six months. Enter an EccentricMillionaire, who is trying to acquire the rights to a [[MacGuffin rare mineral]] on a South Pacific island. The natives will only give him the mineral rights if he finds a hero to AppeaseTheVolcanoGod for them. The millionaire hires Joe, who agrees to jump into the volcano at the end of a month of living it up on an all-expense-paid voyage. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* {{Anticlimax}}: At Joe's work, there is a large pipe with a massive wheel that has a sign that says "Do Not Close Valve" Joe decides to turn it after he finds out he's dying. [[spoiler:Nothing happens, much to his disappointment]].
* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: [[spoiler: The volcano god rejects Joe and Patricia and sinks the island]].
* [[{{Motif}} Arc Motif]]: The mysterious giant zig-zag symbol. It pops up [[http://www.glogster.com/media/5/27/46/47/27464788.jpg throughout the film]].
** For instance, on the giant logo of the SteamAndFlameFactory, on the sidewalk outside, on the trail up the side of the volcano, on the lightning that destroys the boat... Is it a volcano or a lightning bolt?
*** It's quite explicit in the film. It's the "crooked road" that Joe's been walking all his life.
* ArcWords: Losing your soul.
* AuthorAppeal: Watch ''{{Moonstruck}}'' and this film and note the similarities.
* BadBoss: Mr. Waturi.
-->"Do you think I feel good? Nobody feels good. After childhood, it's a fact of life. I feel rotten. So what?"
* BrainFever: Joe's terminal "brain cloud".
* BrokenRecord:
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? Harry. Yeah, Harry. But can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you. I'm not arguing that with you' Harry! Harry, Harry. Yeah, Harry, but can he do the job? I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you. Harry, I am not arguing that with you! Who said that? I didn't say that. If I said that, I would have been wrong. Maybe. Maybe. I'm not arguing that with you! Yeah, Harry, I know he can get the job. But can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! I am not arguing that with you! Who told you that? No! I told you that! Me! What? Maybe. Maybe, maybe. Maybe!
* CharacterTitle
* ChekhovsVolcano
* ComplainingAboutComplaining: See Broken Record.
* ConvenientTerminalIllness: Joe's poor prognosis drives the entire plot.
* CrapsackWorld: Joe's workplace, which we get a tour of to the tune of the mining song "16 Tons".
* DreamSequence: More of a sun-induced [[FeverDreamEpisode fever dream]], but still...
* EccentricMillionaire: Graynamore, [[spoiler: who's not as kind as he seems, making a perfectly healthy man commit suicide by making him think he has a fatal disease]].
* EpiphanicPrison: Joe.
-->'''Patricia''': My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant ''total amazement''.
* {{Everyman}}: Literally, a guy named Joe.
* FamousLastWords:
-->'''Joe''': I want you to listen, Patricia, because these are my last words: I gotta be brave. I gotta jump in.
** [[spoiler: Patricia says she has last words too when she decides to jump with him, but she can't think of anything to say]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Joe packs three books when he leaves his job: ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
** Joe's Hula girl lamp as well.
* HappilyEverAfter: Played straight.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Chock full of stars in minor roles, including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Abe Vigoda, Dan "[[{{Cheers}} Nick Tortelli]]" Hedaya, Amanda Plummer (using a strange accent), and Ossie Davis. For the ''real'' cameos, you have Carol Kane as a hairdresser (credited as "Lisa [=LaFleur=]") and Nathan Lane as a Waponi.
* InducedHypochondria
* InferredHolocaust: Lampshaded.
* LikeYouWereDying
* {{MacGuffin}}: The rare mineral Boobaroo.
* NauticalKnockout: This happens to Patricia during a storm, knocking her out. Joe jumps in to save her, hero that he is.
* NoEnding: {{Lampshaded}} by Joe that he and Patricia are in the middle of nowhere. Patricia [[HandWave Hand Waves]] this and just smiles, "It's always gonna be something with you, isn't it?"
* NoOSHACompliance: Joe's workplace, which looks like something out of the game ''{{Fallout}}'' and is entirely lit with flickering fluorescent bulbs. He enters it to the tune of "16 Tons", a coal-miner's union song.
* OneSceneWonder: The luggage salesman, who just '''''loves''''' luggage. It's a ''way of life''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuhmY3tQ1A&feature=related See for yourself]].
* Also Graynamore. And the limo driver. Really no one but Joe and Patricia appear in more than one or two scenes, but several of them make quite an impact.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Joe's CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
-->'''Joe''': You look terrible, Mr. Waturi. You look like a bag of shit stuffed in a cheap suit. Not that anyone could look good under these zombie lights. I, I, I, I can feel them sucking the juice out of my eyeball. Suck, suck, suck, SUCK... ''(makes a sucking noise)'' For 300 bucks a week, that's the news. For 300 bucks a week, I've lived in this sink, this used rubber.
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': You watch it, mister! There's a woman here!
-->'''Joe''': Don't you think I know that, Frank? Don't you think I am aware there is a woman here? I can smell her, like, like a flower. I can taste her, like sugar on my tongue. When I'm 20 feet away I can hear the fabric of her dress when she moves in her chair. Not that I've done anything about it. I've gone all day, every day, not doing, not saying, not taking the chance for 300 bucks a week, and Frank, the coffee stinks, it's like arsenic. The lights give me a headache. If the lights don't give you a headache, you must be dead; let's arrange the funeral.
-->'''Mr. Waturi''': You better get outta here right now! I'm telling you!
-->'''Joe''': You're telling me nothing. And why, I ask myself, why have I put up with you? I can't imagine, but now I know. Fear. Yellow freakin' fear. I've been too chicken shit afraid to live my life so I sold it to you for 300 freakin' dollars a week! You're lucky I don't kill you! You're lucky I don't rip your freakin' throat out! But I'm not going to! And maybe you're not so lucky at that. [[FateWorseThanDeath 'Cause I'm gonna leave you here, Mr. Wahoo Waturi, and what could be worse than that?]]
* RomanticComedy
* ShoppingMontage: Joe's spending spree in Manhattan, with plenty of ProductPlacement for stores like Hammacher Schlemmer. A rare male example.
* {{Unobtainium}}: Boobaroo, the rare mineral that is a tremendous superconductor.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Graynamore and his doctor tricked Joe into thinking he was dying to get him to jump in a volcano to win some {{Unobtainium}}]].
* VersusTitle
* WeirdMoon: A giant moon silouhettes Joe as he's floating around on his luggage raft. Justified, as Joe is hallucinating from the effects of exposure and dehydration.
* YouLookFamiliar: Meg Ryan plays three roles. {{Lampshaded}}: "Did I ever tell you that the first time I saw you, I felt I'd seen you before?"
** FridgeBrilliance: Joe mentions how he keeps meeting the same people in his life.
** The filmmakers said this was to symbolize (paraphrased) how the same woman can seem completely and totally different depending on when in your life you meet her. [[spoiler:When Joe meets the first woman played by Meg Ryan, she's someone he's dreamed about but upon actually getting her, finds she's shallow and fearful... like his adult life has been for the last few years. The second woman is flighty and obsessed with the material and ultimately empty... Joe's transition between his old life and new way of living, where he accumulates numerous possessions but is still alone and acutely aware that he is. The third is both outspoken and independent, but still not sure of her lot in life and frustrated with the connections that drag her down... this is how Joe feels as he begins to come to terms with the end of his life but still finds himself clinging to it. It's this woman that Joe spends the most time with and connects with, and so they [[CharacterDevelopment grow together]] into a complete whole.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered
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