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* CreatorCameo: Creator/JamesMangold plays an unaccredited cameo as the irritated director, Richard, in one of the opening scenes.

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* CreatorCameo: Creator/JamesMangold plays an unaccredited uncredited cameo as the irritated director, Richard, in one of the opening scenes.
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* AnachronismStew: Both ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' and ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' premiered ''years'' after Leopold's time travel, so there is no way for him to be familiar with either.
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* ReCut: The theatrical release cut in the last moment before the premiere a handful of scenes that were restored in the director's cut. Probably the most striking is the short CreatorCameo by James Mangold that was added back and how much longer the opening sequence is in the recut version.

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* BadassLongcoat : Leopold. Whether in his Victorian clothes or modern clothes, he wears a very cool looking, quite long coat.

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* BadassLongcoat : BadassLongcoat: Leopold. Whether in his Victorian clothes or modern clothes, he wears a very cool looking, quite long coat.



* DatePeepers: Going home from their own party, Charlie and Leopold decide to check out on Kate's date with J.J. - and it turns ugly very fast, culminating with Leopold calling J.J. out on taking advantage of Kate as her boss.



* FlowerMotifs: The Victorian practice of floriography is well known to Leopold and addressed directly when he helps Charlie pick out a bouquet for his upcoming date.

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* FlowerMotifs: The Victorian practice of floriography is well known to Leopold and addressed directly when he helps Charlie [[FlowersOfRomance pick out a bouquet for his upcoming date.date]].



* HorsebackHeroism : Leo rides down a purse snatcher through Central Park on the back of a horse that he borrowed from a carriage ride.

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* HorsebackHeroism : HorsebackHeroism: Leo rides down a purse snatcher through Central Park on the back of a horse that he borrowed from a carriage ride.


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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Downplayed. Charlie is clearly against J.J., but more on a playful mischief level than anything else. Also, his beef is with Kate's boss specifically, rather than any other men - he [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike didn't mind Stuart]] and he has [[PrinceCharming nothing against Leopold]], either.


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* RomanticWingman: Leopold and Charlie quickly befriend. During one of their escapades Leopold helps to first salvage a BadDate Patrice, Charlie's fling, was obviously suffering from, and then tutors Charlie how to behave, clear his act and even what flowers should he pick.


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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Leopold openly accuses J.J. of taking advantage of Kate as her boss and while they aren't sleeping with each other ''yet'', it was clearly heading in that direction.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Kate is viciously bitter and cynical, often lashing out at people at the faintest of prompts, but she's just incredibly lonely and after an entire string of failed relationships and being looked down at work, too.


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* TropeBreaker: Stuart has a film with photos that can prove he's saying the truth, it just has to be developed first. Just a few years after the premiere, the plot point would be completely obsolete with the advent of digital photography.
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* MrFanservice: Leopold. Being portrayed by Creator/HughJackman will do that to you. This is even invoked in-universe, as his presence alone are enough to draw interest from the test audience of the commercial Kate is working.

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* MrFanservice: Leopold. Being portrayed by Creator/HughJackman will do that to you. This is even invoked in-universe, as his presence alone are is enough to draw interest from the test audience of the commercial Kate is working.
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* GentlemanAndAScholar: Leopold admires men of accomplishment and is working on inventing the elevator.

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* GentlemanAndAScholar: Leopold is a nobleman who admires men of accomplishment and is working on inventing the elevator.



* MrFanservice: Leopold. Being portrayed by Creator/HughJackman will do that to you

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* MrFanservice: Leopold. Being portrayed by Creator/HughJackman will do that to youyou. This is even invoked in-universe, as his presence alone are enough to draw interest from the test audience of the commercial Kate is working.



* PrinceCharming: Leopold writes the best apology letter in the history of mankind.

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* PrinceCharming: Leopold Leopold, 3rd Duke of Albany, writes the best apology letter in the history of mankind.
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* BookEnds: The story opens and ends during a dance party - [[spoiler: the exact same party]].


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* CreatorCameo: Creator/JamesMangold plays an unaccredited cameo as the irritated director, Richard, in one of the opening scenes.


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* EarlyBirdCameo: Blink and you will miss it, but [[spoiler: during the opening chase after Stuart, he bumps into Kate]].


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* FreezeFrameBonus: Stuart flips through his notes to find a small snippet on Leopold, taken from some pop-science article, with a pretty long bio on him... that's displayed for a grand total of one second. In the theatrical run, it was impossible to read beyond the headline of the article.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
-->'''Film director:''' [played by [[CreatorCameo the director of this movie]]] Excuse me. You've never made a mistake in your life? You have no flaws? You've never slept with the wrong guy?
-->'''Kate:''' I'm not the protagonist in a major motion picture.
** And then Kate has a discussion with her assistant, about test audiences, crass, over-calculated movies, typecasting and appealing to the lowest common denominator. As played by by Creator/MegRyan, who at this point was famously fed up with being typecasted into the exact same role over and over again.


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* WriterOnBoard: Both James Mangold and Meg Ryan loath the test-audience screenings. The film mocks and criticises the concept relentlessly, but those scenes don't really serve any point for the story, as everything ''else'' already established Kate as deeply cynical.

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* IAmOneOfThoseToo: Kate's boss is trying to impress her with tales of a centuries-old manor in England. Too bad Leopold is from that county and knows no such manor exists.

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* IAmOneOfThoseToo: Kate's boss is trying JJ tries to impress her with tales of a centuries-old manor in England. Too bad Leopold is from that county and knows no such manor exists. JJ also tries faking familiarity with ''Theatre/LaBoheme'', claiming that it taught him French; Leopold tries speaking French with him and watches him fail to respond, then embarrasses him again by pointing out that ''La Boheme'' isn't in French. (Leopold admits that his own French isn't good, but it's good enough to spot a phony.)
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-->'''Leopold:''' No, no, this will not do.
-->'''Charlie:''' Wha... Why? What is wrong with this one?
-->'''Leopold:''' The orange lily implies extreme hatred. The begonia and lavender danger and suspicion, respectively. Every flower has a meaning, Charles. Might I suggest the amaryllis, which declares the recipient a most splendid beauty. Or the cabbage rose.

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-->'''Leopold:''' No, no, this will not do.
-->'''Charlie:'''
do.\\
'''Charlie:'''
Wha... Why? What is wrong with this one?
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one?\\
'''Leopold:'''
The orange lily implies extreme hatred. The begonia and lavender danger and suspicion, respectively. Every flower has a meaning, Charles. Might I suggest the amaryllis, which declares the recipient a most splendid beauty. Or the cabbage rose.



-->'''Leopold:''' I warn you scoundrel, I was trained at the King's Academy and schooled in weaponry by the palace guard. You stand no chance. [[BadassBoast Where you run, I shall ride, when you stop, the steel of this strap shall be lodged in your brain.]] \\

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-->'''Leopold:''' --->'''Leopold:''' I warn you scoundrel, I was trained at the King's Academy and schooled in weaponry by the palace guard. You stand no chance. [[BadassBoast Where you run, I shall ride, when you stop, the steel of this strap shall be lodged in your brain.]] \\

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