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* FailedASpotCheck: For all the effort the firm went through to lock out their fired employees such as turning off their phones and suspending their computer accounts while they were signing their severances, the guard escorting Eric out of the building nearly let him walk out the door with the thumb drive that would get the plot into high gear. If Peter hadn't held the elevator, Eric might have just gone home with it.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pretty much everyone. Peter outright says that he gave up a career in the field he studied because they money's better in finance. By the end of the film, Sam is completely burned out and disgusted at what the firm has become but he's compelled to stay because he desperately needs the money.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pretty much everyone. Peter outright says that he gave up a career in the field he studied aerospace engineering because they the money's better in finance. By the end of the film, Sam is completely burned out and disgusted at what the firm has become but he's compelled to stay because he desperately needs the money.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: It's subtle, but Sam and Will change suits before heading up for their meeting with Jared and their appearances become darker and more formal. In addition to needing to look good in front of senior management, the two know that huge, awful changes are coming and lots of cold decisions will need to be made.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: It's subtle, but Sam and Will change suits before heading up for their meeting with Jared and their appearances become darker and more formal. In addition to needing to look good in front of senior management, the two know that huge, awful changes are coming and lots of they'll be involved in cold decisions decision-making that will need to be made.destroy lives.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: It's subtle, but Sam and Will change suits before heading up for their meeting with Jared and their appearances become darker and more formal. In addition to needing to look good in front of senior management, the two know that huge, awful changes are coming and lots of cold decisions will need to be made.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie starts Thursday afternoon and ends Friday at 5 (except for an epilogue which is probably Friday night).
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: ExtremelyShortTimespan:
** The movie starts Thursday afternoon and ends Friday at 5 (except for an epilogue which is probably Friday night).
** The movie starts Thursday afternoon and ends Friday at 5 (except for an epilogue which is probably Friday night).
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* GoodWithNumbers: Most of Eric's post-firing lines revolve around random ad-hoc calculations he's constantly doing in his head, including the number of hours saved by users of his bridge in Ohio/West Virginia, and the amount of money he's making per hour to sit at the firm's headquarters.
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* GoodWithNumbers: GoodWithNumbers:
** Most of Eric's post-firing lines revolve around random ad-hoc calculations he's constantly doing in his head, including the number of hours saved by users of his bridge in Ohio/West Virginia, and the amount of money he's making per hour to sit at the firm's headquarters.
** Most of Eric's post-firing lines revolve around random ad-hoc calculations he's constantly doing in his head, including the number of hours saved by users of his bridge in Ohio/West Virginia, and the amount of money he's making per hour to sit at the firm's headquarters.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Will Emerson is a prick regarding how regular people's attitudes towards money are a massive contributor to the impending financial meltdown, yet he genuinely cares about his co-workers (especially Sam and Eric) and wants them to make the best of the situation they can get.
** After taxes and his mortgage, his next listed expense is sending money home to support his parents, to the tune of $150,000 per year (12% of his take-home pay).
* JerkassHasAPoint: Cohen and Tuld's instinct to unload everything is fundamentally correct. Cohen might just be in over his head and scared but Tuld explains to Rogers in detail that he understands how damaging it will be for the firm -- but that if the firm does nothing it will ''no longer exist,'' as he fully expects several others will not. In that case, reputation would not exactly be worth much.
** Tuld, as the firm's CEO, also has ultimate responsibility to the shareholders of ''his'' firm, not any of their competitors. See NoCelebritiesWereHarmed on him being more John Thain than Dick Fuld, and the SpiritualSuccessor ''Film/TooBigToFail'' where John Thain defects from a US government/Wall Street huddle during "Lehman Weekend" to ensure the survival of ''his'' firm and shareholders via merger.
** After taxes and his mortgage, his next listed expense is sending money home to support his parents, to the tune of $150,000 per year (12% of his take-home pay).
* JerkassHasAPoint: Cohen and Tuld's instinct to unload everything is fundamentally correct. Cohen might just be in over his head and scared but Tuld explains to Rogers in detail that he understands how damaging it will be for the firm -- but that if the firm does nothing it will ''no longer exist,'' as he fully expects several others will not. In that case, reputation would not exactly be worth much.
** Tuld, as the firm's CEO, also has ultimate responsibility to the shareholders of ''his'' firm, not any of their competitors. See NoCelebritiesWereHarmed on him being more John Thain than Dick Fuld, and the SpiritualSuccessor ''Film/TooBigToFail'' where John Thain defects from a US government/Wall Street huddle during "Lehman Weekend" to ensure the survival of ''his'' firm and shareholders via merger.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Will Emerson is a prick regarding how regular people's attitudes towards money are a massive contributor to the impending financial meltdown, yet he genuinely cares about his co-workers (especially Sam and Eric) and wants them to make the best of the situation they can get. After taxes and his mortgage, his next listed expense is sending money home to support his parents, to the tune of $150,000 per year (12% of his take-home pay).
* JerkassHasAPoint:
**After taxes and his mortgage, his next listed expense is sending money home to support his parents, to the tune of $150,000 per year (12% of his take-home pay).
* JerkassHasAPoint:Cohen and Tuld's instinct to unload everything is fundamentally correct. Cohen might just be in over his head and scared but Tuld explains to Rogers in detail that he understands how damaging it will be for the firm -- but that if the firm does nothing it will ''no longer exist,'' as he fully expects several others will not. In that case, reputation would not exactly be worth much.
**much. Tuld, as the firm's CEO, also has ultimate responsibility to the shareholders of ''his'' firm, not any of their competitors. See NoCelebritiesWereHarmed on him being more John Thain than Dick Fuld, and the SpiritualSuccessor ''Film/TooBigToFail'' where John Thain defects from a US government/Wall Street huddle during "Lehman Weekend" to ensure the survival of ''his'' firm and shareholders via merger.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Peter Sullivan has worked in finance for a short time and he is amazed to hear how much the top management make.
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** Peter Sullivan has worked in finance for a short time and he is amazed to hear how much the top management make.
** Peter Sullivan has worked in finance for a short time and he is amazed to hear how much the top management make.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The name of John Tuld, the fictional bank's president, sounds a lot like Dick Fuld, the real-life president of Lehman Brothers, which went through an experience similar to the one depicted without the happy ending.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** The name of John Tuld, the fictional bank's president, sounds a lot like Dick Fuld, the real-life president of Lehman Brothers, which went through an experience similar to the one depicted without the happy ending.
** The name of John Tuld, the fictional bank's president, sounds a lot like Dick Fuld, the real-life president of Lehman Brothers, which went through an experience similar to the one depicted without the happy ending.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Directly invoked by Sam to the executive committee, knowing full well the traders on the floor are going to be collateral damage in the financial crisis. They're being told to liquidate the bank while selling assets to their business partners which will most assuredly [[ThisIsUnforgivable come back to later bite them in the ass]] when the buyers realize what they're selling them ''is worthless''. So as both compensation and severance, any trader who gets rid of 93% or more toxic assets will receive a bonus of 1.4 million dollars and the same, each, if the entire floor reaches that target. Judging by Cohen's demeanour towards Sam at closing it is likely that the floor succeeded.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Directly invoked by Sam to the executive committee, knowing full well the traders on the floor are going to be collateral damage in the financial crisis. They're being told to liquidate the bank while selling assets to their business partners which will most assuredly [[ThisIsUnforgivable come back to later bite them in the ass]] when the buyers realize what they're selling them ''is worthless''. So as both compensation and severance, any trader who gets rid of 93% or more toxic assets will receive a bonus of 1.4 million dollars and the same, a further 1.3 million, each, if the entire floor reaches that target. Judging by Cohen's demeanour towards Sam at closing it is likely that the floor succeeded.
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* HistoryRepeats: Tuld points out that [[LongList financial crises have been around for as long as finance]]... and that there's always money to be made coming out of them in a speech that essentially puts a sugar-coating on HumansAreBastards.
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* HistoryRepeats: Tuld points out that [[LongList financial crises have been around for as long as finance]]... and that there's always money to be made coming out of them in a speech that essentially puts a sugar-coating on HumansAreBastards. Likely the reason Tuld rebukes Sam's concerns about their reputation repeatedly. He's proven correct.
