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* TurnTheOtherCheek: Mr. Bullock -[[spoiler: until he finds out he is broke, and throws Carlo out the window]], something that Godfrey praises him for.
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* TheDitz: Mrs. Bullock is ''so'' dizzy she is unable to correctly recall the man her daughter announced her engagement too mere moments earlier. Irene herself is also a bit empty headed, though she has a much more forceful personality than her vague mother.
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* SpoiledSweet: Irene. While [[TheDith ditzy]], she still is kind to Godfrey, which is why he agrees to go with her for the scavenger hunt, as opposed to her older RichBitch sister.
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* LastMinuteHookup: In fact, last minute marriage.
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* RejectionAffection: Irene [[LoveMakesYouDumb can't stop hitting on]] Godfrey while he is constantly rejecting her advances.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Irene exercises this trope, especially with the rather silly engagement ploy.
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* ChickMagnet: Without really trying, {{adorkable}} Godfrey gets both Bullock daughters and the maid to fall in love with him.
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* CluelessChickMagnet: Without really trying or having much awareness of it, {{adorkable}} Godfrey gets both Bullock daughters and the maid to fall in love with him.
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* {{Yandere}}: Irene, all the way.
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* ChickMagnet: Without really trying, {{adorkable}} Godfrey gets both Bullock daughters and the maid to fall in love with him.
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* AnAesop: [[HiddenDepths Don't judge a book by its cover.cover]].
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* TheTramp: Godfrey. He started out rich, goes on to be a tramp, makes the money back and uses it to help the other tramps.
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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: Irene, all the wayway.
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* {{Fainting}}: Irene fakes her fainting to make Godfrey stay.
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* {{Fainting}}: Invoked by Irene fakes her fainting to make Godfrey stay.
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* MadLove: Godfrey's and This sums up Irene's relationship summed up.to Godfrey.
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''My Man Godfrey'' is a classic 1936 screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The time is TheGreatDepression, and a number of men down on their luck are living in the city dump. By chance, a party of rich people, including Irene Bullock, show up to claim one of the "forgotten men" to win a scavenger hunt. She chooses Godfrey and wins the hunt, and afterward offers him a job as the family butler. HilarityEnsues as he is confronted with a mad household of spoiled [[RichBitch brats]] and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s. While Irene falls madly in love with Godfrey, the feeling is not mutual (at first).
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''My Man Godfrey'' is a classic 1936 screwball comedy ScrewballComedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The time is TheGreatDepression, and a number of men down on their luck are living in the city dump. By chance, a party of rich people, including Irene Bullock, show up to claim one of the "forgotten men" to win a scavenger hunt. She chooses Godfrey and wins the hunt, and afterward offers him a job as the family butler. HilarityEnsues as he is confronted with a mad household of spoiled [[RichBitch brats]] and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s. While Irene falls madly in love with Godfrey, the feeling is not mutual (at first).
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* DeadpanSnarker: Any of the help who survives more than a day in the Bullock house. Molly, the maid, is very deadpan; Godfrey is sharper-tongued, but blunted by the adoring straight woman that is Irene.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Any of the help who survives more than a day in the Bullock house. Molly, the maid, is very deadpan; Mr. Bullock. For Molly and Godfrey is sharper-tongued, but blunted by the adoring straight woman that is Irene.see ServileSnarker.
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* SexySoakedShirt: Godfrey figures out that Irene is faking a fainting spell, so he puts her in a shower and turns the water on. The results are pretty fanservice-y. This also causes Irene to realize that Godfrey loves her.
* SexySoakedShirt: Godfrey figures out that Irene is faking a fainting spell, so he puts her in a shower and turns the water on. The results are pretty fanservice-y. This also causes Irene to realize that Godfrey loves her.
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* ServileSnarker: the The maid Molly, Molly is very deadpan, especially to the cops.
cops. Godfrey is sharper-tongued, but blunted by the adoring straight woman that is Irene.
* SexySoakedShirt: Godfrey figures out that Irene is faking a fainting spell, so he puts her in a shower and [[WaterWakeup turns the wateron.on]]. The results are pretty fanservice-y. This also causes Irene to realize that Godfrey loves her.
* SexySoakedShirt: Godfrey figures out that Irene is faking a fainting spell, so he puts her in a shower and [[WaterWakeup turns the water
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* AnAesop: Don't judge a book by its cover.
* BrutalHonesty: Godfrey to the RichPeople at the ScavengerHunt.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of the film, Godrey tells a humbled Cornelia that she ought to put her [[EvilVirtues high spirits]] to better use.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of the film, Godrey Godfrey tells a humbled Cornelia that she ought to put her [[EvilVirtues high spirits]] to better use.
* {{Fainting}}: Irene fakes her fainting to make Godfrey stay.
* MadLove: Godfrey's and Irene's relationship summed up.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: The way Godfrey carries fainted Irene up the stairs.
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* SpoiledSweet: Irene. While ditzy, she still is kind to Godfrey, which is why he agrees to go with her for the scavenger hunt, as opposed to her older RichBitch sister.
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* SpoiledSweet: Irene. While ditzy, [[TheDith ditzy]], she still is kind to Godfrey, which is why he agrees to go with her for the scavenger hunt, as opposed to her older RichBitch sister.sister.
* WaterWakeup: Irene gets this treatment by Godfrey.
* Yandere: Irene, all the way
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* WaterWakeup: Irene gets this treatment by Godfrey.
* Yandere: Irene, all the way
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* SexySoakedShirt: Godfrey figures out that Irene is faking a fainting spell, so he puts her in a shower and turns the water on. The results are pretty fanservice-y. This also causes Irene to realize that Godfrey loves her.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of the film, Godrey tells a humbled Cornelia that she ought to put her [[EvilVirtues high spirits]] to a better use.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Godfrey mercilessly dissects Cornelia's character, telling her she is an overindulged Park Avenue brat. She is furious abut also ashamed.
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**Mr. Bullock asks Godfrey if he's noticed anything "queer" about him lately.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Mrs. Bullock notes that Cornelia shattered a bunch of windows downtown because she was "very gay" last night.
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--> '''Irene''': (looks out the window of Godfrey's club) Oh, it's a lovely view - the view of the bridge. Is it always there?
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* SecretlyWealthy: Godfrey Smith (aka Godfrey Park).Park of the Boston Parks).
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Irene is one of the first in film history.
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* ScavengerHunt: This is how the Bullocks first meet Godfrey. (Scavenger hunts first became popular in the 1930s).
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MyManGodfrey is a classic 1936 screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The time is TheGreatDepression, and a number of men down on their luck are living in the city dump. By chance, a party of rich people, including Irene Bullock, show up to claim one of the "forgotten men" to win a scavenger hunt. She chooses Godfrey and wins the hunt, and afterward offers him a job as the family butler. HilarityEnsues as he is confronted with a mad household of spoiled [[RichBitch brats]] and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s. While Irene falls madly in love with Godfrey, the feeling is not mutual (at first).
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* ChickMagnet: Without really trying, Godfrey gets both Bullock daughters and the maid to fall in love with him.
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** "Take a look at the dizzy old gal with the goat." "I've had to look at her for 20 years - that's MRS. Bullock!" "I'm terribly sorry!" "How do you think ''I'' feel?"
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--> "How do you think ''I'' feel?"
* IdleRich: All of the Bullocks except Mr. Bullock. The satirical bite of these Idle Rich going to a dump to find the "forgotten man" was strong in the Great Depression, when there were a lot of forgotten men.
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* [[spoiler:SecretlyWealthy]]: Godfrey Smith (aka Godfrey Park).
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* DeadpanSnarker: Any of the help who survives more than a day in the Bullock house. Molly, the maid.maid, is very deadpan; Godfrey is sharper-tongued, but blunted by the adoring straight woman that is Irene.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Where to begin?
** "Take a look at the dizzy old gal with the goat." "I've had to look at her for 20 years - that's MRS. Bullock!" "I'm terribly sorry!" "How do you think ''I'' feel?"
* DysfunctionalFamily: Where to begin?
** "Take a look at the dizzy old gal with the goat." "I've had to look at her for 20 years - that's MRS. Bullock!" "I'm terribly sorry!" "How do you think ''I'' feel?"
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MyManGodfrey is a classic 1936 screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The time is TheGreatDepression, and a number of men down on their luck are living in the city dump. By chance, a party of rich people, including Irene Bullock, show up to claim one of the "forgotten men" to win a scavenger hunt. She chooses Godfrey and wins the hunt, and afterward offers him a job as the family butler. HilarityEnsues as he is confronted with a mad household of spoiled [[RichBitch brats]] and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s. While Irene falls madly in love with Godfrey, the feeling is not mutual (at first).
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* CloudCuckoolander: Irene and Mrs. Bullock.
* CreditsBrandProducts: The opening credits are on neon signs.
* DeadpanSnarker: Molly, the maid.
* HangoverSensitivity: Mrs. Bullock usually has one in the morning. She sees "pixies".
* HideousHangoverCure: "Pixie Remover," namely tomato juice and Worcestershire sauce.
* HiddenDepths: Godfrey, who is more business savvy than he appears.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During a typical evening at home, Mr. Bullock takes a whole tray of martinis & asks Godfrey to repeat the order in 30 minutes.
* LoopedLyrics: Carlo singing "Ochi Tchorniye," but none of the other lyrics, so it's close to a SingleStanzaSong. Bonus points to Mrs. Bullock for [[CloudCuckoolander not knowing the name of the song]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Irene is one of the first in film history.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. Bullock and Godfrey.
* RichBitch: Cornelia.
* ScrewballComedy
* [[spoiler:SecretlyWealthy]]: Godfrey Smith (aka Godfrey Park).
* ServileSnarker: the maid Molly, especially to the cops.
* SpoiledSweet: Irene. While ditzy, she still is kind to Godfrey, which is why he agrees to go with her for the scavenger hunt, as opposed to her older RichBitch sister.
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MyManGodfrey is a classic 1936 screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The time is TheGreatDepression, and a number of men down on their luck are living in the city dump. By chance, a party of rich people, including Irene Bullock, show up to claim one of the "forgotten men" to win a scavenger hunt. She chooses Godfrey and wins the hunt, and afterward offers him a job as the family butler. HilarityEnsues as he is confronted with a mad household of spoiled [[RichBitch brats]] and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s. While Irene falls madly in love with Godfrey, the feeling is not mutual (at first).
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* CloudCuckoolander: Irene and Mrs. Bullock.
* CreditsBrandProducts: The opening credits are on neon signs.
* DeadpanSnarker: Molly, the maid.
* HangoverSensitivity: Mrs. Bullock usually has one in the morning. She sees "pixies".
* HideousHangoverCure: "Pixie Remover," namely tomato juice and Worcestershire sauce.
* HiddenDepths: Godfrey, who is more business savvy than he appears.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During a typical evening at home, Mr. Bullock takes a whole tray of martinis & asks Godfrey to repeat the order in 30 minutes.
* LoopedLyrics: Carlo singing "Ochi Tchorniye," but none of the other lyrics, so it's close to a SingleStanzaSong. Bonus points to Mrs. Bullock for [[CloudCuckoolander not knowing the name of the song]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Irene is one of the first in film history.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. Bullock and Godfrey.
* RichBitch: Cornelia.
* ScrewballComedy
* [[spoiler:SecretlyWealthy]]: Godfrey Smith (aka Godfrey Park).
* ServileSnarker: the maid Molly, especially to the cops.
* SpoiledSweet: Irene. While ditzy, she still is kind to Godfrey, which is why he agrees to go with her for the scavenger hunt, as opposed to her older RichBitch sister.
