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* SeriousBusiness: Repo-ing. Otto and his coworkers go through hell and back and even up against the government in order to repo a car, and by the end when he's flying it through the sky, Miller regards it as simply 'The life of a Repo Man'.
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* BrownNoteBeing: Witnessing the aliens in the trunk can vaporize a person.
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%%* WidgetSeries: Definitely qualifies as a WHAT.
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A 1984 CultClassic sci-fi comedy movie directed by Alex Cox and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez, known for its comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic, memorable dialogue, and well-liked CultSoundtrack consisting entirely of songs from famous PunkRock artists like Music/IggyPop, Music/BlackFlag, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/{{Fear|band}}, and others.
Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
Based on [[strike:a]] some true stories Cox picked up when he worked as a repo man. There aren't many aliens, but there's plenty of shrimp!
Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
Based on [[strike:a]] some true stories Cox picked up when he worked as a repo man. There aren't many aliens, but there's plenty of shrimp!
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A 1984 CultClassic sci-fi comedy {{black comedy}} [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] movie written and directed by Alex Cox and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez, known for its comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic, memorable dialogue, and well-liked CultSoundtrack consisting entirely of songs from famous PunkRock artists like Music/IggyPop, Music/BlackFlag, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/{{Fear|band}}, and others.
Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at aparty party, and finds learns that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He Then he meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The agent, quickly discovering that the life of a Repo Man repo man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and (''and'' the CIA UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}) to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
Based on [[strike:a]] some true stories that Cox picked upwhen he worked while working as a repo man.man in real life. There aren't many aliens, but there's plenty of shrimp!
Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a
Based on [[strike:a]] some true stories that Cox picked up
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A 1984 CultClassic comedy-sci-fi sci-fi comedy movie directed by Alex Cox and starring Creator/EmilioEstevez, known for its comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic, memorable dialogue dialogue, and well-liked CultSoundtrack consisting entirely of songs from famous PunkRock artists like Music/IggyPop, Music/BlackFlag, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/{{Fear|band}}, and others.
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Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Creator/EmilioEstevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
Young LA punk Otto Maddox (Creator/EmilioEstevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
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A 1984 CultClassic comedy-sci-fi movie directed by Alex Cox and released in 1984. Known starring Creator/EmilioEstevez, known for its comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic, memorable dialogue and well-liked soundtrack, made CultSoundtrack consisting entirely out of songs from famous PunkRock bands artists like Music/IggyPop, Music/BlackFlag, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/CircleJerks, Music/IggyPop, Music/{{Fear|band}}, and others.
Young LA punk Otto Maddox(Creator/EmilioEstevez) (Estevez) has a really bad day: he gets fired from his job at the supermarket, sees his girlfriend cheat on him with his best friend at a party and finds that his ex-hippie parents donated all his money to a televangelist. He meets Bud (Creator/HarryDeanStanton) and becomes a repossession agent. The life of a Repo Man stimulates him a great deal more than the increasingly phony world of LA punks. Through various encounters and a mad rush between competing repo men and the CIA to locate a [[CoolCar 1964 Chevrolet Malibu]], Otto learns that "the life of a repo man is always intense".
Young LA punk Otto Maddox
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* MeaningfulName: All of the Repo Men (Bud, Oly, Miller and Lite) are named after beers.
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* MeaningfulName: All of the Repo Men (Bud, Oly, ("Bud", "Oly", Miller and Lite) are named after beers.beers: Budweiser, Olympia, Miller High Life, and Miller Lite.
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A CultClassic comedy-sci-fi movie directed by Alex Cox and released in 1984. Known for its comic vignettes, outlandish scenarios, GenreBusting aesthetic aesthetic, memorable dialogue and well-liked soundtrack, made entirely out of songs from famous PunkRock bands like Music/BlackFlag, Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/CircleJerks, Music/IggyPop, and others.
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->''I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either!''
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* OrphanedSetup: Oly's joke about the pig with a wooden leg.[[note]]The pig is, depending on the version of the joke, either remarkably talented or a hero that saved the farmer's life, and thus "too good to eat all at once".[[/note]]
