History Film / ScentOfAWoman

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For all main characters. Slade's nephew argues that he was a mean-spirited person who deserved to be blinded by an accident he caused himself. As Charlie has endured his arrogance and saved him from suicide, Frank saves him at the hearing. The corrupt Trask is HoistByHisOwnPetard twice in front of all his students; in the prank, and at the hearing. George rats out his mates for a bribe, but gets nothing in return and turns them against him. While Harry, Jimmy, and Trent don't get caught specifically, they get probation for pulling the prank, and you can tell the Dean is gonna do everything in his power to make their lives utter hell from now on. Also, Frank says "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck you, too!]]" to all three for not turning themselves in once their buddies got threatened]].

* DistractedFromDeath: [[spoiler:Slade tries to make this situation happen by sending Charlie on a SnipeHunt, Charlie realizes what's happening and [[InterruptedSuicide goes back in time to stop Slade from killing himself]]]].

** Charlie teaches the blind, bitter Colonel that [[spoiler:you don't always have to spit in people's faces to make yourself important, helping others and sticking to your principles accomplishes the same thing. The Colonel stays blind, but is a little less bitter and Charlie accepts that he'll never be one of the rich white kids at his school, and is okay with that if achieving that status means selling out his principles and integrity]].

* SadistTeacher: The Dean shows signs of sadism. [[spoiler:He actively intends to reward George, the snitch who sells out his friends, for doing so, not punish those George identified because it was such a vague answer, and has the nerve to talk about the school's morals and integrity and how it develops character, and how Charlie has betrayed those aspects of the establishment. Frank, by contrast, argues that he doesn't know if Charlie is right by not speaking up, but declares that it actively displays those values the school holds dear, because Charlie won't sell someone out for himself.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Slade is rather unfazed when his nephew is insulting him at the Thanksgiving dinner, and seems to be conceding that the other man has a point, albeit making it in an incredibly abrasive and disruptive fashion. He only lashes out in turn when the nephew starts unnecessarily targeting Charlie as well.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For all main characters. Slade's nephew argues that he was a mean-spirited person who deserved to be blinded by an accident he caused himself. As Charlie has endured his arrogance and saved him from suicide, Frank saves him at the hearing. The corrupt Trask is HoistByHisOwnPetard twice in front of all his students; in the prank, and at the hearing. George rats out his mates for a bribe, but gets nothing in return and turns them against him. While Harry, Jimmy, and Trent don't get caught specifically, they get probation for pulling the prank, and you can tell the Dean is gonna do everything in his power to make their lives utter Hell from now on. Also, Frank says "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck you, too!]]" to all three for not turning themselves in once their buddies got threatened]].

** Charlie teaches the blind, bitter Colonel that [[spoiler:you don't always have to spit in people's faces to make yourself important, helping others and sticking to your principles accomplishes the same thing. The Colonel stays blind, but is a little less bitter and Charlie accepts that he'll never be one of the rich white kids at his school, and is okay with that]].

--> '''Lt. Col. Slade''' :Because he's not a "Baird man". Baird men. You hurt this boy, you're going to be Baird bums, the lot of ya.[[labelnote:explaining the joke]]Al Pacino pronounced the school's name as "bad" the second time.[[/labelnote]]

--> ''Lt. Col. Slade'':Because he's not a "Baird man". Baird men. You hurt this boy, you're going to be Baird bums, the lot of ya.[[labelnote:explaining the joke]]]Al Pacino pronounced the school's name as "bad" the second time [[/labelnote]]

** JerkassHasAPoint: Slade is rather unfazed when his nephew is insulting him at the Thanksgiving dinner, and seems to be conceding that the other man has a point, albeit making it in an incredibly abrasive and disruptive fashion. He only lashes out in turn when the nephew starts unnecessarily targeting Charlie as well.

* DisabilitySuperpower: As in the original, Slade claims to be able to physically picture and identify a woman based on her scent alone. [[spoiler: At the end, after he flirts with the teacher who congratulates him for speaking on Charlie's behalf at the hearing, his resulting description of her is in fact incredibly accurate.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Charlie would rather face expulsion than sell anyone out for his own sake.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For all main characters. Slade's nephew argues that he was a mean-spirited person who deserved to be blinded by an accident he caused himself. As Charlie has endured his arrogance and saved him from suicide, Frank saves him at the hearing. The corrupt Trask is HoistByHisOwnPetard twice in front of all his students; in the prank, and at the hearing. George rats out his mates for a bribe, but gets nothing in return. While Harry, Jimmy, and Trent don't get caught specifically, they get probation for pulling the prank, and you can tell the Dean is gonna do everything in his power to make their lives utter Hell from now on. Also, Frank says "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck you, too!]]" to all three for not turning themselves in once their buddies got threatened]].

--> Frank: Please. Don't do 'that'. Don't do that...

** Charlie presses a minor one when he tries to surreptitiously tell the waiter (via pantomime) to water down Frank's drinks. Frank caught it and was not at all pleased.
--> Frank: Please. Don't do *that.* Don't do that...

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film takes place over the course of five days on Thanksgiving weekend.

* ThanksgivingDayStory: The movie takes place during Thanksgiving week.

* EvilVsEvil: Not really ''evil'', but neither side is really sympathetic in the prank. Harry is an incredibly elitist jerk even to his own friends who thinks he's above the law and was going to let Charlie get punished. On the other hands his sense of indignation that the Dean got the Board of Trustees to buy him a Jaguar with school funds can feel kind of understandable, and the Dean doesn't exactly handle things in a fair and cool-headed manner afterwards.