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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece as well as a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece as well as a love letter to loving [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece time capsule]] of the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.



* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare before-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare before-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.on-screen appearance from Creator/TimBurton.
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** When we first see Janet, she's serving coffee to someone who's reading ''Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung'' by Lester Bangs, Cameron Crowe's mentor (as revealed in ''Film/AlmostFamous'').

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* LoveDodecahedron: Discussed by Steve:
-->'''Steve:''' (''after revealing he broke up with his ex, Jennifer'') Now she's with Tony. Tony knows my friend Bailey, who's friends with the girl that Tony's going out with on the side, Rita. Rita, whom I broke up with to go out with Jennifer. So, now, do I tell Jennifer that I know Tony's going out with Rita, or do I tell Rita that I know about Tony and Jennifer? Tony, who will Jennifer that I was still going out with Rita when I was going out with her. How does this stuff get so complicated? I don't know.



** Played with throughout the movie. Janet has an inverted one when she realizes that Cliff is so self-absorbed that he won't even say "Bless you" when she sneezes. After their breakup, Cliff realizes how much he does love her and tries to get her back. [[spoiler: The final scene is when they happen to meet in an elevator, and this time he does say "Bless you" when she sneezes.]]

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** Played with throughout the movie. Janet has an inverted one when she realizes that Cliff is so self-absorbed that he won't even say "Bless you" when she sneezes. After their breakup, Cliff realizes how much he does love her and tries to get her back. [[spoiler: The final scene is when they happen to meet in an elevator, and this time he does say "Bless you" when she sneezes.sneezes, which leads her to get back with Cliff.]]



* MeaningfulEcho: "I just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood."

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* MeaningfulEcho: "I was just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood."
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare before-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare before-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece as well as a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece as well as a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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* AsHimself: The members of Music/PearlJam are themselves, except as the backup for Cliff's band Citizen Dick rather than as Pearl Jam.



* DiscoDan: Although temporally not that far removed from the fashion's origin, Debbie's early 80's look is so radically different from the grunge/alt-rock aesthetic that all the other characters embrace that she stands out even more than if she had dressed like she was from the 60's or 70's.



* LoveEpiphany: Played with throughout the movie. Janet has an inverted one when she realizes that Cliff is so self-absorbed that he won't even say "Bless you" when she sneezes. After their breakup, Cliff realizes how much he does love her and tries to get her back. [[spoiler: The final scene is when they happen to meet in an elevator, and this time he does say "Bless you" when she sneezes.]]

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Played with throughout the movie. Janet has an inverted one when she realizes that Cliff is so self-absorbed that he won't even say "Bless you" when she sneezes. After their breakup, Cliff realizes how much he does love her and tries to get her back. [[spoiler: The final scene is when they happen to meet in an elevator, and this time he does say "Bless you" when she sneezes.]]]]
** Played perfectly straight with Debbie. Earlier in the movie, she wanted her dating service video to showcase a pair of earrings that she loved, but nobody else liked. Near the end, she takes a flight, and asks to be seated next to a single man - who, much to her chagrin, is a teenage boy. However, when she gets off, she runs into the boy's father, who looks at her earrings and loves them. Cliff then reveals that the two have started a long-distance relationship, and that Debbie's planning on moving soon.


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** Citizen Dick's single, "Touch Me, I'm Dick" is an homage to "Touch Me, I'm Sick" by another one of Seattle's grunge pioneers, Mudhoney.
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* ShoutOut: The film has chapter titles, and one of the chapter titles ("Have Fun Stay Single") is imposed over a still photograph from ''Film/NothingSacred''.
** When Linda and Steve are first having sex, Andy calls in the middle of it, and to drown him out, Linda turns on the TV; ''Series/MyThreeSons'' comes on.
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* AnswerCut: After Linda tells Ruth she's thinking of marrying Luis:
-->'''Ruth:''' If you get married, will we still go out dancing?
-->(''cut to Linda and Ruth in a club dancing to Music/PearlJam'')
-->'''Linda:''' (''shouting'') We will always go out dancing!
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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and as well as a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.



** CreatorCameo: Creator/CameronCrowe plays a journalist interviewing Cliff. Doubles as an AuthorAllusion, as Crowe started out as a journalist for ''Rolling Stone.''

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** CreatorCameo: Creator/CameronCrowe plays a journalist interviewing Cliff. Doubles as an AuthorAllusion, as Crowe started out as a journalist for ''Rolling Stone.''''Magazine/RollingStone''.



* CultSoundtrack: Just ask anyone who went to college in the early 90s.

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* CultSoundtrack: Just ask anyone who went to college in the early 90s.'90s.
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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}}, ''Singles'' is very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and a love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early '90s.

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''Singles'' is an ensemble comedy set in {{Seattle}} in the early 1990's. Steve Dunne meets Linda Powell at a club, and they hit it off. The ups and downs of their relationship are contrasted with those of Steve's friend (and ex-girlfriend) Janet Livermore, who is increasingly frustrated with how aloof her boyfriend, lead of proto-grunge band named "Citizen Dick" Cliff Poncier, acts towards her. With some running threads about other friends, it shows the ups and downs of relationships for Generation X in the pre-dot-com era.

It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle, and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe.

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A 1992 ensemble romantic comedy written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe and set in {{Seattle}},
''Singles'' is very much an ensemble comedy set in {{Seattle}} in UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to the city's alternative/grunge scene of the early 1990's. '90s.

Steve Dunne (Campbell Scott) meets Linda Powell (Creator/KyraSedgwick) at a club, and they hit it off. The ups and downs of their relationship are contrasted with those of Steve's friend (and ex-girlfriend) Janet Livermore, Livermore (Bridget Fonda), who is increasingly frustrated with how aloof her boyfriend, lead boyfriend Cliff Poncier (Matt Dillon), the leader of a proto-grunge band named called "Citizen Dick" Cliff Poncier, Dick", acts towards her. With some running threads about other friends, it the film shows the ups and downs of relationships for Generation X in the pre-dot-com era.

It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle, and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe.
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera before-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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** Later in that same sequence, Debbie tells Steve and the others, "I'm telling you, that girl doesn't want you tugging at her bra strap. She wants drama, she wants mystery, she wants excitement," and we immediately cut to Linda, who says, "I don't want drama, I don't want excitement, I just want to trust (Steve)."
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It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe.

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It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle Seattle, and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by Creator/CameronCrowe.
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-->'''Linda:''' (''pissed Steve waited four days to call her after they had sex'') I just don't want to play games.
-->'''Steve:''' Games? If I was playing games, I would have waited a week to call you. ({{Beat}}) What I meant to say is...

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* DescriptionCut: Immediately after Linda says she likes Steve because he doesn't play games, we cut to Steve saying, "I need to play this just right."
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}},[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Alice in Chains}},[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chains}}, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/Alice in Chains,[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, Music/Alice Music/{{Alice in Chains,[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chains}},[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Alice in Chains}} [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Alice Music/Alice in Chains}} [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chains,[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Alice in Chains}} [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo.
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* RecycledTheSeries: Ultimately averted, as Crowe felt that turning ''Singles'' into a series was a poor idea. The production company decided, rather than giving up on the notion, to retool the concept and gave the central characters tweaked personalities, altered some of the interpersonal relationships, transplanted the show to [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and changed the name to ''{{Friends}}''.



-->'''Steve:''' Games? If I was playing games, I would have waited a week to call you. ({{Beat}}) What I meant to say is...
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Counting the ways:
** Grunge and alt-rock is everywhere.
** Flannel is practically a dress code requirement (although somewhat TruthInTelevision in Seattle to this day).
** The dating service that Debbie uses involves VHS tapes instead of any variety of video disc or the Internet.
** Reference is made to building airplanes, as Boeing used to be by far the largest employer in the Seattle area (Boeing since has left the area; tech companies such as Creator/{{Nintendo}}, {{Microsoft}}, and Amazon are the local heavyweights now).
** Steve's friend David storing phone numbers on his watch, as opposed to a cell phone.

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-->'''Steve:''' Games? If I was playing games, I would have waited a week to call you. ({{Beat}}) What I meant to say is...
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Counting the ways:
** Grunge and alt-rock is everywhere.
** Flannel is practically a dress code requirement (although somewhat TruthInTelevision in Seattle to this day).
** The dating service that Debbie uses involves VHS tapes instead of any variety of video disc or the Internet.
** Reference is made to building airplanes, as Boeing used to be by far the largest employer in the Seattle area (Boeing since has left the area; tech companies such as Creator/{{Nintendo}}, {{Microsoft}}, and Amazon are the local heavyweights now).
** Steve's friend David storing phone numbers on his watch, as opposed to a cell phone.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Debbie Hunt is said to consume men instead of food.

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It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by CameronCrowe.

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It's very much an UnintentionalPeriodPiece and love letter to both Seattle and the early alternative rock/grunge scene, written and directed by CameronCrowe.
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** CreatorCameo: CameronCrowe plays a journalist interviewing Cliff. Doubles as an AuthorAllusion, as Crowe started out as a journalist for ''Rolling Stone.''

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** CreatorCameo: CameronCrowe Creator/CameronCrowe plays a journalist interviewing Cliff. Doubles as an AuthorAllusion, as Crowe started out as a journalist for ''Rolling Stone.''
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse - if you believe Cliff, Citizen Dick has a big following in Belgium and Italy.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo cameo.



* DirectorCameo: Cameron Crowe appears as a music journalist at a club.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt.

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* TheCameo: Basketball player Xavier [=McDaniels=], in what may be the movie's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny most hilarious line]]. Also cameos from various grunge personalities, including all the members of Music/PearlJam, [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]], Tad Doyle and Bruce Pavitt.Pavitt, as well as Creator/PaulGiamatti and a rare behind-the-camera Creator/TimBurton cameo



* DirectorCameo: Cameron Crowe appears as a music journalist at a club.



* LeFilmArtistique: Debbie's dating video is this as well as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, featuring a cringe-worthy homage to the shower scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' among other things.



* MeaningfulEcho: "I just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood."



* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: Steve proposes when it's discovered that he's gotten Linda pregnant; it's called off after the miscarrage.]]

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* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: Steve proposes when it's discovered that he's gotten Linda pregnant; it's called off after the miscarrage.miscarriage.]]

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* DiabolusExMachina: The car accident that causes [[spoiler: Linda's miscarrage.]]

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* DiabolusExMachina: The car accident that causes [[spoiler: Linda's miscarrage.]]miscarriage.]]
* FieryRedhead: Averted with Debbie, the token redhead, who is instead TheDitz.
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* TheCasanova: The foreign exchange student Linda dates early in the movie.

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* TheCasanova: The foreign exchange student Spanish ForeignExchangeStudent Linda dates early in the movie.movie cheats on her right away.

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