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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews Well, it's a well known fact]], [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Sonny Jim]], that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world - known as [[AncientConspiracy The Pentavirate]] - who run everything in the world - including the newspapers - and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as "The Meadows".

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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews Well, it's a well known fact]], [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish Sonny Jim]], that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world - known as [[AncientConspiracy The Pentavirate]] - [[ShadowGovernment who run everything in the world world]] - including the newspapers - and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as "The Meadows".

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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[AristocratsAreEvil The Queen]], [[CorruptChurch The Vatican]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Gettys]], [[GreedyJew The Rothschilds]], ''and'' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Colonel Sanders]] before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with 'is wee ''beady'' eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"

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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[AristocratsAreEvil The Queen]], [[CorruptChurch The Vatican]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Gettys]], [[GreedyJew The Rothschilds]], ''and'' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Colonel Sanders]] Sanders before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with 'is wee ''beady'' eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"
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* {{Symbolism}}: Whenever Charlie breaks up with a woman for any reason, he marks the occasion by reciting [[BeatPoet beat poetry]] about the woman in question, then blows out a candle to represent the end of their love. After he breaks up with Harriet, he goes through the motions, but hesitates to even blow out the candle and even leaves it lit, signifying he's still hung up on her.

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* {{Symbolism}}: Whenever Charlie breaks up with a woman for any reason, he marks the occasion by reciting [[BeatPoet beat poetry]] poetry about the woman in question, then blows out a candle to represent the end of their love. After he breaks up with Harriet, he goes through the motions, but hesitates to even blow out the candle and even leaves it lit, signifying he's still hung up on her.
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* {{Symbolism}}: Whenever Charlie breaks up with a woman for any reason, he marks the occasion by reciting [[BeatPoet beat poetry]] about the woman in question, then blows out a candle to represent the end of their love. After he breaks up with Harriet, he goes through the motions, but hesitates to even blow out the candle and even leaves it lit, signifying he's still hung up on her.

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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' {''Beat''} No.

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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' {''Beat''} [''Beat''] No.



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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.

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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') {''Beat''} No.



-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.

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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.

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-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') {''Beat''} No.
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* BluntNo: Tony gets stonewalled trying to perform a FlashedBadgeHijack on a motorist:
-->'''Tony Giardino:''' Excuse me, sir, I'm with the San Francisco police department, this is official police business. I would like to commandeer this vehicle!
-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.
-->'''Tony Giardino:''' What do you mean, "no"?
-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' I happen to know for a fact that you don't have the right to commandeer my vehicle.
-->'''Tony Giardino:''' Please, can I commandeer this vehicle?
-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.
-->'''Tony Giardino:''' You're just - you're just not going to bend on this commandeering thing are you?
-->'''Commandeered Driver:''' (''Beat'') No.
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* CowboyCop: Tony became a police officer hoping to become a cowboy cop like he sees on television.

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* FriendsRentControl: Charlie appears to be a full-time beat poet (and doesn't apparently work very hard at it), and yet can afford a nice apartment in San Francisco. Probably also applies to Harriet and her sister, who have an ''enormous'' loft in the same city, while Harriet's just a butcher (no clue on what her sister is).

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* FriendsRentControl: Charlie appears to be a full-time beat poet (and doesn't apparently work very hard at it), and yet can afford a nice apartment in San Francisco. Probably also applies to Harriet and her sister, who have an ''enormous'' loft in the same city, while Harriet's just Harriet owns a butcher (no clue on what shop with no apparent employees. What her sister is).does is anyone's guess.



* ToughRoom: Averted! Tony cracks up and completely loses it laughing at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through any of it, either]]).
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* DaChief: {{Parodied}}-a police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope (see above trope), is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper.

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* DaChief: {{Parodied}}-a {{Parodied}}: A police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope (see above trope), is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper.temper.
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Talking To Himself cleanup, this falls under Acting For Two


-->'''[[TalkingToHimself Charlie Mackenzie]]''': Dad, how can you hate "The Colonel"?

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-->'''[[TalkingToHimself Charlie Mackenzie]]''': -->'''Charlie Mackenzie''': Dad, how can you hate "The Colonel"?



-->'''[[TalkingToHimself Charlie Mackenzie]]''': Interesting. [[EyeTake Koo-koo!]]

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-->'''[[TalkingToHimself Charlie Mackenzie]]''': -->'''Charlie Mackenzie''': Interesting. [[EyeTake Koo-koo!]]
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* PrecisionFStrike: When Rose's axe thuds into the dresser right in front of Charlie and he shouts "What the Fuck?!"

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* PrecisionFStrike: When Rose's [[spoiler:Rose's]] axe thuds into the dresser right in front of Charlie and he shouts "What the Fuck?!"

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-->'''[[{{Corpsing}} Tony Giardino]]''': So who's in this Pentavirate?

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-->'''[[{{Corpsing}} Tony Giardino]]''': -->'''Tony Giardino''': So who's in this Pentavirate?



* {{Corpsing}}: Tony attempts to maintain a semblance of concern for William's mental well being when Stuart berates William over the size of his head, but very quickly falls out and is nearly crying by the end.
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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[AristocratsAreEvil The Queen]], [[CorruptChurch The Vatican]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Gettys]], [[GreedyJew The Rothschilds]], ''and'' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Colonel Sanders]] before he [[UnusualEuphemism went tits up]]. Oh, I hated the Colonel with 'is wee ''beady'' eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"

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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[AristocratsAreEvil The Queen]], [[CorruptChurch The Vatican]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Gettys]], [[GreedyJew The Rothschilds]], ''and'' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Colonel Sanders]] before he [[UnusualEuphemism went tits up]].up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with 'is wee ''beady'' eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"
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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''Series/ThePentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347 - one mentioned by Stuart in this film in a throwaway joke. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.

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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''Series/ThePentaverate''. It will focus focuses on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347 - one mentioned by Stuart in this film in a throwaway joke. It will be was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.
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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''Series/ThePentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.

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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''Series/ThePentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347.1347 - one mentioned by Stuart in this film in a throwaway joke. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Charlie opens the shower door thinking he'll see Harriet but instead sees Rose. Later, he suspects Harriet of being Mrs. X but it turns out to be Rose.]]
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* NakedFirstImpression: Two examples:
**Charlie first meets Rose when he opens the shower door, thinking she's Harriet.
**Harriet introduces Charlie to her friend Ralph while Charlie is wearing a ModestyTowel which promptly falls off.
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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''The Pentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.

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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''The Pentaverate''.''Series/ThePentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on June 5, 2022.
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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''The Pentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on an unknown date.

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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''The Pentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on an unknown date.June 5, 2022.
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In 2021, Mike Myers [[https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-the-pentaverate-what-we-know-so-far/ announced]] plans for a spin-off series called ''The Pentaverate''. It will focus on a Canadian journalist's attempt to expose a secret society that's been secretly influencing world events since 1347. It will be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on an unknown date.
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Released in 1993, this BlackComedy starred Creator/MikeMyers as Charlie, Creator/NancyTravis as Harriet, and Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia as Tony. It was a box-office disappointment as it earned less than half of the movie budget while on the big screen.

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Released in 1993, this BlackComedy starred Creator/MikeMyers as Charlie, Charlie ([[ActingForTwo plus his dad Stuart]]), Creator/NancyTravis as Harriet, and Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia as Tony. It was a box-office disappointment as it earned less than half of the movie budget while on the big screen.
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Released in 1993, this BlackComedy starred Creator/MikeMyers as Charlie, Nancy Travis as Harriet, and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] as Tony. It was a box-office disappointment as it earned less than half of the movie budget while on the big screen.

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Released in 1993, this BlackComedy starred Creator/MikeMyers as Charlie, Nancy Travis Creator/NancyTravis as Harriet, and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia as Tony. It was a box-office disappointment as it earned less than half of the movie budget while on the big screen.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Charlie recites a poem describing Harriet as a "hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
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Charlie [=MacKenzie=] is a [[{{Beatnik}} beat poet]] living in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, after having broken up with yet another girl based on paranoid perception. His policeman friend Tony tries to point out the pattern; that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of, or invent, any reason to break up with someone. Things pick up again when Charlie meets a butcher named Harriet, and becomes infatuated instantly. As the plot continues, Tony realizes that Harriet may be the mysterious "Mrs. X", a BlackWidow who had married and killed multiple husbands. After marrying Harriet, HilarityEnsues when both Charlie and Tony try to discover if Charlie is in love with a serial man-killer.

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Charlie [=MacKenzie=] is a [[{{Beatnik}} beat poet]] living in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, after having broken up with yet another girl based on paranoid perception. His policeman friend Tony tries to point out the pattern; that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of, or invent, any reason to break up with someone. Things pick up again when Charlie meets a butcher named Harriet, and becomes infatuated instantly. As the plot continues, Tony realizes that Harriet may be the mysterious "Mrs. X", a BlackWidow who had married and killed multiple husbands. After marrying Harriet, HilarityEnsues when both Charlie and Tony try to discover if Charlie is in love with a serial man-killer.
has hitched himself to certain doom.
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** Charlie mocks his parents for being so gullible, but their paranoia has clearly rubbed off on him over the years.
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'''Obituary Writer #2:''' ''[to Charlie]'' [[YouBastard ...He was my ride home.]]

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'''Obituary Writer #2:''' ''[to Charlie]'' [[YouBastard ...[[YouMonster ...He was my ride home.]]
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'''Obituary Writer #1:''' ''[Losing it completely]'' NO! THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE WIFE! YOU HAPPY?!?! ''[Begins to storm off; everyone's staring at him]'' OH-HO, YES! I'M INSENSITIVE! I'M A BAD PERSON! STOP YOUR JOBS! LOOK AT THE INSENSITIVE MAN! THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PAYING YOU FOR!
'''Obituary Writer #2:''' ''[to Charlie]'' ...He was my ride home.

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'''Obituary Writer #1:''' ''[Losing it completely]'' NO! THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE WIFE! YOU HAPPY?!?! ''[Begins to storm off; everyone's staring at him]'' OH-HO, YES! I'M INSENSITIVE! I'M A BAD PERSON! STOP YOUR JOBS! LOOK AT THE INSENSITIVE MAN! THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PAYING YOU FOR!
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'''Obituary Writer #2:''' ''[to Charlie]'' ...Charlie]'' [[YouBastard ...He was my ride home.]]



* ToughRoom: Averted! Tony cracks up and completely loses it laughing at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through it, either]]).

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* ToughRoom: Averted! Tony cracks up and completely loses it laughing at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through any of it, either]]).
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* ToughCrowd: Averted. Tony frequently cracks up at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through it, either]]).

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* ToughCrowd: Averted. ToughRoom: Averted! Tony frequently cracks up and completely loses it laughing at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through it, either]]).

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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Charlie must have a job, right? Some kind of job, other than... occasional poet. Some dialogue early in the film implies that he may own the coffee shop/nightclub/poetry house he hangs out at (If so, he still seems to be a very hands-off owner).



'''Obituary Writer #2:''' ''[to Charlie]'' ...He was my ride home.



* ToughCrowd: Averted. Tony frequently cracks up at Mr. Mackenzie's rants (because his actor Anthony [=LaPaglia=] [[{{Corpsing}} couldn't keep a straight face through it, either]]).



* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Charlie Mackenzie must have a job, right? Some kind of job...other than...occasional poet. Some dialogue early in the film implies that he may own the coffee shop/nightclub/poetry house he hangs out at. (If so, he still seems to be a very hands-off owner.)


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* WrongGenreSavvy: Tony is unaware that he's in a comedy and tries his best to act out the stereotypical CowboyCop routine, to the point of goading his avuncular, easygoing boss into acting like DaChief.

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