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* TheCasino: In one of the movie's first scenes.

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* TheCasino: In one of the movie's first scenes.Mike and Trent visit a downtown Vegas casino.



* CringeComedy: A fair amount of the humor in the film is of this short.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mike.

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* CringeComedy: A fair amount of the humor in the film is of this short.
Mike's many abortive attempts at wooing women are painfully comedic.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mike.Mike is a nice guy and can't seem to muster up the cold-blooded pick-up game of Trent.



* GreasySpoon: The characters hang out at diners of this sort a few times.

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* GreasySpoon: The characters hang out at diners of this sort a few times.times after nights out.



* OddCouple: Mike and Trent.

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* OddCouple: Mike is a rather shy nice guy and Trent.Trent is a bold and crass charmer.
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--> '''Lorraine''': Yeah, yeah like the quiche. [[SarcasmMode That's a really original joke.

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--> '''Lorraine''': Yeah, yeah like the quiche. [[SarcasmMode That's a really original joke.]]

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* CringeComedy: A fair amount of the humor in the film is of this short.



* GamblingRuinsLives: Downplayed. Nobody's life gets ruined, but Mike does bet (and lose) his rent money at a $100 minimum blackjack table in a futile attempt to impress a couple of women early in the movie.



* TheGhost: Mike's ex-girlfriend Michelle gets discussed a lot, but she never appears (and is only heard on the phone briefly at the end of the movie).



* HandsomeLech: Trent.

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* HandsomeLech: Trent. He fancies himself TheCasanova, though he strikes out too much to really qualify.



* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Lorraine's response to Mike making fun of her name indicates it's not the first time.
--> '''Lorraine''': Hi, Mike. I'm Lorraine.
--> '''Mike''': Like the quiche.
--> '''Lorraine''': Yeah, yeah like the quiche. [[SarcasmMode That's a really original joke.



* SnootySports: Golf's inherent snootiness is used to establish the characters' everyman status. They are shown playing golf for recreation... but the course they play at is patchy and has dead grass, and they are shown to be bad not just at the sport but even trying to keep count of high their score is.

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* SnootySports: Golf's inherent snootiness is used to establish the characters' everyman status. They are shown playing golf for recreation... but the course they play at is patchy and has dead grass, and they are shown to be bad not just at the sport but even at trying to keep count of how high their score is.scores are.

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* [[FiveFiveFive]]: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.

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* [[FiveFiveFive]]: FiveFiveFive: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.


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* GreasySpoon: The characters hang out at diners of this sort a few times.
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* [[555]]: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.

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* [[555]]: [[FiveFiveFive]]: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.
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* {{555}}: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.

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* {{555}}: [[555]]: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.
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* 555: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.

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* 555: {{555}}: The phone numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.
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* 555: Mike's phone number begins with these digits.

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* 555: Mike's The phone number begins with these digits.numbers in the movie all make use of this convention.
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* 555: Mike's phone number begins with these digits.
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Not enough context (ZCE), trope was cut/disambiguated due to Break Up To Make Up TRS cleanup.


* BreakUpToMakeUp: Mike gets over his ex-girlfriend just in time to effectively reject her when it seems she might want to get back together.
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* BreakUpToMakeUp: Mike gets over his ex-girlfriend just in time to effectively reject her when it seems she might he want to get back together.

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* BreakUpToMakeUp: Mike gets over his ex-girlfriend just in time to effectively reject her when it seems she might he want to get back together.
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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era.

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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy comedy-drama film directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era.
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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston (otherwise known as "that guy from ''Film/OfficeSpace''") as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era.

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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston (otherwise known as "that guy from ''Film/OfficeSpace''") as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era.
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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston (otherwise known as "that guy from ''Film/OfficeSpace''") as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era (''[[NeverTrustATitle not]]'' {{polyamory}}).

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''Swingers'' is a 1996 romantic comedy directed by Creator/DougLiman, starring Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/VinceVaughn, and Creator/RonLivingston (otherwise known as "that guy from ''Film/OfficeSpace''") as three young actors living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles in the mid-90s, generally hanging around and struggling to get their careers and personal lives going, all set against the backdrop of the brief swing music revival trend of the era (''[[NeverTrustATitle not]]'' {{polyamory}}).
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Swingers" refers both to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival swing revival]] social scene that the characters are a part of as well as their promiscuous lifestyle.
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* OneWordTitle
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* ComicallySmallBribe: As part of his deliberately cheesy pick-up routine, Trent promises the cocktail waitress a shiny 50 cent piece if she brings their drinks quickly.
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* SnootySports: Golf's inherent snootiness is used to establish the characters' everyman status. They are shown playing golf for recreation... but the course they play at is patchy and has dead grass, and they are shown to be bad not just at the sport but even trying to keep count of high their score is.
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-->Mike: Hi, how are you ladies doing this evening?
-->Girl at Party: What do you drive?
-->Mike: A Cavalier. (as she turns away and ignores him) It's red...it's a red Cavalier...

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-->Mike: --> '''Mike''': Hi, how are you ladies doing this evening?
-->Girl --> '''Girl at Party: Party''': What do you drive?
-->Mike: --> '''Mike''': A Cavalier. (as she turns away and ignores him) It's red...it's a red Cavalier...

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