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* AccidentalTruth: Most of the characters believe that there's something off Klopeks with little evidence. At the end of the movie they are right for different reasons.

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* AccidentalTruth: Most of the characters believe that there's something off about the Klopeks with little evidence. At the end of the movie they are right for different reasons.



* AsideGlance: The last line of the film is [[NosyNeighbor Ricky Butler]] looking right at the camera and saying ''"God, I love this street"'' before walking away and enmesh himself in the chaos of the aftermath.

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* AsideGlance: The last line of the film is [[NosyNeighbor Ricky Butler]] looking right at the camera and saying ''"God, I love this street"'' before walking away and to enmesh himself in the chaos of the aftermath.
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''The 'Burbs'' is a 1989 BlackComedy film directed by Creator/JoeDante, starring Creator/TomHanks, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/CoreyFeldman, and Creator/HenryGibson.

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''The 'Burbs'' is a 1989 BlackComedy film directed by Creator/JoeDante, starring Creator/TomHanks, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/CoreyFeldman, Creator/WendySchaal, and Creator/HenryGibson.
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* MistakenForMurderer: The theory that Walter was murdered by the Klopeks comes crashing down when Walt comes back home from the hospital. The reason the Klopeks had his toupee and his magazines was because he asked them to retrieve his mail. And the femur they thought was Walter's? Why, that just belonged to [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope someone they DID kill, obviously]].]]

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* MistakenForMurderer: The theory that Walter was murdered by the Klopeks comes crashing down when Walt comes back home from the hospital. The reason the Klopeks had his toupee and his magazines was because he asked them to retrieve his mail. And the femur they thought was Walter's? Why, that just belonged to [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope someone [[spoiler:someone they [[SubvertedTrope DID kill, obviously]].]]

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* AstronomicZoom and LogoJoke: At the very beginning the Universal logo name vanishes but not the globe behind it. Instead the camera zooms down and into it until it hovers right above a Midwestern suburban cul-de-sac and the Klopeks' house.


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* LogoJoke: At the very beginning the Universal logo name vanishes but not the globe behind it. Instead the camera zooms down and into it until it hovers right above a Midwestern suburban cul-de-sac and the Klopeks' house.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Carol refuses to let Ray go with Art and Rumsfield, it plays out like two kids asking for a friend to come out and play and being refused.

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Carol refuses to let Ray go with Art and Rumsfield, it plays out like two kids asking for a friend to come out and play and being refused.
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** Ray does this when he realizes that the femur is potentially Walter's.

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** Ray does this when he realizes that the femur is potentially that of Walter's.

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* BigNo: It's not drawn out, but Uncle Reuben gives a very loud and abrupt one to Rumsfield's question:

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** Ray does this when he realizes that the femur is potentially Walter's.
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It's not drawn out, but Uncle Reuben gives a very loud and abrupt one to Rumsfield's question:

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