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* BeautyEqualGoodness: Subverted. Lila is a beautiful woman, but a horrible human being, as Eddie finds out in the worst way possible after marrying her. Played straight with Miranda, who is beautiful and by far the most likable character in the film.
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* {{Symploce}}: Eddie using it as an example for something for Lila to say to her boss to not need to relocate and instead stay with him, and ends up starting the formation of them marrying to stay together:
--> '''Eddie:''' Can't you just tell them, "I won't do it. I can't do it. I wanna be a researcher, but I'm not, you know, I'm not gonna..."
--> '''Lila:''' Eddie, this is my career. I can't say that.
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--> '''Lila:''' So, they don't move married people. It's policy.
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** Played straight with Lila, who blames her sunburn on Eddie. In her mind, he provoked her into wanting to prove him wrong about how powerful the sun is in Mexico.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Miranda is a beautiful, down to earth woman with seemingly everything going for her.
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* HairOfGoldHeartofGold: Brutally subverted. Lila is blonde and in the first act she appears to be a sweet, kind, adorable, delicate, pure and innocent woman (going so far as to insist on not having sex with Eddie until their relationship becomes serious). Then Eddie marries Lila and he (and the viewer) discovers that she is crazy and nasty, addicted to wild sex.

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* HairOfGoldHeartofGold: HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Brutally subverted. Lila is blonde and in the first act she appears to be a sweet, kind, adorable, delicate, pure and innocent woman (going so far as to insist on not having sex with Eddie until their relationship becomes serious). Then Eddie marries Lila and he (and the viewer) discovers that she is crazy and nasty, addicted to wild sex.
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* HairOfGoldHeartofGold: Brutally subverted. Lila is blonde and in the first act she appears to be a sweet, kind, adorable, delicate, pure and innocent woman (going so far as to insist on not having sex with Eddie until their relationship becomes serious). Then Eddie marries Lila and he (and the viewer) discovers that she is crazy and nasty, addicted to wild sex.
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* WorldOfJerkass: With the exception of Miranda, almost every main and supporting character in this movie is a horrible human being. Eddie tries to cheat on his wife on their honeymoon, Lila is completely crazy, Doc and Tito are two perverts, Rob is a spiteful and unhappy man in his marriage, and Martin is controlling and obnoxious.

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* WorldOfJerkass: With the exception of Miranda, almost every main and supporting character in this movie is a horrible human being. Eddie tries to cheat on his wife on their honeymoon, Lila is completely crazy, Doc and Tito are two perverts, Rob is a spiteful and unhappy man in his marriage, and Martin is controlling and obnoxious.obnoxious and the BrattyHalfPint twins make things much harder for Eddie.
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%%* KarmaHoudini: Both Lila and Eddie fall under this category.

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%%* * KarmaHoudini: Both Lila and is not only not punished for having abandoned Eddie fall under this category.without his documents and money in Mexico, but on top of that she gets almost all of his assets in the divorce.
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%%* WorldOfJerkass* WorldOfJerkass: With the exception of Miranda, almost every main and supporting character in this movie is a horrible human being. Eddie tries to cheat on his wife on their honeymoon, Lila is completely crazy, Doc and Tito are two perverts, Rob is a spiteful and unhappy man in his marriage, and Martin is controlling and obnoxious.

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* DownerEnding [=/=] HereWeGoAgain: Both PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Miranda reunites with Eddie in Los Cabos and decides to give their relationship a second chance. When she leaves, it is revealed that Eddie is married to another woman and that he is cheating on both women in the same way he has Lila and Miranda in the past.]]



* HereWeGoAgain: PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Miranda reunites with Eddie in Los Cabos and decides to give their relationship a second chance. When she leaves, it is revealed that Eddie is married to another woman and that he is cheating on both women in the same way he has Lila and Miranda in the past.]]



* KarmaHoudini: Both Lila and Eddie fall under this category.

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* GagBoobs: The woman with Eddie's father in Vegas has these.
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* ChickMagnet: At the beginning of the story, Eddie is a guest at his ex-girlfriend's wedding and for the rest of the film he gets the interest of three women: Lila, Miranda and [[spoiler:Consuela.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eddie only wanted to marry someone because he was afraid of becoming a lonely person for the rest of his life. He ends up marrying Lila, who turns out to be a horrible human being that he definitely doesn't want to spend the rest of his life with.

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* BestialityIsDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be between a woman and a donkey.

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* BestialityIsDepraved: TheBadGuyWins: Well, that depends on whether you consider Lila the antagonist of the story, which is debatable among viewers. Anyway, not only does Lila not get punished for abandoning Eddie in Mexico after destroying his documents, she also gets his shop and most of his money in the divorce. The final scene shows her clearly happy with her life.
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Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be between a woman and a donkey.
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''The Heartbreak Kid'' is a 2007 romantic comedy directed by the Creator/FarrellyBrothers starring Creator/BenStiller, Creator/MalinAkerman and Creator/MichelleMonaghan. It is a remake of [[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 the 1972 film]] of the same name. Nothing to do with [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels]].

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''The Heartbreak Kid'' is a 2007 romantic comedy directed by the Creator/FarrellyBrothers Farrelly Brothers starring Creator/BenStiller, Creator/MalinAkerman and Creator/MichelleMonaghan. It is a remake of [[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 the 1972 film]] of the same name. Nothing to do with [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels]].



* BestialityIsDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be a woman and a donkey.
** The post-credits scene shows [[spoiler: Lila with a horse, screaming that she's finally found a lover who gives her what she wants]].

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* BestialityIsDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be between a woman and a donkey.
** The post-credits scene shows [[spoiler: Lila in bed with a horse, screaming that she's finally found a lover who gives her what she wants]].



** Martin is an incredibly nasty human being who has antagonized Eddie from the first meeting for no reason, and whose attempts to protect his cousin Miranda are a little creepy.

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** Martin is an incredibly nasty human being who has antagonized Eddie from the first meeting for no reason, reason despite Eddie having done no wrong (yet), and whose attempts to protect his cousin Miranda are a little creepy.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The hobo who Eddie ''thought'' was deaf-mute gives him one when he [Eddie] won't stop obsessing over Miranda.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The hobo who Eddie receives one from a Mexican local he ''thought'' was deaf-mute gives him one when he [Eddie] won't stop obsessing over Miranda.



* SympatheticAdulterer: Averted. All the characters think Eddie is a monster because he is flirting with another woman on his honeymoon. He admits it himself.

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* SympatheticAdulterer: Averted. All the characters think Eddie is a monster because he is flirting with another woman on his honeymoon. He honeymoon; even Eddie himself admits it himself.what he's doing is repulsive.
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* FourthDateMarriage: The entire plot of the film happens because of this. Eddie decides to propose to Lila despite having only been dating her for a month, which is exactly the same time period in which he has known her.
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* BestialitysDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be a woman and a donkey.

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* BestialitysDepraved: BestialityIsDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be a woman and a donkey.
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* BestialitysDepraved: Eddie and Miranda go to see a 'traditional Mexican dance' at a fair, which turns out to be a woman and a donkey.
** The post-credits scene shows [[spoiler: Lila with a horse, screaming that she's finally found a lover who gives her what she wants]].


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* GratuitousMariachiBand: Eddie is pestered by one at the resort.
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''The Heartbreak Kid'' is a 2007 romantic comedy starring Creator/BenStiller, Creator/MalinAkerman and Creator/MichelleMonaghan. It is a remake of [[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 the 1972 film]] of the same name. Nothing to do with [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels]].

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''The Heartbreak Kid'' is a 2007 romantic comedy directed by the Creator/FarrellyBrothers starring Creator/BenStiller, Creator/MalinAkerman and Creator/MichelleMonaghan. It is a remake of [[Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972 the 1972 film]] of the same name. Nothing to do with [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels]].


* DownerEnding [=/=]HereWeGoAgain: Both PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Miranda reunites with Eddie in Los Cabos and decides to give their relationship a second chance. When she leaves, it is revealed that Eddie is married to another woman and that he is cheating on both women in the same way he has Lila and Miranda in the past. And judging by the dialogue, Eddie is just as unhappy in his new marriage as he was with Lila.]]

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* DownerEnding [=/=]HereWeGoAgain: [=/=] HereWeGoAgain: Both PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Miranda reunites with Eddie in Los Cabos and decides to give their relationship a second chance. When she leaves, it is revealed that Eddie is married to another woman and that he is cheating on both women in the same way he has Lila and Miranda in the past. And judging by the dialogue, Eddie is just as unhappy in his new marriage as he was with Lila.]]



* FanDisservice: Lila's extremely unkempt private area, shown in all its glory when she pees on Eddie to relieve a jellyfish sting.

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* FanDisservice: Lila's extremely unkempt private area, shown in all its glory when she pees urinates on Eddie to relieve a jellyfish sting.



** Lila seems to be a lovely woman, nice and perfect at first sight. After marrying Eddie she reveals herself to be an unpleasant, ignorant, addict to rough and painful sex, has many debts and admits to lying about her job and the identity of her purse thief (in fact, it was her ex-boyfriend whom she owed money). The movie does not confirm whether she intentionally or accidentally hid her worst faults from Eddie until she married him, and at other times she seems to be really just a naïve woman unable to realize how problematic she is, but apologizes to Eddie and seems to love him. And although Eddie was really a jerk with her in the second half of the movie by cheating on her with Miranda on their honeymoon, there's no denying that Lila destroying his money and passport before leaving him to his own fate was very wrong.

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** Lila seems to be a lovely woman, nice and perfect at first sight. After marrying Eddie she reveals herself to be an unpleasant, ignorant, addict ignorant lout who's addicted to rough and painful sex, has many debts and admits to lying about her job and the identity of her purse thief (in fact, it was her ex-boyfriend whom she owed money). The movie does not confirm whether she intentionally or accidentally hid her worst faults from Eddie until she married him, and at other times she seems to be really just a naïve woman unable to realize how problematic she is, but apologizes to Eddie and seems to love him. And although Eddie was really a jerk with her in the second half of the movie by cheating on her with Miranda on their honeymoon, there's no denying that Lila destroying his money and passport before leaving him to his own fate was very wrong.
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Eddie is a single man who is afraid of having a serious relationship. One day, Eddie witnesses a woman being robbed in the street. He tries to help, and fails miserably. Despite this, the woman named Lila is grateful for the help. The two go out on a date and quickly engage in a relationship. Lila is gorgeous, kind and adorable, charming Eddie. However, Lila reveals to Eddie that the company she works for will force her to move to Holland... unless she is married. Pressured by his father and his best friend, Eddie asks Lila to marry him.

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Eddie (Creator/BenStiller) is a single man who is afraid of having a serious relationship. One day, Eddie witnesses a woman being robbed in the street. He tries to help, and fails miserably. Despite this, the woman named Lila (Creator/MalinAkerman) is grateful for the help. The two go out on a date and quickly engage in a relationship. Lila is gorgeous, kind and adorable, charming Eddie. However, Lila reveals to Eddie that the company she works for will force her to move to Holland... unless she is married. Pressured by his father and his best friend, Eddie asks Lila to marry him.



During their honeymoon in Los Cabos, Eddie has already lost all the love he felt for Lila. And then the situation worsens when he meets one of the hotel's guests, the beautiful and kind Miranda, and falls madly in love with her.

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During their honeymoon in Los Cabos, Eddie has already lost all the love he felt for Lila. And then the situation worsens when he meets one of the hotel's guests, the beautiful and kind Miranda, Miranda (Creator/MichelleMonaghan), and falls madly in love with her.

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Eddie (Creator/BenStiller) is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancée getting married to another man, he meets Lila (Creator/MalinAkerman), an environmental researcher, who seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie marries Lila after only 6 weeks.

However, as he almost instantly discovers, his new bride is a nightmare. She's immature, foolish, a monster in bed, owes a tremendous amount of money to various sources, and as it turns out, is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job.

While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda (Creator/MichelleMonaghan), a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Eddie falls in love for her. Now comes the tricky part of breaking off his marriage to crazy Lila, all while keeping the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place...

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Eddie (Creator/BenStiller) is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, single man who is afraid of having a serious relationship. One day, Eddie witnesses a woman being robbed in the street. He tries to help, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancée getting married to another man, he meets fails miserably. Despite this, the woman named Lila (Creator/MalinAkerman), an environmental researcher, who seems too good is grateful for the help. The two go out on a date and quickly engage in a relationship. Lila is gorgeous, kind and adorable, charming Eddie. However, Lila reveals to be true. Eddie that the company she works for will force her to move to Holland... unless she is married. Pressured by his father and his best friend, Eddie marries asks Lila after only 6 weeks.

However, as he almost instantly discovers, his new bride
to marry him.

Unfortunately, during their honeymoon trip, Eddie discovers that Lila
is far from the perfect human being she appeared to be. Lila turns out to be an ignorant, obnoxious woman with a nightmare. She's immature, foolish, a monster in bed, owes a tremendous amount history of drinking and drug abuse, owing money to various sources, and several people, working as it turns out, is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job.

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with an addiction to wild (and painful) sex.

During
their honeymoon in Cabo, Los Cabos, Eddie has already lost all the love he felt for Lila. And then the situation worsens when he meets Miranda (Creator/MichelleMonaghan), a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Eddie one of the hotel's guests, the beautiful and kind Miranda, and falls madly in love for her. Now comes the tricky part of breaking off his marriage to crazy Lila, all while keeping the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place...
with her.



* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lila becomes this to Eddie.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lila becomes this to Eddie.Eddie after they get married and he discovers what a nasty, needy human being she is.



* ButtMonkey: Eddie, especially after marrying Lila.

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* ButtMonkey: Eddie, especially after marrying Lila. He has to put up with her constant insults, forced to have painful sex with her, and is humiliated by her in front of the woman he really loves, Miranda, and her entire family.



* DownerEnding [=/=]HereWeGoAgain: Both PlayedForLaughs.

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* DownerEnding [=/=]HereWeGoAgain: Both PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Miranda reunites with Eddie in Los Cabos and decides to give their relationship a second chance. When she leaves, it is revealed that Eddie is married to another woman and that he is cheating on both women in the same way he has Lila and Miranda in the past. And judging by the dialogue, Eddie is just as unhappy in his new marriage as he was with Lila.]]



%%* HenpeckedHusband: Mac.
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Eddie (Ben Stiller) is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancée walk down the aisle, he meets Lila (Creator/MalinAkerman), an environmental researcher, who seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks.

However, as he almost instantly discovers, his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. She's immature, foolish, a monster in bed, owes a tremendous amount of money to various sources, and as it turns out, is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job.

While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda (Creator/MichelleMonaghan), a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Sparks fly, and Eddie falls for her. Now comes the tricky part of breaking off his marriage to crazy Lila, all while keeping the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place...

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Eddie (Ben Stiller) (Creator/BenStiller) is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancée walk down the aisle, getting married to another man, he meets Lila (Creator/MalinAkerman), an environmental researcher, who seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks.

However, as he almost instantly discovers, his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle.nightmare. She's immature, foolish, a monster in bed, owes a tremendous amount of money to various sources, and as it turns out, is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job.

While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda (Creator/MichelleMonaghan), a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Sparks fly, and Eddie falls in love for her. Now comes the tricky part of breaking off his marriage to crazy Lila, all while keeping the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place...
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* OnlySaneMan: Or woman in that case. Miranda is undoubtedly the most sane and rational person in the movie, although the competition is also not the best: Martin, her paranoid and arrogant cousin; Eddie, the immature man who is cheating on his wife on their honeymoon; and Lila, who is... well, Lila. The rest of her family is also pretty grounded and chill, besides Martin.

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* OnlySaneMan: Or woman in that case. Miranda is undoubtedly the most sane and rational person in the movie, although the competition is also not the best: Martin, her paranoid and arrogant belligerent cousin; Eddie, the immature man who is cheating on his wife on their honeymoon; and Lila, who is... well, Lila. The rest of her family is also pretty grounded and chill, besides Martin.

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* FanDisservice: Lila's extremely unkempt private area, shown in all its glory when she er, helps him relieve a jellyfish sting.

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* FanDisservice: Lila's extremely unkempt private area, shown in all its glory when she er, helps him pees on Eddie to relieve a jellyfish sting.



** Lila mentioned that she had to be peed on to relieve the pain of a jellyfish sting during her volunteer work. Guess what happens to Eddie later in the movie?



* HumiliationConga: The man-o-war scene near the end.

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* HumiliationConga: The man-o-war scene near the end.end, as well as Eddie's attempts to cross the border.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Martin. He's belligerent and pretty unlikable personality-wise, but he has Miranda's best interests in mind.



* OnlySaneMan: Or woman in that case. Miranda is undoubtedly the most sane and rational person in history, although the competition is also not the best: Martin, his paranoid and arrogant cousin; Eddie, the immature man who is cheating on his wife on their honeymoon; and Lila, who is... well, Lila.

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* NoSocialSkills: Uncle Tito propositions Lila for a hand job when he brings her room service. He justifies it by saying that he assumed Eddie had no boundaries due to him cheating on Lila with Miranda and bringing him a porno tape from Mac.
* OnlySaneMan: Or woman in that case. Miranda is undoubtedly the most sane and rational person in history, the movie, although the competition is also not the best: Martin, his her paranoid and arrogant cousin; Eddie, the immature man who is cheating on his wife on their honeymoon; and Lila, who is... well, Lila. The rest of her family is also pretty grounded and chill, besides Martin.


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* ReversePsychology: Eddie prevents Lila from joining him with Miranda's family by telling her that they're going on a boat, knowing that she gets seasick, and pretending to want her to join anyway.
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* ControlFreak: Martin is the morality police of Miranda's family and is a little too protective of her. Also, Mac's wife and Lila to a lesser extent.

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%%* TheBrute: Martin.



%%* CloudCuckoolander: Lila.

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%%* * CloudCuckoolander: Lila.Lila is clearly crazy, although Eddie only realizes this after marrying her. For example, Lila apparently thinks that within 10 years she and Eddie will be elderly, refuses to admit that it was her cocaine addiction that caused her deviated septum, thinks it's funny to throw a bottle stopper in Eddie's face, and after a fight, she suspects that Eddie married her to steal her money (Eddie immediately points out that she has nothing and that he is the rich person in this marriage).
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* BettyAndVeronica: Eddie is Archie, Miranda is Betty, and Lila is Veronica.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Eddie is Archie, Miranda is Betty, and Lila is Veronica. Miranda is a beautiful sweet and gentle woman, who dresses conservatively. Lila is an exotic, sensual, rude and completely crazy woman.

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