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** During Christmas, Hunham gifts both Angus and Mary copies of Marcus Aurelius' ''Meditations'', leading Mary to joke that he gifts them to everyone. [[spoiler:When he's packing up his office at the end, one shot shows a box entirely dedicated to copies of ''Meditations''.]]
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** During Christmas, Hunham gifts both Angus and Mary copies of Marcus Aurelius' UsefulNotes/MarcusAurelius' ''Meditations'', leading Mary to joke that he gifts them to everyone. [[spoiler:When he's packing up his office at the end, one shot shows a box entirely dedicated to copies of ''Meditations''.]]
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* BerserkButton: When Kountze insults Mary, Hunham drops his academic persona and shouts at him, showing that even though he may be a JerkAss, he's NiceToTheWaiter. His genuine affection and respect for Mary is one of the first [[PetTheDog indicators that he's not all bad]].
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** Danny, the school's janitor, clearly has a thing for Mary, but she isn't super receptive to his advances, no doubt partially due to her continuing grief over her son's death.
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** Danny, the school's janitor, clearly has a thing for Mary, but she isn't super receptive to his advances, no doubt partially due to her continuing grief over her son's death. She never rebuffs him, though, suggesting that something ''might'' happen between the two of them when she's ready.
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Angus's father is implied to be dead when his mother says she knows he "misses" him. Hunham also says that visiting his father in a cemetery would be appropriate for their trip. But then it's revealed that his father is actually in an asylum. When Angus visits him, the first thing he says is how much he misses him]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Angus's father is implied to be dead when his mother says she knows he "misses" him. him, and Angus later tells Hunham also says that visiting his father in is indeed dead. So when he says he wants to "visit" his father, Hunham assumes he means a cemetery would be appropriate for their trip.trip to a cemetery. But then it's revealed that his father is actually in an asylum. When Angus visits him, the first thing he says is how much he misses him]].
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* BerserkButton: When Kountze insults Mary, Hunham drops his academic persona and shouts at him, showing that even though he may be a JerkAss, he's NiceToTheWaiter.
* BigManOnCampus: Jason Smith, one of the students initially stuck at Barton for the Christmas break, is the school's quarterback and generally a pretty nice guy. He tries to mediate between Angus and Kountze, and when his dad comes to pick him up to go skiing, he manages to convince him and the school to let all the other holdover kids come along, with Angus only not being able to go due to his mom being unreachable by phone. He is rather apologetic to Angus before leaving as well.
* BigManOnCampus: Jason Smith, one of the students initially stuck at Barton for the Christmas break, is the school's quarterback and generally a pretty nice guy. He tries to mediate between Angus and Kountze, and when his dad comes to pick him up to go skiing, he manages to convince him and the school to let all the other holdover kids come along, with Angus only not being able to go due to his mom being unreachable by phone. He is rather apologetic to Angus before leaving as well.
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* BerserkButton: When Kountze insults Mary, Hunham drops his academic persona and shouts at him, showing that even though he may be a JerkAss, he's NiceToTheWaiter.
NiceToTheWaiter. His genuine affection and respect for Mary is one of the first [[PetTheDog indicators that he's not all bad]].
* BigManOnCampus: Jason Smith, one of the students initially stuck at Barton for the Christmas break, is the school'squarterback quarterback, and we get the sense that his family are rich even by Barton standards. He's generally a pretty nice guy.guy, though. He tries to mediate between Angus and Kountze, and when his dad comes to pick him up to go skiing, he manages to convince him and the school to let all the other holdover kids come along, with Angus only not being able to go due to his mom being unreachable by phone. He is rather apologetic to Angus before leaving as well.
* BigManOnCampus: Jason Smith, one of the students initially stuck at Barton for the Christmas break, is the school's
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* BlankBook: When Hunham is [[spoiler: packing up after having been let go]], Mary shows up to his door. She gifts him a book, just like Paul did earlier in the movie. But when Paul flips through it, confused, Mary explains that it's for him to write his monograph in.
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* BlankBook: When Hunham is [[spoiler: packing up after having been let go]], Mary shows up to his door. She gifts him a book, just like Paul did earlier in the movie. But when Paul flips through it, confused, confused to see that all the pages are blank, Mary explains that it's for him to write his monograph in.
* BourgeoisBohemian: Jason's CEO dad tells him to cut his hair, but he refuses, citing "civil disobedience". [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, he has cut his hair after all, suggesting that it was never really that important to him.]]
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** During Christmas, Hunham gifts both Angus and Mary copies of Marcus Aurelius' ''Meditations'', leading Mary to crack if he gifts them to everyone. [[spoiler:When he's packing up his office at the end, one shot shows a box entirely dedicated to copies of ''Meditations''.]]
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** During Christmas, Hunham gifts both Angus and Mary copies of Marcus Aurelius' ''Meditations'', leading Mary to crack if joke that he gifts them to everyone. [[spoiler:When he's packing up his office at the end, one shot shows a box entirely dedicated to copies of ''Meditations''.]]
* DeadGuyJunior: Mary's pregnant sister decides that, if her child is a boy, his middle name will be Curtis, after his cousin who died in Vietnam.
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* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Ye-Joon Park, one of the younger holdovers, has a nightmare, starts crying, and wets his bed. His crying awakens Angus, who assesses the situation, says that the other kids would "crucify" him if they found out, and promises to help him with his sheets in the morning.
* EpicFail: Many of Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane.
* EpicFail: Many of Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane.
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* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Ye-Joon Park, one of the younger holdovers, has a nightmare, starts crying, and wets his bed. His crying awakens Angus, who assesses the situation, says that the other kids would "crucify" him if they found out, and promises to help him with his sheets in the morning.
morning. A PetTheDog moment for Angus.
* EpicFail: Many of Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane. Hunham looks extremely pleased with himself.
* EpicFail: Many of Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane. Hunham looks extremely pleased with himself.
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** Angus is introduced quarreling with other students, getting the highest grade in his ancient civilizations class, and contradicting his teacher, establishing him as a bright but haughty and prickly kid.
* EthnicMenialLabor: Peter the janitor, Mary the kitchen manager, and many of the kitchen staff are all black.
* EthnicMenialLabor: Peter the janitor, Mary the kitchen manager, and many of the kitchen staff are all black.
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** Angus is introduced quarreling with other students, students and shooting some genuinely [[DeadpanSnarker witty barbs]] at them, getting the highest grade in his ancient civilizations class, and contradicting his teacher, establishing him as a bright but haughty and prickly kid.
* EthnicMenialLabor:Peter Danny the janitor, Mary the kitchen manager, and many of the kitchen staff are all black.black. All of the professors, and nearly all of the students, are white.
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** After an incident where Angus dislocates his arm, he comes up with a spontaneous lie so that Hunham doesn't get in trouble. [[spoiler:Hunham returns the favor at the end of the movie, when he lies to clear Angus of responsibility for visiting his father and make sure he doesn't get expelled.]]
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** After an incident where Angus dislocates his arm, he comes up with a spontaneous lie so that Hunham doesn't get in trouble. trouble, pretending that Hunham is his father and they rarely get time together. [[spoiler:Hunham returns the favor at the end of the movie, when he lies to clear Angus of responsibility for visiting his real father and make sure he doesn't get expelled.]]
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** Earlier in the film, Jason Smith mentions that his dad is on a skiing vacation but won't let him come because he hasn't cut his hair. [[spoiler:The dad shows up in a helicopter a few scenes later with a change of heart, and whisks away every holdover but Angus.]]
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that the reason Hunham is such a hardass teacher is [[spoiler:lingering resentment towards his old roommate from Harvard, who plagiarized his work and avoided the consequences because his family were wealthy donors. As a result, he's incredibly strict with his students, especially the privileged ones who try to coast by on prestige alone, and is quick to assume that everyone under his tutelage is the same, only growing out of it after spending time with Angus.]]
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that the reason Hunham is such a hardass teacher is [[spoiler:lingering resentment towards his old roommate from Harvard, who plagiarized his work and avoided the consequences because his family were wealthy donors. As a result, he's incredibly strict with his students, especially the privileged ones who try to coast by on prestige alone, and is quick to assume that everyone under his tutelage is the same, only growing out of it after spending time with Angus.]]
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** Earlier in the film, Jason Smith mentions that his dad is on a skiing vacation but won't let him come because he hasn't cut his hair. [[spoiler:The dad shows up in a helicopter a few scenes later with a change of heart, and whisks away every holdover but Angus. As a BrickJoke at the end of the movie, we see that Jason has cut his hair after all.]]
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that the reason Hunham is such a hardass teacher is [[spoiler:lingering resentment towards his old roommate from Harvard, who plagiarized his work and avoided the consequences because his family were wealthy donors. As a result, he's incredibly strict with his students, especially the privileged ones who try to coast by on prestige alone, and is quick to assume that everyone under his tutelage is the same, only growing out of it after spending time with Angus.]]]] Early in the film, Mary points out to him that even with their privilege and wealth, many of his students still have it pretty bad at home.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that the reason Hunham is such a hardass teacher is [[spoiler:lingering resentment towards his old roommate from Harvard, who plagiarized his work and avoided the consequences because his family were wealthy donors. As a result, he's incredibly strict with his students, especially the privileged ones who try to coast by on prestige alone, and is quick to assume that everyone under his tutelage is the same, only growing out of it after spending time with Angus.
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* HateSink: Kountz is entitled, arrogant, intentionally obnoxious, and unlike the other flawed characters, he never shows the slightest decency towards another individual and has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
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* HateSink: Kountz is entitled, arrogant, intentionally obnoxious, racist, and unlike the other flawed characters, he never shows the slightest decency towards another individual and has absolutely no redeeming qualities.qualities. He is, in short, everything that Hunham assumes all his students are.
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* HypocriticalHumor: As Hunham loftily trumpets, "Without sufficient exercise, the body devours itself," the camera lingers on him watching the kids run and idly smoking.
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* HypocriticalHumor: As Hunham loftily trumpets, "Without sufficient exercise, the body devours itself," the camera lingers on him watching the kids run and idly smoking. See IronicEcho, below.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Hunham got kicked out of Harvard, and all of the Barton boys plan on going to an Ivy League school. Justified, since this Barton a prestigious and expensive boarding school full of adolescents from privileged backgrounds; Curtis, who was black and not from money, yearned to go to Swarthmore but never made it there.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Hunham got kicked out of Harvard, and all of the Barton boys plan on going to an Ivy League school. Justified, since this Barton is a prestigious and expensive boarding school full of adolescents from privileged backgrounds; Curtis, who was black and not from money, yearned to go to Swarthmore but never made it there. there.
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* KickTheDog: After one of the younger holdovers gets Kountze in trouble by letting Hunham know that he started his fight with Angus, Kountze steals a glove from the boy's hand and throws it into the icy river in retaliation. Angus theorizes that he deliberately stole just one glove to be extra cruel.
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* KickTheDog: After one of the younger holdovers Ollerman gets Kountze in trouble by letting Hunham know that he started his fight with Angus, Kountze steals a glove from the boy's hand and throws it into the icy river in retaliation. Angus theorizes that he deliberately stole just one glove to be extra cruel.
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* LovableJock: Jason Smith is the school's popular star quarterback, but also proves to be a pretty nice guy, breaking up a fight between Kountze and Angus, and convincing his father to take the other students who have nowhere to go over the holidays on a skiing vacation with his family.
* MeaningfulName: Mary Lamb is shown throughout the movie to be grieving the loss of her son's life in Vietnam. In other words, "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
* MeaningfulName: Mary Lamb is shown throughout the movie to be grieving the loss of her son's life in Vietnam. In other words, "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
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* LovableJock: Jason Smith is the school's popular star quarterback, quarterback and seems rich and privileged even by Barton standards, but also proves to be a pretty nice guy, breaking up a fight between Kountze and Angus, and convincing his father to take the other students who have nowhere to go over the holidays on a skiing vacation with his family.
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* MeaningfulName: Mary Lamb is shown throughout the movie to be grieving the loss of her son's life in Vietnam. In other words, "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Both her first and last name are also very Biblically grounded, as befits the most religious character in the movie.
* MeaningfulName: Mary Lamb is shown throughout the movie to be grieving the loss of her son's life in Vietnam. In other words, "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Both her first and last name are also very Biblically grounded, as befits the most religious character in the movie.
* PosthumousCharacter: Dr. Greene, a former Barton headmaster who was kind to Hunham, and for whom he has great respect. He represents the time when Barton was actually a place of principle and integrity, rather than the diploma factory for rich kids that it's becoming.
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* {{Retraux}}: It's subtle, but the film is shot in a rather old-fashioned way to recall the movies of the early '70s, including retro credits and production cards, juddered titles, artificial grain and even film scratches. The trailer even has a voiceover!
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* {{Retraux}}: It's subtle, but the film is shot in a rather old-fashioned way to recall the movies of the early '70s, including retro credits and production cards, juddered titles, camera zooms instead of dolly shots, artificial grain and even film scratches. The trailer even has a voiceover!
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* WhatTheHellHero: Mary gives one to Hunham following a confrontation with Angus after Miss Crane's Christmas party.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Even while drunk, Mary gives one to Hunham following a confrontation with Angus after Miss Crane's Christmas party.
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* BlankBook: When Hunham is [[spoiler: packing up after having been let go]], Mary shows up to his door. She gifts him a book, just like Paul did earlier in the movie. But when Paul flips through it, confused, Mary explains that it's for him to write his monograph in.
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** Danny the school's janitor clearly has a thing for Mary, but she isn't super receptive to his advances, no doubt partially due to her continuing grief over her son's death.
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** Danny Danny, the school's janitor janitor, clearly has a thing for Mary, but she isn't super receptive to his advances, no doubt partially due to her continuing grief over her son's death.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: When Angus and Crane's niece Elise are spending time together at the Christmas party, Elise catches his eyes wandering and asks if he's trying to look down her shirt. Angus responds no...then after a brief pause says yes.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: When Angus and Crane's niece Elise are spending time together at the Christmas party, Elise catches his eyes wandering and asks if he's trying to look down her shirt. Angus responds says no...then after a brief pause says yes.
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* EpicFail: Many of Paul Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane.
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* EpicFail: Many of Paul Hunham's attempts to connect to other people at a human level turn out this way. One that really stands out is his effort to strike up a conversation with a Mall Santa at a bowling alley by giving him a lecture about the historical Saint Nicholas. Hunham tells the mall Santa that he should wear sandals and a light robe to be consistent with St. Nicholas' Byzantine background. Of course, the mall Santa and his friend just glare at Hunham, probably thinking that he's either drunk or insane.
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** Hunham is introduced muttering to himself about how stupid his students are. When Lydia knocks on his door, he rudely tries to shoo her away, and when she gifts him Christmas cookies, he just smiles awkwardly and shuts the door, establishing him as a SternTeacher with NoSocialSkills but also capable of at least ''trying'' to be nice and genuinely appreciating acts of kindness even if he struggles to show it.
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** Hunham is introduced muttering to himself about how stupid his students are. When Lydia knocks on his door, he rudely tries to shoo her away, and when she gifts him Christmas cookies, he just smiles awkwardly and shuts the door, establishing him as a SternTeacher with who has NoSocialSkills but is also capable of at least ''trying'' to be nice and genuinely appreciating acts of kindness kindness, even if he struggles to show it.
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* GratuitousLatin: Hunham drops plenty of it, as you might expect from an Ancient Civilizations teacher.
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* GratuitousLatin: Hunham drops plenty of it, as you might expect from an Ancient Civilizations ancient civilizations teacher.
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* HeldGaze: Once Angus spends some time with Crane's niece Elise at the Christmas party, a sign that there's some chemistry between them is the amount of time they spend looking into each other's eyes. Elise then kisses Angus, and he continues to stare at her as if out of shock or simply not knowing what to do next, which makes her giggle.
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* HeldGaze: Once Angus spends some time with Crane's niece Elise at the Christmas party, a sign that there's some chemistry between them is the amount of time they spend looking into each other's eyes. When Elise then kisses Angus, and he continues to stare at her as if out of shock or simply not knowing what to do next, which makes her giggle.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Cruel bully Kountze may get to escape the school for Christmas to go skiing, [[spoiler: but cathartically, he returns hideously sunburned.]]
* LogoJoke: As neither Creator/FocusFeatures nor Creator/{{Miramax}} existed during the film's '70s setting, both get an original era-appropriate redesign, even following an old MPAA rating card. The UK edition also displays the old BBFC ratings card.
* LogoJoke: As neither Creator/FocusFeatures nor Creator/{{Miramax}} existed during the film's '70s setting, both get an original era-appropriate redesign, even following an old MPAA rating card. The UK edition also displays the old BBFC ratings card.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Cruel bully Kountze may get to escape the school for Christmas to go skiing, [[spoiler: but cathartically, he returns hideously sunburned.]]
sunburned]].
* LogoJoke: As neither Creator/FocusFeatures nor Creator/{{Miramax}} existed during the film's '70s setting, both get an original era-appropriate redesign, even following an old MPAA rating card. The UK edition also displays the old BBFC ratings card.
* LogoJoke: As neither Creator/FocusFeatures nor Creator/{{Miramax}} existed during the film's '70s setting, both get an original era-appropriate redesign, even following an old MPAA rating card. The UK edition also displays the old BBFC ratings card.
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* MyEyesAreUpHere: Elise catches Angus trying to look down her shirt while they're fingerpainting. Ironically he's recently heard the line in another context, when a wounded vet in a bar sees him staring at his hook.
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* MyEyesAreUpHere: Elise catches Angus trying to look down her shirt while they're fingerpainting. Ironically he's Ironically, by the time of that scene, he'd recently heard the line in another context, when a wounded vet in a bar sees saw him staring at his hook.
