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* SweetAndSourGrapes: [[spoiler: Jean has spent a good deal of her life running away from failed relationships by moving away. But once she recognizes that uprooting her family has taken a toll on her daughters, she chooses to stay, even if it meant confronting her problems with Lenny. As a result, Ben (whose been the profile for Holly's "Mr. Right" persona) is inspired by what he's heard about Jean and wants to meet her. As such, she takes to Ben and finds love by choosing to stick it out.]]
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No relation to the Creator/{{TVB}} series.
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No relation to the Creator/{{TVB}} series.series, named ''A Perfect Man''.
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* CelebrityCameo: Music/{{Styx}} singer Dennis De Young as singer in a Styx tribute band.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: Adam to Holly over E-mail chat (really Jean in disguise, finding out what happened).
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Adam to Holly over E-mail chat (really Jean in disguise, finding out what happened).
* DescriptionCut: During their conversation, Ben tells Holly that "The Perfect Man" isn't afraid to cry. We cut to Lenny crying at a Styx's concert, [[GoneHorriblyRight much to Jean's unease]].
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* * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Jean Baker, as she puts it, "just needs to meet a good man!". Much to Holly's chagrin and embarrassment, prompting her to make up the perfect man for her mother.
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* DescriptionCut: During their conversation, Ben tells Holly that "The Perfect Man" isn't afraid to cry. We cut to Lenny crying at a Styx's concert, [[GoneTerriblyRight much to Jean's unease]].
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* DescriptionCut: During their conversation, Ben tells Holly that "The Perfect Man" isn't afraid to cry. We cut to Lenny crying at a Styx's concert, [[GoneTerriblyRight [[GoneHorriblyRight much to Jean's unease]].
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* DescriptionCut: During their conversation, Ben tells Holly that "The Perfect Man" isn't afraid to cry. We cut to Lenny crying at a Styx's concert, much to Jean's unease.
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* DescriptionCut: During their conversation, Ben tells Holly that "The Perfect Man" isn't afraid to cry. We cut to Lenny crying at a Styx's concert, [[GoneTerriblyRight much to Jean's unease.unease]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After a lifetime of being uprooted, not only has Jean decided to stay for once, much to Holly's joy. And for her choice, Jean and Adam decide to start a relationship, [[SweetAndSourGrapes the latter of which may be a good match for her]].]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After a lifetime of being uprooted, not only has Jean decided to stay for once, much to Holly's joy. And for her choice, Jean Holly and Adam decide to start a relationship, [[SweetAndSourGrapes the latter of which may be a good match for her]].]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After a lifetime of being uprooted, not only has Jean decided to stay for once, much to Holly's joy. And for her choice, Jean and Adam decide to start a relationship, [[SweetAndSourGrapes the latter of which may be a good match for her]].]]
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* RebuiltPedestal: Reconstructed. Holly is accustomed to thinking of Jean as being a highly flawed mother with a bad habit of moving every time things don't work out with her latest boyfriend. [[spoiler: Later, while speaking to her through her profile as Adam, she learns about her mother's past. She used to be an accomplished baker and would've gone on to bigger and better things. But she gave up that future when she got pregnant with her first child (Holly). Although she admits she wonders what might've been, she [[IRegretNothing regrets nothing]] because she got to raise her two daughters. This moves Holly to tears. Although her tendency to move from place to place is still inexcusable, this puts Holly's view of their relationship in [[RebuiltPedestal a new light]].]]
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* RebuiltPedestal: Reconstructed. Holly is accustomed to thinking of Jean as being a highly flawed mother with a bad habit of moving every time things don't work out with her latest boyfriend. [[spoiler: Later, while speaking to her through her profile as Adam, she learns about her mother's past. She used to be an accomplished baker and would've gone on to bigger and better things. But she gave up that future when she got pregnant with her first child (Holly). Although she admits she wonders what might've been, she [[IRegretNothing regrets nothing]] because she got to raise her two daughters. This moves Holly to tears. Although her tendency to move from place to place is still inexcusable, this puts Holly's view of their relationship in [[RebuiltPedestal a new light]].light.]]
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* ParentsAsPeople: Reconstructed. Holly is used to thinking of Jean as being a highly flawed mother with a bad habit of moving every time things don't work out with her latest boyfriend. [[spoiler: Later, while speaking to her through her profile as Adam, she learns about her mother's past. She used to be an accomplished baker and would've gone on to bigger and better things. But she gave up that future when she got pregnant with her first child (Holly). Although she admits she wonders what might've been, she [[IRegretNothing regrets nothing]] because she got to raise her two daughters. This moves Holly to tears. Although her tendency to move from place to place is still inexcusable, this puts Holly's view of their relationship in [[RebuiltPedestal a new light]].]]
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* ParentsAsPeople: Holly has no delusions about Jean, being accustomed to her uprooting their family every time her love life doesn't go well. Still, Holly later second-hand that she and Zoe mean ''the world'' to their mother. And Jean only [[CharacterDevelopment gets better]] once she [[HeelRealization realizes the error of her ways]].
* RebuiltPedestal: Reconstructed. Holly isused accustomed to thinking of Jean as being a highly flawed mother with a bad habit of moving every time things don't work out with her latest boyfriend. [[spoiler: Later, while speaking to her through her profile as Adam, she learns about her mother's past. She used to be an accomplished baker and would've gone on to bigger and better things. But she gave up that future when she got pregnant with her first child (Holly). Although she admits she wonders what might've been, she [[IRegretNothing regrets nothing]] because she got to raise her two daughters. This moves Holly to tears. Although her tendency to move from place to place is still inexcusable, this puts Holly's view of their relationship in [[RebuiltPedestal a new light]].]]
* RebuiltPedestal: Reconstructed. Holly is
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* LiarRevealed: [[spoiler: At one point later in the movie, Holly has to come clean to her mother when Jean arranges to meet "Adam" in person. Jean is less than pleased to learn her daughter has built a false profile and lead her on to fall in love with a man who literally doesn't even know her.]]
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* ParentsAsPeople: Reconstructed. Holly is used to thinking of Jean as being a highly flawed mother with a bad habit of moving every time things don't work out with her latest boyfriend. [[spoiler: Later, while speaking to her through her profile as Adam, she learns about her mother's past. She used to be an accomplished baker and would've gone on to bigger and better things. But she gave up that future when she got pregnant with her first child (Holly). Although she admits she wonders what might've been, she [[IRegretNothing regrets nothing]] because she got to raise her two daughters. This moves Holly to tears. Although her tendency to move from place to place is still inexcusable, this puts Holly's view of their relationship in [[RebuiltPedestal a new light]].]]
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** When Jean doesn't think she's good for the baking competition, her co-workers asks her a question that leads Jean to question her mysterious "Mr. Right".
* TheAtoner: After realizing what a bad parent and role model she's been, Jean starts unpacking their belongings and tries to stay in one place.
** When Jean doesn't think she's good for the baking competition, her co-workers asks her a question that leads Jean to question her mysterious "Mr. Right".
* TheAtoner: After realizing what a bad parent and role model she's been, Jean starts unpacking their belongings and tries to stay in one place.
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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Holly asks Adam to help her pose as "The PerfectMan, Ben" over the phone to break up with her mother Jean just to spare her of any heartache.
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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Holly asks Adam to help her pose as "The PerfectMan, Perfect Man, Ben" over the phone to break up with her mother Jean just to spare her of any heartache.heartache.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Part of what disrupts Holly's plan to get "Ben" to break up with her mom Jean is Adam being distracted by a picture of Holly and him professing his love for her.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Part of what disrupts Holly's plan to get "Ben" to break up with her mom Jean is Adam being distracted by a picture of Holly and him professing his love for her.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Every time Jean suffers a nasty break-up (one way or another), she packs her stuff and moves herself and her kids to a new city.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Every time Jean suffers a nasty break-up (one way or another), she packs her stuff and moves herself and her kids to a newcity.city.
** Holly suffers this as she returns home in tears and begs her mom for them to relocate, due to a misunderstanding of a message by Adam.
** Every time Jean suffers a nasty break-up (one way or another), she packs her stuff and moves herself and her kids to a new
** Holly suffers this as she returns home in tears and begs her mom for them to relocate, due to a misunderstanding of a message by Adam.
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* * WhamLine: Adam to Holly:"By you. I was distracted by you".
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** Adam toHolly:"By you.Holly: "By ''you''. I was distracted by you".
* ** Adam to Holly (really (actually Jean) online: "And you want to be more like your mom? (scoffs) Some role model".
** Adam to
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* ArmorPiercingResponce: Adam to Holly over E-mail chat (really Jean in disguise, finding out what happened).
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* AnAesop: Don't run away from your problems when life gets bad.
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A lonely mother (Locklear) begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter (Duff) who is trying to cheer her up.
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A lonely mother(Locklear) (Creator/HeatherLocklear) begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter (Duff) (Creator/HilaryDuff) who is trying to cheer her up.
A lonely mother
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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Holly asks Adam to help her pose as "The PerfectMan, Ben" over the phone to break up with her mother Jean just to spare her of any heartache.
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* * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Jean Baker, as she puts it, "just needs to meet a good man!". Much to Holly's chagrin and embarrassment, prompting her to make up the perfect man for her mother.
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!!''The Perfect Man'' contains these tropes:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Holly has one in her younger sister Zoe. Though they do get along quite well sometimes.
!!''The Perfect Man'' contains these tropes:
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Holly has one in her younger sister Zoe. Though they do get along quite well sometimes.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Holly's attempts to fix her mom up with Mr. Right results in her straining her friendship with Adam, more heartache for her mother and Holly accidentally ruining someone's wedding.
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* ShutUpKiss: Adam silences Holly with one as she is complaining to him about his screwup in last night's plan.
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* ShutUpKiss: Adam silences Holly with one as she is complaining to him about his screwup in last night's plan.plan.
* * WhamLine: Adam to Holly:"By you. I was distracted by you".
* Adam to Holly (really Jean) online: "And you want to be more like your mom? (scoffs) Some role model".
* WhamShot: The "Princess Holly" comic Adam makes for her actually has another message on the side of it that Holly didn't see (at first).
* * WhamLine: Adam to Holly:"By you. I was distracted by you".
* Adam to Holly (really Jean) online: "And you want to be more like your mom? (scoffs) Some role model".
* WhamShot: The "Princess Holly" comic Adam makes for her actually has another message on the side of it that Holly didn't see (at first).
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A lonely mother (Locklear) begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter (Duff) who is trying to cheer her up.
* ArmorPiercingResponce: Adam to Holly over E-mail chat (really Jean in disguise, finding out what happened).
* TheBigDamnKiss: Adam plants one on Holly as an answer to why he was distracted during their plan.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jean realizes how her running away form problems affects her daughters and plans to resolve her errors.
* ParentalNeglect: Jean really doesn't take into consideration of her kids feelings or how her actions have negatively affected them.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Every time Jean suffers a nasty break-up (one way or another), she packs her stuff and moves herself and her kids to a new city.
* ShutUpKiss: Adam silences Holly with one as she is complaining to him about his screwup in last night's plan.
* ArmorPiercingResponce: Adam to Holly over E-mail chat (really Jean in disguise, finding out what happened).
* TheBigDamnKiss: Adam plants one on Holly as an answer to why he was distracted during their plan.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jean realizes how her running away form problems affects her daughters and plans to resolve her errors.
* ParentalNeglect: Jean really doesn't take into consideration of her kids feelings or how her actions have negatively affected them.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Every time Jean suffers a nasty break-up (one way or another), she packs her stuff and moves herself and her kids to a new city.
* ShutUpKiss: Adam silences Holly with one as she is complaining to him about his screwup in last night's plan.
