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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* ShoutOut: The singles dance is a ''Film/JohnnyLingo'' [[HulaAndLuaus luau]].
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* ShoutOut: The singles dance is a ''Film/JohnnyLingo'' [[HulaAndLuaus luau]].luau.
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* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload:
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].\\
'''Brigham Phelps''': You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].\\
'''Brigham Phelps''': You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
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* FunWithAcronyms:
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].\\
'''Brigham Phelps''': You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].\\
'''Brigham Phelps''': You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to Halestorm Entertainment's [[Film/TheSinglesWard previous film]]. Jared never goes through a CrisisOfFaith (or at least, never doubts if his beliefs are true) and on the whole the tone, plot, and humor is [[DenserAndWackier sillier]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: All of Elder Phelps and his family's communications are lost during the last month of his mission. Elder Phelps does not know that his family moved during that time, and his family thinks he'll be home a month before he actually arrives.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: All of Elder Phelps and his family's communications are lost during the last month of his mission. Elder Phelps does not know that his family moved during that time, and his family thinks he'll be home a month before after he actually arrives.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: To calm Jared down while they're in prison, Kori says "[[TemptingFate what's the worst thing that could happen]]". Other prisoners start gesturing at them and saying "pretty boy", an apparent threat of PrisonRape.
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* CueTheRain: PlayedForLaughs. After finishing his mission, Jared arrives at the front lawn of what he thinks is his home. The sprinklers turn on and his suitcase falls open.
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him and they've committed to marriage, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't quite meet his expectations.
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things thinks he has everything worked out for him back home, home; his girlfriend waited for him and they've committed to marriage, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't quite meet his expectations.
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* OverlyLongName: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (a.k.a Humu)
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* OverlyLongName: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (a.k.a Humu)Humu).
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* JennysNumber: Jared's phone number on his engagement ring advertisement is 867-5309.
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* AdamWesting: Jared comes home and finds his girlfriend is engaged to a guy named Kirby. Jared doesn't believe that Kirby is a real name, though he's played by an actor named Kirby Heyborne.
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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Jared works in various jobs after his mission, including telemarketer for Filthy Filter, and waiter for the Book of Mormon Burger.
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* NightmareSequence: Jared dreams that a judge clears him of all charges except littering. Outside the courthouse, the mission president's wife shoots him for getting into trouble. Jared wakes up in his jail cell normally, averting CatapultNightmare.
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* An Aesop: Brigham tells Jared that life always gets tougher before it gets easier.
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* An Aesop: AnAesop: Brigham tells Jared that life always gets tougher before it gets easier.
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't quite meet his expectations.
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him, him and they've committed to marriage, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't quite meet his expectations.
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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In the credits, it says "No animals were harmed in the making of this film...except for that one dog...stupid dog!"
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* RecordNeedleScratch: When Duey is singing "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond at Sariah's wedding, it cuts to the Thompsons having a romantic candlelit night. When Jared knocks on the door for home teaching, cue the record scratch.
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* RecordNeedleScratch: When Duey is singing "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond Paul Anka at Sariah's wedding, it cuts to the Thompsons having a romantic candlelit night. When Jared knocks on the door for home teaching, cue the record scratch.
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns home to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't quite meet his expectations.
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* ForeignExchangeStudent: Humu is a Tongan student who lives with the Phelps family.
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* ForeignExchangeStudent: Humu is a Tongan student who lives moves in with the Phelps family.
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--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].//\\
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns home to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/Mormonism [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't exactly quite meet his expectations.
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** Also includes celebrity cameos from Wally Joyner,, Gary Crowton, Jimmy Chunga and Larry H. Miller.
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* FictionalCounterpart: Jared starts working as a telemarketer for the Filthy Filter, a profanity-filtering service similar to CleanFlicks.
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* FictionalCounterpart: Jared starts working as a telemarketer for the Filthy Filter, a profanity-filtering service similar to CleanFlicks.[=CleanFlicks=].
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--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].
--> '''Brigham Phelps''': 'You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
--> '''Brigham Phelps''': 'You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
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--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].
-->Missionary[[/labelnote]].//
'''Brigham Phelps''':'You're You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
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''The R.M.'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and produced by Halestorm Entertainment. The film follows Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) as he returns home to Provo after serving two years as a missionary for [[UsefulNotes/Mormonism The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Evanston, Wyoming. Jared things he has everything worked out for him back home, his girlfriend waited for him, he has a job ready back home, and he's going to apply to BYU. However, what actually happens doesn't exactly meet his expectations.
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!!''The R.M.''' provides examples of:
* An Aesop: Brigham tells Jared that life always gets tougher before it gets easier.
* AllThereInTheScript: The [[http://www.ldsfilm.com/scripts/screenplays/therm.pdf script]] names Jared's hotel roommate Phil.
* AmoralAttorney: Downplayed. Jared and Kori's lawyer has no problem making up a story for his clients.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Right after Phelps laments about how being dumped by his girlfriend "is like getting hit by a ton of bricks", his Tongan roommate Humu breaks the bunk bed and falls on him.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the movie, the mission president's wife tells Elder Phelps to stay faithful or she will hunt him down. Later, he dreams that she actually does hunt him down and shoot him.
* TheCameo:
** The boy band Jericho Road briefly appears in the prison scene.
** Also includes celebrity cameos from Wally Joyner,, Gary Crowton, Jimmy Chunga and Larry H. Miller.
* DearJohnLetter: Molly sent one to Elder Phelps, though it got lost in the mail.
* DumpsterDive: {{Implied}}. Jared loses a wedding ring while at a food court, and he's later seen covered in trash.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Jared finds Kori and some of his friends drunk, so Jared drives them home to help them avoid drinking and driving. A cop pulls them over when he sees a beer can thrown out the window, and he has back-up officers help him arrest everybody, and the incident gets coverage from local news. {{Justified}} in that the car was actually stolen
* FictionalCounterpart: Jared starts working as a telemarketer for the Filthy Filter, a profanity-filtering service similar to CleanFlicks.
* FishOutOfWater: Elder Phelps envisions his post-mission life as idyllic, though it turns out to be pretty chaotic.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Humu is a Tongan student who lives with the Phelps family.
* FunWithAcronyms:
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].
--> '''Brigham Phelps''': 'You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: To calm Jared down while they're in prison, Kori says "[[TemptingFate what's the worst thing that could happen]]". Other prisoners start gesturing at them and saying "pretty boy", an apparent threat of PrisonRape.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Jared's heartbeat can be heard when he's asked a question in court.
* LanguageFluencyDenial: [[spoiler:Humu says he speaks English better than Tongan, but he pretends he doesn't know English to avoid taking to Emma Phelps.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After Colin and Julie Jensen say they've started their Utah weddings business, they launch into a commercial speaking to the camera, while Phelps tries to figure out who they're speaking to.
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: During church, Relief Society is shown as neat and orderly, with the teacher preparing an elaborate lesson. Elders Quorum, on the other hand, is disorganized such that nobody really prepared a lesson.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In the credits, it says "No animals were harmed in the making of this film...except for that one dog...stupid dog!"
* OverlyLongName: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (a.k.a Humu)
* PoorCommunicationKills: All of Elder Phelps and his family's communications are lost during the last month of his mission. Elder Phelps does not know that his family moved during that time, and his family thinks he'll be home a month before he actually arrives.
* RecordNeedleScratch: When Duey is singing "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond at Sariah's wedding, it cuts to the Thompsons having a romantic candlelit night. When Jared knocks on the door for home teaching, cue the record scratch.
* ShoutOut: The singles dance is a ''Film/JohnnyLingo'' [[HulaAndLuaus luau]].
* TalkingInYourSleep: Jared's hotel roommate mumbles in his sleep about salmon, toothpaste, and then he starts attacking his mattress.
* TemptingFate: When Sariah is trying to convince Jared he needs to get out and socialize by attending a singles ward dance, she says, "Besides, what could go wrong at a dance?" [[spoiler:Subverted in that nothing that bad really happens at the dance.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Jared's best friend Kori Swenson has fallen away from the church and tries to teach him the ways of the world.
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!!''The R.M.''' provides examples of:
* An Aesop: Brigham tells Jared that life always gets tougher before it gets easier.
* AllThereInTheScript: The [[http://www.ldsfilm.com/scripts/screenplays/therm.pdf script]] names Jared's hotel roommate Phil.
* AmoralAttorney: Downplayed. Jared and Kori's lawyer has no problem making up a story for his clients.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Right after Phelps laments about how being dumped by his girlfriend "is like getting hit by a ton of bricks", his Tongan roommate Humu breaks the bunk bed and falls on him.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the movie, the mission president's wife tells Elder Phelps to stay faithful or she will hunt him down. Later, he dreams that she actually does hunt him down and shoot him.
* TheCameo:
** The boy band Jericho Road briefly appears in the prison scene.
** Also includes celebrity cameos from Wally Joyner,, Gary Crowton, Jimmy Chunga and Larry H. Miller.
* DearJohnLetter: Molly sent one to Elder Phelps, though it got lost in the mail.
* DumpsterDive: {{Implied}}. Jared loses a wedding ring while at a food court, and he's later seen covered in trash.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Jared finds Kori and some of his friends drunk, so Jared drives them home to help them avoid drinking and driving. A cop pulls them over when he sees a beer can thrown out the window, and he has back-up officers help him arrest everybody, and the incident gets coverage from local news. {{Justified}} in that the car was actually stolen
* FictionalCounterpart: Jared starts working as a telemarketer for the Filthy Filter, a profanity-filtering service similar to CleanFlicks.
* FishOutOfWater: Elder Phelps envisions his post-mission life as idyllic, though it turns out to be pretty chaotic.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Humu is a Tongan student who lives with the Phelps family.
* FunWithAcronyms:
--> '''Jared Phelps''': Dad, this is just so out of my league, I'm just an RM[[labelnote:*]]Returned Missionary[[/labelnote]].
--> '''Brigham Phelps''': 'You're not just an RM, you're an LDS[[labelnote:*]]Latter-day Saint[[/labelnote]] RM, who's trained at the MTC[[labelnote:*]]Missionary Training Center[[/labelnote]], who became a DL[[labelnote:*]]District Leader[[/labelnote]], a ZL[[labelnote:*]]Zone Leader[[/labelnote]], and then an AP[[labelnote:*]]Assistant to the President[[/labelnote]], who was promised long ago by his bishop through a PPI[[labelnote:*]]Personal Priesthood Interview[[/labelnote]] after BYC[[labelnote:*]]Bishop's Youth Committee[[/labelnote]] that someday he'd be the EQP[[labelnote:*]]Elders Quorum President[[/labelnote]]. I smell GA[[labelnote:*]]General Authority[[/labelnote]]!
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: To calm Jared down while they're in prison, Kori says "[[TemptingFate what's the worst thing that could happen]]". Other prisoners start gesturing at them and saying "pretty boy", an apparent threat of PrisonRape.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Jared's heartbeat can be heard when he's asked a question in court.
* LanguageFluencyDenial: [[spoiler:Humu says he speaks English better than Tongan, but he pretends he doesn't know English to avoid taking to Emma Phelps.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After Colin and Julie Jensen say they've started their Utah weddings business, they launch into a commercial speaking to the camera, while Phelps tries to figure out who they're speaking to.
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: During church, Relief Society is shown as neat and orderly, with the teacher preparing an elaborate lesson. Elders Quorum, on the other hand, is disorganized such that nobody really prepared a lesson.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In the credits, it says "No animals were harmed in the making of this film...except for that one dog...stupid dog!"
* OverlyLongName: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (a.k.a Humu)
* PoorCommunicationKills: All of Elder Phelps and his family's communications are lost during the last month of his mission. Elder Phelps does not know that his family moved during that time, and his family thinks he'll be home a month before he actually arrives.
* RecordNeedleScratch: When Duey is singing "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond at Sariah's wedding, it cuts to the Thompsons having a romantic candlelit night. When Jared knocks on the door for home teaching, cue the record scratch.
* ShoutOut: The singles dance is a ''Film/JohnnyLingo'' [[HulaAndLuaus luau]].
* TalkingInYourSleep: Jared's hotel roommate mumbles in his sleep about salmon, toothpaste, and then he starts attacking his mattress.
* TemptingFate: When Sariah is trying to convince Jared he needs to get out and socialize by attending a singles ward dance, she says, "Besides, what could go wrong at a dance?" [[spoiler:Subverted in that nothing that bad really happens at the dance.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Jared's best friend Kori Swenson has fallen away from the church and tries to teach him the ways of the world.
