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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Frank Dixon at the end of the film, trying everything he can to keep Viktor in out of spite. [[InspectorJavert Technically, he's just following the rules.]]

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Frank Dixon at is an extreme case. He tries to trick Viktor into breaking the end law, and tries to stop a Russian emigrant from taking medicine out of the film, trying everything US....specifically, medicine doctors in Canada had prescribed to give his grievously ill father in Russia, that he can had with him when his plane landed for a layover. Since he's now on US soil, Dixon tries to keep Viktor in out seize all of spite. it, even when he's literally on his hands and knees begging for mercy. [[InspectorJavert Technically, he's Dixon's just following the rules.]]]] When Viktor uses those same rules to help the Russian traveller to get his father's pills back, Dixon is so upset he marks Viktor as his enemy.
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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski doesn't really have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived at or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff by just being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]

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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski doesn't really have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived at or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff by just by being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]
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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski really doesn't have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived at or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff by just being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]

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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski really doesn't really have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived at or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff by just being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]
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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski really doesn't have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived in or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff just by being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]

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* NiceGuy: Viktor Navorski really doesn't have a bad bone in his body. He's just an innocent man who finds himself stranded in a foreign land because a civil war in his country has rendered him stateless, and as a result is unable to leave the airport he arrived in at or take a flight home. Throughout the months he spends at the airport, he manages to win over practically ''every'' member of the terminal staff by just by being himself, [[spoiler: so much that they all mutiny against Dixon when Viktor finally has a legal means to leave the airport and travel into New York City.]]

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