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* SexualKarma: Jeremy getting raped by Gloris and molested by her brother is treated as just desserts for sleeping around.

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* SexualKarma: Jeremy getting raped by Gloris Gloria and molested by her brother is treated as just desserts for sleeping around.
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* BuxomBeautyStandard: Gloria. Downplayed. Her mother Kathleen too, and apparently the surgeon who operated on her breasts did a great job as John experiences first-hand.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape", yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the protests when he wakes up. The next day he calls it outright refers to the incident as a "midnight rape", yet rape"--yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie.



* FanserviceExtra: The absurdly beautiful Creator/DioraBaird and all the other actresses that flop down on beds with Vince and Owen in the sex montage.
** Isla Fisher's body double. That scene is also an example of BlackComedyRape.

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* FanserviceExtra: The absurdly beautiful FanserviceExtra:
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Creator/DioraBaird and all the other actresses that flop down on beds with Vince and Owen in the sex montage.
** Isla Fisher's Gloria is briefly played by a body double. That double of Creator/IslaFisher in a scene is also an example of BlackComedyRape.where she surprises Jeremy in his bedroom nude.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Jeremy is most likely suffering from this after being manipulated into staying with Gloria, who rapes him in the night.

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* HiddenDisdainReveal: When Sack tries to get Senator Cleary to back him up during his argument with John and Claire, Senator Cleary reveals to Sack that he never really cared for him much and is well aware of how much of a {{Jerkass}} he is. He only put up with him because he seemed to make Claire happy and will gladly stand by her if she chooses John instead.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Claire and her family when it comes to Sack.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with William Cleary. At the end of the film, he was shown to be aware of Sack's {{Jerkass}} traits, but was willing to turn a blind eye as long as Sack was making his daughter happy. When that is no longer the case... cue the HiddenDisdainReveal from papa Cleary.

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* HiddenDisdainReveal: Downplayed. When Sack tries to get Senator Secretary Cleary to back him up during his argument with John and Claire, Senator Cleary reveals to that the main thing he liked about Sack was that he never really cared for him much and is well aware of how much of a {{Jerkass}} he is. He only put up with him because he Sack seemed to make Claire happy. If being with Sack doesn't make Claire happy anymore and John does, Cleary will gladly stand by her if she chooses choosing John instead.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
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Claire and her family when it comes to Sack.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with William Cleary. At He seems close with Sack until the end of the film, when he was is shown to be aware of Sack's {{Jerkass}} traits, but traits. He was willing to turn a blind eye to Sack's behavior as long as Sack was making his daughter happy. When happy, but once that is no longer the case... cue the HiddenDisdainReveal from papa Cleary.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: When the protagonists' charade is revealed, everyone is understandably angry, except Gloria, who not only does not hold a grudge against Jeremy, but makes clear that she is still obsessively in love with him.]]
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: John and Jeremy are sleazy, womanizing liars, but they're going up against Sack Lodge, who is a ruthless, cruel FauxAffablyEvil bully.
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* TestingTheLoveInterest: Claire does this later in the film.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Gloria. Downplayed. Her mother Kathleen too, and apparently the surgeon who operated on her breasts did a great job as John experiences first-hand.

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Gloria. Downplayed. Her mother Kathleen too, and apparently the surgeon who operated on her breasts did a great job as John experiences first-hand.
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* {{Gainaxing}}: The wedding crash montage is ''very'' focused on Diora Baird's heaving bosom.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Sack Lodge repeatedly tackling Jeremy ''very'' hard during a casual game of football (it is clearly stated to be a game of ''touch'' football, where full contact tackles are not meant to be used), without second thoughts of how badly hurt the latter may be. Sack's followers even rub it in Jeremy's face, saying "That's what we call [[{{Pun}} a sack lunch]]!"

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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Sack Lodge repeatedly tackling Jeremy ''very'' hard during a casual game of football (it is clearly stated to be a game of ''touch'' football, where full contact tackles are not meant to be used), without second thoughts of how badly hurt the latter may be. Sack's followers even rub it in Jeremy's face, saying "That's what we call [[{{Pun}} a sack lunch]]!"lunch]]!" (In fact, the tackle was not a sack because Jeremy threw a forward pass before it.)
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Sack Lodge repeatedly tackling Jeremy ''very'' hard during a casual game of football (it is clearly stated to be a game of ''touch'' football, where such tackles are not meant to be used), without second thoughts of how badly hurt the latter may be. Sack's followers even rub it in Jeremy's face, saying "That's what we call [[{{Pun}} a sack lunch]]!"

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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Sack Lodge repeatedly tackling Jeremy ''very'' hard during a casual game of football (it is clearly stated to be a game of ''touch'' football, where such full contact tackles are not meant to be used), without second thoughts of how badly hurt the latter may be. Sack's followers even rub it in Jeremy's face, saying "That's what we call [[{{Pun}} a sack lunch]]!"
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* ButtMonkey: Jeremy. Raped by Gloria and almost done by Todd, her closeted brother; tackled and shot ("accidentally") by Sack...

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* ButtMonkey: Jeremy. Raped by Gloria and almost done by Todd, her closeted brother; tackled full contact during a ''touch'' football game and shot ("accidentally") by Sack...

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* AffablyEvil: William Cleary is hospitable and a loving family man. He's also a borderline eugenicist, if his admiration of Sack's ancestry is anything to go by.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: William Cleary is a staunch traditionalist and also a borderline eugenicist, if his admiration of Sack's ancestry is anything to go by. But at his core, he is a decent guy who is hospitable and a loving family man at the end of the day.
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* KnightOfCerebus: The movie's pretty lighthearted until we meet Zachary "Sack" Lodge.
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* HiddenDisdainReveal: When Sack tries to get Senator Cleary to back him up during his argument with John and Claire, Senator Cleary reveals to Sack that he never really cared for him much and is well aware of how much of a {{Jerkass}} he is. He only put up with him because he seemed to make Claire happy and will gladly stand by her if she chooses John instead.

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* BastardGirlfriend: Gloria has the perfect way of getting her man: first scare the shit out of him by acting crazy, then tie him up against his will and rape him. Of course he eventually learns to like it, and their relationship [[IdealizedSex seamlessly develops]] into [[CasualKink normal roleplaying]].


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* FetishizedAbuser: Gloria has the perfect way of getting her man: first scare the shit out of him by acting crazy, then tie him up against his will and rape him. Of course he eventually learns to like it, and their relationship [[IdealizedSex seamlessly develops]] into [[CasualKink normal roleplaying]].
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After a sequence of successful "crashes," Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Creator/ChristopherWalken) and his wife, Kathleen (Creator/JaneSeymour). After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire (Creator/RachelMcAdams) and Gloria (Creator/IslaFisher). This 2005 film is the very definition of...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know.]]

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After a sequence of successful "crashes," Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Creator/ChristopherWalken) and his wife, Kathleen (Creator/JaneSeymour).(Creator/JaneSeymourActress). After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire (Creator/RachelMcAdams) and Gloria (Creator/IslaFisher). This 2005 film is the very definition of...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know.]]
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* GetOut: John delivers this to Jeremy at one point during his DarkestHour. All the more poignant as they are HeterosexualLifePartners to each other
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Chazz is a manchild who lives with his mother and goes to funerals to pick-up women. And it works. While John is disturbed by what he does, he admits it's incredibly successful.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape". Yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie, and this is a comedy. They would never, never dare film this with the genders reversed. (Except they have...)

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape". Yet rape", yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie, and this is a comedy. They would never, never dare film this with the genders reversed. (Except they have...)movie.

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* BasementDweller: Played with. Chazz is a ladies man and has much better social skills than are typically seen with this trope; however, he is a {{Manchild}} who lives with his mother, does not appear to have a job, and ultimately illustrates the emptiness of a life spent pursuing an endless string of meaningless one-night stands rather than a deeper connection.



* DepravedHomosexual: Todd.

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* DepravedHomosexual: Todd.Todd, who forces his way into bed with Jeremy and insists that they have a "connection."



* FauxAffablyEvil: Sack can be charming and charismatic, but is also batshit insane.



* {{Manchild}}: Chazz is 40 but acts like a teenager. He lives with his mother, makes her cater to his every whim and objectifys women.

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* {{Manchild}}: Chazz is 40 but acts like a teenager. He lives with his mother, makes her cater to his every whim and objectifys objectifies women.
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:John and Jeremy are quite disappointed when they finally meet Chazz, and discover he's a pathetic manchild BasementDweller.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:John and Jeremy are is quite disappointed when they he finally meet meets Chazz, and discover he's a pathetic manchild BasementDweller.]]
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape". Yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie, and this is a comedy. They would never, never dare film this with the genders reversed.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape". Yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie, and this is a comedy. They would never, never dare film this with the genders reversed. (Except they have...)

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* TheCameo: [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Will Ferrell as Chazz]].]]

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* TheCameo: [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Will Ferrell TheCameo:
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as Chazz]].]]



* CastingGag: Creator/ChristopherWalken and Jane Seymour starred as [[BigBad Max Zorin]] in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' and [[GirlOfTheWeek Solitaire]] in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', which were Creator/RogerMoore's last and first Film/JamesBond films, respectively.

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* CastingGag: Creator/ChristopherWalken and Jane Seymour Creator/JaneSeymourActress starred as [[BigBad Max Zorin]] in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' and [[GirlOfTheWeek Solitaire]] in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', which were Creator/RogerMoore's last and first Film/JamesBond films, respectively.


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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Gloria literally ties Jeremy up while he's asleep and when he wakes up tapes his mouth shut to stop his protests, and the next day he calls it a "midnight rape". Yet he falls in love with her and marries her by the end of the movie, and this is a comedy. They would never, never dare film this with the genders reversed.

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* AffablyEvil: William Cleary is hospitable and a loving family man. He's also a borderline eugenicist, if his admiration of Sack's ancestry is anything to go by.



* {{Gainaxing}}: The wedding crash montage is ''very'' focused on Diora Baird's heaving bosom.



* {{Manchild}}: Chazz is 40 but acts like a teenager. He lives with his mother, makes her cater to his every whim and objectifys women.



* SexualKarma

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* SexualKarmaSexualKarma: Jeremy getting raped by Gloris and molested by her brother is treated as just desserts for sleeping around.



* TheSociopath: Sack Lodge.

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* TheSociopath: Sack Lodge.Lodge, though he puts on a humanitarian act when impressing Claire's parents.


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* StockholmSyndrome: Jeremy is most likely suffering from this after being manipulated into staying with Gloria, who rapes him in the night.
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After a sequence of successful "crashes," Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Creator/ChristopherWalken) and his wife, Kathleen (Jane Seymour). After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire (Creator/RachelMcAdams) and Gloria (Creator/IslaFisher). This 2005 film is the very definition of...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know.]]

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After a sequence of successful "crashes," Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary (Creator/ChristopherWalken) and his wife, Kathleen (Jane Seymour).(Creator/JaneSeymour). After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire (Creator/RachelMcAdams) and Gloria (Creator/IslaFisher). This 2005 film is the very definition of...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know.]]

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