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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement at that was to respond to Paul saying "You couldn't understand Tom but understood Travis?

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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement at that was to respond to Paul saying "You couldn't understand Tom but understood Travis?Travis?"
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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement question at that response was that Paul couldn't understand Tom but understood Travis?

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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement question at that response was that to respond to Paul saying "You couldn't understand Tom but understood Travis?
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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement at that response was that Paul didn't understand Tom but apparently understood Travis though

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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement question at that response was that Paul didn't couldn't understand Tom but apparently understood Travis though Travis?
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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out that he understood Travis character but not Tom somehow.

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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out in his own amusement at that he response was that Paul didn't understand Tom but apparently understood Travis character but not Tom somehow. though
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* A meta one but Creator/AlbertBrooks telling the story about how Creator/PaulSchrader praised his performance as Tom by saying he is the one character he could not understand. To which Brooks pointed out that he understood Travis character but not Tom somehow.
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* When Iris calls Travis square, annoyed, he turns it around on her and says "YOU'RE square!"

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* When Iris calls Travis square, annoyed, he turns it around on her and says "YOU'RE square!"square!"
* Travis trying to make small talk with the concessions woman at the porno theater. And then thinking it would be a good idea to take Betsy there for a date.
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** Even funnier if you are familiar with actual firearm terminology, because he repeatedly calls the gun magazines "clips", a common pet-peeve amongst real firearm enthusiasts.

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** Even funnier if you are familiar with actual firearm terminology, because he repeatedly calls the gun magazines "clips", a common pet-peeve amongst real firearm enthusiasts.enthusiasts.
*When Iris calls Travis square, annoyed, he turns it around on her and says "YOU'RE square!"
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The Cadillac itself wasn't pink. He offered the car with the "pink slip", a type of paper documentation


* Easy Andy trying to sound like a firearm expert when he sells Travis some guns in a hotel room before almost desperately trying to sell him drugs and finally a pink Cadillac.

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* Easy Andy trying to sound like a firearm expert when he sells Travis some guns in a hotel room before almost desperately trying to sell him drugs and finally a pink Cadillac.
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'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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* Easy Andy trying to sound like a firearm expert when he sells Travis some guns in a hotel room before almost desperately trying to sell him drugs and finally a pink Cadillac.

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* Easy Andy trying to sound like a firearm expert when he sells Travis some guns in a hotel room before almost desperately trying to sell him drugs and finally a pink Cadillac.Cadillac.
** Even funnier if you are familiar with actual firearm terminology, because he repeatedly calls the gun magazines "clips", a common pet-peeve amongst real firearm enthusiasts.
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* In a mostly dark and disturbing movie, the scene where Travis talks to a Secret Service man in a park is hilarious, from his ingenuous questions ('Is it hard to get to be in the Secret Service?') to the preposterous name and address he gives ('Henry Krinkle'). When the Secret Service man points out that the zip code Travis gives has the wrong number of digits, he just repeats it without the last digit and says, quite straightfaced, 'I was thinking of my telephone number.'

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* In a mostly dark and disturbing movie, the scene where Travis talks to a Secret Service man in a park is hilarious, from his ingenuous questions ('Is it hard to get to be in the Secret Service?') to the preposterous name and address he gives ('Henry Krinkle'). When the Secret Service man points out that the zip code Travis gives has the wrong number of digits, he just repeats it without the last digit and says, quite straightfaced, 'I was thinking of my telephone number.''
* Easy Andy trying to sound like a firearm expert when he sells Travis some guns in a hotel room before almost desperately trying to sell him drugs and finally a pink Cadillac.
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* In a mostly dark and disturbing movie, the scene where Travis talks to a Secret Service man in a park is hilarious, from his ingenuous questions ('Is it hard to get to be in the Secret Service?') to the preposterous name and address he gives ('Henry Krinkle'). When the Secret Service man points out that the zip code Travis gives has the wrong number of digits, he just repeats it without the last digit and says, quite straightfaced, 'I was thinking of my telephone number.'

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