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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYk-slslBk The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick "old sport"]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYk-slslBk com/watch?v=_wgkdTRlCFI The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick "old sport"]].
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Fixing ZCEs.


** The entirety of Gatsby's sheer awkwardness both prior to and during this scene.

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** %%** The entirety of Gatsby's sheer awkwardness both prior to and during this scene.



* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "We were just talking about other peoples' wives."]]
* [[OvershadowedByAwesome "I brought cakes!"]]
* [[NoKillLikeOverkill "Perhaps some more flowers."]]

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* %%* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "We were just talking about other peoples' wives."]]
* %%* [[OvershadowedByAwesome "I brought cakes!"]]
* %%* [[NoKillLikeOverkill "Perhaps some more flowers."]]



* On the way from the Buchanan mansion to town:
--> '''Tom:''' I've made a small investigation of (Gatsby). I could have gone deeper if I'd known-
--> '''Jordan:''' Do you mean you've been to a medium? (laughs with Nick)

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* %%* On the way from the Buchanan mansion to town:
--> %%--> '''Tom:''' I've made a small investigation of (Gatsby). I could have gone deeper if I'd known-
--> %%--> '''Jordan:''' Do you mean you've been to a medium? (laughs with Nick)



* From the 2000 TV movie scene leading up to Daisy's and Gatsby's reunion:
--> '''Daisy (walking into the house):''' Oh! Flowers! Are we having a funeral?
--> '''Daisy (upon hearing Gatsby knocking on the door):''' And that must be the corpse!

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* %%* From the 2000 TV movie scene leading up to Daisy's and Gatsby's reunion:
--> %%--> '''Daisy (walking into the house):''' Oh! Flowers! Are we having a funeral?
--> %%--> '''Daisy (upon hearing Gatsby knocking on the door):''' And that must be the corpse!
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* Nick sees that Wolfsheim is wearing cuff links made from human teeth. Later in the same scene, when Nick is asking Gatsby what Wolfsheim does for a living, one of his guesses is that he's a dentist.
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--> '''Daisy (upon hearing Gatsby knocking on the door):''' And that must be the corpse!

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--> '''Daisy (upon hearing Gatsby knocking on the door):''' And that must be the corpse!corpse!
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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick "old sport".

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* *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYk-slslBk The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick "old sport".sport"]].
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* In both the book and 2013 film, this conversation between Daisy and Nick (at least in the film - the book is ambiguous about who replied Daisy) at the Plaza Hotel:

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* In both the book and 2013 film, this conversation between Daisy and Nick (at least in the film - the book is ambiguous about who replied to Daisy) at the Plaza Hotel:
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--> '''Daisy:''' Then telephone for an axe.

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--> '''Daisy:''' Then telephone for an axe.axe.
* From the 2000 TV movie scene leading up to Daisy's and Gatsby's reunion:
--> '''Daisy (walking into the house):''' Oh! Flowers! Are we having a funeral?
--> '''Daisy (upon hearing Gatsby knocking on the door):''' And that must be the corpse!
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* Nick being the third wheel and Gatsby and Daisy's reunion. There's a long drawn out awkward silence where the two don't know what to say to each other, and Nick tries to encourage conversation with the duo. When Nick tries to excuse himself, Gatsby desperately tries to keep him in the room.

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* Nick being the third wheel and Gatsby and Daisy's reunion. There's a long drawn out awkward silence where the two don't know what to say to each other, and Nick tries to encourage conversation with the duo. When Nick tries to excuse himself, Gatsby desperately tries to keep him in the room.room.
* On the way from the Buchanan mansion to town:
--> '''Tom:''' I've made a small investigation of (Gatsby). I could have gone deeper if I'd known-
--> '''Jordan:''' Do you mean you've been to a medium? (laughs with Nick)
* In both the book and 2013 film, this conversation between Daisy and Nick (at least in the film - the book is ambiguous about who replied Daisy) at the Plaza Hotel:
--> '''Daisy:''' Open another window.
--> '''Nick:''' There aren't any more.
--> '''Daisy:''' Then telephone for an axe.
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* [[NoKillLikeOverkill "Perhaps some more flowers."]]

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* [[NoKillLikeOverkill "Perhaps some more flowers."]]"]]
* Nick being the third wheel and Gatsby and Daisy's reunion. There's a long drawn out awkward silence where the two don't know what to say to each other, and Nick tries to encourage conversation with the duo. When Nick tries to excuse himself, Gatsby desperately tries to keep him in the room.
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* "Perhaps some more flowers."

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* [[NoKillLikeOverkill "Perhaps some more flowers.""]]
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* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "We were just talking about other peoples' wives."]]

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* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "We were just talking about other peoples' wives."]]"]]
* [[OvershadowedByAwesome "I brought cakes!"]]
* "Perhaps some more flowers."

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* Gatsby breaking Nick's clock because he's so overcome with nerves over talking with Daisy again...bonus points for him ''hitting the clock'' in an attempt to fix it.

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* Gatsby breaking Nick's clock because he's so overcome with nerves over talking with Daisy again... bonus points for him ''hitting the clock'' in an attempt to fix it.



* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.

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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'."old sport".
* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "We were just talking about other peoples' wives."]]
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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.
** In the first two times he says "old sport," fireworks boom and sparkle at the party right after he says it. Baz's direction at its outrageous.

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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.
** In the first two times he says "old sport," fireworks boom and sparkle at the party right after he says it. Baz's direction at its outrageous.
sport'.
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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.

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* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.sport'.
** In the first two times he says "old sport," fireworks boom and sparkle at the party right after he says it. Baz's direction at its outrageous.
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* The very scene in the 2013 film where Nick is in Myrtle's apartment and can hear her and Tom having sex in another room, while he sits there awkwardly. Even the dog looks embarrassed.

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* The very scene in the 2013 film where Nick is in Myrtle's apartment and can hear her and Tom having sex in another room, while he sits there awkwardly. Even the dog looks embarrassed.embarrassed.
* The sheer ridiculous number of times Gatsby calls Nick 'old sport'.
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** The entirety of Gatsby's sheer awkwardness both prior to and during this scene.

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** The entirety of Gatsby's sheer awkwardness both prior to and during this scene.scene.
* The very scene in the 2013 film where Nick is in Myrtle's apartment and can hear her and Tom having sex in another room, while he sits there awkwardly. Even the dog looks embarrassed.
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* Gatsby breaking Nick's clock because he's so overcome with nerves over talking with Daisy again...bonus points for him ''hitting the clock'' in an attempt to fix it.

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* Gatsby breaking Nick's clock because he's so overcome with nerves over talking with Daisy again...bonus points for him ''hitting the clock'' in an attempt to fix it.it.
** The entirety of Gatsby's sheer awkwardness both prior to and during this scene.
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* Gatsby breaking Nick's clock because he's so overcome with nerves over talking with Daisy again...bonus points for him ''hitting the clock'' in an attempt to fix it.

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