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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Randall K. Jepperson spent years in a cocaine-fueled haze, only stopping after his mother threatened to cut him off from the family fortune. She had hoped he would go into therapy, but he instead decided to go into politics.
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* UpperClassTwit: Randall K. Jepperson spent years in a cocaine-fueled haze, only stopping after his mother threatened to cut him off from the family fortune. She had hoped he would go into therapy, but he instead decided to go into politics.
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* RelievedFailure: Gideon Payne is positively giddy when he loses his bid to become President, as he's since fallen in love with an immigrant escort, and he would not have been able to marry her if he'd become President.
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* RelievedFailure: Gideon [[spoiler:Gideon Payne is positively giddy when he loses his bid to become President, as he's since fallen in love with an immigrant escort, and he would not have been able to marry her if he'd become President.]]
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* RelievedFailure: Gideon Payne is positively giddy when he loses his bid to become President, as he's since fallen in love with an immigrant escort, and he would not have been able to marry her if he'd become President.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the ''Boomsday'' universe, Riley Peacham became the 44th President instead of UsefulNotes/BarackObaama.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the ''Boomsday'' universe, Riley Peacham became the 44th President instead of UsefulNotes/BarackObaama.UsefulNotes/BarackObama.
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* AbusiveParents: Gideon's mother was an abusive, controlling [[spoiler:and ultimately violently suicidal]] woman. Her abuse and tragic death have left Gideon with a crapload of psychological issues.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Monsignor Montefeltro spends the first half of the novel fervently wishing for an opportunity to rise up in the Catholic hierarchy. [[spoiler:In the second half, he finally gets it, but can't really enjoy it because he's being blackmailed.]]
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the ''Boomsday'' universe, Riley Peacham became the 44th President instead of UsefulNotes/BarackObaama.
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** Gideon's friend and confidante is a triple case - '''M'''onsignor '''M'''assimo '''M'''onteforte.
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** Gideon's friend and confidante is a triple case - '''M'''onsignor '''M'''assimo '''M'''onteforte.'''M'''ontefeltro.
* PrecisionFStrike: Asked to rebut Peacham's insistence that the economy is turning the corner, Jepperson bluntly tells the President to shut the fuck up. On live television.
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* WorldOfJerkass: This being a Buckley novel, naturally the world is full of idiots and jerks.
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* WorldOfJerkass: This being a Buckley novel, naturally the world is full of idiots and jerks.jerks.
* WorthyOpponent: As the plot continues on, Cassandra and Gideon end up seeing each other this way. While they have considerably different beliefs, the fact that they're honest about their beliefs creates a foundation for mutual respect.
* WorthyOpponent: As the plot continues on, Cassandra and Gideon end up seeing each other this way. While they have considerably different beliefs, the fact that they're honest about their beliefs creates a foundation for mutual respect.
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** Gideon's friend and confidante is a triple case - '''M'''onsignor '''M'''assimo '''M'''onteforte.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Gideon Payne built his pro-life organization on money that he inherited from his mother... who he murdered in cold blood.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Gideon Payne built his pro-life organization on money that he inherited from his mother... who he murdered in cold blood.may have murdered. He also uses special software to profile the residents at his senior-living facilities so that he doesn't get stuck with residents who have a good chance of living for a long time.
* LoonyFan: Midway through the novel, Cassandra's tirades against boomers inspires a male nurse at a senior-living facility to murder elderly patients.
* LoonyFan: Midway through the novel, Cassandra's tirades against boomers inspires a male nurse at a senior-living facility to murder elderly patients.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:According to Gideon, he didn't kill his mother, she tried to kill ''him''.]]
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* ShoutOut: The book was inspired by Creator/JonathanSwift's ''Literature/AModestProposal'', and that famous satirical tract is reference in the book.
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* ShoutOut: The book was inspired by Creator/JonathanSwift's ''Literature/AModestProposal'', and that famous satirical tract is reference referenced in the book.
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* TakeThat: The book takes several potshots at Creator/AynRand.
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* TakeThat: The book takes several potshots at Creator/AynRand.Creator/AynRand, particularly ''Literature/TheFountainhead''.
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* AlliterativeName: Cassandra's birth name was '''C'''assandra '''C'''ohane.
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** Cassandra's birth name was '''C'''assandra'''C'''ohane.'''C'''ohane.
** Cassandra's boss' name is '''T'''erry '''T'''ucker. He is also a former protege of '''N'''ick '''N'''aylor.
** Cassandra's birth name was '''C'''assandra
** Cassandra's boss' name is '''T'''erry '''T'''ucker. He is also a former protege of '''N'''ick '''N'''aylor.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Gideon Payne's organization is called the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''rotection of '''E'''very '''R'''ibonucleic '''M'''olecule, or SPERM.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gideon Payne built his pro-life organization on money that he inherited from his mother... who he murdered in cold blood.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gideon Payne built his pro-life organization on money that he inherited from his mother... who he murdered in cold blood.
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''Boomsday'' is a satirical novel written by Creator/ChristopherBuckley. It is loosely tied to his previous novel, ''Literature/ThankYouForSmoking''.
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novels, ''Literature/ThankYouForSmoking'' and ''Literature/FlorenceOfArabia''.
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* NaturalizedName: Cassandra had her surname legally changed to "Devine" because nobody wanted to hire "Corporal Cohane" after she supposedly maimed a Congressman.
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* BerserkButton: Gideon Payne really doesn't like it when people bring up the shady circumstances of his mother's death.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Cassandra" is, of course, the name of [[CassandraTruth a seer who was famous for having her warnings ignored.]] It's even lampshaded in-universe.
** Cassiopeia Payne was almost certainly named for the Greek mythological villainess.
* NaturalizedName: Cassandra had her surname legally changed to "Devine" (her mother's maiden name) because nobody wanted to hire "Corporal Cohane" after she supposedly maimed aCongressman.Congressman.
* NeverMyFault: Cassandra blames her dad and Jepperson for the course of her life, despite many of her problems arising from her own bad decisions.
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** "Cassandra" is, of course, the name of [[CassandraTruth a seer who was famous for having her warnings ignored.]] It's even lampshaded in-universe.
** Cassiopeia Payne was almost certainly named for the Greek mythological villainess.
* NaturalizedName: Cassandra had her surname legally changed to "Devine" (her mother's maiden name) because nobody wanted to hire "Corporal Cohane" after she supposedly maimed a
* NeverMyFault: Cassandra blames her dad and Jepperson for the course of her life, despite many of her problems arising from her own bad decisions.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Cassandra's modest proposal is that Baby Boomers be offered incentives to kill themselves before they turn 75.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Cassandra's modest proposal is that Baby Boomers be offered incentives to kill themselves before they turn 75. She knows it has little chance of ever passing, but also figures that if she can make it popular enough, Congress will be forced to actually fix Social Security instead of just continuing to let it bloat.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: It's an open secret that Gideon Payne killed his mother in order to take over the family business.
* ShoutOut: The book was inspired by Creator/JonathanSwift's ''Literature/AModestProposal'', and that famous satirical tract is reference in the book.
* StealthPun: Cassiopeia Payne. Consider her namesake's notorious punishment...
* TakeThat: The book takes several potshots at Creator/AynRand.
* ShoutOut: The book was inspired by Creator/JonathanSwift's ''Literature/AModestProposal'', and that famous satirical tract is reference in the book.
* StealthPun: Cassiopeia Payne. Consider her namesake's notorious punishment...
* TakeThat: The book takes several potshots at Creator/AynRand.
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* AlliterativeName: Cassandra's birth name was '''C'''assandra '''C'''ohane.
* NaturalizedName: Cassandra had her surname legally changed to "Devine" because nobody wanted to hire "Corporal Cohane" after she supposedly maimed a Congressman.
* NaturalizedName: Cassandra had her surname legally changed to "Devine" because nobody wanted to hire "Corporal Cohane" after she supposedly maimed a Congressman.
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* WorldOfJerk: This being a Buckley novel, naturally the world is full of idiots and jerks.
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''Boomsday'' is a satirical novel written by Creator/ChristopherBuckley. It is loosely tied to his previous novel, ''Literature/ThankYouForSmoking''.
Incensed after a new law increases the payroll tax on working adults under 35 in order to pay off mounting Social Security debt, Washington spin doctor and blogger Cassandra Devine politely suggests that the government start offering incentives to Baby Boomers to off themselves by age 75. In doing so, she touches off a generational war that an ambitious Senator hopes to ride to the White House.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* ParentalSavingsSplurge: Cassandra's life started going wrong when her dickhead father invested her college fund in his failing business after spending his company's money on a private jet and a fancy car.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cassandra's modest proposal is that Baby Boomers be offered incentives to kill themselves before they turn 75.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Randall K. Jepperson spent years in a cocaine-fueled haze, only stopping after his mother threatened to cut him off from the family fortune. She had hoped he would go into therapy, but he instead decided to go into politics.
* WorldOfJerk: This being a Buckley novel, naturally the world is full of idiots and jerks.
Incensed after a new law increases the payroll tax on working adults under 35 in order to pay off mounting Social Security debt, Washington spin doctor and blogger Cassandra Devine politely suggests that the government start offering incentives to Baby Boomers to off themselves by age 75. In doing so, she touches off a generational war that an ambitious Senator hopes to ride to the White House.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* ParentalSavingsSplurge: Cassandra's life started going wrong when her dickhead father invested her college fund in his failing business after spending his company's money on a private jet and a fancy car.
* RefugeInAudacity: Cassandra's modest proposal is that Baby Boomers be offered incentives to kill themselves before they turn 75.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Randall K. Jepperson spent years in a cocaine-fueled haze, only stopping after his mother threatened to cut him off from the family fortune. She had hoped he would go into therapy, but he instead decided to go into politics.
* WorldOfJerk: This being a Buckley novel, naturally the world is full of idiots and jerks.
