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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Seth is shown selling stock to an arrogant doctor and a slightly greedy would-be investor. [[spoiler: The real targets of such scams are usually the elderly (who end up losing everything they own), but Writer/Director Ben Younger believed that conning senior citizens would be a MoralEventHorizon for Seth.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ScottCaan is in this movie with Creator/BenAffleck; Caan's best known movie roles would eventually be opposite Ben's younger brother Creator/CaseyAffleck as ''his'' brother in the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy.
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* AcceptableTargets: Seth is shown selling stock to an arrogant doctor and a slightly greedy would-be investor. [[spoiler: The real targets of such scams are usually the elderly (who end up losing everything they own), but Writer/Director Ben Younger believed that conning senior citizens would be a MoralEventHorizon for Seth.]]
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* AcceptableTargets: AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Seth is shown selling stock to an arrogant doctor and a slightly greedy would-be investor. [[spoiler: The real targets of such scams are usually the elderly (who end up losing everything they own), but Writer/Director Ben Younger believed that conning senior citizens would be a MoralEventHorizon for Seth.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ScottCaan is in this movie with Creator/BenAffleck; Caan's best known movie roles would eventually be opposite Ben's younger brother Creator/CaseyAffleck as ''his'' brother in the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ScottCaan is in UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Fashion, technology and music clearly date this as turn-of-the-millenium, but most importantly, the stock exchange regulations changed just few years after the movie with Creator/BenAffleck; Caan's best known movie roles would eventually be opposite Ben's younger brother Creator/CaseyAffleck as ''his'' brother in was made, further dating the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy.plot itself.
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* MisaimedFandom: Despite the movie very clearly being against boiler rooms and their deceitful sales practices, there are those who consider JT Marlin's methods as being worthy of learning and emulating.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scott Caan in a movie with Creator/BenAffleck; Caan's best known movie roles would eventually be opposite Ben's younger brother {{Casey|Affleck}} as ''his'' brother in the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy.
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* JerkAss: Arguably Marty, but Seth's illegal casino could put him in a real jam if it's discovered.
* ShoutOut: Jim Young's speech to the recruits is probably an enormous one to Alec Baldwin's speech in GlengarryGlenRoss. Several reviews noted the similarity.
** For that matter, the entire ''film'' could be seen as a meta ShoutOut, {{Homage}} and/or Love Letter to both GlengarryGlenRoss and WallStreet.
* ShoutOut: Jim Young's speech to the recruits is probably an enormous one to Alec Baldwin's speech in GlengarryGlenRoss. Several reviews noted the similarity.
** For that matter, the entire ''film'' could be seen as a meta ShoutOut, {{Homage}} and/or Love Letter to both GlengarryGlenRoss and WallStreet.
