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not sure how women standing up for themselves makes them jerks? kind of want to delete the Lila part, too, but leaving it in for now. Also the person who put "her" in quotes (which I deleted, as it seems very pointed and sexist honestly) used two single apostrophes instead of actual quotation marks, which is very strange...


** Lila might also qualify, since all about her relationship with Calvin is only known through retelling. It is obvious that Calvin is an UnreliableNarrator in this regard; does it mean we should take everything ''she'' says at face value though?

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** Considering how much of a sleaze Harry is, is it really surprising that Suzie left him? She doesn't seem like a jerk at all, actually; she's one of the most level-headed people in the film!
** Lila might also qualify, since all about her relationship with Calvin is only known through retelling. It is obvious that Calvin is an UnreliableNarrator in this regard; does it mean we should take everything ''she'' she says at face value though?
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As unrealistic as this movie's plot may seem, the concept bears a striking similarity to certain real-world metaphysical practices, such as that of "scripting" an "SP"[[note]]"Specific Person"[[/note]] as taught by Neville Goddard.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As unrealistic as this movie's plot may seem, the concept bears a striking similarity resemblance to certain real-world metaphysical practices, such as that of "scripting" an "SP"[[note]]"Specific Person"[[/note]] as taught by Neville Goddard.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As unrealistic as this movie's plot may seem, the concept bears a striking similarity to certain real-world metaphysical practices, such as that of "manifesting an SP"[[note]]"Specific Person"[[/note]] as taught by Neville Goddard.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As unrealistic as this movie's plot may seem, the concept bears a striking similarity to certain real-world metaphysical practices, such as that of "manifesting "scripting" an SP"[[note]]"Specific "SP"[[note]]"Specific Person"[[/note]] as taught by Neville Goddard.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As unrealistic as this movie's plot may seem, the concept bears a striking similarity to certain real-world metaphysical practices, such as that of "manifesting an SP"[[note]]"Specific Person"[[/note]] as taught by Neville Goddard.
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*** "Skinnamarinky dinky dink dinky do, I love you"
%%* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].
%%** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.
%%** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler:Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]

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*** "Skinnamarinky dinky dink dinky do, I love you"
%%* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].
%%** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.
%%** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler:Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]
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** Lila might also qualify, since all about her relationship with Calvin is only known through retelling. It is obvious that Calvin is an UnreliableNarrator in this regard; does it mean we should take everything ''she'' says at face value though?
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Can We Start Over" stands out as a particularly moving piece in an already-great score.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Can We Start Over" stands out as a particularly moving piece in an already-great score.
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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: "Can We Start Over" stands out as a particularly moving piece in an already-great score.
* JerkassWoobie: Of the course of the film, it becomes more and more apparent how self-absorbed and emotionally-stunted Calvin is, and how horribly he treats Ruby. [[spoiler: And the viewer's heart breaks for him when she's gone]].

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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Can We Start Over" stands out as a particularly moving piece in an already-great score.
* JerkassWoobie: Of On the course of the film, it becomes more and more apparent how self-absorbed and emotionally-stunted Calvin is, and how horribly he treats Ruby. [[spoiler: And the viewer's heart breaks for him when she's gone]].
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*** "Skinnamarinky dinky dink dinky do, I love you"
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** The [[{{Film/Braindead}} zombie movie]] they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
** The climax: [[spoiler: "You're a genius! You're a genius! You'reageniusyou'reageniusyou'reagenius-!"]]

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** The [[{{Film/Braindead}} [[Film/{{Braindead}} zombie movie]] they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and head (and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
** The climax: [[spoiler: "You're [[spoiler:"You're a genius! You're a genius! You'reageniusyou'reageniusyou'reagenius-!"]]



%%** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler: Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]

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%%** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler: Calvin [[spoiler:Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]
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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: "Can We Start Over" stands out as a particularly moving piece in an already-great score.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].
** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.
** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler: Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]

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* %%* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].
** %%** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.
** %%** Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler: Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Suzie can come off like kind of a jerk, especially when she demands Calvin remove women's underwear that's in a drawer ''in his house'', as well as Harry mentioning she left him once.
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* JerkassWoobie: Of the course of the film, it becomes more and more apparent how self-absorbed and emotionally-stunted Calvin is, and how horribly he treats Ruby. [[spoiler: And the viewer's heart breaks for him when she's gone]].
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** The zombie movie they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.

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** The [[{{Film/Braindead}} zombie movie movie]] they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
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** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.

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** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.fair.
**Not so much subtext as text, especially when [[spoiler: Calvin informs his brother that "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex Ruby loves blowjobs.]]"]]
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** The zombie movie (Peter Jackson's Dead Alive) they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.

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** The zombie movie (Peter Jackson's Dead Alive) they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
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** The zombie movie they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.

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** The zombie movie (Peter Jackson's Dead Alive) they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.

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Updated to meet new Nightmare Fuel criteria.


* NightmareFuel: The zombie movie they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
** The entire climax is HighOctaneNightmareFuel. [[spoiler: "You're a genius! You're a genius! You'reageniusyou'reageniusyou'reagenius-!"]]

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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
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The zombie movie they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
** The entire climax is HighOctaneNightmareFuel. climax: [[spoiler: "You're a genius! You're a genius! You'reageniusyou'reageniusyou'reagenius-!"]]
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** The entire climax is HighOctaneNightmareFuel. [[spoiler: "You're a genius! You're a genius! You'reageniusyou'reageniusyou'reagenius-!"]]
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* NightmareFuel: The zombie movie they watch in the park, with such deaths as a man's scalp/face being yanked off his head(and then a shot of his skinned head), and a woman having her throat ripped open with such force that her whole head falls off.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].

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\n* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].women]].
** Well, yes. And then the whole movie goes on to analyze what Calvin expects of his girlfriends and how much that makes sense or is fair.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The girl of Calvin's dreams is a great cook, and when they first meet in real life she's in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Hints at Calvin's preferences in women]].

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