Line #6 YMMV/ThankYouForSmoking


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2	* AccidentalAesop: The subplot with Heather and Nick's affair has a few:
3	** Don't sleep with a journalist that has everything to gain by exposing all of the secrets you tell them while in bed. Establish what is on and off-record, ideally with a written statement.
4	** When a controversial heterosexual affair comes out in the open, the man can take advantage of the societal DoubleStandard that the woman will face more scrutiny from others as well as repercussions in their career. It's also a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome that Nick reveals Heather used sex to get her story and violated his trust, which turns the tide as people get an EveryoneHasStandards moment on seeing the interview.
5	* CrazyIsCool: Jeff, the movie producer. Best shown by this quote, in response to Jeff calling Nick at four in the morning:
6	-->'''Nick:''' Jeff, when do you sleep?
7	-->'''Jeff:''' [[BlasphemousBoast Sunday.]]
8	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Nick's list of people he'll defend gets more and more tasteless and absurd, before finishing with, "The baby seal poacher." Even the other members of the MOD Squad think it's cruel.
9	* DesignatedHero: Nick. A lot of his speeches revolve around the fact that smoking is a choice, yet it's been stated within the film itself that cigarettes are addictive, making his statement come across as trivialising. There's also his argument that consumer products such as chocolate and cheese are also unhealthy, yet smoking can still be considered worse as it causes cancer and produces second-hand smoke that's harmful to asthmatics and children who don't get a say in the matter.
10	* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Practically Nick's M.O. He tries to give the appearance of not wanting people to smoke but his job depends on it, and his idea to put smoking in movies hinges off it. Though interestingly, no one in the film itself actually smokes, which may be an attempt by the makers to avert this.
11	* {{Fanon}}: TDK fans prefer to see Aaron Eckhart and Katie Holmes' characters as Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes and their time together as a couple after the events of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', especially when Holmes declined to reprise the role in [[Film/TheDarkKnight the sequel]] (being replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal) to star in ''Film/MadMoney'' instead.
12	* HilariousInHindsight:
13	** In the previous film Creator/KatieHolmes appeared in before this, ''Film/BatmanBegins'', she portrayed Rachel Dawes, the LoveInterest of the title character. In this film, her character, Heather, has a sexual relationship with Nick, portrayed by Creator/AaronEckhart. Eckhart would later go on to portray Harvey Dent in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', involved in a relationship with Rachel Dawes (though [[TheOtherDarrin this time round]] portrayed by Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal).
14	** The "POISON" packaging that the characters work so hard to prevent? Similar packaging was put into effect less than a year later in Australia. Not much has changed.
15	** Packs in India and Russia now carry photos of damaged lungs. Nothing has changed there either.
16	** One of Bobby's introductory lines, comparing something to suing Boeing for a plane crash caused by pilot error or General Motors for vehicular homicide caused by a drunk driver, sounds like he gave testimony for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]].
17	** The ending of the movie has Nick counseling cell phone executives on how to answer whether or not their phones cause cancer. The scene implies that they do, but the execs are trying to worm their way around it. The proliferation of cell phones and smart phones since the time of this movie is at least implicit proof that they in fact don't.
18	* MagnificentBastard: Nick Naylor is a slick Washington D.C. lobbyist speaking on behalf of the tobacco industry. As part of his job, Naylor frequently makes televised appearances to discredit anti-smoking activists--even managing to convince the LittlestCancerPatient to come around to his point of view--by confusing them with a ChewbaccaDefense, bribes a disgruntled ex-tobacco mascot from speaking out against big tobacco, and schemes with Hollywood executives to introduce new ProductPlacement of cigarettes in film. Nick gets into a fling with a reporter who releases a stinging exposée on Naylor and his associates in the "Merchants of Death" group that results in Nick being let go by his boss, but Nick manages to turn the situation to his advantage by discrediting the reporter with veiled comments about her tactics to the press, and facing down [[MoralGuardians Senator Finistirre]] in a subcommittee hearing by advocating for the right to choose over moral policing while simultaneously exposing the Senator's hypocrisies. Nick manages to avoid the fall-out of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, opting to start a consulting firm for new industries peddling potentially dangerous products.

Context YMMV / ThankYouForSmoking