* AccidentalAesop: Carolyn doesn't seem to ever figure out that if you're an unpleasant, petty person who's mean and disrespectful to everyone else - including people higher up the company food chain - people will go to pretty drastic lengths to avoid having to spend a large amount of time with you. Including hiring a walk-in applicant for the promotion you were supposed to get because they literally can't stand you and hate the thought of having to work even ''more'' closely with you.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where the Buick is stolen by a gang of drag queens.
* DesignatedHero:
** The Crandell siblings. They are the protagonists of the film, but they come across as unlikable brats who's only concern is getting summer to themselves and dislike authority and rules, and they even choose not to tell their mother or call the police about Mrs. Sturak being dead because they're worried ''they'll be blamed for her death'' and their mother will come back, which leads to trouble when they don't have the money that was on Mrs. Sturak and lie to their mother so they can have the house to themselves.
** Sue Ellen even lies about her age on a resume to get a job and ''steals'' petty cash from GAW, though intending to return it when she gets her paycheck. (Though to be fair, it's nearly all for food)
** And if that wasn't bad enough, the kids even go ''nuts'' with the cash and start spending it on unimportant stuff.
** The kids don't even pay the money back, they use the excuse of planning for the party to create expenses to justify the missing money.
* DesignatedVillain:
** Carolyn and Bruce aren't nice people, but they are trying to expose Sue Ellen because she did lie about her age and experience on a resume and she's only 17, and Carolyn was about to get the job until Sue Ellen got it, so she arguably had every right to be mad.
** Working to sabotage the person in charge of a project and subsequent presentation that will drastically affect the company's future - and keep a huge part of the workforce from ''losing their jobs'' - is going way too far, though.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/DavidDuchovny is a minor villain in the movie, but usually gets third-billing on DVD releases and commercials.
** Bryan is played by Creator/JoshCharles who is probably best known post 2010 for his portrayal of Will Gardner on ''Series/TheGoodWife'' for which he received two Emmy nominations.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** This movie is ''painfully'' early 90s, caused mostly by its focus on fashion. The catwalk [[FashionShow show]] finale is particularly exemplary, and is a riot of [[TotallyRadical gaudy neon and spandex.]]
** The office uses a cashbox for expenses, and Rose mentions to Sue Ellen the she can cash checks since no one has time to go to the bank. Retail banking vastly changed in the 1990s, and cashboxes were quickly replaced with company credit cards, and ATM popularity was starting to explode right around the time the film came out, making it seem odd to viewers just a few years later that cashing a check had to be done during banking hours.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: We are supposed to sympathize with the Crandell siblings because they don't get a free summer and when they get busted by their mother in the end, but they really come off as selfish, inconsiderate brats who don't want adults telling them what to do and they show little concern for Mrs. Sturak's death, lying to their mother because they're worried that their mother will blame them for their death. They take advantage of this just to get the house to themselves. If they had just simply told their mother that Mrs. Sturak died in her sleep, they wouldn't have to go through all that trouble.
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