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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The incredible danger of the Alamo Savings and Loan heist, with its floor-to-ceiling windows in the middle of downtown LA, committed in a style completely outside their regular M.O., is actually AllPartOfTheShow.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The incredible danger of the Alamo Savings and Loan heist, with its floor-to-ceiling windows in the middle of downtown LA, committed in a style completely outside their regular M.O., is actually AllPartOfTheShow.AllAccordingToPlan.


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* {{Polyamory}}: The solution Kate proposes to the LoveTriangle that develops in the second half of the movie. While it has a rocky start full of {{Cock Fight}}ing, leading to a SecondActBreakup, Joe and Terry manage to come to some kind of understanding on how the relationship will work, and when we see them at the end, the three of them seem to be in a stable throuple.
-->'''Kate:''' But what if I don't want to?
-->'''Terry:''' Want to what?
-->'''Kate:''' ''[Nervous smile]'' Choose?


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-->'''Kate:''' Now, the heart is a mysterious organ, and it, plays by its own rules. I don't wanna choose. You know, I don't think I can... and... if that's scary or against the laws of... men, or whatever, then... [[{{Polyamory}} I mean, you're outlaws, right]]? So... I guess I'm an outlaw, too.


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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Every one of the "Sleepover Bandit" heists goes relatively according to plan but has some complication at the end ranging from mild (they have to lock up dozens of bank employees in the first robbery, and keep having to take the children of the manager to the bathroom because they drank too much juice) to the catastrophic (stealing a cop car to make a getaway). The final heist's planning is mostly obscured from the audience and [[spoiler:goes off without a hitch.]]

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Terry, despite his numerous quirks and neuroticisms, is actually a pretty damn competent (and inventive) criminal.

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Terry, despite his numerous quirks and neuroticisms, is actually a pretty damn competent (and inventive) criminal.criminal.
** Harvey, when he's on his A-game, is a great front man and arranges a stunt show worthy of any hollywood blockbuster. He's also barely functional.



* EvilGenius: Nominally Terry's role in the gang, but as they [[MinionWithAnFInEvil collectively have an F in Evil]] he's more TheSmartGuy.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The incredible danger of the Alamo Savings and Loan heist, with its floor-to-ceiling windows in the middle of downtown LA, committed in a style completely outside their regular M.O., is actually AllPartOfTheShow.



* HollywoodToneDeaf: Kate. Naturally, she wants to be the singer for the band at the hotel and club they plan to open.



* {{Hypochondria}}: Terry Collins's greatest weakness is his intense hypochondria. He seems to listen to diagnostic books on tape as a combination coping/self harm mechanism.
-->'''Terry:''' And I've got symptoms, Joe. I don't care what that doctor says.
* InducedHypochondria: Related to the above, Terry's awareness of his own hypochondria and "sensitivity to suggestion" does little to protect him. Joe manages to convince him that his [[spoiler:entirely fictional]] brother died of a brain tumor, losing control of his body after smelling burning feathers, resulting in ''Terry'' losing control of his body after smelling burning feathers.
-->'''Terry:''' You see, my body chemistry is extraordinarily sensitive to suggestion. Any symptom can be manufactured, given the right circumstances... and that, by the way, doesn't mean it isn't real.
* IndyPloy: Joe Blake's speciality. His quick thinking gets the pair out of prison to start with, and gets them through their first bank job less than a half hour later.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall
** The ''[[ShowWithinAShow Criminals At Large]]'' segments are typically lead into and out of by the host of the show directing its editing, which is then reflected in the film itself.
** The Alamo Savings and Loan heist is an elaborate performance put on by Joe and Terry for the media and authorities. Fittingly, inside the bank the two of them exchange dramatic dialogue, exciting gunfire, and hackneyed exposition all while standing in front of a giant glass screen the whole world can watch through. Even the hostages in the bank are all sitting in a line in front of them like an audience.



* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Kate, oh so much. Let's see... Stunningly attractive? Check. High on life? Check, once she gets away from her uncaring husband, that is. Full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies? ''Check.'' Tendency towards petty crime? Check... well, if you can call bank robberies petty crime... She especially embodies the trope towards Terry as her off-beat and talkative nature ends up bringing him out of his neurotic, hypochondriac shell considerably.

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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Kate, oh so much. Let's see... Stunningly attractive? Check. High on life? Check, once she gets away from her uncaring husband, that is. Full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies? ''Check.'' Tendency towards petty crime? Check... well, if you can call bank robberies petty crime... She especially embodies the trope towards Terry as her off-beat and talkative nature ends up bringing him out of his neurotic, hypochondriac shell considerably. Funny enough, she sees Joe and Terry as this [[InvertedTrope for her own life]].


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Terry puts one on Kate to try and keep her from [[YokoOhNo breaking up the band]], but it doesn't stick.
-->'''Terry:''' What are you doing here? [...] I mean, manic depression, delusion, I understand all that. It's very impressive, but [...] I don't think you're crazy at all, you know that? I think you're bored. I think you're bored with your life and you're expecting that some miracle's gonna drop out of the sky, and suddenly make everything better... or at least hopeful... because you lost hope a long time ago. And your marriage sucks. But, I'm sorry, Kate. We can't help you.
-->'''Kate:''' You don't know me, you only think you do.


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* ShoutOut
** Joe's plan to split the bed with Kate by clipping a blanket up between their sides is acknowledge InUniverse as a reference to ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''.
** Terry's WakingNonSequitur "Beavers and ducks!" references the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%E2%80%93Oregon_State_football_rivalry rival Oregon college football teams]].
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Both the [[AntiHero 'heroes']] are in love with red-headed Kate.
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The plan runs smoothly until Terry ''literally'' runs into a woman called Kate Wheeler (Blanchett), an ignored and depressed trophy wife who is desperate for some adventure and romance in her sterile, suburban life. Joe, instantly attracted to her, decides to take Kate on as their hostage (she actually stays with them of her own free will and is, in fact, an accomplice), much to Terry's initial displeasure. Things take a turn for the worse when both men inevitably end up falling head over heels in love with their 'hostage' and she seems unable to choose between them, [[CockFight causing a serious fracture in their criminal partnership]] at a time when they're planning their biggest heist to date, one that will end their legendary crime spree in style...

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The plan runs smoothly until Terry runs into a woman--or rather, she ''literally'' runs into a woman called him--named Kate Wheeler (Blanchett), an ignored and depressed trophy wife who is desperate for some adventure and romance in her sterile, suburban life. Joe, instantly attracted to her, decides to take Kate on as their hostage (she actually stays with them of her own free will and is, in fact, an accomplice), much to Terry's initial displeasure. Things take a turn for the worse when both men inevitably end up falling head over heels in love with their 'hostage' and she seems unable to choose between them, [[CockFight causing a serious fracture in their criminal partnership]] at a time when they're planning their biggest heist to date, one that will end their legendary crime spree in style...

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* TheChick: Kate, being the emotional core and the only woman in the gang. [[spoiler: Well, up until Claire ('Pink Boots') helps them out with their final heist, that is.]]


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* TheHeart: Kate, being the emotional core and the only woman in the gang. [[spoiler: Well, up until Claire ('Pink Boots') helps them out with their final heist, that is.]]

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* BrickJoke: Joe hangs a blanket to split the bed, claiming he saw it in a movie. When Kate asks him how the movie ends, he says "with a wedding." [[spoiler:The film ends at Harvey's wedding.]]
** In case anyone's wondering, the movie Joe is taking about is ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''

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* BrickJoke: Joe hangs a blanket to split the bed, claiming he saw it in a movie. When Kate asks him how the movie ends, he says "with a wedding." [[spoiler:The film ends at Harvey's wedding.]]
** In case anyone's wondering, the
]] [[note]]The movie Joe is taking about is ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''.[[/note]]
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* BetterPartnerAssertion: Part of the ongoing feud between Joe and Terry involves Terry arguing that he is better than Joe because he is smart, sensitive, and "a lot of other things". [[spoiler:Surprisignly, Kate ends up [[OneTrueThreesome choosing them both]]]].
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Harvey. Driving in the opposite lane just to wave at Joe and Terry, then, when faced with an oncoming truck (which he would have seen if he weren't preoccupied with looking to the side), he panics and accidentally forces Joe's car off the road in a PIT maneuver, causing the car to be hit by the truck and everyone to be filmed by a man on the side of the road. It's more blind luck that no one was hurt, that Harvey and Kate's vehicle wasn't hit and they weren't all caught then and there.

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