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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Ana's reaction to John telling the number of women he had bedded.
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* SexSlave: See entry under MadeASlave.
* TheShrink: Dr. Mickler is Type 3. He even knows when to let well enough alone.
* TheShrink: Dr. Mickler is Type 3. He even knows when to let well enough alone.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: See entry under DisguisedInDrag.
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* BerserkButton: John doesn't like anyone to mention that [[spoiler: his Mom cheated on his Dad.]] Unless it's himself who's doing the mentioning.
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* BerserkButton: John doesn't like anyone to mention that [[spoiler: his Mom cheated on his Dad.]] Dad]]. Unless it's himself who's doing the mentioning.
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* DrivenToSuicide: At the beginning John is threatening to jump off a building due to losing the woman he loves. Dr. Mickler gets him to back off by playing into (what he thinks are) John's Byronic delusions.
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* DrivenToSuicide: At the beginning John is threatening to jump off a building billboard due to losing the woman he loves. Dr. Mickler gets him to back off by playing into (what he thinks are) John's Byronic delusions.
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* FreudianExcuse: Dr. Michler's colleagues are inclined to apply the standard Freudian interpretation to John's account of [[spoiler: losing his father and donning the mask]]. Mickler himself decides to dig deeper.
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* FreudianExcuse: Dr. Michler's Mickler's colleagues are inclined to apply the standard Freudian interpretation to John's account of [[spoiler: losing his father and donning the mask]]. Mickler himself decides to dig deeper.
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* HappilyMarried: Jack and Marilyn Mickler. Ever more so, as John's example works it's magic on Jack's libido.
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* HappilyMarried: Jack and Marilyn Mickler. Ever more so, as John's example works it's its magic on Jack's libido.
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* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Dr. Mickle does this with John starting out, as the latter is threatening to jump off a building over his lost love.
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* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"]] written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song). The song went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to [[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} "Colors of the Wind"]]. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"]] written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song). The song went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to [[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} [[{{WesternAnimation/Pocahontas}} "Colors of the Wind"]]. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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-->'''John:''' When I say that all my women are dazzling beauties, they object- the nose of this one is too large, the hips of another they are too wide, the breasts of a third are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are; glorious, radiant... perfect. Because I am not limited by my eyesight. Women react to me the way that they do because they sense that I search out the beauty that dwells within them, until it overwhelms everything else. And they cannot avoid their desire, to release that beauty and envelop me in it.
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-->'''John:''' When I say that all my women are dazzling beauties, they object- the object-the nose of this one is too large, the hips of another they are too wide, the breasts of a third are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are; glorious, radiant... perfect. Because I am not limited by my eyesight. Women react to me the way that they do because they sense that I search out the beauty that dwells within them, until it overwhelms everything else. And they cannot avoid their desire, to release that beauty and envelop me in it.
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* DisguisedInDrag: The Sultana disguises John ([[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd386.JPG most fetchingly!]]) in loose-fitting harem costumes, to prevent the Sultan from discovering her new personal attendant is an entirely 'unaltered' male. (One could suspect that the script-writers invented this to showcase Depp's talent for female impersonation, but it's actually lifted from Lord Byron's poem.)
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* DisguisedInDrag: The Sultana disguises John ([[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd386.JPG most fetchingly!]]) in loose-fitting harem costumes, to prevent the Sultan from discovering her new personal attendant is an entirely 'unaltered' male. (One male (one could suspect that the script-writers invented this to showcase Depp's talent for female impersonation, but it's actually lifted from Lord Byron's poem.)poem).
* DrivenToSuicide: At the beginning John is threatening to jump off a building due to losing the woman he loves. Dr. Mickler gets him to back off by playing into (what he thinks are) John's Byronic delusions.
* DrivenToSuicide: At the beginning John is threatening to jump off a building due to losing the woman he loves. Dr. Mickler gets him to back off by playing into (what he thinks are) John's Byronic delusions.
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* RoyalHarem: As in the original poem, Don Juan's backstory includes time spent in a sultans harem.
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (Creator/JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (Creator/MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (Creator/JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (Creator/MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), (Creator/FayeDunaway), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (Creator/JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (Creator/JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) (Creator/MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) (Creator/JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
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* MrFanservice: [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd525.JPG To the max!]] This is JohnnyDepp at his poster-boy best. Watching him in his various flattering costumes is like savoring a assortment of very good chocolates.
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* MrFanservice: [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd525.JPG To the max!]] This is JohnnyDepp Creator/JohnnyDepp at his poster-boy best. Watching him in his various flattering costumes is like savoring a assortment of very good chocolates.
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''[=Don Juan DeMarco=]'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy/drama. The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
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''[=Don Juan DeMarco=]'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy/drama. comedy/drama film, based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story "Don Juan [=DeMarco=] and the Centerfold", and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''."
The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world.
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
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* TheCameo: Popular Mexican-American singer {{Selena}} has a brief appearance, performing in a hotel lounge. Tragically, this was her first and last movie cameo- she was murdered by her fanclub's president who was stealing money from her, one week before the movie's release date.
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* TheCameo: Popular Mexican-American singer {{Selena}} Music/{{Selena}} has a brief appearance, performing in a hotel lounge. Tragically, this was her first and last movie cameo- she was murdered by her fanclub's president who was stealing money from her, one week before the movie's release date.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so a ScaryBlackMan(''[[Film/{{Friday}} Tommy Lister]]'') is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so a ScaryBlackMan(''[[Film/{{Friday}} ScaryBlackMan (''[[Film/{{Friday}} Tommy Lister]]'') is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
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* RoyalHarem: As in the original poem, Don Juans backstory includes time spent in a sultans harem.
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* RoyalHarem: As in the original poem, Don Juans Juan's backstory includes time spent in a sultans harem.
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* AwardBaitSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"]] written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) The song went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to [[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} "Colors of the Wind"]]. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* AwardBaitSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"]] written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) song). The song went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to [[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} "Colors of the Wind"]]. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* CharacterFilibuster: John gets a couple of these, expounding on what it takes to be the World's Greatest Lover (it's very much to Depp's acting credit that he manages to deliver these convincingly.) Mickler does a more tongue-in-cheek one, complete with a playful fake accent, about being the World's Greatest Psychiatrist.
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* CharacterFilibuster: John gets a couple of these, expounding on what it takes to be the World's Greatest Lover (it's very much to Depp's acting credit that he manages to deliver these convincingly.) convincingly). Mickler does a more tongue-in-cheek one, complete with a playful fake accent, about being the World's Greatest Psychiatrist.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.)
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.)Sultana).
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* MadeASlave: According to one of his yarns, John was sold into slavery and spent two years in the 'service' of lusty Sultana Gulbeyaz. Not that he seemed to've minded much. It probably helped that she [[spoiler: kept him hidden in the Sultan's harem of 1,500 young women (apparently she had no problem with sharing.)]]
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* MadeASlave: According to one of his yarns, John was sold into slavery and spent two years in the 'service' of lusty Sultana Gulbeyaz. Not that he seemed to've to have minded much. It probably helped that she [[spoiler: kept him hidden in the Sultan's harem of 1,500 young women (apparently she had no problem with sharing.)]]sharing).]]
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* NearRapeExperience: Occurs during the Harem story. John initially resists Sultana Gulbeyaz's overtures, and for a few seconds she seems prepared to use violent means (a knife at his throat) to force his cooperation. But then she opts to try tactile persuasion instead (it works.)
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* NearRapeExperience: Occurs during the Harem story. John initially resists Sultana Gulbeyaz's overtures, and for a few seconds she seems prepared to use violent means (a knife at his throat) to force his cooperation. But then she opts to try tactile persuasion instead (it works.)works).
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* SoHappyTogether: John and Doña Ana (in his account), until he told her something he should've kept to himself (see The Funny Entry.)
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* StalkerWithACrush: Chelsea Stokeler takes John for this (she ''is'' correct about the crush part.)
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* StalkerWithACrush: Chelsea Stokeler takes John for this (she ''is'' correct about the crush part.)part).
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* AwardBaitSong: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw&feature=relmfu Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman]]'' written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) HYERLAW went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to ''[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} Colors Of The Wind]]''. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* AwardBaitSong: ''[[http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw&feature=relmfu Have com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman]]'' a Woman"]] written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) HYERLAW The song went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to ''[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} Colors Of The Wind]]''.[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} "Colors of the Wind"]]. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* BedlamHouse: Averted. The mental institution where Dr. Mickler works is a clean & decent place, and the staff are invariably nice to 'Don Juan' (rather more than their by-the-book supervisor likes.)
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* BedlamHouse: Averted. The mental institution where Dr. Mickler works is a clean & and decent place, and the staff are invariably nice to 'Don Juan' (rather more than their by-the-book supervisor likes.)likes).
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* LatinLover: Well, duh.
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* LatinLover: Well, duh. [[spoiler:The real Juan doesn't have an accent.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] gets therapy from Film/TheGodfather, who's inspired to rekindle his passion for [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie Parker.]]
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* TheUnreveal: Mickler ''does'' find John's mother, who ''is'' a nun, but she never confirms or denies John's story.
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-->''JOHN: "When I say that all my women are dazzling beauties, they object- the nose of this one is too large, the hips of another they are too wide, the breasts of a third are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are; glorious, radiant... perfect. Because I am not limited by my eyesight. Women react to me the way that they do because they sense that I search out the beauty that dwells within them, until it overwhelms everything else. And they cannot avoid their desire, to release that beauty and envelop me in it."''
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-->''JOHN: "There are only four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love."''
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* AwardBaitSong: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw&feature=relmfu Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman]]'' written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) HYERLAW went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to ''[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} Colors Of The Wind]]''. It's now a standard make-out tune.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.)
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.) )
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* RoyalHarem: As in the original poem, Don Juans backstory includes time spent in a sultans harem.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so [[ScaryBlackMan a male orderly]] is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so [[ScaryBlackMan a male orderly]] ScaryBlackMan(''[[Film/{{Friday}} Tommy Lister]]'') is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
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* TheUnreveal: Mickler ''does'' find John's mother, who ''is'' a nun, but she never confirms or denies John's story.
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* InLoveWithLove: Like his ''Literature/DonJuan'', John is the very personification of this trope. And ''boy'', can he expound on it:
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* KidAnova: In the backstory he told to Mickler, John recognized his vocation ''very'' early in life.
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* KidAnova: In the backstory he told to Mickler, John recognized his vocation ''very'' early in life. Like, before he could talk.
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->''"I must report that the last patient I ever treated- the great lover, Don Juan [=DeMarco=]- suffered from a romanticism which was completely incurable. And, even worse, contagious."''
-->-- '''[[TheShrink Dr. Jack Mickler]]'''
''[=Don Juan DeMarco=]'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy/drama. The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AwardBaitSong: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw&feature=relmfu Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman]]'' written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) HYERLAW went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to ''[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} Colors Of The Wind]]''.
* BeautifulDreamer: There's a [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd483.JPG touching little scene]] where, after persuading John to [[spoiler: take medication]], Dr. Mickler keeps a protective watch over his peacefully sleeping patient.
* BedlamHouse: Averted. The mental institution where Dr. Mickler works is a clean & decent place, and the staff are invariably nice to 'Don Juan' (rather more than their by-the-book supervisor likes.)
* BerserkButton: John doesn't like anyone to mention that [[spoiler: his Mom cheated on his Dad.]] Unless it's himself who's doing the mentioning.
* BriefAccentImitation: American born-and-raised John speaks with a Spanish accent (Castilian, according to Mickler) in imitation of his role model. When the good doctor is talking John down from the roof, he affects the same accent to sound more persuasive. But Mickler drops it once their therapy sessions begin.
* ByronicHero: Averted. Ironically, Byron's version of Don Juan is far too naïve and well-meaning to fit the adjective.
* TheCameo: Popular Mexican-American singer {{Selena}} has a brief appearance, performing in a hotel lounge. Tragically, this was her first and last movie cameo- she was murdered by her fanclub's president who was stealing money from her, one week before the movie's release date.
* CharacterFilibuster: John gets a couple of these, expounding on what it takes to be the World's Greatest Lover (it's very much to Depp's acting credit that he manages to deliver these convincingly.) Mickler does a more tongue-in-cheek one, complete with a playful fake accent, about being the World's Greatest Psychiatrist.
* TheCaretaker: What started out as a doctor/patient relationship evolves into a father/son one; Dr. Mickler goes well out of his way to [[spoiler: save John from being committed.]]
* TheCharmer: John is very much this, with or without the Don Juan accouterments.
* ChickFlick: He may be a one-night-stander, but this is Byron's hopeless-romantic Don Juan, not Mozart's ManipulativeBastard. Lots of gals can appreciate John's almost worshipful method of wooing:
-->''JOHN: "When I say that all my women are dazzling beauties, they object- the nose of this one is too large, the hips of another they are too wide, the breasts of a third are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are; glorious, radiant... perfect. Because I am not limited by my eyesight. Women react to me the way that they do because they sense that I search out the beauty that dwells within them, until it overwhelms everything else. And they cannot avoid their desire, to release that beauty and envelop me in it."''
* CloudCuckooLander: John... [[RealityWarper or is he?]] Towards the end, there's indications his 'delusions' may be closer to reality than suspected. [[spoiler: It seems he and the Micklers make a successful journey into his "wonderful world."]]
* CoolMask: John's most treasured accessory. He claims he started wearing it in response to [[spoiler: his father's untimely death]]. And it [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/pub_djd/djd542.jpg doesn't exactly make him hideous.]]
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: The analyst was affected more than the patient, albeit in a positive way.
* DaydreamBeliever: John, right from the start. [[spoiler: The Micklers, by the end.]]
* DisappearedDad: Both the 'real' and 'imaginary' accounts of John's background agree that [[spoiler: John's father was killed, well before John was old enough to cope with such a loss.]] Dr. Mickler [[spoiler: gradually takes over that role in John's life.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: The Sultana disguises John ([[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd386.JPG most fetchingly!]]) in loose-fitting harem costumes, to prevent the Sultan from discovering her new personal attendant is an entirely 'unaltered' male. (One could suspect that the script-writers invented this to showcase Depp's talent for female impersonation, but it's actually lifted from Lord Byron's poem.)
* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.)
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so [[ScaryBlackMan a male orderly]] is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
* FantasticRomance: John has great talent for telling these.
* FlowerMotifs: These are used several times. When Dr. Mickler is talking John down from the roof, he introduces himself as "Don Octavio de ''Florez''." Coming to work after a night of romance, Dr. Mickler cheerfully plucks tulips from the front of the building and hands them out to the staff. When Mickler first proposes they go to "the Island of Eros", rather than their planned trip to the (antique) Pyramids, Marilyn is reluctant to take such a step: "I like it here, I like my garden." But the Island proves to have a far greater abundance of blooms: "It was like the Garden (of Eden) before the fall." A probable clue to the symbolism is this VO reverie near the beginning:
--> ''JOHN: "Every true lover knows that the moment of greatest satisfaction comes when ecstasy is long over. And he beholds before him the flower which has blossomed beneath his touch."''
* FreudianExcuse: Dr. Michler's colleagues are inclined to apply the standard Freudian interpretation to John's account of [[spoiler: losing his father and donning the mask]]. Mickler himself decides to dig deeper.
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]] is entirely credible as a 'woman of a certain age' who can still fog up hubby's lenses.
* GrowOldWithMe: Mr. and Mrs. Mickler discover there's no need for their retirement years to be dull.
* HappilyMarried: Jack and Marilyn Mickler. Ever more so, as John's example works it's magic on Jack's libido.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] gets therapy from Film/TheGodfather, who's inspired to rekindle his passion for [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie Parker.]]
* InLoveWithLove: Like his ''Literature/DonJuan'', John is the very personification of this trope. And ''boy'', can he expound on it:
-->''JOHN: "There are only four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love."''
* InterruptedSuicide: John and Dr. Mickler's way of 'meeting cute'.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Brando was well past his prime in this movie- this was even {{lampshaded}} when one of the supporting characters commented on his weight gain. Even so, it's no stretch to believe he and his Mrs. can still stoke each other's furnaces.
* KidAnova: In the backstory he told to Mickler, John recognized his vocation ''very'' early in life.
* LadyKillerInLove: John's condition throughout the film.
* LatinLover: Well, duh.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Obviously.
* LongingForFictionland: When making his 'true' statement to the Judge, John explained that reading Lord Byron's ''Literature/DonJuan'' book was what inspired him to create his imaginary persona.
* LoveBeforeFirstSight: What motivates John's suicide attempt.
* LoveHurts: What prompted John's suicide attempt.
* MagicRealism: The movies qualifies for this genre since, [[spoiler: after John is released, he and the Micklers take a plane ride to John's 'imagined' island.]]
* MadeASlave: According to one of his yarns, John was sold into slavery and spent two years in the 'service' of lusty Sultana Gulbeyaz. Not that he seemed to've minded much. It probably helped that she [[spoiler: kept him hidden in the Sultan's harem of 1,500 young women (apparently she had no problem with sharing.)]]
* MrFanservice: [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd525.JPG To the max!]] This is JohnnyDepp at his poster-boy best. Watching him in his various flattering costumes is like savoring a assortment of very good chocolates.
* TheMunchausen: John, to such a degree it [[spoiler: almost gets him committed.]]
* NearRapeExperience: Occurs during the Harem story. John initially resists Sultana Gulbeyaz's overtures, and for a few seconds she seems prepared to use violent means (a knife at his throat) to force his cooperation. But then she opts to try tactile persuasion instead (it works.)
* OminousOperaCape: Subverted. Nobody finds John's cape frightening; on him it looks [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/pub_djd/djdcape.jpg more dashing than sinister.]]
* PietaPlagiarism: Enacted when [[spoiler: John's father is fatally wounded in a sword duel and dies in the arms of John's mother.]]
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The movie's closing sequence suggests the 'wonderful world' of John's delusions has somehow become real. Did that happen because he and/or the Micklers wanted it badly enough?]]
* SceneryPorn: Every story John tells to Mickler takes place in a strikingly beautiful locale; a picturesque Mexican village, a richly adorned Arabian Nights palace, an idyllic tropical island. (And Johnny himself provides lots of Godiva-quality eye candy.)
* SexSlave: See entry under MadeASlave.
* TheShrink: Dr. Mickler is Type 3. He even knows when to let well enough alone.
* SoHappyTogether: John and Doña Ana (in his account), until he told her something he should've kept to himself (see The Funny Entry.)
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: What sets the plot in motion.
* StalkerWithACrush: Chelsea Stokeler takes John for this (she ''is'' correct about the crush part.)
* SwordFight: [[spoiler: According to John, this is how his father died. According to John's grandmother, it was a car crash.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: See entry under DisguisedInDrag.
* YouSayTomato: John has a funny back-and-forth exchange with his first therapist, over John's pronunciation of 'villa.'
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-->-- '''[[TheShrink Dr. Jack Mickler]]'''
''[=Don Juan DeMarco=]'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy/drama. The eponymous character, 21-year-old John R. [=DeMarco=] (JohnnyDepp) is a charming young man who customarily dresses in a long cape and domino mask, and introduces himself as the legendary seducer Literature/DonJuan. Following a thwarted suicide attempt (prompted by a rejection from "the only (woman) who has ever mattered"), he's sent to a mental institution for treatment. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (MarlonBrando) takes his case, and is given ten days to cure John of his delusions before his own retirement. But their analytical sessions have an unexpected effect; John's over-the-top romanticism and appealing (if wildly improbable) [[FantasticRomance tales of sexual conquest]] affect his would-be healer more than himself. Dr. Mickler is inspired to spice up his marriage to still-beautiful Marilyn ([[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]]), whilst developing serious doubts whether John/ Don Juan should be 'cured' at all. "(I need) to get into this world that he’s in, and it’s a wonderful world."
The movie is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven's short story 'Don Juan [=DeMarco=] And The Centerfold', and Lord Byron's narrative poem ''Literature/DonJuan''.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AwardBaitSong: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw&feature=relmfu Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman]]'' written by Music/BryanAdams, Michael Kamen and Robert Lange, performed by Mr. Adams. It occupied the number-one ranking for five weeks, on the 'Billboard Hot 100' in the United States (making it the team's third #1 song.) HYERLAW went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination, though it lost to ''[[{{Disney/Pocahontas}} Colors Of The Wind]]''.
* BeautifulDreamer: There's a [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd483.JPG touching little scene]] where, after persuading John to [[spoiler: take medication]], Dr. Mickler keeps a protective watch over his peacefully sleeping patient.
* BedlamHouse: Averted. The mental institution where Dr. Mickler works is a clean & decent place, and the staff are invariably nice to 'Don Juan' (rather more than their by-the-book supervisor likes.)
* BerserkButton: John doesn't like anyone to mention that [[spoiler: his Mom cheated on his Dad.]] Unless it's himself who's doing the mentioning.
* BriefAccentImitation: American born-and-raised John speaks with a Spanish accent (Castilian, according to Mickler) in imitation of his role model. When the good doctor is talking John down from the roof, he affects the same accent to sound more persuasive. But Mickler drops it once their therapy sessions begin.
* ByronicHero: Averted. Ironically, Byron's version of Don Juan is far too naïve and well-meaning to fit the adjective.
* TheCameo: Popular Mexican-American singer {{Selena}} has a brief appearance, performing in a hotel lounge. Tragically, this was her first and last movie cameo- she was murdered by her fanclub's president who was stealing money from her, one week before the movie's release date.
* CharacterFilibuster: John gets a couple of these, expounding on what it takes to be the World's Greatest Lover (it's very much to Depp's acting credit that he manages to deliver these convincingly.) Mickler does a more tongue-in-cheek one, complete with a playful fake accent, about being the World's Greatest Psychiatrist.
* TheCaretaker: What started out as a doctor/patient relationship evolves into a father/son one; Dr. Mickler goes well out of his way to [[spoiler: save John from being committed.]]
* TheCharmer: John is very much this, with or without the Don Juan accouterments.
* ChickFlick: He may be a one-night-stander, but this is Byron's hopeless-romantic Don Juan, not Mozart's ManipulativeBastard. Lots of gals can appreciate John's almost worshipful method of wooing:
-->''JOHN: "When I say that all my women are dazzling beauties, they object- the nose of this one is too large, the hips of another they are too wide, the breasts of a third are too small. But I see these women for how they truly are; glorious, radiant... perfect. Because I am not limited by my eyesight. Women react to me the way that they do because they sense that I search out the beauty that dwells within them, until it overwhelms everything else. And they cannot avoid their desire, to release that beauty and envelop me in it."''
* CloudCuckooLander: John... [[RealityWarper or is he?]] Towards the end, there's indications his 'delusions' may be closer to reality than suspected. [[spoiler: It seems he and the Micklers make a successful journey into his "wonderful world."]]
* CoolMask: John's most treasured accessory. He claims he started wearing it in response to [[spoiler: his father's untimely death]]. And it [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/pub_djd/djd542.jpg doesn't exactly make him hideous.]]
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: The analyst was affected more than the patient, albeit in a positive way.
* DaydreamBeliever: John, right from the start. [[spoiler: The Micklers, by the end.]]
* DisappearedDad: Both the 'real' and 'imaginary' accounts of John's background agree that [[spoiler: John's father was killed, well before John was old enough to cope with such a loss.]] Dr. Mickler [[spoiler: gradually takes over that role in John's life.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: The Sultana disguises John ([[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd386.JPG most fetchingly!]]) in loose-fitting harem costumes, to prevent the Sultan from discovering her new personal attendant is an entirely 'unaltered' male. (One could suspect that the script-writers invented this to showcase Depp's talent for female impersonation, but it's actually lifted from Lord Byron's poem.)
* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted. Baba, the eunuch assigned to watch over John in the Sultan's palace, is trustworthy and considerate (though, for fairly obvious reasons, he ''really'' doesn't want to hear about John's enjoyable liaisons with the Sultana.)
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nicely played with: John's charms prove to be a distraction for the female staff, so [[ScaryBlackMan a male orderly]] is assigned to him. They seem to get along as well, though, and in a few days' time the guy quits his job and moves to Spain in order to study flamenco dancing.
* FantasticRomance: John has great talent for telling these.
* FlowerMotifs: These are used several times. When Dr. Mickler is talking John down from the roof, he introduces himself as "Don Octavio de ''Florez''." Coming to work after a night of romance, Dr. Mickler cheerfully plucks tulips from the front of the building and hands them out to the staff. When Mickler first proposes they go to "the Island of Eros", rather than their planned trip to the (antique) Pyramids, Marilyn is reluctant to take such a step: "I like it here, I like my garden." But the Island proves to have a far greater abundance of blooms: "It was like the Garden (of Eden) before the fall." A probable clue to the symbolism is this VO reverie near the beginning:
--> ''JOHN: "Every true lover knows that the moment of greatest satisfaction comes when ecstasy is long over. And he beholds before him the flower which has blossomed beneath his touch."''
* FreudianExcuse: Dr. Michler's colleagues are inclined to apply the standard Freudian interpretation to John's account of [[spoiler: losing his father and donning the mask]]. Mickler himself decides to dig deeper.
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Faye Dunaway]] is entirely credible as a 'woman of a certain age' who can still fog up hubby's lenses.
* GrowOldWithMe: Mr. and Mrs. Mickler discover there's no need for their retirement years to be dull.
* HappilyMarried: Jack and Marilyn Mickler. Ever more so, as John's example works it's magic on Jack's libido.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] gets therapy from Film/TheGodfather, who's inspired to rekindle his passion for [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie Parker.]]
* InLoveWithLove: Like his ''Literature/DonJuan'', John is the very personification of this trope. And ''boy'', can he expound on it:
-->''JOHN: "There are only four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love."''
* InterruptedSuicide: John and Dr. Mickler's way of 'meeting cute'.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Brando was well past his prime in this movie- this was even {{lampshaded}} when one of the supporting characters commented on his weight gain. Even so, it's no stretch to believe he and his Mrs. can still stoke each other's furnaces.
* KidAnova: In the backstory he told to Mickler, John recognized his vocation ''very'' early in life.
* LadyKillerInLove: John's condition throughout the film.
* LatinLover: Well, duh.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Obviously.
* LongingForFictionland: When making his 'true' statement to the Judge, John explained that reading Lord Byron's ''Literature/DonJuan'' book was what inspired him to create his imaginary persona.
* LoveBeforeFirstSight: What motivates John's suicide attempt.
* LoveHurts: What prompted John's suicide attempt.
* MagicRealism: The movies qualifies for this genre since, [[spoiler: after John is released, he and the Micklers take a plane ride to John's 'imagined' island.]]
* MadeASlave: According to one of his yarns, John was sold into slavery and spent two years in the 'service' of lusty Sultana Gulbeyaz. Not that he seemed to've minded much. It probably helped that she [[spoiler: kept him hidden in the Sultan's harem of 1,500 young women (apparently she had no problem with sharing.)]]
* MrFanservice: [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_djd/djd525.JPG To the max!]] This is JohnnyDepp at his poster-boy best. Watching him in his various flattering costumes is like savoring a assortment of very good chocolates.
* TheMunchausen: John, to such a degree it [[spoiler: almost gets him committed.]]
* NearRapeExperience: Occurs during the Harem story. John initially resists Sultana Gulbeyaz's overtures, and for a few seconds she seems prepared to use violent means (a knife at his throat) to force his cooperation. But then she opts to try tactile persuasion instead (it works.)
* OminousOperaCape: Subverted. Nobody finds John's cape frightening; on him it looks [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/pub_djd/djdcape.jpg more dashing than sinister.]]
* PietaPlagiarism: Enacted when [[spoiler: John's father is fatally wounded in a sword duel and dies in the arms of John's mother.]]
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The movie's closing sequence suggests the 'wonderful world' of John's delusions has somehow become real. Did that happen because he and/or the Micklers wanted it badly enough?]]
* SceneryPorn: Every story John tells to Mickler takes place in a strikingly beautiful locale; a picturesque Mexican village, a richly adorned Arabian Nights palace, an idyllic tropical island. (And Johnny himself provides lots of Godiva-quality eye candy.)
* SexSlave: See entry under MadeASlave.
* TheShrink: Dr. Mickler is Type 3. He even knows when to let well enough alone.
* SoHappyTogether: John and Doña Ana (in his account), until he told her something he should've kept to himself (see The Funny Entry.)
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: What sets the plot in motion.
* StalkerWithACrush: Chelsea Stokeler takes John for this (she ''is'' correct about the crush part.)
* SwordFight: [[spoiler: According to John, this is how his father died. According to John's grandmother, it was a car crash.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: See entry under DisguisedInDrag.
* YouSayTomato: John has a funny back-and-forth exchange with his first therapist, over John's pronunciation of 'villa.'
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