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** ''Afternoon Delight'' plays over the end credits.
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** ''Afternoon Delight'' After WaxingLyrical with the song early in the film, "Afternoon Delight" plays over the end credits.
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* [[CareerVersusMan Career Versus Woman]]: Sean and Gerald are shown on the opposite sides of this. Gerald is an award-winning mathematician with a prestigious tenure, but his work is all he has with no meaningful relationships beyond that. Meanwhile Sean had the opportunity to pursue a far more prestigious career in his field, but he teaches basic psychology at community college because he settled down with his wife. Of the two Sean is by far more content with his life.
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* [[CareerVersusMan Career Versus Woman]]: Sean and Gerald are shown on the opposite sides of this. Gerald is an award-winning mathematician with a prestigious tenure, but his work is all he has with no meaningful relationships beyond that. Meanwhile Meanwhile, Sean had the opportunity to pursue a far more prestigious career in his field, but he teaches basic psychology at community college because he settled down with his wife. Of the two two, Sean is by far more content with his life.
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* FreudianCouch: One of the shrinks Will is seeing subjects him to hypnotic therapy on a couch.
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* FreudianCouch: FreudianCouch:
** One of the shrinks Will is seeing subjects him to hypnotic therapy on acouch.couch.
** Sean has a couch in his office, too, but Will usually elects to sit upright to look Sean dead in the eye. Humorously, Lambeau flops right down on it in the middle of an argument with Sean.
** One of the shrinks Will is seeing subjects him to hypnotic therapy on a
** Sean has a couch in his office, too, but Will usually elects to sit upright to look Sean dead in the eye. Humorously, Lambeau flops right down on it in the middle of an argument with Sean.
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: Deconstructed. Will likely makes a little more than minimum wage in construction and janitorial work, but it's still menial work with low barriers to entry and much less than he could be making with his math talent. While he's seemingly content with it, Chuckie eventually gives him [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a dressing down]] over settling for a life that's far below his skillset. He and the other blue collar schlubs only work these kind of jobs because they have no other choice and if they had Will's talents, they'd give them up without a second thought.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: A repeated topic is how characters struggle to achieve what comes easy to Will. There are also hints that this is why Will doesn't want to make use of his math talents, and works construction - math is ''easy'' for him, so it doesn't count as "work".
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: A repeated topic is how characters struggle to achieve what comes easy to Will. There are also hints that this is why Will doesn't want to make use of his math talents, and works construction - math is ''easy'' for him, so it doesn't count as "work".
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: Deconstructed. Will likely makes a little more than minimum wage in construction and janitorial work, but it's still menial work with low barriers to entry and much less than he could be making with his math talent. While he's seemingly content with it, it and defends the profession as "honorable" to Sean, his therapist rightly points out that he is using that as a reason to avoid disappointment in failing at something he is actually passionate about. Chuckie eventually gives him [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a dressing down]] over settling for a life that's far below his skillset. He and the other blue collar schlubs only work these kind of jobs because they have no other choice and if they had Will's talents, they'd give them up without a second thought.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: A repeated topic is how characters struggle to achieve what comes easy to Will. There are also hints that this is why Will doesn't want to make use of his mathtalents, talents and works construction - math is ''easy'' for him, so it doesn't count as "work".
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: A repeated topic is how characters struggle to achieve what comes easy to Will. There are also hints that this is why Will doesn't want to make use of his math
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* StudentTeacherRomance: Lambeau often openly flirts with his female students, though it doesn't seem that things progress any further than that; rather, it's an indicator of just how lonely and empty his life is, as he seemingly doesn't have any human connections outside of work.
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* WaxingLyrical: During an early therapy session with a hypnotist, Will trolls him by responding with the lyrics of "Afternoon Delight".
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* AcademiaElitism: When Will and friends go to a student bar and one of them starts chatting up a girl, a male student comes by and starts making fun of Will's friend and his attempts to appear educated by asking him questions about historical economics, until Will shows him up by demonstrating both that he understands the topic better than the student, and knows the exact book and page he was quoting.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Sean is introduced teaching a community college class on psychology, specifically on the importance of trust between client and therapist. Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}.
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** Will is shown doing advanced math on his bathroom mirror before going to work as a janitor. Him and his buddies visit a college bar and Chuckie pretends to be a student to flirt with Skylar and another guy starts mocking him with advanced economic theory. Will steps in and dismantles the guy by [[PhotographicMemory referencing the exact material to the book and page]], humiliating him as a trust fund kid with no original thoughts.
** Sean is introduced teaching a community college class on psychology, specifically on the importance of trust between client and therapist. Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}.
** Will is shown doing advanced math on his bathroom mirror before going to work as a janitor. Him and his buddies visit a college bar and Chuckie pretends to be a student to flirt with Skylar and another guy starts mocking him with advanced economic theory. Will steps in and dismantles the guy by [[PhotographicMemory referencing the exact material to the book and page]], humiliating him as a trust fund kid with no original thoughts.
** Sean is introduced teaching a community college class on psychology, specifically on the importance of trust between client and therapist. Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}.
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* SecretlyWealthy: Skylar was paying for school after earning an inheritance, which causes some resentment with Will's working-class mentality. She later reveals the inheritance was from her dad dying when she was 13, and the money was a miserable reminder of that.
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* WarriorTherapist: Lacking actual combat and Sean is an actual therapist, but given Will's background and [[TherapyIsForTheWeak refusal to work with more new-age therapists]] he realizes there needs to be a physical aspect to their sessions in order to build some trust. In their first session Sean nearly throttles him for [[TheLostLenore mouthing off about his dead wife]]. In their third session Will refuses to say a thing, which Sean tolerates knowing this was a power move on his part. They only get anywhere by [[VictoryByEndurance waiting things out]] and letting Will be uncomfortable enough to break the silence.
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* ButtMonkey: Morgan is such a goofy douche. Even when the gang get in a fight with the guy who beat up Will in kindergarten, Morgan's slow-mo shot is of him looking goofy, not badass. And later he masturbates with a baseball glove is Chuckie's mom's bedroom.
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* ButtMonkey: Morgan is such a goofy douche. Even when the gang get in a fight with the guy who beat up Will in kindergarten, Morgan's slow-mo shot is of him looking goofy, not badass. And later he masturbates with a baseball glove is in Chuckie's mom's bedroom.
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* NoAntagonist: There are no villains in the film, everyone wants Will to succeed and the only conflict comes from Will grappling with his inner demons and figuring out the best way to proceed forward in life.
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-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now, so don't blame me for how your live turn out, it's not my fault.\\
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-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now, so don't blame me for how your live turn life turned out, it's not my fault.\\
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-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now so don't blame me for your failures!\\
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-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now now, so don't blame me for how your failures!\\live turn out, it's not my fault.\\
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* TruthInTelevision: The ubiquity of Dunkin' Donuts (rebranded Dunkin' in 2019) in the film. There's so many in Boston you'd think they outnumber Starbucks. It'd be weirder if the characters ''didn't'' drink Dunkin' Donuts coffee.
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* TruthInTelevision: The ubiquity of Dunkin' Donuts (rebranded Dunkin' in 2019) in the film. There's so many in Boston you'd think they outnumber Starbucks. It'd be weirder if the characters ''didn't'' drink Dunkin' Donuts coffee. It double-fits with the working class aesthetic. Dunkin' is a blue collar place; the reason you have to dunk the donuts is because they're stale because you don't get the good donuts because you're a fucking southie, right?
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* BrickJoke: "Son of a bitch stole my line."
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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** "Son of a bitch stole my line.""
** ''Afternoon Delight'' plays over the end credits.
** "Son of a bitch stole my line.
** ''Afternoon Delight'' plays over the end credits.
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* {{Foil}}: Invoked by Sean. A therapist has to establish [[ArcWords trust]] with their client, which might mean the therapist has to open up to the client just as much as the client has to open up to the therapist. Sean gets Will to understand about love by talking about the love of his life. Sean has to be vulnerable with Will in order for Will to become vulnerable with Sean. He can't tell Will the most important words he'll ever hear unless he first confesses that he knows what it's like to receive the same beatings that turned Will into an ingrown toenail of a human being. Sean has to show Will, day after day, week after week, that it's possible to experience everything Will has experienced and still be okay. Sean is the kind, loving, open, and honest man that Will ''could'' be... if he puts in the work.
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** Will tends to reflect ratty t-shirts, paint-spattered dungarees, and boots, reflecting his working class identity.
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** Will tends to reflect wear ratty t-shirts, paint-spattered dungarees, and boots, reflecting his working class identity.
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* BookDumb: Sean is a psychologist who teaches at a Community College. Contrast with Lambeau, who won the prestigious Fields Medal and teaches at MIT, and Will, who has a PhotographicMemory. Nonetheless, he is incredibly perceptive and delivers precise insights on life.
* BookshelfOfAuthority: The scenes in the office of Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), he's flanked on one side by a bookshelf, and on the other side with a desk covered with books and stacks of papers.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Both Sean and Lambeau. Lambeau believes that Will should be given a sense of direction and placed in an environment where his skills are put to use. Sean believes that it's more important for Will to choose his own path even if it conflicts with his potential as a mathematical prodigy. It's clear they both just want what's best for Will.
* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless. In the end, Sean inverts it by helping Will through talking.
* BookshelfOfAuthority: The scenes in the office of Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), he's flanked on one side by a bookshelf, and on the other side with a desk covered with books and stacks of papers.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Both Sean and Lambeau. Lambeau believes that Will should be given a sense of direction and placed in an environment where his skills are put to use. Sean believes that it's more important for Will to choose his own path even if it conflicts with his potential as a mathematical prodigy. It's clear they both just want what's best for Will.
* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless. In the end, Sean inverts it by helping Will through talking.
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* BookDumb: Sean is a psychologist who teaches at a Community College. Contrast with Lambeau, who won the prestigious Fields Medal and teaches at MIT, and Will, who has a PhotographicMemory. Nonetheless, he is incredibly perceptive and delivers precise insights on life.
life. The way Gerry puts it, Sean is smarter than he is, maybe as smart as Will (another boy genius from Southie), only instead of math, his genius is empathy.
* BookshelfOfAuthority: The scenes in the office of Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), he's flanked on one side by a bookshelf, and on the other side with a desk covered with books and stacks of papers. \n Will tries to challenge his authority by challenging his books, only for Sean to play it down and say it was a slog, a lot of work he ''had'' to do, which inadvertently challenges Will, who charges through books with ease but doesn't have any authority.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint:Both Sean and v. Lambeau. Lambeau believes that Will should be given a sense of direction and placed in an environment where his skills are put to use. Sean believes that it's more important for Will to choose his own path even if it conflicts with his potential as a mathematical prodigy. It's clear they both just want what's best for Will.
* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He even gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless. In the end, Sean inverts it by helping Will through talking.
* BookshelfOfAuthority: The scenes in the office of Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), he's flanked on one side by a bookshelf, and on the other side with a desk covered with books and stacks of papers.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint:
* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He even gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless. In the end, Sean inverts it by helping Will through talking.
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* CantCatchUp: Lambeau can't compete with Will's brilliance.
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* CantCatchUp: Lambeau can't compete with Will's brilliance. The implication is also in the past that Sean out-shone him in undergrad.
-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now so don't blame me for your failures!\\
'''Sean:''' It's ''not'' about '''''you''''', you mathematical '''dick'''!
-->'''Lambeau:''' You were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now so don't blame me for your failures!\\
'''Sean:''' It's ''not'' about '''''you''''', you mathematical '''dick'''!
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* ClothingReflectsPersonality:
** Will tends to reflect ratty t-shirts, paint-spattered dungarees, and boots, reflecting his working class identity.
** Gerry tends to wear smooth silks, scarves, and expensive patterns, to reflect his upper crust life.
** Sean wears a lot of warm sweaters to show he's a guy who gives a great fucking hug.
** Will tends to reflect ratty t-shirts, paint-spattered dungarees, and boots, reflecting his working class identity.
** Gerry tends to wear smooth silks, scarves, and expensive patterns, to reflect his upper crust life.
** Sean wears a lot of warm sweaters to show he's a guy who gives a great fucking hug.
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* PapaWolf: Sean takes to Will right away, calling him chief, sport, champ... by the end of the movie, he's calling him son.
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* ManlyTears:
** Sean frequently sheds tears when talking about his wife.
** Will cries while sitting on a bench looking at the airport as Skylar flies out to California.
** Sean frequently sheds tears when talking about his wife.
** Will cries while sitting on a bench looking at the airport as Skylar flies out to California.
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* TheShrink: Eight therapists see Will, before Sean is brought onboard.
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* TheShrink: Eight Five therapists see Will, before Sean is brought onboard.
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* EEqualsMCHammer: Averted. Professor Lambeau leaves a math problem for his class that allegedly took MIT professors two years to solve. The actual problem is legitimate, though not terribly difficult.
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* EEqualsMCHammer: Averted. Professor Lambeau leaves a math problem for his class that allegedly took MIT professors two years to solve. The actual problem is legitimate, though not terribly difficult. The math on the chalkboard is also not particularly advanced calculus, and the [=MacLaren=] Gerry name-drops is a fairly straightforward expansion you learn about without even having to major in math.
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** This is given a deliberate echo with Will's monologue when interviewing with the NSA. However, the extreme closeup hides the cut to Sean's office, maximizing the surprise when Sean replies to the monologue with "Do you have a soulmate?".
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* ArcWords: When Gerry finally comes to Sean for help, he's teaching a class about therapy and asking why trust is important. In the end, he gets through to Will and helps him only because he's earned Will's trust. He can tell Will what he needs to hear and Will can only listen to him because of that trust.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Will does this, successfully, to everyone he wants to avoid dealing with. He gets under Sean's skin at first, but Sean comes back later with a lecture about Will's woeful lack of first-hand experiences, which leaves him speechless. In the end, Sean inverts it by helping Will through talking.
* BrickJoke: "Son of a bitch stole my line."
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* ChangingTheUncomfortableSubject: Will is trying to get a read on Sean and asks how much he can bench, likely expecting to show him up. When Sean answers, "285. What do you bench?" Will quickly changes the subject without answering.
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* ChangingTheUncomfortableSubject: Will is trying to get a read on Sean and asks how much he can bench, likely expecting to show him up. When Sean answers, "285. What do you bench?" Will quickly changes the subject without answering. Diverting and avoiding anything meaningful is Will's entire lot in life, having learned at a young age to make himself invisible and put up walls.
* {{Determinator}}: Where the other therapists all gave up on Will after a single session, Sean sees it through, week after week.
-->'''Sean:''' I'd have to go with the belt.\\
'''Will:''' Nah, I always chose the wrench.\\
'''Sean:''' Why?\\
'''Will:''' Because fuck him, that's why.
'''Will:''' Nah, I always chose the wrench.\\
'''Sean:''' Why?\\
'''Will:''' Because fuck him, that's why.
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* EpiphanyTherapy: Sean works out that Will's root problem is self-blame for his foster father abusing him. Everything turns around when he reassures Will that it's not his fault.
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* EpiphanyTherapy: Sean works out that Will's root problem is self-blame for his foster father abusing him. Everything turns around when he reassures Will that it's not his fault. This subverts the way the trope is often played, because it takes ''months'' of hard work to build Will to the point that he can hear what Sean has to say.
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* ExtremeCloseUp: On Will's face when he writes a formula on his bathroom mirror early on.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Will bashing his childhood bully.
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* ExtremeCloseUp: On Will's face when he writes a formula on his bathroom mirror early on. \n They also use this to hide the switch between Will's meeting with the NSA to him continuing the monologue in Sean's office.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Will bashing his childhood bully. It almost gets Will sent to prison.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Will bashing his childhood bully. It almost gets Will sent to prison.
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** Will's a good person who was so badly hurt at such a young age that he puts up extreme walls around himself in a desperate attempt to never be hurt again. Learning to take those walls down and allow himself to be vulnerable is Will's arc.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Sean used to be in the military, and tells Will about the trauma of having a fellow soldier die in his arms.
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* ShownTheirWork: Though Sean does a few things a therapist would likely never do (swearing a bit, slamming Will up against a wall), their work is the sort of work therapists have to do.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Will's best friend has to tell him to get off his ass and do something with his brain because sticking around when he could be doing something great is an insult to every one of the guys who'll still be working construction in thirty years.
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* ForWantOfANail: Will's lengthy explanation of why he doesn't want to work for the NSA.
