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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Subverted. Phil looks to be going down this route when he orders a bunch of porn from a delivery service, but it turns out he was looking to find Frank's business number among the ads.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Subverted. CaretakingIsFeminine: Phil looks to be going down this route when he orders a bunch of porn from a delivery service, but it turns out he was looking to find Frank's business number among is Earl Partridge's registered nurse and full-time caretaker. While Phil is male, he's also the ads.most sensitive character in the film and is instrumental in trying to fix the relationship between Earl and his son before Earl dies. His demeanor and mannerisms are quite androgynous (bordering on effeminate).
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* AbusiveParent: May have [[spoiler: molested his daughter Claudia.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: No thanks in part to his father.
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* PottyFailure: [[spoiler:On live TV, no less.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Beyond being on a game show.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The persona he's built around himself.
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* SenseiForScoundrels: See CountryMatters above.
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* BrokenBird: Poor Claudia has not had an easy life.
* FunctionalAddict: Well, barely functional.
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:At the hands of Jimmy. Possibly.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Her possible backstory.
* BrokenBird: Poor Claudia has not had an easy life.
* FunctionalAddict: Well, barely functional.
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* EducationMama: An unscrupulous example.
* {{Greed}}: His whole arc is dedicated to this.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Solomon doesn't seem like the most pleasant boss...
* JerkassHasAPoint: ...but while he isn't remotely kind in his criticism of Donnie, he doesn't have much reason to hold onto an employee who's regularly late and can't make his sales quota.
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* TheCharmer: He's very charismatic. A given considering [[Creator/TomCruise who he's played by.]]
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* CardCarryingVillain: Downplayed but it seems that Rick knows he's abusive, even describing his actions as such to other parents, and doesn't seem too bothered by that fact, even trading tips with them on how to treat their kids in the same way.
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* HateSink: Most of the characters are too sympathetic or messed up to hate or have some redeeming traits. But Rick is just a reprehensible asshole the whole way through.
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* HateSink: Most of the characters are too sympathetic or messed up to hate or have some redeeming traits. But Rick is just a selfish, abusive, reprehensible asshole the whole way through.through.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He doesn't give a shit about Stanley beyond his own benefit and makes little to no effort to make him think otherwise.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He doesn't give a shit about Stanley beyond his own benefit and makes little to no effort to make him think otherwise.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Does not have a positive opinion of his father and doesn't hesitate to tell him as much on his deathbed. Given what he did, it's hard to blame Frank for his behavior.
* TheAtoner: He deeply regrets abandoning his wife and son and wants to try and make things right before he dies.
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* SirSwearsALot: He seems determined to use his remaining time on earth to spout as many obscenities as possible.
* SirSwearsALot: He seems determined to use his remaining time on earth to spout as many obscenities as possible.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blonde and one of the nicest people in the film.
* TheAtoner: She feels immense guilt over marrying Earl for his money, even trying to get herself taken out of his will as a sort of punishment.
* RealMenLoveJesus: He's a Christian, even having a cross over his bed, and is seen praying in his opening scene.
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* HateSink: Most of the characters are too sympathetic or messed up to hate or have some redeeming traits. But Rick is just an asshole the whole way through.
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* MalMariee: She mentions that she slept with many men while being married to Earl.
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* YourCheatingHeart: She admits to having cheated on Earl many, many times.
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* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:With Linda.]]
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Subverted. He didn't had a good reason to abandon Frank and his mother.]]
* MayDecemberRomance:[[spoiler:With With Linda.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Solomon doesn't seem like the most pleasant boss...
* JerkassHasAPoint: ...but while he isn't remotely kind in his criticism of Donnie, he doesn't have much reason to hold onto an employee who's regularly late and can't make his sales quota.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Downplayed but it seems that Rick knows he's abusive, even describing his actions as such to other parents, and doesn't seem too bothered by that fact.
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* TheCharmer: He's very charismatic.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Invoked in his interview where he claims that, despite his ideology, he's still close with his mother. [[spoiler: This may be a straight example as Frank did genuinely love his mother and see her die while his father did nothing had a serious effect on him]].
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* MrFanservice: Gets a brief scene in his underwear to show off his ripped physique.
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* PromotionToParent: Stanley, hurrying to get ready for school, reminds his father they're out of dog food: promptly--and almost imperceptibly--establishing which member of the Spector household is fully-engaged and responsible. In the green room--after the on-air meltdown of the show's host, and its brightest contestant--Daddy throws a tantrum (and a chair). Role reversal complete: as a parent, Rick has been [[DisappearedDad invisible]].
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* PromotionToParent: Stanley, hurrying to get ready for school, reminds his father they're out of dog food: promptly--and promptly -- and almost imperceptibly--establishing imperceptibly -- establishing which member of the Spector household is fully-engaged and responsible. In the green room--after room -- after the on-air meltdown of the show's host, and its brightest contestant--Daddy contestant -- Daddy throws a tantrum (and a chair). Role reversal complete: as a parent, Rick has been [[DisappearedDad invisible]].
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His father's abandonment, and the death of his mother molded him into the character we see in the film]]
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* AbusiveParent: [[spoiler: May have molested Claudia.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Can't actually recall whether he [[spoiler: sexually abused his daughter]], which (if so) altered her life from that point forward.
* [[DepravedKidsShowHost Depraved Family Game Show Host]]: Alcoholic, unfaithful, [[spoiler: and may have molested his daughter.]]
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Attempts to take his own life after his wife finds out that he quite possibly molested their daughter. However, the rain of frogs that occurs during the end of the film causes him to misfire his gun.]]
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: With Claudia, though he's not 100% sure about it.]]
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: he has the same cancer Earl does.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Can't actually recall whether he [[spoiler: sexually abused his daughter]], which (if so) altered her life from that point forward.
* [[DepravedKidsShowHost Depraved Family Game Show Host]]: Alcoholic, unfaithful, [[spoiler: and may have molested his daughter.]]
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Attempts to take his own life after his wife finds out that he quite possibly molested their daughter. However, the rain of frogs that occurs during the end of the film causes him to misfire his gun.]]
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: With Claudia, though he's not 100% sure about it.]]
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: he has the same cancer Earl does.]]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Can't actually recall whether he[[spoiler: sexually [[spoiler:sexually abused his daughter]], which (if so) altered her life from that point forward.
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* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:She originally intended to marry Earl Patridge in order to gain his fortune after he died, but she eventually fell in love with him genuinely.]]
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* GoldDigger: [[spoiler: Subverted. [[spoiler:Subverted. She initially married Earl for his money money, but then she genuinely fell in love with him him, to the extent that that, out of guilt guilt, she even tried to have his will changed so that she would no longer be his heir.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Donny. Whereas Donny is a StraightGay StraightGay, naive, has an idealistic perspective on love love, and a genuine crush on Brad the Bartener, Thurston is a somewhat CampGay cynic who uses money to get Brad's attention and sees the bartender as little more than a boy toy.
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* PromotionToParent: Stanley, hurrying to get ready for school, reminds his father they're out of dog food: promptly--and almost imperceptibly--establishing which member of the Spector household is fully-engaged and responsible. In the green room--after the on-air meltdown of the show's host, and its brightest contestant--Daddy throws a tantrum (and a chair). Role reversal complete: as a parent, Rick has been [[DisappearedDad invisible]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Out of guilt over her infidelity.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler: Subverted. She initially married Earl for his money but then she genuinely fell in love with him to the extent that out of guilt she even tried to have his will changed so that she would no longer be his heir.]]
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler: Subverted. She initially married Earl for his money but then she genuinely fell in love with him to the extent that out of guilt she even tried to have his will changed so that she would no longer be his heir.]]
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Because An elderly and rather withered movie executive dying of the age difference.cancer married to a gorgeous trophy wife several decades younger than him.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Subverted. Phil looks to be going down this route when he orders a bunch of porn from a delivery service, but it turns out he was looking to find Frank's business number among the ads.
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