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* DynamicEntry: Gable saves Janet from kidnappers by jumping through a window he had written in rather than walking through the door.
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* AffectionateParody/DeconstructiveParody: Of afternoon soap operas and the odd plot turns they have.

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* AffectionateParody/DeconstructiveParody: AffectionateParody / DeconstructiveParody: Of afternoon soap operas and the odd plot turns they have.

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* AffectionateParody: Of afternoon soap operas and the odd plot turns they have.

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* AffectionateParody: AffectionateParody/DeconstructiveParody: Of afternoon soap operas and the odd plot turns they have.



* DeconstructiveParody: Of standard soap opera plots, characters and the business behind them.


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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Janet TookALevelInJerkass once Rachel is written out, much to Gable's distress.
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* UnconventionalFoodOrder: Mariel Hemingway’s character orders a signature oddity to the disgust of the deli’s owner: “Lox and cream cheese on cinnamon toast? Get it out of here!“

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* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Cleveland. Jack Gates gets sent there by Gable; when he returns, Gates says that alone is reason enough to kill Gable.
** Upon first waking up in Ashford Falls, Gable first assumes he is in Hell and has been punished to spend eternity on his own show.



* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Cleveland. Jack Gates gets sent there by Gable; when he returns, Gates says that alone is reason enough to kill Gable.
** Upon first waking up in Ashford Falls, Gable first assumes he is in Hell and has been punished to spend eternity on his own show.
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* SelfInflictedHell: Played with; when Gable first wakes up in Ashford Falls Hospital after a car accident, he assumes he died in the crash, is in Hell and is being punished by spending eternity on his own show and almost browns down crying, though [[spoiler: it turns out he was just knocked unconscious upon impact]].

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* SelfInflictedHell: Played with; when Gable first wakes up in Ashford Falls Hospital after a car accident, he assumes he died in the crash, is in Hell and is being punished by spending eternity on his own show and almost browns breaks down crying, though [[spoiler: it turns out he was just knocked unconscious upon impact]].
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** Upon first waking up in Ashford Falls, Gable first assumes he is in Hell and has been punished to spend eternity on his own show.


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* SelfInflictedHell: Played with; when Gable first wakes up in Ashford Falls Hospital after a car accident, he assumes he died in the crash, is in Hell and is being punished by spending eternity on his own show and almost browns down crying, though [[spoiler: it turns out he was just knocked unconscious upon impact]].
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* GenreBlind: Jack Gable seems to think that as the writer of the show who's world he is inhabiting which allows him to turn himself into a dashing tycoon, he is invincible. This also results in him claiming the ''real'' Jack Gates to be Creator/RobertWagner due to Wagner being cast as a result of StuntCasting. This seeming invincibility plus inability to distinguish Wagner from his in-universe character causes Jack Gable to brush off the "real" Jack Gates at every turn. This ends up [[spoiler: coming back to bite Gable HARD; when Gates returns to take vengeance on Gable, even while Gates is slowly approaching with a shotgun, Gable brushes off Gates' TranquilFury by making fun of what he says and telling Wagner-Gates to go do another mini-series. This just angers Gates even more who blows Gable away with his shotgun, though it turns to have been AllJustADream]].
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* EpicFail: At one point, Ty Hedison becomes so anguish and angry that his father keeps favouring his brother over him that he grabs an antique vase from the Tang Dynasty and, during a fit of jealous rage, throws it violently to the floor in an attempt to smash it... only for it to bounce harmlessly off the floor without so much as chipping it.

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* EpicFail: At one point, Ty Hedison becomes so anguish anguished and angry that his father keeps favouring his brother over him that he grabs an antique vase from the Tang Dynasty and, during a fit of jealous rage, throws it violently to the floor in an attempt to smash it... only for it to bounce harmlessly off the floor without so much as chipping it.
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* EpicFail: At one point, Ty Hedison becomes so anguish and angry that his father keeps favouring his brother over him that he grabs an antique vase from the Tang Dynasty and, during a fit of jealous rage, throws it violently to the floor in an attempt to smash it... only for it to bounce harmlessly off the floor without so much as chipping it.
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* BrokenPedestal: Laura eventually becomes this to Jack, especially through her character Rachel near the end of the film.
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** At the beginning of the movie, one of Jack's friends is incredulous he lets Laura have a refrigerator in her dressing room. After Jack resolves to fire her, he sarcastically asks "Anybody need a refrigerator?"

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** At the beginning of the movie, one of Jack's friends is incredulous he lets Laura have a her own refrigerator in her dressing room. After Jack resolves to fire her, he sarcastically asks "Anybody need a refrigerator?"



* TheCameo: Gable makes a big deal out of the real Jack Gates is played by Robert Wagner, especially after he gets shot.

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* TheCameo: Gable makes a big deal out of the real Jack Gates is being played by Robert Wagner, especially after he gets shot.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Jack wants to maintain the artistic integrity of his show and be TheLastDJ of soap opera writing. The problem is, while he ''is'' a talented writer, his prodcuers are correct that he's fixated on the show's star, Laura Claybourne, to an unhealthy degree. He keeps trying to write her OscarBait plots where she's the hero while the producers note she's not a heroic character or even a particularly likable one. Laura is also shamelessly using Jack's crush to manipulate him into doing this. To his credit, Jack agrees with them by the end and has Laura fired from the show.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Jack wants to maintain the artistic integrity of his show and be TheLastDJ of soap opera writing. The problem is, while he ''is'' a talented writer, his prodcuers producers are correct that he's fixated on the show's star, Laura Claybourne, to an unhealthy degree. He keeps trying to write her OscarBait plots where she's the hero while the producers note she's not a heroic character or even a particularly likable one. Laura is also shamelessly using Jack's crush to manipulate him into doing this. To his credit, Jack agrees with them by the end and has Laura fired from the show.



-->This is delicate work, you moron!

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-->This -->"This is delicate work, you moron! moron!"

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* BrickJoke: The fate of the actress behind Rachel Hedison. [[spoiler: She ends up hosting a local game show... in Cleveland.]]

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* BrickJoke: The fate of Laura, the actress behind Rachel Hedison. [[spoiler: She ends up hosting a local game show... in Cleveland.]]]]
** At the beginning of the movie, one of Jack's friends is incredulous he lets Laura have a refrigerator in her dressing room. After Jack resolves to fire her, he sarcastically asks "Anybody need a refrigerator?"



-->'''Jack Gable:''' I thought I sent you to Cleveland?

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-->'''Jack Gable:''' I thought What are you doing here? I sent you to Cleveland?Cleveland.



-->'''Jack Gates:''' ''Nobody'' crosses Jack Gates.

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-->'''Jack Gates:''' Gates (cocks gun):''' ''Nobody'' crosses Jack Gates.


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* SeriousBusiness: Jack trying to repair his typewriter in time to save Janet. The repairman on the phone treats it like a bomb defusal.
-->This is delicate work, you moron!

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