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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: A.J. apparently believes this, or at least, is willing to troll Warren with it
-->'''Warren''': Who glued all these quarters to the floor?
-->'''A.J.''': I did.
-->'''Warren''': Why?
-->'''A.J.''': Warren, I don't feel the need to explain my art to you.

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%%* BigShutUp: Gina and Corey take turns screaming this at each other during their argument.



* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video. Granted, it's very much in the style of [[TheEighties early MTV]].
* SuddenlyShouting: "I'M BRINGING REX HIS LUNCH!!"



* StylisticSuck: Rex Manning's music video. Granted, it's very much in the style of [[TheEighties early MTV]].
* SuddenlyShouting: "I'M BRINGING REX HIS LUNCH!!"
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* ADayInTheLife: The movie plays out as a SliceOfLife episode, a "Working At Empire Records" kind of day as we watch the employees cope being there. Subverted in that half the cast are going through personal dilemmas, the store itself is facing doom being overtaken by a corporate entity, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it's Rex Manning Day]].

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* ADayInTheLife: DayInTheLife: The movie plays out as a SliceOfLife episode, a "Working At Empire Records" kind of day as we watch the employees cope being there. Subverted in that half the cast are going through personal dilemmas, the store itself is facing doom being overtaken by a corporate entity, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it's Rex Manning Day]].

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The version of Coyote Shivers' "Sugarhigh" performed in the film includes a couple of significantly toned-down lyrics: "they all said she's just another groupie slut" becomes "they all say life's just a bowl of cherries, but..." and "when I lick between your thighs" becomes "I wanna kiss myself goodbye". The version included on the soundtrack album uses the uncensored lyrics.


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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The version of Coyote Shivers' "Sugarhigh" performed in the film includes a couple of significantly toned-down lyrics: "they all said she's just another groupie slut" becomes "they all say life's just a bowl of cherries, but..." and "when I lick between your thighs" becomes "I wanna kiss myself goodbye". The version included on the soundtrack album uses the uncensored lyrics.


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* IWillShowYouX: Corey screams "I'll show you fine!" at Joe during her breakdown before rampaging through the store.
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* SweaterGirl: Corey has a very 90s take on this, as seen above.
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* SweaterGirl: Corey has a very 90s, BareYourMidriff take on this, as seen above.

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* SweaterGirl: Corey has a very 90s, BareYourMidriff 90s take on this, as seen above.
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* BareYourMidriff: Corey's sweater which shows off her midriff... rather contradicting when you think of it.
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* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Mark does one while Warren is holding up the store.
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[[caption-width-right:310:From left to right: [[BrokenBird Debra,]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mark,]] [[FeigningIntelligence Lucas,]] [[GoGetterGirl Corey,]] [[DoggedNiceGuy AJ,]] and [[GoodBadGirl Gina.]] \\
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A 1995 {{dramedy}} film, directed by Allan Moyle and featuring an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia, Creator/RobinTunney, Creator/ReneeZellweger, Creator/LivTyler, and Creator/DebiMazar.

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A 1995 SliceOfLife {{dramedy}} film, directed by Allan Moyle and featuring an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia, Creator/RobinTunney, Creator/ReneeZellweger, Creator/LivTyler, and Creator/DebiMazar.



* BenevolentBoss: Joe tries to be this, and the staff respect him for it even though it becomes clear during the movie that Joe is stressed out with how the store is struggling and may cave to the demands that he sell out to the record chain. [[spoiler:Even when Joe finally snaps at Lucas he's still being nice about it.]]

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* BenevolentBoss: Joe tries to may be this, and the temperamental, but he ''always'' takes care of his own. The staff respect him for it even though it becomes clear during the movie that Joe is stressed out with how the store is struggling and may cave to the demands that he sell out to the record chain. He could have Lucas arrested at any time, but as a father figure to Lucas, he can never bring himself to do it. [[spoiler:Even when Joe finally snaps at Lucas and beats his ass, he's still being nice about it.]] It's notable that, when Warren comes back to the store waving a gun, Joe is the first one to put himself in danger, since Warren's ire is largely with him. In the end, he really proves his loyalty to his staff by [[spoiler:personally buying the store off of their petulant BadBoss.]]



* EducationMama: Corey's father. [[spoiler:It's one of the reasons why Corey is stressed out on pills trying to over-achieve.]]

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* EducationMama: Corey's father.father is never seen, but described to be like this. [[spoiler:It's one of the reasons why Corey is stressed out on pills trying to over-achieve.]]



* GloryDays: Rex Manning's are very much behind him. Any positive attention he gets is from the parents of the current generation of teenagers, who have little more than contempt for him.

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* GloryDays: Rex Manning's are very much behind him. Any positive attention he gets is from the parents of the current generation of teenagers, who the latter of whom have little more than contempt for him.



* HesGotAWeapon: Warren Beatty's revenge on the store in the back half of the film involves a handgun. Of all people, it's ''Debra'' that talks him down.
* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom.

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* HesGotAWeapon: Warren Beatty's revenge on the store in the back half of the film involves a handgun. Of all people, it's ''Debra'' that talks makes him down.
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* IceCreamKoan: Lucas's wisdom. He presents himself to be wiser than he really is, and no one is fooled by his pretentious posturing since, after all, he's the one who lost the $9000 and jeopardized the store.



* PapaWolf: Joe may be temperamental, but he ''always'' takes care of his own. He could have Lucas arrested at any time, but he can never bring himself to do it.



* SweaterGirl: Corey.

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* SweaterGirl: Corey.Corey has a very 90s, BareYourMidriff take on this, as seen above.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Gina jokes to Corey that Debra hates them both, and that Gina has "the good sense to hate her back." As they serve customers through the day, it quickly becomes apparent that Gina and Debra are NotSoDifferent, and they're a little more amicable than they let on, starting when they spitefully tear up the list of Music Town regulations together.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Gina jokes to Corey that Debra hates them both, and that Gina has "the good sense to hate her back." As they serve customers through the day, it quickly becomes apparent that Gina and Debra are NotSoDifferent, not so different, and they're a little more amicable than they let on, starting when they spitefully tear up the list of Music Town regulations together.

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[BrokenBird Debra,]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mark,]] [[FeigningIntelligence Lucas,]] [[GoGetterGirl Corey,]] [[DoggedNiceGuy AJ,]] and [[GoodBadGirl Gina.]] \\
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Jane is this for Rex Manning. She starts her day just trying to keep Rex's ego afloat, and ends the day [[spoiler:having quit out of embarrassment for supporting such a {{Jerkass}} has-been and asks Joe for a job.]]



* CensorShadow: An odd distortion effect is used to obscure the phallic part of Gwar lead singer Dave Brockie's costume during the scene where Mark watches the band on TV.

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* CensorShadow: An odd distortion effect is used to obscure the phallic part of Gwar Music/{{Gwar}} lead singer Dave Brockie's costume during the scene where Mark watches the band on TV.



* DontYouDarePityMe: A worried Joe tries to have a talk with Debra over whatever she's dealing with, but she's not in any place to accept that, and she brushes off his attempt.
-->'''Debra:''' Gonna fix me, Joe? [[SarcasmMode Okay, fix me, I'll listen.]]



* GallowsHumor: Debra, the morning after surviving her suicide attempt, has an embittered sense of humor about it. It's partly born out of her habit of pushing people away.



* GoGetterGirl: Corey
* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina.

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* GloryDays: Rex Manning's are very much behind him. Any positive attention he gets is from the parents of the current generation of teenagers, who have little more than contempt for him.
* GoGetterGirl: Corey
Corey deconstructs this. She does well in school, but that's partly because [[spoiler:she's addicted to speed.]] Her go-getter attitude also drives her to try seducing Rex Manning for her first sexual encounter, which goes poorly.
* GoodBadGirl: As mentioned above, Gina. She's not sorry about being promiscuous, though it ''will'' hurt her feelings if you taunt her for it.



* HesGotAWeapon: Warren Beatty's revenge on the store in the back half of the film involves a handgun. Of all people, it's ''Debra'' that talks him down.



* ImportantHaircut: Debra

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* ImportantHaircut: DebraA day removed from a bad mental health episode and suicide attempt, Debra buzzes all her hair off in the bathroom prior to her shift.



** "Not *entirely* perfect."

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** "Not *entirely* ''entirely'' perfect."



* MamaBear: Joe.
* MushroomSamba: "You play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it. Unavoidable considering when it came out...

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* MamaBear: Joe.
* MushroomSamba: "You Mark eating pot brownies and watching a Music/{{Gwar}} video brings on one of these.
-->'''Oderus Urungus:''' You
play a mean guitar, Mark! It's really a shame that you must...DIE!"
DIE!
* NervesOfSteel: An angry Warren Beatty returns to the store with a handgun, at the end of his rope. Who talks him down from his misguided, petulant rage? Debra does, getting Warren to open up about ''why'' he's so angry, and staring down the barrel of his gun without even flinching.
* TheNineties: The movie just ''screams'' it. Unavoidable it, which is unavoidable considering when it came out...out.



* PapaWolf: Joe may be temperamental, but he ''always'' takes care of his own. He could have Lucas arrested at any time, but he can never bring himself to do it.



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* ThePowerOfRockThePowerOfRock: The attempt to save the store from being converted into a Music Town [[spoiler:works thanks to invoking this trope in the form of a RooftopConcert. They get all the money they need for Joe to buy the store for himself.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: "Warren Beatty" finally gets fed up with the AccidentalMisnaming when he returns to the store with a gun and fulfills the "one f-bomb in a PG-13 movie" quota.
-->'''Warren:''' STOP CALLING ME WARREN; MY NAME ISN'T ''FUCKING'' WARREN!



* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: [[spoiler:Jane decides ScrewThisImOuttaHere after being made fun of one too many times for her association with Rex Manning.]]



* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Rex Manning, a male singer variation.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Gina jokes to Corey that Debra hates them both, and that Gina has "the good sense to hate her back." As they serve customers through the day, it quickly becomes apparent that Gina and Debra are NotSoDifferent, and they're a little more amicable than they let on, starting when they spitefully tear up the list of Music Town regulations together.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Rex Manning, a male singer variation. His time as a big rock star has long faded, and the people he signs autographs for all day ''never'' let him forget it.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Whatever happened between Berko and Deb was enough to make Berko think Deb's suicide attempt was because of him but the details are never elaborated on.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Mark and Lucas. (Although it's implied that Lucas's is a recent case.)

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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mark and Lucas. (Although it's implied that Lucas's is a recent case.)
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It depicts one day in the life of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist, and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.

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It depicts one a day in the life of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist, and a troubled young woman. They all work at a Delaware record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.
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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: A nice version, when Joe finally confronts Lucas for losing the store's money on a foolish gambit.
*** YMMV on how nice. Dialogue implies Joe is Lucas' foster father who took him in after Lucas' own mother abandoned him due to impulse control problems.

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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: A nice version, when When Joe finally confronts Lucas for losing the store's money on a foolish gambit.
*** YMMV on how nice. ** Dialogue implies Joe is Lucas' foster father father, who took him in after Lucas' own mother abandoned him due to impulse control problems.

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A 1995 dramedy directed by Allan Moyle, about a CloudCuckooLander, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.

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A 1995 dramedy {{dramedy}} film, directed by Allan Moyle, about Moyle and featuring an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/AnthonyLaPaglia, Creator/RobinTunney, Creator/ReneeZellweger, Creator/LivTyler, and Creator/DebiMazar.

It depicts one day in the life of
a CloudCuckooLander, {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a Harvard-bound overachiever, a fun-loving [[TheVamp Vamp]], two stoners, a laid-back artist artist, and a troubled young woman. They work at a record store under the aegis of a BenevolentBoss and a not-so-benevolent owner. An aging singer is visiting for the day. They must save the store, make discoveries about themselves, and rock out to the very best of mid-nineties alternative music.



* CloudCuckooLander: Mark and Lucas. (Although it's implied that Lucas's is a recent case.)

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* CloudCuckooLander: Cloudcuckoolander: Mark and Lucas. (Although it's implied that Lucas's is a recent case.)


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* GoGetterGirl: Corey
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The staff give Rex one when Joe kicks him out after having sex with Gina. Rex doesn't even bother with a LameComeback in an attempt to save face; he simply accepts that everything they said is probably true with resignation.
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* ToyotaTripwireToyotaTripwire: Lucas pulls this on Warren as the latter is trying to escape during his shoplifting attempt. Interestingly, the car in question is on a raised platform at a car dealership across the street.
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*** YMMV on how nice. Dialogue implies Joe is Lucas' foster father who took him in after Lucas' own mother abandoned him due to impulse control problems.
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* OnlySaneEmployee: Joe SCREAMS LizLemonJob, particularly when he breaks up the fight between Corey and Gina.

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* OnlySaneEmployee: Joe SCREAMS LizLemonJob, Liz Lemon Job, particularly when he breaks up the fight between Corey and Gina.
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* AsideGlance: At the beginning, just after Lucas loses the store's money at the craps table, he looks at the camera and asks aloud, "I wonder if I'll be held responsible for this?"

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* AsideGlance: At the beginning, just after Lucas loses the store's money at the craps table, he looks at the camera and asks aloud, "I wonder if I'll be held responsible for this?"this?" He does it several more times throughout the film.
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* ActorAllusion: A ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' sticker is seen by the till. Rory Cochrane (Lucas) played Slater in ''Dazed & Confused''.
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: When asked for relationship advice by AJ, Joe casually makes a remark about a wife that left him for another woman, and how his girlfriend "forced [him] to leave at gunpoint." No more information is given about either of these events.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "Creator/WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name. By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ reads "Hi, my name is Warren".

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Warren, whose real name is never revealed. He kind of brought it on himself by being a smart-ass and giving his name as "Creator/WarrenBeatty"... Then everyone who was present for his attempted shoplifting immediately started calling him Warren, and it caught on enough that people who weren't around at the time genuinely thought that was in fact his name. By the end of the movie, he's accepted it; the ID card the store issues him as a new employ employee reads "Hi, my name is Warren".
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* RunningGag: Just about everyone feels the need to comment on Rex's hair at least once.

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