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* SecretRoom: There is a "Sanctuary" employee rest area located within one of the pallet racks that is only accessible by being lifted up by worker platform on a forklift. The Sanctuary has an area rug on the floor, lit lamps scattered about, and contains a table and chairs for card games. There is also a monitor that is tied into the security cameras. [[BiggerOnTheInside Though in the establishing shot you easily can see that the racks that portray the entranceway are too small to actually carry that much floor space.]]
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* PetTheDog: During the opening credits montage, Zach meets a mother and her son who are arguing about a toy being too expensive. He reaches over and tears a corner of the box open and tells them that the store's damaged goods policy applies a 25% discount before walking away.
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* PetTheDog: During the opening credits montage, Zach meets a mother and her son who are arguing about a toy being too expensive.expensive and the kid is very visibly despondent. He reaches over and tears a corner of the box open and tells them that the store's damaged goods policy applies a 25% discount before walking away.
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* PetTheDog: During the opening credits montage, Zach meets a mother and her son who are arguing about a toy being too expensive. He reaches over and tears a corner of the box open and tells them that the store's damaged goods policy applies a 25% discount before walking away.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Vince has made himself a reputation as an awesome employee by, among other things, doing a very elaborate juggling act when he is ringing up items at the cashier to entertain the customers. [[spoiler:The "impractical" part is that he has consistently forgotten to ring up items while doing the juggling act, which means he has accidentally given away thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. This gets him fired and arrested.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Semi the store security guard is a simple-minded GentleGiant, not really caring much when Vince keeps making mean jokes and insults about him at his expense. [[spoiler: However the the moment Vince is exposed for under-ringing items Semi immediately tackles Vince to the floor when he tries to make a run for it and carries him off by the belt buckle.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Vince at one point mocks Semi's apparent mental simplicity by calling him a "retard".
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Vince at one point a few points mocks Semi's apparent mental simplicity by calling him a "retard".
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* BettyAndVeronica: A gender-flipped example. Amy is the Archie, with Zach as the Betty (compared to Vince), to Vince’s Veronica.
* BigBrotherBully: The manager of the store is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
* BigBrotherBully: The manager of the store is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
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* BettyAndVeronica: A gender-flipped example. Amy is the Archie, with Zach as the Betty (compared to Vince), to Vince’s Veronica.
* BigBrotherBully: The store managerof the store is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
* BigBrotherBully: The store manager
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* BrickJoke: Semi, the store's GentleGiant security guard, is asked in the beginning of the movie by [[spoiler:Vince]] that if his nickname comes from the fact that he's as big as a semi-truck, or if he's "semi-retarded." At the end of the movie after [[spoiler:Vince]] is exposed [[spoiler:for under-ringing items in both the competition and in his job]], Semi tackles him while he tries to escape, resulting in [[spoiler:Vince]] commenting "So ''that's'' why they call you Semi."
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* BrickJoke: Semi, the store's GentleGiant security guard, is asked in the beginning of the movie by [[spoiler:Vince]] that if his nickname comes from the fact that he's as big as a semi-truck, or if he's "semi-retarded." At the end of the movie movie, after he exposes [[spoiler:Vince]] is exposed [[spoiler:for under-ringing items in both the competition and in his job]], Semi tackles him while he tries to escape, resulting in [[spoiler:Vince]] commenting "So ''that's'' why they call you Semi."
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* ADayInHerApron: Averted with Iqbal, who is very happy to spend time with the kids when [[spoiler:he is fired and his wife gets a major promotion at her own job]].
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* ADayInHerApron: Averted with Iqbal, who is very happy to spend time with the kids when [[spoiler:he is fired and his wife gets a major significant promotion at her own job]].
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* DepravedDwarf: Subverted. When Glen Ross first enters, he acts like he owns the place (which he ''is'' the boss of), demands that a woman at the help desk hang up and dust her table, and completely humiliates his younger brother, the manager of the store. However, he's very appreciative when the employees do their jobs well and win the softball match.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up to him.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up to him.
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* DepravedDwarf: Subverted. When Glen Ross first enters, he acts like he owns the place (which he ''is'' the boss of), demands that a woman at the help desk hang up and dust her table, and completely humiliates his younger brother, the manager of the store. However, he's very appreciative when the employees do their jobs well and win wins the softball match.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up tohim.him and gets his revenge by setting off Vince's court-ordered ankle monitor at the end of the film.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up to
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* JadedWashout: Zach used to have big plans after college and used his grandma’s retirement fund to start a business that flopped. At the beginning of the film he’s a middle-aged Box Boy.
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* JadedWashout: Zach used to have big plans after college and used his grandma’s retirement fund to start a business that flopped. At the beginning of the film film, he’s a middle-aged Box Boy.
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Not to be confused with the 2004 BlackComedy of the same name starring Creator/MattDillon.
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Not to be confused with the 2004 BlackComedy of [[Film/EmployeeOfTheMonth2004 the same name name]] starring Creator/MattDillon.
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* EmployeeOfTheMonth: A major part of the movie is Zack trying to win the award at the local "Super Club" (A Warehouse Club), so that he can win the affections of the new cashier, Amy Renfro. He is also competing with Vince Downey, who has won the award 17 times in a row. [[spoiler: He is eventually successful at getting the award]].
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''Employee of the Month'' is a 2006 comedy film starring Creator/DaneCook, Creator/DaxShepard, and Music/JessicaSimpson.
Not to be confused with the 2004 BlackComedy of the same name starring Creator/MattDillon.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAce: Vince at least seems to be this. [[BrokenAce Then it turns out he's not only an asshole, but being a show-off over being professional has led him to commit many minor crimes apparently by accident.]]
* AntiHero: While not as bad as Vince, Zach isn’t a very good person himself. He ruins his friends’ hideout, costs one of them his job, sells Vince’s car, steals his wallet, and nearly injures him when they face off in the climax by making him fall from a high shelf.
* BettyAndVeronica: A gender-flipped example. Amy is the Archie, with Zach as the Betty (compared to Vince), to Vince’s Veronica.
* BigBrotherBully: The manager of the store is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
* BigLittleBrother: Glen Gary's older brother, Glen Ross, is a dwarf.
* BrickJoke: Semi, the store's GentleGiant security guard, is asked in the beginning of the movie by [[spoiler:Vince]] that if his nickname comes from the fact that he's as big as a semi-truck, or if he's "semi-retarded." At the end of the movie after [[spoiler:Vince]] is exposed [[spoiler:for under-ringing items in both the competition and in his job]], Semi tackles him while he tries to escape, resulting in [[spoiler:Vince]] commenting "So ''that's'' why they call you Semi."
* ChekhovsGunman: Semi proves that [[spoiler:Vince has been giving away free merchandise to customers for years]].
* ADayInHerApron: Averted with Iqbal, who is very happy to spend time with the kids when [[spoiler:he is fired and his wife gets a major promotion at her own job]].
* DefeatMeansMenialLabor: [[spoiler:Vince ends the film fired from the store and put in a comparatively crappier job as a probation employee in a [[PlaceWorseThanDeath comparatively crappier store]] on the other side of town.]]
* DepravedDwarf: Subverted. When Glen Ross first enters, he acts like he owns the place (which he ''is'' the boss of), demands that a woman at the help desk hang up and dust her table, and completely humiliates his younger brother, the manager of the store. However, he's very appreciative when the employees do their jobs well and win the softball match.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up to him.
* TheDragon: Jorge is this to Vince.
* FoodAsBribe: At the beginning of the film, the HR manager is bribed with a Butterfinger to show Amy's employee file to Zack. [[spoiler:At the end, she is bribed again to claim she never filed Zack's resignation papers]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vince is eventually brought down by his own arrogance, as his overly show-off style of scanning items includes [[spoiler:passing them behind his back, which inadvertently causes them to not be scanned, thereby giving away groceries for free.]]
* JadedWashout: Zach used to have big plans after college and used his grandma’s retirement fund to start a business that flopped. At the beginning of the film he’s a middle-aged Box Boy.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Vince at one point mocks Semi's apparent mental simplicity by calling him a "retard".
* PyrrhicVictory: Zack wins the softball game and is greatly praised by his manager and coworkers. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:he had promised to cover Iqbal's shift that day, which leads to Iqbal getting fired. This is the final straw between him and his friends, who accuse him of only going for Employee of the Month to get into Amy's pants. Amy overhears this conversation and tells Zack off]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Zack trying to get to work on time after Vince dials back his alarm clock.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Amy is given little characterization, and mostly exists to strengthen the conflict between Zach and Vince.
* ShoutOut: The names of the store manager, Glen Gary, and his boss and older brother, Glen Ross, are a clear nod to ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss''.
* SmugSnake: Vince. He loves to show off a lot, he denigrates everybody around him, he has no problem trying to sabotage his competition, and [[spoiler:the moment that it's shown he's given a lot of free merchandise, he tries to run for it.]]
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''Employee of the Month'' is a 2006 comedy film starring Creator/DaneCook, Creator/DaxShepard, and Music/JessicaSimpson.
Not to be confused with the 2004 BlackComedy of the same name starring Creator/MattDillon.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAce: Vince at least seems to be this. [[BrokenAce Then it turns out he's not only an asshole, but being a show-off over being professional has led him to commit many minor crimes apparently by accident.]]
* AntiHero: While not as bad as Vince, Zach isn’t a very good person himself. He ruins his friends’ hideout, costs one of them his job, sells Vince’s car, steals his wallet, and nearly injures him when they face off in the climax by making him fall from a high shelf.
* BettyAndVeronica: A gender-flipped example. Amy is the Archie, with Zach as the Betty (compared to Vince), to Vince’s Veronica.
* BigBrotherBully: The manager of the store is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
* BigLittleBrother: Glen Gary's older brother, Glen Ross, is a dwarf.
* BrickJoke: Semi, the store's GentleGiant security guard, is asked in the beginning of the movie by [[spoiler:Vince]] that if his nickname comes from the fact that he's as big as a semi-truck, or if he's "semi-retarded." At the end of the movie after [[spoiler:Vince]] is exposed [[spoiler:for under-ringing items in both the competition and in his job]], Semi tackles him while he tries to escape, resulting in [[spoiler:Vince]] commenting "So ''that's'' why they call you Semi."
* ChekhovsGunman: Semi proves that [[spoiler:Vince has been giving away free merchandise to customers for years]].
* ADayInHerApron: Averted with Iqbal, who is very happy to spend time with the kids when [[spoiler:he is fired and his wife gets a major promotion at her own job]].
* DefeatMeansMenialLabor: [[spoiler:Vince ends the film fired from the store and put in a comparatively crappier job as a probation employee in a [[PlaceWorseThanDeath comparatively crappier store]] on the other side of town.]]
* DepravedDwarf: Subverted. When Glen Ross first enters, he acts like he owns the place (which he ''is'' the boss of), demands that a woman at the help desk hang up and dust her table, and completely humiliates his younger brother, the manager of the store. However, he's very appreciative when the employees do their jobs well and win the softball match.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end, after Vince [[spoiler:is fired and put on probation for stealing]], Jorge finally stands up to him.
* TheDragon: Jorge is this to Vince.
* FoodAsBribe: At the beginning of the film, the HR manager is bribed with a Butterfinger to show Amy's employee file to Zack. [[spoiler:At the end, she is bribed again to claim she never filed Zack's resignation papers]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vince is eventually brought down by his own arrogance, as his overly show-off style of scanning items includes [[spoiler:passing them behind his back, which inadvertently causes them to not be scanned, thereby giving away groceries for free.]]
* JadedWashout: Zach used to have big plans after college and used his grandma’s retirement fund to start a business that flopped. At the beginning of the film he’s a middle-aged Box Boy.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Vince at one point mocks Semi's apparent mental simplicity by calling him a "retard".
* PyrrhicVictory: Zack wins the softball game and is greatly praised by his manager and coworkers. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:he had promised to cover Iqbal's shift that day, which leads to Iqbal getting fired. This is the final straw between him and his friends, who accuse him of only going for Employee of the Month to get into Amy's pants. Amy overhears this conversation and tells Zack off]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Zack trying to get to work on time after Vince dials back his alarm clock.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Amy is given little characterization, and mostly exists to strengthen the conflict between Zach and Vince.
* ShoutOut: The names of the store manager, Glen Gary, and his boss and older brother, Glen Ross, are a clear nod to ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss''.
* SmugSnake: Vince. He loves to show off a lot, he denigrates everybody around him, he has no problem trying to sabotage his competition, and [[spoiler:the moment that it's shown he's given a lot of free merchandise, he tries to run for it.]]
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