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->'''[=Brad=]:''' "Son of a-"\\
'''[=Phil=]:''' "Calm down."
->'''[=Brad=]:''' "Son of a-"\\
'''[=Phil=]:''' "Calm down."
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* KnightTemplar: Inspector Lester
* ShoutOut: To the American Gothic painting.
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* VisualPun: In the first act, Brad hides behind Wall Street's famous bull statue to try not to get shot, and spends a significant amount of time with his head perfectly aligned with the place where the bull's anus would be. While hiding, he says "this is bullshit".
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* CowboyCop: Inspector Lester sure behaves like one. His [[HandCannon gigantic revolver]] sure isn't standard issue for a government agent at all, let alone one working for the IRS.
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* IntimidatingRevenueService: Inspector Lester of the IRS is a KnightTemplar CowboyCop who establishes his credentials as a major threat by trying to shoot Brad as a "hostile suspect" (Brad had a phone in his hand).
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* VisualPun: In the first act, Brad hides behind Wall Street's famous bull statue to try not to get shot, and spends a significant amount of time with his head perfectly aligned with the place where the bull's anus would be.
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* PlotTwist: Turns out the Yoders knew all along that Brad and Caroline weren't really their cousins.
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* TheEndingChangesEverything: The Amish community, despite being made up of quite intelligent people, seem unusually willing to dismiss the frequent lapses in Brad and Caroline's deceipt. The reason? They were never fooled for a minute, but if these two idiots want to do labor for free during planting season might as well play along.
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* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Brad and Caroline save their marriage while hiding from the authorities inside an Amish community. [[spoiler:When they are cleared, they thank the guy who framed them.]]
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* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Brad pulls out a phone when he steps out of a car to be met by cops. One cop shoots the phone, believing it to be a gun.
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Living the high life is anything but happy for rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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Living the high life is anything but happy for rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''Film/{{Witness}}''. Samuel reveals at the end that everyone in the community spotted the deception right away, they just let it go for their own amusement and cheap labor.
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Living the high life is anything but happy for New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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Living the high life is anything but happy for rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 film starring Creator/TimAllen and Creator/KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Living the high life is anything but happy. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 comedy film directed by Bryan Spicer, starring Creator/TimAllen and Creator/KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Creator/KirstieAlley.
Living the high life is anything buthappy.happy for New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.{{Amish}}.
Living the high life is anything but
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* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''. Samuel reveals at the end that everyone in the community spotted the deception right away, they just let it go for their own amusement and cheap labor.
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* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''.''Film/{{Witness}}''. Samuel reveals at the end that everyone in the community spotted the deception right away, they just let it go for their own amusement and cheap labor.
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 film starring TimAllen and KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Living the high life is anything but happy. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 film starring TimAllen Creator/TimAllen and KirstieAlley Creator/KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Living the high life is anything but happy. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''.
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* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''. Samuel reveals at the end that everyone in the community spotted the deception right away, they just let it go for their own amusement and cheap labor.
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 film starring TimAllen and KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Living the high life is anything but happy. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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!!Provides Examples of:
* AmericanGothicCouple: Parodied on the poster.
* BigApplesauce
* ChekhovsGun: The real estate sign that keeps getting knocked over by the pond.
* ChekhovsSkill: Brad's real estate knowledge and Caroline's abandoned fashion career.
* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''.
* HandCannon: Inspector Lester carries one and is itching to use it on Brad.
* PlanetOfSteves: All of Samuel's sons are named some version of his name (Sam, Sampson, Sammy etc).
* RichBitch: Caroline
* RightThroughTheWall: Despite long, tiring work-filled days, their hosts provide rigorous, squeaky-springed sound effects almost every night.
* RomanticComedy
* RunningGag: That same cow keeps getting in the road at inconvenient times.
** And Grandpa waking them up at 4:45 sharp every morning.
* SecondFaceSmoke: Caroline does this to Brad during their argument at the beginning of the film.
* StockForeignName: All the Amish characters have typical Amish Biblical names.
* UnusualEuphemism: "She hasn't 'opened her barn door' for me in a long time."
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''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 film starring TimAllen and KirstieAlley as rich New Yorkers Brad and Caroline Sexton. Living the high life is anything but happy. Brad's career is a joke, making amusement parks out of unsuitable subjects, and Caroline has become a jaded socialite. After their disastrous tenth anniversary party, they decide it's time to get a divorce. However, the next day an IRS agent shows up, looking for a missing $5 million in back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Sextons flee the city and find refuge in the last place anyone would look for them -- with the {{Amish}}.
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!!Provides Examples of:
* AmericanGothicCouple: Parodied on the poster.
* BigApplesauce
* ChekhovsGun: The real estate sign that keeps getting knocked over by the pond.
* ChekhovsSkill: Brad's real estate knowledge and Caroline's abandoned fashion career.
* GenreSavvy: Brad and Caroline think they can pull this off because they've seen ''{{Witness}}''.
* HandCannon: Inspector Lester carries one and is itching to use it on Brad.
* PlanetOfSteves: All of Samuel's sons are named some version of his name (Sam, Sampson, Sammy etc).
* RichBitch: Caroline
* RightThroughTheWall: Despite long, tiring work-filled days, their hosts provide rigorous, squeaky-springed sound effects almost every night.
* RomanticComedy
* RunningGag: That same cow keeps getting in the road at inconvenient times.
** And Grandpa waking them up at 4:45 sharp every morning.
* SecondFaceSmoke: Caroline does this to Brad during their argument at the beginning of the film.
* StockForeignName: All the Amish characters have typical Amish Biblical names.
* UnusualEuphemism: "She hasn't 'opened her barn door' for me in a long time."
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