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* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Frank is constantly saying his facial expressions out loud, until Clara tells him that it's annoying.

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* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: In an effort to make Jon less intimidated by the fake head he's always wearing, Frank is begins constantly saying his facial expressions out loud, until Clara tells him that it's annoying.
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] The defining trait of the Soronprfbs. Their name is just a random series of letters, they use WordSaladLyrics and their music is not catchy or "likable." At one point, Frank announces that they could make an entire album out of the sound of a door closing.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] The defining trait of the Soronprfbs. Their name is just a random series of letters, they use WordSaladLyrics and their music is not catchy or "likable." At one point, Frank announces that they could make an entire album out of the sound of a door closing.
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* TimePassageBeard: Jon grows a long beard while the band tries to record an album, showing how long it's taking and how much money they're using up. It also increasingly doubles as something of a BeardOfSorrow, given that Jon becomes increasingly disillusioned about his fantasy of becoming a successful musician.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Don hears Jon's lame composition, he tries to commiserate with Jon over their shared mediocrity, but Jon still thinks that he's a talented musician, so he's wounded by Don's remarks.

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* AtomicFBomb[=/=]CountryMatters: An escalating argument between Jon and Clara climaxes with Jon loudly shouting, "''CUUUUUUUUNT!''".

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* AtomicFBomb[=/=]CountryMatters: AtomicFBomb: An escalating argument between Jon and Clara climaxes with Jon loudly shouting, "''CUUUUUUUUNT!''".



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* CoolMask: Frank's mask.



* FishOutOfWater: Jon is this, being a regular Joe with an office job who just so happens to be passionate about his hobby as an amateur musician. He joins a band of musical lifers and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s with questionable social skills, but [[spoiler:ultimately decides that that life is not for him as he helps Frank reunite with his bandmates, but chooses to walk away afterward. Though it's not like the rest of Soronprfbs would have wanted him back anyway.]]
* FrenchJerk: One of the band members.

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* FishOutOfWater: Jon is this, Jon, being a regular Joe with an office job who just so happens to be passionate about his hobby as an amateur musician. He joins a band of musical lifers and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s with questionable social skills, but [[spoiler:ultimately decides that that life is not for him as he helps Frank reunite with his bandmates, but chooses to walk away afterward. Though it's not like the rest of Soronprfbs would have wanted him back anyway.]]
* %%* FrenchJerk: One of the band members.



* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: John finds Frank's home and encounters a man he assumes is Frank, but is actually the tree surgeon. The tree surgeon does look very similar to Michael Fassbender, so this is most likely one for the audience as well.]]

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* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: John [[spoiler:Jon finds Frank's home and encounters a man he assumes is Frank, but is actually the tree surgeon. The tree surgeon does look very similar to Michael Fassbender, so this is most likely one for the audience as well.]]



* MadArtist: Guess.
** Ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Jon meets Frank's parents. He mentions how Frank's mental illness must have inspired his musical genius, and they respond by gently telling him that's hogwash, that Frank was always musical, and if anything his insanity has held him back]]

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* MadArtist: Guess.
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Ultimately subverted when [[spoiler: Jon [[spoiler:Jon meets Frank's parents. He mentions how Frank's mental illness must have inspired his musical genius, and they respond by gently telling him that's hogwash, that Frank was always musical, and if anything his insanity has held him back]]



* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Jon eventually [[spoiler: convinces Frank to do this in the end, without the mask]].
* TheQuietOne: one of the band members is a woman who says absolutely nothing until a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about two thirds of the way into the movie.

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* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Jon eventually [[spoiler: convinces [[spoiler:convinces Frank to do this reunite with the band in the end, without the mask]].
* TheQuietOne: one One of the band members is a woman who says absolutely nothing until a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about two thirds of the way into the movie.



* SlapSlapKiss: Jon and Clara, after Clara discovers Jon's Website/YouTube postings, climaxing with Jon delivering an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic]] [[CountryMatters C-Bomb]].
* SmokingHotSex: Jon does this in the hot tub after his SlapSlapKiss moment with Clara.

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* SlapSlapKiss: Jon and Clara, after Clara discovers Jon's Website/YouTube postings, climaxing with Jon delivering an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic]] [[CountryMatters Atomic C-Bomb]].
* %%* SmokingHotSex: Jon does this in the hot tub after his SlapSlapKiss moment with Clara.



* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:Don]] is given one of these.

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* %%* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:Don]] is given one of these.



* WordSaladLyrics: Frank tends to utilize these a lot in his style.

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* %%* WordSaladLyrics: Frank tends to utilize these a lot in his style.

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