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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Connor's silent reaction when he recalls abandoning Jenny.
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* NeverBeHurtAgain: Connor became a womanizer after failing to get Jenny in highschool. At the end of the movie he acknowledges that he became so afraid of being hurt again he broke things off with her even when they got together as young adults a few years later.
** [[spoiler: He also realizes this is the real reason that Sandra called off the wedding. Pointing out that while she’s mad at his brother she’s still friends with the bridesmaid, that she actually got over it once she heard it and she became afraid of being hurt later because she actually loves him very much.]]
** [[spoiler: He also realizes this is the real reason that Sandra called off the wedding. Pointing out that while she’s mad at his brother she’s still friends with the bridesmaid, that she actually got over it once she heard it and she became afraid of being hurt later because she actually loves him very much.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The screenplay was originally written way back in 2004 and was originally meant to be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but the bad press surrounding his break-up with Creator/JenniferLopez combined with the massive flop of Gigli made Disney nervous about the prospect of casting him, so the project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the script and revived it years later.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The screenplay was originally written way back in 2004 and was originally meant to be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but after "Gigli" flopped big time there wasn't much confidence that Affleck could carry the film, so the project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the script and revived it years later.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The screenplay was originally written way back in 2004 and was originally meant to be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but after "Gigli" flopped big time there wasn't much confidence that Affleck could carry the film, bad press surrounding his break-up with Creator/JenniferLopez combined with the massive flop of Gigli made Disney nervous about the prospect of casting him, so the project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the script and revived it years later.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The screenplay was originally written way back in 2004 and was originally meant to be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but after the massive flop of Film/Gigli there wasn't much confidence that it would be a hit, so the project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the script and revived it years later.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The screenplay was originally written way back in 2004 and was originally meant to be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but after the massive flop of Film/Gigli "Gigli" flopped big time there wasn't much confidence that it would be a hit, Affleck could carry the film, so the project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the script and revived it years later.
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* TheUnfairSex: The protagonist Connor Mead is portrayed as needing a lesson in respecting women. The problem is, not only is he given a sympathetic backstory (a childhood love hurt his feelings, and he turned into a player to avoid such pain again), but they show the bridesmaids pretty much [[AllWomenAreLustful engaging in the same bed-hopping behavior]] (even competing to bed the protagonist) with no negative consequences. There is even a scene where it is discovered that one of them slept with the groom (Connor's brother). When Connor makes the logical arguments that 1) this was years before his brother even met his fiancé and 2) they were comforting the bridesmaid, when she was the one he slept with and she didn't tell the bride either, he is treated as scum and even his own brother tells him off for it.
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* TheUnfairSex: WhatCouldHaveBeen: The protagonist Connor Mead is portrayed as needing a lesson screenplay was originally written way back in respecting women. The problem is, not only is he given a sympathetic backstory (a childhood love hurt his feelings, 2004 and he turned into a player was originally meant to avoid such pain again), be produced by Disney under Touchstone Pictures as a vehicle for Creator/BenAffleck, but they show after the bridesmaids pretty massive flop of Film/Gigli there wasn't much [[AllWomenAreLustful engaging in the same bed-hopping behavior]] (even competing to bed the protagonist) with no negative consequences. There is even a scene where it is discovered confidence that one of them slept with it would be a hit, so the groom (Connor's brother). When Connor makes project was killed until Warner Bros got a hold of the logical arguments that 1) this was script and revived it years before his brother even met his fiancé and 2) they were comforting the bridesmaid, when she was the one he slept with and she didn't tell the bride either, he is treated as scum and even his own brother tells him off for it. later.
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* BackToBackPoster: The poster has main characters Connor Mead and Jennifer Perotti in this setup, with Perotti holding the end of a scarf that's around Mead's neck like a leash. Perotti is Mead's childhood friend and first crush, and who he finally pairs up with.
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* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer. His Uncle Wayne was also one
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even his speech at the reception involves a gory recollection about tending to a wounded member of his unit.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyone hates.
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even his speech at the reception involves a gory recollection about tending to a wounded member of his unit.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyone hates.
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* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer. His Uncle Wayne was also one
where he learned it from.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Connor has known Jenny since they were little kids, and has been in love with her ever since.
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even hisspeech toast at the reception involves a gory recollection about tending to a wounded member of his unit.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyonehates. hates.
* RaceForYourLove: A rare case where the chaser is not after ''his'' Love. In the climax, [[spoiler:Connor DrivesLikeCrazy down a hill in Uncle Wayne's old car to stop Sandra from leaving Paul.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Connor has known Jenny since they were little kids, and has been in love with her ever since.
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even his
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyone
* RaceForYourLove: A rare case where the chaser is not after ''his'' Love. In the climax, [[spoiler:Connor DrivesLikeCrazy down a hill in Uncle Wayne's old car to stop Sandra from leaving Paul.]]
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* {{Bridezilla}}: Sandra, the fiancée of the protagonist's brother Paul. She is racked with wedding jitters, has a minor panic attack when the salad served at the rehearsal dinner is wrong, and [[spoiler:calls off the wedding, complete with throwing decorations into the fireplace, when she finds out Paul slept with her bridesmaid when they were dating]].
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer.
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer.
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* {{Bridezilla}}: Sandra, the fiancée of the protagonist's Connor's brother Paul. She is racked with wedding jitters, has a minor panic attack when the salad served at the rehearsal dinner is wrong, and [[spoiler:calls off the wedding, complete with throwing decorations into the fireplace, when she finds out Paul slept with her bridesmaid when they were dating]].
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer. His Uncle Wayne was also one
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even his speech at the reception involves a gory recollection about tending to a wounded member of his unit.
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer. His Uncle Wayne was also one
* DadTheVeteran: The fact that Sandra's father is a sergeant and a Korean War vet is brought up a lot. He runs the wedding rehearsal a bit too much like a military operation, and even his speech at the reception involves a gory recollection about tending to a wounded member of his unit.
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* BouquetToss: Being set around a wedding, the film ends with the bride tossing the bouquet. It's caught by Keiko, [[BrickJoke the Asian archer who hasn't shown up since the beginning of the movie]], who shoots it out of the air.
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* BouquetToss: Being set around {{Bridezilla}}: Sandra, the fiancée of the protagonist's brother Paul. She is racked with wedding jitters, has a minor panic attack when the salad served at the rehearsal dinner is wrong, and [[spoiler:calls off the wedding, the film ends complete with throwing decorations into the bride tossing the bouquet. It's caught by Keiko, [[BrickJoke the Asian archer who hasn't shown up since the beginning of the movie]], who shoots it fireplace, when she finds out of the air.Paul slept with her bridesmaid when they were dating]].
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* TheUnfairSex: The protagonist Connor Mead is portrayed as needing a lesson in respecting women. The problem is, not only is he given a sympathetic backstory (a childhood love hurt his feelings, and he turned into a player to avoid such pain again), but they show the bridesmaids pretty much [[AllWomenAreLustful engaging in the same bed-hopping behavior]] (even competing to bed the protagonist) with no negative consequences. There is even a scene where it is discovered that one of them slept with the groom (Connor's brother). When Connor makes the logical arguments that 1) this was years before his brother even met his fiancé and 2) they were comforting the bridesmaid, when she was the one he slept with and she didn't tell the bride either, he is treated as scum and even his own brother tells him off for it.
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''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film that stars Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JenniferGarner, and Creator/MichaelDouglas.
Connor Mead ([=McConaughey=]) is a famous photographer and serial womanizer. He attends his brother Paul's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Garner), Connor's childhood friend and the only girl who's ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isn't real, he's met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle Wayne (Douglas), the man who taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women. Wayne informs Connor that, over the course of the evening, he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future.
As one can notice from this synopsis, the plot is based on Creator/CharlesDickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', featuring a wedding day and the day before, rather than the familiar Christmas and Christmas Eve from ''A Christmas Carol''. The three ghosts share similar appearances with the original descriptions, and the film shares the traditional plot points from the book.
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!!This film features examples of:
* BrickJoke: That Asian archer who appeared at the beginning of the movie doing some WilliamTelling and then seeminly disappeared? She reappears at the end of the movie shooting the wedding {{bouquet|Toss}} out of the air.
* BouquetToss: Being set around a wedding, the film ends with the bride tossing the bouquet. It's caught by Keiko, [[BrickJoke the Asian archer who hasn't shown up since the beginning of the movie]], who shoots it out of the air.
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyone hates.
* RomComJob: She's a wedding planner, he's a photographer.
* WilliamTelling: This happens in involving an arrow, a rising pop star, and the 6th place Japanese archery champion.
-->"She didn't even medal!"
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The film is a variation on this, where the ghosts (even though at least one isn't actually dead) show the main character his romantic past, present, and future in order to make him give up his womanizing ways.
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''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film that stars Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JenniferGarner, and Creator/MichaelDouglas.
Connor Mead ([=McConaughey=]) is a famous photographer and serial womanizer. He attends his brother Paul's wedding, where he becomes reacquainted with Jenny Perotti (Garner), Connor's childhood friend and the only girl who's ever captured his heart. After Connor delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love isn't real, he's met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle Wayne (Douglas), the man who taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women. Wayne informs Connor that, over the course of the evening, he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past, present, and future.
As one can notice from this synopsis, the plot is based on Creator/CharlesDickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', featuring a wedding day and the day before, rather than the familiar Christmas and Christmas Eve from ''A Christmas Carol''. The three ghosts share similar appearances with the original descriptions, and the film shares the traditional plot points from the book.
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!!This film features examples of:
* BrickJoke: That Asian archer who appeared at the beginning of the movie doing some WilliamTelling and then seeminly disappeared? She reappears at the end of the movie shooting the wedding {{bouquet|Toss}} out of the air.
* BouquetToss: Being set around a wedding, the film ends with the bride tossing the bouquet. It's caught by Keiko, [[BrickJoke the Asian archer who hasn't shown up since the beginning of the movie]], who shoots it out of the air.
* TheCasanova: Connor is a serial womanizer.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The back story of Connor Mead involves him suffering a minor romantic disappointment. He then gleefully accepts his uncle's advice on womanizing so that he'll never feel vulnerable to a female ever again. It works to the point of him becoming a womanizing {{Jerkass}} whom everyone hates.
* RomComJob: She's a wedding planner, he's a photographer.
* WilliamTelling: This happens in involving an arrow, a rising pop star, and the 6th place Japanese archery champion.
-->"She didn't even medal!"
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The film is a variation on this, where the ghosts (even though at least one isn't actually dead) show the main character his romantic past, present, and future in order to make him give up his womanizing ways.
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