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* ReplacementGoldfish: It’s implied in the film that Jett saw Luz II as this for her mother Leslie - he had [[StalkerShrine pictures of the latter pasted on his wall]], and despite his perceived proposal to Luz II, she later overhears him ranting about how Leslie is the kind of beautiful woman any man wants and lamenting that she is with Bick and not him, which is enough to taint her love for him and make her leave.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Jett keeps his scrawny piece of Reata to annoy Jordan that a small piece belongs to him. When it turns out to be sitting of millions of dollars worth of oil, Jett manages to *really* get under Jordan's skin
* RomanticRunnerUp: Sir David Karfrey, Leslie's British diplomat fiance. He manages to lose Leslie in the space of a night to Jordan. He doesn't remain single for long. He's snapped up by Leslie's sister, Lacey.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: It’s It's implied in the film that Jett saw Luz II as this for her mother Leslie - he had [[StalkerShrine pictures of the latter pasted on his wall]], and despite his perceived proposal to Luz II, she later overhears him ranting about how Leslie is the kind of beautiful woman any man wants and lamenting that she is with Bick and not him, which is enough to taint her love for him and make her leave.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Jett keeps his scrawny piece of Reata to annoy Jordan that a small piece belongs to him. When it turns out to be sitting of millions of dollars worth of oil, Jett manages to *really* ''really'' get under Jordan's skin
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* RomanticRunnerUp: Sir David Karfrey, Leslie's British diplomat fiance. He manages to lose Leslie in the space of a night to Jordan. He fiance, doesn't remain single for long. He's snapped up have any obvious character flaws, but Leslie is so smitten by Bick that, within a day of meeting him, she breaks off her engagement to Sir David and marries Bick. Sir David's romantic arc still ends happily, as [[SettleForSibling Leslie's sister, Lacey.sister Lacey]] has been nursing a crush on him and snaps him up before Leslie has even boarded the train back to Texas (although their wedding happens several years later).
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* HiddenDepths: For a somewhat lazy farm, Jett proves himself to be an excellent builder, and is able to recognise that he needs to improve his education by taking a correspondence course. When he strikes oil he ably manages to build himself a well and manage it until it becomes a success.

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* HiddenDepths: For a somewhat lazy farm, farm hand, Jett proves himself to be an excellent builder, and is able to recognise that he needs to improve his education by taking a correspondence course. When he strikes oil he ably manages to build himself a well and manage it until it becomes a success.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Jett Rink is introduced as a slack ranch hand. When he discovers oil on his small plot of land, He is able to exploit it fully and becomes a successful businessman.


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* HiddenDepths: For a somewhat lazy farm, Jett proves himself to be an excellent builder, and is able to recognise that he needs to improve his education by taking a correspondence course. When he strikes oil he ably manages to build himself a well and manage it until it becomes a success.


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* LonelyAtTheTop: For all his wealth and success, Jett Rink remains an isolated figure.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Jett keeps his scrawny piece of Reata to annoy Jordan that a small piece belongs to him. When it turns out to be sitting of millions of dollars worth of oil, Jett manages to *really* get under Jordan's skin
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* RomanticRunnerUp: Sir David Karfrey, Leslie's British diplomat fiance. He manages to lose Leslie in the space of a night to Jordan. He doesn't remain single for long. He's snapped up by Leslie's sister, Lacey.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].mother.



* ReplacementGoldfish: It’s implied in the film that [[spoiler:Jett saw Luz II as this for her mother Leslie - he had [[StalkerShrine pictures of the latter pasted on his wall]], and despite his perceived proposal to Luz II, she later overhears him ranting about how Leslie is the kind of beautiful woman any man wants and lamenting that she is with Bick and not him, which is enough to taint her love for him and make her leave]].

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* ReplacementGoldfish: It’s implied in the film that [[spoiler:Jett Jett saw Luz II as this for her mother Leslie - he had [[StalkerShrine pictures of the latter pasted on his wall]], and despite his perceived proposal to Luz II, she later overhears him ranting about how Leslie is the kind of beautiful woman any man wants and lamenting that she is with Bick and not him, which is enough to taint her love for him and make her leave]].leave.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: It’s implied in the film that [[spoiler:Jett saw Luz II as this for her mother Leslie - he had [[StalkerShrine pictures of the latter pasted on his wall]], and despite his perceived proposal to Luz II, she later overhears him ranting about how Leslie is the kind of beautiful woman any man wants and lamenting that she is with Bick and not him, which is enough to taint her love for him and make her leave]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitchComment: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BrokenPedestal: Luz II has a crush on Jett, seeing him as a dashing oil magnate in spite (or perhaps because) of her father's hatred of him, and they eventually begin dating. [[spoiler:When she seems him drunkenly rant to an empty banquet hall about how he "lost" Leslie to Bick, her crush instantly fades.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: Luz II has a crush on Jett, seeing him as a dashing oil magnate in spite (or perhaps because) of her father's hatred of him, and they eventually begin dating. [[spoiler:When she seems sees him drunkenly rant to an empty banquet hall about how he "lost" Leslie to Bick, her crush instantly fades.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in the empty hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an the empty room hall at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have never had to work for his money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''her'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to [[spoiler:be ''her'' ''"her"'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to be [[spoiler:''her'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to be [[spoiler:''her'' [[spoiler:be ''her'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jett drunkenly rants in an empty room at the end of his failed celebration about how he wasn’t given anything in life and had to fight for and take it all, and that Bick is lucky - at first it comes off as him being jealous that Bick started off rich and didn’t have to work for money - then he says Bick is lucky to be [[spoiler:''her'' husband - revealing that he’s actually lamenting how he "lost" Leslie to Bick and never got over his infatuation with her. Even sadder, Luz II, her daughter who actually loves him, hears all this, and leaves from the implication that he saw her as a ReplacementGoldfish for her mother]].
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* OnlySaneMan: Uncle Bawley. Not only does he agree that Bick not allowing drilling on his property is a losing business proposition, he also reinforces Leslie's parenting noting that Bick's father wasn't a very good father either.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Becoming rich from oil turns Jett into a bitter, aggressive drunk.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Jett Rink.
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* LegacyVesselNaming: The Benedicts' private plane is named "Benedict Reata", the same as the private rail car he brought Leslie home in.


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* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike: A model of Jett's airport and hotel is on display in a reception at the grand opening.
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** At the twins' fourth birthday party, Jordy cries when made to ride the horse he received as a gift from his father, but is fascinated with the doctor kit he also received.
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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on]] the 1952 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[DiedDuringProduction being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).

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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on]] Adapted from]] the 1952 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[DiedDuringProduction being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).
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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on the 1952 novel]] by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[DiedDuringProduction being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).

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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on on]] the 1952 novel]] novel of the same name by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[DiedDuringProduction being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).


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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on the 1952 novel]] by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[AuthorExistenceFailure being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).

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''Giant'' is a [[TheFifties 1956]] EpicMovie directed by Creator/GeorgeStevens, starring Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RockHudson, and Creator/JamesDean. [[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on the 1952 novel]] by Edna Ferber, the film is more famous for [[AuthorExistenceFailure [[DiedDuringProduction being James Dean's last role]] (some of his lines had to be dubbed).
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* IgnoredVitalNewsReports: Subverted. Judy is parked with her husband to be Bob Dace and turns off a news report about Pearl Harbor, but the report is just a summary of the damage that had been inflicted two weeks earlier - and she notes that she is about to lose him for the war's duration.

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* IgnoredVitalNewsReports: Subverted. Judy is parked with her husband to be husband-to-be, Bob Dace Dace, and turns off a news report about Pearl Harbor, but the report is just a summary of the damage that had been inflicted two weeks earlier (the scene is set on Christmas Eve, 1941) - and she notes that she is about to lose him for the war's duration.



* SleepingSingle: Strangely, Bick and Leslie are shown sleeping in separate beds by the time their children are teenagers, despite being HappilyMarried and sharing a bed at first (although there are no shots of both of them in bed at the same time). Luz was at first going to put Bick and Leslie in rooms on the opposite sides of the house until Bick insisted on connecting bedrooms.

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* SleepingSingle: Strangely, Bick and Leslie are shown sleeping in separate beds by the time their children are teenagers, despite being HappilyMarried and sharing a bed at first (although there are no shots of both of them in bed at the same time).time, which was still too racy for 1956). Luz was at first going to put Bick and Leslie in rooms on the opposite sides of the house until Bick insisted on connecting bedrooms.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel, Bick is not present at the diner toward the end, and so the famous DinerBrawl doesn't happen. Only his wife, daughter and Mexican daughter-in-law are there, and they simply leave without causing any trouble when the diner owner orders them out.

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In the novel, Bick is not present at the diner toward the end, and so the famous DinerBrawl doesn't happen. Only his wife, daughter and Mexican daughter-in-law are there, and they simply leave without causing any trouble when the diner owner orders them out.out.
** Jett is certainly no hero in the film, but he's even worse in the novel, in which he directly causes Luz' death by encouraging her to ride a horse, My Mistake, that he both knows has not been tamed and has drugged to make him even wilder.
* TheAlcoholic: Jett's drinking problem is more pronounced in the novel, in which we learn that Bick has fired him a dozen times for acting out while drunk but hires him back for the wonders he can perform while sober, but it is still present in the film. He takes a belt of LiquidCourage when Leslie comes to visit him at Little Reata; after striking it rich, he drunkenly crashes into the back of a parked car and assaults its shocked owner; and he gets ''completely'' off his face at his hotel's grand opening night and passes out just before he can begin his big speech.



* BigFancyHouse: Bick's house gets even bigger and fancier after they make money in oil.

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* BigFancyHouse: Bick's The main house at Reata is a three-storey Victorian mansion; it gets even bigger and fancier after they make money in oil.oil, with the interior decoration and furniture changing to reflect both the passage of time and the Benedicts' increasing fortune.[[note]]For example, notice that at the beginning of the film, the floors are hardwood and the walls are wood panelling; by the time Bick and Leslie's children are teenagers, the floors are carpeted and the walls are plaster.[[/note]]



--> Men's Stuff? Lord have Mercy, ''(turns to the other women in their corner)'' set up my spinning wheel girls, I'll be joining the harem in a moment.

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--> -->'''Leslie:''' Men's Stuff? stuff? Lord have Mercy, mercy, ''(turns to the other women in their corner)'' set up my spinning wheel girls, I'll be joining the harem in a moment.



* DinerBrawl: Bick gets into a fight with Sarge, a racist diner owner who only reluctantly serves his family when he sees Jauna and the mixed-race Jordan IV, and outright refuses to serve a Mexican family. [[spoiler:Bick loses.]]

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* DinerBrawl: Bick gets into a fight with Sarge, a racist diner owner who only reluctantly serves his family when he sees Jauna Juana and the mixed-race Jordan IV, and outright refuses to serve a Mexican family. [[spoiler:Bick loses.]]



* ItsAllMyFault: Bick blames himself for Luz's death, since he was the one who bought War Wings and brought him back to Reata.
* KickTheDog: Luz uses spurs on Leslie's horse, War Wings. It doesn't end well...

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* ItsAllMyFault: Bick blames himself for Luz's death, since he was the one who bought War Wings Winds and brought him back to Reata.
* KickTheDog: Luz uses spurs on Leslie's horse, War Wings.Winds. It doesn't end well...



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* OneWordTitleOneWordTitle: ''Giant'', which could refer to both the vast open Texas plains, the cattle ranchers who live there, or [[{{Doorstopper}} the novel's length]].



* {{Socialite}}: Leslie is an East Coast Southern variant of this trope; however she is a lot more savvier intellectually and politically than most examples of the trope, and she isn't elitist.
* SouthernBelle: Leslie is an East Coast variant. She is beautiful, stylish, ladylike, and gracious but she deviates from the classic example of the trope by viewing people of color as her equals and is very intellectual.

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* {{Socialite}}: Leslie is an East Coast Southern variant of this trope; however however, she is a lot more savvier intellectually and politically than most examples of the trope, and she isn't elitist.
* SouthernBelle: Leslie is an East Coast variant. She is beautiful, stylish, ladylike, and gracious gracious, but she deviates from the classic example of the trope by viewing people of color as her equals and is being very intellectual.



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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Luz II gets this of Jett after he drunkenly rants about how he "lost" Leslie to Bick]].
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Luz II gets this has a crush on Jett, seeing him as a dashing oil magnate in spite (or perhaps because) of Jett after he her father's hatred of him, and they eventually begin dating. [[spoiler:When she seems him drunkenly rants rant to an empty banquet hall about how he "lost" Leslie to Bick]].
Bick, her crush instantly fades.]]
* CattleDriveCattleDrive: There are several scenes of the thousands of cattle in Reata's herds being rounded up for branding or driving out to be sold for their beef.



* DirtyOldMan: Jett Rink grows into one of these, he even courts the youngest (teenage) daughter of Bick and Leslie.
* DinerBrawl: Bick gets into a fight with the racist diner owner who refuses to serve a Mexican family.

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* DirtyOldMan: Jett Rink grows into one of these, these; he even courts the youngest (teenage) daughter of Bick and Leslie.
* DinerBrawl: Bick gets into a fight with the Sarge, a racist diner owner who only reluctantly serves his family when he sees Jauna and the mixed-race Jordan IV, and outright refuses to serve a Mexican family.family. [[spoiler:Bick loses.]]



* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Bick has been a rancher all his life, and at one point tells Leslie he could ride a horse before he could walk. He initially dotes on Jordy (while ignoring his twin sister Judy), expecting that he will follow in his footsteps... but the little lad spends his first horse ride wailing with terror, even when Bick gets in the saddle with him. Jordy never warms to the idea of horse riding or ranching, having inherited his mother's intellectual nature, and he becomes a doctor instead.



* SettleForSibling: As the film opens, Leslie is engaged to British diplomat Sir David Karfrey, but she breaks it off to marry Bick. He isn't single for long, as Leslie's sister Lacy has a serious crush on him and wastes no time making her move; they are married several years later.



* SleepingSingle: Strangely, Bick and Leslie. Which is strange as they're HappilyMarried and are sharing a bed at first. Luz was at first going to put Bick and Leslie in rooms on the opposite sides of the house until Bick insisted on connecting bedrooms.

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* SleepingSingle: Strangely, Bick and Leslie. Which is strange as they're Leslie are shown sleeping in separate beds by the time their children are teenagers, despite being HappilyMarried and are sharing a bed at first.first (although there are no shots of both of them in bed at the same time). Luz was at first going to put Bick and Leslie in rooms on the opposite sides of the house until Bick insisted on connecting bedrooms.



* TeamMom: Leslie, she wants the kids to be whatever they want.

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* TeamMom: Leslie, she Leslie wants the kids to be whatever they want.want, although she bristles at the idea of Judy studying animal husbandry at Texas Tech instead of going to finishing school in Switzerland.



* TheUnfavorite: At the twins' fourth birthday party, Bick makes a point of mentioning that it is his son's birthday...totally ignoring Judy.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Jordy and Judy.

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* TheUnfavorite: At the twins' fourth birthday party, Bick makes a point of mentioning that it is his son's birthday...totally ignoring Judy.
Judy. His attitude reverses by the children's late adolescence; he bristles at the idea of Jordy studying medicine at Harvard and Columbia (which Leslie supports), but actively encourages Judy's plans to study animal husbandry at Texas Tech (which Leslie resists).
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Bick and Leslie's first children are twins, Jordy and Judy.

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