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** Then there's a chant by the leader of the coup by his men:
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** Then there's a downplayed version - a chant by the leader of the coup by his men:
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* BananaRepublic: Helmes tries to finance a coup in one of these.
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* BananaRepublic: Helmes tries to finance a coup in one of these.an impoverished dictatorship run by over-the-top Latin American soldiers.
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* CorruptPolitician: Jack's father.
* CynicalMentor: Max, who advises Jack not to care too much.
* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: Hoover's reaction to finding out that Frank Stedman is the only high-level executive who's never called him an asshole.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: A CentralTheme, and provides the Trope's page quote.
* CynicalMentor: Max, who advises Jack not to care too much.
* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: Hoover's reaction to finding out that Frank Stedman is the only high-level executive who's never called him an asshole.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: A CentralTheme, and provides the Trope's page quote.
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* CorruptPolitician: Jack's father.
father is an abrasive senator who is only loyal to people who bribe him.
* CynicalMentor:Max, who advises Jack not to care too much.
* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: Hoover's reaction to finding out that Frank StedmanMax is the only high-level executive who's never called him an asshole.
person consistently giving Jack honest advice and help during his early days at the company. Most of his advice boils down to not caring too much.
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: ACentralTheme, CentralTheme is that the exhilaration and provides sleaziness of deliberately and methodically rising through the Trope's page quote.company will erode anyone's moral compass and make them forget their past selves, which is part of why Jack displays no ambition.
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* DamnedByAFoolsPraise: Hoover's reaction to finding out that Frank Stedman
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: A
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference:DistinctionWithoutADifference: Helmes and a BananaRepublic dictator he sells weapons to both deny doing something that sounds repellent while defining their actions with different words that mean the same thing.
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* IHaveNoSon: Senator Issel's reaction to his son being honest about the closure of a factory on television.
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* IHaveNoSon: Senator Issel's reaction to his son being honest about how his employer's and the closure of senator's bribe-givers are {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s is to say "[n]o he isn't" when a factory on television.reporter asks if Jack is his son.
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* RedeemingReplacement: Jack becomes one to [[spoiler: Helmes]] at the end.
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* TheStarscream: Al Kennedy serves as this to Mike Hoover, announcing to everyone that he's SecretlyDying (when Mike wanted to keep on working until he died) and wanting to get his territory, despite having presented himself as Mike's OnlyFriend.
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* TheStarscream: Al Kennedy serves as this to Mike Hoover, announcing to everyone that he's SecretlyDying and should be retired (when Mike wanted to keep on working until he died) and wanting to get his territory, despite having presented himself as Mike's OnlyFriend.
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* WeCare: The film opens with an advertisement based on this from Helmes, which is quickly discredited by the actions of Helmes and his employees from the moment that advertisement ends.
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* WeCare: The film opens with an advertisement based on this corporate compassion from Helmes, which is quickly discredited by the actions of Helmes and his employees from the moment that advertisement ends.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Steadman's own corruption and hot-headed nature ensure that Hoover doesn't feel validated to learn that Steadman is the only executive who has never called him an asshole.
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* SpeedSex: At the beginning of the movie, Jack has been seduced right as his graduation ceremony is starting, and hurries to get done and race across campus in time to walk up when they call his name (getting their just in time, standing up to accept his diploma a millisecond after sitting down in his assigned chair).
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* SpeedSex: At the beginning of the movie, Jack has been seduced right as his graduation ceremony is starting, and hurries to get done and race across campus in time to walk up when they call his name (getting their there just in time, standing up to accept his diploma a millisecond after sitting down in his assigned chair).
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A 1985 satire, featuring Creator/JudgeReinhold as an earnest young corporate newbie. He finds himself surrounded by crazy (and often morally bankrupt) characters, while falling in love with protestor against one of the company's planned shutdowns. And then there's the odd fact about how he keeps being promoted without doing anything, causing him to suspect that his senator father is being buttered up by the company.
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A 1985 satire, satirical BlackComedy film written and directed by Ken Finkleman, featuring Creator/JudgeReinhold as an AllStarCast including Creator/JudgeReinhold, Eddie Albert, Creator/RichardMasur, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/{{Jane Seymour|Actress}}, Creator/WallaceShawn, and Creator/DannyDeVito.
Jack Issel (Reinhold) is an earnest youngcorporate newbie. He business-school graduate who's just started working for I.N.C. Corporation in Chicago. There he finds himself surrounded by crazy (and and often morally bankrupt) morally-bankrupt characters, while falling in love with Rachel (Lori-Nan Engler), the daughter of the CEO who's a protestor against one of the company's planned shutdowns. And then Then there's the odd fact about how that he keeps being promoted without doing anything, causing him to suspect that his senator father is being buttered up by the company.
Jack Issel (Reinhold) is an earnest young
