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* YoureNotMyFather: Embarrassed by her father's behavior, Lucy tells her friends at school that she's adopted. It comes back to bite her when Connor rats her out to Sam at her 7th birthday party.
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* YoureNotMyFather: Embarrassed by her father's behavior, Lucy tells her friends at school that she's adopted. It comes back to bite her when Connor rats her out to Sam in front of everyone at her 7th birthday party.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Lucy gets taken away from Sam and placed into a foster home on her 7th birthday. It's even lampshaded by Sam, who protests to a police officer, "You can't do that, it's her ''birthday''!"
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Lucy gets taken away from Sam and placed into a foster home on her 7th birthday. It's even lampshaded by Sam, who protests to a police officer, "You can't do that, "No you can't, it's her ''birthday''!"
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Lucy begins to act like this out of fear of outsmarting her father.
-->'''Teacher:''' Mr. Dawson, it's becoming clear... that she's holding herself back in the classroom. It's as if she's literally afraid to learn.
-->'''Teacher:''' Mr. Dawson, it's becoming clear... that she's holding herself back in the classroom. It's as if she's literally afraid to learn.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Lucy gets taken away from Sam and placed into a foster home on her 7th birthday. It's even lampshaded by Sam, who protests to a police officer, "You can't do that, it's her ''birthday''!"
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments about to Sam her husband screwing people who are "far more perfect" than her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments about to Sam about her husband screwing people who are "far more perfect" than her.
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Sam ends up moving in just down the street from the foster home. He's not aware that this is a bad thing. Lucy runs away to Sam's house repeatedly, and he keeps bringing her back to the foster home because he knows she has to obey the law. Eventually even the foster mother comes around, realizing how much Lucy loves her father, and one night she even brings her over to Sam's house.
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Sam ends up moving in just down the street from the foster home. He's home; he's not aware that this is a bad thing. Lucy runs away to Sam's house repeatedly, and he keeps bringing her back to the foster home because he knows she has to obey the law. Eventually even the foster mother comes around, realizing how much Lucy loves her father, and one night she even brings her over to Sam's house.
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* OverlyLongHug: Sam and Lucy ultimately have to be pried off of each other when saying goodbye to each other.
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* OverlyLongHug: Sam and Lucy ultimately have to be pried off of each other when saying goodbye to each other.goodbye.
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* OverlyLongHug: Sam and Lucy ultimately have to be pried off of each other when saying goodbye to each other.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: PlayedForDrama as Sam acts much younger than Lucy's biological age.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Rita and her husband are overworked and use to spend hardly any time with their son.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Rita and her husband are overworked and use are used to spend spending hardly any time with their son.
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* OhCrap: Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her ''Literature/{{Stellaluna}}'', but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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** Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her ''Literature/{{Stellaluna}}'', but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than herfather.father.
** Lucy also has one before running off when Connor tells Sam that she told everybody she was adopted.
** Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her ''Literature/{{Stellaluna}}'', but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her
** Lucy also has one before running off when Connor tells Sam that she told everybody she was adopted.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Sam can't read anything beyond simple picture books.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments about her husband screwing people who are far more perfect than her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments about to Sam her husband screwing people who are far "far more perfect perfect" than her.
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* YoureNotMyFather: Embarrassed by her father's behavior, Lucy tells her friends at school that she's adopted. It comes back to bite her when Connor rats her out to Sam at her 7th birthday party.
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* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Lucy does this while being questioned before the court. She's even asked if she's doing it "because [she'll] hurt [her] daddy's feelings".
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* OhCrap: Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her a bedtime story, but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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* OhCrap: Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her a bedtime story, ''Literature/{{Stellaluna}}'', but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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* BecauseISaidSo: When Lucy refuses to read the word "different", Sam replies to her that he's asking her to because he's her father.
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* ParentalSubstitute: The adults at the institution Sam grew up in were basically his surrogate parents, according to him.
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* DisappearedDad: Sam's father was "gone" when he was born.
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--->'''Turner:''' What makes you think you can raise a 7-year-old? A 10-year-old? A 13-year-old? You know what that means? She'll be six years more advanced than you. What makes you think you can do that? What makes you think you can do that? [[RuleOfThree What makes you think you can do that?]]
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--->'''Turner:''' Mr. Dawson, you have the capacity of a 7-year-old. What makes you think you have the ability to be a father? Your background, your IQ... your friends who can't even testify-- [...] What makes you think you can raise a 7-year-old? A 10-year-old? A 13-year-old? You know what that means? She'll be six years more advanced than you. What makes you think you can do that? What makes you think you can do that? [[RuleOfThree What makes you think you can do that?]]that?]] [...] The question is, if you love your daughter... as much as you say you do-- and I know that you do-- don't you think she deserves more? Don't you in your heart of hearts... secretly question yourself every day?
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Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=i-am-sam
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-->'''Turner:''' What makes you think you can raise a 7-year-old? A 10-year-old? A 13-year-old? You know what that means? She'll be six years more advanced than you. What makes you think you can do that? What makes you think you can do that? [[RuleOfThree What makes you think you can do that?]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In one of the court scenes, when Annie is on the stand, the other lawyer brings up her father, and she stares at him for a long time and then breaks down and cries. We can only assume [[AbusiveParents the reason]].
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: ArmorPiercingQuestion:
** In one of the court scenes, when Annie is on the stand, the other lawyer brings up her father, and she stares at him for a long time and then breaks down and cries. We can only assume [[AbusiveParents thereason]].reason]].
** Turner bombards Sam with a series of these during court.
-->'''Turner:''' What makes you think you can raise a 7-year-old? A 10-year-old? A 13-year-old? You know what that means? She'll be six years more advanced than you. What makes you think you can do that? What makes you think you can do that? [[RuleOfThree What makes you think you can do that?]]
Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=i-am-sam
** In one of the court scenes, when Annie is on the stand, the other lawyer brings up her father, and she stares at him for a long time and then breaks down and cries. We can only assume [[AbusiveParents the
** Turner bombards Sam with a series of these during court.
-->'''Turner:''' What makes you think you can raise a 7-year-old? A 10-year-old? A 13-year-old? You know what that means? She'll be six years more advanced than you. What makes you think you can do that? What makes you think you can do that? [[RuleOfThree What makes you think you can do that?]]
Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=i-am-sam
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: At Big Boy's, Sam throws a fit when the restaurant doesn't have his favorite pancakes from [=iHOP=]. Even after the waitress repeatedly tells him that they don't have them. Lucy is visibly embarrassed by this.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments about her husband screwing people who are far more perfect than her.
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--> '''Rita''': So, what you're saying is ... you don't worry about Lucy's future.\\
'''Annie''': No. I do. I worry all the time. I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her ... and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.
'''Annie''': No. I do. I worry all the time. I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her ... and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.
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--> '''Rita''': '''Rita:''' So, what you're saying is ... you don't worry about Lucy's future.\\
'''Annie''': '''Annie:''' No. I do. I worry all the time. I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her ... and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: What results in Lucy being taken away by CPS. While preparing for Lucy's sixth birthday party, Sam tries to get an indignant and ableist classmate to stay in "the surprise position" by physically grabbing and moving him into it. The kid's father, wary that Sam is touching his child, tries to make him stop, resulting in Sam having to be physically pushed away and causing CPS to deem Sam as potentially harmful to other children.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: What results in Lucy being taken away by CPS. While preparing for Lucy's sixth seventh birthday party, Sam tries to get an indignant and ableist classmate to stay in "the surprise position" by physically grabbing and moving him into it. The kid's father, wary that Sam is touching his child, tries to make him stop, resulting in Sam having to be physically pushed away and causing CPS to deem Sam as potentially harmful to other children.
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Shortly thereafter, the school realizes that Lucy is being raised by a mentally handicapped person, and they report it. After an incident where Sam mishandles another child while preparing for Lucy's sixth birthday party, causing the child's father to retaliate, Lucy gets taken into foster care pending a court hearing to figure out if Sam is capable of raising her. Sam seeks out a pro-bono lawyer, who is initially resistant to the idea of representing him, but eventually gets up to bat with everything she has.
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Shortly thereafter, the school realizes that Lucy is being raised by a mentally handicapped person, and they report it. After an incident where Sam mishandles another child while preparing for Lucy's sixth seventh birthday party, causing the child's father to retaliate, Lucy gets taken into foster care pending a court hearing to figure out if Sam is capable of raising her. Sam seeks out a pro-bono lawyer, who is initially resistant to the idea of representing him, but eventually gets up to bat with everything she has.
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Shortly thereafter, the school realizes that Lucy is being raised by a mentally handicapped person, and they report it. Lucy gets taken into foster care pending a court hearing to figure out if Sam is capable of raising her. Sam seeks out a pro-bono lawyer, who is initially resistant to the idea of representing him, but eventually gets up to bat with everything she has.
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Shortly thereafter, the school realizes that Lucy is being raised by a mentally handicapped person, and they report it. After an incident where Sam mishandles another child while preparing for Lucy's sixth birthday party, causing the child's father to retaliate, Lucy gets taken into foster care pending a court hearing to figure out if Sam is capable of raising her. Sam seeks out a pro-bono lawyer, who is initially resistant to the idea of representing him, but eventually gets up to bat with everything she has.
* BookEnds: Of a sort; the film opens on a montage of Sam setting up tables and supplies at the Starbucks he works at. Later, near the end of the film, a similar montage occurs-- except at Pizza Hut, Sam's new workplace.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: The film is about a mentally challenged single dad fighting the state for custody of his daughter.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: What results in Lucy being taken away by CPS. While preparing for Lucy's sixth birthday party, Sam tries to get an indignant and ableist classmate to stay in "the surprise position" by physically grabbing and moving him into it. The kid's father, wary that Sam is touching his child, tries to make him stop, resulting in Sam having to be physically pushed away and causing CPS to deem Sam as potentially harmful to other children.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: The film is about a mentally challenged single dad fighting the state for custody of his daughter.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: The film is about a mentally challenged single dad fighting the state for custody of his daughter.
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* OhCrap: Luck wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her a bedtime story, but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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* OhCrap: Luck Lucy wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her a bedtime story, but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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Sam ends up moving in just down the street from the foster home. He's not aware that this is a bad thing. Lucy runs away to Sam's house repeatedly, and he keeps bringing her back to the foster home, because he knows she has to obey the law. Eventually even the foster mother comes around, realizing how much Lucy loves her father, and one night she even brings her over to Sam's house.
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Sam ends up moving in just down the street from the foster home. He's not aware that this is a bad thing. Lucy runs away to Sam's house repeatedly, and he keeps bringing her back to the foster home, home because he knows she has to obey the law. Eventually even the foster mother comes around, realizing how much Lucy loves her father, and one night she even brings her over to Sam's house.
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* CrusadingLawyer: Rita. She is not in for the money, in fact she decides to work ''pro bono'' after some heartwarming moments with Sam.
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* CrusadingLawyer: Rita. She is not in for the money, in fact fact, she decides to work ''pro bono'' after some heartwarming moments with Sam.
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* HollywoodLaw: In reality, it's unlikely Sam would lose custody entirely, since he is neither abusing or neglecting Lucy, though he might be required to have supervision from a social worker. Also, these proceedings are generally much more informal. The state attorney verbally attacking Sam on the stand is also inappropriate and a judge likely would not permit it, particularly given his mental disability (it's akin to him dressing down a child).
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* HollywoodLaw: In reality, it's unlikely Sam would lose custody entirely, entirely since he is neither abusing or neglecting Lucy, though he might be required to have supervision from a social worker. Also, these proceedings are generally much more informal. The state attorney verbally attacking Sam on the stand is also inappropriate and a judge likely would not permit it, particularly given his mental disability (it's akin to him dressing down a child).
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--> '''Rita''': Sam, don't be impossible. Can I have the spinach omelette - only egg whites, no fat, no oil, no butter, and extra mushrooms?
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--> '''Rita''': Sam, don't be impossible. Can I have the spinach omelette omelet - only egg whites, no fat, no oil, no butter, and extra mushrooms?
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* LyingFingerCross: Lucy, when making her oath before court.
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* LyingFingerCross: Lucy, when making her oath before the court.
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* OhCrap: Luck wears an epic and extremely painful one of these when Sam is trying to read her a bed time bedtime story, but his reading skills are almost nonexistent, so she starts ''reading the story to him.'' Right at this moment, she suddenly realizes that she's smarter than her father.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While Sam's disability is never outright specified, his highly methodical thoughts and actions, narrow-minded obsession with Music/TheBeatles, occasional struggles with verbalizing his thoughts, poor responses to stress, and displays of stimming when emotionally overwhelmed imply that he is meant to be severely autistic. However, his characterization plays up so many stereotypes of the disorder that it veers heavily into HollywoodAutism territory.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While Sam's disability is never outright specified, his highly methodical thoughts and actions, narrow-minded obsession with Music/TheBeatles, occasional struggles with verbalizing his thoughts, apparent sarcasm-blindness, poor responses to stress, and displays of stimming when emotionally overwhelmed imply that he is meant to be severely autistic. However, his characterization plays up so many stereotypes of the disorder that it veers heavily into HollywoodAutism territory.