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* EmotionallyTongueTied: In the heat of emotion during the trial, Sam finds himself unable to properly pronounce "irreplaceable" until he's corrected.
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* EmotionallyTongueTied: In the heat of emotion during the trial, Sam finds himself unable to properly pronounce "irreplaceable" "irreparable" until he's corrected.
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* PickyEater: Sam is very choosy whenever he orders food, and causes a disturbance in a restaurant unfamiliar to him when the waitress tells he that they don't have what he wants.
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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.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After Rita has her breakdown in Sam's apartment and both hug, we cut to the next day where both meet and act slightly embarrassed. We don't learn if it was just because of Rita's meltdown or more. In the original screenplay, however, they did.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After Rita has her breakdown in Sam's apartment and both hug, we cut to the next day where both meet and act slightly embarrassed. We don't learn if it was just because of Rita's meltdown or more. In the original screenplay, however, screenplay they did.did, and this was actually filmed, but it was cut due to skittish movie execs.
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** To a lesser extent, it's unlikely he would be arrested for soliciting a prostitute, as he clearly had no idea what was going on.
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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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* BecauseISaidSo: When Lucy refuses to read the word "different", Sam essentially replies to her that he's asking her to because father and he's not asking, he's ''telling'' her father.to do.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After Rita has her breakdown in Sam's apartment and both hug, we cut to the next day where both meet and act slightly embarrassed. We don't learn if it was just because of Rita's meltdown or more. In the original screenplay, however, they did.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Lucy feigns being unable to read the word "different", Sam tells her in no uncertain terms that she's lying, that he's her father telling her to do something, and that she ''is'' going to read that word. It's the only time we ever see him put on the tough disciplinarian parenting hat, but it's enough to make it clear that he's capable of it.
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This made it sound like he gave her a place to sleep in exchange for sex, which isn't the kind of thing he'd do.
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Sam, a mentally handicapped man, meets a woman and the two have sex (apparently so she, who's homeless, could have a place to stay). Nine months later, she drops a baby girl off and vanishes into the night. Though he's not able to understand all the implications of this, Sam does his best to raise the girl, whom he names Lucy, with the help of some friends.
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Sam, a mentally handicapped man, meets a woman and the two have sex (apparently so she, who's homeless, could have a place gives shelter to stay). a homeless woman. Nine months later, she drops gives birth to a baby girl off and then vanishes into the night.onto a bus, leaving Sam holding their baby. Though he's not able to understand all the implications of this, Sam does his best to raise the girl, whom he names Lucy, with the help of some friends.
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* ApologizesALot: Sam's reaction to Lucy telling him that he's not like other fathers is to say "I'm sorry," over and over again.
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* JukeboxMusical: Sort of, as the soundtrack consists of cover versions of songs by Music/TheBeatles.
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* JukeboxMusical: Sort of, as [[CoverAlbum the soundtrack consists of cover versions of songs by by]] Music/TheBeatles.
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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, money; in fact, she decides to work ''pro bono'' after some heartwarming moments with Sam.
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* LoserSonOfLoserDad: Lucy attempts to avoid this by telling her friends at school that she was adopted. It backfires.
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* ImprobableFoodBudget: Despite Sam not having that great of a job (and he could be paid even lower than minimum wage due to his disability), Wednesdays are days where he and Lucy eat a meal at [=iHOP=].
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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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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: At Bob's Big Boy's, Boy, 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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* TheRunaway: [[spoiler: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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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The court case eventually goes through: it's ruled that Sam can raise Lucy, assuming he gets help from the various resources he's proven he's capable of seeking out, to ensure that his daughter is not without proper education]].
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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.
The court case eventually goes through: it's ruled that Sam can raise Lucy, assuming he gets help from the various resources he's proven he's capable of seeking out, to ensure that his daughter is not without proper education.
The court case eventually goes through: it's ruled that Sam can raise Lucy, assuming he gets help from the various resources he's proven he's capable of seeking out, to ensure that his daughter is not without proper education.
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* TheRainman: Averted. Sam doesn't possess any supernormal abilities to compensate for his mental impairment.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Rita breaks down and comments to Sam about her husband screwing people who are "far more perfect" than her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rita breaks down and comments to Sam about her husband screwing people who are "far more perfect" than her.
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** There is a screenshot of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' at one point.
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** There is a screenshot of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' at one point.
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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, "No you can't, 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, "No you can't, it's her ''birthday''!"
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* OverlyLongHug: PlayedForDrama when the KindheartedSimpleton Sam and his young daughter Lucy ultimately have to be pried off of each other when saying goodbye.
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* OverlyLongHug: Sam and Lucy ultimately have to be pried off of each other when saying goodbye.
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-->'''Lucy:''' I won't read the word!
-->'''Sam:''' I'm your ''father''... and I'm telling you to read the word. I can tell you to because I'm your father.
-->'''Sam:''' I'm your ''father''... and I'm telling you to read the word. I can tell you to because I'm your father.