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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: Tracy discovers Glen lacing the wine with sleeping pills, muscle relaxants and rat poison. When quizzed about it, he flat out admits he's trying to KillEmAll]].
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: Tracy discovers Glen lacing the wine with sleeping pills, muscle relaxants and rat poison. When quizzed about it, he flat out admits he's trying to KillEmAll]].kill them]].
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''It's a Disaster!'' is a 2012 BlackComedy.
Singleton Tracy (Creator/JuliaStiles) is taking her new boyfriend Glen (Creator/DavidCross) to the "Couples Brunch" that her friends, all of whom are in long-term relationships, have held weekly for years. Amidst Glen's awkwardness of meeting new people and getting to know them, a neighbor comes by in a [=HazMat=] suit, saying a horrible attack of the United States is underway and they all have to stay inside.
''It's a Disaster!'' is a 2012 BlackComedy.
Singleton Tracy (Creator/JuliaStiles) is taking her new boyfriend Glen (Creator/DavidCross) to the "Couples Brunch" that her friends, all of whom are in long-term relationships, have held weekly for years. Amidst Glen's awkwardness of meeting new people and getting to know them, a neighbor comes by in a [=HazMat=] suit, saying a horrible attack of the United States is underway and they all have to stay inside.
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''It's a Disaster!'' is a 2012
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Shane tries to guilty-trip Hal into staying with them, Hal just shrugs and leaves. He doesn't know majority of those people and just learned Pete and Emma routinely didn't invite him for their parties, while continuously crashing at his place at any given chance.
-->'''Shane''': Wait, wait, wait. You can't just leave us here like this.
-->'''Hal''': Yeah, I can. (Walks out)
-->'''Shane''': Wait, wait, wait. You can't just leave us here like this.
-->'''Hal''': Yeah, I can. (Walks out)
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Defied by Hedy.
-->(She's busy mixing what appears to be few vials of different pills in a pot)
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
-->(She's busy mixing what appears to be few vials of different pills in a pot)
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Consistently invoked by Hedy, a science teacher, and to a lesser extent by Tracy, a doctor.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
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* RealityEnsues: Consistently invoked by Hedy, a science teacher, and to a lesser extent by Tracy, a doctor.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Consistently invoked by Hedy, a science teacher, and to a lesser extent by Tracy, a doctor.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
-->'''Shane''': Are you... cooking meth?
-->'''Hedy''': That would take way too long and we'd need more ingredients. This is like a poor-man's ecstasy.
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* ManChild: Shane, of the BasementDweller variety.
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* ManChild: Shane, of Shane is the BasementDweller variety.
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* Manchild: Shane, of the BasementDweller variety.
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* Manchild: ManChild: Shane, of the BasementDweller variety.
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* Manchild: Shane, of the BasementDweller variety.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Glen works at a school named after a saint, meaning his descent into Biblical apocalypse was not out of nowhere.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler: Glen works at a school named after a saint, meaning his descent into Biblical apocalypse was not out of nowhere.]]
** [[spoiler: Glen works at a school named after a saint, meaning his descent into Biblical apocalypse was not out of nowhere.]]
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* ShoutOut: The Emergency Broadcast System starts broadcasting numbers, Lexi exclaims "We're in ''Series/{{Lost}}''!"
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The Emergency Broadcast System starts broadcasting numbers, Lexi exclaims "We're in ''Series/{{Lost}}''!"
** The Emergency Broadcast System starts broadcasting numbers, Lexi exclaims "We're in ''Series/{{Lost}}''!"
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* OnlySaneMan: Glen is the most practical thinker of the group, staying focused on dealing with the disaster situation. [[spoiler:Turns out he's not as sane as he seems.]]
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* BrickJoke: The rather mundane opening credits are scored with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and are cut off directly before the famous finale. The SmashCut that starts the ending credits begins with the triumphant finale.
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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** The rather mundane opening credits are scored with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and are cut off directly before the famous finale. The SmashCut that starts the ending credits begins with the triumphantfinale.finale.
** Each time an EstablishingShot of the house is used, [[spoiler: Jenny and Gordon's dead bodies are there for a laugh.]]
** The rather mundane opening credits are scored with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and are cut off directly before the famous finale. The SmashCut that starts the ending credits begins with the triumphant
** Each time an EstablishingShot of the house is used, [[spoiler: Jenny and Gordon's dead bodies are there for a laugh.]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: Tracy discovers Glen lacing the wine with sleeping pills, muscle relaxants and rat poison. When quizzed about it, he flat out admits he's trying to KillEmAll]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Shane seems convinced that he's in either an AlienInvasion, a ZombieApocalypse or that radioactive fallout will mean they will soon become {{Mutants}}. Tracy tries and fails to convince him otherwise.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Shane seems convinced that he's in either an AlienInvasion, a ZombieApocalypse or WorldWarThree, or that radioactive fallout will mean they will soon become {{Mutants}}. Tracy tries and fails to convince him otherwise.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Played with. The guests make it as far as nibbles before events overtake their appetites.
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-->'''Pete''': Hal, why are you in a HazMat suit?
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-->'''Pete''': Hal, why are you in a HazMat [=HazMat=] suit?
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-->'''Pete''': You really don't know you're in a HazMat suit?
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-->'''Pete''': You really don't know you're in a HazMat [=HazMat=] suit?
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: All over the place, but especially from Glen who's unfamiliar with the group.
-->'''Pete''': Hal, why are you in a HazMat suit?
-->'''Hal''': ...are you kidding?!
-->'''Pete''': You really don't know you're in a HazMat suit?
* SeinfeldianConversation: The film starts with a conversation about how to listen to the radio and snowballs from there.
-->'''Pete''': Hal, why are you in a HazMat suit?
-->'''Hal''': ...are you kidding?!
-->'''Pete''': You really don't know you're in a HazMat suit?
* SeinfeldianConversation: The film starts with a conversation about how to listen to the radio and snowballs from there.
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* SpeechCentricWork: As noted above, there's next to no special effects shots of the actual disaster itself and the drama centres solely around the characters attempting to deal with their impending fate.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Glen turns out]] to be a big believer in this.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Glen turns out]] out to be a big fervent believer in this.this]].
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Lexi is ''very'' touchy-feely and makes Glen extremely uncomfortable.
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* NothingIsScarier: When the auto dialer calls from India, he is asked to turn on the TV to tell them what is going on. The guy is absolutely stunned by what he sees, but he just reacts and doesn't tell the protagonists - leaving them and the audience's imaginations to run wild.
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* NothingIsScarier: When the auto dialer calls from India, the Philippines, he is asked to turn on the his TV to tell them what is the guests what's going on. The guy is absolutely stunned by what he sees, but he just reacts and doesn't tell the protagonists - leaving them and the audience's imaginations to run wild.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Shane seems convinced that he's in either a ZombieApocalypse or that radioactive fallout will mean they will soon become {{Mutants}}. Tracy tries and fails to convince him otherwise.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Shane seems convinced that he's in either an AlienInvasion, a ZombieApocalypse or that radioactive fallout will mean they will soon become {{Mutants}}. Tracy tries and fails to convince him otherwise.
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* CreepyCrows: Some are shown [[spoiler:feasting on Gordon and Jenny's corpses]].
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** Shane also comments that [[DeadlyGas VX nerve gas]] was used in ''Film/TheRock''.
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* ChekhovsGun: Or "ninja stars" in this case. [[spoiler:Subverted. Shane gets the set Pete had lying around, but they never show up again.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Or "ninja stars" in this case. [[spoiler:Subverted. Shane gets the set Pete had lying around, but [[RedHerring they never show up again.again]].]]
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* DontAsk: Tracy warns Glen not to ask about Shane and Hedy's marriage. [[TemptingFate Naturally]], he walks straight into it.
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* DuctTapeForEverything: Duct tape is used to seal up the doors and windows against the DeadlyGas. Buck is utterly flabbergasted to learn it's duc'''t''' tape and not duc'''k''' tape.
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* TheLastDance: The protagonists have perhaps a few hours to reconcile their lives and relationships, to varying degrees of success.
