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* HappilyMarried: Pam and Trotter really do love each other, and the by the end of the film they realize that the things they dislike about each other are a key part of why they love each other.

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* HappilyMarried: Pam and Trotter really do love each other, and the by the end of the film they realize that the things they dislike about each other are a key part of why they love each other. When Vicki offers him sex, he appreciates the offer but turns her down.
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* EthicalSlut: Vicki. Seemingly a GoldDigger, she's more into personality.
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* LadyInRed: Vicki, complete with AbsoluteCleavage.
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* BornLoser: Looney, who is well aware of it. When Trotter offers to pay his debt, Looney has the collector look up the last time he won anything: some Packers game years ago. Even Trotter is shocked.

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* BornLoser: BornUnlucky: Looney, who is well aware of it. When Trotter offers to pay his debt, Looney has the collector look up the last time he won anything: some Packers game years ago. Even Trotter is shocked.
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* BornLoser: Looney, who is well aware of it. When Trotter offers to pay his debt, Looney has the collector look up the last time he won anything: some Packers game years ago. Even Trotter is shocked.
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* RulesLawyer: Trotter insists that betting on the first horse isn't betting because it's a fixed race, so technically there's no gambling going on.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The [[Creator/RobbieColtrane ticket seller]] is only known as the ticket seller.
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''Let It Ride'' is a comedy from 1989 directed by Joe Pytka (''Film/SpaceJam''), and starring Creator/RichardDreyfuss, [[Music/NewYorkDolls David Johanson]], Teri Garr, Creator/JenniferTilly, Allen Garfield, [[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas Michelle Phillips]], and Creator/RobbieColtrane, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel "Good Vibes" by Jay Cronley]] (who also wrote ''Film/QuickChange'', with which this film shares many of its quirks.)

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''Let It Ride'' is a comedy from 1989 directed by Joe Pytka (''Film/SpaceJam''), and starring Creator/RichardDreyfuss, [[Music/NewYorkDolls David Johanson]], Teri Garr, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferTilly, Allen Garfield, [[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas Michelle Phillips]], and Creator/RobbieColtrane, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel "Good Vibes" by Jay Cronley]] (who also wrote ''Film/QuickChange'', with which this film shares many of its quirks.)
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* AllOrNothing: Trotter bets every race this way, betting everything he has, and usually on the longshot.

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* AllOrNothing: What do you think "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin let it ride]]" means? Trotter bets every race this way, betting everything he has, and usually on the longshot.
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* WardrobeMalfunction: In a DeletedScene, Vicki's breasts pop out of her dress when she tackles Trotter in the Jockey Club, which is why in the film all of the elderly women {{gasp}} in shock at her.

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* WardrobeMalfunction: In a DeletedScene, Vicki's breasts pop out of her dress when she tackles Trotter in the Jockey Club, which is why in the film all of the elderly women {{gasp}} in shock at her. [[invoked]]
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* WalkThisWay: Cheeseburger, who had made fun of Trotter for betting on Charity earlier, approaches Trotter to find out what horse he's going to bet on in the next race. Trotter, who's dancing along as he walks to the betting window, tells him, and as he continues, Cheeseburger, who assumes this must be a superstition Trotter has, dances along uncertainly.

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* WalkThisWay: Cheeseburger, who had made fun of Trotter for betting on Charity earlier, approaches Trotter to find out what horse he's going to bet on in the next race. Trotter, who's dancing along as he walks to the betting window, tells him, and as he continues, Cheeseburger, who assumes this must be a superstition Trotter has, dances along uncertainly.uncertainly.
* WardrobeMalfunction: In a DeletedScene, Vicki's breasts pop out of her dress when she tackles Trotter in the Jockey Club, which is why in the film all of the elderly women {{gasp}} in shock at her.
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* HappilyMarried: Pam and Trotter really do love each other, and the by the end of the film they realize that the things they dislike about each other are a key part of why they love each other.
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** When the final race is in doubt, Trotter [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Rages Against The Heavens]] "I thought we had a deal!" Simpson looks up to see who the heck Trotter is talking to.
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-->'''Pam:''' I have decided I'm going to be a bag lady!
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* GayMoment: Cheeseburger exuberantly gives Trotter a huge kiss on the mouth when they win on a longshot. Trotter's not amused, but Cheeseburger still gives him one of his many, ''many'' gold necklaces as a souvenir.
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* ArcWords: "I'm having a very good day." The last time is deliberately an {{Understatement}}.
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* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Done deliberately and [[JustifiedTrope justified]]; Trotter figures picks out a horse to bet on by conducting a survey of several people at the track, asking them which horse they'd bet on in the next race. Whatever horse they tell him, he crosses it off. The only horse no one mentions - Fleet Dreams - is the one he best on.

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* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Done deliberately and [[JustifiedTrope justified]]; Trotter figures picks out a horse to bet on by conducting a survey of several people at the track, asking them which horse they'd bet on in the next race. Whatever horse they tell him, he crosses it off. The only horse no one mentions - Fleet Dreams - is the one he best bets on.
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''Let It Ride'' is a comedy from 1989 directed by Joe Pytka (''Film/SpaceJam''), and starring Creator/RichardDreyfuss, [[Music/NewYorkDolls David Johanson]], Teri Garr, Creator/JenniferTilly, Allen Garfield, [[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas Michelle Phillips]], and Creator/RobbieColtrane, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel "Good Vibes" by Jay Cronley]].

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''Let It Ride'' is a comedy from 1989 directed by Joe Pytka (''Film/SpaceJam''), and starring Creator/RichardDreyfuss, [[Music/NewYorkDolls David Johanson]], Teri Garr, Creator/JenniferTilly, Allen Garfield, [[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas Michelle Phillips]], and Creator/RobbieColtrane, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel "Good Vibes" by Jay Cronley]].
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'''Looney:''' He knew '''it'''.

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'''Looney:''' He knew '''it'''.'''''it'''''.
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'''Looney:'' He knew '''it'''.

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'''Looney:'' '''Looney:''' He knew '''it'''.
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* IKnewIt: Trotter's mantra after the final race ends in a photo finish.

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* IKnewIt: Trotter's mantra after the final race ends in a photo finish. [[invoked]]
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* IKnewIt: Trotter's mantra after the final race ends in a photo finish.
-->'''Simpson:''' What did he know?\\
'''Looney:'' He knew '''it'''.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Everyone, but Vicki hits the bottle hardest, informing Trotter she's decided she has a new future as a bag lady.

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* DrowningMySorrows: Everyone, but Vicki Pam hits the bottle hardest, informing Trotter she's decided she has a new future as a bag lady.
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* ThePlotThickens: After he's stopped from backing a losing horse, Trotter muses, "I didn't lose. ''Interesting''."
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* DrowningMySorrows: Everyone, but Vicki hits the bottle hardest, informing Trotter she's decided she has a new future as a bag lady.
* EurekaMoment: Trotter has a few, but the most meaningful is him realizing and telling his wife that it was never his gambling that bothered her -- it was his ''losing''.

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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond with him. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily reminds him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win."

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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond with him. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily reminds him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final second-to-last bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win.""
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The film is full of them, such as the ManlyTears event below.
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* LivingLegend: Trotter becomes one, punctuated by the second-to-last bet when the sound of $50 win tickets rattles off for a minute, drawing a large crowd.
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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond with him. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily remind him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win."

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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond with him. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily remind reminds him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win."
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* CloudCuckoolander: Everyone. Even the police officer, Reardon, starts bragging he has such good peripheral vision, he can see his own ears, and starts rattling off the minutae he can see happening all around him.
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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily remind him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win."

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* FireForgedFriends: Reardon and especially The Ticket Seller are initially mild antagonists to Trotter, but they bond.bond with him. The first time Trotter bets, the Seller snarkily remind him the ''five'' dollar bets are over there. For the final bet, the Seller shares a smoke with Trotter, telling him, "You're the greatest I've ever seen. I'll tell my grandchildren about you. I hope you win."

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