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* KarmaHoudini: Inez and [[ObnoxiousInLaws her parents]] are [[{{Jerkass}} horrible to Gil]] throughout the movie, all of them constantly belittle him, the parents hire a private detective to spy on him and finally it is revealed that Inez cheated on him with Paul and fails to see why [[NeverMyFault she would be at fault for this.]] The only repercussion from all of this is Gil breaking up with Inez, which her parents are actually pretty happy about and Inez treats as an annoyance. They are all still wealthy, privileged and dreadful people at the end of the movie.
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* MagicalRealism: It's never explained or even discussed how the time travel works, it's just there to provide the conflict necessary for the character to have his arch.

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* MagicalRealism: It's never explained or even discussed how the time travel works, it's just there to provide the conflict necessary for the character to have his arch.arc.
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there's not really any sci-fi in this film?


* GenreMashup: It's a sci-fi/fantasy/romantic comedy/drama.

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* GenreMashup: It's a sci-fi/fantasy/romantic fantasy/romantic comedy/drama.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Paul, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll for all his pedantic bluster]], actually summarizes the struggle Gil goes through most of the film early on.

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Paul, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll for all his pedantic bluster]], actually summarizes the struggle Gil goes through for most of the film early on.
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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses all of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes Gil to her friends right in front of him and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses all of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes Gil to her friends right in front of him and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and he breaks up with her.
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%%* AnAesop: The moral of the story is spoken out loud both in the beginning (by Paul) and in the end (by Gil).

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%%* * AnAesop: The moral of the story is spoken out loud both in the beginning (by Paul) and in the end (by Gil).



* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Actually, Creator/WilliamFaulkner was one of the few significant American writers of the day who ''didn't'' travel to Paris. And Creator/WoodyAllen got ''sued'' (unsuccessfully) by Faulkner's descendants for using his quote about the past not being past. Which is even more ironic given that this very quote, uttered by Gil and specifically attributed to Faulkner InUniverse, marked ''the only time'' Faulkner was mentioned in the film in any context.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Actually, Creator/WilliamFaulkner was one of the rather few significant American writers of the day who ''didn't'' travel to Paris. And Creator/WoodyAllen got ''sued'' (unsuccessfully) by Faulkner's descendants for using his quote about the past not being past. Which is even more ironic given that this very quote, uttered by Gil and specifically attributed to Faulkner InUniverse, marked ''the only time'' Faulkner was mentioned in the film in any context.



%%* BoisterousBruiser: Creator/ErnestHemingway.

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%%* * BoisterousBruiser: Creator/ErnestHemingway.



%%* DumbassHasAPoint: Paul, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll for all his pedantic bluster]], actually summarizes the struggle Gil goes through most of the film early on.
%%* FanService: Inez unloading luggage from the car.
%%* GayParee: It's not revealed whether it's the real Gay Paree or an idealized version of it from Gil's perspective, though.
%%* TheGayNineties: Adriana's "Golden Age."

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%%* * DumbassHasAPoint: Paul, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll for all his pedantic bluster]], actually summarizes the struggle Gil goes through most of the film early on.
%%* * FanService: Inez unloading luggage from the car.
%%* * GayParee: It's not revealed whether it's the real Gay Paree or an idealized version of it from Gil's perspective, though.
%%* * TheGayNineties: Adriana's "Golden Age."



%% * HistoricalInJoke: In spades.

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%% * HistoricalInJoke: In spades.



%%* LargeHam: Hemingway and Dalí. ...of course.

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%%* * LargeHam: Hemingway and Dalí. ...of course.



%%* SmallNameBigEgo: Paul Bates.

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%%* * SmallNameBigEgo: Paul Bates.



%%* SpoiledBrat: Inez.

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%%* * SpoiledBrat: Inez.



%%* [[StrawmanPolitical Strawman Republican]]: Inez's Dad.
%%* TestosteronePoisoning: Ernest Hemingway.

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%%* * [[StrawmanPolitical Strawman Republican]]: Inez's Dad.
%%* * TestosteronePoisoning: Ernest Hemingway.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Actually, Creator/WilliamFaulkner was one of the few significant American writers of the day who ''didn't'' travel to Paris. And Creator/WoodyAllen got ''sued'' (unsuccessfully) by Faulkner's descendants for using his quote about the past not being past. Which is even more ironic given that this very quote, uttered by Gil and specifically attributed to Faulkner InUniverse was ''the only time'' Faulkner was mentioned in the film in any context.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Actually, Creator/WilliamFaulkner was one of the few significant American writers of the day who ''didn't'' travel to Paris. And Creator/WoodyAllen got ''sued'' (unsuccessfully) by Faulkner's descendants for using his quote about the past not being past. Which is even more ironic given that this very quote, uttered by Gil and specifically attributed to Faulkner InUniverse was InUniverse, marked ''the only time'' Faulkner was mentioned in the film in any context.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Actually, Creator/WilliamFaulkner was one of the few significant American writers of the day who ''didn't'' travel to Paris. And Creator/WoodyAllen got ''sued'' (unsuccessfully) by Faulkner's descendants for using his quote about the past not being past. Which is even more ironic given that this very quote, uttered by Gil and specifically attributed to Faulkner InUniverse was ''the only time'' Faulkner was mentioned in the film in any context.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: [[invoked]] Gil has done this with his novel.

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* WriteWhoYouKnow: [[invoked]] Gil has done this with his novel. [[spoiler: This comes into play when Hemingway reads his work and questions why the character Gil based on himself doesn't realize the characters he based on Inez and Paul are having an affair, cluing him in to what's happening in his own reality.]]
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Gil, according to Inez, always sides with the help when she takes issue with one of them. He even comes to the aid of a tour guide when Paul starts trying to ”correct” her about who was Rodin’s wife.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: Gil, according to Inez, always sides with the help when she takes issue with one of them. He even comes to the aid of a tour guide when Paul starts trying to ”correct” her about who was Rodin’s Creator/AugusteRodin’s wife.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: In the poster, [[spoiler: Owen Wilson (Gil) is shown walking by the Seine with a background of Van Gogh's Starry Night. Vincent Van Gogh and his work doesn't appear in the movie.]]

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* CoversAlwaysLie: In the poster, [[spoiler: Owen Wilson (Gil) is shown walking by the Seine with a background of Van Gogh's Starry Night.Creator/VincentVanGogh's Art/TheStarryNight. Vincent Van Gogh and his work doesn't appear in the movie.]]
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never shows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as if she did nothing wrong and is outraged when Gill breaks up with her.

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* NeverMyFault: When Gill Gil calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never shows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as if she did nothing wrong and is outraged when Gill Gil breaks up with her.
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* AuthorAppeal: InUniverse, Dali keeps relating every part of his conversation with Gil in some way to elephants.

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* AuthorAppeal: InUniverse, Dali keeps relating every part of his conversation with Gil to rhinoceroses in some way to elephants.way.
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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art and shuts down all of Gils attempts to query Paul’s information, however when Gil gives a similar in depth description behind a Picasso (which is actually correct because he met the artist himself) she accuses him of being intoxicated.

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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art and shuts down all of Gils attempts to query Paul’s information, however when Gil gives a similar in depth description behind a Picasso (which is actually correct because he met the artist himself) artist) she accuses him of being intoxicated.
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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art, when Gil gives a similar in depth description behind a Picasso (which is actually correct) she accuses him of being intoxicated.

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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art, art and shuts down all of Gils attempts to query Paul’s information, however when Gil gives a similar in depth description behind a Picasso (which is actually correct) correct because he met the artist himself) she accuses him of being intoxicated.
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* OhCrap: Gil gets this expression shortly after meeting Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and realizes that has time-travelled back to the 1920s, however he quickly relaxes and starts enjoying it.

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* OhCrap: Gil gets this expression shortly after meeting Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and realizes that he has time-travelled managed to time-travel back to the 1920s, however he quickly relaxes and starts enjoying it.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Gil, according to Inez, always sides with the help when she takes issue with one of them. He even comes to aid of a tour guide when Paul starts trying to ”correct” her about who was Rodin’s wife.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: Gil, according to Inez, always sides with the help when she takes issue with one of them. He even comes to the aid of a tour guide when Paul starts trying to ”correct” her about who was Rodin’s wife.
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never ahows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong and is outraged when Gill breaks up with her.

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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never ahows shows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as if she did nothing wrong and is outraged when Gill breaks up with her.
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never ahows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.

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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but never ahows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.wrong and is outraged when Gill breaks up with her.
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but appears or have no remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.

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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but appears or have no never ahows any remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but doesn’t seem to have any regret about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.

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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but doesn’t seem to appears or have any regret no remorse about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.
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* NeverMyFault: When Gill calls out Inez on sleeping with Paul, she admits it but doesn’t seem to have any regret about cheating on her fiancé and acts as she did nothing wrong.
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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art, when Gil gives a similar in depth description and information behind a Picasso (which is actually correct) she accuses him of being intoxicated.

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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art, when Gil gives a similar in depth description and information behind a Picasso (which is actually correct) she accuses him of being intoxicated.
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* DoubleStandard: while viewing art at a museum, Inez unquestioningly listens to all of Paul’s pseudo-intellectual claims about various pieces of art, when Gil gives a similar in depth description and information behind a Picasso (which is actually correct) she accuses him of being intoxicated.
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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses all of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses all of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him Gil to her friends right in his presence front of him and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.
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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses and has no respect for any of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses and has no respect for any all of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.
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* OhCrap: Gil gets this expression shortly after meeting Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and realizes that has time-travelled back to the 1920s, however he quickly relaxes and starts enjoying it.
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''Midnight in Paris'' is a 2011 romantic-comedy/fantasy film directed by Creator/WoodyAllen.

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''Midnight in Paris'' is a 2011 romantic-comedy/fantasy romantic-fantasy-comedy film directed by Creator/WoodyAllen.



* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses and has no prescription any of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses and has no prescription respect for any of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.
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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses any of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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* DisposableFiance: It quickly becomes clear that Gil would be better off without Inez, she dismisses and has no prescription any of his thoughts or opinions, openly insults or criticizes him to her friends in his presence and doesn’t share any of his interests, the final straw for Gil is finding out that she cheated on him and breaks up with her.

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