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%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Adam and Emma vehemently correct people who think they're together that they're just friends with benefits.
* SilverFox: While Alvin is definitely a jerkass for how he treats Adam, he is played by Kevin Kline, who looks damn good for his age. It at least makes a little bit of sense why women are after him, just not [[spoiler: Adam's freaking ''girlfriends.'']]
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%%* WildTeenParty: In the beginning at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, where plenty of people are having sex.

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%%* WildTeenParty: In the beginning at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, University of Michigan, where plenty of people are having sex.

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Has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/NoStringsAttached the horror game by the same name]].



* AnythingThatMoves: Adam's dad, Alvin.



* WildTeenParty: In the beginning at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, where plenty of people are having sex with AnythingThatMoves.

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* %%* WildTeenParty: In the beginning at the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, where plenty of people are having sex with AnythingThatMoves.sex.
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* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Played straight with one of Adam's best friends.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her a period mix.

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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her a period mix.
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Has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/NoStringsAttached the horror game by the same name]].
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Emma and her fellow hospital coworkers/friends use these in quite a few jokes. Anytime Adam tries the same thing for them, they always accuse him of ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} looking it up]]'' to which he humbly acknowledges so.

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Emma and her fellow hospital coworkers/friends use these in quite a few jokes. Anytime Adam tries the same thing for them, they always accuse him of ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} ''[[Website/{{Wikipedia}} looking it up]]'' to which he humbly acknowledges so.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her [[UptoEleven a period mix.]]

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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her [[UptoEleven a period mix.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: The sex between the two attractive main leads.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by an Israeli actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film. The actress playing her sister is also Jewish though (but it may be a coincidence).

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a an Ashkenazic Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by an Israeli actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film. The actress playing her sister is also Jewish though (but it may be a coincidence).



* MatzoFever: Possibly. Emma Kurtzman has an Ashkenazic Jewish surname and she's in love with Adam Franklin, a WASP white guy.
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%%* HospitalHottie: Emma.

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%%* * HospitalHottie: Emma.Emma is a fairly attractive doctor.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by a Jewish actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film. The actress playing her sister is also Jewish though (but it may be a coincidence).

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by a Jewish an Israeli actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film. The actress playing her sister is also Jewish though (but it may be a coincidence).



%%* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Played straight from the first scene to the closing credits.
%%* FriendsWithBenefits

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%%* * EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Played It's called ''No Strings Attached'' so this trope is played straight from for much of the first scene film.
* FriendsWithBenefits: The movie's title is a reference
to a term used to describe non-romantic sexual relationships of which Emma and Adam have [[spoiler:until the closing credits.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by an Israeli actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by an Israeli a Jewish actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film.film. The actress playing her sister is also Jewish though (but it may be a coincidence).



* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Played straight from the first scene to the closing credits.
* FanService: Literally one second of Natalie Portman's butt.
** Plus several minutes of [[FanService Man Service]] with Ashton Kutcher in nothing but a tiny towel covering him up as well as close up of his butt. Even one of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Emma's friends were impressed]].
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* %%* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Played straight from the first scene to the closing credits.
* FanService: Literally one second of Natalie Portman's butt.
** Plus several minutes of [[FanService Man Service]] with Ashton Kutcher in nothing but a tiny towel covering him up as well as close up of his butt. Even one of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Emma's friends were impressed]].
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: InvokedTrope; Two lesbians realise they love each other while on either side of Adam, and pretty much start making out on top of him. At first he's just uncomfortable, but then he realises he can use the moment to make it look like he's about to have [[ThreeWaySex a threesome]] (ItMakesSenseinContext), and gets his friend to take a picture of him in the middle of them.
** Adam then actually (half-heartedly) tries to have a threesome with them. They aren't very interested in him.

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: InvokedTrope; Two two lesbians realise realize they love each other while on either side of Adam, and pretty much start making out on top of him. At first he's just uncomfortable, but then he realises realizes he can use the moment to make it look like he's about to have [[ThreeWaySex a threesome]] (ItMakesSenseinContext), and gets his friend to take a picture of him in the middle of them.
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them. Adam then actually (half-heartedly) tries to have a threesome with them. They aren't very interested in him.



* HospitalHottie: Emma.

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* %%* HospitalHottie: Emma.



* MrFanservice Plus several minutes of [[FanService Man Service]] with Ashton Kutcher in nothing but a tiny towel covering him up as well as a close up of his butt. Even one of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Emma's friends were impressed]].
* MsFanservice: Literally one second of Natalie Portman's butt.



* OneHeadTaller: Adam and Emma (Ashton Kutcher is 6'2,5, Natalie Portman is 5'3).
** They even [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this at one point.

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* OneHeadTaller: Adam and Emma (Ashton Kutcher is 6'2,5, Natalie Portman is 5'3).
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5'3). They even [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this at one point.



* RomanticRunnerUp: Lucy.

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* %%* RomanticRunnerUp: Lucy.



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** Adam then actually (half-heartedly) tries to have a threesome with them. [[RealityEnsues They aren't very interested in him.]]

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** Adam then actually (half-heartedly) tries to have a threesome with them. [[RealityEnsues They aren't very interested in him.]]
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* MatzoFever: Possibly. Emma Kurtzman has an Ashkenazic Jewish surname and she's in love with Adam Franklin, a WASP white guy.

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The story is about two longtime friends, Emma (Creator/NataliePortman) and Adam (Creator/AshtonKutcher), who decide to become FriendsWithBenefits.

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The story is about two longtime friends, Emma Kurtzman (Creator/NataliePortman) and Adam Franklin (Creator/AshtonKutcher), who decide to become FriendsWithBenefits.


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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Emma has a Jewish surname (Kurtzman) and she's played by an Israeli actress though we never see her do any culturally Jewish activities throughout the film.
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* NoPeriodPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her [[UptoEleven a period mix.]]

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* NoPeriodPeriod: NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her [[UptoEleven a period mix.]]
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* Bookends: This movie loves them, there's at least three:

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* Bookends: BookEnds: This movie loves them, there's at least three:

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* Bookends: This movie loves them, there's at least three:
** The first time Emma and Adam go out together in the movie, it's to Emma's father's funeral. The last time, it's to her sister's wedding.
** The first thing we learn about Eli is that he has two gay dads. The last time we see him he's introducing Patrice to his dads.
** The first introduction to Adam's dad is him unexpectedly telling Adam that he's dating one of Adam's ex-girlfriend, his last scene is the [[HereWeGoAgain exact same, only this time with a different ex-girlfriend]].



* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Two lesbians fall in love right in front of Adam and start making out right on top of him. He even takes the time to put his head in between the two to take a picture to [[spoiler: [[ThreeWaySex make it look like he's having a threesome since Emma refuses to have sex with him unless he does it with someone else]]]].

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: InvokedTrope; Two lesbians fall in realise they love right in front each other while on either side of Adam Adam, and pretty much start making out right on top of him. He even takes At first he's just uncomfortable, but then he realises he can use the time moment to put his head in between the two to take a picture to [[spoiler: [[ThreeWaySex make it look like he's having about to have [[ThreeWaySex a threesome]] (ItMakesSenseinContext), and gets his friend to take a picture of him in the middle of them.
** Adam then actually (half-heartedly) tries to have
a threesome since Emma refuses to have sex with him unless he does it with someone else]]]].them. [[RealityEnsues They aren't very interested in him.]]


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* NoPeriodPeriod: Averted. Hard. The first, and maybe the most, romantic thing Adam does in the movie is bring Emma cupcakes, make her soup, and give her [[UptoEleven a period mix.]]
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* BlackBestFriend: Wallace, the man who had the bar.

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''No Strings Attached'' is a 2011 romantic comedy directed by Creator/IvanReitman and written by Elizabeth Meriwether. The story is about two longtime friends, Emma (Creator/NataliePortman) and Adam (Creator/AshtonKutcher), who decide to become FriendsWithBenefits.

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''No Strings Attached'' is a 2011 romantic comedy directed by Creator/IvanReitman and written by Elizabeth Meriwether.

The story is about two longtime friends, Emma (Creator/NataliePortman) and Adam (Creator/AshtonKutcher), who decide to become FriendsWithBenefits.
FriendsWithBenefits.

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