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* TheAllegedCar: After Del sets it on fire, the rental car is totally this. The wheels are even about to fall off.
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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to 'Music/RayCharles' ''Mess Around'' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.

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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to 'Music/RayCharles' Music/RayCharles ''Mess Around'' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.
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* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Del and Neal are this, though we eventually find out that Del's "gleeful" is mostly the outward facade of a sad and troubled man, while Neal's grumpiness is mostly justified giving all of the mishaps he's endured (including nearly being run over and killed a couple of times).

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* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Del and Neal are this, though we eventually find out that Del's "gleeful" is mostly the outward facade of a sad and troubled man, while Neal's grumpiness is mostly justified giving given all of the mishaps he's endured (including nearly being run over and killed a couple of times).

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*GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Del and Neal are this, though we eventually find out that Del's "gleeful" is mostly the outward facade of a sad and troubled man, while Neal's grumpiness is mostly justified giving all of the mishaps he's endured (including nearly being run over and killed a couple of times).



* SadClown: Del. Not just because [[spoiler:it is revealed his wife is dead and he is alone and homeless]], but he's subjected to just as many travel catastrophes as Neal, although he deals with it with good humor.

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* SadClown: Del.Behind his outward persona of a cheerful dolt who loves to tell boring anecdotes and lame jokes, Del is a deeply unhappy and lonely man. Not just because [[spoiler:it is revealed his wife is dead and he is alone and homeless]], but he's subjected to just as many travel catastrophes as Neal, although he deals with it with good humor.
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* RageBreakingPoint: When the rental car that was booked for Neal is missing, is the point where he can no longer stand any further setbacks. Unfortunately these outbursts make the [[IncompetenceInc disgruntled workers]] he bumps into ''even less inclined'' to get him home in time for Thanksgiving.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: One can say Del's massive trunk represents the eight years of sadness, pain, and loneliness, he's been carrying around since Marie passed away. He struggles to shift it alone. When Neal is helping him move it, either out of sympathy or compassion as a newfound friend, the load is no longer heavy and they manage it easily.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: One can say Del's massive trunk represents the eight years of sadness, pain, and loneliness, he's been carrying around since Marie [[spoiler:Marie passed away.away]]. He struggles to shift it alone. When Neal is helping him move it, either out of sympathy or compassion as a newfound friend, the load is no longer heavy and they manage it easily.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: One can say Del's massive trunk represents the eight years of sadness, pain, and loneliness, he's been carrying around since Marie passed away. He struggles to shift it alone. When Neal is helping him move it, either out of sympathy or compassion as a newfound friend, the load is no longer heavy and they manage it easily.

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* BlatantLies: Del manages to sell some of his shower curtain rings to various strangers with all sorts of fanciful and increasingly ridiculous claims - he sells some as earings, he says others are filled with helium, are made of ivory, were owned by Cleopatra, and best of all, custom-made for the "Grand Wizard of China."


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* BlatantLies: Del manages to sell some of his shower curtain rings to various strangers with all sorts of fanciful and increasingly ridiculous claims - he sells some as earrings, he says others are (variously) filled with helium, made of ivory, worn by Cleopatra, and best of all, custom-made for the "Grand Wizard of China."
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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles'' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.

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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles'' 'Music/RayCharles' ''Mess Around'' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.
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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles''' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.

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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles''' ''Music/RayCharles'' on the radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.
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--->'''Del:''': They're drunk. How would they know where we're going?

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--->'''Del:''': -->'''Del:''': They're drunk. How would they know where we're going?
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*PetTheDog: An early sign of Neal becoming more friendly towards Del is when he walks over to help Del drag his massive traveling chest across the cornfield after the train engine breaks down. He shakes his head in disbelief just before doing so as if to say "why the hell am I still stuck with this guy?"
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Uptight marketing executive Neal Page (Martin) just wants to get home to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} for UsefulNotes/ThanksgivingDay. Unfortunately, every mode of transportation somehow fails him and he is stuck with Del Griffith (Candy), a garrulous traveling shower curtain ring salesman who doesn't quite know when to shut up. Over the course of three days--through delayed planes, broken-down trains, and burned-out automobiles, among other mishaps--Neal and Del progress from being at each other's throats to developing an [[OddFriendship unlikely friendship]].

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Uptight marketing executive Neal Page (Martin) just wants to get home to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} for UsefulNotes/ThanksgivingDay. Unfortunately, every each mode of transportation somehow fails him and he is stuck with Del Griffith (Candy), a garrulous traveling shower curtain ring salesman who doesn't quite know when to shut up. Over the course of three days--through delayed planes, broken-down trains, and burned-out automobiles, among various other mishaps--Neal and Del progress from being at each other's one another's throats to developing an [[OddFriendship unlikely friendship]].
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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles''' on the radio, being far too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.

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** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles''' on the radio, being far radio. He's too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard.dashboard to be bothered with safe driving. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.

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* TooDumbToLive: Del gets both arms stuck while driving down the highway and it doesn't occur to him until he's just about to run into something that maybe he should hit the breaks. Then he gets back back on the highway, on the wrong side of the road.

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Del gets both arms stuck while driving down the highway and it doesn't occur to him until he's just about to run into something that maybe he should hit the breaks. Then he gets back back on the highway, on the wrong side of the road.road.
** Even before this, we see Del paying no attention to the road as he listens to ''Music/RayCharles''' on the radio, being far too busy playing an imaginary saxophone and later an imaginary keyboard on the dashboard. This is also the moment when his flicked cigarette starts smoldering in the back seat.
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** The scene where Del washes his socks and underwear in the hotel bathroom sink is played for laughs as part of his generally slovenly nature. However, his main reasons for doing so is that he [[spoiler: has no home, has very little money, and lives on the road from one motel room to the next]].

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** The scene where Del washes his socks and underwear in the hotel bathroom sink is played for laughs as part of his generally slovenly nature. However, his Del's main reasons reason for doing so dealing with laundry in this rather repulsive way is that he [[spoiler: has no home, has very little money, and lives on the road from one motel room to the next]].
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** The scene where Del washes his socks and underwear in the hotel bathroom sink is played for laughs as part of his generally slovenly nature. It's also due to the fact that he has no home, has very little money, and lives on the road from one motel room to the next.

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** The scene where Del washes his socks and underwear in the hotel bathroom sink is played for laughs as part of his generally slovenly nature. It's also due to the fact However, his main reasons for doing so is that he [[spoiler: has no home, has very little money, and lives on the road from one motel room to the next.next]].

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** The scene where Del washes his socks and underwear in the hotel bathroom sink is played for laughs as part of his generally slovenly nature. It's also due to the fact that he has no home, has very little money, and lives on the road from one motel room to the next.



** Although it's considered incredibly rude to cuss out an employee, Neal's anger towards the rental agent isn't entirely unjustified, as she ''was'' on the phone having personal conversations during working hours.

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** Although it's considered incredibly rude to cuss out an employee, Neal's anger towards the rental agent isn't entirely unjustified, as she ''was'' on the phone having personal conversations during working hours.hours, not to mention that the rental car company left him without a car.
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*BlatantLies: Del manages to sell some of his shower curtain rings to various strangers with all sorts of fanciful and increasingly ridiculous claims - he sells some as earings, he says others are filled with helium, are made of ivory, were owned by Cleopatra, and best of all, custom-made for the "Grand Wizard of China."
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*BigEater: In every motel room scene, Del has a big pile of candy, chips, and various other junk food on the table near his bed.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Neal is finally on the train heading home, he begins to reminisce about all the absurd things he and Del had to deal with the past few days and chuckles at a few of them.

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* ConMan: Del manages to make money selling shower curtain rings to random strangers by making all sorts of fanciful claims about his product, such as their being filled with helium to make them light, and telling several teenage girls that his shower curtain rings were once earings worn by Cleopatra. He also "borrows" Neal's credit card after they part company at the bus station.

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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: Several instances, most notably when Del is warned by a driver on the parallel highway that he's going the wrong way and is set to make a head-on collision:
--->'''Del:''': They're drunk. How would they know where we're going?
* ConMan: Del manages to make money selling shower curtain rings to random strangers by making all sorts of fanciful claims about his product, such as their being filled with helium to make them light, and telling several teenage girls that his shower curtain rings were once earings earrings worn by Cleopatra. He also "borrows" Neal's credit card after they part company at the bus station.
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** Neal's uptight and can be standoffish, but a lot of his tantrums can be put down to stress at his circumstances and the fact that Del, let's face it, is not the easiest of traveling companions. He's certainly genuinely devoted to his family.
** Del, meanwhile, is a slob with implied body odor problems, and is well aware of his problem with taking cues from people who aren't in the mood to be sociable. However, while traveling with him may not always be pleasant, he has a big heart and is still the friendliest, most helpful, not to mention resourceful, guy you could ever hope to meet (not unlike [[Creator/JohnCandy the actor portraying him]] was said to have been).

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** Neal's uptight and can be standoffish, but a lot of his tantrums can be put down to stress at his circumstances and the fact that Del, let's face it, is not the easiest of traveling companions. He's certainly genuinely devoted to his family.
family and grows to eventually like Del.
** Del, meanwhile, is a slob with implied body odor problems, and is well aware of his problem with taking cues from people who aren't in the mood to be sociable. Furthermore, he isn't above morally questionable behavior such as "borrowing" Neal's credit card. However, while traveling with him may not always be pleasant, he has a big heart and is still the friendliest, most helpful, not to mention resourceful, guy you could ever hope to meet (not unlike [[Creator/JohnCandy the actor portraying him]] was said to have been).
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* FamilyOfChoice: By the end of the movie, Neal has adopted Del.

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