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* FailedASpotCheck: During the money drop at the park, the authorities surmise that the bomber is transmitting from a high point. Sure enough, he is, and they even have someone on the lookout. But the guy on the tower fails to spot the obvious ear-wig and that he's looking through binoculars in the direction where Caulder currently is.
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* FailedASpotCheck: During the money drop at the park, the authorities surmise find out that the bomber is using a 2-way radio. They also have people all over the park including where he's transmitting from a high point. Sure enough, he is, and they even have someone on the lookout.from. But the guy on the tower fails to spot the obvious ear-wig and that he's looking through binoculars in the direction where Caulder currently is.
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* FailedASpotCheck: During the money drop at the park, the authorities surmise that the bomber is transmitting from a high point. Sure enough, he is, and they even have someone on the lookout. But the guy on the tower fails to spot the obvious ear-wig and that he's looking through binoculars in the direction where Caulder currently is.
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''Young Man''': First, Harry, [[spoiler:I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?]]
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[[spoiler: -->'''Young Man''': First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
-->'''Calder''': Sure!
-->'''Young Man''': You're holding it....Now...Do I have your full attention?
-->'''Caulder''': Screw you!]]
-->'''Calder''': Sure!
-->'''Young Man''': You're holding it....Now...Do I have your full attention?
-->'''Caulder''': Screw you!]]
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-->'''Calder''':
-->'''Young Man''': [[spoiler: You're holding it....Now...Do I have your full
-->'''Caulder''': [[spoiler: Screw you!]]
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* OhCrap: A huge one. [[spoiler: During the money drop, the Young Man uses a radio to communicate with Caulder as he orders him from ride to ride to frustrate Hoyt's tailing FBI agents. The Young Man finally tells Caulder where he can find the bomb. It's in the radio Caulder is holding.
-->'''Young Man''': First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
-->'''Young Man''': First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
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* OhCrap: A huge one. [[spoiler: During the money drop, the Young Man uses a radio to communicate with Caulder as he orders him from ride to ride to frustrate Hoyt's tailing FBI agents. The Young Man finally tells Caulder where he can find the bomb. It's in the radio Caulder is holding. \n]]
[[spoiler: -->'''Young Man''': First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
[[spoiler: -->'''Young Man''': First, Harry, I think I should tell you about the bomb. Would you like to know where it is?
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-->'''Caulder''': Screw you!
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-->'''Caulder''': Screw you!you!]]
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* DamselInDistress: Averted. [[spoiler: In the third act, we see Harry's girlfriend Fran and his daughter, Tracy, are present at the theme park the Young Man is targeting, and seemingly being set up to need to be rescued by Harry. However, he finds them well before the finale, tells them to leave the park, as it's unsafe, and tells them they can come back another time. They comply.
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* DamselInDistress: Averted. [[spoiler: In the third act, we see Harry's girlfriend Fran and his daughter, Tracy, are present at the theme park the Young Man is targeting, and seemingly being set up to need to be rescued by Harry. However, he finds them well before the finale, tells them to leave the park, as it's unsafe, and tells them they can come back another time. They comply. ]]
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''Rollercoaster'' is a 1977 American thriller film directed by James Goldstone, starring Creator/GeorgeSegal, Creator/RichardWidmark, Creator/TimothyBottoms, and Creator/HenryFonda.
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''Rollercoaster'' is a 1977 American thriller film directed by James Goldstone, written by [[Creator/LevinsonAndLink Richard Levinson and William Link]], and starring Creator/GeorgeSegal, Creator/RichardWidmark, Creator/TimothyBottoms, and Creator/HenryFonda.
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* CorruptBureaucrat: The head of the health & safety agency that Harry works for once let a poorly designed building go up because his nephew was one of the builders.
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* StonersAreFunny: Two hippie park guests debate about whether it was marijuana that made one of them see a dog (part of the bomb squad) on a rollercoaster track.
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* UncertainDoom: It is never revealed whether the people who get the most focus while riding the rollercoaster that derails survive or not, save for two people whose car lands upside down, crushing everyone inside.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse: The bomber is played by Creator/TimothyBottoms, who's just a normal-looking young man. When he's in a bar watching the aftermath of one of his bombs on TV, a woman even flirts with him. There's nothing about his looks or demeanor at all that would indicate he's wiring amusement park rides to kill people for ransom money.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse: TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The bomber is played by Creator/TimothyBottoms, who's just a normal-looking young man. When he's in a bar watching the aftermath of one of his bombs on TV, a woman even flirts with him. There's nothing about his looks or demeanor at all that would indicate he's wiring amusement park rides to kill people for ransom money.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveroneElse: The bomber is played by Creator/TimothyBottoms, who's just a normal-looking young man. When he's in a bar watching the aftermath of one of his bombs on TV, a woman even flirts with him. There's nothing about his looks or demeanor at all that would indicate he's wiring amusement park rides to kill people for ransom money.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveroneElse: TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse: The bomber is played by Creator/TimothyBottoms, who's just a normal-looking young man. When he's in a bar watching the aftermath of one of his bombs on TV, a woman even flirts with him. There's nothing about his looks or demeanor at all that would indicate he's wiring amusement park rides to kill people for ransom money.
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*AllThereInTheManual: The film never gives the Young Man a name. The tie-in novel, "Death Ride" by Burton Wohl, names him Eddie Parnassus.
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* BookEnds: Harry Caulder is introduced at a stop smoking clinic having smoked several packs of cigarettes in an attempt to get him to apparently get sick of cigarettes and quit smoking. He then, at various times in the film, gets stressed and asks for a cigarette, only to be told that the person he's asking is out, or doesn't smoke. [[spoiler: At the end of the film, he finally bums a cigarette from a theme park patron but before he lights it, he drops it to the ground and walks away.]]
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* BookEnds: Harry Caulder is introduced at a stop smoking clinic taking part in conversion therapy, and having smoked several packs of cigarettes in an attempt to get him to apparently get sick of cigarettes and quit smoking. He then, at various times in the film, gets stressed and asks for a cigarette, only to be told that the person he's asking is out, or doesn't smoke. [[spoiler: At the end of the film, he finally bums a cigarette from a theme park patron but before he lights it, he drops it to the ground and walks away.]]
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* SoundtrackDissonance: At the climax, [[spoiler: Caulder starts to leave the theme park in a bit of a daze after witnessing the death of the Young Man. His HeroicBSOD behavior is offset by the cheery closing theme (Magic Carousel) and the excited park patrons who are happy to hear the park is reopening after the Young Man's dead body has been hauled away. Caulder leaves the film, still in a daze, as the cheery music drones on over the credits. We even hear the excited passengers on the roller coaster scream in the background as the credits finish.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Young Man. Outwardly, he appears totally normal, and dresses well, but he's at least a borderline sociopath, and possibly even a full-on sociopath.
* DamselInDistress: Averted. [[spoiler: In the third act, we see Harry's girlfriend Fran and his daughter, Tracy, are present at the theme park the Young Man is targeting, and seemingly being set up to need to be rescued by Harry. However, he finds them well before the finale, tells them to leave the park, as it's unsafe, and tells them they can come back another time. They comply.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Caulder doesn't want to be involved in the payoff of the bomber, or the FBI investigation. Not only is he pissed that he's being forced to participate by the Young Man's demands, he loudly expresses his displeasure to lead Agent Hoyt, and clashes with Hoyt frequently.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Both Caulder and Agent Hoyt. Both have Type-A personalities and clash frequently, but they both eventually set aside their differences when they need to.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Everything the bomber does is so he can get a million bucks and no longer have to worry about working for a living.
* KnightInSourArmor: Caulder doesn't want to be involved in the payoff of the bomber, or the FBI investigation. Not only is he pissed that he's being forced to participate by the Young Man's demands, he loudly expresses his displeasure to lead Agent Hoyt, and clashes with Hoyt frequently.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Everything the bomber does is so he can get a million bucks and no longer have to worry about working for a living.
* KnightInSourArmor: Caulder doesn't want to be involved in the payoff of the bomber, or the FBI investigation. Not only is he pissed that he's being forced to participate by the Young Man's demands, he loudly expresses his displeasure to lead Agent Hoyt, and clashes with Hoyt frequently.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Agent Hoyt, often.
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* TheSociopath: The only reason the Young Man gives for what he does? He's basically lazy, can't hold a 9-5 job, and has decided forcing the amusement parks to pay him a million dollar ransom so he doesn't have to work is the solution. While he claims he derives no enjoyment from the people he kills by sabotaging amusement park rides, (nor does the audience see him enjoying it) he has no real sympathy for his victims either, and treats them simply as a means to an end for his million dollar payoff.
* TheStoic: Even when confronted by an army of FBI agents with guns drawn, the Young Man doesn't even raise his voice to make his demands.
-->'''Young Man''': Harry. Tell them I don't bluff.
* TheStoic: Even when confronted by an army of FBI agents with guns drawn, the Young Man doesn't even raise his voice to make his demands.
-->'''Young Man''': Harry. Tell them I don't bluff.
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveroneElse: The bomber is played by Creator/TimothyBottoms, who's just a normal-looking young man. When he's in a bar watching the aftermath of one of his bombs on TV, a woman even flirts with him. There's nothing about his looks or demeanor at all that would indicate he's wiring amusement park rides to kill people for ransom money.
* XanatosSpeedChess: After the Young Man [[spoiler: witnesses his bomb in the third act being dismantled before he can trigger it, he hurries to his car, makes up a new bomb while sitting in the driver's seat, gives a wad of cash to one of the people who had a ticket for the first ride in order to take their place, and plants the new bomb under the seat before relaxing and enjoying the rest of the ride to its conclusion. He even SMILES.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: After the Young Man [[spoiler: witnesses his bomb in the third act being dismantled before he can trigger it, he hurries to his car, makes up a new bomb while sitting in the driver's seat, gives a wad of cash to one of the people who had a ticket for the first ride in order to take their place, and plants the new bomb under the seat before relaxing and enjoying the rest of the ride to its conclusion. He even SMILES.]]
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* GotVolunteered: Caulder wants nothing to do with the efforts to stop the bomber, but since the bomber knows of Caulder's intelligence and respect for him, he demands Caulder be a part of it. The FBI, in turn, volunteers Caulder to assist.
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* GotVolunteered: Caulder wants nothing to do with the efforts to stop the bomber, but since the bomber knows of Caulder's intelligence and has respect for him, Caulder, and because Caulder offered some respect to the bomber in return, he demands Caulder be a part of it. The FBI, in turn, volunteers Caulder to assist.
