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--> '''Jake:''' I supposed shoplifting steaks from Winn Dixie's okay?
--> '''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you know it!
--> '''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totally her!
-->'''Melanie:''' Like I could tip a cow... by myself!
--> '''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishing pond?
--> '''Melanie:''' (''[[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]'') OH!
--> '''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you know it!
--> '''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totally her!
-->'''Melanie:''' Like I could tip a cow... by myself!
--> '''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishing pond?
--> '''Melanie:''' (''[[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]'') OH!
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--> '''Jake:''' I supposed shoplifting steaks from Winn Dixie's okay?
-->okay?\\
'''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you knowit!
-->it!\\
'''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totallyher!
-->'''Melanie:'''her!\\
'''Melanie:''' Like I could tip a cow... bymyself!
-->myself!\\
'''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishingpond?
-->pond?\\
'''Melanie:''' (''[[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]'') OH!
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'''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you know
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'''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totally
-->'''Melanie:'''
'''Melanie:''' Like I could tip a cow... by
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'''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishing
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'''Melanie:''' (''[[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]'') OH!
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* HeartIsWhereTheHomeIs: We have an Alabama vs. New York love triangle (which, granted, are about as different as different countries to some people).
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-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin' here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn't''.]]
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn't''.]]
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-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin' here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr.here?\\
'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn't''.]]
[[spoiler:'''Mr.
'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn't''.]]
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-->'''Melanie:''': Like I could tip a cow... by myself!
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--> '''Melanie ([[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]):''' OH!
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--> '''Melanie ([[OhCrap '''Melanie:''' (''[[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]]):''' meant]]'') OH!
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Melanie's mother entered her in all kinds of pageants and urged her to move out of town for her whole life. Andrew's mother Kate also wants him to be president someday (not that she isn't successful herself)
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Melanie's mother entered her in all kinds of pageants and urged her to move out of town for her whole life. Andrew's mother Kate also wants him to be president someday (not that she isn't successful herself)herself).
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Right when Melanie’s being walked down the aisle, Mr. Buford interrupts the wedding to deliver one to her]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin’ here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin’ here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Right when Melanie’s Melanie's being walked down the aisle, Mr. Buford interrupts the wedding to deliver one to her]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are youdoin’ doin' here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You''didn’t''.''didn't''.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You
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* RomComJob: Melanie is a fashion designer, Jake makes glassware.
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* BridalCarry: PlayedForLaughs when Jake drives a very drunk Melanie back to her parents' house. She passes out by the time he gets there and he hauls her in the house, snoring.
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* BridalCarry: PlayedForLaughs when Jake drives a very drunk Melanie back to her parents' house. She passes out by the time he gets there and he hauls her in the house, snoring. Also PlayedForLaughs at the end of the movie, when Jake carries Melanie into their [[spoiler: years-late reception]] this way, only to put her down and reveal they are, in fact, handcuffed together.
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* RomanticRain: After [[spoiler: leaving Andrew at the altar,]] Melanie goes to find Jake to tell him [[spoiler: she didn't sign the divorce papers and didn't get married]], and their reconciliation happens on the beach in the pouring rain.
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* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: Even though Andrew is jilted at the altar, the end credits show Melanie reading his [[spoiler: wedding announcement to a New York socialite.]]
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* InSeriesNickname: Melanie is known around her hometown as "Felony Melanie." She doesn't appear to mind very much, beyond some eye-rolling.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Melanie and Jake.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Melanie and Jake. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the final scene when [[spoiler: Bobby Ray replaces the bride and groom figurine on top of the purloined wedding cake with the combatants from the bar's "Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots" game.]]
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* AllChristianityIsCatholic: The officiant at Andrew and Melanie's wedding is a priest in the traditional frock. This might be Andrew's mother's doing, but it stands out, since the DeepSouth is largely Protestant, including Alabama, and usually averts this trope hard.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: The officiant at Andrew and Melanie's wedding is a priest in the traditional frock. This might be Andrew's mother's doing, but it stands out, since the DeepSouth is largely Protestant, including Alabama, and usually averts this trope hard.
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* AllChristianityIsCatholic: The officiant at Andrew and Melanie's wedding is a priest in the traditional frock. This might be Andrew's mother's doing, but it stands out, since the DeepSouth is largely Protestant, including Alabama, and usually averts this trope hard.
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* BridalCarry: PlayedForLaughs when Jake drives a very drunk Melanie back to her parents' house. She passes out by the time he gets there and he hauls her in the house, snoring.
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* GayEuphemism: When Melanie asks Bobby Ray about his high school girlfriend, he says she's a softball coach in Nashville, and Melanie seems to catch his drift about the implications. Subverted later, when Melanie ''tries'' to use euphemisms while outing Bobby Ray, before just yelling that he should go to a gay bar.
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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Played with. Both Jake and Melanie are aware they got married, that's kind of the plot of the film, but they both forget the ''legal'' implications of this. Such as when Jake tries to get Melanie removed from his home by the sheriff, only to be told because they're still married it's her house, too, or when Melanie goes to the bank to find she still has access to their joint checking account.
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--> '''Melanie:''' [[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]] OH!
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--> '''Melanie:''' [[OhCrap '''Melanie ([[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]] meant]]):''' OH!
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* MarriedTooYoung: Another implied reason for the failure of Melanie and Jake's marriage.
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** Earlier, when Melanie shows up a Jake's house and demands a divorce, with the audience having been unaware of her marriage before that.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.
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** Earlier, when Melanie shows up a Jake's house and demands a divorce, with the audience having been unaware of her marriage before that.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.that.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.
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* ByTheBookCop: Sheriff Wade refuses to just arrest Melanie or kick her out of Jake's house (at least until Jake mentions a certain bench warrant) due to them still being married and it technically just being a non-violent domestic dispute, and also can't do anything to help Melanie pressure Wade.
* CampGay: Melanie's associate Frederick.
* CampGay: Melanie's associate Frederick.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Melanie's colleague/bridesmaid Tabitha picks up on her feelings for Jake within ''seconds'' of seeing them together even while she's still with Andrew.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Melanie's colleague/bridesmaid Tabitha chief model/bridesmaid Tabatha picks up on her feelings for Jake within ''seconds'' of seeing them together even while she's still with Andrew.
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* FishOutOfWater: Melanie's parents have refused to go see her in New York due to feeling this. Sensing that, she volunteers to have the wedding out South to make up for them.
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* FishOutOfWater: Melanie's parents have refused to go see her in New York due to feeling this. Sensing that, she volunteers to have the wedding out South to make up for them. Averted with Andrew himself when he comes out there.
* FormerlyFat: Wade's wife, the bank teller, whose lost over a hundred pounds since High School.
* FriendlyRival: Melanie notes that she and Frederick are rival designers but neither seems that threatened by the other with him dropping by to congratulate her on an upcoming show, and also being invited to the wedding. The fact that she started out working for him and he views her as a protege helps.
* FriendlyRival: Melanie notes that she and Frederick are rival designers but neither seems that threatened by the other with him dropping by to congratulate her on an upcoming show, and also being invited to the wedding. The fact that she started out working for him and he views her as a protege helps.
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A deleted scene between Andrew, Kate, Melanie and Tabitha all on the phone.
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A deleted scene between Andrew, Kate, Melanie and Tabitha Tabatha all on the phone.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: A drunken Melanie ends up insulting a lot of people at the bar to tr and aggravate Jake and blurting out unpleasant truths, something she's a lot more awkward about after sobering up.
* BrickJoke: Jake talking about the cat Melanie put a bomb on seems to just be an urban legend that Jake is exaggerating when he describes how it supposedly survive but then it does show up at the party at the end, licking at the cake.
* DemotedToExtra: Melanie's intern Erin (who turns out to [[NonIdleRich be a Vanderbilt]]) is in several deleted scenes with Melanie and Andrew, including having a bit of a rapport with Melanie about having both started out as internships, but in the final film is omitted aside from a brief appearance in a photo during the closing credits scene [[spoiler:showing her getting married to Andrew]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Melanie's colleague/bridesmaid Tabitha picks up on her feelings for Jake within ''seconds'' of seeing them together even while she's still with Andrew.
* FailedASpotCheck: Lampshaded when Andrew's mother grumbles about what happened to responsible journalism after finding out that Melanie lied about her past to reporters and never got caught.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Jake and Melanie have their first fight, Jake closes his door on Melanie then pulls the shade down on her dramatically, but the shade keeps shooing up and refusing to stay down.
* FatAndSkinny: Jake's friends Eldon and Clinton.
* FailedASpotCheck: Lampshaded when Andrew's mother grumbles about what happened to responsible journalism after finding out that Melanie lied about her past to reporters and never got caught.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Jake and Melanie have their first fight, Jake closes his door on Melanie then pulls the shade down on her dramatically, but the shade keeps shooing up and refusing to stay down.
* FatAndSkinny: Jake's friends Eldon and Clinton.
* FishOutOfWater: Melanie's parents have refused to go see her in New York due to feeling this. Sensing that, she volunteers to have the wedding out South to make up for them.
* FormerTeenRebel: Melanie and Jake, as shown by one of their arguments when he's trying to convince the sheriff to arrest her.
--> '''Jake:''' I supposed shoplifting steaks from Winn Dixie's okay?
--> '''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you know it!
--> '''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totally her!
-->'''Melanie:''': Like I could tip a cow... by myself!
--> '''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishing pond?
--> '''Melanie:''' [[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]] OH!
--> '''Jake:''' I supposed shoplifting steaks from Winn Dixie's okay?
--> '''Melanie:''' Oh, Oh! I took 'em back and you know it!
--> '''Jake:''' What about that incident of vandalism in the stockyard... totally her!
-->'''Melanie:''': Like I could tip a cow... by myself!
--> '''Jake:''' Wade, isn't there some outstanding for whoever drove your mama's tractor into the fishing pond?
--> '''Melanie:''' [[OhCrap horrified realizing what he meant]] OH!
* KissingCousins: PlayedForLaughs when Jake pretends to be Melanie's cousin to Andrew and then he finds out they used to be together before realizing that she was lying about their relationship.
--> '''Andrew:''' You married your ''cousin''?
--> '''Andrew:''' You married your ''cousin''?
* MistakenForCheating: In a Meta sense, the reason Erin was DemotedToExtra was because test audiences misinterpreted a scene where she was flirting with Andrew and he was turning her down for him returning her interest.
* NiceToTheWaiter: A deleted scene has Melanie snapping at Erin for spilling coffee, but then afterwards login over to her to apologize, saying she's done ok and ruefully noting about how she'd always told herself that she wouldn't be the kind of person to get mad at her assistants back when ''she'' was an intern.
* NiceToTheWaiter: A deleted scene has Melanie snapping at Erin for spilling coffee, but then afterwards login over to her to apologize, saying she's done ok and ruefully noting about how she'd always told herself that she wouldn't be the kind of person to get mad at her assistants back when ''she'' was an intern.
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* PairTheSpares: The only two gay characters in the film share a sexually-charged look during the non-divorce party at the end of the film
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* PairTheSpares: The only two gay characters in the film share a sexually-charged look during the non-divorce party at the end of the filmfilm.
* PornStache: Sheriff Wade.
* PornStache: Sheriff Wade.
* SimpleCountryLawyer: Mr.. Buford, Melanie's dapper, heavily-accented divorce lawyer.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A deleted scene between Andrew, Kate, Melanie and Tabitha all on the phone.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: A deleted scene between Andrew, Kate, Melanie and Tabitha all on the phone.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: The local bank owner has refused to get an ATM due to feeling it robs customers of personal interactions.
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Melanie's mother entered her in all kinds of pageants and urged her to move out of town for her whole life. Andrew's mother Kate also wants him to be president someday (not that she isn't successful herself)
* WackyMarriageProposal: Andrew invites Melanie to a building with the lights out, then turns on the lights to show her that they're in Tiffany's, telling her to pick whichever ring she wants.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Andrew invites Melanie to a building with the lights out, then turns on the lights to show her that they're in Tiffany's, telling her to pick whichever ring she wants.
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[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]
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[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]]]
** Earlier, when Melanie shows up a Jake's house and demands a divorce, with the audience having been unaware of her marriage before that.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.
** Earlier, when Melanie shows up a Jake's house and demands a divorce, with the audience having been unaware of her marriage before that.
* YourCheatingHeart: Andrew's dad cheated on his mother in the past.
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* UnableToSupportAWife: It's implied that Jake thinks this is the reason Melanie left him, and he's trying to become a SelfMadeMan with his glass business so that she will come back to him.
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* UnableToSupportAWife: It's implied that Jake thinks this is the reason Melanie left him, and he's trying to become a SelfMadeMan with his glass business so that she will come back to him.him.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Right when Melanie’s being walked down the aisle, Mr. Buford interrupts the wedding to deliver one to her]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin’ here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Right when Melanie’s being walked down the aisle, Mr. Buford interrupts the wedding to deliver one to her]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Melanie:''' Mr. Buford, [Jake] signed the papers, what are you doin’ here?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Mr. Buford:''' ''He'' did. ...You ''didn’t''.]]
