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* HappilyMarried: despite all their financial difficulties, John and Alice are truly happy together and very much in love. [[spoiler: Even the inflicting of emotional pain on each other ends up bringing them together, as it allows them to be totally honest with one another]]
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* MrExposition: Dr. Li Ling, who has spent his whole life searching for the Teapot provides much of the details about its most nefarious properties.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Alice. She’s was voted most likely to succeed in high school and she only applies to management positions when looking for jobs, even though she has no experience and her degree is in Art History.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mr Tutor]] cheats on his wife at the office and is into some weird fetishes. [[spoiler:Arnie]] has also o cheated on his wife, [[spoiler:with ''Alice'', before she married John]].
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** A particularly attentive viewer can piece together the images in the opening credits with the description from the antiques expert and [[ViewersAreGeniuses figure out]] that [[spoiler:the Teapot contains silver from the 30 coins Judas received for betraying Jesus]].
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** A particularly attentive viewer can piece together the images in the opening credits with the description from the antiques expert and [[ViewersAreGeniuses figure out]] that [[spoiler:the Teapot contains [[ThirtyPiecesOfSilver silver from the 30 coins coins]] Judas received for betraying Jesus]].
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* HappilyMarried: despite all their financial difficulties, John and Alice are truly happy together and very much in love.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: The Teapot cannot be destroyed by any known means. After [[spoiler:Arnie runs it over with his truck]] the dents just fix themselves and the Teapot returns to mint condition.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: The Teapot cannot be destroyed by any known means. After [[spoiler:Arnie runs it over with his truck]] the dents just fix themselves and the Teapot returns to mint condition. [[spoiler: Professor Ling ends up having to drop it into the ocean]]
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The power of the Teapot latches unto the slightest trace of evil in a person’s soul and amplifies it until the person is utterly corrupted by greed.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The power of the Teapot latches unto the slightest trace of evil in a person’s soul and amplifies it until the person is utterly corrupted by greed. [[spoiler: This starts to quickly work on Alice]]
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* PublicDomainArtifact: The Teapot is implied to contain [[spoiler: silver from the 30 pieces Judas received for betraying Jesus]].
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* EvilOldFolks: By the end of her life [[spoiler:the Teapot’s previous owner had resorted to sawing off traffic signs in order to cause vehicular accidents and feed the pain to the Teapot]].
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Not outright stated, but it’s implied that Alice’s lofty ambitions make her more susceptible to the Teapot’s power than John.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mr Tutor]] cheats on his wife at the office and is into some weird fetishes. [[spoiler:Arnie has also been known to cheat on his wife.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Once John and Alice start [[spoiler:inflicting emotional damage on the people around them to keep the money coming]] two of their most prominent targets are Payton and Mr. Tutor. The one is a condescending snob and the other a pain in the ass boss, but neither of them comes close to deserving [[spoiler:the degree of emotional pain and trauma that John and Alice inflict on their ''spouses'']].
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Once the effects of the Teapot begin to be felt in earnest, Alice is the one who exhibits the most ruthlessness.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:John throws himself out a second floor window]] in the hope that his death will make [[spoiler:Alice]] snap from the Teapot’s control. [[spoiler:Luckily for him he survives the fall]].
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* UnfortunateImplications: Several related to Judaism…
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->''"No Pain. No Gain."''
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'''''The Brass Teapot''''' is a 2012 dark comedy film directed by Ramaa Mosley and starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano.
It tells the story of a young married couple, John (Angarano) and Alice (Temple) Macy, who are dirt poor but very much in love. One day they come into possession of the eponymous Brass Teapot, an ancient magical artifact that provides them with money when they hurt themselves. The film then goes on to show the extents to which the Macys will go to continue benefiting from the teapot’s power.
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!! This film contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Based on a short story by Tim Macy, who also wrote the script.
* TheAllegedCar: The Macys’ POS Pinto.
* AllThereInTheManual: The origins of the Teapot are not expanded too much in the movie, but there’s [[http://www.brassteapot.com/ a website]] detailing all the lore and history of the artifact.
** A particularly attentive viewer can piece together the images in the opening credits with the description from the antiques expert and [[ViewersAreGeniuses figure out]] that [[spoiler:the Teapot contains silver from the 30 coins Judas received for betraying Jesus]].
* ArtifactOfAttraction: The Teapot has the power to draw people to it. Touching it once is enough to fall under its power and do anything to try to obtain it.
* ArtifactOfDeath: As time goes by, [[spoiler:self-inflicted pain yields less and less money, so the Teapot’s possessor must go on to inflict pain in others and eventually start killing them.]] The Teapot has collected a truly horrendous body count over the millennia.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The power of the Teapot latches unto the slightest trace of evil in a person’s soul and amplifies it until the person is utterly corrupted by greed.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: An evil teapot.
* ADegreeInUseless: Alice’s degree in Art History isn’t exactly helping her find a job.
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the movie [[spoiler:Alice]] is shown to be pregnant when they’re driving into Mexico.
* BlastOut: Near the end of the movie [[spoiler:Arnie and his wife on one side and the Hasidic brothers on the other, draw guns over possession of the Teapot.]] None of them survive the shootout.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The grandsons of the Teapot’s previous owner. They know exactly how the Teapot works, so they [[spoiler:let the Macys pay the price in pain and then rob them of the cash after they have accumulated a big stockpile of it. They even know better than to touch the Teapot]].
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Arnie doesn’t even try to hide the lascivious looks he throws Alice.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: John jokingly compares the Teapot to [[{{Literature/TheLordOfTheRings}} the One Ring and Alice to Gollum]]. By the end of the movie [[spoiler:the comparison is so spot on that Alice even refers to the Teapot as being something ''“precious”'']].
* GenreSavvy: From the moment he finds out about the Teapot’s power, John knows that things are not going to end well and tries to return the Teapot to the previous owner.
* {{Greed}}: The character flaw that the Teapot exploits in people.
* HappilyMarried: despite all their financial difficulties, John and Alice are truly happy together and very much in love.
* HollywoodHomely: John. Several characters act as if he’s being married to Alice was a straight case of UglyGuyHotWife.
* InformedFlaw: By the way the other characters talk about her one would think Payton was the resident AlphaBitch, but other than some snootiness and condescension, she’s nowhere near that bitchy and she does keep inviting her poorer high school classmates to her parties.
* JadedWashout: Arnie is very touchy about the fact that he peaked in high school.
* JerkJock: Arnie the Landlord to an almost absurd degree. He’s an absolute asshole every second he’s on screen and he even fits to physical description of this trope to a t: A tall, hunky and vulgar blond guy in the football letterman jacket
* MadeOfIndestructium: The Teapot cannot be destroyed by any known means. After [[spoiler:Arnie runs it over with his truck]] the dents just fix themselves and the Teapot returns to mint condition.
* MeanBoss: Mr. Tutor, John’s boss constantly talks down to him.
* MrExposition: Dr. Li Ling, who has spent his whole life searching for the Teapot provides much of the details about its most nefarious properties.
* MsFanservice: The movie focuses a lot on Alice’s body and she spends several scenes in very skimpy outfits.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Alice’s mother despises John and she’s not his favorite person either.
* PowerAtAPrice: Wealth in return for pain. Self-inflicted pain will do[[spoiler:… at first]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Arnie’s truck is his pride and joy. Complementing it is the best way to stroke his ego.
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: One of the ways John and Alice use to cause the pain that feeds the Teapot is spanking with a leather belt. Alice turns out to be far more into it than John.
* SealedEvilInACan: Dr. Ling knows he can’t destroy the Teapot, so he intends to seal it in such a way that no one can ever find it again. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie he casts the Teapot into the bottom of the ocean]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Alice. She’s was voted most likely to succeed in high school and she only applies to management positions when looking for jobs, even though she has no experience and her degree is in Art History.
* UglyGuyHotWife: In-universe several people are baffled by how John ended up married to someone as hot as Alice, acting as if this trope was in play. Even though Michael Angarano is not exactly ugly.
->''"No Pain. No Gain."''
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'''''The Brass Teapot''''' is a 2012 dark comedy film directed by Ramaa Mosley and starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano.
It tells the story of a young married couple, John (Angarano) and Alice (Temple) Macy, who are dirt poor but very much in love. One day they come into possession of the eponymous Brass Teapot, an ancient magical artifact that provides them with money when they hurt themselves. The film then goes on to show the extents to which the Macys will go to continue benefiting from the teapot’s power.
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!! This film contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Based on a short story by Tim Macy, who also wrote the script.
* TheAllegedCar: The Macys’ POS Pinto.
* AllThereInTheManual: The origins of the Teapot are not expanded too much in the movie, but there’s [[http://www.brassteapot.com/ a website]] detailing all the lore and history of the artifact.
** A particularly attentive viewer can piece together the images in the opening credits with the description from the antiques expert and [[ViewersAreGeniuses figure out]] that [[spoiler:the Teapot contains silver from the 30 coins Judas received for betraying Jesus]].
* ArtifactOfAttraction: The Teapot has the power to draw people to it. Touching it once is enough to fall under its power and do anything to try to obtain it.
* ArtifactOfDeath: As time goes by, [[spoiler:self-inflicted pain yields less and less money, so the Teapot’s possessor must go on to inflict pain in others and eventually start killing them.]] The Teapot has collected a truly horrendous body count over the millennia.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The power of the Teapot latches unto the slightest trace of evil in a person’s soul and amplifies it until the person is utterly corrupted by greed.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: An evil teapot.
* ADegreeInUseless: Alice’s degree in Art History isn’t exactly helping her find a job.
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the movie [[spoiler:Alice]] is shown to be pregnant when they’re driving into Mexico.
* BlastOut: Near the end of the movie [[spoiler:Arnie and his wife on one side and the Hasidic brothers on the other, draw guns over possession of the Teapot.]] None of them survive the shootout.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The grandsons of the Teapot’s previous owner. They know exactly how the Teapot works, so they [[spoiler:let the Macys pay the price in pain and then rob them of the cash after they have accumulated a big stockpile of it. They even know better than to touch the Teapot]].
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Arnie doesn’t even try to hide the lascivious looks he throws Alice.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: John jokingly compares the Teapot to [[{{Literature/TheLordOfTheRings}} the One Ring and Alice to Gollum]]. By the end of the movie [[spoiler:the comparison is so spot on that Alice even refers to the Teapot as being something ''“precious”'']].
* GenreSavvy: From the moment he finds out about the Teapot’s power, John knows that things are not going to end well and tries to return the Teapot to the previous owner.
* {{Greed}}: The character flaw that the Teapot exploits in people.
* HappilyMarried: despite all their financial difficulties, John and Alice are truly happy together and very much in love.
* HollywoodHomely: John. Several characters act as if he’s being married to Alice was a straight case of UglyGuyHotWife.
* InformedFlaw: By the way the other characters talk about her one would think Payton was the resident AlphaBitch, but other than some snootiness and condescension, she’s nowhere near that bitchy and she does keep inviting her poorer high school classmates to her parties.
* JadedWashout: Arnie is very touchy about the fact that he peaked in high school.
* JerkJock: Arnie the Landlord to an almost absurd degree. He’s an absolute asshole every second he’s on screen and he even fits to physical description of this trope to a t: A tall, hunky and vulgar blond guy in the football letterman jacket
* MadeOfIndestructium: The Teapot cannot be destroyed by any known means. After [[spoiler:Arnie runs it over with his truck]] the dents just fix themselves and the Teapot returns to mint condition.
* MeanBoss: Mr. Tutor, John’s boss constantly talks down to him.
* MrExposition: Dr. Li Ling, who has spent his whole life searching for the Teapot provides much of the details about its most nefarious properties.
* MsFanservice: The movie focuses a lot on Alice’s body and she spends several scenes in very skimpy outfits.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Alice’s mother despises John and she’s not his favorite person either.
* PowerAtAPrice: Wealth in return for pain. Self-inflicted pain will do[[spoiler:… at first]].
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Arnie’s truck is his pride and joy. Complementing it is the best way to stroke his ego.
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: One of the ways John and Alice use to cause the pain that feeds the Teapot is spanking with a leather belt. Alice turns out to be far more into it than John.
* SealedEvilInACan: Dr. Ling knows he can’t destroy the Teapot, so he intends to seal it in such a way that no one can ever find it again. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie he casts the Teapot into the bottom of the ocean]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Alice. She’s was voted most likely to succeed in high school and she only applies to management positions when looking for jobs, even though she has no experience and her degree is in Art History.
* UglyGuyHotWife: In-universe several people are baffled by how John ended up married to someone as hot as Alice, acting as if this trope was in play. Even though Michael Angarano is not exactly ugly.
