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* FaceplantingIntoFood: When Gabriel announces Vivienne as his muse on national television, Gina faints and face plants in the cake she has in front of her.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: One of the reasons Irina pursues Harry and Peter across the Atlantic is that she is till in love with Harry, and sees their losing her money as the perfect excuse to kill Peter and force Harry to come back to her.

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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: One of the reasons Irina pursues Harry and Peter across the Atlantic is that she is till still in love with Harry, and sees their losing her money as the perfect excuse to kill Peter and force Harry to come back to her.
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* AThreesomeIsHot: This was part of TheCon Harry and Irina were running when they teamed up in Monte Carlo.They would lure TheMark into their suite for a three-way. However, it didn't work perfectly because Irina was far more interested in Harry and ends up shoving the mark out of bed.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: This was part of TheCon Harry and Irina were running when they teamed up in Monte Carlo.They would lure TheMark [[TheCon the mark]] into their suite for a three-way. However, it didn't work perfectly because Irina was far more interested in Harry and ends up shoving the mark out of bed.
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This caper comedy stars Uma Thurman as Harriet and Tim Roth Peter, a con-artist couple cooking up a jewel-theft scam in L.A. to pay off sexy gangster Irina (played by Maggie Q). Having squandered Irina's loot one drunken night, Harriet and Peter escape to Hollywood, where they plot to steal a priceless jewel from Peter's loopy ex-wife (Alice Eve) to repay the debt.

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This caper comedy stars Uma Thurman as Harriet and Tim Roth as Peter, a con-artist couple cooking up a jewel-theft scam in L.A. to pay off sexy gangster Irina (played by Maggie Q). Having squandered Irina's loot one drunken night, Harriet and Peter escape to Hollywood, where they plot to steal a priceless jewel from Peter's loopy ex-wife (Alice Eve) to repay the debt.

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* {{Flopsy}}: Peter and Harry pull this trick at the hotel--pretending that the valet has run into Peter--to scam a free suite.


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* StagedPedestrianAccident: Peter and Harry pull this trick at the hotel--pretending that the valet has run into Peter--to scam a free suite.
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* TheQueenpin: Irinia. Her cruelty and sadism make her TheDreaded throughout the underworld. When Harry and Peter [[RobbingTheMobBank lose the money from one of her drug deals]], they flee to another continent, and even then know that is only buying them time to rectify their mistake.
* ReplacedWithReplica: Harry and Peter's plan to steal Jackie's priceless ring involves replacing it with a replica. However, during Jackie's stormy breakup with Gabriel, she pulls the ring off and drops it in Harry's wineglass. Later, while attempting to escape, harry throws what she thinks is the replica ring to distract Irina and her goons. It is only when she gets to the airport that realises that she is holding the replica; having thrown the real ring away in the darkness.
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* TheDreaded: Irina has such a reputation for violence, cruelty and mercilessness that she makes hardened mobsters crap themselves. Learning that Irina is after them makes it almost impossible for Harry and Peter to find any allies among their underworld contacts.


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* TheMafiya: The BigBad Irinia is the boss of an Eastern European crime syndicate, whose henchmen are all thuggish Slavic types. Her reputation for violence and cruelty makes her TheDreaded.
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* RobbingTheMobBank: Harry gambles with the cash from a drug deal she is holding for TheMafiya boss Irina, and loses it all. She and Peter go the run to America trying to find some way to raise the cash to repay Irina before she can catch up with them.
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* BiTheWay: When Harry is explaining to Peter why Irina is so keen to pursue them, she mentions that she and Irina once had a relationship. It is obvious from Peter's stunned reaction that this is news to him.
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* OutlawCouple: Protagonists Harry and Peter are a married pair of con artists and petty criminals.


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* TomboyishName: Harriet is universally referred to as 'Harry'.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: One of the reasons Irina pursues Harry and Peter across the Atlantic is that she is till in love with Harry, and sees their losing her money as the perfect excuse to kill Peter and force Harry to come back to her.
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* UndiscriminatingAddict: Peter is not only TheAlcoholic, but a completely undiscriminating drug taker. He buys a tray of random drugs off the dealer in the club; takes whatever pills his wife Harry hands him, usually without asking what they are; and swallows an entire bottle of prescription medication he finds in Gina's pocket.
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* RichBitch: Jackie has become one since marrying her millionaire film director.
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* VillainProtagonist: Harry and Peter and con artists and thieves who dabble in drug dealing.

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* ClenchedTeethTeamwork: Peter hates Sidney with a passion (with good reason, as Sidney was responsible for Peter spending three months in a Turkish jail), but has to go to him for help as he is the only contact he and Harry have in Los Angeles.


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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Peter hates Sidney with a passion (with good reason, as Sidney was responsible for Peter spending three months in a Turkish jail), but has to go to him for help as he is the only contact he and Harry have in Los Angeles.
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* ClenchedTeethTeamwork: Peter hates Sidney with a passion (with good reason, as Sidney was responsible for Peter spending three months in a Turkish jail), but has to go to him for help as he is the only contact he and Harry have in Los Angeles.
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* BiTheWay: When Harry is explaining to Peter why Irina is so keen to pursue them, she mentions that she and Irina once had a relationship. It is obvious from Peter's stunned reaction that this in news to him.

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* BiTheWay: When Harry is explaining to Peter why Irina is so keen to pursue them, she mentions that she and Irina once had a relationship. It is obvious from Peter's stunned reaction that this in is news to him.

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This caper comedy stars Uma Thurman as Harriet and Tim Roth Peter, a con-artist couple cooking up a jewel-theft scam in L.A. to pay off sexy gangster Irina (played by Maggie Q). Having squandered Irina's loot one drunken night, Harriet and Peter escape to Hollywood, where they plot to steal a priceless jewel from Peter's loopy ex-wife (Creator/AliceEve) to repay the debt.

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This caper comedy stars Uma Thurman as Harriet and Tim Roth Peter, a con-artist couple cooking up a jewel-theft scam in L.A. to pay off sexy gangster Irina (played by Maggie Q). Having squandered Irina's loot one drunken night, Harriet and Peter escape to Hollywood, where they plot to steal a priceless jewel from Peter's loopy ex-wife (Creator/AliceEve) (Alice Eve) to repay the debt.


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* AccidentalVentriloquism: Gina gets locked in the walk-in freezer in the kitchen. Jackie enters and starts talking to her [[MisterMuffykins pet Chihuahua Conchita]]. Gina hears Jackie speaking and starts calling out for help. Jackie looks in surprise at Conchita, and is now convinced that she is able to understand her dog.

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