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* DaycareNightmare: Gardner has to leave his son at a daycare while he desperately tries to make ends meet for his family. However, he becomes increasingly displeased with the service because the children seem to receive no education at all, have to watch TV the whole day, and a mural outside the daycare spells "Happyness" rather than "Happiness", thus giving us the movie title.
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** He's also clearly fighting them back [[spoiler:at the end when Frohm informs him he has been accepted as a broker at Dean Witter Reynolds.]]
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* BIgApplesauce: Linda moves to New York early on in the film and isn't seen again.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Deconstructed, Chris is shown to be quite smart and quite a hard worker, but he made a big mistake investing in a mediocre medical device that he had to store and sell himself. It didn't matter how hard he worked, he was stuck with thousands of dollars worth of equipment that he HAD to sell and couldn't, making it seem like he couldn't hold down a job. It wasn't until he sold off the last one he was able to lock down the internship and get a job as a broker.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Deconstructed, Chris is shown to be quite smart and quite a hard worker, but he made a big mistake investing in a mediocre medical device that he had to store and sell himself. It didn't matter how hard he worked, he was stuck with thousands of dollars worth of equipment that he HAD to sell and couldn't, making it seem like he couldn't hold down a job. It wasn't until he sold off the last one that he was able to lock down the internship and get a job as a broker.
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* ManlyTears: Chris sheds these as someone is banging on the locked door of the metro bathroom he and Christopher are forced to sleep in.
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* ChekhovsGun: One of Chris' bone scanners is stolen and passes through several hands around San Francisco before eventually making its way back to Chris at a time where he ''really'' needs the money earned from selling one.
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* SanFrancisco
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* AloneInACrowd: [[spoiler:Chris after when he becomes an official broker.]]
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* Jerkass: Linda. Partly justified in that if Chris hadn't invested his life savings into the bone density scanners, things would have gone very differently. Still, [[spoiler:after Linda threatens to leave and take Christopher with her]] the angry chewing out that Chris gives her is entirely deserved.
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* Jerkass: JerkAss: Linda. Partly justified in that if Chris hadn't invested his life savings into the bone density scanners, things would have gone very differently. Still, [[spoiler:after Linda threatens to leave and take Christopher with her]] the angry chewing out that Chris gives her is entirely deserved.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong[=/=]AwardBaitSong: Sowelu's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9yRGb_Ywo "Shiawase no Chakira"]], Chikara"]], the theme for the Japanese dub.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses AlternativeForeignThemeSong[=/=]AwardBaitSong: Sowelu's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9yRGb_Ywo "Shiawase no Chakira"]] as its Chakira"]], the theme song.for the Japanese dub.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You may not recognise him, but his name, Dan Castellaneta, should be familiar. Alan Frakesh is Homer Simpson (and countless others on TheSimpsons).
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You may not recognise him, but his name, Dan Castellaneta, should be familiar. Alan Frakesh is Homer Simpson (and countless others on TheSimpsons).HeroesActViliansHinder
* HeyItsThatGuy: You may not recognise him, but his name, Dan Castellaneta, should be familiar. Alan Frakesh is Homer Simpson (and countless others on TheSimpsons).
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* TheCameo: The real Chris Gardner is the man in a suit and tie who walks past Chris and Christopher in the film's final scene.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: "maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it" - but then again, maybe we can.
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* Jerkass: Linda. Partly justified in that if Chris hadn' hadn't invested his life savings into the bone density scanners, things would have gone very differently. Still, [[spoiler:afterLinda [[spoiler:after Linda threatens to leave and take Christopher with her]] the angry chewing out that Chris gives her is entirely deserved.
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* MissingMom: Linda leaves for New York after deciding to leave.
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** It also leads to one of the few humorous moments in the film when, upon being told that the "happyness" spelling is incorrect, Chris' son immediately asks [[FromTheMouthOfBabes "Is 'fuck' spelled right?"]].
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** It also leads to one of the few [[MoodWhiplash and sudden]] humorous moments in the film when, upon being told that the "happyness" spelling is incorrect, Chris' son innocently asks "Is 'fuck' spelled right?".
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* RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: One of the first clues the audience (and Jay Twistle, a manager for Dean Witter Reynolds) get to the fact that Chris is a really intelligent guy is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube. At least, it impresses Jay.
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* RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: One of the first clues the audience (and Jay Twistle, a manager for Dean Witter Reynolds) get to the fact that Chris is a really intelligent guy is his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube. At least, it impresses Jay.Jay, who had previously thought such a feat impossible; this earns Chris his interview.
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* BrokenAesop: Halfway through, Chris makes quite a good observation that you can only pursue happiness, and expecting to actually ''have'' it for more than a brief moment at a time is an illusion. The film ends with a HappyEnding implying everything will be alright from now on.
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* RealLifeRelative: {{Will Smith}} plays Chris Gardner Sr. and Jaden Smith plays his son.
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* AdaptationCompression: From Christopher Gardner's autobiography of the same name, which encompasses a larger swathe of his life.
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* AdultFear: ''The entire film''.
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* AdultFear: ''The entire film''. All of Chris' pursuits are done with the main goal of giving his son a good life. That includes immersing him in a fantasy involving dinosaurs and caves when [[TearJerker they're forced to sleep in a metro bathroom]].
* AdultFear: ''The entire film''. All of Chris' pursuits are done with the main goal of giving his son a good life. That includes immersing him in a fantasy involving dinosaurs and caves when [[TearJerker they're forced to sleep in a metro bathroom]].
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->''It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? ''
->--'''Christopher Gardner''', ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
->--'''Christopher Gardner''', ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
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-->--'''Christopher Gardner''', ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
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->''It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? ''
->--'''Christopher Gardner''', ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
''The Pursuit Of Happyness'' is a 2006 [[TruthInTelevision biographical film]] [[{{Biopic}} based on the life of Chris Gardner]], a [[SelfMadeMan self made millionaire]] played by {{Will Smith}}.
Gardner invests the family savings in a new type of bone density scanner which is more expensive but with clearer imaging. This investment ultimately causes troubles between himself and his wife, causing her to leave him with their young son, Christopher (played by Smith's real life son, Jaden). Gardner then gets a 6-month, unpaid internship at Dean Witter, a brokerage firm.
The 'unpaid' part makes life very difficult. It's not long before Gardner and his son are homeless, and have to rely on each other to have a chance at an actual job.
[[EarnYourHappyEnding Because of his excellent work]], [[UnlockingTheTalent he is offered a job]] [[HappilyEverAfter as a broker]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: From Christopher Gardner's autobiography of the same name, which encompasses a larger swathe of his life.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9yRGb_Ywo "Shiawase no Chakira"]] as its theme song.
* ArcWords: "This part of my life is called..."
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The opening scene with the "happyness" graffiti has the word "fuck" clearly seen spray-painted on the wall. This seems to have been done intentionally to avoid a PG rating.
* {{Biopic}}
* BrokenAesop: Halfway through, Chris makes quite a good observation that you can only pursue happiness, and expecting to actually ''have'' it for more than a brief moment at a time is an illusion. The film ends with a HappyEnding implying everything will be alright from now on.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: "maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it" - but then again, maybe we can.
* EmpathyDollShot: Something similar is done with a CaptainAmerica action figure.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Chris is an extremely devoted and loving father.
* HeroesActVillainsHinder
* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: ''Happyness'' is on a day-care mural.
* NeverTrustATrailer: From some trailers, one might assume this is a comedy. It's not.
* OscarBait
* RagsToRiches: Chris Gardner becomes a millionaire entrepreneur in RealLife.
* RealLifeRelative: {{Will Smith}} plays Chris Gardner Sr. and Jaden Smith plays his son.
* SanFrancisco
* SelfMadeMan: Christopher Gardner becomes this.
* TakingTheKids: Christopher's wife, Linda, tries to do this, though eventually she agrees not to.
* TrainEscape
* TruthInTelevision: In fact, the real Christopher Gardner is shown in the end in a suit and tie.
* UnlockingTheTalent: The whole point of the film.
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->''It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? ''
->--'''Christopher Gardner''', ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
''The Pursuit Of Happyness'' is a 2006 [[TruthInTelevision biographical film]] [[{{Biopic}} based on the life of Chris Gardner]], a [[SelfMadeMan self made millionaire]] played by {{Will Smith}}.
Gardner invests the family savings in a new type of bone density scanner which is more expensive but with clearer imaging. This investment ultimately causes troubles between himself and his wife, causing her to leave him with their young son, Christopher (played by Smith's real life son, Jaden). Gardner then gets a 6-month, unpaid internship at Dean Witter, a brokerage firm.
The 'unpaid' part makes life very difficult. It's not long before Gardner and his son are homeless, and have to rely on each other to have a chance at an actual job.
[[EarnYourHappyEnding Because of his excellent work]], [[UnlockingTheTalent he is offered a job]] [[HappilyEverAfter as a broker]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: From Christopher Gardner's autobiography of the same name, which encompasses a larger swathe of his life.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9yRGb_Ywo "Shiawase no Chakira"]] as its theme song.
* ArcWords: "This part of my life is called..."
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The opening scene with the "happyness" graffiti has the word "fuck" clearly seen spray-painted on the wall. This seems to have been done intentionally to avoid a PG rating.
* {{Biopic}}
* BrokenAesop: Halfway through, Chris makes quite a good observation that you can only pursue happiness, and expecting to actually ''have'' it for more than a brief moment at a time is an illusion. The film ends with a HappyEnding implying everything will be alright from now on.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: "maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it" - but then again, maybe we can.
* EmpathyDollShot: Something similar is done with a CaptainAmerica action figure.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Chris is an extremely devoted and loving father.
* HeroesActVillainsHinder
* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: ''Happyness'' is on a day-care mural.
* NeverTrustATrailer: From some trailers, one might assume this is a comedy. It's not.
* OscarBait
* RagsToRiches: Chris Gardner becomes a millionaire entrepreneur in RealLife.
* RealLifeRelative: {{Will Smith}} plays Chris Gardner Sr. and Jaden Smith plays his son.
* SanFrancisco
* SelfMadeMan: Christopher Gardner becomes this.
* TakingTheKids: Christopher's wife, Linda, tries to do this, though eventually she agrees not to.
* TrainEscape
* TruthInTelevision: In fact, the real Christopher Gardner is shown in the end in a suit and tie.
* UnlockingTheTalent: The whole point of the film.
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