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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Taken to a heartbreaking extreme with Maggie, who compulsively cheats on Lance because he's a NiceGuy and that's unfamiliar territory as far as Maggie is concerned.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Taken to a heartbreaking extreme with Maggie, who compulsively cheats on Lance because he's a NiceGuy and that's unfamiliar territory as far as Maggie is concerned.her husband [[NiceGuy Lance]].
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** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight.]]

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** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight. Though, given that Rich seems to be involved with adult women otherwise, he may be bisexual or just an opportunistic sexual predator.]]
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* InterruptedSuicide: Maggie's attempt at the start is stopped by a phone all from the hospital. [[spoiler:She tries again later in the film.]]

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* InterruptedSuicide: Maggie's attempt at the start is stopped by a phone all call from the hospital. [[spoiler:She tries again later in the film.]]
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* TimeShiftedActor: Sydney Lucas plays a young Maggie

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* TimeShiftedActor: Sydney Lucas plays a young MaggieMaggie.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Sydney Lucas plays a young Maggie

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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father giving them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]].


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* HotForTeacher: Teenage Milo for Rich, and still a little bit in the present.


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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father giving them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]].


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* OldFlameFizzle: Milo reunites with his old English teacher Rich and tries to restart their affair. It doesn't work out.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Maggie's attempt at the start is stopped by a phone all from the hospital. [[spoiler:She tries again later in the film.]]


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* SuicideByPills: Maggie is introduced holding a handful of pills over her bathroom sink, heavily implying she was about to kill herself [[InterruptedSuicide when she gets a call]] informing her that [[TwinsAreSpecial her brother Milo has attempted suicide]].
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* HereditarySuicide: TheMovie. Milo and Maggie's father died by suicide after jumping off a bridge. The movie begins with Milo and Maggie both separately attempting suicide. It then ends with [[spoiler:Milo saving Maggie after she attempts suicide a second time, which leads them both on some sort of path, it seems, towards working out their issues.]]

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''The Skeleton Twins'' is a 2014 dramedy film from writer/director Craig Johnson. It stars ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumni Creator/BillHader and Creator/KristenWiig, as well as Creator/LukeWilson and Creator/TyBurrell.

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''The Skeleton Twins'' is a 2014 dramedy film from by writer/director Craig Johnson. It stars ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumni Creator/BillHader and Creator/KristenWiig, as well as Creator/LukeWilson and Creator/TyBurrell.



* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father giveing them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]].

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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father giveing giving them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]].



* BathSuicide: How Milo tries to kill himself at the start of the movie.



** Milo's pet goldfish. Maggie gets him new ones, but forgets about them. The movie ends with Milo and Maggie looking at a new aquarium.
** Maggie takes scuba diving lessons, and is having an affair with the instructor.

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** Milo's pet goldfish. Maggie gets him new ones, ones but forgets about them. The movie ends with Milo and Maggie looking at a new aquarium.
** Maggie takes scuba diving lessons, lessons and is having an affair with the instructor.



* OhCrap!: Maggie [[spoiler:when Lance confronts her with the birth control pills she’s been hiding.]]

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* OhCrap!: OhCrap: Maggie [[spoiler:when Lance confronts her with the birth control pills she’s been hiding.]]



* TwinsAreSpecial: Downplayed. The film starts with Maggie standing over her bathroom sink, holding a fistful of pills seemingly preparing to SuicideByPills. She is [[InterruptedSuicide only stopped]] when she receives a phone call from the hospital informing her that brother Milo, who she hasn't spoken to in years, was there because ''he'' tried to commit suicide, too.

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* TwinsAreSpecial: Downplayed. The film starts with Maggie standing over her bathroom sink, holding a fistful of pills seemingly preparing to commit SuicideByPills. She is [[InterruptedSuicide only stopped]] when she receives a phone call from the hospital informing her that brother Milo, who she hasn't spoken to in years, was there because ''he'' tried to commit suicide, too.
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* TwinsAreSpecial: Downplayed. The film starts with Maggie standing over her bathroom sink, holding a fistful of pills seemingly preparing to SuicideByPills. She is [[InterruptedSuicide only stopped]] when she receives a phone call from the hospital informing her that brother Milo, who she hasn't spoken to in years, was there because ''he'' tried to commit suicide, too.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: During most of the film, Maggie is sleeping with her scuba instructor, and had two previous affairs during her marriage.]]
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* ContraceptionDeception: Maggie is secretly taking birth control pills to prevent having a child with her husband Lance to the point where he thinks he's infertile. [[spoiler:He finds out about the pills — and her infidelity — later on.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: During most of the film, Maggie is sleeping with her scuba instructor, and had two previous affairs during her marriage.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Maggie and Milo's mother, Judy, insists her kids don't need to be invited to her home in Arizona, and that they'd be perfectly welcome if they just showed up unannounced. Seeing through her mother's excuse, Maggie asks if they can show up the following week, or the next. Judy hastily tries to make excuses as to why those weeks won't work.

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''The Skeleton Twins'' is a 2014 dramedy from writer/director Craig Johnson. It stars ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumni Creator/BillHader and Creator/KristenWiig, as well as Luke Wilson and Creator/TyBurrell.

Hader and Wiig play twins Milo and Maggie, who have come together for the first time in years after both of them attempt suicide. Together, they confront their problems and what led to these events.

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''The Skeleton Twins'' is a 2014 dramedy film from writer/director Craig Johnson. It stars ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumni Creator/BillHader and Creator/KristenWiig, as well as Luke Wilson Creator/LukeWilson and Creator/TyBurrell.

Hader and Wiig play twins Milo and Maggie, Maggie Dean, who have come together for the first time in years after both of them attempt suicide. Together, they confront their problems and what led to these events.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off when Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father gives them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]] on Halloween.

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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie starts off when with Maggie and Milo as kids on Halloween and their father gives giveing them [[TheNamesake toy skeletons]] on Halloween.skeletons]].



** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight.]]

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** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight.]]]]

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** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Maggie has cheated on her husband with three men.

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** [[spoiler: Rich, his former teacher and fling plays the StraightGay Straight.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Maggie has cheated on her husband with three men.
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