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* CrapsackWorld: Seen from Duncan's point of view at the beginning.
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends at Duncan's POV as he sits at the back of the Buick, as they go to and leave from Water Wizz respectively.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Owen, almost constantly, has some truly beautiful moments of snark in between life lessons and slacking off.
** Susanna, too, towards Duncan.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Susanna's family is quite a snarkfest. Watch the banter of Peter and Betty, and then Susanna towards Duncan.
** Owen, almost constantly, has some truly beautiful moments of snark in between life lessons and slackingoff.
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** Owen, almost constantly, has some truly beautiful moments of snark in between life lessons and slacking
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* BottleFairy: Betty
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** Owen too has some truly beautiful moments of snark in between life lessons and slacking off.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Trent loves to give off the vibe of being a likeable parental figure and boyfriend but is an adulterous, emotionally abusive control freak just beneath the surface.
* ProfessionalSlacker: Owen. He even walks around the park in his bathrobe.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.setting.
* YourCheatingHeart: Trent cheats on Duncan's mom. It says a lot about Trent that it's actually the least jerkish thing he does in the story.
* YourCheatingHeart: Trent cheats on Duncan's mom. It says a lot about Trent that it's actually the least jerkish thing he does in the story.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: Done deliberately, justified, played with and lampshaded. The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
** Invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.
** Invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: Done deliberately, justified, played with with, lampshaded and lampshaded. The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
** Invokedinvoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.see.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
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2013 ComingOfAge movie in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom, mom (Toni Collette), her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter. Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park run by AdultChild Owen.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: Done deliberately, justified, played with and lampshaded. The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.setting.
** Invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.
** Invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.
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* CerberusSyndrome: Though from the start this movie has some degree of intensity, it begins as a standard ComingOfAge story and is fairly predictable. However, some GenreBusting occurs as the story takes some dark turns.
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* CerberusSyndrome: CerebusSyndrome: Though from the start this movie has some degree of intensity, it begins as a standard ComingOfAge story and is fairly predictable. However, some GenreBusting occurs as the story takes some dark turns.
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* CerberusSyndrome: Though from the start this movie has some degree of intensity, it begins as a standard ComingOfAge story and is fairly predictable. However, some GenreBusting occurs as the story takes some dark turns.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Trent is very much this, as he constantly berates Duncan, and emotionally abuses his mom. It doesn't help that it's implied that he's cheating on Duncan's mom with a friend.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: DiscussedTrope. Let's just say Joan probably wasn't RaisedCatholic.
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* PlayingAgainstType: SteveCarell as a jerky Type-A personality.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: Done deliberately, justified, played with and lampshaded. The script originally set the story in 1984 but budget issues led to a present-day-with-an-unusual-amount-of-old-stuff setting.
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* PlotDrivingSecret: A lot of things would've been a lot easier if Duncan had just told his mom he'd gotten a job.
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2013 ComingOfAge movie in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom, her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter. Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park until he gets a job at a water park run by AdultChild Owen.
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* Adorkable: Duncan. Liam James [[http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Liam+James/White+House+Down+Premieres+NYC/F6slS8CJ-n8 in real life]], justjaredjr.com/photo-gallery/572309/zach-gordon-liam-payne-white-house-down-screening-08/fullsize/]], for that matter.matter.
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2013 ComingOfAge movie in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James), is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom, her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter. Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park until he gets a job at a water park run by AdultChild Owen.
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2013 ComingOfAge movie in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James), is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom, her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter. Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park until he gets a job at a water park run by AdultChild Owen.
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* AdultChild: Owen. To a lesser extent, every adult except Caitlin.
* EmoTeen: Duncan and Susanna. Both loosen up as the summer goes on.
* FreakierThanFiction: Who in their right mind would call a water park "Water Wizz"? [[http://www.waterwizz.com/ They did]].
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Trent's 1970 Buick Estate Wagon
* SouvenirLand: Water Wizz. According to [[UnreliableNarrator Owen]], it hasn't been updated since the early 1980s.
* TagalongKid: Peter
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* AdultChild: Owen. To a lesser extent, every adult except Caitlin.
* EmoTeen: Duncan and Susanna. Both loosen up as the summer goes on.
* FreakierThanFiction: Who in their right mind would call a water park "Water Wizz"? [[http://www.waterwizz.com/ They did]].
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Trent's 1970 Buick Estate Wagon
* SouvenirLand: Water Wizz. According to [[UnreliableNarrator Owen]], it hasn't been updated since the early 1980s.
* TagalongKid: Peter
