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* NoNameGiven: The real killer, a paid assassin, is never named in the movie and only credit as "The Killer".
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* NoNameGiven: The real killer, a paid assassin, is never named in the movie and only credit credited as "The Killer".
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** Dave Foley's fellow [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Kid in the Hall]] Kevin [=McDonald=] shows up as a motel clerk.
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** Dave Foley's fellow [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Kid in the Hall]] Kevin [=McDonald=] Creator/KevinMcDonald shows up as a motel clerk.clerk. Mark [=McKinney=] also has an uncredited cameo.
** Canadian sketch comedy greats Dan Redican of Radio/TheFrantics and Joe Flaherty of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'', both acknowledged influences on the Kids in the Hall, play rival executive Ken Daly and Lynn's father Fred Holden respectively.
** The Music/BarenakedLadies appear as the cops playing quarters in an alley, then end up singing ACappella songs ("Gangster Girl...") well into the night, cornering Nelson in his dumpster hiding place.
** Canadian sketch comedy greats Dan Redican of Radio/TheFrantics and Joe Flaherty of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'', both acknowledged influences on the Kids in the Hall, play rival executive Ken Daly and Lynn's father Fred Holden respectively.
** The Music/BarenakedLadies appear as the cops playing quarters in an alley, then end up singing ACappella songs ("Gangster Girl...") well into the night, cornering Nelson in his dumpster hiding place.
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* ClearMyName: Subverted; Nelson ''thinks'' he's in this trope and goes on the run, but it's made instantly clear that the police already know he didn't do it and aren't interested in him in the least.
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* ClearMyName: Subverted; Nelson ''thinks'' he's in this trope and goes on the run, but it's made instantly clear that the police already know he didn't do it and aren't interested in him in the least. [[SustainedMisunderstanding Too bad no one tells Nelson that.]]
* JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites: Instead of a sinister banker out to foreclose on a poor farmer, it's a rich fatcat farmer trying to crush a small local bank.
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* ReactiveContinuousScream: Nelson and the room full of people outside his dead boss's office when he walks out covered in blood and holding the murder weapon.
* RunForTheBorder: What Nelson tries todo.do, thinking he's on the lam from the police. But no one is looking for him, and he keeps crossing paths with the actual killer by pure chance.
* RunForTheBorder: What Nelson tries to
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Exaggerated to the point where it's the underpinning of the whole movie. Nobody actually thinks Nelson killed his boss, but the police never track him down and tell him as much, so he spends the entire movie on the run. By sheer ContrivedCoincidence, he keeps coming across the actual killer, who comes to think he's some kind of supercop hunting him down. Both are very clearly wrong, but don't realize it.
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-->"Everybody, look! The money from this bank is in the town! Now you're not going to risk it all on the basis of one stupid rumor?"\\
"Yes, we are!"
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'''Townsperson:''' Yes, we
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Unfortunately, the film only received a theatrical release in Canada, and it was only released direct-to-video in the U.S. Thus, not many people have seen it. [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove However, it's well worth tracking it down]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: As the movie's tagline puts it "A fugitive in his own mind." Nelson believes that he's the central character of the classic "wrongly accused figure must clear his name" story, unaware the cops know full well he's innocent and could care less about his antics.
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* FugitiveArc: Nelson's character arc is a parody of one - it's a ShaggyDogStory from the very beginning and Nelson's actions are just plain absurd.
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAllItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Even when Nelson's plan is to RunForTheBorder as fast as he can, he just constantly runs into the cops assigned to the case and the killer. By the third act, the killer even voices his thoughts that Nelson is pulling a [[Series/TheFugitive Richard Kimble]] and is chasing him.
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* RunForTheBorderRunForTheBorder: What Nelson tries to do.
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Nelson Hibbert (Foley) is a slightly obnoxious executive who will do anything he can to get to the top, and is convinced that his boss is about to announce him as the new president of the company. When his boss instead gives this position to his hated rival, Nelson doesn't take it very well, and ends up yelling death threats at his boss while being dragged away by security. To make matters worse, a few minutes later Nelson's boss is murdered, and Nelson is the first one to discover the body. Panicking and paranoid, Nelson is convinced that the police will conclude he is the murderer (not least because of the many ways he accidentally implicates himself) and decides to go on the run... unaware that the police already know who the real murderer is, and aren't interested in Nelson in the slightest. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]] as Nelson frequently crosses paths with both the cops and the real killer at the worst times possible.
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Nelson Hibbert (Foley) is a slightly obnoxious executive who will do anything he can to get to the top, and is convinced that his boss (Kenneth Welsh) is about to announce him as the new president of the company. When his boss instead gives this position to his hated rival, Nelson doesn't take it very well, and ends up yelling death threats at his boss while being dragged away by security. To make matters worse, a few minutes later Nelson's boss is murdered, and Nelson is the first one to discover the body. Panicking and paranoid, Nelson is convinced that the police will conclude he is the murderer (not least because of the many ways he accidentally implicates himself) and decides to go on the run... unaware that the police already know who the real murderer is, and aren't interested in Nelson in the slightest. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]] as Nelson frequently crosses paths with both the cops and the real killer at the worst times possible.
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* LineOfSightName: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, reading "Dr. Helen Harris" off her nametag. Later, when he meets Lynn, he gives up and just tells her his real name.
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* LineOfSightName: LineOfSightAlias: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, reading "Dr. Helen Harris" off her nametag. Later, when he meets Lynn, he gives up and just tells her his real name.
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* NoBigDeal: No matter how conspicuous Nelson makes himself by acting as guilty as humanly possible, other characters never react beyond giving him strange looks.
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-->'''Detective Arlen:''' Did he... know the cameras were there?\\
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]'' Yes.
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]'' Yes.
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-->'''Detective Arlen:''' Did he... know the cameras were there?\\
Arlen:''' ... And he knew he was being recorded?\\
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]''Yes.Oh yes. He ''wanted'' us to watch.
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]''
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* ClearMyName: Subverted; Nelson ''thinks'' he's in this trope and goes on the run, but it's made instantly clear that the police already know he didn't do it and aren't interested in him in the least.
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* FlashedBadgeHijack: Detective Arlen tends to abuse this in order to get what he wants. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the climax, where he commandeers a golf cart someone has using this method to save him a walk of what can only be about fifty feet at most.
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* FlashedBadgeHijack: Detective Arlen tends to abuse this in order to get what he wants. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the climax, where he commandeers a golf cart someone has an old man's mobility scooter using this method to save him a walk of what can only be about fifty feet at most.
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* FlashedBadgeHijinks: Detective Arlen tends to abuse this in order to get what he wants. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the climax, where he commandeers a golf cart someone has using this method to save him a walk of what can only be about fifty feet at most.
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* FlashedBadgeHijinks: FlashedBadgeHijack: Detective Arlen tends to abuse this in order to get what he wants. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the climax, where he commandeers a golf cart someone has using this method to save him a walk of what can only be about fifty feet at most.
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* FlashedBadgeHijinks: Detective Arlen tends to abuse this in order to get what he wants. Taken to ridiculous extremes in the climax, where he commandeers a golf cart someone has using this method to save him a walk of what can only be about fifty feet at most.
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* ActorAllusion: Nelson is constantly mistaken for a woman, a role David Foley played frequently (and convincingly) on ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Nelson's father-in-law apparently liked to engage in this in his office. ''Despite'' the security cameras in his office, as Detective Arlen and the other investigators discover when they review the footage.
-->'''Detective Arlen:''' Did he... know the cameras were there?\\
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]'' Yes.
-->'''Detective Arlen:''' Did he... know the cameras were there?\\
'''Security Guard:''' ''[Looking haunted]'' Yes.
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Nelson Hibbert (Foley) is a slightly obnoxious executive who will do anything he can to get to the top. His boss is just about to announce the new president of the company, and Nelson thinks it's going be himself. Of course, it's not, and Nelson ends up yelling death threats at his boss while being dragged away by security. And, to make matters worse, a few minutes later Nelson's boss is murdered, and Nelson is the first one to discover the body. The police already know who the real killer is, and it's not Nelson. However, the extremely paranoid Nelson does not know this, and, fearing that he will be framed, goes on the run. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]] as Nelson frequently crosses paths with both the cops and the real killer at the worst times possible.
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Nelson Hibbert (Foley) is a slightly obnoxious executive who will do anything he can to get to the top. His top, and is convinced that his boss is just about to announce him as the new president of the company, and company. When his boss instead gives this position to his hated rival, Nelson thinks it's going be himself. Of course, it's not, doesn't take it very well, and Nelson ends up yelling death threats at his boss while being dragged away by security. And, to To make matters worse, a few minutes later Nelson's boss is murdered, and Nelson is the first one to discover the body. The Panicking and paranoid, Nelson is convinced that the police will conclude he is the murderer (not least because of the many ways he accidentally implicates himself) and decides to go on the run... unaware that the police already know who the real killer murderer is, and it's not Nelson. However, the extremely paranoid aren't interested in Nelson does not know this, and, fearing that he will be framed, goes on in the run.slightest. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]] as Nelson frequently crosses paths with both the cops and the real killer at the worst times possible.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The premise is a man who unnecessarily goes on the run because he's convinced the police think he's a murderer while the police know full well he isn't, making his entire 'escape' utterly pointless.
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A 1997 comedy film starring [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave Foley]], Jennifer Tilly, David Anthony Higgins and Colm Feore.
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A 1997 comedy film starring [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave Foley]], Jennifer Tilly, David Anthony Higgins and Colm Feore.
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Unfortunately, the film only received a theatrical release in Canada, and it was only released direct-to-video in the U.S. Thus, not many people have seen it. However, it's well worth tracking down, as it [[NeedsMoreLove Needs More Love]], big time.
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Unfortunately, the film only received a theatrical release in Canada, and it was only released direct-to-video in the U.S. Thus, not many people have seen it. [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove However, it's well worth tracking down, as it [[NeedsMoreLove Needs More Love]], big time.down]].
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Subverted; Nelson, having discovered the body and, through a convoluted series of mishaps, ended up being covered in his boss's blood, flees because he's convinced this is going to happen. The police, however, have ample amounts of evidence that point to the real killer and are not interested in him in the slightest.
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* TheDitz: Nelson... is not the brightest of men.
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A 1997 comedy film starring [[TheKidsInTheHall [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave Foley]], Jennifer Tilly, David Anthony Higgins and Colm Feore.
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* ActorAllusion: Nelson is constantly mistaken for a woman, a role David Foley played frequently (and convincingly) on TheKidsInTheHall.
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* ActorAllusion: Nelson is constantly mistaken for a woman, a role David Foley played frequently (and convincingly) on TheKidsInTheHall.''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''.
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* TheCameo: Dave Foley's fellow [[TheKidsInTheHall Kids in the Hall]] cast member Kevin [=McDonald=] shows up as a motel clerk.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Parodied. Nelson ''believes'' that two teabags and a sheet of wax paper will help him later, but when the right time comes, he has no idea what to do with them
* LineOfSightName: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, reading his fake name off her nametag.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Parodied. Nelson ''believes'' that two teabags and a sheet of wax paper will help him later, but when the right time comes, he has no idea what to do with them
* LineOfSightName: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, reading his fake name off her nametag.
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* TheCameo: BadCopIncompetentCop: Of the two cops assigned to finding Nagel's murderer, one uses the investigation as a thin excuse to eat at restaurants, visit strip clubs, see a Music/{{Moby}} concert, etc., and the other seems to believe this will genuinely help.
* BadLiar: Nelson.
* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Nelson not only takes the knife out of Nagel's body, he hangs on to it, brandishes it as he walks through the building, drops in in the elevator and has it handed back to him by another passenger, and when he finally tries to get rid of it by throwing it off a bridge, it lands directly on a police boat.
-->'''Fred Holden:''' Nelson, set these people straight. You're not a killer, are you?\\
'''Nelson:''' A killer? No! No, no, no, no, no. I'm an ''alleged'' killer. And yes, I did threaten the man and my prints were all over the murder weapon, [[NotHelpingYourCase but that's just 'cause I pulled it out of his skull!]] ''[mimes]''
* BigWhat:
-->'''Nagel:''' The new president of Nagel Industries is -- big surprise! -- Ken Daly.\\
'''Nelson:''' WHAT?\\
'''Nagel:''' Pardon?\\
'''Nelson:''' What did you just say?\\
'''Nagel:''' Ken is the new president.\\
'''Nelson:''' WHAT?\\
'''Nagel:''' I don't know how to say it any more clearly. Ken is the new president.\\
'''Nelson:''' Somebody else say something.\\
'''Some guy:''' Hibbert, you're making an ass of yourself.\\
'''Nelson:''' Okay, I ''can'' hear, I just can't believe WHAT I am hearing.
* TheCameo:
** Dave Foley's fellow[[TheKidsInTheHall Kids [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Kid in the Hall]] cast member Kevin [=McDonald=] shows up as a motel clerk.
** Director David Steinberg is the hospital patient whose newspaper Nelson tries to steal for a NewspaperThinDisguise.
* ClimbingClimax: Parodied. It takes place at a miniature-golf course full of replicas of American landmarks, and the killer takes Nelson and Lynn hostage at the top of the Statue of Liberty, which is just a big plywood head. When he (inevitably) falls to the ground, he only groans and complains, "I fell on my keys."
* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: Upon escaping the bank, Nelson, in his old-timey uniform, is immediately offered a ride on a bus headed for a barbershop-quartet convention. A second later, a bus going to the "Emotionally Disturbed Veterans' Retreat" stops for the killer, who is of course dressed accordingly.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The killer remarks that he'd never marry someone just to further his career. Nelson objects, "Hey, you don't know what it's like out there!"
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Happens to Nelson twice, once when he [[WhatAnIdiot happily eats some strange berries and a large mushroom he finds in the woods]], and more understandably when he hides in a freight car full of canned hams that turn out to be tainted.
* TheGhost: Constance, Nelson's fiancee. He calls her twice to update her on events, including that he's fallen in love with another woman, but we never see or hear her..
* ILied: Nagel's explanation when Nelson points out that he ''told'' him he was going to be the next president of the company.
* InelegantBlubbering: Nelson after finding out he's been passed over. He's unknowingly leaning on the intercom, and [[NoSympathy his coworkers gather around it to laugh]].
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Parodied. Nelson ''believes'' that two teabags and a sheet of wax paper will help him later, but when the right time comes, he has no idea what to do withthem
them.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll
* LineOfSightName: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, readinghis fake name "Dr. Helen Harris" off her nametag.nametag. Later, when he meets Lynn, he gives up and just tells her his real name.
* LocalAngle: Farmer Brown owns the town newspaper, so uses Nelson's fugitive status to cause a run on the bank. When one of the angry citizens produces a copy of the paper, the front-page headlines read "Teller Is a Cold-Blooded Murderer" and [[LampshadeHanging "Run on Bank Planned for Later Today."]]
* LovableCoward: Nelson.
* MasterOfDisguise: Played for laughs with the murderer, who [[CrazyPrepared has an endless supply of disguises]] and goes through them at an unnecessary rate.
* MexicanStandoff: Neatly explained by the killer:
-->'''Cop:''' Freeze! Put down your weapon.\\
'''Killer:''' No. You put down yours, or I put a hole through this guy's [Nelson's] head.\\
'''Cop:''' Well. Looks like we've got ourselves a Mexican standoff.\\
'''Killer:''' Not really. A Mexican standoff is where no one has an advantage. In this case, I could use this guy as a shield, kill you, and then kill him anyway.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Cop:''' My mistake. What if I… put down my gun, walk away, and you don't kill me? ''[lays down gun, raises hands]'' What's that called?\\
'''Killer:''' That's called you're a stinking yellow coward.\\
'''Cop:''' Stinking yellow coward. Works for me. ''[runs]''
* MistakenForBadass: Nelson by the killer, because of the way [[ContrivedCoincidence he keeps turning up right on his trail]], like some kind of "supercop." Not by anyone else, though.
-->'''Fred Holden:''' The Nelson Hibbert I know is incapable of murder! Not morally, but physically.
* NoBigDeal: No matter how conspicuous Nelson makes himself by acting as guilty as humanly possible, other characters never react beyond giving him strange looks.
* NoNameGiven: The real killer.
* BadLiar: Nelson.
* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Nelson not only takes the knife out of Nagel's body, he hangs on to it, brandishes it as he walks through the building, drops in in the elevator and has it handed back to him by another passenger, and when he finally tries to get rid of it by throwing it off a bridge, it lands directly on a police boat.
-->'''Fred Holden:''' Nelson, set these people straight. You're not a killer, are you?\\
'''Nelson:''' A killer? No! No, no, no, no, no. I'm an ''alleged'' killer. And yes, I did threaten the man and my prints were all over the murder weapon, [[NotHelpingYourCase but that's just 'cause I pulled it out of his skull!]] ''[mimes]''
* BigWhat:
-->'''Nagel:''' The new president of Nagel Industries is -- big surprise! -- Ken Daly.\\
'''Nelson:''' WHAT?\\
'''Nagel:''' Pardon?\\
'''Nelson:''' What did you just say?\\
'''Nagel:''' Ken is the new president.\\
'''Nelson:''' WHAT?\\
'''Nagel:''' I don't know how to say it any more clearly. Ken is the new president.\\
'''Nelson:''' Somebody else say something.\\
'''Some guy:''' Hibbert, you're making an ass of yourself.\\
'''Nelson:''' Okay, I ''can'' hear, I just can't believe WHAT I am hearing.
* TheCameo:
** Dave Foley's fellow
** Director David Steinberg is the hospital patient whose newspaper Nelson tries to steal for a NewspaperThinDisguise.
* ClimbingClimax: Parodied. It takes place at a miniature-golf course full of replicas of American landmarks, and the killer takes Nelson and Lynn hostage at the top of the Statue of Liberty, which is just a big plywood head. When he (inevitably) falls to the ground, he only groans and complains, "I fell on my keys."
* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: Upon escaping the bank, Nelson, in his old-timey uniform, is immediately offered a ride on a bus headed for a barbershop-quartet convention. A second later, a bus going to the "Emotionally Disturbed Veterans' Retreat" stops for the killer, who is of course dressed accordingly.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The killer remarks that he'd never marry someone just to further his career. Nelson objects, "Hey, you don't know what it's like out there!"
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Happens to Nelson twice, once when he [[WhatAnIdiot happily eats some strange berries and a large mushroom he finds in the woods]], and more understandably when he hides in a freight car full of canned hams that turn out to be tainted.
* TheGhost: Constance, Nelson's fiancee. He calls her twice to update her on events, including that he's fallen in love with another woman, but we never see or hear her..
* ILied: Nagel's explanation when Nelson points out that he ''told'' him he was going to be the next president of the company.
* InelegantBlubbering: Nelson after finding out he's been passed over. He's unknowingly leaning on the intercom, and [[NoSympathy his coworkers gather around it to laugh]].
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Parodied. Nelson ''believes'' that two teabags and a sheet of wax paper will help him later, but when the right time comes, he has no idea what to do with
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll
* LineOfSightName: Nelson wakes up in a hospital; believing he's a wanted man, he needs a fake name. So he tries "Enemabag Jones". When the doctor isn't convinced he tries again, reading
* LocalAngle: Farmer Brown owns the town newspaper, so uses Nelson's fugitive status to cause a run on the bank. When one of the angry citizens produces a copy of the paper, the front-page headlines read "Teller Is a Cold-Blooded Murderer" and [[LampshadeHanging "Run on Bank Planned for Later Today."]]
* LovableCoward: Nelson.
* MasterOfDisguise: Played for laughs with the murderer, who [[CrazyPrepared has an endless supply of disguises]] and goes through them at an unnecessary rate.
* MexicanStandoff: Neatly explained by the killer:
-->'''Cop:''' Freeze! Put down your weapon.\\
'''Killer:''' No. You put down yours, or I put a hole through this guy's [Nelson's] head.\\
'''Cop:''' Well. Looks like we've got ourselves a Mexican standoff.\\
'''Killer:''' Not really. A Mexican standoff is where no one has an advantage. In this case, I could use this guy as a shield, kill you, and then kill him anyway.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Cop:''' My mistake. What if I… put down my gun, walk away, and you don't kill me? ''[lays down gun, raises hands]'' What's that called?\\
'''Killer:''' That's called you're a stinking yellow coward.\\
'''Cop:''' Stinking yellow coward. Works for me. ''[runs]''
* MistakenForBadass: Nelson by the killer, because of the way [[ContrivedCoincidence he keeps turning up right on his trail]], like some kind of "supercop." Not by anyone else, though.
-->'''Fred Holden:''' The Nelson Hibbert I know is incapable of murder! Not morally, but physically.
* NoBigDeal: No matter how conspicuous Nelson makes himself by acting as guilty as humanly possible, other characters never react beyond giving him strange looks.
* NoNameGiven: The real killer.
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* ObviouslyEvil: Farmer Brown.
-->'''Officer Arlen:''' So you're sure the murderer is in that bank?\\
'''Brown:''' Most definitely. [[EvilLaugh Nyahahahaha!]]\\
'''Arlen:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why are you laughing like that?]]\\
'''Brown:''' Like what?\\
'''Arlen:''' You know. Weird. Creepy.\\
'''Brown:''' It's… uh… allergies.
-->'''Officer Arlen:''' So you're sure the murderer is in that bank?\\
'''Brown:''' Most definitely. [[EvilLaugh Nyahahahaha!]]\\
'''Arlen:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why are you laughing like that?]]\\
'''Brown:''' Like what?\\
'''Arlen:''' You know. Weird. Creepy.\\
'''Brown:''' It's… uh… allergies.
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* SavingTheOrphanage: Inverted. The small town where Lynn and her father live is under the thumb of the greedy Farmer Brown, who wants to demolish their bank and replace it with a cornfield. We see him on the phone with someone at one point, saying, "I don't care if that strip mall's been in your family for generations. Soon it'll be a pasture for dairy cattle, and there's nothing you can do about it."
* TapOnTheHead: The killer knocks Nelson out with the butt of his gun and carries him part of the way into the miniature-golf course. When he notices that Nelson has woken up, he's indignant. Nelson innocently protests that he thought the killer ''wanted'' to carry him.
* ThatPoorCar: Parodied. Lynn, during a narcoleptic episode, crashes the stolen catering truck into a van carrying a load of car alarms.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: To bring down the bank, Farmer Brown runs an article in his newspaper accusing Nelson (currently working as a teller) of killing Nagel, with this result. Lynn's father tries ShamingTheMob with a speech straight out of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', to no avail.
-->"Everybody, look! The money from this bank is in the town! Now you're not going to risk it all on the basis of one stupid rumor?"\\
"Yes, we are!"
* TapOnTheHead: The killer knocks Nelson out with the butt of his gun and carries him part of the way into the miniature-golf course. When he notices that Nelson has woken up, he's indignant. Nelson innocently protests that he thought the killer ''wanted'' to carry him.
* ThatPoorCar: Parodied. Lynn, during a narcoleptic episode, crashes the stolen catering truck into a van carrying a load of car alarms.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: To bring down the bank, Farmer Brown runs an article in his newspaper accusing Nelson (currently working as a teller) of killing Nagel, with this result. Lynn's father tries ShamingTheMob with a speech straight out of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', to no avail.
-->"Everybody, look! The money from this bank is in the town! Now you're not going to risk it all on the basis of one stupid rumor?"\\
"Yes, we are!"
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* UnpronounceableAlias: Whatever Nelson scribbles in the motel sign-in book. Kevin [=McDonald=] comes around the desk to help him read it out loud.
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* OverlyLongGag: Nelson discovering his boss's dead body is essentially 3 minutes of Dave Foley screaming and trying wipe his boss's blood off himself. Another Overly-Long Gag: Nelson trying to check into the motel.
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* OverlyLongGag: Nelson discovering his boss's dead body is essentially 3 minutes of Dave Foley screaming and trying to wipe his boss's blood off himself. Another Overly-Long Gag: Nelson trying to check into the motel.
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* AssholeVictim: Nelson's boss really had it coming.
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* TheUnfavorite: Nelson thought he was a lock for the promotion as he's engaged to the boss' daughter. It turns out the guy who got it is engaged to the boss' favorite daughter.
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* ActorAllusion: Nelson is frequently mistaken for a woman, a role David Foley played frequently (and convincingly) on TheKidsInTheHall.
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* ActorAllusion: Nelson is frequently constantly mistaken for a woman, a role David Foley played frequently (and convincingly) on TheKidsInTheHall.
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* AirVentEscape: How the killer escapes the scene of Nelson's boss's murder. His escape is caught on security cameras, and Detective Arlen makes a point to mention how impressive his escape was to other people.
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* AirVentEscape: AirVentPassageway: How the killer escapes the scene of Nelson's boss's murder. His escape is caught on security cameras, and Detective Arlen makes a point to mention how impressive his escape was to other people.
