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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Josh's childhood asthma gave him fits that other kids at daycare thought were seizures. Slide remembers this and isn't afraid to bring it up. Josh alluding to his asthma is what reminds Slide of where they knew each other from.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Josh's Josh has to bring up his childhood asthma gave him fits that other kids at daycare thought were seizures. before Slide remembers this and him as the kid at daycare who had fits that got labeled as seizures. Afterwards, Slide isn't afraid to bring it up. make fun of Josh alluding to his asthma is what reminds Slide of where they knew each other from.for being "seizure boy".
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Josh learns of how Lester attempted to commit suicide, due to Shaw taking all of Lester's life savings, he decides to use a golf club to vandalize Shaw's prized car in the penthouse in retaliation for Lester.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Josh learns of how Lester attempted to commit suicide, due to Shaw taking all of Lester's life savings, he decides to use a golf club to vandalize Shaw's prized car in the penthouse in retaliation for Lester. Although, this leads to him getting fired along with Charlie and Enrique.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Josh learns of how Lester attempted to commit suicide, due to Shaw taking all of Lester's life savings, he decides to use a golf club to vandalize Shaw's prized car in the penthouse in retaliation for Lester.
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** The movie originated as a story of former Trump Tower employees pulling a heist to get revenge on Donald Trump. Scenes were even filmed at Trump Tower itself.
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: In order to get revenge on Shaw for defrauding him and his employees, Josh tracks down Slide, his black childhood friend who's since become a petty thief and carjacker, to plan the heist.
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** Creator/ZeljkoIvanek as FBI Director Mazin
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* GutPunch: Lester's suicide over Shaw bilking him out of his retirement money reveal how utterly soulless Shaw is, especially when he shows zero remorse over his greed.
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* GutPunch: Lester's suicide attempt over Shaw bilking him out of his retirement money reveal how utterly soulless Shaw is, especially when he shows zero remorse over his greed.
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** Then Josh’s plans the heist to rob Shake’s penthouse. [[spoiler:While it does provide the FBI with the evidence they need to put Shaw away for life, and the team uses the gold from Shaw’s Ferrari to help Lester and the other employees of The Tower to cover their losses, Josh being the mastermind behind the robbery has to spend two years in prison. Josh doesn’t mind though, as he knows his sentence isn’t as long as Shaw’s and he satisfied he made Shaw pay for what he’s done.]]
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** Then Josh’s plans the heist to rob Shake’s Shaw’s penthouse. [[spoiler:While it does provide the FBI with the evidence they need to put Shaw away for life, and the team uses the gold from Shaw’s Ferrari to help Lester and the other employees of The Tower to cover their losses, Josh being the mastermind behind the robbery has to spend two years in prison. Josh doesn’t mind though, as he knows his sentence isn’t as long as Shaw’s and he satisfied he made Shaw pay for what he’s done.]]
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* CelebrityParadox: At one point in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a character balloon of [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Shrek]] can be seen. Slide is played by Eddie Murphy, who voices Donkey in the ''Shrek'' films.
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* CelebrityParadox: At one point in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a character balloon of [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek]] can be seen. Slide is played by Eddie Murphy, who voices Donkey in the ''Shrek'' films.
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* {{Irony}}: Charlie compares Josh to ''Literature/RobinHood'' but doesn't know who Friar Tuck is.
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* {{Irony}}: Charlie compares Josh to ''Literature/RobinHood'' ''Myth/RobinHood'' but doesn't know who Friar Tuck is.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Claire took part of the footage of Josh hitting Shaw's car, it wasn't larceny, she "misplaced 3 minutes of footage".
* {{Irony}}: Charlie compares Josh to ''Literature/RobinHood'' but doesn't know who Friar Tuck is.
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* JustLikeRobinHood: Josh doesn't even care about getting back the money that was stolen from him. His goal is to make sure everyone else who got scammed gets compensated, even at the risk of going to prison himself.
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* JustLikeRobinHood: Josh doesn't even care about getting back the money that was stolen from him. His goal is to make sure everyone else who got scammed gets compensated, even at the risk of going to prison himself. Lampshaded as Charlie compares Josh to Robin Hood.
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* AlliterativeName: '''D'''arnell '''D'''avis (Slide).
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* AlliterativeName: '''D'''arnell '''D'''avis (Slide). After being fired from The Tower, Enrique gets a job at a place called "'''S'''hake '''S'''hack".
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* DrivenToSuicide: Lester tries to kill himself by walking in front of a moving subway train, but is pulled out of the way at the last second, leaving him injured but alive.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Lester tries to kill himself by walking in front of a moving subway train, but is pulled out of the way at the last second, leaving him injured but alive. [[spoiler:Upon getting caught driving a stolen truck to distract the agents, he falsely claims it's another suicide attempt]].
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* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: When Claire uses the word "badass" to describe what Josh did to Shaw's car, Josh says "badass" is his middle name. Having checked his records, Clair says it's "Marvin".
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** Lester's work experience includes 3 years at the Pierre.
** Three people confront Shaw about taking Lester's savings: Josh, Charlie and Enrique.
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** Three people confront Shaw about taking Lester's savings: Josh, Charlie and Enrique.
** Claire Denham tells Josh that Shaw took 20 millions from his accounts three months ago and that Josh broke three federal laws when he damaged Shaw's car.
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** Enrique Dev'reaux worked at Burger King for the last three years before being hired to work at The Tower.
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* NoCelebritiesAreHarmed: Shaw, with his decades-long Ponzi scheme and extravagant lifestyle, refers to Bernie Madoff.
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* NoCelebritiesAreHarmed: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Shaw, with his decades-long Ponzi scheme and extravagant lifestyle, refers to Bernie Madoff.
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: When Josh smashes the windows of Arthur Shaw's car, Mr. Simon not only fires him for that but he also fires Charlie and Enrique, who were with Josh at the time. Mr. Simon doesn't care about the fact they didn't do anything.
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: When Josh smashes the windows of Arthur Shaw's car, Mr. Simon not only fires him for that but he also fires Charlie and Enrique, who were with Josh at the time. Mr. Simon doesn't care about the fact they didn't do anything.anything (to be fair, Enrique did cheer Josh on).
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* BadBoss: Zigzagged and downplayed with Mr. Simon. He does fire Josh for smashing up Shaw's Ferrari, which is somewhat understandable since Josh's actions ''are'' illegal, but he also goes about firing Charlie and Enrique just for being there. On the other hand, he does give Charlie his job back when he asks for it and ensures Lester will be back at work once he gets out of the hospital, proving he's not ''totally'' unreasonable.
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* BadBoss: Zigzagged and downplayed with Mr. Simon. He does fire Josh for smashing up Shaw's Ferrari, which is somewhat understandable since Josh's actions ''are'' revenge ''was'' illegal, but he also goes about firing Charlie and Enrique just for being there. On the other hand, he does give Charlie his job back when he asks for it and ensures Lester will be back at work once he gets out of the hospital, proving he's not ''totally'' unreasonable.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler: Josh and friends barter a lenient sentence is exchange for the ledger containing evidence of Shaw's fraudulent dealings. In RealLife, since the proof was stolen from Shaw, it would not be admissible in a court of law under the Fourth Amendment]].
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* BadBoss: Zigzagged and downplayed with Mr. Simon. He does fire Josh for smashing up Shaw's Ferrari, which is somewhat understandable since Josh's actions ''are'' illegal, but he also goes about firing Charlie and Enrique just for being there. On the other hand, he does give Charlie his job back when he asks for it and ensures Lester will be back at work once he gets out of the hospital, proving he's not ''totally'' unreasonable.
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* FriendlyEnemy: While Claire must arrest Josh for his stealing, he has no beef with him and even enjoys him smashing up Shaw's Ferrari.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Josh smashing Shaw's Ferrari, while well-deserved, gets him fired by Mr. Simon and threatened with a lawsuit by Shaw himself. No matter how righteous your vengeance is, you can still be punished for acting like a vigilante.
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* CelebrityParadox: At one point in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a character balloon of [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Shrek]] can be seen. Slide is played by Eddie Murphy, who voices Donkey in the ''Shrek'' films.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: It happens to Josh twice.
** After he learns of Lester’s attempted suicide, he decides to avenge Lester by vandalizing Shawn’s Ferrari with a golf club. This leads to him being fired by Mr. Simon.
** Then Josh’s plans the heist to rob Shake’s penthouse. [[spoiler:While it does provide the FBI with the evidence they need to put Shaw away for life, and the team uses the gold from Shaw’s Ferrari to help Lester and the other employees of The Tower to cover their losses, Josh being the mastermind behind the robbery has to spend two years in prison. Josh doesn’t mind though, as he knows his sentence isn’t as long as Shaw’s and he satisfied he made Shaw pay for what he’s done.]]
** After he learns of Lester’s attempted suicide, he decides to avenge Lester by vandalizing Shawn’s Ferrari with a golf club. This leads to him being fired by Mr. Simon.
** Then Josh’s plans the heist to rob Shake’s penthouse. [[spoiler:While it does provide the FBI with the evidence they need to put Shaw away for life, and the team uses the gold from Shaw’s Ferrari to help Lester and the other employees of The Tower to cover their losses, Josh being the mastermind behind the robbery has to spend two years in prison. Josh doesn’t mind though, as he knows his sentence isn’t as long as Shaw’s and he satisfied he made Shaw pay for what he’s done.]]
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** Kate Upton as Mr. Hightower's Mistress.
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** Kate Upton Creator/KateUpton as Mr. Hightower's Mistress.
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* {{Expy}}: The Tower is a stand-in to the Trump International Hotel and Tower, where the movie was filmed at.
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* {{Expy}}: The Tower is a stand-in to the Trump International Hotel and Tower, where the movie was filmed at.[[note]]The movie was originally intended to focus on disgruntled Trump Organization employees robbing the developer.[[/note]]
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** [[spoiler: Miss Lovenko tops that by leveraging Arthur Shaw's ledger with all his illicit dealings in exchange for her clients' freedom.]]
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** [[spoiler: Miss Lovenko Iovenko tops that by leveraging Arthur Shaw's ledger with all his illicit dealings in exchange for her clients' freedom.]]
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** [[spoiler: Miss Lovenko tops that by leveraging Arthur Shaw's ledger with all his illicit dealings in exchange for her clients' freedom.]]
