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* CurseCutShort[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: See MoralEventHorizon, below.
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* CurseCutShort[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: [[invoked]] See MoralEventHorizon, below.
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* [[ForcedToWatch Forced to Listen]]: Joe's reaction to the "accident clock" in the heavenly courtroom is treated almost as an AndIMustScream moment.
-->'''Joe:''' [as clock counts upward] Stop it, stop it! Can't you ''stop'' it?\\
'''Judge:''' Stop it? [[{{Anvilicious}} How I wish I could stop it.]]
* [[IronicHell Ironic Purgatory]]: The judge concludes that [[spoiler:the things Joe's guardian angel suffered on-duty repaid his debt for his own driving sins in life, and declares him a free ghost. "What a relief, what a relief..."]][[note]]'''Joel:''' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere To hell with Joe, I'm outta here!]][[/note]]
-->'''Joe:''' [as clock counts upward] Stop it, stop it! Can't you ''stop'' it?\\
'''Judge:''' Stop it? [[{{Anvilicious}} How I wish I could stop it.]]
* [[IronicHell Ironic Purgatory]]: The judge concludes that [[spoiler:the things Joe's guardian angel suffered on-duty repaid his debt for his own driving sins in life, and declares him a free ghost. "What a relief, what a relief..."]][[note]]'''Joel:''' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere To hell with Joe, I'm outta here!]][[/note]]
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* [[ForcedToWatch Forced to Listen]]: Joe's reaction to the "accident clock" in the heavenly courtroom is treated almost as an AndIMustScream moment.
moment. It's even worse for the Judge, since he has to sit on the bench for eternity; it's no wonder that he's such a stern figure against Joe.
-->'''Joe:'''[as ''[as clock counts upward] upward]'' Stop it, stop it! Can't you ''stop'' it?\\
'''Judge:''' ''[wearily]'' Stop it?[[{{Anvilicious}} How I wish I could stop it.]]
it.
* [[IronicHell Ironic Purgatory]]: The judge concludes that[[spoiler:the the things Joe's guardian angel suffered on-duty repaid his debt for his own driving sins in life, and declares him a free ghost. "What The angel promptly leaves Joe to his fate, gasping, "what a relief, what a relief..."]][[note]]'''Joel:''' "[[note]]'''Joel:''' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere To hell with Joe, I'm outta here!]][[/note]]
-->'''Joe:'''
'''Judge:''' ''[wearily]'' Stop it?
* [[IronicHell Ironic Purgatory]]: The judge concludes that
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/XMarksTheSpot1931 1931/1942 films]] about rubber racketeering, nor with Creator/TheBBC Radio 4 [[Series/XMarksTheSpot game show]] from the late 90s, nor with [[XMarksTheSpot the trope]].
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/XMarksTheSpot1931 [[Film/XMarksTheSpot1931And1942 1931/1942 films]] about rubber racketeering, nor with Creator/TheBBC Radio 4 [[Series/XMarksTheSpot game show]] from the late 90s, nor with [[XMarksTheSpot the trope]].
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* CurseCutShort / LastSecondWordSwap: See Moral Event Horizon, below.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed; no actual redemption happens onscreen even after Joe's death. However, Joe spends most of his trial wearing a long, shame-faced expression, suggesting that he's beginning to grasp the scope, scale and gravity of his mistakes.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed; no actual redemption happens onscreen even after Joe's death. However, Joe spends most of his trial wearing a long, shame-faced expression, suggesting that he's beginning to grasp the scope, scale and gravity of his mistakes.
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* CurseCutShort / LastSecondWordSwap: CurseCutShort[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: See Moral Event Horizon, MoralEventHorizon, below.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed; no actual redemption happens onscreen even after Joe's death. However, Joe spends most of his trial wearing a long, shame-faced expression, suggesting that he's beginning to grasp the scope,scale scale, and gravity of his mistakes.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed; no actual redemption happens onscreen even after Joe's death. However, Joe spends most of his trial wearing a long, shame-faced expression, suggesting that he's beginning to grasp the scope,
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** Seriously, one would hope there's no way a person with Joe's driving record could possibly hold a drivers license for more than a month, let alone ''fifteen years''. The film itself even lampshades this at one point.
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** Seriously, one would hope there's no way a person with Joe's driving record could possibly hold a drivers driver's license for more than a month, let alone ''fifteen years''. The film itself even lampshades this at one point.
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** At one point Joe tries to cross a street without waiting for traffic (he's no better a pedestrian than he is a driver) and takes a long stay in hospital.
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** At one point point, Joe tries to cross a street without waiting for traffic (he's no better a pedestrian than he is a driver) and takes a long stay in hospital.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Angel, it's UpToEleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''. It can double as DrunkWithPower since pedestrians have the Right of Way.
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Angel, it's UpToEleven up to eleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''. It can double as DrunkWithPower since pedestrians have the Right of Way.
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** UpToEleven: Seriously, one would hope there's no way a person with Joe's driving record could possibly hold a drivers license for more than a month, let alone ''fifteen years''. The film itself even lampshades this at one point.
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** UpToEleven: Seriously, one would hope there's no way a person with Joe's driving record could possibly hold a drivers license for more than a month, let alone ''fifteen years''. The film itself even lampshades this at one point.
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* PetTheDog: Joe is given a couple of these, just to prove he's not a complete lunatic. At least he learned to slow down near schools; and his guardian angel makes it clear that he's a nice enough guy outside of a car.
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* PetTheDog: Joe is given a couple of these, just to prove he's not a complete lunatic. At least he learned to slow down near schools; and schools, though it's undercut by the Judge noting that he only did it because ''he'' had kids in that school, implying if he hadn't, he wouldn't have learned his lesson. His guardian angel makes it clear that he's a nice enough guy outside of a car.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The Judge states that the Guardian Angel can go because anyone would be driven crazy by ''Joe's'' habits.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Joe pleads he still has a full book of A coupons (presumably for gas). Ah, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII rationing...
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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Judge/Commissioner Arthur W. [=McGee=], who delivers the film's prologue, speaks with a dull tone and lazy inflection, resulting in this trope.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The Guardian Angel states that Joe's death is because he looked away for one second (out of exhaustion). The Judge tells him that no one could have stuck with Joe as much as he did.
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* ItsAllMyFault: The Guardian Angel states that Joe's death is happened because he the Angel looked away for one second (out of exhaustion). The Judge tells him that no one could have stuck with Joe as much as he did.
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* ParallelParking: An early scene has a MatchCut of a car fading into a narrow gap between two cars parked curbside. Unfortunately for the driver (Joe), he has to leave the parking space the old fashioned way, with [[DrivesLikeCrazy predictable]] [[HairTriggerTemper results]].
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* DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed; no actual redemption happens onscreen even after Joe's death. However, Joe spends most of his trial wearing a long, shame-faced expression, suggesting that he's beginning to grasp the scope, scale and gravity of his mistakes.
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Angel, it's UpToEleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''.
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Angel, it's UpToEleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''. It can double as DrunkWithPower since pedestrians have the Right of Way.
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Judge, it's UpToEleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''.
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** HairTriggerTemper: When behind the wheel, literally anything can (and will) set Joe off. According to the Judge, Angel, it's UpToEleven when Joe is a ''pedestrian''.''pedestrian''.
--->'''Guardian Angel''': As a driver, Joe thought he owned the road. As a pedestrian, he ''knew'' he owned it.
--->'''Guardian Angel''': As a driver, Joe thought he owned the road. As a pedestrian, he ''knew'' he owned it.
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* SkewedPriorities: The commissioner puts more emphasis that injury and death in traffic hinders the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war effort]] than on the loss of life itself.
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* SkewedPriorities: The commissioner puts more emphasis on the fact that injury and death in traffic hinders the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war effort]] than on the loss of life itself.
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* SkewedPriorities: The commissioner puts more emphasis that injury and death in traffic hinders the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war effort]] than on the loss of life itself.
