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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Carl and Molly catch Dupree on ADateWithRosiePalms in their living room to a porno movie. Unfortunately, Dupree hadn't put away a box labeled "camping gear" where he got the tape from which contained Carl's entire [[PornStash collection of Asian porn movies]], which Molly promptly forces him to toss.

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Carl and Molly catch Dupree on ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating in their living room to a porno movie. Unfortunately, Dupree hadn't put away a box labeled "camping gear" where he got the tape from which contained Carl's entire [[PornStash collection of Asian porn movies]], which Molly promptly forces him to toss.
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* SexGoddess: Mindy, the Mormon librarian Molly sets up Dupree with. Molly thinks her being a Mormon means she will be chaste, but she catches them both having kinky sex after their first date, with Dupree personally thanking Molly for "the best time of his life". We later find out the librarian ReallyGetsAround and is sleeping with half of the faculty.

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* SexGoddess: Mindy, the Mormon librarian Molly sets up Dupree with. Molly thinks her being a Mormon means she will be chaste, but she catches them both having kinky sex after their first date, with Dupree personally thanking running out of the house naked and practically shouting his love for Molly for "the best time of his life".from the rooftops. We later find out the librarian ReallyGetsAround and is sleeping with half of the faculty.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: While it's broadly sympathetic to him, as Roger Ebert noted in his review the movie nevertheless points out that, despite their popularity as movie comedy characters, goofy, immature and self-centred ManChild party boys like Dupree who keep finding ways to cause WackyFratboyHijinks and become TheThingThatWouldNotLeave become pretty insufferable pretty quickly if you have to put up with them on a regular basis in real life. At one point, Dupree complains about how everyone only sees him as the loveable fuck-up, only for Carl to angrily shoot back "I got news for you: you're not ''that'' loveable."

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* {{Deconstruction}}: While it's broadly sympathetic to him, as Roger Ebert noted in his review review, the movie nevertheless points out that, despite their popularity as movie comedy characters, goofy, immature and self-centred ManChild party boys like Dupree who keep finding ways to cause WackyFratboyHijinks and become TheThingThatWouldNotLeave become pretty insufferable pretty quickly if you have to put up with them on a regular basis in real life. At one point, Dupree complains about how everyone only sees him as the loveable fuck-up, only for Carl to angrily shoot back "I got news for you: you're not ''that'' loveable."



* TheFaceless: We never see Mandy, Dupree's girlfriend Molly sets him up with.

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* TheFaceless: We never see Mandy, Dupree's girlfriend that Molly sets him up with.



* HiddenDepths: Molly starts taking a liking to Dupree when she sees beyond his party-boy persona and sees a kind, talented, hopeless romantic of a man.

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* HiddenDepths: Molly starts taking a liking to Dupree when she sees beyond his party-boy persona and sees recognizes him as a kind, talented, hopeless romantic of a man.



** Molly accidentally walks in on Dupree and one her friends having sex.

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** Molly accidentally walks in on Dupree and one of her friends having sex.



* MeanBoss: Mr. Thompson enjoys making rude jokes about Carl in public and goes out of his way to try to undermine in at work, mostly because he doesn't approve of him dating his daughter.
* MistakenForCheating: Carl thinks Molly and Dupree might have an affair due to her being nice to him and her father liking Dupree more than Carl.

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* MeanBoss: Mr. Thompson enjoys making rude jokes about Carl in public and goes out of his way to try to undermine in him at work, mostly because he doesn't approve of him dating his daughter.
* MistakenForCheating: Carl thinks Molly and Dupree might have be having an affair due to her being nice to him and her father liking Dupree more than Carl.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: At the end, [[spoiler:Dupree finds his calling in life as a motivational speaker.]]

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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers Anthony and Joe Russo]], and starring Creator/OwenWilson, Matt Dillon and Creator/KateHudson.

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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers Anthony and Joe Russo]], and starring Creator/OwenWilson, Matt Dillon Creator/MattDillon and Creator/KateHudson.



[[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave Almost immediately, Dupree is annoying the hell out of them both]]. He sleeps naked on their couch, changes the message on their answering machine and gets cable for their TV without their permission, walks in on them when they're about to have sex and messes up their toilet, and when Molly tries to hook him up with Mormon librarian Mandy; they come home to find him having sex with her in their living room using butter as lubricant, after which their couch ends up set on fire. Finally, they can stand it no more and throw him out.

After finding Dupree out in the rain, they let him back in again, but insist he gather his act together. He complies. Alas, Carl is starting to drift away, crushed by pressures at work pertaining to his boss/father-in-law Bob Thompson (Michael Douglas), who despises him. The lonely Molly gets to know the freshly-reformed Dupree, and Carl begins to suspect they're having an affair...

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[[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave Almost immediately, Dupree is annoying the hell out of them both]]. He sleeps naked on their couch, changes the message on their answering machine and gets cable for their TV without their permission, walks in on them when they're about to have sex and messes up their toilet, both]] and when Molly tries to hook him up with Mormon librarian Mandy; they come home to find him having sex with her in their living room using butter as lubricant, after which their couch ends up set on fire. Finally, they can stand it no more and throw him out.

After finding Dupree out in the rain, they let him back in again, but insist he gather his act together. He complies. Alas, Carl is starting to drift away, crushed by pressures at work pertaining to his boss/father-in-law Bob Thompson (Michael Douglas), (Creator/MichaelDouglas), who despises him. The lonely Molly gets to know the freshly-reformed Dupree, and Carl begins to suspect they're having an affair...



* TheFaceless: We never see Mandy, Dupree's girlfriend Molly sets him up with.



* HiddenDepths: Molly starts taking a liking to Dupree when she sees beyond his party boy persona and sees a kind, talented, hopeless romantic of a man.

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* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Dupree holds two small pillows in front of his crotch and butt after Molly catches her having sex with her friend.
* HiddenDepths: Molly starts taking a liking to Dupree when she sees beyond his party boy party-boy persona and sees a kind, talented, hopeless romantic of a man.man.
* InterruptedIntimacy:
** Dupree keeps interrupting Carl and Molly whenever they try to get intimate in ''their own room''.
** Molly accidentally walks in on Dupree and one her friends having sex.



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* MistakenForCheating: Carl thinks Molly and Dupree might have an affair...
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Dupree is extremely immature for his age, and treats life like a big party. He even makes friends with kids from the block.
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MeanBoss: Mr. Thompson.
Thompson enjoys making rude jokes about Carl in public and goes out of his way to try to undermine in at work, mostly because he doesn't approve of him dating his daughter.
* MistakenForCheating: Carl thinks Molly and Dupree might have an affair...
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affair due to her being nice to him and her father liking Dupree more than Carl.
* MultiCharacterTitle: The film is named after the three main characters, from Carl's point of view: "You (Molly), Me (Carl) and Dupree"



* SexGoddess: Mindy, the Mormon librarian Molly sets up Dupree with. Molly thinks her being a Mormon means she will be chaste, but she catches them both having kinky sex after their first date, with Dupree personally thanking Molly for "the best time of his life". We later find out the librarian ReallyGetsAround and is sleeping with half of the faculty.



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%%* * SleepsInTheNude: Carl and Molly find Dupree sleeping naked on their couch, much to their disgust.
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TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The whole plot.Carl regrets having Dupree moving in with them almost immediately, as he makes life for Molly and Carl a living hell. Dupree [[SleepsInTheNude sleeps naked on their couch]], changes the message on their answering machine, gets cable for their TV without their permission, [[InterruptedIntimacy walks in on them when they're about to have sex]] and [[ToiletHumor messes up their toilet]].




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* YouTasteDelicious: Carl has a nightmare sequence with Molly in a bikini suggestively licking Dupree's face.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: While it's broadly sympathetic to him, as Roger Ebert noted in his review the movie nevertheless points out that, despite their popularity as movie comedy characters, goofy, immature and self-centred ManChild party boys like Dupree who keep finding ways to cause WackyFratboyHijinks and become TheThingThatWouldNotLeave become pretty insufferable pretty quickly if you have to put up with them on a regular basis in real life. At one point, Dupree complains about how everyone only sees him as the loveable fuck-up, only for Carl to angrily shoot back "I got news for you: you're not ''that'' loveable."
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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/MattDillon and Creator/KateHudson.

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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, Russo]], and starring Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/MattDillon Matt Dillon and Creator/KateHudson.
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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson.

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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/MattDillon and Kate Hudson.
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Didn't do well with critics (21% on RottenTomatoes), who considered it flat and cliched, but was a relative box office success.

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Didn't do well with critics (21% on RottenTomatoes), Website/RottenTomatoes), who considered it flat and cliched, but was a relative box office success.
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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Matt Dilon, OwenWilson and Kate Hudson.

Carl Peterson (Dillon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet.

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''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dilon, OwenWilson Dillon and Kate Hudson.

Newlyweds Carl Peterson (Dillon) and Molly Thompson Peterson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet.
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Carl Peterson (Dilon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet.

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Carl Peterson (Dilon) (Dillon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Dupree. [[spoiler: When Carl runs off, the kids try help Dupree to find him.]]

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* FriendToAllChildren: Dupree. [[spoiler: When Carl runs off, the kids try help Dupree to find him.]]him]].
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* FratPack: Stars Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably, Carl and Mr. Thompson.

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* TheLoad: Dupree.
* ManChild: Dupree.
* MeanBoss: Mr. Thompson.

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The whole plot.
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'''''You, Me and Dupree''''' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Matt Dilon, OwenWilson and Kate Hudson.

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'''''You, ''You, Me and Dupree''''' Dupree'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Matt Dilon, OwenWilson and Kate Hudson.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Mr. Thompson does everything he can to undermine and emasculate Carl at every turn. It doesn't help that he is also his boss.


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* ProfessionalSlacker: Dupree won't take any job that doesn't have Columbus Day and Victory Over Japan Day off.
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* FunTShirt: Dupree wears a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome and the caption "[[{{Scarface}} Say Hello To My Little Friend]]."

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* FunTShirt: Dupree wears a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome and the caption "[[{{Scarface}} "[[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} Say Hello To My Little Friend]]."
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* Shuppingtorpedo: Mr. Thompson ''can't wait'' to get rid of his son-in-law.

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* Shuppingtorpedo: ShippingTorpedo: Mr. Thompson ''can't wait'' to get rid of his son-in-law.

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Carl Peterson (Dilon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet. [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave Almost immediately, Dupree is annoying the hell out of them both]]. He sleeps naked on their couch, changes the message on their answering machine and gets cable for their TV without their permission, walks in on them when they're about to have sex and messes up their toilet, and when Molly tries to hook him up with Mormon librarian Mandy; they come home to find him having sex with her in their living room using butter as lubricant, after which their couch ends up set on fire. Finally, they can stand it no more and throw him out. After finding him out in the rain, they let him back in again, but insist he gather his act together. He complies. Alas, Carl is starting to drift away; crushed by pressures at work pertaining to his boss/father-in-law Bob Thompson (Michael Douglas), who despises him. Molly, lonely, gets to know the freshly-reformed Dupree, and Carl begins to suspect they're having an affair...

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Carl Peterson (Dilon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet.

[[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave Almost immediately, Dupree is annoying the hell out of them both]]. He sleeps naked on their couch, changes the message on their answering machine and gets cable for their TV without their permission, walks in on them when they're about to have sex and messes up their toilet, and when Molly tries to hook him up with Mormon librarian Mandy; they come home to find him having sex with her in their living room using butter as lubricant, after which their couch ends up set on fire. Finally, they can stand it no more and throw him out.

After finding him Dupree out in the rain, they let him back in again, but insist he gather his act together. He complies. Alas, Carl is starting to drift away; away, crushed by pressures at work pertaining to his boss/father-in-law Bob Thompson (Michael Douglas), who despises him. Molly, lonely, The lonely Molly gets to know the freshly-reformed Dupree, and Carl begins to suspect they're having an affair...



* DrowningMySorrows: How Dupree finds Carl [[spoiler: after he snaps, beats him and runs away]].



* FratPack: Stars Matt Dilon and Owen Wilson.

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* FratPack: Stars Matt Dilon Dillon and Owen Wilson.Wilson.
* FriendToAllChildren: Dupree. [[spoiler: When Carl runs off, the kids try help Dupree to find him.]]


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* MistakenForCheating: Carl thinks Molly and Dupree might have an affair...


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* Shuppingtorpedo: Mr. Thompson ''can't wait'' to get rid of his son-in-law.
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* FunTShirt: Dupree wears a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome and the caption "[[{{Scarface}} Say Hello To My Little Friend.]]"

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* FunTShirt: Dupree wears a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome and the caption "[[{{Scarface}} Say Hello To My Little Friend.]]"Friend]]."
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'''''You, Me and Dupree''''' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, and starring Matt Dilon, OwenWilson and Kate Hudson.

Carl Peterson (Dilon) and Molly Thompson (Hudson) have just married and moved into their new house. One night, stopping at a bar, however, Carl catches his best friend; the [[ManChild childish]], immature, free-spirited Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) languishing around. It turns out that because Dupree did not have leave to attend Carl and Molly's wedding, he lost his job, was thus unable to pay his rent, and is now homeless. Carl allows him to stay and his and Molly's new house until he gets back on his feet. [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave Almost immediately, Dupree is annoying the hell out of them both]]. He sleeps naked on their couch, changes the message on their answering machine and gets cable for their TV without their permission, walks in on them when they're about to have sex and messes up their toilet, and when Molly tries to hook him up with Mormon librarian Mandy; they come home to find him having sex with her in their living room using butter as lubricant, after which their couch ends up set on fire. Finally, they can stand it no more and throw him out. After finding him out in the rain, they let him back in again, but insist he gather his act together. He complies. Alas, Carl is starting to drift away; crushed by pressures at work pertaining to his boss/father-in-law Bob Thompson (Michael Douglas), who despises him. Molly, lonely, gets to know the freshly-reformed Dupree, and Carl begins to suspect they're having an affair...

Didn't do well with critics (21% on RottenTomatoes), who considered it flat and cliched, but was a relative box office success.

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Carl and Molly catch Dupree on ADateWithRosiePalms in their living room to a porno movie. Unfortunately, Dupree hadn't put away a box labeled "camping gear" where he got the tape from which contained Carl's entire [[PornStash collection of Asian porn movies]], which Molly promptly forces him to toss.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Carl, Molly and Dupree all do this to Molly's father Bob, who's been passing out all sorts of hints that he doesn't like Carl and has sought to undermine him, near the end of the movie.
--> '''Carl:''' You've done everything you can to undermine me. You've tried to intimidate me. You've tried to humiliate me. You've bastardized my project to the point where it's unrecognizable. But here's the thing, Bob. I don't care. I don't care about this job, and I don't care about you. I care about Molly! She means everything in the world to me. And if you're going to stand in the way of me trying to win her back, you'd better bring a pretty big candlestick.
* [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five-Temperament Ensemble]]: Dupree (leukine), Bob Thompson (choleric), Carl (melancholic), Mandy (phlegmatic), and Neil (sanguine).
* FratPack: Stars Matt Dilon and Owen Wilson.
* FunTShirt: Dupree wears a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome and the caption "[[{{Scarface}} Say Hello To My Little Friend.]]"
* HiddenDepths: Molly starts taking a liking to Dupree when she sees beyond his party boy persona and sees a kind, talented, hopeless romantic of a man.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably, Carl and Mr. Thompson.
* TheLoad: Dupree.
* ManChild: Dupree.
* MeanBoss: Mr. Thompson.
* MultiCharacterTitle
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The whole plot.
* ToiletHumor

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