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** Alex delivers another one to Ryan after he shows up at her front door in a big romantic gesture, ignorant of the fact that she's married with kids. She later tells him how utterly meaningless their "relationship" was to her, at one point unloading the absolutely brutal line, "You are a parenthesis."
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* AdaptedOut: Sandor "Sandy" Pinter, a legendary management consultant, has a significant role in the book but doesn't appear in the movie.
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* BlackComedy: About layoffs.
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* BlackComedy: About A more downplayed example, considering it's about layoffs.
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* MarriedToTheJob: One of the main themes. Discussed and played with; Ryan "spends 322 days on the road, which means he has to spend 43 miserable days at home", which is very convenient to a man who doesn't want to have a real life.
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* MarriedToTheJob: One of the main themes. Discussed and played with; Ryan "spends 322 days on the road, which means he has to spend 43 miserable days at home", which is very convenient to for a man who doesn't want to have a real life.
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* SequelHook: The story is easily opened to continue be it however Ryan's life goes moving forward, Alex's double life being a powder keg ready to blow and Natalie beginning her new job elsewhere.
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* SequelHook: The story is easily opened open to continue continue, be it however Ryan's life goes moving forward, Alex's double life being a powder keg ready to blow and Natalie beginning her new job elsewhere.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Natalie's boyfriend is on screen for less than ten seconds, as well as a brief NewhartPhoneCall, before dumping her but following him to Omaha set Natalie up at Ryans company in the first place.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Natalie's boyfriend is on screen for less than ten seconds, as well as a brief NewhartPhoneCall, before dumping her but her, after following him to Omaha set Natalie up at Ryans Ryan's company in the first place.
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* TheUnfairSex: [[spoiler:Not only is Alex married with children, but she never tells Ryan about it; yet she's the one who gets mad at him because he could've destroyed her family by him showing up unexpectedly at her doorstep. Which he couldn't have known, since you know she deliberately withheld it from him.]]
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* TheUnfairSex: [[spoiler:Not only is Alex married with children, but she never tells Ryan about it; yet she's the one who gets mad at him because he could've destroyed her family by him showing up unexpectedly at her doorstep. Which he couldn't have known, since since, you know know, she deliberately withheld it from him.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Ryan is closer to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold (fires people for a living and is emotionally detached, but is actually a fairly decent guy underneath it all), but some of the more jerkish things he says do turn out to be correct. For example, while he does have selfish motives for hating Natalie's "let's fire people through video chat" business plan, his claim that it makes the people being fired nervous and uncomfortable is proven right. Also, while Natalie is understandably offended at his stereotyping of various airplane passengers, it really does get them through the security line that much faster.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Ryan is closer to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold (fires people for a living and is emotionally detached, but is actually a fairly decent guy underneath it all), but some of the more jerkish things he says do turn out to be correct. For example, while correct.
** While he does have selfish motives for hating Natalie's "let's fire people through video chat" business plan, his claim that it makes the people being fired nervous and uncomfortable is provenright. Also, while right.
** Ryan may not have been particularly nice to Natalie when having her mock-fire him, but he correctly points out that seemingly small slip-ups could result in serious legal consequences for a company if a firing is handled incorrectly and that Natalie is too inexperienced to understand it.
** While Natalie is understandably offended at his stereotyping of various airplane passengers, it really does get them through the security line that much faster.
** While he does have selfish motives for hating Natalie's "let's fire people through video chat" business plan, his claim that it makes the people being fired nervous and uncomfortable is proven
** Ryan may not have been particularly nice to Natalie when having her mock-fire him, but he correctly points out that seemingly small slip-ups could result in serious legal consequences for a company if a firing is handled incorrectly and that Natalie is too inexperienced to understand it.
** While Natalie is understandably offended at his stereotyping of various airplane passengers, it really does get them through the security line that much faster.
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** The film has Ryan (bitterly) questioning his life after finding out that the one person in his life (Alex) is already married. The sweet part is his humanity apparently returning after he not only gives Natalie a glowing recommendation for her dream job, he gifts a round-the-world trip for his sister and her new husband after he finds out they cannot afford a honeymoon. There's also the implication Ryan is now looking for more purpose in his life moving forward as well and not just aimlessly going from place to place anymore. See AmbiguousEnding.
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** The film has Ryan (bitterly) questioning his life after finding out [[spoiler: that the one person in his life (Alex) is already married. married.]] The sweet part is his humanity apparently returning after he not only gives Natalie a glowing recommendation for her dream job, he gifts a round-the-world trip for his sister and her new husband after he finds out they cannot afford a honeymoon. There's also the implication Ryan is now looking for more purpose in his life moving forward as well and not just aimlessly going from place to place anymore. See AmbiguousEnding.
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-->'''Steve:''' How do I get in touch with you?
-->'''Ryan:''' Don't worry, we'll be in touch with you soon. This is just the beginning.
-->'''Steve:''' ''(Nods, shuts the door)''
-->'''Ryan:''' ''(Narrating)'' I'll never see Steve again.
-->'''Ryan:''' Don't worry, we'll be in touch with you soon. This is just the beginning.
-->'''Steve:''' ''(Nods, shuts the door)''
-->'''Ryan:''' ''(Narrating)'' I'll never see Steve again.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Ryan races to be with Alex,]] but he discovers that she has a family and a husband and has no interest in starting a life with him.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Ryan races to be with Alex,]] Alex, but he discovers that she has a family and a husband and has no interest in starting a life with him.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ryan points out early on that Natalie has no experience as a hatchet woman and that her idea of firing people through video chats just makes people more nervous. [[spoiler:Sure enough, after a little while under Ryan's tutelage she still is too wet behind the ears and when she tries her "revolutionary" method, the man she fires got so nervous that [[DrivenToSuicide he commits suicide the very same day]].]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ryan points out early on that Natalie has no experience as a hatchet woman and that her idea of firing people through video chats just makes people more nervous. [[spoiler:Sure [[spoiler: Sure enough, after a little while under Ryan's tutelage she still is too wet behind the ears and when she tries her "revolutionary" method, the man she fires got so nervous that [[DrivenToSuicide he commits suicide the very same day]].]]
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* HateSink: Alex Goran, much like Ryan Bingham, is a carefree frequent Flyer. The two hit it off for the whole movie and Ryan starts to fall for her until he eventually discovers Alex kept a huge secret from him: she has a husband and two young sons in Chicago. Dismissing Ryan as "someone who's lost," Alex also calls Ryan to tell him that "that's [her] real life" and that he's only "an escape" to her. She also condescendingly calls herself "a grown-up" and half-heartedly tells him to "give [her] a call," resulting in Ryan calmly hanging up.
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* HateSink: Alex Goran, much like Ryan Bingham, is a carefree frequent Flyer. The two hit it off for the whole movie and Ryan starts to fall for her until he eventually discovers Alex kept a huge secret from him: [[spoiler: she has a husband and two young sons in Chicago. Dismissing Ryan as "someone who's lost," Alex also calls Ryan to tell him that "that's [her] real life" and that he's only "an escape" to her. She also condescendingly calls herself "a grown-up" and half-heartedly tells him to "give [her] a call," resulting in Ryan calmly hanging up.]]
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* ItMeantSomethingToMe: Ryan's phone conversation with Alex is this, as she [[spoiler: chews him out for showing up to her house, where the husband and kids she never mentioned could've seen him. She lets him know that all Ryan is to her is a fun fling and nothing more, while Ryan's hurt responses after finally opening his heart to someone is this trope.]]
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* TheCharmer: In true George Clooney fashion. As shown with Bob, Ryan's ability to help ease the tremendous distress of many of the people he fires makes him good at his job.
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'''Ryan:''' ''(Narrating)'' I'll never see Steve again.
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** Played for laughs in the beginning when firing one particular employee:
-->'''Steve:''' How do I get in touch with you?
'''Ryan:''' Don't worry, we'll be in touch with you soon. This is just the beginning.
-->'''Steve:''' ''(Nods, shuts the door)''
'''Ryan:''' ''(Narrating)'' I'll never see Steve again.
** After one firing victim follows through on a threat and commits suicide by jumping off a bridge, Craig asks Ryan if he remembers anyone who stands out. Despite remembering the woman Natalie fired who made the suicidal comment he denies it to protect Natalie. Craig doesn't look convinced but doesn't push the issue.
** Played for laughs in the beginning when firing one particular employee:
-->'''Steve:''' How do I get in touch with you?
'''Ryan:''' Don't worry, we'll be in touch with you soon. This is just the beginning.
-->'''Steve:''' ''(Nods, shuts the door)''
'''Ryan:''' ''(Narrating)'' I'll never see Steve again.
** After one firing victim follows through on a threat and commits suicide by jumping off a bridge, Craig asks Ryan if he remembers anyone who stands out. Despite remembering the woman Natalie fired who made the suicidal comment he denies it to protect Natalie. Craig doesn't look convinced but doesn't push the issue.
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** Becomes a BookEnd when she quits
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** Becomes a BookEnd when she quits via text message.
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* FiringDay: A central theme of the story. The message is that despite the cold, calloused methodology behind Ryan's company, there are ways to make firing people more humane.
-->'''Ryan''': Our job is to make limbo tolerable - to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread and humiliation to the point where hope is dimly visible...and then to stop the boat, shove'em in the water, and make them swim.
-->'''Ryan''': Our job is to make limbo tolerable - to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread and humiliation to the point where hope is dimly visible...and then to stop the boat, shove'em in the water, and make them swim.
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** Becomes a BookEnd when she quits
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* ButNowIMustGo: Whether or not it's because of the woman she and Ryan fired who jumped off a bridge, Natalie decides she can't deal with the job anymore, quits and then leaves without a second thought.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Natalie quits by text message.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: {{Discussed}}. Natalie objects to Ryan's stereotyping of families with children, Middle Easterners, the elderly, and Asians. Ryan counters by demonstrating how racial profiling really is a thing, and how choosing who one stands behind in the security line really does streamline the entire process.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: {{Discussed}}. Natalie objects to Ryan's stereotyping of families with children, Middle Easterners, the elderly, and Asians. Ryan counters by demonstrating how racial profiling really is a thing, and how choosing who one stands behind in the security line really does streamline the entire process.
