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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Caroline's just a wee bit [[CantHoldHerLiquor tipsy]].]]
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4	-> ''[[ExtremelyShortTimespan This night]] is winding down but time means nothing\
5	As always at this hour time means nothing\
6	One final, final round 'cause time means nothing\
7	Say that you'll stay, say that you'll stay, say that you'll stay.''
8	-->-- ''After Hours'', '''We Are Scientists'''
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10	A 2008 coming-of-age film starring Creator/MichaelCera and Creator/KatDennings as the titular characters. Nick is the sole straight member of a Queercore band, The Jerk Offs. His girlfriend Tris recently dumped him (after cheating on him for [[strike:much of their relationship]] ''their entire'' relationship), but he's still obsessed with her. Norah is the daughter of a record producer, an intellectual free spirit with a love of indie music. When the two meet by chance at a local New York club, Norah feels a connection. Nick...is too busy missing Tris to notice.
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12	Nick and Norah spend most of the night together, alone and with friends, in search of a secret concert by a legendary indie band. What happens along the way could change the lives and perspectives of them both, forever.
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14	The movie is remarkable for a quirky soundtrack comprised mostly of indie rock and several interesting side characters. In addition to Nick and Norah, we meet the other members of The Jerk Offs (Thom and Dev), Nick's ex Tris, Norah's best friend Caroline, and Beefy Guy.
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16	Think of it as ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' for the newest generation, with a very different set of music and indisputably much, much worse cars. Or a late-teenage version of ''Film/BeforeSunrise''.
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18	Based off a book by Creator/RachelCohn and Creator/DavidLevithan, which is also the subject of the Webcomic/{{Unshelved}} Book Club [[http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060910 here]].
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20	!!The movie provides examples of:
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22	%% * TheAlcoholic: Caroline, to a degree.
23	%% * TheAllegedCar: Nick's Yugo, obviously.
24	%% * AlphaBitch: Tris.
25	* BathroomStallGraffiti: A clue about the location of the secret Where’s Fluffy? show is scrawled onto a toilet stall door.
26	* BettyAndVeronica: Two constellations that play with the trope - the new love interest is the kinder, down-to-earth one. We have Nick as Archie with Tris as Veronica and Norah as Betty, and Norah as Archie with Nick as Betty and Tal as Veronica. Guess how this one ends.
27	* BigApplesauce: While beginning in New Jersey, the film’s setting switches to downtown Manhattan as the night’s adventures begin.
28	* BookEnds: [[spoiler:the gum (which Caroline got from Randy while they were making out) ends up on the back of Randy's neck after Nick spits it out while confronting Tal]]
29	* BoyfriendBluff: Norah asks Nick to be her "five-minute boyfriend".
30	* BrainyBrunette: Norah, who was accepted to Brown.
31	* TheCameo: Creator/SethMeyers as a drunk guy who mistakes the Yugo for a taxi, Creator/JohnCho who announces the fake Where's Fluffy show, and Creator/AndySamberg as a homeless man.
32	* CantHoldHerLiquor: Caroline. But she had been drinking since about 4:30 in the afternoon.
33	* CaptainObvious: Yes, Caroline, you did fall. Yes, Caroline, you are being carried. Yes, Caroline, that ''is'' [[MakesSenseInContext a turkey sandwich.]]
34	* ComingOfAgeStory: The premise of the film.
35	* ConcertClimax: The secret show of Where's Fluffy, which is also a MacGuffinLocation
36	* DisgustingPublicToilet: The Port Authority bus terminal toilet.
37	* DragQueen: Christmas themed, at that.
38	* DeadpanSnarker: Norah, in spades. Nick isn't lacking in this department either and to an extent, just about every major character has their own moment of snappy snark.
39	* DontExplainTheJoke: Norah does have a fondness for her bad jokes.
40	-->'''Norah''': Hey. What's that banging?
41	-->'''Nick''': Is it my [[AllegedCar car--?]]
42	-->'''Norah''': I think it's..uhhh ''drums''! Get it? Rhythm? Rhythmic drumming on drums? Because when you're in a band you need drums, and you're in band and [[RunningGag you don't have drums.]]
43	-->'''Nick''': Oh. Thanks. I haven't heard that before.
44	-->'''Norah''': (quietly mutters) I didn't mean your band wasn't good. I just meant you needed a drummer... ({{Beat}}) You can drop me off up here if you want.
45	* DroppedInTheToilet: A very drunk Caroline ends up throwing up in a toilet in the Port Authority bathroom. She gets her phone out of her purse to call Norah, but drops it in the toilet, and then lets her gum fall out of her mouth into the toilet as well. Visibly disgusted, she fishes out the cell phone and calls Norah, and then fishes out the gum...and puts it back in her mouth.
46	* DrunkenMaster: Caroline works out the location of the band before anyone else, despite (or perhaps because of) being really drunk.
47	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Just like the book, the film roughly takes place over 24 hours, the vast majority of events occur during the long winded night.
48	* FakeOutMakeOut: Norah pulls this on Nick after she asks him to be her "five-minute boyfriend".
49	* FollowThatCar: "Follow that van!"
50	* GaveUpTooSoon: At the bus terminal, looking for Caroline.
51	* AGoodNameForARockBand: Norah calls Thom, Dev, and Lothario a "fistful of assholes" while they're arguing about a new name for their band--both of the band members like the name. The movie is unclear on whether or not they kept their regular name or changed it to "Fistful of Assholes".
52	* GreenEyedEpiphany: Tris only wants Nick after she sees he has moved on with Norah. [[spoiler: it's too little too late for her.]]
53	* GrossGumGag: A drunk Caroline keeps chewing the same piece of gum (which she got from Randy's mouth while making out with him) throughout the entire movie. At one point she loses it in a sewer, finds it again, and sticks it back in her mouth. It eventually ends up in Nick's mouth and he spits it onto the back of Randy's neck.
54	* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Nick lets Norah drive his [[TheAllegedCar Yugo]], and after showing off [[DrivingStick her "awesome" driving skills]], she parks by the curb. When Nick comments on how far away from the curb she is, she goes to reverse closer to the curb and ends up driving forward [[EpicFail into a fire hydrant]].
55	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Caroline, leading to her being TheLoad.
56	* {{Hipster}}: Nearly everyone.
57	* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Or at least for Norah.
58	%% * {{Joisey}}
59	%% * TheLoad: Caroline.
60	* ManipulativeBastard: Both Tal (and to lesser extent - Tris) manage to keep Norah and Nick (respectively) around for years by manipulating them and pushing on their buttons. [[spoiler: it stops working around half-way through the movie.]]
61	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Tal. Tris is hinted to be one too.
62	%% * TheModestOrgasm: Norah.
63	* MomentKiller: A particularly brutal Fatal Fumble occurs when Nick and Norah share a sweet smile along to Nick's mix playing in the background. For a second it looks like they're actually going to get along....and then the mix ends with Nick's prerecorded self proclaiming, "There it is, Tris! 10 songs from my broken heart!". Yeouch.
64	* OneCrazyNight: The movie involves the titular protagonists having a MeetCute and then trying to find a concert by an obscure indie band called "Where's Fluffy?". It turns into an epic all-night quest in which they fall in love.
65	* TheReveal: Turns out, Beefy Guy's real name is [[spoiler: Lothario]]. Norah, visibly amused, thinks it's pretty nice.
66	* RightThroughHisPants: Both of theirs, in fact. [[spoiler: Some reviews stated that the largely clothed protagonists indicated it was a portrayal of mutual masturbation, which is in fact, a more realistic portrayal of what a couple of fooling-around teenagers might be doing rather than full-on intercourse.]]
67	%% * RomanticFalseLead: Tris and Tal.
68	* RunningGag: See if you can follow every mouth That Gum goes into.
69	* SceneryPorn: There are many lingering shots of the New York streets and skyline.
70	* SexyDiscretionShot: We don't actually see [[spoiler: whatever Nick and Norah get up to in the recording studio (which lead to some speculation about what exactly happened, see RightThroughHisPants above), the camera pans away to the guitars and recording equipment as they start making out, so we just hear some whispered dialogue and then Norah orgasming.]]
71	* SheCleansUpNicely: Norah is a mild case, ditching the sports bra and gaining a jacket.
72	* ShoutOut:
73	** Nick and Norah are named in reference to Nick and Nora Charles, the main characters of ''Film/TheThinMan''. Going further, both Noras are the children of wealthy families, whereas both Nicks are from much less affluent backgrounds.
74	** One of the band names that Dev, Thom, and Beefy Guy think of is [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Shit Sandwich]].
75	* StraightGay: Lothario/Beefy Guy.
76	* TookALevelInJerkass: Tris is ''far'' less nasty in the book (which isn't to say she isn't a bitch there either). She teaches Norah how to kiss properly and the reason why she broke up with Nick in the first place was because he was far too much of a NiceGuy to be wasted on her.
77	* VomitIndiscretionShot: Not only do we see Caroline throw up in the Port Authority toilet, there's also a close-up of the toilet bowl as she fishes her phone and gum out of it.
78	* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Where they finally find Caroline .
79	* TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: Played straight when the very drunk Caroline gets handed off to the gay band mates for her own safety [[spoiler: only to be {{Subverted}} when they leave the van unlocked and let her wander off]].

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