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Two [[The Slacker|slackers]] named Dwayne and Travis want to make a hundred-thousand dollars quickly so they can hire an assassin to kill Dwayne's father, the Major, and get his inheritance money. Eventually, they come up with a [[Sarcasm Mode|sensible]] idea: [[Crosses the Line Twice|order a pizza, have it delivered, kidnap the pizza man, strap a bomb to his chest, and force him to rob a bank or the bomb will detonate]]. The unfortunate delivery man, Nick, teams up with his best friend Chet, whom he recently had a falling out with when he confessed that he had slept with Chet's sister, to get the job done.

 

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Nick, Jesse Eisenberg's character, [[The Social Network|saying that he doesn't go on Facebook]].

* [[Affably Evil]]: Chongo the assassin.

* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: {{spoiler|Dwayne lets Nick drive off with the money in order to make sure Travis is okay after his flamethrower explodes.}}

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: The Major has a pen-gun and isn't afraid to use it.

* [[Bank Robbery]]

* [[Black Comedy]]

* [[Blatant Lies]]: Dwayne to a pedestrian after the car chase: "Good. I hope they catch them."

** "That's what she said."

** Blue dye

* [[Everybody Lives]]: {{spoiler|In the end, the only person who dies is Chongo the assassin.}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Major

* [[Good All Along]]: {{spoiler|After Chongo decides to kill Duane, he breaks into his house and runs into The Major. The Major refuses to tell Chongo where Duane is, even after being told Chongo was hired by Duane to kill him. The Major's pretty much just your basic, fed-up-dad-with-layabout-son type of character, he's just more mean about it because he's a retired Marine.}}

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Chet.

*** {{spoiler|Well they don't get caught or identified but they ended up with only an ink bag... but they still got away scot free for stealing their neighbors car and trashing it.}}

** {{spoiler|Juci, who came up with the idea of murdering The Major in the first place and who actually ''does'' try and kill Chet and Nick also gets away scot free and without even the severe injuries the other surviving bad guys end up with.}}

* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: The Major. {{spoiler|Post credits reveal he survived, though he's in a wheelchair.}}

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Juici

* [[Product Placement]]: Nissan must have paid a lot of money to show off that nicely restored Datsun.

** Also Arby's and 5-Hour Energy drinks.

* [[The Stinger]]: {{spoiler|Dwayne, Travis and The Major all survived their injuries and started a tanning salon/prostitution ring together. Dwayne also got Juici.}}

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: Nick and Chet being mistaken for hispanic

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Dwayne. Travis is a little smarter but not by much.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: One of the TV Spots {{spoiler|includes Nick trying to tell Dwayne to pull over because the bomb's in his van, before it explodes}}.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]

** {{spoiler|Travis later gives this to Dwayne, while changing the codes on the remote detonator, after Dwayne plans on cutting his losses and blowing Nick up.}}

 

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