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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.
The plot is [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|very loosely based on the story]] of poor [
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* [[Everybody Lives]]: {{spoiler|In the end, the only person who dies is Chongo the assassin.}}
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Major
* [[Fire
* [[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.
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* [[Minion With an F In Evil]]: Travis isn't comfortable with the idea of killing The Major, or of people actually getting hurt in their attempt to get the money. On the other hand, he doesn't hesitate to {{spoiler|kill Chongo, albeit in self-defense}}.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Juici
* [[My Sister Is Off
* [[Never Bring a Knife To A Gun Fight]]: [[Trailers Always Spoil|"You just brought a gun to a bomb fight, officer!"]]
* [[Product Placement]]: Nissan must have paid a lot of money to show off that nicely restored Datsun.
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* [[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
* [[Thirty Minutes or
* [[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}}.
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