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* [[Cop Boyfriend]]: Sorta, with Clooney's character.
* [[Cop Boyfriend]]: Sorta, with Clooney's character.
* [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much]]: {{spoiler|The ending. Osborne's and Chad's comas/deaths are quickly covered up by the CIA.}}
* [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much]]: {{spoiler|The ending. Osborne's and Chad's comas/deaths are quickly covered up by the CIA.}}
* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: {{spoiler|Chad probably would've gotten away alive, if [[Ho Yay|Harry hadn't left the door open when he took a shower]].}}
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: {{spoiler|Chad probably would've gotten away alive, if [[Ho Yay|Harry hadn't left the door open when he took a shower]].}}
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Ted
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Ted
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Seeing Linda and one of her mystery dates having sex. [[Brain Bleach|Do not want.]]
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Seeing Linda and one of her mystery dates having sex. [[Brain Bleach|Do not want.]]
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Linda is quite possibly the most repulsive, selfish character in the entire movie who should have been charged at minimum with treason. She's also the only main character who comes out of the film with what she wanted.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Linda is quite possibly the most repulsive, selfish character in the entire movie who should have been charged at minimum with treason. She's also the only main character who comes out of the film with what she wanted.
** Course, she's not without her bright spots. She was genuinely concerned for Chad's whereabouts.
** Course, she's not without her bright spots. She was genuinely concerned for Chad's whereabouts.
* [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall]]:
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]:
{{quote| '''Ted:''' It's not a phony-baloney Hollywood body.<br />
{{quote| '''Ted:''' It's not a phony-baloney Hollywood body.<br />
'''Linda:''' That's right, Ted. I would be laughed out of Hollywood. }}
'''Linda:''' That's right, Ted. I would be laughed out of Hollywood. }}