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{{quote|''"She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So, I've spent every day since then chasing Amy. So to speak."''|'''[[The Silent Bob|Silent Bob]]'''}}
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The movie contains frank sexual dialogue, and was originally inspired by a brief scene from an early movie by a friend of Smith's, Guin Turner's ''Go Fish'', wherein one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for "selling out" by sleeping with a man. In real life, Kevin Smith was dating Joey Lauren Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her.
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Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum was the Musical Consultant/Producer on this film and wrote music for it.
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* [[All the Good Men Are Gay]]: Inverted.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: In-universe example; Hooper insists to Banky that [[Archie Comics|Archie]] and Jughead are gay lovers, while Banky insists to Hooper that Archie was "all about pussy"
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Parodied by Hooper, who pretends to be an [[Angry Black Man]] to sell comics but is actually [[Flamboyant Gay]]. Also [[Deconstructed]], to some degree. It's definitely hinted that some of the rage he exhibits is real, but cloaked in irony. He also seems to be both angry at how black people are treated and, simultaneously, angry at the way the black community treats gay people. So it's complicated.
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2Nvlcs3ao Holden's Love Speech in the Rain].
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** Hooper plays with this as well: He doesn't mind the fact that he's gay, but he doesn't let his consumers know that, especially since a gay black man is [[Camp Gay|"the swishiest gay man there is"]].
* [[Bait and Switch Comparison]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7gEGl_dKg This infamous exchange]:
{{quote|'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Banky]]''': Alright, now see this? This is a four-way road, OK? And dead in the center is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now, at the end of each of these streets are four people, OK? Are you following?
'''Holden''': Yeah.
'''Banky''': Good. Over here, we have a male-affectionate, easy to get along with, non-political agenda [[Lipstick Lesbian|lesbian]]. Down here, we have a [[Does Not Like Men|man-hating]], [[Axe Crazy|angry as fuck]], [[Psycho Lesbian|agenda of rage]], [[Butch Lesbian|bitter dyke]]. Over here, we got [[Santa Claus]], and up here the [[Easter Bunny]]. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first?
'''Holden''': What is this supposed to prove?
'''Banky''': No, I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. It's like an SAT question. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? The male-friendly [[Lipstick Lesbian|lesbian]], the man-hating [[Butch Lesbian|dyke]], [[Santa Claus]], or the [[Easter Bunny]]?
'''Holden''': The man-hating dyke.
'''Banky''': Good. Why?
'''Holden''': I don't know.
'''Banky''': '''''<big>BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE ARE FIGMENTS OF YOUR FUCKING IMAGINATION!!!</big>''''' }}
* [[Berserk Button]]: "You're a fucking '''tracer'''!"
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** There's a third one: A blurb in one of the newspapers in the beginning reveals Brodie has quit his job as the host of the Tonight Show and opened up a comic book store, linking this movie to both ''[[Mallrats]]'' and ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.
** One of the newspapers also mentioned the character Mooby, whose chain of restaurants is featured prominently in ''Dogma'' and ''[[Clerks II]]''.
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** [[Roger Ebert]] mixed up Banky and Holden.
* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: Twice.
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* [[I Should Write a Book About This]]
* [[It Meant Something to Me]]
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Jay commenting on that Silent Bob thinks that [[Silent Bob|because he doesn't speak often, when he does it is important]].
* [[Let Me Tell You a Story]]: Silent Bob's title drop speech.
* [[Malcolm Xerox]]: Hooper is a subversion.
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* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-universe. "Finger cuffs."
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]
* [[No Bisexuals]]: {{spoiler|Despite Alyssa being a "lesbian" and then turning out to sleep with (and have previously slept with) men, the word bisexual is never mentioned once. Also the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of her lesbian friends unrealistically disowning her from the group for sleeping with a guy.}}
* [[The One That Got Away]]: The entire plot and climax of the movie.
* [[Pronoun Trouble]]
* [[Rule 34]]: Discussed, in regards of ''[[Archie Comics]]''.
* [[Sequential Artist]]: Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are writers/artists for Bluntman and Chronic comic, Alyssa Jones is writer/artist for Idiosyncratic Routine, and Hooper X produces the comic White Hatin' Coon.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Alyssa and Banky comparing lovemaking scars is nearly identical to the famous scene from ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.
* [[Signature Style]]: [[Kevin Smith]]'s writing and directorial style is on display here with all of its usual notes: Snarky banter, limited camera movement, frank discussions of comic book sex, copious ''[[Star Wars]]'' references, and ice hockey.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:The Criterion Collection]]
[[Category:The Criterion Collection (LaserDisc)]]
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Chasing Amy]]▼
[[Category:The View Askewniverse]]
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