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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Judy Davis' character (Lucy) is dealing with a broken marriage and being jilted for a younger woman; the same fate she suffered in Allen's ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' a few years earlier.
* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|the Devil.}}
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'''Ken''': "Well... I'm just you. Thinly disguised. You gave me a little more maturity. And a different name." }}
* [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure]]: Joan might have needed a lot of help after {{spoiler|being cheated on with one of her patients}} and getting divorced; we know she [[Punctuated for Emphasis|didn't]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|take it well]].
* [[Death
* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Whatever it is.
* [[Functional Addict]]: Harry sees himself as one, as far as booze and anti-anxiety pills are concerned. Other characters don't agree.
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** In one of Harry's stories, this is the reason his marriage to [[Florence Nightingale Effect|his former psychoanalyst]] failed: after the birth of their son, she rediscovered her Jewish roots, became obsessed with faith and tradition, and ended up leaving Harry for a dashing Israeli patient. In real life, though, {{spoiler|Harry cheated on Joan with one of her patients.}}
** Then there's Bert, Harry's brother-in-law; an observant Jew who Harry despises to the point of becoming estranged from his sister. {{spoiler|They later briefly reconnect.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Paul Giamatti]] pops up near the end as a Lit professor; there's also a 5-second glimpse into [[Alias (TV series)|Sydney Bristow]] before she became an agent.
* [[High Class Call Girl]]: The Asian prostitute in one of the stories-within-a-story.
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Mostly played for laughs, of the smug variety.
* [[Hooker
* {{spoiler|[[Ironic Hell]]}}
* [[The Lancer]]: Larry.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Borrow a sick friend's apartment, pretend it's your bachelor pad, use his name to introduce yourself to a [[High Class Call Girl]]... hey, that's [[The Grim Reaper]] at the door. And he won't believe you're not the guy.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Applied twice. Fay, Harry's last girlfriend, {{spoiler|left him for Larry, who's older than her as well: the key difference here is Larry's positive outlook on life. They're married by the end of the movie.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Harry Block, although [[
* [[Morality Pet]]: Played with. Harry's very fond of his young son Hilliard, who he enjoys spending time with; too bad all his life lessons to the kid are variations on [[Good Is Boring]].
* [[Muse Abuse]]:
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