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** Certainly gives more fuel to the whole schizo/hallucination theory...
** Certainly gives more fuel to the whole schizo/hallucination theory...
* [[From the Mouths of Babes]]
* [[From the Mouths of Babes]]
{{quote| '''Young Lizzie:''' Did they live happily ever after?<br />
{{quote|'''Young Lizzie:''' Did they live happily ever after?
'''Polly:''' Of Course Elizabeth.<br />
'''Polly:''' Of Course Elizabeth.
'''Young Lizzie:''' How do you know?<br />
'''Young Lizzie:''' How do you know?
'''Polly:''' Because, she was a good little girl, if she would have been naughty, the Prince would have run away.<br />
'''Polly:''' Because, she was a good little girl, if she would have been naughty, the Prince would have run away.
'''Young Lizzie:''' What a pile of shit. }}
'''Young Lizzie:''' What a pile of shit. }}
* [[Great Gazoo]]: Fred.
* [[Great Gazoo]]: Fred.
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Fred has a few nicknames for Polly. His most common is The Megabitch/Megabeast. And for Lizzie, more affectionately, Snotface.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Fred has a few nicknames for Polly. His most common is The Megabitch/Megabeast. And for Lizzie, more affectionately, Snotface.
* [[It Got Worse]]: Lizzie earns [[Woobie]] status less than 10 minutes into the film, in which her husband doesn't want to reconcile, her purse is stolen from her car, and then a passerby uses the broken window to gain entry and steal her car. Then...
* [[It Got Worse]]: Lizzie earns [[Woobie]] status less than 10 minutes into the film, in which her husband doesn't want to reconcile, her purse is stolen from her car, and then a passerby uses the broken window to gain entry and steal her car. Then...
{{quote| *Court reporter Lizzie barges into courtroom over an hour late*<br />
{{quote|*Court reporter Lizzie barges into courtroom over an hour late*
'''Lizzie''': I'm sorry, Your Honor, I lost my money, my car, my husband...<br />
'''Lizzie''': I'm sorry, Your Honor, I lost my money, my car, my husband...
'''Judge''': All in one lunch hour?...Will the court reporter approach the bench, please?<br />
'''Judge''': All in one lunch hour?...Will the court reporter approach the bench, please?
'''Lizzie''': I'm sorry.<br />
'''Lizzie''': I'm sorry.
'''Judge''': So am I; you're fired. }}
'''Judge''': So am I; you're fired. }}
* [[Jerkass]]: Let's see, he breaks stuff, smears dog crap on the carpet, mocks Lizzie about her husband leaving her, causes havoc at a resturaunt, makes Lizzie look completely batshit (that is, if you don't already think that about her), oh, and ''destroys Janie's home and everything she owns for no apparent reason other than his amusement''. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, Fred is totally the friend we all need.]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Let's see, he breaks stuff, smears dog crap on the carpet, mocks Lizzie about her husband leaving her, causes havoc at a resturaunt, makes Lizzie look completely batshit (that is, if you don't already think that about her), oh, and ''destroys Janie's home and everything she owns for no apparent reason other than his amusement''. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, Fred is totally the friend we all need.]]
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** Except for... everyone else. He sort of made absolutely everyone else miserable. And in some cases completely homeless with nothing left but the clothes on their back.
** Except for... everyone else. He sort of made absolutely everyone else miserable. And in some cases completely homeless with nothing left but the clothes on their back.
*** And a huge insurance payout:
*** And a huge insurance payout:
{{quote| '''Janie:''' Have you ever seen so many zeroes outside of the national debt?}}
{{quote|'''Janie:''' Have you ever seen so many zeroes outside of the national debt?}}
**** Insurance does not work that way. It only would if it was ruled an accident, not if some lunatic destroyed it. The way you'd get compensated for ''that'' is to sue the living hell out of said lunatic, have them declare bankruptcy, and ''then'' that person's insurance would cover it. And even then, the insurance money would only cover the estimated cost of the property damaged, not enough to leave a person better off. That's not even accounting for the fact that there were almost certainly items on the boat that were emotionally significant or irreplaceable, yet technically not "valuable."
**** Insurance does not work that way. It only would if it was ruled an accident, not if some lunatic destroyed it. The way you'd get compensated for ''that'' is to sue the living hell out of said lunatic, have them declare bankruptcy, and ''then'' that person's insurance would cover it. And even then, the insurance money would only cover the estimated cost of the property damaged, not enough to leave a person better off. That's not even accounting for the fact that there were almost certainly items on the boat that were emotionally significant or irreplaceable, yet technically not "valuable."
**** Although considering the 'lunatic' in this case is imaginary, the insurance people may have wrote it up as 'accidental'.
**** Although considering the 'lunatic' in this case is imaginary, the insurance people may have wrote it up as 'accidental'.