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* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Hardly anybody remembers or even knows the novel by Colin Higgins, who was originally slated to direct before Hal Ashby came on board. The novel is currently out of print. |
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Hardly anybody remembers or even knows the novel by Colin Higgins, who was originally slated to direct before Hal Ashby came on board. The novel is currently out of print. |
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* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Boy obsessed with being dead? Funny. Boy who stages his own suicide for attention? [[Dude Not Funny]]. Boy who turns staging his own suicide into a ''reoccurring act''? Funny again. |
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Boy obsessed with being dead? Funny. Boy who stages his own suicide for attention? [[Dude, Not Funny]]. Boy who turns staging his own suicide into a ''reoccurring act''? Funny again. |
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: ''"If you want to sing out, sing out..."'' |
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: ''"If you want to sing out, sing out..."'' |
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* [[Cult Classic]] |
* [[Cult Classic]] |
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* [[Dude Not Funny]]: Averted because Harold's pranks are so ludicrously over-the-top. |
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Averted because Harold's pranks are so ludicrously over-the-top. |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] or [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]], depending: The priest's expression when describing Harold's "firm, young body." |
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] or [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]], depending: The priest's expression when describing Harold's "firm, young body." |
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** Ruth Gordon, Maude's actress, later hawking the Subaru BRAT. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_sLrSUbOc\] |
** Ruth Gordon, Maude's actress, later hawking the Subaru BRAT. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_sLrSUbOc\] |
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** Bud Cort portrayed a serial abductor in ''[[ |
** Bud Cort portrayed a serial abductor in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' who {{spoiler|ended up taking away his own life}}. |
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* [[It Was His Sled]]: Surprisingly averted. Although the movie's [[May |
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Surprisingly averted. Although the movie's [[May-December Romance|premise]] is reasonably well known, the ending is not. |
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* [[Squick]]: The priest goes on for [[Overly Long Gag|a very long scene]] about this. |
* [[Squick]]: The priest goes on for [[Overly Long Gag|a very long scene]] about this. |
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* [[Tear Jerker]]: |
* [[Tear Jerker]]: |
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{{quote|{{spoiler|''Go and love some more.''}}}} |
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** {{spoiler|The reason Harold pulls these stunts.}} |
** {{spoiler|The reason Harold pulls these stunts.}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 8 August 2014
- Adaptation Displacement: Hardly anybody remembers or even knows the novel by Colin Higgins, who was originally slated to direct before Hal Ashby came on board. The novel is currently out of print.
- Crosses the Line Twice: Boy obsessed with being dead? Funny. Boy who stages his own suicide for attention? Dude, Not Funny. Boy who turns staging his own suicide into a reoccurring act? Funny again.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: "If you want to sing out, sing out..."
- Cult Classic
- Dude, Not Funny: Averted because Harold's pranks are so ludicrously over-the-top.
- Hilarious in Hindsight or Funny Aneurysm Moment, depending: The priest's expression when describing Harold's "firm, young body."
- Ruth Gordon, Maude's actress, later hawking the Subaru BRAT. [1]
- Bud Cort portrayed a serial abductor in Criminal Minds who ended up taking away his own life.
- It Was His Sled: Surprisingly averted. Although the movie's premise is reasonably well known, the ending is not.
- Squick: The priest goes on for a very long scene about this.
- Tear Jerker:
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Go and love some more. |
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- The reason Harold pulls these stunts.