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* [[Imagine Spot]] |
* [[Imagine Spot]] |
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* [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]]: A couple in a row, dealing with how Rob ''wants'' to deal with Ian. These culminate in {{spoiler|A [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] where ''Dick'' throws the first punch and the fight ends with Ian's head crushed under a air conditioner window-unit}} |
* [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]]: A couple in a row, dealing with how Rob ''wants'' to deal with Ian. These culminate in {{spoiler|A [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] where ''Dick'' throws the first punch and the fight ends with Ian's head crushed under a air conditioner window-unit}} |
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* [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]: In-universe - this is the guys' standard; Barry calls Rob's picks for [[Top Ten List|Top Five "Track Ones/Side Ones"]] "very ''pussy''" for only including ''one'' semi-obscure [[Massive Attack]] song. Barry's probably the worst of them in this regard. |
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* [[London Town]]: In the book. |
* [[London Town]]: In the book. |
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* [[Loser Protagonist]]: Rob, though much more so in the movie. |
* [[Loser Protagonist]]: Rob, though much more so in the movie. |
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In the space of a single sentence. "I go for a drink with Liz and she bitches about Ray the whole evening, which is great; and then Laura's dad dies, and everything changes." |
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In the space of a single sentence. "I go for a drink with Liz and she bitches about Ray the whole evening, which is great; and then Laura's dad dies, and everything changes." |
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* [[Muse Abuse]] |
* [[Muse Abuse]] |
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Tim Robbins gets one or two scenes as Rob's pompous, arrogant hippie neighbour Ian, and steals every one. |
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Rob continuously addresses the camera in the film. This was the way that Stephen Frears and John Cusack decided to include the massive amounts of very important and integral narration of the book. |
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Rob continuously addresses the camera in the film. This was the way that Stephen Frears and John Cusack decided to include the massive amounts of very important and integral narration of the book. |
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* [[Nostalgic Narrator]]: Sometimes averted, sometimes played straight. |
* [[Nostalgic Narrator]]: Sometimes averted, sometimes played straight. |
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