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* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]: Averted entirely when it comes to Sam, who tends to repeat himself and mix his words. Interestingly, the more a character comes to like Sam, the more they talk like him.
* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]: Averted entirely when it comes to Sam, who tends to repeat himself and mix his words. Interestingly, the more a character comes to like Sam, the more they talk like him.
** That they start talking like him when they come to like him can be explained by the fact that this happens [[Real Life|in real life.]] [[Got Me Doing It|If you spend a lot of time around people that talk a certain way, then you start acting and speaking like them. People who spend time in foreign countries develop a different accent or dialect, and people who spend time around someone who, say, says a certain word a lot or has a verbal tic will find themselves using the word or verbal tic.]]
** That they start talking like him when they come to like him can be explained by the fact that this happens [[Real Life|in real life.]] [[Got Me Doing It|If you spend a lot of time around people that talk a certain way, then you start acting and speaking like them. People who spend time in foreign countries develop a different accent or dialect, and people who spend time around someone who, say, says a certain word a lot or has a verbal tic will find themselves using the word or verbal tic.]]
* [[Shout Out]]: When asked what his daughter means to him, Sam makes a heartfelt speech that the judge points out is from ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When asked what his daughter means to him, Sam makes a heartfelt speech that the judge points out is from ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''.
* [[Tragic Dream]]: Sam wants to be a good father, but he just isn't capable of raising his daughter alone.
* [[Tragic Dream]]: Sam wants to be a good father, but he just isn't capable of raising his daughter alone.