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** Paul Michaelson also has a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], primed to take offense at ''anything anyone'' says.
* [[Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee]]: Inverted: everyone's ''dying'' to be part of the so-called 'Future Planning Committee', better known as the War Committee.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Although not strictly a hero, as his career rapidly takes a dive-plunge straight down the crapper Simon Foster ends up in the U.N Mediation Room frantically eating mints, [[Thousand -Yard Stare|staring blankly into space]] and remarking that his internal thoughts seem to be an endless loop of him shouting "Oh, shit!" at himself in a distant voice "like a car alarm in the middle of the night".
* [[Homage Shot]]: "Don't raise your voice. This is a sacred place." Linton reminds Malcolm that you can't fight in here, this is the Meditation Room.
** The US [http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/in-the-loop-trailer trailer] and [http://media.ifcfilms.com/images/films/film-media-movie-poster-large/in-the-loop-poster_280x415.jpg poster] also reference [[Dr. Strangelove]], as did many critics making favourable comparisons.
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* [[I Am Spartacus]]: Referenced in the infamous fax machine scene.
* [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"]]: "Little Toby is staying very much in his hammock this evening..."
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: "In the Kingdom of Truth, the man with one fact is king." Linton likes to deliver these, which is probably why his [[Professional Butt -Kisser|butt kisser]] Chad is fond of them too. Chad's tend to be much, much worse, though:
{{quote| '''Toby Wright:''' You speak entirely in parables, don't you? You're like a crap Jesus.<br />
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* [[Kavorka Man]]: Toby Wright somehow manages to sleep with Michael's aide Suzy and with Liza Weld despite being one of the film's least likeable characters, and despite looking like a gangly pasty-faced 12-year-old.
** Of course this just refers to the ''character'', and certainly not [http://www.citylife.co.uk/img/10975/13477_chris_addison_homecoming_king.jpg the actor who plays him].
* [[Last -Second Word Swap]]: Subverted to make Malcolm's final words to Linton ''more'' offensive.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: Malcolm, as a result of stress, [[Girly Run|running everywhere]], and [[Forgets to Eat|existing on a diet of coffee]].
* [[Leave Him to Me]]: Malcolm directs Simon Foster to steer clear of Linton Barwick. "I'll deal with him."
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* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]: Judy appears to be one of the only people in the movie with her head screwed on fully. Needless to say, everyone pretty much ignores or abuses her and Toby spends most of the movie actively plotting against her. {{spoiler|She ends up having the last laugh over him as the whole thing ends up completely destroying his career while she emerges unscathed.}}
* [[Playing Against Type]]: James Gandolfini as Pentagon Dove General Miller
* [[Professional Butt -Kisser]]: Chad. His desperate methods to get closer to Linton Barwick include carrying a squash racquet in the hope that Linton will see it and fancy a game. Unfortunately he forgets to take the price tags off first. {{spoiler|Ironically, for all his sucking up and [[Smug Snake]] behaviour, he ends up being shafted and left with the losing side, whereas Liza -- who he has spent the entire movie trying to smugly lord it over -- ends up getting the position with Linton he's coveted.}}
** "He's wearing his push-up bra today!"
* [[Separated By a Common Language]]: The film gets in a reminder that [[Take That|no-one swears like the British]]:
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