Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Difference between revisions

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** Paine's speech near the end is one of the best.

** Taylor criminalizing Mr. Smith using his media machine is basically this trope on a enormous level

* [[Blood On the Debate Floor]]: Sort of, at the end, when Sen. Smith is dizzy with exhaustion and dehydration after having talked on the floor of the Senate for 24 hours.

* [[Blood on the Debate Floor]]: Sort of, at the end, when Sen. Smith is dizzy with exhaustion and dehydration after having talked on the floor of the Senate for 24 hours.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Senator Paine

* [[Character Filibuster]]: Literally. Never before has a political filibuster been so dramatic.

* [[Collapsed Mid Speech]]: Mr. Smith does this at the climax of the film.

* [[Collapsed Mid-Speech]]: Mr. Smith does this at the climax of the film.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Taylor is a newspaper magnate by trade.

* [[Corrupt Politician]]: Paine

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* [[Heads-Tails-Edge]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Sen. Paine; see [[Villainous Breakdown]] below.

* [[Hero ~~With~~ Bad Publicity]]: Smith's approval ratings drop heavily in his home state during the filibuster

* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Smith's approval ratings drop heavily in his home state during the filibuster

* [[Holding the Floor]]

* [[Hot and Cold]]: Saunders. She warms up to Mr. Smith over the course of the story.

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* [[We Need a Distraction]]

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: The state represented by Senator Jefferson Smith is not named. (Though it's supposed to be Montana.)

* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: Dear Wide Eyed Jefferson Smith.

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Dear Wide Eyed Jefferson Smith.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Taylor's thugs