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''Plan B'' is a Argentinean comedy-drama film by writer-director Marco Berger. Bruno, a young bohemian living in Buenos Aires, learns that his ex-girlfriend Laura is happily with a photographer named Pablo and becomes jealous enough to begin searching for ways to win her back. When he discovers that Pablo is bisexual, he hatches a "Plan B" to make him break up with Laura: [[Faux Yay|seduce him]]. [[A Simple Plan|Entanglements and complications ensue.]]
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* [[A Simple Plan]]: Win your girlfriend back by seducing her new boyfriend? [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]▼
▲* [[A Simple Plan]]: Win your girlfriend back by seducing her new boyfriend? [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong]]
* {{spoiler|[[Becoming the Mask]]}}: {{spoiler|While initially only trying to win over Pablo just to steal back his ex-girlfriend, Bruno ends up genuinely infatuated with him.}}
* [[Bi the Way]]: Pablo. {{spoiler|It turns out he was lying, however, and his feelings for Bruno are more of a case of [[If
* [[Closet Key]]: Bruno tries to be this to Pablo. {{spoiler|Turns out they are for each other.}}
* [[Erudite Stoner]]: Bruno and Pablo have shades of this.
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* [[Gayngst]]: It's subtler than in many other queer films due to the film focusing more on the general (b)romance than a [[Coming Out Story]], but definitely there.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: {{spoiler|Bruno succeeds in making Pablo sexually confused enough to dump Laura...and making ''himself'' sexually confused too and unable to take up Laura's offer to get back together due to the [[Faux Yay]] having become very real between him and Pablo.}}
* [[Green
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Even when Bruno tries to get Pablo to kiss him again while sober with the lamest-sounding excuse in the world, he feels the need to clarify that he's Not Gay and Pablo repeatedly insists that he's Not Gay either.
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Noticeably averted, with a "pretend to be gay to have a guy dump your ex-girlfriend" plan that seems ripe for a [[Crazy Enough to Work]] [[Zany Scheme]] comedy being used instead to set up a surprisingly insightful exploration of two people gradually discovering that love can work in the strangest of ways.
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* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: Bruno and Pablo's first kiss occurs when they're really, really drunk and being egged on by their female friend to keep up their [[Gay Bravado]].
* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: There are several extended shots of the scenery and characters' faces.
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* [[Triang Relations]]: Type 6 with Bruno at A and Pablo and Laura at B and C. {{spoiler|It ultimately ends with Laura at A and Bruno and Pablo at B and C.}}
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: Bruno and Pablo might not be model-gorgeous and actually have hair on their faces and bodies, but they're still pretty easy on the eyes overall, [[Shirtless Scene|especially when wearing nothing but their underwear in bed]].
* [[Why Can't I Hate You?]]: While not explicitly stated by Bruno, it's clear that he likes his ex's boyfriend a lot more than he expected to.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Will Bruno and Laura get back together? {{spoiler|Of course, this proves to be a bait-and-switch question with the ''real'' question being "Will Bruno and Pablo take that final step from bromance to romance?"}}
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Throughout the entire film, Laura has been cheating on Pablo with Bruno behind his back.
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