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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Chris Mac Donald]] as the "JUICE" infomercial/motivational speaker Tappy Tibbons, whose program Sara watches and she believes she's getting invited to as a "contestant". They filmed an entire presentation of the "JUICE" program one day with MacDonald improvising most of it. At the end of the shoot, ''everyone'' in attendance gave him a standing ovation.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Marlon Wayans (Tyrone) is best known for his comedic work.
* [[Recycled Trailer Music]]: The movie's most memorable piece, "Lux Aeterna," was remixed and used as trailer music for ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* [[Say My Name]]: Done by Harry using a couple of variations of the trope. He wakes up from his dream of trying to meet Marion on the dock by screaming her name as he falls. When he wakes up the first thing he does is quietly whisper her name.
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]
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* [[Shout-Out]]:
** Marion curled up in a ball in the bathtub and shrieking is taken straight out of ''[[Perfect Blue]]''. Aronofsky even secured the rights to a live-action version of the film just to justify including this scene in ''this'' movie.
** During the scene when Tyrone and Harry are in the crowd, trying to get the drug shipment from Florida, one of the dealers is shown peeling an orange. This is a reference to ''[[
** Averted by the recurring image of Marion standing at the end of a small pier, which is extremely similar to the recurring image in [[Dark City]] that also features Jennifer Connelly. [[Word of God]] says that this was unintentional.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The first part of the movie has things looking up for the protagonists, but the rest of the film beats the idealism to death with the cynicism. Nihilism is probably also in there somewhere, having sex in exchange for drugs...
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