Saving Silverman

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Saving Silverman is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs and Amanda Peet

Tropes include:

• Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male
• The Ace: Judith.
• Affably Evil: Judith, most of the time.
• Ambiguously Jewish: Both Darren and Judith (Jewish and Nerdy in the first case, Matzo Fever in the second).
• Big Eater: J.D.
• The Cameo: Neil Diamond.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Coach Norton.
• Designated Heroes: Wayne and J.D. really should've gone to jail.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Happens to Wayne, thanks to an overwhelming amount of Foe Yay.
• Extreme Doormat: Darren agrees to take Judith's last name and even gets ass implants at her request.
• Freudian Excuse: Judith psychoanalyzes herself at Wayne's request, explaining that she feels compelled to completely dominate Darren because her former boyfriend was a self-assured, macho, athletic type who got kicked to death in a brutal martial-arts competition.
• Henpecked Boyfriend: Darren.
• Manipulative Bitch: Judith is the queen of this trope.
• Ms. Fanservice: Sandy, who shows quite a bit of skin through the course of the movie. Judith may also qualify.
• Pair the Spares: Wayne and Judith, and J.D. and Coach Norton at the end.
• Poisonous Captive: Judith.
• Refuge in Audacity
• Slap Slap Kiss: Judith and Wayne at the end.
• Street Performer: Darren, Wayne, and J.D. perform in a Neil Diamond cover band on the boardwalk.
• Victorious Childhood Friend: Darren and Sandy.