Saving Silverman
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.