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* [[Alien Abduction]]: Brian is obsessed with it.
* [[Asexual]]: Brian is described as one but it's unclear whether he would still be repulsed by sex had {{spoiler|he not been raped/molested as a child
* [[Awful Truth]]: And ''how''.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Brian finally finds out the truth about his missing memories and inexplicable nosebleeds, and he and Neil may have started some sort of relationship by the end. But that truth is [[Awful Truth|as depressingly horrible as you can get]], and any healing they go through is a long way off.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Brian, ''so much
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Neil tells his at the beginning.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: The man who rapes adult Neil, and the coach too.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: There is no mention what-so-ever any justice served against the Coach for his actions.
* [[Manly Tears]]: Averted, which makes it much more powerful.
* [[Porn Stache]]: The Coach has one.
* [[The Twink]]: Neil.
* {{spoiler|[[What Now? Ending]]: Following a reveal of what really happened to Brian when he was "abducted", the film promptly closes with carolers singing outside while Neil cradles Brian, leaving absolutely no closure on their broken lives
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