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''The 40-Year-Old-Virgin'' is a 2005 [[Comedy Tropes|comedy]] film starring [[Steve Carell]], and the first film to put director [[Judd Apatow]] on the map (after television stints with ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' and ''[[Undeclared]]''). It is the story of Andy Stitzer, a 40-year-old man who, due to a series of unfortunate mishaps all throughout his youth, never experienced sexual intercourse during his formative years and has lost interest in his adulthood. One night, while playing cards with his friends from the electronics store where they all work, Andy inadvertently reveals that he's a virgin; this initially results in the expected chummy jeers, but shortly thereafter his friends, Cal, Jay, and David, decide to help him lose his virginity. Eventually, Andy meets a nice woman named Trish with whom he shares a genuine emotional connection, and though he's nervous about telling her the truth about his virginity and the subject of sex in general, he must learn to overcome his insecurities to discover both sex and romance.

 

In fact, it's been observed by some female reviewers that Andy should be the one with the active sex life, not ''in spite'' of his personal habits, but ''because'' of them. For instance, while his friends are observed to be whiny losers, Andy is a handsome man who prefers an "unmanly" bicycle to get around, but it helps keep him in great shape on top of his regular exercise regime, giving a handsome exterior complementing his winning interior.

 

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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]

* [[Angrish]]: During the chest waxing scene, Andy quickly devolves from random screaming to swearing at everyone to [[Gratuitous Spanish]] to "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Kelly Clarkson!!!]]"

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