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Dennis Doyle ([[Simon Pegg]]) is a clueless and slightly overweight [[Man Child]] who left his pregnant fiancée Libby ([[Thandie Newton]]) at the altar five years earlier. He constantly tries to persuade the woman he loves to accept him back into her life, but when he discovers that Libby has found a new partner in the form of American Whit ([[Hank Azaria]]), frustration grows, and Dennis vows that for once in his life, he will finish something. This something ends up being the Nike River Run in London. With his friend Gordon ([[Black Books|Dylan Moran]]) and landlord Mr. Goshdashtidar by his side, Dennis begins training for the marathon he must finish to win the respect of both Libby, and himself.
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* [[The Ace]]: Whit; "[[Wacky Races|Peter Perfect]]" as Dennis calls him.
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* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: {{spoiler|After explicitly pointing out that Dennis is running on a broken ankle, the reporter then asks:}}
{{quote| '''Reporter''': Sir! Sir! How do you feel?<br />
'''Dennis''': (in ''tears'', barely cognizant) '''How the [[Precision F
* [[Blackmail]]: When Dennis refuses Maya's ultimatum to kick him out if he quits the race and pay his back rent if he doesn't, she whips away his [[Modesty Towel]] and takes a polaroid of his naked body. "Deal?" "...Deal."
* [[Cranky Landlord]]: Played with; Mr. G is a cheerful, forgiving type, but [[Ugly Guys Hot Daughter|his daughter]] Maya takes it upon herself to chase Dennis up for the rent.
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* [[Kent Brockman News]]: The overexcitable reporter. "He ''deliberately'' tripped him! ''Bastard!'' Sorry, got carried away again..."
** "And, what's that? [overjoyed] He's got a ''son!'' I didn't know he had a son! Did you know he had a son!?"
* [[Lawyer
* [[Man Child]]: Dennis's whole problem.
* [[Modesty Towel]]: Played with twice. Whit drops his in the changing room, giving Dennis an eyeful, and Maya whips Dennis' away after he gets out of the shower in order to take a blackmail photo.
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* [[Pants Free]]: When Gordon invites Dennis into his apartment, we get a shot of Gordon leaning on the railing from the living room, revealing that he's naked from the waist down. At the end of the movie, he invites two beautiful girls onto his boat... again, no pants.
* [[Parent With New Paramour]]: Averted at first, Jake is pretty impressed with Whit, which to Dennis just makes him even more [[Always Someone Better|depressingly superior]]. However, they're never as close as he is with his dad, and when Jake really starts going off Whit you know the guy's doomed...
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* [[Product Placement]]: shamelessly, for the <s>film's</s> marathon's sponsors Nike. There are Nike banners every 20 feet of the race, and repeated namedroppings from journalists.
* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: the locker room scene. See [[Enforced Method Acting]].
* [[Raw Eggs Make You Stronger]]: As part of his [[Training Montage]], Dennis attempts to drink about six raw eggs at once, but immediately spits them back up.
* [[Reactive Continuous Scream]]: Dennis and Gordon, when Dennis wakes up with an hour to get to the starting line.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Whit takes that relationship-as-marathon metaphor and drags it right out of the subtext to slap it in Dennis' stunned face.
* [[Runaway Bride]]: Dennis is a runaway groom.
* [[Shout Out]]:
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