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The film begins with Trent persuading Mikey to take a road trip to Las Vegas, during which he quickly loses most of his rent money for the month in a futile attempt to impress a woman; Trent is more successful and manages to pick up a cocktail waitress working at the casino. After the pair returns to L.A., more adventures in the same vein follow, with Mike and friends going out to various clubs and parties around L.A. and trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to be cool and meet women. Eventually, things start to turn around for Mike romantically, if not professionally.
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* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Mike grows one at one point.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Sue doesn't care for people making fun of his name.
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Mike.
* [[Funny Answering Machine]]: Trent's imagines that his answering machine ties to console him.
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Sue, in reference to the Johnny Cash song "Boy Named Sue
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]] with Sue. He frequently loses his temper with the others, who yell right back at him rather than cowering; the one time he threatens violence, by pulling a gun after exchanging words with some wannabe thugs in a parking lot, his friends pull him away and immediately and realistically call him out for acting like an idiot.
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Trent.
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* [[Love Hurts]]: One of the movie's major themes.
* [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup]]:
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Girl at Party: What do you drive?
Mike: A Cavalier. (as she turns and walks away) It's red... it's a red Cavalier...
* [[Odd Couple]]: Mike and Trent.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Mike finds Trent obnoxious and Trent finds Mike mopey and depressing, but they are close friends.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Trent and Mike have similar backgrounds and personal and career goals, but very different approaches to life; neither is right all the time and the two tend to pull each other away from their own respective worst tendencies.
* [[Shout-Out]]: As with the [[Homage|homages]] listed above, there are quite a few, to ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[American Graffiti]]'', and ''[[Rain Man]]'', among other movies, not to mention nods to Johnny Cash, ''NHL '94'' for the Sega Genesis, and ''[[You Bet Your Life]]''. Trent calling Mike "the guy behind the guy behind the guy" at a casino is an obscure reference to [[David Mamet]]'s ''
* [[Viva Las Vegas]]: Or as Trent puts it, 'Vegas, baby! Vegas!'
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: What Trent thinks Mike needs to get over his breakup with his ex.
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