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* [[Arc Words]]: After the old gypsy derisively calls Halleck "White Man from Town", he uses the phrase to intimidate them into taking the curse off.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Halleck, the judge and the cop.

* [[Auto Erotica]]: Halleck hit the old woman because his wife was giving him a handjob while he was driving.

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Halleck's doctor tells him at one point that he's "starting to sound a little like a Stephen King novel". (King originally published that book under his [[Pen Name]] Richard Bachman, and made this reference to throw people off.)

* [[Creator Cameo]]: [[Stephen King]] appears as Dr. Bangor, who owns the pharmacy outside where the accident happened.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The judge and the cop eventually both kill themselves. {{spoiler|So does Halleck at the end, probably}}.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed.]] Billy Halleck is a seemingly nice guy with a good marriage and is a doting father (his daughter in fact prefers Billy to her mother). However, he is clearly aware of his firm's tie to [[The Mafia]], and is in fact good friends with a man who may be the head of the local mob family. After the accident, he doesn't deliberately use his connections to get him out of trouble, but he does nothing to dissuade them either. [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|There is blame enough to go around, but no one is willing to accept the consequences for their actions.]]

* [[A Friend in Need]]: When his wife fails to believe he is cursed (and in fact conspires with a local doctor to commit him to a Mental Institution should he return home), Billy turns to [[The Don|Richie Ginelli]], a Mafioso who he is acquainted with. Richie sends Billy a doctor, then shows up himself to wreck havoc on the Gypsies until the they agree to lift the curse. {{spoiler|He dies for his troubles, but accepted that fact beforehand.}}

* [[Gypsy Curse]]: Three, to be precise: The titular one, the "lizard" one on the judge, and the mega-acne one on the cop.

** He probably should have stuck to [[Criminal Minds|helping track down Un-Subs.]]

* [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]: Gina Lemke is one. Kari Wuhrer plays her in the film.