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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Bree is also one of Lynette's friends on [[Desperate Housewives]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Bree is also one of Lynette's friends on [[Desperate Housewives]].
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Toby. While he spends most of the film talking about (and having) sex with men, it's pretty clear his sexuality is largely targeted at whomever will give him the most attention and/or money, and there certainly aren't a lot of women soliciting teen boy hustlers. Of course the point might all be moot, since Toby's [[Troubled but Cute|so fucked up emotionally]] {{spoiler|[[Rape As Backstory|and sexually]]}} that he might not have a true orientation at all.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Toby. While he spends most of the film talking about (and having) sex with men, it's pretty clear his sexuality is largely targeted at whomever will give him the most attention and/or money, and there certainly aren't a lot of women soliciting teen boy hustlers. Of course the point might all be moot, since Toby's [[Troubled but Cute|so fucked up emotionally]] {{spoiler|[[Rape as Backstory|and sexually]]}} that he might not have a true orientation at all.
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: A little girl asks Bree out of the blue, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: A little girl asks Bree out of the blue, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
* [[Badass Native]]: Toby thinks his dad is this, including a continuing belief that he's an Indian of some sort. Too bad for Toby, [[Informed Judaism|he's not]].
* [[Badass Native]]: Toby thinks his dad is this, including a continuing belief that he's an Indian of some sort. Too bad for Toby, [[Informed Judaism|he's not]].
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* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Bree criticizes Toby for unnecessarily peppering his sentences with the word "like".
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Bree criticizes Toby for unnecessarily peppering his sentences with the word "like".
* [[Heteronormative Crusader]]: Bree's mother hits just about every trope on the page.
* [[Heteronormative Crusader]]: Bree's mother hits just about every trope on the page.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: You know the chief in ''[[Dances With Wolves]]''? He has a cameo. (He's also [[The Red Green Show|Edgar Montrose]].)
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: You know the chief in ''[[Dances with Wolves]]''? He has a cameo. (He's also [[The Red Green Show|Edgar Montrose]].)
** Also, Bree's sister is Arlene from [[True Blood]]
** Also, Bree's sister is Arlene from [[True Blood]]
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: Toby.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Toby.
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Toby's explanation of why [[The Lord of the Rings]] is gay.
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Toby's explanation of why [[The Lord of the Rings]] is gay.
* [[Lampshaded Double Entendre]]
* [[Lampshaded Double Entendre]]