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Bachelors and lifelong best friends, John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are partners at a law firm in Washington D.C. who frequently "crash" wedding parties to meet women; working from a set of rules taught to them by a past "crasher", the duo always have cover stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception -- all so they can charm their way into bed with ladies at the wedding for a one night stand.
After a sequence of successful "crashes," Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary ([[Christopher Walken]]) and his wife, Kathleen. After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire ([[Rachel McAdams]]) and Gloria Cleary ([[Isla Fisher]]). This 2005 film is the very definition of...[[Exactly What It Says
(For the otherwise unrelated trope formerly named after this movie, see [[Wedding Smashers]].)
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: "I've just had my tits done."
* [[Bastard Girlfriend]]: {{spoiler|Gloria}} has the perfect way of getting her man: first scare the shit out of him by acting crazy, then tie him up against his will and rape him. Of course he eventually learns to like it, and their relationship [[Hollywood Masochism|seamlessly develops]] into [[Casual Kink|normal roleplaying]].
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Sack Lodge, at least to Claire and her family. He makes no secret of being a [[Complete Monster]] around John and Jeremy.
* [[Bitter Wedding Speech]]: John does one during a montage.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Cleary sisters
* [[Blue Blood]]: Oh so much, but see the archetypical WASP-y looking Bradley Cooper as "Sack" Lodge for your best example.
* [[The Brute]]: Sack Lodge practically embodies this trope.
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** Also John McCain [[As Himself]].
** Same with James Carville.
* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Christopher Walken]] and Jane Seymour were the Bond villain and Bond girl from Roger Moore's [[A View to
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Todd.
* [[Disposable Fiance]]: The [[Evil All Along]] category. A better use of the trope than in some other romantic comedies, in that while Sack is a [[Jerkass]], he is also charming and charismatic enough that it isn't a complete mystery that Claire is dating him in the first place.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male
* [[Fanservice Extra]]: The absurdly beautiful Diora Baird and all the other actresses that flop down on beds with Vince and Owen in the sex montage.
** Isla Fisher's body double. That scene is also an example of [[Black Comedy Rape]].
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: The protagonists' mentor, Chazz, (played by {{spoiler|Will Ferrell}}) eventually replaced "getting women at weddings" with "getting women at funerals". And he brings John along for a demonstration. It is this practice that qualifies as his [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* [[Girl
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[The Blues Brothers|The lead Illinois Nazi]] is now a priest.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Claire and her family when it comes to Sack.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Kathleen Cleary. Holy moley...
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* [[Smug Snake]]: Sack Lodge
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: John does this.
* [[Stalker
** John even more blatantly.
* [[Testing the Love Interest]]: Claire does this later in the film.
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