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* PlanesTrainsAndImbeciles: Wanting to watch the in-flight movie, Dave asks a flight attendant for a pair of headphones. He watches as she begins chatting and giggling with another flight attendant, and reminds her to bring him his headphones. She eventually closes the curtain shut. He lightly taps her on the arm and continues asking, only for her to ask him to calm down (despite his controlled and considerate tone). He is clear and polite, but she seems to think he is instigating something. An air marshall is brought over, fearing he is a threat to security. The scene cuts to a courtroom, where the flight attendant he lightly tapped is accusing him of assault. He is found guilty. [[spoiler:Subverted by the fact that the flight attendant's behavior is staged by Buddy (who is sitting next to him but has yet to introduce himself) in order to provoke Dave. Buddy is using the situation to analyze Dave, having already been hired by Linda to help Dave with his suppressed anger issues. Unfortunately, the air marshal's reaction was genuine; he was not having a good flight.]]
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* {{Transgender}}: Galaxia/Gary.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lou, one of the patients in Dave's anger group, dresses and speaks in an effeminate manner, but his sexuality is never confirmed. This is even lampshaded by the fact that his mustache is shaved on one side to resemble a question mark. A DeletedScene hints that Lou is bisexual.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lou, one of the patients in Dave's anger group, dresses and speaks in an effeminate manner, but his sexuality is never confirmed. This is even lampshaded by the fact that his mustache is shaved on one side to resemble a question mark. A DeletedScene hints that Lou is bisexual.either bisexual or CampStraight, as he is a StalkerWithACrush towards Music/JenniferLopez.

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* RaceForYourLove: Dave runs to the baseball game Buddy and Linda are attending to stop Buddy from proposing to Linda and pop the question himself.



* RaceForYourLove: Dave runs to the baseball game Buddy and Linda are attending to stop Buddy from proposing to Linda and pop the question himself.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: At one point Dr. Rydell takes Dave to the home of the childhood bully who pantsed him... only to discover he is now a Buddhist monk. Dave is reluctant to start anything until it turns out the bully still thinks that at least one of his pranks was genuinely funny. At his therapist's urging, they end up wrestling right there in the monastery.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Based on some offhand statements an impatient Dave makes at the beginning of the movie, the air marshal concludes that Dave is sexist, racist, and insensitive to the WarOnTerror.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Based on some offhand statements an impatient Dave makes at the beginning of the movie, the air marshal concludes that Dave is sexist, racist, and insensitive to the WarOnTerror.UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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* {{Wedgie}}: The Films opens with the local bully giving a wedgie to an unsuspecting kid. Later, the bully's wedgie victim roller skates off into the distance while laughing at Dave's TeenyWeenie.

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* {{Wedgie}}: The Films film opens with the local bully giving a wedgie to an unsuspecting kid. Later, the bully's wedgie victim roller skates off into the distance while laughing at Dave's TeenyWeenie.
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* LoveDoodles: David's scribblings in his notebook in the opening scene.

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''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Peter Segal, starring Creator/AdamSandler (who also executive produced), Creator/JackNicholson, and Creator/MarisaTomei.

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''Anger Management'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Peter Segal, Creator/PeterSegal, starring Creator/AdamSandler (who also executive produced), Creator/JackNicholson, and Creator/MarisaTomei.



* BiggusDickus: Andrew, the "testicle with legs".

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* BiggusDickus: Andrew, BiggusDickus:
** Dave discovers Andrew has one when he stands next to him in a urinal, and nicknames him
the "testicle with legs".legs". It only fuels Dave's insecurity since Andrew used to date Linda and Dave himself has a TeenyWeenie.
** Dave asks Stacy and Gina if penis size really counts:
-->'''Stacy:''' Alright you see this is where Gina and I always get into a heated debate. I like them when they're really big.\\
'''Gina:''' And I think it's better when they're ''[[GagPenis enormous]]''.



-->"Jeez, without slippy-flippies or angry masturbating, I don't see how [[having fun]] is possible."

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-->"Jeez, -->'''Dave:''' Jeez, without slippy-flippies or angry masturbating, I don't see how [[having fun]] is possible."



* [[FriendlyScheming Girlfriend Scheming]]: [[spoiler:Everything that happened to Dave was a part of Buddy's therapy, and his girlfriend Linda (along with a number of other people) was in on it.]]

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* [[FriendlyScheming Girlfriend Scheming]]: FriendlyScheming: [[spoiler:Everything that happened to Dave was a part of Buddy's therapy, and his girlfriend Linda (along with a number of other people) was in on it.]]



* OverreactingAirportSecurity: During a flight, a series of annoyances from the flight staff cause Dave to lose his temper and a sky marshal ends up tasing him and Dave is arrested and sentenced to anger management therapy. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that everyone, except the air marshal, who was just having a bad day himself, was in on it to piss off the protagonist.]]
* PantsPullingPrank: During DistantPrologue a bully pulls down Dave's gym shorts and underwear in front of Sara, his childhood crush, embarrassing him in front of an extremely crowded and busy neighborhood who all make fun of his TeenyWeenie, including Sara. This proves to become a traumatic memory to Dave's self-esteem, setting the stage for the rest of the film's events.
* PlaneAwfulFlight: Dave has to endure a flight where he's stuck sitting next to Buddy, who's acting as obnoxiously as possible, and being ignored by a rude and confrontational flight attendant. He eventually gets tased by a sky marshall who, as it turns out, was having a miserable flight, himself.



* RageBreakingPoint: Brought up by Buddy.
-->'''Buddy:''' There's two types of angry people: Explosive, and Implosive. Explosive is the person screaming at the cashier for not taking her coupons. Implosive is the cashier, who stays quiet day by day, until finally one day, shoots everyone in the store... You're the cashier.\\
'''Dave:''' No, no, I'm the guy in the frozen food aisle dialing 911, I swear.



* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: At one point Dr. Rydell takes Dave to the home of the childhood bully who pantsed him... only to discover he is now a Buddhist monk. Dave is reluctant to start anything until it turns out the bully still thinks that at least one of his pranks was genuinely funny. At his therapist's urging, they end up wrestling right there in the monastery.



* SleepsInTheNude: Buddy sleeps in the nude, then cuddles up to David when they [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed have to share a bed]].



* TeachHimAnger: Turns out, [[spoiler:this is the entire point of Anger Management for Dave]].

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* TeachHimAnger: Turns out, [[spoiler:this is the entire point of Anger Management for Dave]].Dave, with Buddy being an unbearable {{Jerkass}} to regularly putting Dave in uncomfortable situations in the hopes that he would stand up for himself]].
* TeenyWeenie: Dave is revealed to have one when he got pantsed by his bully in front of his childhood crush. Even as an adult, he shows himself to be very insecure about it.



* TricksterMentor

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* TricksterMentorTricksterMentor: [[spoiler: Buddy is actually being obnoxious on purpose to get Dave to grow a spine.]]
* {{Wedgie}}: The Films opens with the local bully giving a wedgie to an unsuspecting kid. Later, the bully's wedgie victim roller skates off into the distance while laughing at Dave's TeenyWeenie.
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--> '''Buddy''': There are two kinds of angry people: Explosive and implosive. Explosive is the kind of individual you see screaming at the cashier for not taking their coupons. Implosive is the cashier who remains quiet day after day, and finally shoots everyone in the store. You're the cashier.

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--> ---> '''Buddy''': There are two kinds of angry people: Explosive and implosive. Explosive is the kind of individual you see screaming at the cashier for not taking their coupons. Implosive is the cashier who remains quiet day after day, and finally shoots everyone in the store. You're the cashier.
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** Buddy invokes this trope when describing Dave's anger problems.
--> '''Buddy''': There are two kinds of angry people: Explosive and implosive. Explosive is the kind of individual you see screaming at the cashier for not taking their coupons. Implosive is the cashier who remains quiet day after day, and finally shoots everyone in the store. You're the cashier.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Chuck tells his anger management buddies he once ran naked through a subway to win a girl over. His buddy asks him how was that suppose to help. Chuck simply says he guess he never really thought it through.


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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Chuck says he's done crazier stuff to win over a girl, by running naked through a subway. Although, he did not think that plan through.


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* RaceForYourLove: Dave runs to the baseball game Buddy and Linda are attending to stop Buddy from proposing to Linda and pop the question himself.

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* DrowningMySorrows: Kendra begins eating lots of brownies when Dave rejected her kindly and takes it the wrong way when Dave tells her she could "gain a few pounds".



* RantInducingSlight: The crazy woman doesn't exactly take it well when Dave tells her not to take off her underwear.

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* RantInducingSlight: The crazy woman Kendra doesn't exactly take it well when Dave tells her not to take off her underwear.


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* SuddenlyShouting: Dave, Buddy or anyone in Anger Management when they throw angry fits. Kendra too.


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* WeightWoe: Kendra believes she's getting fat despite being a very slim pretty woman. Then she starts stuffing her face with brownies when Dave rejects her.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Dave's rant to Buddy of what he should've told Linda instead of telling her that he was with Kendra: "I was at the bank! I was at the store! I ate bad guacamole and I couldn't stop shitting!"


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* LipstickLesbian: The gorgeous bisexual porn stars Stacy and Gina.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Buddy, since his mom is shown to be black (in a deleted scene). Though it is not confirmed if she is his biological mother or not.

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* ButNotTooBlack: Buddy, since his mom is shown to be black (in a deleted scene). Though it is since [[CallingParentsByTheirName he calls her "Rose"]] she might not confirmed if she is be his biological mother or not.mother.
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* BadMoodAsAnExcuse: [[spoiler:Apparently, the air marshal's bad day is why he was so hostile towards Dave.]]

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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: [[spoiler:Despite Arnie, Mr. Head and Andrew being seen as the bad guys for belittling Dave, Linda and the other characters who stressed and harassed Dave for the past month are let off the hook because why not.]]



* {{Yandere}}: Kendra, who throws a violent tantrum after being politely denied sex with Dave. It makes sense that she was one of Buddy's former patients, and he used her as a ploy to get back at Dave [[DisproportionateRetribution for jokingly exaggerating his mother's condition.]]

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* {{Yandere}}: Kendra, who throws a violent tantrum after being politely denied sex with by Dave. It makes sense that she was one of Buddy's former patients, and he used her as a ploy to get back at Dave [[DisproportionateRetribution for jokingly exaggerating his mother's condition.]]
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler:For deliberately sending her passive boyfriend through a month of physical and emotional torment just to make him act different, it's a wonder as to why Linda hasn't been dumped by Dave at this point.]]

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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler:For deliberately sending her passive boyfriend through a month of physical and emotional torment torture just to make him act different, it's a wonder as to why Linda hasn't been dumped by Dave at this point.]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Stacy and Gina,the two porno girls in the group. They seem nice enough but are apparently the reason they're there because Stacy [[ManBitesMan bit Gina's toe off in a fit of rage]], [[EasilyForgiven Not that she's mad about it anymore, oddly enough]], while Gina [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend stabled a guys lips shut because he insulted Stacy]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: BewareTheNiceOnes:
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Stacy and Gina,the two porno girls in the group. They seem nice enough but are apparently the reason they're there because Stacy [[ManBitesMan bit Gina's toe off in a fit of rage]], rage]]. [[EasilyForgiven Not that she's mad about it anymore, oddly enough]], while Gina [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend stabled a guys lips shut because he insulted Stacy]]Stacy]].
** Dave himself. He may be a friendly and passive guy, but once he grows a backbone towards the end, he willingly lets [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Arnie]], [[MeanBoss Mr. Head]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Andrew]] have it.



* BlackComedyRape: When Buddy convinces Dave's childhood bully that Dave "convinced his mentally disabled sister to get naked since her clothes had ghosts in them and that his "winky" was a strawberry ice cream cone."



* BullyingTheDisabled: Dave is accused by this by Arnie when he believes that he sexually harassed his mentally disabled sister. This was just a ploy by Buddy to have Dave take action against his childhood bully.



* CosmicPlaything: Nearly everyone is against Dave, not taking his side whenever it involves an inconvenience. [[spoiler:Played with, as it's revealed that everyone (aside from the air marshal) was just trying to help him overcome his self-esteem issues.]]



* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler:For deliberately sending her passive boyfriend through a month of physical and emotional torment just to make him act different, it's a wonder as to why Linda hasn't been dumped by Dave at this point.]]



* FrameUp: The flight attendant frames Dave for assault by having a fake body cast to make it look like that the commotion was his fault.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As aggressive as Buddy was towards Dave, he does genuinely help him out with his issues involving his childhood bully, mean-spirited boss, and condescending love rival. In fact, [[spoiler:it turns out that [[CruelToBeKind his aggressive treatment is actually to help him out on his self-esteem issues.]]]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Linda and her group of buddies should have been sued or arrested for conspiracy and harassment. Instead, Dave [[EasilyForgiven easily forgives]] them and everything's cool from there.]]



* TeachHimAnger: Turns out, [[spoiler:This is the entire point of Anger Management for Dave]].

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* TeachHimAnger: Turns out, [[spoiler:This [[spoiler:this is the entire point of Anger Management for Dave]].





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* {{Yandere}}: Kendra, who throws a violent tantrum after being politely denied sex with Dave. It makes sense that she was one of Buddy's former patients, and he used her as a ploy to get back at Dave [[DisproportionateRetribution for jokingly exaggerating his mother's condition.]]
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** Dave jokes to Buddy that his mother died earlier in the movie, and how does he get back at him? He makes Dave (almost) cheat on his girlfriend, ''and then tells her that he did anyway.''

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** Dave jokes to tells Buddy that his mother died was going through a serious surgery earlier in the movie, movie when it was a minor one, and how does he get back at him? He makes Dave (almost) cheat on his girlfriend, ''and then tells her that he did anyway.''
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Stacy and Gina,the two porno girls in the group. They seem nice enough but are apparently the reason they're there because Stacy [[ManBitesMan bit Gina's toe off in a fit of rage]], [[EasilyForgiven Not that she's mad about it anymore, oddly enough]], while Gina [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend stabled a guys lips shut because he insulted Stacy]]


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Was adapted into a [[Series/AngerManagement TV series with the same name on the FX network]], starring Creator/CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.

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Was adapted into a [[Series/AngerManagement TV series with the same name on the FX network]], starring Creator/CharlieSheen and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Selma Blair]], Creator/SelmaBlair, with Charlie as the main character who is a former baseball player with anger issues and is also a therapist.
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* KafkaKomedy: The whole film makes it look like [[CosmicPlaything the whole world is out to get]] the meek and polite David, either making him a ButtMonkey, have DisproportionateRetribution inflicted on him for minor offenses or having him blamed for things well beyond his control. [[spoiler:It is revealed in the end that none of this is coincidental, Buddy having used his many, many contacts to orchestrate these events at the request of Linda to make him more assertive.]]

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* ActorAllusion:
** Buddy picks up a golf club and a baseball bat before choosing the baseball bat to smash the window of the Lexus. In 1994, Creator/JackNicholson was cited for smashing a man's window with a golf club in a bout of rage.
** In the scene where Dave smashes his boss' lamp with a golf club, he says "See, I golf also you should bring me sometime." This is a reference to ''Film/HappyGilmore'' in which Creator/AdamSandler plays a golfer with anger problems.
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* OffhandBackhand: Dave delivers one to [[spoiler:Andrew]] towards the end of the film.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lou
* AngryBlackMan: Who, for a refreshing change, is angry for a semi-legitimate reason.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lou
Lou, one of the patients in Dave's anger group, dresses and speaks in an effeminate manner, but his sexuality is never confirmed. This is even lampshaded by the fact that his mustache is shaved on one side to resemble a question mark. A DeletedScene hints that Lou is bisexual.
* AngryBlackMan: Who, The air marshal who, for a refreshing change, is angry for a semi-legitimate reason.



* ButNotTooBlack: Buddy, since his mom is shown to be black (in a deleted scene). Though it is not confirmed if she is his biological mother or not.



* DeadpanSnarker: As part of Dave's passive-aggressive way of dealing with his negative emotions, especially towards Buddy.
-->"Jeez, without slippy-flippies or angry masturbating, I don't see how [[having fun]] is possible."



** The Boston Red Sox bra and panties could count, too.

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** The Boston Red Sox bra and panties that Kendra wears could count, too.



* HateSink:
** Frank Head, Dave's MeanBoss who makes Dave do all his work and does nothing but belittle him for it.
** Andrew, Linda's ex-boyfriend and current "best friend" who clearly wants to steal her away from Dave.



* MistakenForRacist: "You people." [[spoiler:To be fair, he was just having a bad day.]]

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* MistakenForRacist: "You people." [[spoiler:To be fair, he the air marshal was just having a bad day.]]



* TeachHimAnger: Oh, yes.

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* TeachHimAnger: Oh, yes.Turns out, [[spoiler:This is the entire point of Anger Management for Dave]].
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: When Dave confronts his childhood-bully-turned-Buddhist-monk, Buddy claims that Dave made an offensive joke about Buddha, to which the monk responds "let's not make fun of my god here". Buddhists do not view Buddha as a god, but as a wise teacher with no divinity.
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* {{Transsexual}}: Galaxia/Gary.

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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Transgender}}: Galaxia/Gary.
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* LargeHam: Buddy is Jack Nicholson in unhinged mode, with all the mugging and shouting one would expect. [[HamToHamCombat Dave is forced to scale up as a result.]]

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* IUhYouToo
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* {{Jerkass}}: Ironically, Sandler, who tends to play this character type, is here one of the few characters who does ''not'' fit that description.
** JerkassFacade: [[spoiler:Nearly all of them were doing such as part of a BatmanGambit, making them still rather extreme, but well-intentioned. The only exception is the air marshal, who legitimately turned on David for petty unrelated reasons.]]
* KafkaKomedy: ''Yes.''

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* IUhYouToo
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* {{Jerkass}}: Ironically, Sandler, who tends to play this character type, is here one of the few characters who does ''not'' fit that description.
** JerkassFacade: [[spoiler:Nearly all of them were doing such as part of a BatmanGambit, making them still rather extreme, but well-intentioned. The only exception is the air marshal, who legitimately turned on David for petty unrelated reasons.]]
* KafkaKomedy: ''Yes.''
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** Woody Harrelson as [[{{Fauxreigner}} "German"]] transvestite Gary/Galaxia.
** John C. Reilly as Pana Kamanana/Arnie Shankman a Buddhist monk.

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** Woody Harrelson Creator/WoodyHarrelson as [[{{Fauxreigner}} "German"]] transvestite Gary/Galaxia.
** John C. Reilly Creator/JohnCReilly as Pana Kamanana/Arnie Shankman a Buddhist monk.

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