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-->'''Rose S. "''Our'' age."

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-->'''Rose S.S'''. "''Our'' age."
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* AgeInsecurity: Sadie S. does not like being reminded that she is approaching middle age like Rose S.
-->'''Sadie S.''': "You're dreaming about growing old in the country while other women your age..."
-->'''Rose S. "''Our'' age."
-->'''Sadie S.''': "Don't interrupt!"

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* CampGay: The two partners (both professionally and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliffs are fairly flamboyant.

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* CampGay: The two partners (both professionally Chuck and privately) assigned Graham are fairly flamboyant.
* CampingACrapper: Chuck and Graham are told
by Sadie Shelton to meet with Roone that the Ratliffs are fairly flamboyant.in the ladies room, so they all wait outside. Chuck thinks its humiliating.


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* PunchClockVillain: Chuck thinks that being one of Sadie S.'s legmen is beneath his education
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* AccentSlipUp: During the breakfast scene, the Sheltons run into the Ratliffs individually. Sadie S. and Rose S. are puzzled why their "sisters" have different accents.
-->'''Rose S.''': We're gonna set things ''raht''?
-->'''Sadie S.''': "The meetin"? Why are you worried about "the meetin"?

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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Chuck can't help but lear at Roone's physique.



* SamusIsAGirl: Graham and Chuck assumed that R. Ratcliffe (Rose) is a man because he is foreman of the Hollowmade furniture factory.

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* SamusIsAGirl: Graham and Chuck assumed that are looking for R. Ratcliffe (Rose) is a man because he who is foreman of the Hollowmade furniture factory.factory. The R. stands for Rose.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Roone walks out of the most important game of his professional putt-putt career to find Rose R. in New York.



* SmallTownBoredom: What Sadie R. hates about Jupiter Hollow is about how unexciting it feels.

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* SmallTownBoredom: What Sadie R. hates about Jupiter Hollow is about how unexciting it feels.for being unexciting.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Graham Shelbourne acts as the velvet glove to Sadie S's iron fist but he is every bit as nasty as her.
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-->'''Sadie Shelton''': "Come on Sadie! Who needs these dumb old hayseeds anyway?"
-->'''Sadie Ratliff''': "I do."

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-->'''Sadie Shelton''': S.''': "Come on Sadie! Who needs these dumb old hayseeds anyway?"
-->'''Sadie Ratliff''': R.''': "I do."



-->'''Rose R.''': We appeal to you as business people. We appeal to your business instinct.

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-->'''Rose R.''': We appeal to you as business people. We appeal to your basic business instinct.
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* SophisticatedAsHell:
-->'''Rose R.''': We appeal to you as business people. We appeal to your business instinct.
-->'''Sadie R.''': Yes, to save your own asses!"

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* OldRetainer: Harlan, the Shelton's long suffering chaeffeur.

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* OldRetainer: Harlan, the Shelton's long suffering chaeffeur.chauffeur.


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* PartyScattering: The Sheltons and Ratliffes who had spent most of the movie together all walk off with their respective love interests.


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* WeCanRuleTogether: How Sadie S. tries to get Sadie R. on her side.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Graham and Chuck are last seen getting dragged out of the ladies room after finding out that the Sheltons have twins.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Rose S. has always wanted to have a dog named Duke. Sadie R. already owns one.

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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Rose S. has always wanted to A recurring theme is that the twins have a dog named Duke. Sadie R. already owns one.similar tastes and even trains of thought no matter how different their upbringing are.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Sadie R. thinks she is this because of how everyone she has met in New York seems to know her and her sister.
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* OldServant: Harlan, the Shelton's long suffering chaeffeur.

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* OldServant: OldRetainer: Harlan, the Shelton's long suffering chaeffeur.
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* OldServant: Harlan, the Shelton's long suffering chaeffeur.
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* UngratefulBastard: Sadie S. tries to sell her birthplace.
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* DaddysGirl: Sadie Ratliffe likes duck sculptures just like their late daddy Garth used to make for her.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Sadie Shelton strives to be ruthless in business just like her late father Hunt.
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* SmallTownBoredom: What Sadie R. hates about Jupiter Hollow is about how unexciting it feels.
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* KarmaHoudini: Sadie Shelton's plan to get rid of Jupiter Hollow fails but she still ends up with Fabio and they ride off to do more awful things.
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* AsideGlance: The homeless man looks at the camera [[spoiler:after meeting his rich twin]].
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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his ex-wife).

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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son Jason (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his ex-wife).

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* ChangelingFantasy: For Sadie R. it is.
-->'''Sadie R.''': Am I rich now?



* CrazyHomelessPeople: The homeless guy hanging around the


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* CrazyHomelessPeople: The homeless guy hanging around the front of the Plaza is the first to notice the strange twin shenanigans going on. [[spoiler:He meets his doppelganger at the end of the movie]].
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* IndustrializedEvil: The strip mining operation being done to Jupiter Hollow by Moramax. Symbolized by the digging machine which is gouging a hole in the countryside.

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