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Added example(s), Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup, I don't think the Sassy Black Woman applies to Sonya Eddy's character. She's surprised butdoesn't really talk back much.


* SassyBlackWoman: The mail carrier Adam meets whom he calls a "negro".

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* SassyBlackWoman: The mail carrier Adam meets whom he calls ScrewballComedy: Considering the differences in socialization of the two romantic leads, this can be called a "negro".modern example.


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* UptightLovesWild: This could explain Adam's attraction to Eve who is quite unfiltered in her manner and appearance.

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* DitzyGenius: Adam was raised in a fallout shelter where the only two people he has ever known were his mom and dad. Both, however, raised him on an expansive education ranging from science and history to boxing and dancing. When he arrives in the real world he is completely overwhelmed by the complexities of society and can't even figure his way around town, yet he speaks multiple languages, can fight and dance, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of facts that have been consistent since 1963.



* ForWantOfANail: Had that jet landed on ''any'' other house in the neighborhood, the incident would have been a tragedy and little else.



* GeniusDitz: Adam was raised in a fallout shelter where the only two people he has ever known were his mom and dad. Both, however, raised him on an expansive education ranging from science and history to boxing and dancing. When he arrives in the real world he is completely overwhelmed by the complexities of society and can't even figure his way around town, yet he speaks multiple languages, can fight and dance, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of facts that have been consistent since 1963.



* ManChild: Adam is a borderline example. He is intelligent, and can take care of himself, but is socially awkward and rather naive.

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* ManChild: Adam is a borderline example. He is intelligent, and can take care of himself, but is socially awkward and rather naive.naïve due to having no human contact beyond his own parents for his entire life.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had that jet landed on ''any'' other house in the neighborhood, the incident would have been a tragedy and little else.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Adult Adam doesn’t show up until about thirty minutes into the film, but is the main character from that point forward.

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* DecoyProtagonist: The narrative initially follows Calvin and Helen. Adult Adam doesn’t show up until about thirty minutes into the film, but is the main character from that point forward.
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* GeniusDitz: Adam was raised in a fallout shelter where the only two people he has ever known were his mom and dad. Both, however, raised him on an expansive education ranging from science and history to boxing and dancing. When he arrives in the real world he is completely overwhelmed by the complexities of society and can't even figure his way around town, yet he speaks multiples languages, can fight and dance, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of facts that have been consistent since 1963.

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* GeniusDitz: Adam was raised in a fallout shelter where the only two people he has ever known were his mom and dad. Both, however, raised him on an expansive education ranging from science and history to boxing and dancing. When he arrives in the real world he is completely overwhelmed by the complexities of society and can't even figure his way around town, yet he speaks multiples multiple languages, can fight and dance, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of facts that have been consistent since 1963.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Played for laughs when Calvin encounters a transvestite hooker after emerging from the bunker for the first time. He believes the hooker is implying that modern humans are mutants who can switch sexes when necessary. The hooker is actually just offering whatever services the client might like.

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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Played for laughs when Calvin encounters a transvestite transgender hooker after emerging from the bunker for the first time. He believes the hooker is implying that modern humans are hermaphroditic mutants who can switch shapeshift between sexes when necessary. The hooker is actually just offering whatever services the "services" Calvin might be into, and can do male or female given client might like.preference and money.
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Fast forward to TheNineties (more specifically, 1999), when the vault unlocks. While Adam's parents diligently spent decades teaching him everything they could think of, this proves woefully inadequate for getting around in a radically changed surface world. Cue major culture shock when first Calvin and then the now-adult Adam (Fraser) venture out into the world to determine the state of "post-apocalypse" civilization.

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Fast forward to TheNineties (more specifically, 1999), 1997), when the vault unlocks. While Adam's parents diligently spent decades teaching him everything they could think of, this proves woefully inadequate for getting around in a radically changed surface world. Cue major culture shock when first Calvin and then the now-adult Adam (Fraser) venture out into the world to determine the state of "post-apocalypse" civilization.

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