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David Brent: Life on the Road is a British {{Mockumentary}} film created by Creator/RickyGervais and set in the same continuity as ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' and by extension, ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', in which Gervais reprises his role as UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist David Brent.
Ten years after being made redundant from Slough-based paper merchant Wernham Hogg, David is working as a sales rep for sanitary product supplier Lavichem, but has not given up his dream of being a successful musician. Using up all his remaining annual leave - and taking additional unpaid time off work - David takes his band Foregone Conclusion on a three-week tour of venues around Berkshire in the hope of being offered a record deal, and finally achieving his dream of rock stardom.
Ten years after being made redundant from Slough-based paper merchant Wernham Hogg, David is working as a sales rep for sanitary product supplier Lavichem, but has not given up his dream of being a successful musician. Using up all his remaining annual leave - and taking additional unpaid time off work - David takes his band Foregone Conclusion on a three-week tour of venues around Berkshire in the hope of being offered a record deal, and finally achieving his dream of rock stardom.
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Ten years after being made redundant from Slough-based paper merchant Wernham Hogg, David is working as a sales rep for sanitary product supplier Lavichem, but has not given up his dream of being a successful musician. Using up all his remaining annual leave
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** Although the photo shoot sequence reveals Brent is still a fat, tragic man as Briony declares it to be awful, even questioning the last time David Brent shaved his back.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: David Brent has always been this, although as the movie explores much more of his character, his vulnerabilities and his hopes and dreams, by the end he's crossed the line into solid TheWoobie territory.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: David Brent has always been this, although as the movie explores much more of his character, his vulnerabilities and his hopes and dreams, by the end he's crossed the line into solid TheWoobie territory.territory.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jezzer.
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* LiteralMusicVideo: The opening sequence is edited to resemble one, with the images on screen exactly matching the lyrics of the title song.
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* TheFourChordsOfPop: "Freelove Freeway". {{Lampshaded}} by Brent's commentary on the song in the sheet music book.
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* AfraidOfBlood: David is this, to the point of feinting when he catches sight of some of his own while getting a tattoo.
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* AfraidOfBlood: David is this, to the point of feinting fainting when he catches sight of some of his own while getting a tattoo.
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* HappyEndingOverride: Well, ''optimistic'' ending override at least. ''The Office'' ended on a positive note for David, with him having found a LoveInterest who brings out the best in him and experiencing firsthand how the relentless pursuit of celebrity can leave one feeling degraded and unfulfilled.
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* EmbarassingTattoo: Following his publicist's suggestion, David gets a tattoo to make himself more 'like Beckham'. He can't decide on whether to go for "Slough" (where Wernham Hogg is based, and where he's spent most of his working life) or "Reading" (where he is originally from). As both towns are in Berkshire, he decides to get that tattooed on his upper arm. Halfway through however, he faints upon seeing blood and doesn't want to continue, leaving him with a tattoo that reads "Berk".
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* EmbarassingTattoo: EmbarrassingTattoo: Following his publicist's suggestion, David gets a tattoo to make himself more 'like Beckham'. He can't decide on whether to go for "Slough" (where Wernham Hogg is based, and where he's spent most of his working life) or "Reading" (where he is originally from). As both towns are in Berkshire, he decides to get that tattooed on his upper arm. Halfway through however, he faints upon seeing blood and doesn't want to continue, leaving him with a tattoo that reads "Berk".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: David can't stop doing this.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: David can't stop doing this. As he is having breakfast with Dom:
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-->'''Waitress:''' Oh, shall I put it on your room?
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* EmbarassingTattoo: Following his publicist's suggestion, David gets a tattoo to make himself more 'like Beckham'. He can't decide on whether to go for "Slough" (where Wernham Hogg - and presumably Lavichem - are based) and "Reading" where he is from. As both towns are in Berkshire, he decides to get that tattooed on his upper arm. Halfway through however, he faints upon seeing blood and doesn't want to continue, leaving him with a tattoo that reads "Berk".
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* EmbarassingTattoo: Following his publicist's suggestion, David gets a tattoo to make himself more 'like Beckham'. He can't decide on whether to go for "Slough" (where Wernham Hogg - is based, and presumably Lavichem - are based) and where he's spent most of his working life) or "Reading" where (where he is from.originally from). As both towns are in Berkshire, he decides to get that tattooed on his upper arm. Halfway through however, he faints upon seeing blood and doesn't want to continue, leaving him with a tattoo that reads "Berk".
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* ThePratfall: While attempting to pull off a back-to-back rock 'n' roll moment with the band's guitarist, David falls over on stage (he failed to notify the guitarist of his intention)
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* ThePratfall: While attempting to pull off a TotallyRadical back-to-back rock 'n' roll moment with the band's guitarist, David falls over on stage (he failed to notify the guitarist of his intention)
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* AfraidOfBlood: David is this, to the point of feinting when he catches sight of some of his own while getting a tattoo.
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* EmbarassingTattoo: Following his publicist's suggestion, David gets a tattoo to make himself more 'like Beckham'. He can't decide on whether to go for "Slough" (where Wernham Hogg - and presumably Lavichem - are based) and "Reading" where he is from. As both towns are in Berkshire, he decides to get that tattooed on his upper arm. Halfway through however, he faints upon seeing blood and doesn't want to continue, leaving him with a tattoo that reads "Berk".
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* ThePratfall: While attempting to pull off a back-to-back rock 'n' roll moment with the band's guitarist, David falls over on stage (he failed to notify the guitarist of his intention)
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* GilliganCut: Dan the sound engineer is initially uninterested in joining David and the band on tour but when David offers to pay him double what he earns at the studio, the next shot is of David, outside the studio speaking directly to camera saying 'I never dreamed he'd be on that much!'
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* GilliganCut: Dan the sound engineer is initially uninterested in joining David and the band on tour but when David offers to pay him double what he earns at the studio, the next shot is of David, outside the studio speaking directly to the camera saying 'I never dreamed he'd be on that much!'
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: David Brent has always been this, although as the movie explores much more of his character, his vunlnerabilities and his hopes and dreams, by the end he's crossed the line into solid TheWoobie territory.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: David Brent has always been this, although as the movie explores much more of his character, his vunlnerabilities vulnerabilities and his hopes and dreams, by the end he's crossed the line into solid TheWoobie territory.
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* AesopAmnesia: David, after milking his fame for a while, acknowledged the futility and humiliation of trying to sell himself to a thoroughly uninterested younger audience in the Christmas special of ''The Office''. Fifteen years later, he goes a step further, reviving his dream to be a rock star and putting together a band comprised of guys he's at least two decades older than.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: For a given value of "bad boy", anyway. David is once again the office manchild, disliked by most, but this time he has an admirer.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: For a given value of "bad boy", anyway. David is once again the office manchild, disliked by most, but this time he has an admirer.
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* BeYourself: Dan thinks David would have much more success if he gave this a go.
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* {{Determinator}}: David might not ever enjoy the fame he craves, but not for lack of trying.
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* EpicFail: One after another. Highlights include David fumbling with a t-shirt gun and shooting a fat girl in the face with it.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jezzer.
* HiddenDepths: It was clear from ''The Office'' that David was given to self-loathing when reality gets a bit too real, but this movie reveals he had a full-blown breakdown after the documentary, was institutionalised, put on weight, and spent half a year on anti-depressants. For all that, he [[CharacterRerailment went right back to the Brent we know and love]] afterwards.
** After spending the entire movie unenthusiastically sloughing through the tour, Dan rather gently gives David probably the best advice he's ever been given in his life.
* HistoryRepeats: The faces around his new office might have changed, but Brent is [[AttentionWhore still at it]] and echoes of Slough are quite noticeable, notably the beleaguered-but-sweet receptionist who has more patience for David than most, the snide and vindictive office bully, and the younger guy David's taken on as a sidekick.
* HiddenDepths: It was clear from ''The Office'' that David was given to self-loathing when reality gets a bit too real, but this movie reveals he had a full-blown breakdown after the documentary, was institutionalised, put on weight, and spent half a year on anti-depressants. For all that, he [[CharacterRerailment went right back to the Brent we know and love]] afterwards.
** After spending the entire movie unenthusiastically sloughing through the tour, Dan rather gently gives David probably the best advice he's ever been given in his life.
* HistoryRepeats: The faces around his new office might have changed, but Brent is [[AttentionWhore still at it]] and echoes of Slough are quite noticeable, notably the beleaguered-but-sweet receptionist who has more patience for David than most, the snide and vindictive office bully, and the younger guy David's taken on as a sidekick.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Averted. David's younger band-mates clearly resent his presence and make an effort to keep him separate from the group socially. Seeing David constantly try to connect with them can be [[CringeComedy painful to watch]].
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* TheResenter: David doesn't take well to Dom enjoying genuine popularity while he does not. Or the other guys hooking up with girls after gigs, while he also does not.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Much of the (admittedly minor) CharacterDevelopment David received in ''The Office'' isn't really reflected here. The movie proves he essentially learned nothing from Slough and is just as socially inept, casually offensive, and hungry for attention fifteen years later.
* TotallyRadical: David, probably past fifty in this movie, [[{{Understatement}} can't quite connect]] with his much younger band members. And not for lack of trying. Or brown leather jackets, double denim, and ripped jeans.
* TotallyRadical: David, probably past fifty in this movie, [[{{Understatement}} can't quite connect]] with his much younger band members. And not for lack of trying. Or brown leather jackets, double denim, and ripped jeans.
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** Also, consider this wonderful interaction as David explains the risqué nature of some of his bands' lyrics to his two female colleagues:
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** Also, consider this wonderful interaction as David explains the risqué nature of some of his bands' band's lyrics to his two female colleagues:
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-->'''David:''' The lads started calling me 'Brentasaurus'. All good fun. Not at the time. I burst into tears and wanted to kill myself.''
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-->'''David:''' The lads started calling me 'Brentasaurus'. All good fun. Not at the time. I burst into tears and wanted to kill myself.''
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-->'''David''': C-U-M-I-N.
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-->'''David''': C-U-M-I-N.c-U-m-i-n.
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-->'''David''': Double M. Think. It's... So, yeah. That sort of coming.
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-->'''David''': Double M. Think. M!! Think! It's... So, yeah. That yeah... (mines masturbating) that sort of coming.
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-->'''David (singing)''': I'm gonna roll you over / And rock you stupid / And leave you there just hummin' . There's a party in my trousers, baby / And everybody's comin'
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-->'''David (singing)''': I'm gonna roll you over / And rock you stupid / And leave you there just hummin' . hummin' / There's a party in my trousers, baby / And everybody's comin'
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** Also, consider this wonderful monologue as David explains the risqué nature of some of his bands' lyrics to his two female colleagues:
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** Also, consider this wonderful monologue as David explains the risqué nature of some of his bands' lyrics to his two female colleagues:
-->'''David''': We got one song, it's about rock 'n' roll, but it's a metaphor for sex. It goes...
-->'''David (singing)''': I'm gonna roll you over / And rock you stupid / And leave you there just hummin' . There's a party in my trousers, baby / And everybody's comin'
-->'''David''': You get it? Ask me how I'm spelling "comin".
-->'''Pauline''': How are you spelling "comin"?
-->'''David''': C-U-M-I-N.
-->'''Pauline''': That's cumin.
-->'''David''': Double M. Think. It's... So, yeah. That sort of coming.
-->'''David''': Well, not with... (points to the two women) But with... (points to himself) you know.
-->'''David''': Although some women do...
-->'''David''': Squirt.
-->'''David''': Don't know what.
-->'''David''': Juice.
-->'''David''': No one knows.
-->'''David''': Right, see you later.
-->'''David''': We got one song, it's about rock 'n' roll, but it's a metaphor for sex. It goes...
-->'''David (singing)''': I'm gonna roll you over / And rock you stupid / And leave you there just hummin' . There's a party in my trousers, baby / And everybody's comin'
-->'''David''': You get it? Ask me how I'm spelling "comin".
-->'''Pauline''': How are you spelling "comin"?
-->'''David''': C-U-M-I-N.
-->'''Pauline''': That's cumin.
-->'''David''': Double M. Think. It's... So, yeah. That sort of coming.
-->'''David''': Well, not with... (points to the two women) But with... (points to himself) you know.
-->'''David''': Although some women do...
-->'''David''': Squirt.
-->'''David''': Don't know what.
-->'''David''': Juice.
-->'''David''': No one knows.
-->'''David''': Right, see you later.
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* BrickJoke: As the tour progresses, the band begin to worry that performing with David will affect their future bookings, speculating that their credibility will be ruined and nobody will want to book them. At the end of the movie, as David reflects on the tour:
--> '''David:''' The band are on tour with Peter Andre. So, they've fallen on their feet.
--> '''David:''' The band are on tour with Peter Andre. So, they've fallen on their feet.
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-->'''David:'' No, no, no. Put it on my room, 106. But "no" that we're not... I wouldn't. Not with him. And not because he's a black man. Because he's a man. I'd do it with a black woman, for example. Not you. Well, yes, you. Yeah. If you were consenting and above legal age, which you obviously are. Not obviously. So...
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