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%%* BeardOfEvil: The Skiptracer.
%%* BigBadEnsemble: Marisol, Julian, and Skiptracer.
%%* BountyHunter: The Skiptracer.
%%* ButtMonkey: Sandy

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%%* * BeardOfEvil: The Skiptracer.
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Skiptracer is a bounty hunter who ruthlessly pursues Sandy and Diana that has a very unkempt beard.
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Skiptracer are all going after Diana. Marisol and Julian are working together while Skiptracer is entirely solo.
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BountyHunter: The Skiptracer.
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Skiptracer goes after specifically bail jumpers and is quite thorough in his job.
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ButtMonkey: SandySandy gets screwed over by Diana, his place of employment, traffic accidents, and even nature itself when several snakes creep up on him while he's sleeping



%%* DeadpanSnarker: [[Creator/JasonBateman Sandy]], naturally.

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%%* * DeadpanSnarker: [[Creator/JasonBateman Sandy]], naturally.Sandy takes all of what life throws at him with a subdued albeit snippy demeanor. This of course comes with the territory of being played by Creator/JasonBateman.



%%* SheCleansUpNicely: Diana, after a makeover. Her disheveled hair gets all smoothed out into waves and wearing a flattering black dress with some light makeup and jewelry.

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%%* * SheCleansUpNicely: Diana, after Diana gives herself a makeover. makeover during her shopping spree with the help of the mall staff near the end of the movie. Her disheveled hair gets all smoothed out into waves and wearing she wears a flattering black dress with some light makeup and jewelry.



%%* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Creator/RobertPatrick

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%%* * SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Creator/RobertPatrickCreator/RobertPatrick does not appear as the Skiptracer in any of the trailers.



%%* SmugSnake: Cornish again

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%%* * SmugSnake: Cornish againbelieves that he is the only one in the business that matters, to Sandy's annoyance.




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%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sort of. While the storyline with the drug dealers is resolved ([[spoiler:they are arrested in the end]]), it is never explained just what the hell Diana did to incur their wrath to begin with (Marisol mentions that the credit cards Diana gave her were "shit", but that's about all the motivation we get). We also never see their boss again, though he would obviously rot in jail without his lackeys.
%%** Same with the Skiptracer. He gets arrested as well, though having lost Diana, that's his job over.
%%** Actually it's mentioned briefly that 1. A card Diana sold them tipped off the police (presumably leading to the leader's arrest) and 2. He wants her death to be an example to anyone else that might think of failing him/doing something to endanger his business.
%%** It's clearly said that the cards that Diana sold had been used and tipped off police.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all is said and done, Diana turns herself in and Sandy is cleared of all wrongdoing. A year later, Sandy has another child and he and his family are living in a new house. Diana is still in prison, but she's turning her life around and getting an education, and Sandy promises to hire her when she gets out.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After all is said and done, Diana turns herself in and Sandy is cleared of all wrongdoing. A year later, Sandy has another child and he and his family are living in a new house. Diana is still in prison, but she's turning her life around and getting an education, and Sandy promises to hire her when she gets out.]]



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-->[[InsistentTerminology --->[[InsistentTerminology "It's unisex!"]]



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%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sort of. While the storyline with the drug dealers is resolved ([[spoiler: they are arrested in the end]]), it is never explained just what the hell Diana did to incur their wrath to begin with (Marisol mentions that the credit cards Diana gave her were "shit", but that's about all the motivation we get). We also never see their boss again, though he would obviously rot in jail without his lackeys.

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%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sort of. While the storyline with the drug dealers is resolved ([[spoiler: they ([[spoiler:they are arrested in the end]]), it is never explained just what the hell Diana did to incur their wrath to begin with (Marisol mentions that the credit cards Diana gave her were "shit", but that's about all the motivation we get). We also never see their boss again, though he would obviously rot in jail without his lackeys.



* WouldHitAGirl: Sandy. One shot in the trailer (as well as the unrated version of the film) is him hitting Diana upside the head with a ''guitar'' hard enough to knock her over (she totally deserved it though).

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* WouldHitAGirl: Sandy. One shot in the trailer (as well as the unrated version of the film) is him hitting Diana upside the head with a ''guitar'' hard enough to knock her over (she totally deserved it though).though).
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted--Diana assumes the identity of Sandy Bigelow Patterson, the same name as Bateman's character. This is justified, since that's what identity thieves do. She just happened to have found a guy with a gender-neutral name.

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* AssholeVictim: Sandy is more than happy to let Diana steal Harold Cornish's identity.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: After all is said and done, Diana turns herself in and Sandy is cleared of all wrongdoing. A year later, Sandy has another child and he and his family are living in a new house. Diana is still in prison, but she's turning her life around and getting an education, and Sandy promises to hire her when she gets out.]]



* TheDogBitesBack: After years of being cheated by their ungrateful boss, Sandy's co-workers, led by Daniel, plan to leave the company and offer to make Sandy the VP in their new start-up.

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* TheDogBitesBack: TheDogBitesBack:
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After years of being cheated by their ungrateful boss, Sandy's co-workers, led by Daniel, plan to leave the company start their own company, take all their clients with them, and offer to make Sandy the VP in their new start-up.start-up.
** Sandy is more than happy to let Diana steal Harold Cornish's identity.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all is said and done, Diana turns herself in and Sandy is cleared of all wrongdoing. A year later, Sandy has another child and he and his family are living in a new house. Diana is still in prison, but she's turning her life around and getting an education, and Sandy promises to hire her when she gets out.]]



* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Played straight when the skiptracer threatens to burn down the beauty shop unless he gets the information he wants.

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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Played straight when the skiptracer Skiptracer threatens to burn down the beauty shop unless he gets the information he wants.



* SmallNameBigEgo: The Skiptracer thinks he’s far more badass than he really is.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: The Skiptracer thinks is totally convinced he’s far more a badass than he really is.action hero, and ignores all evidence to the contrary.



* TakeThat: When Sandy's BadBoss Harold is explaining why he and the partners deserve bonuses, despite the profitable company not giving a bonus to Sandy and other staff for the past three years, he suggests Sandy read ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} The Fountainhead]]'' as if that will explain everything. Specifically, he points out that Sandy's job is useless and that Sandy himself can be easily replaced with a computer program, whereas people like Cornish are the ones who bring in all the profit to the company, which pays for salaries of the "lower" people. Thus, in Cornish's mind, he deserves the bonus as his is the only job that matters. Of course, he completely ignores that without people like Sandy, he wouldn't be able to ''do'' his job. Daniel understands the value of what Sandy does and offers 5x his salary, as well as other perks that come with being a VP.

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* TakeThat: When Sandy's BadBoss Harold is explaining why he and the partners deserve bonuses, despite the profitable company not giving a bonus to Sandy and other staff for the past three years, he suggests Sandy read ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} The Fountainhead]]'' as if that will explain everything. Specifically, he points out that Sandy's job is useless and that Sandy himself can be easily replaced with a computer program, whereas people like Cornish are the ones who bring in all the profit to the company, which pays for salaries of the "lower" people. Thus, in Cornish's mind, he deserves the bonus as his is the only job that matters. \\
Of course, he completely ignores that without people like Sandy, he wouldn't be able to ''do'' his job. Daniel understands the value of what Sandy does and offers 5x his salary, as well as other perks that come with being a VP.



%%This entry shouldn't talk to itself. What was it?* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sort of. While the storyline with the drug dealers is resolved ([[spoiler: they are arrested in the end]]), it is never explained just what the hell Diana did to incur their wrath to begin with (Marisol mentions that the credit cards Diana gave her were "shit", but that's about all the motivation we get). We also never see their boss again, though he would obviously rot in jail without his lackeys.
** Same with the Skiptracer. He gets arrested as well, though having lost Diana, that's his job over.
** Actually it's mentioned briefly that 1. A card Diana sold them tipped off the police (presumably leading to the leader's arrest) and 2. He wants her death to be an example to anyone else that might think of failing him/doing something to endanger his business.
** It's clearly said that the cards that Diana sold had been used and tipped off police.
* WouldHitAGirl: Sandy. One shot in the trailer (as well as the unrated version of the film) is him hitting Diana upside the head with a ''guitar'' hard enough to knock her over (she totally deserved it though).
* WrongGenreSavvy: The Skiptracer is totally convinced he’s a badass action hero, and ignores all evidence to the contrary.

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%%This entry shouldn't talk to itself. What was it?* it?
%%*
WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sort of. While the storyline with the drug dealers is resolved ([[spoiler: they are arrested in the end]]), it is never explained just what the hell Diana did to incur their wrath to begin with (Marisol mentions that the credit cards Diana gave her were "shit", but that's about all the motivation we get). We also never see their boss again, though he would obviously rot in jail without his lackeys.
** %%** Same with the Skiptracer. He gets arrested as well, though having lost Diana, that's his job over.
** %%** Actually it's mentioned briefly that 1. A card Diana sold them tipped off the police (presumably leading to the leader's arrest) and 2. He wants her death to be an example to anyone else that might think of failing him/doing something to endanger his business.
** %%** It's clearly said that the cards that Diana sold had been used and tipped off police.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Sandy. One shot in the trailer (as well as the unrated version of the film) is him hitting Diana upside the head with a ''guitar'' hard enough to knock her over (she totally deserved it though).
* WrongGenreSavvy: The Skiptracer is totally convinced he’s a badass action hero, and ignores all evidence to the contrary.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After years of being cheated by their ungrateful boss, Sandy's co-workers, led by Daniel, plan to leave the company and offer to make Sandy the VP in their new start-up.



* TakeThat: When Sandy's BadBoss Harold is explaining why he and the partners deserve bonuses, despite the profitable company not giving a bonus to Sandy and other staff for the past three years, he suggests Sandy read ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} The Fountainhead]]'' as if that will explain everything. Specifically, he points out that Sandy's job is useless and that Sandy himself can be easily replaced with a computer program, whereas people like Cornish are the ones who bring in all the profit to the company, which pays for salaries of the "lower" people. Thus, in Cornish's mind, he deserves the bonus as his is the only job that matters. Of course, he completely ignores that without people like Sandy, he wouldn't be able to ''do'' his job. Daniel understands the value of what Sandy does and offers to 5x his salary, as well as other perks that come with being a VP.

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* TakeThat: When Sandy's BadBoss Harold is explaining why he and the partners deserve bonuses, despite the profitable company not giving a bonus to Sandy and other staff for the past three years, he suggests Sandy read ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} The Fountainhead]]'' as if that will explain everything. Specifically, he points out that Sandy's job is useless and that Sandy himself can be easily replaced with a computer program, whereas people like Cornish are the ones who bring in all the profit to the company, which pays for salaries of the "lower" people. Thus, in Cornish's mind, he deserves the bonus as his is the only job that matters. Of course, he completely ignores that without people like Sandy, he wouldn't be able to ''do'' his job. Daniel understands the value of what Sandy does and offers to 5x his salary, as well as other perks that come with being a VP.

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