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Not to be confused with ''Series/JuryDuty''.

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* AxeCrazy: Frank, once it's been revealed he's the serial killer, complete with a PsychoticSmirk and Tucci going for [[LargeHam ham]].
* ChekhovsGunman: A man Tommy meets before going into jury duty is seen trying to get out of it, before meeting with Tucci's character. Later, that man was the real Frank that the Junors' Frank was posing as.

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* AxeCrazy: Frank, once Once it's been revealed he's the serial killer, complete with a PsychoticSmirk and PsychoticSmirk, Tucci going goes for full-on [[LargeHam ham]].
* ChekhovsGunman: A man Tommy meets before going into jury duty is seen trying to get out of it, before meeting with Tucci's character. Later, that man was the real Frank that the Junors' Frank Frank, and Tucci's character was posing as.as him for the trial as a member of the jury.



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Tommy is collecting polystyrene cups with his stepfather Jed, he discovers that the killer wasn't a fast food employee, but an environmentalist, which ultimately reveals that Frank is the killer.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Tommy is collecting polystyrene cups with his stepfather Jed, he discovers that the killer wasn't a fast food employee, but an environmentalist, which ultimately reveals that the juror known as Frank is the killer.



* KillAndReplace: Subverted. Billy, whom the junors know as Frank, ends up taking the identity of the real Frank, who was trying to get out of jury duty. But, at the end of the movie, Billy knocks out Frank and was planning on killing him before Tommy showed up.

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* KangarooCourt: Before Tommy is able to turn them all around, the jury was dead set on making Bishop fry on the electric chair.
* KillAndReplace: Subverted. Billy, whom the junors jurors know as Frank, ends up taking the identity of the real Frank, who was trying to get out of jury duty. But, at the end of the movie, movie's end, Billy knocks out Frank and was planning on killing him before Tommy showed up.

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* AxeCrazy: Frank, once it's been revealed he's the serial killer, complete with a PsychoticSmirk and Tucci going for [[LargeHam ham]].
* ChekhovsGunman: A man Tommy meets before going into jury duty is seen trying to get out of it, before meeting with Tucci's character. Later, that man was the real Frank that the Junors' Frank was posing as.
* DisguisedInDrag: Tommy ends up dressing up Bishop's "girlfriend" to visit him in prison. Bishop doesn't take it well.



* GunmanWithThreeNames: The killer on trial is named, Carl Wayne Bishop.



* KillAndReplace: Subverted. Billy, whom the junors know as Frank, ends up taking the identity of the real Frank, who was trying to get out of jury duty. But, at the end of the movie, Billy knocks out Frank and was planning on killing him before Tommy showed up.



* {{Manchild}}: Tommy. (Come on, it's a Creator/PaulyShore movie!)

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* {{Manchild}}: Tommy. He's crude, rude, and an idiot. (Come on, it's a Creator/PaulyShore movie!)movie!) Although he gets better following actual CharacterDevelopment after visiting Bishop in prison and studying law.



* UnsettlingGenderReveal: An attractive woman who is willing give Tommy a dollar, ultimately turns to be a cross-dressing man, judging by "her" deeper and masculine voice, causing Tommy to flee in disgust.

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* SerialKiller: Carl Wayne Bishop is being on trial for killing seven fast food managers, and it turns out the real killer is enacting as [[GaiasVengeance Gaia's Avenger]].
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: An attractive woman who is willing to give Tommy a dollar, ultimately turns to be a cross-dressing man, judging by "her" deeper and masculine voice, causing Tommy to flee in disgust.
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* InNameOnly: The German release of this film advertised it as a sequel to ''Film/SonInLaw'', even though both films are unrelated in any way, aside from starring Pauly Shore.

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This film is the last film to star veteran actress Billie Bird, who was in her late eighties at the time.

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This film is the last film to star veteran actress Billie Bird, Creator/BillieBird, who was in her late eighties at the time.



--->'''Cross-dressing man''': Let's go back to my place and cuddle.
--->'''Tommy''': Eww.

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--->'''Cross-dressing -->'''Cross-dressing man''': Let's go back to my place and cuddle.
--->'''Tommy''': Eww.
cuddle.\\
'''Tommy''': Eww.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Yeah, this doesn't go much better than when [[Film/ErnestGoesToJail Ernest was on the jury.]]]]



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Tommy is collecting polystyrene cups with his stepfather Jed, he discovers that the killer wasn't a fast food employee, but an enviromentalist, which ultimately reveals that Frank is the killer.
* {{Manchild}}: Tommy.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Tommy is collecting polystyrene cups with his stepfather Jed, he discovers that the killer wasn't a fast food employee, but an enviromentalist, environmentalist, which ultimately reveals that Frank is the killer.
* HehHehYouSaidX: The phrase "penis envy" is uttered in a courtroom scene, and Tommy interrupts the proceedings simply to ask for that to be repeated.
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Tommy gets a hold of a microphone on the bus and adopts this persona just to break the ice with his fellow jurors.
* {{Manchild}}: Tommy. (Come on, it's a Creator/PaulyShore movie!)
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''Jury Duty'' is a 1995 courtroom comedy starring Creator/PaulyShore, Creator/TiaCarrere, Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray, Shelley Winters and Creator/AbeVigoda.

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''Jury Duty'' is a 1995 courtroom comedy starring Creator/PaulyShore, Creator/TiaCarrere, Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray, Shelley Winters Creator/ShelleyWinters and Creator/AbeVigoda.

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* {{Manchild}}: Tommy.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Tommy is collecting polystyrene cups with his stepfather Jed, he discovers that the killer wasn't a fast food employee, but an enviromentalist, which ultimately reveals that Frank is the killer.
* {{Manchild}}: Tommy. Tommy.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The trial against Carl Wayne Bishop ends in a mistrial.
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* {{Manchild}}: Tommy.

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This film is the last film to star veteran actress Billie Bird, who was in her late eighties at the time.



--->'''Cross-dressing man''': Let's go back to my place and curdle.

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--->'''Cross-dressing man''': Let's go back to my place and curdle.cuddle.
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''Jury Duty'' is a 1995 courtroom comedy starring Creator/PaulyShore, Creator/TiaCarrere, Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray, Shelley Winters and Creator/AbeVigoda.

After being rejected at tryouts at a strip club owned by his uncle along with his mother and her boyfriend go to Las Vegas to get married, Tommy Collins (Shore) gets himself enrolled as a jury member in a murder trial and pulls every trick to prolong the proceeding in order to exploit the remuneration paid to jury members.

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!!This film provides examples of:
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: An attractive woman who is willing give Tommy a dollar, ultimately turns to be a cross-dressing man, judging by "her" deeper and masculine voice, causing Tommy to flee in disgust.
--->'''Cross-dressing man''': Let's go back to my place and curdle.
--->'''Tommy''': Eww.

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