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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler:Sheriff Ballard spends most of the movie being TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw, but the then he kills Charlie during the final shootout.]]
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''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 BlackComedy film directed by Neil [=LaBute=], based on a story by John C. Richards.
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''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 BlackComedy film directed by Neil [=LaBute=], Creator/NeilLaBute, based on a story by John C. Richards.
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* VillainousValor: In a DeletedScene, a man who helped Del steal the drugs furiously throws racist slurs at Charlie and Wesley with barely any fear even though they have him tied up and have shown a willingness to torture him.
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* AssholeVictim: Betty's husband steals a bunch of drugs and tries to re-sale them, cheats on his wife, is insensitive toward her attempts to find happiness, has an inflated view of his superiority, and mocks Native Americans. [[spoiler:That being said, his scalping and subsequent death are so horrifying that even the killers are shaken.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Betty's husband steals a bunch of drugs and tries to re-sale them, cheats on his wife, is insensitive toward her attempts to find happiness, has an inflated view of his superiority, and mocks Native Americans.Americans and gay people. [[spoiler:That being said, his scalping and subsequent death are so horrifying that even the killers are shaken.]]
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Wesley chides Charlie for LovingAShadow and being unprofessional, but he gets increasingly invested in the ShowWithinAShow that Betty watches and [[spoiler:Has a minor VillainousBreakdown upon learning that the character he has a crush on is a lesbian.]]
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Wesley chides Charlie for LovingAShadow and being unprofessional, but he gets increasingly invested in the ShowWithinAShow that Betty watches and [[spoiler:Has [[spoiler:has a minor VillainousBreakdown upon learning that the character he has a crush on is a lesbian.]]
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** Dale, who is involved in the drug trade, makes a derisive comment about alcoholic Native Americans.
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** Dale, who is involved in the drug trade, makes a derisive comment about alcoholic Native Americans.Americans and uses gay slurs.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Joyce and Merl are last seen being roughed up by Wesley and Charlie for information, and it is unknown if the hitmen spared them or not.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Joyce [[spoiler:Ellen and Merl are last seen being roughed up by Wesley and Charlie for information, and it is unknown if the hitmen spared them or not.]]
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* BlackRepublican: Briefly referenced when African-American hitman Charlie describes himself as "conservatives, but flexible".
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* BlackRepublican: Briefly referenced when African-American hitman Charlie describes himself as "conservatives, "conservative, but flexible".
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* WhamLine: BanteringBaddieBuddies Wesley and Charlie's entire relationship is cast in a different light [[spoiler:By Wesley's last word after he's shot.]]
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* WhamLine: BanteringBaddieBuddies Wesley and Charlie's entire relationship is cast in a different light [[spoiler:By [[spoiler:by Wesley's last word after he's shot.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Betty's husband steals a bunch of drugs and tries to re-sale them, cheats on his wife, is insensitive toward her attempts to find happiness, has an inflated view of his superiority, and mocks Native Americans. [[spoiler:That being said, his scalping and subsequent death are so horrifying that even the killers are shaken.]]
* BlackRepublican: Briefly referenced when African-American hitman Charlie describes himself as "conservatives, but flexible".
* BloodyHilarious: Right after Betty assures Rosa that her brother's tracheotomy has gone smoothly, she gets splattered with blood shooting out of the tube.
* BlackRepublican: Briefly referenced when African-American hitman Charlie describes himself as "conservatives, but flexible".
* BloodyHilarious: Right after Betty assures Rosa that her brother's tracheotomy has gone smoothly, she gets splattered with blood shooting out of the tube.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler:Sheriff Ballard spends most of the movie being TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw, but the he kills Charlie during the final shootout.]]
* DCupDistress: Rosa says that she wishes more of the people she brought to her apartment would pay attention to the trappings (most notably the fish tank) instead of her breasts. [[spoiler:This turns into a BrickJoke when Roy recognizes the fishes and hits it off with her.]]
* DCupDistress: Rosa says that she wishes more of the people she brought to her apartment would pay attention to the trappings (most notably the fish tank) instead of her breasts. [[spoiler:This turns into a BrickJoke when Roy recognizes the fishes and hits it off with her.]]
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* IHaveAFamily: When Charlie holds him at gunpoint, [[spoiler:Sheriff Ballard]] says that he has two kids and a dog. Charlie is unimpressed.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Charlie and Wesley use fake police badges to get information from people in several scenes (other times they pose as insurance investigators). They fool everyone but Joyce the bartender, who's ex-husband is a cop.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Charlie and Wesley use fake police badges to get information from people in several scenes (other times they pose as insurance investigators). They fool everyone but Joyce the bartender, who's ex-husband is a cop.
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* LovingAShadow: Charlie falls in love with an idealized version of the woman he is chasing and argues with any suggestions that conflict with his opinion of her. This constantly annoys and baffles his partner Wesley. Ultimately, it turns into an oddly touching YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech during their last confrontation.
* MissingMom:
** Betty's mother died when she was 12.
** [[spoiler:Wesley's mother is never mentioned, and Charlie's infatuation with Betty and description of his retirement plans suggest that they're single.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Wesley chides Charlie for LovingAShadow and being unprofessional, but he gets increasingly invested in the ShowWithinAShow that Betty watches and [[spoiler:Has a minor VillainousBreakdown upon learning that the character he has a crush on is a lesbian.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** Dale, who is involved in the drug trade, makes a derisive comment about alcoholic Native Americans.
** Hitman Charlie insists that [[spoiler:his favorite TV character "ain't no dyke."]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Once they find the stash in Betty's car, Wesley suggests just leaving Betty alone and taking the drugs back to his employer, but doesn't do this out of any real sympathy for Betty.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Wesley scalps Del-and promptly freaks out over it-because he mistakes a story that Charlie recounts about how a man can survive being scalped to frighten Dale and rub in how insensitive Dale is toward Native Americans. Wesley interprets this as an order to scalp Dale and does so, leaving both hitmen horrified and forcing them to shoot Dale when he breaks loose due to the adrenaline.]]
* MissingMom:
** Betty's mother died when she was 12.
** [[spoiler:Wesley's mother is never mentioned, and Charlie's infatuation with Betty and description of his retirement plans suggest that they're single.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Wesley chides Charlie for LovingAShadow and being unprofessional, but he gets increasingly invested in the ShowWithinAShow that Betty watches and [[spoiler:Has a minor VillainousBreakdown upon learning that the character he has a crush on is a lesbian.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** Dale, who is involved in the drug trade, makes a derisive comment about alcoholic Native Americans.
** Hitman Charlie insists that [[spoiler:his favorite TV character "ain't no dyke."]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Once they find the stash in Betty's car, Wesley suggests just leaving Betty alone and taking the drugs back to his employer, but doesn't do this out of any real sympathy for Betty.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Wesley scalps Del-and promptly freaks out over it-because he mistakes a story that Charlie recounts about how a man can survive being scalped to frighten Dale and rub in how insensitive Dale is toward Native Americans. Wesley interprets this as an order to scalp Dale and does so, leaving both hitmen horrified and forcing them to shoot Dale when he breaks loose due to the adrenaline.]]
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* RaisedByGrandparents: Betty's mother died when she was 12 and her grandparents apparently raised her afterward, as they have her old diary with them.
* {{Retirony}}: HitmanWithAHeart Charlie keeps going on about how this is his last job and Betty will be his last vicim. [[spoiler:He ends up shooting himself instead of Betty after his son/partner dies.]]
* {{Retirony}}: HitmanWithAHeart Charlie keeps going on about how this is his last job and Betty will be his last vicim. [[spoiler:He ends up shooting himself instead of Betty after his son/partner dies.]]
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* StealingTheCredit: [[spoiler:Sheriff Ballard tells the hitmen how he watched Betty's soap opera and figged out that she's in Arizona, when, really, IntrepidReporter Roy did that while Ballard was skeptical and dismissive of his efforts. Roy is very eager to set the record straight once Charlie un-gags him.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Del]]. Charlie coldly explains this to him a few minutes before killing him.
--> '''Charlie''': [[spoiler:Del]], wanna know what stupid is? Stupid is taking what doesn't belong to you. Isn't that right, Wesley? That's right. Stupid is trying to sell it to people who are, by their very nature, untrustworthy. That is so right. Stupid is calling people in Kansas City who are affiliated to the rightful owners of the thing you stole and trying to sell it to them. Now, that's really stupid.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Rosa starts out as a supportive friend to Betty, but gets a lot more sour and irritable with her after realizing that she CannotTellFictionFromReality and observes Betty luck into a romance with the actor who she thinks is the character he plays. She's more exasperated than cruel or bitter, though, and softens up again in the last few scenes.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Del]]. Charlie coldly explains this to him a few minutes before killing him.
--> '''Charlie''': [[spoiler:Del]], wanna know what stupid is? Stupid is taking what doesn't belong to you. Isn't that right, Wesley? That's right. Stupid is trying to sell it to people who are, by their very nature, untrustworthy. That is so right. Stupid is calling people in Kansas City who are affiliated to the rightful owners of the thing you stole and trying to sell it to them. Now, that's really stupid.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Rosa starts out as a supportive friend to Betty, but gets a lot more sour and irritable with her after realizing that she CannotTellFictionFromReality and observes Betty luck into a romance with the actor who she thinks is the character he plays. She's more exasperated than cruel or bitter, though, and softens up again in the last few scenes.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Joyce and Merl are last seen being roughed up by Wesley and Charlie for information, and it is unknown if the hitmen spared them or not.]]
* WhamLine: BanteringBaddieBuddies Wesley and Charlie's entire relationship is cast in a different light [[spoiler:By Wesley's last word after he's shot.]]
--> '''Wesley''': [[spoiler:Daddy]].
* WhamLine: BanteringBaddieBuddies Wesley and Charlie's entire relationship is cast in a different light [[spoiler:By Wesley's last word after he's shot.]]
--> '''Wesley''': [[spoiler:Daddy]].
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Traumatized as a result of witnessing the brutal slaying of her husband, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows--even encourages--her to keep functioning in a state of AlternateReality.AlternateUniverse. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. David Ravell, played by actor George [=McCord=] (Creator/GregKinnear).
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* SoapWithinAShow: The show is called "A ''A Reason to Love".Love''. The DVD even includes episodes of the show in their entirety. They're only five minutes long and exist just to show clips during the movie, but there's a coherent plot running through them. Expectedly, all the soap cliches are shown in full, right down to that damn fuzzy camera.
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Traumatized as a result of witnessing the brutal slaying of her husband, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows--even encourages--her to keep functioning in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. David Ravell, played by actor George [=McCord=] (Creator/GregKinnear).
What she doesn't know is that her husband's hitmen, Charlie (Creator/MorganFreeman) and Wesley (Creator/ChrisRock), are after her next.
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Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's the brutal slaying, slaying of her husband, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows--even encourages--her to keep functioning in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the her husband's hitmen, Charlie (Creator/MorganFreeman) and Wesley (Creator/ChrisRock), are after her next.
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''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 film directed by Neil La Bute, based on the story by John C. Richards.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows - even encourages - her to keep functioning... in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the hitmen, Charlie and Wesley, are after her next.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows - even encourages - her to keep functioning... in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the hitmen, Charlie and Wesley, are after her next.
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''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 BlackComedy film directed by Neil La Bute, [=LaBute=], based on the a story by John C. Richards.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state thatallows - even encourages - her allows--even encourages--her to keep functioning... functioning in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the hitmen, Charlie (Creator/MorganFreeman) and Wesley, Wesley (Creator/ChrisRock), are after her next.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that
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'''''Nurse Betty''''' is a 2000 film directed by Neil La Bute, based on the story by John C. Richards.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows - even encourages - her to keep functioning... in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the hitmen, Charlie and Wesley, are after her next.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: After Betty witnesses [[spoiler:her husband's murder]] she has a brain snap and believes she's a character from her favorite soap opera.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all the things that happen to Betty, things end very well for her.
* HollywoodSilencer: Averted, at least in one instance. When hitman Charlie goes to the other room with his silenced pistol into the adjacent room to Betty to commit suicide with the door closed, the "thump" of the gun is loud enough to make Betty jump. Ironically, this is a movie about a person that had trouble separating soap opera characters with real people.
* HolyHitman: The hitman pair are both very religious and will cite chapter and verse when killing.
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Betty successfully performs a tracheotomy, knowing how to do so from obsessively watching a medical soap opera.
* PlayingAgainstType: This is one of the very few times Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock have played villains.
* PrettyInMink: When Betty first meets "Ravell", she wears an evening dress and black fur wrap.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted. [[spoiler: We don't see hitman Wesley shot in the head in the movie itself, but a deleted scene entitled "The Flap" shows that it was quite graphic, perhaps too much for the rating.]]
* RaceFetish: A RunningGag through the movie is Wesley's attraction to Asian women.
* SoapWithinAShow: The show is called "A Reason to Love". The DVD even includes episodes of the show in their entirety. They're only five minutes long and exist just to show clips during the movie, but there's a coherent plot running through them. Expectedly, all the soap cliches are shown in full, right down to that damn fuzzy camera.
* StalkerWithACrush: Charlie begins to fall in love with Betty while pursuing her, imagining her as this beautiful princess with grace and poise.
-->'''Wesley:''' "You're scaring me with all this "poise" bullshit. Why can't you just say she's got a nice ass?
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Betty is stripped off any memory regarding [[spoiler:her husband's murder]].
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'''''Nurse Betty''''' is a 2000 film directed by Neil La Bute, based on the story by John C. Richards.
Traumatized as a result of witnessing her husband's brutal slaying, Betty (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a small-town waitress and SoapOpera fan, enters a fugue state that allows - even encourages - her to keep functioning... in a state of AlternateReality. Now living out the fantasy life of the erstwhile Nurse Betty, she is set on returning to the love of her life, the lead character on Betty's favorite medical soap opera... the fictional Dr. Ravell. What she doesn't know is that the hitmen, Charlie and Wesley, are after her next.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: After Betty witnesses [[spoiler:her husband's murder]] she has a brain snap and believes she's a character from her favorite soap opera.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all the things that happen to Betty, things end very well for her.
* HollywoodSilencer: Averted, at least in one instance. When hitman Charlie goes to the other room with his silenced pistol into the adjacent room to Betty to commit suicide with the door closed, the "thump" of the gun is loud enough to make Betty jump. Ironically, this is a movie about a person that had trouble separating soap opera characters with real people.
* HolyHitman: The hitman pair are both very religious and will cite chapter and verse when killing.
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Betty successfully performs a tracheotomy, knowing how to do so from obsessively watching a medical soap opera.
* PlayingAgainstType: This is one of the very few times Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock have played villains.
* PrettyInMink: When Betty first meets "Ravell", she wears an evening dress and black fur wrap.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted. [[spoiler: We don't see hitman Wesley shot in the head in the movie itself, but a deleted scene entitled "The Flap" shows that it was quite graphic, perhaps too much for the rating.]]
* RaceFetish: A RunningGag through the movie is Wesley's attraction to Asian women.
* SoapWithinAShow: The show is called "A Reason to Love". The DVD even includes episodes of the show in their entirety. They're only five minutes long and exist just to show clips during the movie, but there's a coherent plot running through them. Expectedly, all the soap cliches are shown in full, right down to that damn fuzzy camera.
* StalkerWithACrush: Charlie begins to fall in love with Betty while pursuing her, imagining her as this beautiful princess with grace and poise.
-->'''Wesley:''' "You're scaring me with all this "poise" bullshit. Why can't you just say she's got a nice ass?
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Betty is stripped off any memory regarding [[spoiler:her husband's murder]].
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