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* BullyBrutality: Trevor attempts to protect his classmate from some bullies [[spoiler: and is stabbed to death as a result]].
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the book [[spoiler:Trevor]] dies when he rushes in to help a gay couple getting mugged. In the movie, he is killed [[spoiler:defending a kid from some bullies]].
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* DisneyDeath: We're led to believe that [[spoiler: Jerry the drug addict is dying when Trevor tries to contact him. We see him again much later when he pays it forward and rescues a suicidal woman.]]
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* DisneyDeath: DisneyDeath:
** We're led to believe that [[spoiler: Jerry the drug addict is dying when Trevor tries to contact him. We see him again much later when he pays it forward and rescues a suicidal woman.]]
** We're led to believe that [[spoiler: Jerry the drug addict is dying when Trevor tries to contact him. We see him again much later when he pays it forward and rescues a suicidal woman.]]
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Mr. Simonetti explains that his face was disfigured [[spoiler:by his father ''freaking lighting him on fire'']].
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Mr. Simonetti Simonet explains that his face was disfigured [[spoiler:by his father ''freaking lighting him on fire'']].
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* AlcoholicParent: Trevor's parents. [[spoiler:His grandma too.]]
* BigBad: The lead bully at Trevor's school.
* BigBad: The lead bully at Trevor's school.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Eugene's backstory.
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* GreaterNeedThanMine: The injured gangbanger at the beginning of the movie realizes that his wound is being prioritized over a teenage girl who cannot breathe. Despite the fact that the police are already looking for him, he makes a huge scene demanding that she be treated first, going so far as to fire his gun into the floor to make his point.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The injured gangbanger at the beginning of the movie realizes that his wound is being prioritized over a teenage girl who cannot breath. Despite the fact that the police are already looking for him, he makes a huge scene demanding that she be treated first, going so far as to fire his gun into the floor to make his point.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The injured gangbanger at the beginning of the movie realizes that his wound is being prioritized over a teenage girl who cannot breath. Despite the fact that the police are already looking for him, he makes a huge scene demanding that she be treated first, going so far as to fire his gun into the floor to make his point.
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* CycleOfVirtue: The movie about L.A. getting overtaken by a rash of people doing good deeds and telling the beneficiary "Don't pay me back, pay it forward!" when asked how they can pay their benefactor for it. It starts as a kid's school assignment.
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* TheAlcoholic: Both of Trevor's parents. [[spoiler:As well as his grandmother.]]
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* CycleOfVirture: The movie about L.A. getting overtaken by a rash of people doing good deeds and telling the beneficiary "Don't pay me back, pay it forward!" when asked how they can pay their benefactor for it. It starts as a kid's school assignment.
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* CycleOfVirture: CycleOfVirtue: The movie about L.A. getting overtaken by a rash of people doing good deeds and telling the beneficiary "Don't pay me back, pay it forward!" when asked how they can pay their benefactor for it. It starts as a kid's school assignment.
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* CycleOfVirture: The movie about L.A. getting overtaken by a rash of people doing good deeds and telling the beneficiary "Don't pay me back, pay it forward!" when asked how they can pay their benefactor for it. It starts as a kid's school assignment.
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** All {{Domestic Abuse}}r Ricky gets a is pretty much just nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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** All {{Domestic Abuse}}r Ricky gets a is pretty much just nothing more than the equivalent of a slap on the wrist.
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** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him'', at least not on-screen. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]] and eventually got [[OffscreenKarma found out and dealt with]].
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** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him'', at least not on-screen. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]] remorseful]] and eventually got [[OffscreenKarma found out and dealt with]].with]]]].
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** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him''. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]].
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** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him''. him'', at least not on-screen. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]].remorseful]]]] and eventually got [[OffscreenKarma found out and dealt with]].
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Trevor himself is fatally stabbed by bullies. He’s twelve.]]
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* PayingItForward: This is the CentralTheme of the film. As part of a school project, Trevor comes up with the plan to "pay it forward" by performing random acts of kindness for three complete strangers who must in turn each do good deeds for three other people, creating a charitable pyramid scheme that would quickly ripple through society and change the world for a better. [[spoiler:The movie ends on a bittersweet note, as it takes the death of the hero for the movement to attract the media's attention and to eventually grow nationwide.]]
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Infant Immortality has been renamed to Improbable Infant Survival on account of not being intended for situations like these
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted with Trevor's death]].
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''Pay It Forward'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Mimi Leder and [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] by Catherine Ryan Hyde, starring Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/HelenHunt, Creator/KevinSpacey, and (in a minor role) [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]].
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''Pay It Forward'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Mimi Leder Creator/MimiLeder and [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] by Catherine Ryan Hyde, starring Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/HelenHunt, Creator/KevinSpacey, and (in a minor role) [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]].
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Trevor’s mother is still alive. Trevor himself is not.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Trevor's father beats his mother, Mr. Simonet's father beat his mother and him (not to mention '''''burning him alive'''''), and Trevor's grandmother is implied to have been this.]]
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Knife]]: The knife smuggled into school by the bullies at the beginning is the one [[spoiler: Trevor]] is stabbed with at the end.
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* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies]]: Apparently they DroppedABridgeOnHim.
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* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies]]: TheHeroDies: Apparently they DroppedABridgeOnHim.
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* InterruptedSuicide / TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Trevor's first person to receive the "Pay It Forward" treatment stops a woman from jumping off a bridge.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him''. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]].
** Arguably, all {{Domestic Abuse}}r Ricky gets a is pretty much just nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him''. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]].
**Arguably, all All {{Domestic Abuse}}r Ricky gets a is pretty much just nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
** [[spoiler: The two bullies who murder Trevor seem to get no punishment for, you know, ''murdering him''. However, their presence at the remembrance ceremony, coupled with the looks on their faces, suggests they're [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]]]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Trevor's mother is instantly guilt-ridden after she slaps Trevor in the face.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Trevor's mother is instantly guilt-ridden after she slaps Trevor in the face.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the start of the film, Chris (the reporter) witnesses a hostage situation at a house. The guy holding the hostage escapes from the house, crashing into Chris' car as he leaves. A guy then gives Chris his car as part of the 'pay it forward' cycle. The hostage-taker is never seen or mentioned again.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the start of the film, Chris (the reporter) witnesses a hostage situation at a house. The guy holding the hostage escapes from the house, crashing into Chris' car as he leaves. A guy then gives Chris his car as part of the 'pay it forward' cycle. The hostage-taker is never seen or mentioned again.
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* AnAesop: The CentralTheme of the movie is that by performing random acts of kindness for complete strangers we are able to change the world for the better.[[note]]For more discussion on the topic, visit the [[WMG/PayItForward WMG page]].[[/note]]
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* AnAesop: The CentralTheme of the movie is that by performing random acts of kindness for complete strangers we are able to change the world for the better.[[note]]For more discussion on the topic, visit the [[WMG/PayItForward WMG page]].[[/note]]
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** Arguably, all DomesticAbuser Ricky gets a is pretty much just nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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* ForgedMessage: How Trevor gets his mother and his teacher into one room together.
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* TeacherParentRomance: Trevor manages to pair his mother with his teacher.
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* KidsPlayMatchmaker: Trevor arranges a dinner between his SingleMomStripper and his CoolTeacher by writing letters to each party claiming to be from the other side. It works out eventually.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film starts with a hostage situation. Everyone involved is led to believe they'll be the main focus, but once the assailant takes off and Chris is loaned a car by a passerby taking on the pay-it-forward challenge, the story shifts away from them.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Trevor dies and his killer is never shown getting any sort of punishment.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: [[Music/BonJovi Ricky]], Trevor's father.
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* NoNameGiven: The trio of bullies.
