History Film / ProjectX2012

* AxCrazy: T-Rick acts like this, being willing to burn down a whole neighbourhood after getting his g arden gnome stolen [[spoiler: which had his supply of ecstasy inside]].

Not to be confused with [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093793/ the 1987 movie]] of the same name, which was about Creator/MatthewBroderick and a bunch of chimpanzees in the Air Force, or the 1968 Creator/WilliamCastle film. Or the video game ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Costa steals a lawn gnome from T-Rick, [[spoiler:which is revealed to be full of ecstasy]]. T-Rick responds by [[spoiler: trying to ''burn down his neighborhood'']].

* AxCrazy: T-Rick acts like this

* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Rob has a reason to order the party to be over as it is a disturbance to his family, yet he gets tased and further attacked for it.
** While the dwarf was an UngratefulBastard, he had a good reason to GroinAttack Costa for the latter's unpleasant nature in general.

* WorldOfJerkass: In ''spades''. Every single character is either a hedonist, an asshole, a pushover, or even a sociopath. The most notable example is Costa, a sexist, racist, and sex-obsessed bully who is responsible for most of the nasty turn of events.

* WorldOfJerkass: In ''spades''. Every single character is either a hedonist, an asshole, a pushover, or even a sociopath. The most notable example is Costa, who is sexist, racist, and sex-obsessed, among other things.

* BettyAndVeronica: Straight, with blonde Kirby as one of the gang, and popular girl brunette Alexis.

* StraightEdgeEvil: There are hints that the soft-spoken Dax may have actually ''killed'' in the past. However, when it's offered, he says he doesn't drink alcohol[[note]]Those gathered look at him in seemingly ''offended'' bewilderment[[note]].

* AesopAmnesia: At the end of the movie, Costa promises his next party is going to be even bigger.

** Can be seen as this for WildTeenParty, showing (with a ''huge'' dose of exaggeration) absolutely everything that could go wrong in a party like this. However, it's somewhat defeated when [[spoiler:most of the characters essentially get off scot-free, with the exception of Thomas, and even he manages to become hugely popular and gain the respect of his father as a result of the party.]]

* EnfanteTerrible: Everett and Tyler, the two kids Costa hired as party security, turn out to be crazy bastards willing to tase a man when he comes to the house to complain about the noise and when he (quite understandably) punches one of them in the face in retaliation for being assaulted with said taser and goes to call the police, they tell Costa that they are going to ''burn his house down'' in revenge while resting up at the football field. Costa points out (quite horrified) that the man has a family and tells them to quit it.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Costa may be reckless, selfish, and largely responsible for what happened that night, but there are lines even he won't cross.

--->'''Thomas:''' What about you, Dax, what did your parents have to say?\\

* UngratefulBastard: The little person angrily punches Costa in the nuts right after he saves him from the oven.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Costa, the one who planned the entire party. He gets his charges dropped because his family can afford a good lawyer. [[spoiler:However, he is still awaiting the results of three paternity tests, though.]]

* GroinAttack: The little person sucker punches a lot of men in the nuts([[ShareTheMalePain he even punches a poor young woman in the you-know-what]]).

** Costa; the guy belittles his friends, does wildly reckless things and is just unpleasant to everyone he meets.
** On a smaller scale, Thomas' father, who mentions in a private conversation, that he feels Thomas is a loser because he doesn't take any risks. [[spoiler:He is actually surprised and even ''a little proud'' when he sees the aftermath of the party.]]

** After Thomas gets caught with [[spoiler:Alexis, Kirby runs off upset. After failing to win her back around, Thomas then looks at the scale of the party and how wrecked his house is getting, before throwing out two guests from his dad's office, and sitting quietly with worry and trying to confide in Dax]]. This leads to his DespairEventHorizon shortly after (see below).

** Dax to an extent; he gets mocked by Costa every time he says something (which is very little), punched by the midget despite not doing anything wrong, and Miles coldly tells him and J.B. that he doesn't like being filmed, which makes him quickly walk away.

->'''Costa''': You gotta have faith, son.

* ClusterFBomb: To be precise, the 'F' word is used roughly ''175 times'' in about ''80 minutes''. Then again, it is a movie about teens partying without any sort of boundaries whatsoever.

** Can be seen as this for WildTeenParty, showing (with a HUGE dose of exaggeration) absolutely everything that could go wrong in a party like this. However, it's somewhat defeated when [[spoiler:most of the characters essentially get off scot-free, with the exception of Thomas, and even he manages to become hugely popular and gain the respect of his father as a result of the party.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Costa steals a lawn gnome from T-Rick [[spoiler:which is revealed to be full of ecstasy]]. How does T-Rick respond? [[spoiler:By trying to ''burn down his neighborhood''.]]
* DoubleStandard: Averted and defied. The angry dwarf launches a GroinAttack on nearly every male in attendance (several of whom had it coming) and at least one female (that we see on-screen anyway). He gets away with every single one with no consequences whatsoever. In almost any other movie, doing this to a woman would have resulted in some sort of [[LaserGuidedKarma targeted retaliation]] on part of the woman. In RealLife, it would be sexual assault.

* DudeNotFunny: Some of the partygoers tie Thomas's dog Milo to some balloons and float him into the air, ala [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Carl Fredricksen]]. Thomas instantly comes to the dog's rescue while calling out the assholes who did that.

--> '''Costa:''' ''What the ''fuck'' are you talking about? Guy has a wife and a baby. You're not gonna burn his house down!''

--> '''Thomas:''' What about you, Dax, what did your parents have to say?
--> '''Dax:''' Oh, I live alone, actually.
--> '''Costa:''' ...You're really starting to fucking scare me.

* TheFaceless: Averted early on -- while the movie's camera-based POV would normally leave the cameraman Dax as an example, he takes a brief shot of a mirror so the audience gets a clear view of him, and he even gets a scene towards the end of the film where he talks about the utterly chaotic party while having the camera pointed at his face.

* FatIdiot: J.B., the slow-witted out of the trio and [[spoiler:his parents claimed that he was "special needs" according to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue]].

* GroinAttack: The little person sucker punches a lot of men in the nuts([[ShareTheMalePain he even punches a poor young woman in the you-know-what]]). Granted, some of them [[KickTheSonOfABitch deserved it]].

** The midget. Sure, some of the people he [[GroinAttack nut-punches]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch have it coming]] but he's pretty indiscriminate about who he targets, even going after a [[ShareTheMalePain woman]] for no reason at one point.

** Sure, the dwarf may have been an UngratefulBastard, but he had a good reason to GroinAttack Costa for his unpleasant nature in general.

** Costa, the one who planned the entire party, gets his charges dropped because his family can afford a good lawyer. [[spoiler:He's still awaiting the results of three paternity tests, though. And if it makes you feel better, he gets punched in the nards by a midget.]]
** [[spoiler:The midget himself gets no comeuppance for his {{Groin Attack}}s or driving Thomas' dad's Mercedes into the pool.]]

* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Reaches this when [[spoiler: ecstasy is revealed to be within the gnome.]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Costa, period.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Emphasis on the "Unsympathetic" aspect, all four main characters are this, but Costa takes the cake as he is a foul-mouthed, sex-obsessed sociopath who is also racist and misogynistic and downright disgusting.

** Costa steals T-Rick's gnome which is actually laced with ecstasy. T-Rick is ''not'' happy about it.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: [[SarcasmMode Of course Thomas will never do anything too serious, he's a "loser".]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: Costa. Why else would he bully and peer-pressure his friend into having the biggest party imaginable for his birthday when it's clear that he has no interest in any such thing? Sure, he keeps telling Thomas that he's doing him a huge favor by doing this for him, but really, who are we kidding? It's what ''he'' wants, and that's all that matters. And this isn't even going into his general disregard for his friends and... well, just about anyone else apart from himself.

** On a smaller scale, Thomas's father, who mentions in a private conversation, that he feels Thomas is a loser because he doesn't take any risks. [[spoiler: He actually is surprised and even ''a little proud'' when he sees the aftermath of the party.]]
** That damn midget. Sure, some of the people he [[GroinAttack nut-punches]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch have it coming]] but he's pretty indiscriminate about who he targets, even going after a [[ShareTheMalePain woman]] for no reason at one point.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Rob has a reason to order the party to be over as it is a disturbance to his family, yet he gets tased and further attacked for it. Sure, the dwarf may have been an UngratefulBastard, but he had a good reason to GroinAttack Costa for his unpleasant nature in general.

** Costa, the one who planned the entire party, gets his charges dropped because his family can afford a good lawyer. [[spoiler:He's still awaiting the results of three paternity tests, though. And if it makes you feel better, he gets punched in the nards by a midget.]] But on that note...
*** [[spoiler: Said midget does this right after Costa [[UngratefulBastard drove off the guys who were bullying him and freed him from the oven they stuffed him in.]] He gets no comeuppance for it at all, nor for doing the same to over half the rest of the male cast and at least one female. The latter should have netted him a sexual assault charge. He also drives Thomas's dad's Mercedes into the pool without suffering any punishment for that.]]
** J.B. qualifies to a lesser extent, as his only punishment is [[spoiler:having to ride the special needs bus to school]], which is a moot point since the characters are graduating soon anyway.

* SkinnyDipping: Costa puts a "Naked Women Only" sign next to the pool. To the boys' surprise, several of the girls actually obey it (that the boys are [[DoubleStandard neither girls nor naked]] is, of course, completely ignored).
* SmallNameBigEgo: Costa. He thinks he's cool and is quick to blame the two other boys for his loser reputation and lack of a girlfriend, but the scenes showing him inviting people to the party indicates that it's probably just in his head. He's also fond of talking about his life in Queens, where he supposedly was one of the coolest boys ever. [[SubvertedTrope On the other hand]], he ''did'' organize the wildest party ever without suffering any lasting consequences, managed to gather a ''very large'' crowd for his friend's birthday, became one of the coolest kids in school, [[spoiler:and scored with at least three girls.]]
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: A low key version from Thomas's father when he returns and sees the house trashed from the party. Stating he "didn't think [Thomas] had it in him."]]
* StraightEdgeEvil: There are hints that the soft-spoken Dax may have actually ''killed'' in the past. However, when it's offered, he says he doesn't drink alcohol. (Those gathered look at him in seemingly ''offended'' bewilderment.)
* TemptingFate: Basically the first act of the movie. Any viewer can guess that any of the rules laid out by Thomas or his father will end up broken.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Emphasis on the "Unsympathetic" aspect, all four main characters are this, but Costa takes the cake as he is a foul mouthed, sex obsessed sociopath who is also racist and misogynistic and downright disgusting.

** {{Exaggerated|Trope}}: It is so destructive that it requires riot police and other emergency services, it destroys most of a neighborhood and it ''still'' comes off lighter than it could have been -- RealLife attempts at duplicating the party ''have gotten people killed''.

* CreepyChild‎: Although Dax is pushing the child part, everyone is creeped out by his {{Goth}} appearance and the fact that he lives alone segues into implications that he's a SelfMadeOrphan.

%%* InformedJudaism: J.B. and Costa.

*** [[spoiler: Said midget does this right after Costa [[UngratefulBastrd drove off the guys who were bullying him and freed him from the oven they stuffed him in.]] He gets no comeuppance for it at all, nor for doing the same to over half the rest of the male cast and at least one female. The latter should have netted him a sexual assault charge. He also drives Thomas's dad's Mercedes into the pool without suffering any punishment for that.]]

* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Happens to T-Rick after the police shoot his flamethrower pack]].

* DudeNotFunny: Some of the partygoers tie Thomas's dog Milo to some balloons and float him into the air, ala [[WesternAnimation/Up Carl Fredricksen]]. Thomas instantly comes to the dog's rescue while calling out the assholes who did that.

--> '''Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers would like to thank everyone who contributed footage to the making of this film.'''

--> '''They would also like to apologize to law enforcement officials and the residents of the city of North Pasadena, CA, for the events you are about to see.'''

* DoubleStandard: Averted and defied. The angry dwarf launches a GroinAttack on nearly every male in attendance (several of whom had it coming) and at least one female (that we see on-screen anyway). He gets away with every single one with no consequences whatsoever. In almost any other movie, doing this to a woman would have resulted in some sort of [[LaserGuidedKarma targted retaliation]] on part of the woman. In RealLife, it would be sexual assault.

* DudeNotFunny: Some of the partygoers tie Thomas dog to some balloons and float him into the air. Thomas instantly comes to the dog's rescue while calling out the assholes who did that.

* EnfanteTerrible: Everett and Tyler, the two kids Costa hired as party security, turn out to be crazy bastards willing to tase a man when he comes to the house to complain about the noise and when he (quite understandably) punches one of them in the face in retaliation for being assaulted with said taser and goes to call the police, they tell Costa that they are going to ''burn his house down'' in revenge. Costa points out (quite horrified) that the man has a family and tells them to quit it.

** He immediately shuts down Everett and Tyler's revenge plan to burn down Rob's house, telling them to "let it go."

* AssholeVictim: A non-fatal example. Though [[spoiler:T-Rick did have reason to be angry about his drugs been stolen, torching the entire neighborhood was excessive, to say the least. Plus, he's a drug dealer. He thoroughly deserved getting pelted by a bottle and rubber bullets, having his fuel tank explode and later arrested.]]

* GamerChick: Kirby is seen kicking Costa's ass at ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' on the 360.
* GodwinsLaw: While Thomas' dad is going over the many rules for when he and his wife are away, Costa is seen doing a finger mustache and a straight-armed salute.

*** [[spoiler: Said midget does this right after Costa [[UngratefulBastrd drove off the guys who were bullying him and freed him from the oven they stuffed him in.]] He gets no comeuppance for it at all, nor for doing the same to over half the rest of the male cast and at least one female. The latter should have netted him a sexual assault charge.]]

* DoubleStandard: Averted and defied. The angry dwarf launches a GroinAttack on nearly every male in attendance (several of whom had it coming) and at least one female (that we see on-screen anyway). He gets away with every single one with no consequences whatsoever. In almost any other movie, doing this to a woman would have resulted in some sort of [[LaserGuided laser-guided retaliation]] on part of the woman. In RealLife, it would be sexual assault.

* DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnFemale: Averted. The angry dwarf launches a GroinAttack on nearly every male in attendance (several of whom had it coming) and at least one female (that we see on-screen anyway). He gets away with every single one with no consequences whatsoever. In almost any other movie, doing this to a woman would have resulted in some sort of [[LaserGuided laser-guided retaliation]] on part of the woman. In RealLife, it would be sexual assault.