History Film / RainMan

* VerbalTic: Raymond often says "yeah", "definitely" and "uh oh".

* DidNotDoTheResearch - Raymond claims QANTAS Airlines had never had a plane crash, which wasn't true. Barry Levinson cheerfully admitted he threw it in for a joke without doing any research.

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And if the two final scenes fail to melt your heart, it must be made of granite.

* [[PersonaNonGrata Banned From The Casinos]] - They don't know exactly how Raymond did it, but he and his brother are told to take their winnings and never return; also not to try this anywhere else because now their reputation shall precede them everywhere they go.

* SameTimeSameStation - It is implied that in every region of the country Charlie and Raymond travel, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and ''ThePeoplesCourt'' are on at the same time and on the same terrestrial channel.

* ScheduleFanatic - Raymond. Due to his mind being so rooted in routine, he can't really function at all or even comply with (or comprehend) instructions that contradict his schedule.
* ShownTheirWork - Hoffman's acting as an autistic is very close to how autistics are in real life.

* ShownTheirWork - This troper's mother who has worked with Autistic people (severly autistic, similar to Raymond without the savant part) noted that Hoffman's acting as an autistic is very close to how autistics are in real life.

Charlie decides to whisk (read: kidnap) Raymond away and meet with his attorneys in Los Angeles so he can get -- in his view -- what is rightfully his. Charlie discovers multiple things about Raymond, one being that no matter how much he screams and shouts Raymond does not and cannot change (he has to watch {{Jeopardy}} and [[ThePeoplesCourt Wapner]], ''has'' to have the syrup on the table ''before'' the pancakes arrive, etc.). The other is that Raymond has near perfect recall and mathematical skills to rival any calculator. Seeing this, it leads Charlie to use Raymond to help his own financial problems and (in an oft parodied / replicated scene) takes Raymond to Las Vegas to count cards.

* SameTimeSameStation - It is implied that in every region of the country Charlie and Raymond travel, ''[[Jeopardy]]'' and ''ThePeoplesCourt'' are on at the same time and on the same terrestrial channel.

* [[BannedFromArgo Banned From The Casinos]] - They don't know exactly how Raymond did it, but he and his brother are told to take their winnings and never return; also not to try this anywhere else because now their reputation shall precede them everywhere they go.

* [[BannedFromArgo Banned From The Casinos]] - They don't know exactly how Raymond did it, but he and his brother are told to take their winnings and get out of town; also not to try this anywhere else because now their reputation shall precede them everywhere they go.

Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who, being a car dealer in his mid-20s during the 1980s, is a self-centred egotistical yuppie. Upon the death of his father, Charlie is told that instead of receiving a $3 million inheritance as he was expecting, he gets a convertible and some prize-winning rose bushes. This affront to Charlie's capitalist lifestyle will not be tolerated. After a little detective work, Charlie finds that the money is being sent to a mental institution in Cincinnati. It's only when he visits the hospital that Charlie finds the truth: The money is going to his previously unknown brother Raymond, who has severe autism.

Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who, being a car dealer in his mid-20s during the 1980s, is a self-centred egotistical yuppie. Upon the death of his father, Charlie is told that instead of receiving a $3 million inherence as he was expecting, he gets a convertible and some prize-winning rose bushes. This affront to Charlie's capitalist lifestyle will not be tolerated. After a little detective work, Charlie finds that the money is being sent to a mental institution in Cincinnati. It's only when he visits the hospital that Charlie finds the truth: The money is going to his previously unknown brother Raymond, who has severe autism.

Charlie decides to whisk (read: kidnap) Raymond away and meet with his attorneys in Los Angeles so he can get -- in his view -- what is rightfully his. Charlie discovers multiple things about Raymond, one being that no matter how much he screams and shouts Raymond does not and cannot change (He has to watch {{Jeopardy}} and [[ThePeoplesCourt Wapner]], ''has'' to have the syrup on the table ''before'' the pancakes arrive, etc.). The other is that Raymond has near perfect recall and mathematical skills to rival any calculator. Seeing this, it leads Charlie to use Raymond to help his own financial problems and (in an oft parodied / replicated scene) takes Raymond to Las Vegas to count cards.

The films focus is on the bonding power of family and how when you take care of someone else it teaches you not to be so self-centered. Raymond can't change, but Charlie can, and does.

* SeparatedAtBirth - Not quite, but they were seperated at a young age. Charlie distantly remembers his brother thinking that he is an imaginary childhood friend known as The Rain Man which is where the film's title comes from.

* ShownTheirWork - This tropers mother who has worked with Autistic people (severly autistic, similar to Raymond without the savant part) noted that Hoffmans acting as an autistic is very close to how autistics are in real life.

* [[BannedFromArgo Banned From The Casinos]] - They don't know exactly how Raymond did it, but he and his brother are told to take their winnings and clear out; also not to try this anywhere else because now their reputation shall precede them everywhere they go.

* TheCaretaker - Charlie. Very reluctantly at first but by the end his love for his brother is a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Besides Charlie's entire character arc, Raymond leaning his head against Charlie's. (Of course, it's also a ''monster'' of a TearJerker...)

* TheWoobie: Raymond. If you don't feel sorry for what he is afflicted with, you have no soul!
** IronWoobie: It ruined his whole life.

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Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who, being a car dealer in his mid-20s during the 1980s, is self-centred egotistical yuppie. Upon the death of his father, Charlie is told that instead of receiving a $3 million inherence as he was expecting, he gets a convertible and some prize-winning rose bushes. This affront to Charlie's capitalist lifestyle will not be tolerated. After a little detective work, Charlie finds that the money is being sent to a mental institution in Cincinnati. It's only when he visits the hospital that Charlie finds the truth: The money is going to his previously unknown brother Raymond, who has severe autism.

* ScheduleFanatic - Raymond

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Charlie

* DidNotDoTheResearch - Raymond claims Quantas Airlines had never had a plane crash, which wasn't true. Barry Levinson cheerfully admitted he threw it in for a joke without doing any research.

* PhotographicMemory - Can you see a theme immerging?

Charlie decides to whisk (read: kidnap) Raymond away and meet with his attorneys in Los Angeles so he can get -- in his view -- what is rightfully his. Charlie discovers multiple things about Raymond, one being that no matter how much he screams and shouts Raymond does not and cannot change (He has to watch {{Jeopardy}}, ''has'' to have the syrup on the table ''before'' the pancakes arrive, etc.). The other is that Raymond has near perfect recall and mathematical skills to rival any calculator. Seeing this, it leads Charlie to use Raymond to help his own financial problems and (in an oft parodied / replicated scene) takes Raymond to Las Vegas to count cards.