History Film / RainMan

* IdiotSavant: Raymond

* TheCaretaker - Charlie. Very reluctantly at first but by the end his love for his brother is heartwarming.
* DumbIsGood - Raymond. Charlie on the other hand is functional, smart and scheming.

* DisabilitySuperpower - Raymond is the scourge of casinos everywhere, though the one in the movie is slow to figure it out - and who can blame them? [[ThisCannotBe Nobody in the world]] can count, using only their memory, into a mechanically shuffled, six-deck Blackjack shoe...

* PersonaNonGrata - The casinos 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.
* PhotographicMemory - Can you see a theme emerging?
* PhotoMontage - The credits are all photos Raymond took throughout the movie.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Inverted; Raymond is an annoying ''older'' sibling.
* AppropriatedAppellation - Rain Man, because little Charlie couldn't pronounce "Raymond."

This film gives us the following examples:

* WhosOnFirst: Raymond often recites the entire Creator/AbbotAndCostello routine to himself, without even really understanding why that routine is funny.

''Rain Man'' is a 1988 Oscar-winning film by Creator/BarryLevinson, starring Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/TomCruise. The main character is loosely based around real-life savant Kim Peek (1951-2009), who in reality had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG_syndrome FG syndrome]], not autism.

!!This film gives us the following examples:

* ShownTheirWork: Hoffman's acting as an autistic is very close to how some autistics are in real life. Since classification of autism has always been very difficult, it may be that the movie has changed who gets classified as autistic instead of other similar disorders like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rett_syndrome Rett syndrome]]. Thus making it seem more accurate than it really set out to be (the movie only had 3 weeks of research). Proof of the difficulty of classification is that if a child cannot be pigeon holed into a disorder, they are often classified as PDD-NOS or an atypical autistic.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The BuddyPicture, {{Inverted}}, and one of the greatest [[RoadTripPlot Road Movies]] of all time. Autistic opinions may vary.]]

''Rain Man'' is a 1988 Oscar-winning film by Creator/BarryLevinson starring Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/TomCruise. The main character is loosely based around real-life savant Kim Peek (1951-2009), who in reality had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG_syndrome FG syndrome]], not autism.

Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who, being a car dealer in his mid-20s during the 1980s, is a self-centered, egotistical, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] 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 luxurious 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.

* TheEighties: Definitely this trope, definitely this trope.

[[caption-width-right:350:The BuddyPicture, {{Inverted}}, and one of the greatest [[RoadTripPlot Road Movies]] of all time.]]

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Rain Man is a 1988 Oscar-winning film by Creator/BarryLevinson starring Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/TomCruise. The main character is loosely based around real-life savant Kim Peek (1951-2009), who in reality had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG_syndrome FG syndrome]], not autism.

[[caption-width-right:350:The BuddyPicture, {{Inverted}}, and one of the greatest [[RoadMovie Road Movies]] of all time.]]

** The first, and the one that dumps the anvil of reality on Charlie's head, is the airport scene. Raymond is phobic about flying (since every airline save Qantas has crashed at one time or another), and Charlie tries to force him on a plane anyway. He ''immediately'' starts screaming and hitting himself, and Charlie is forced to relent...thus, setting the RoadMovie part of the story in motion.

* RoadMovie: Raymond refused to fly with any other airline but Qantas. (Raymond is correct about Qantas never having had a jet crash, but they have had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas#Airline_incidents several fatal incidents and some near misses]].)

* WhatTheHellHero: Dr. Bruner clearly only wants what is best for Raymond, but Charlie does point out to him near the end that it would be nice if ''somebody'' had told him he had an older brother because it would have been nice to have known him for few days they spent together. Had Charlie not looked into who was receiving the bulk of the inheritance instead of him, you have to wonder just when would he be privy to that little piece of information.

* KickTheDog: Charlie may not start off as the most likable guy, but the way he treats Raymond at first after essentially ''kidnapping'' him from the institution he lives at is pretty jarring. [[CharacterDevelopment He becomes more tolerant of and patient with his brother as their trip goes on.]]

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 ''Series/{{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.

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

* WhosOnFirst: Raymond enjoys reciting the routine to pass the time.

Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who, being a car dealer in his mid-20s during the 1980s, is a self-centered 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 luxurious 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.

** He has another terrible FreakOut when the memory of what got him institutionalized is brought forth - he accidentally burned baby Charlie with hot bath water, and the trauma in his mind is as fresh as if it had happened yesterday. Charlie finally realizes who the "Rain Man" of his hazy childhood really is...

** The first, and the one that dumps the anvil of reality on Charlie's head, is the airport scene. Raymond is phobic about flying (since every airline save Quantas has crashed at one time or another), and Charlie tries to force him on a plane anyway. He ''immediately'' starts screaming and hitting himself, and Charlie is forced to relent...thus, setting the RoadMovie part of the story in motion.