History Film / TheApartment

* CrappyHolidays

--->"Mr., Miss. Such politeness."

* ChekovsGun: "...And I've already [[spoiler: taken a sleeping pill]] so I'm afraid the answer is no?"

The Oscar-winner for Best Picture of 1960, ''The Apartment'' stars JackLemmon and {{Shirley MacLaine}}, and was directed, produced, and co-written by Creator/BillyWilder.

The Oscar-winner for Best Picture of 1960, ''The Apartment'' stars Jack Lemmon and {{Shirley MacLaine}}, and was directed, produced, and co-written by Creator/BillyWilder.

* LastNameBasis: Bud and Fran always refer to each other as "Miss Kubelik" and "Mr. Baxter" - even when he tells her that he loves her, he uses her last name. Lampshaded by Dr. Dreyfuss:
--->Mr., Miss. Such politeness.

* LastNameBasis: Bud and Fran always refer to each other as "Miss Kubelik" and "Mr. Baxter" - even when he tells her that he loves her, he uses her last name.

* CheckhovsGun: "...And I've already [[spoiler: taken a sleeping pill]] so I'm afraid the answer is no?"

* LoveTriangle

A lowly office drone, C.C. "Buddy Boy" Baxter, has just found the solution to getting up the corporate food chain: let the corporate bigwigs use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. His boss, J.D. Sheldrake finds out, and promotes Baxter on the condition that he lets him use the apartment for his own affair. Naturally, Baxter accepts the condition, but he reconsiders when he finds out his crush, Fran Kubelik, is Sheldrake's other woman. Things turn very complicated when he finds her close to death on his bed.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Baxter's bosses include [[MyFavoriteMartian Uncle Martin]] and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Larry Tate]], while the Santa Claus at the bar is [[TheAndyGriffithShow Otis Campbell]].

* NewYearHasCome

A lowly office drone, C.C. "Buddy Boy" Baxter, has just found the solution to getting up the corporate food chain: let the corporate bigwigs use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. His boss, J.D. Sheldrake finds out, and promotes Baxter on the condition that he lets him use the apartment for his own affair. Naturally, Baxter accepts the condition, but he reconsiders when he finds out his crush, Fran Kubelik, is Sheldrake's other woman. Things turn very complicated when [[spoiler:he finds her close to death on his bed.]]

* GrewASpine: [[spoiler:Baxter eventually refuses to loan his apartment to Sheldrake again, and quits instead.
-->'''Sheldrake:''' What's gotten into you, Baxter?
-->'''Baxter:''' Just following doctor's orders. I've decided to become a mensch. You know what that means? A human being.]]

* GrewASpine: Baxter eventually refuses to loan his apartment to Sheldrake again, and quits instead.

-->'''Baxter:''' Just following doctor's orders. I've decided to become a mensch. You know what that means? A human being.

A lowly office drone, C.C. "Bud" Baxter, has just found the solution to getting up the corporate food chain: let the corporate bigwigs use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. His boss, J.D. Sheldrake finds out, and promotes Baxter on the condition that he lets him use the apartment for his own affair. Naturally, Baxter accepts the condition, but he reconsiders when he finds out his crush, Fran Kubelik, is Sheldrake's other woman. Things turn very complicated when [[spoiler:he finds her close to death on his bed.]]

A lowly office drone, C.C. "Bud" Baxter, has just found the solution to getting up the corporate food chain: let the corporate bigwigs use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. His boss, J.D. Sheldrake finds out, and promotes Baxter on the condition that he lets him use the apartment for his own affair. Naturally, Baxter accepts the condition, but he reconsiders when he finds out his crush, Fran Kubelik, is Sheldrake's other woman. Things turn very complicated when [[spoiler: he finds her close to death on his bed.]]

A lowly office drone, C.C. "Bud" Baxter, has just found the solution to getting up the corporate food chain: let the corporate bigwigs use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. His boss, J.D. Sheldrake finds out, and promotes Baxter on the condition that he lets him use the apartment for his own affair. Naturally, Baxter accepts the condition, but he reconsiders when he finds out his crush, Fran Kubelik, is Sheldrake's other woman. Things turn very complicated when he finds her close to death on his bed.

** Trying to schedule a tryst with one of the company switchboard operators, one of the bosses suggests they meet at the apartment on Thursday night. "Thursday? But that's ''TheUntouchables'' with Bob Stack!"

* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Baxter's neighbors see all the girls cycling through the apartment and come to the conclusion that he's a {{Casanova}}.

The Oscar-winner for Best Picture of 1960, ''The Apartment'' stars Jack Lemmon and {{Shirley MacLaine}}, and was directed, produced, and co-written by BillyWilder.

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: Adapted as the Broadway {{musical}} ''Theatre/PromisesPromises'', with a book by NeilSimon, music by BurtBacharach and lyrics by HalDavid.

* SantaClaus calls in at the bar where Baxter is drowning his sorrows, but his cheerful wisecracking is no match for the glum stare that Baxter gives him. At the end of the night we see Santa himself sitting morosely at the bar, all alone. So much for Christmas in New York!

* LastNameBasis: Bud and Fran always refer to each other as "Miss Kubelik" and "Mr. Baxter".

* HeyItsThatGuy: Baxter's bosses include [[MyFavoriteMartian Uncle Martin]] and [[{{Bewitched}} Larry Tate]], while the Santa Claus at the bar is [[TheAndyGriffithShow Otis Campbell]].

* ScreenToStageAdaptation: Adapted as the Broadway {{musical}} ''PromisesPromises'', with a book by NeilSimon, music by BurtBacharach and lyrics by HalDavid