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* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: Doug wakes up at the Calgary Games in a panic upon realizing that he overslept by four hours and is now late for his game and is completely confused as to why, as he thought the alarm was set for nine o'clock. His one-night stand is equally confused as to why he's upset, seeming to agree with him "Yes, nine alarm?" Doug doesn't realize it because he's too flustered, but viewers who know German (which Doug apparently doesn't) know that she's actually saying ''"Nein'' alarm". ''Nein'' is German for "no". Doug thought he was making it clear that he wanted the alarm to go off at nine, while she thought he was saying that he didn't want the alarm set at all (presumably she either didn't set it or turned it off after he did, thinking that he didn't want it).

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* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: Doug wakes up at the Calgary Games in a panic upon realizing that he overslept by four hours and is now late for his game and is completely confused as to why, as he thought the alarm was set for nine o'clock. His one-night stand is equally confused as to why he's upset, seeming to agree with him "Yes, you say nine alarm?" Doug doesn't realize it because he's too flustered, but viewers who know German (which Doug apparently doesn't) know that she's actually saying ''"Nein'' alarm". ''Nein'' is German for "no". Doug thought he was making it clear that he wanted the alarm to go off at nine, while she thought he was saying that he didn't want the alarm set at all (presumably she either didn't set it or turned it off after he did, thinking that he didn't want it).
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* WrongNameOutburst: A flustered Doug (he overslept, though he probably wouldn't have remembered her name regardless) calls his bedmate "Rita", "Anita", and "Lita" in the course of frantically trying to get ready before she angrily tells him ''"Gita!''" and throws something at him as he leaves.
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* BilingualBonus: Viewers who know a little German know that Gita in Calgary is saying "No alarm" to Doug, when she supposedly echoes him saying "Nine alarm". She's actually saying ''"Nein"'' ("no").

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* BilingualBonus: Viewers who know a little German know that Gita in Doug's Calgary bedmate Gita is saying "No alarm" to Doug, when she supposedly echoes him saying "Nine alarm". She's actually saying ''"Nein"'' ("no").(German for "no").

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