History Film / ToothFairy2010

* ActionHeroBabysitter: Derek Thompson.

* BreakTheHaughty: This is the premise of the movie.

--> '''Carly:''' You know what your problem is, Derek? You can't say what if. And you never will.

--> '''Tracy:''' You know what's really sad? The person you hurt the most with all your dream killing is not Randy, or Carly, or even me. It's you.

* WomenAreWiser: Carly is the most nicest and reasonable character in this film. She believes in helping her kids keep their innocence and imagination and calls out Derek for his dream-crusher attitude.

* FatalFlaw: Derek's biggest flaw is basing everything on a "What if", which Carly calls him out for.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Both Carly and Tracey gives minor ones to Derek when they became disappointed in him for his dream scattering reputation.

* BadMoodAsAnExcuse: When Carly rightfully chastises Derek for yelling at her son so admonishingly, he defends himself by saying that he had a bad day. She does not find that to be a good excuse for his behavior.

* DisappointedInYou: Carly and Tracy were at first angry, but soon disappointed in Derek when they call him out for his unsympathetic attitude towards others (shown in WhatTheHellHero below).

* GetOut: Derek tells Tracy this after Tracy gives him a minor calling out for scattering people's dreams one time too many and his unsympathetic attitude.

** A mad and disappointed Carly calls Derek out when he vents his frustration from costing his team an important hockey match by brutally ''destroying'' Randy's dreams of becoming a famous rockstar one day. The kid is ''fourteen years old'' and is reduced to tears from Derek's words. In the process, Carly ends her relationship with him, not before saying that his biggest flaws are his inability to be optimistic and that he can't say "What If".

** Tracy gives a minor one to Derek after he lost everything, saying that he hurts himself more than others with his reputation of scattering people's dreams. In response, Derek [[GetOut orders him to get out of his house.]]

* BrutalHonesty: Derek shows this toward the youngster's hopes, and he pays the price for it. We hope you are proud of yourself, Derek for all your dream killing.

* DisappointedInYou: Carly and Tracy were not angry, but disappointed in Derek when they call him out for his unsympathetic attitude towards others (shown in WhatTheHellHero below).

** A disappointed Carly calls Derek out when he vents his frustration from costing his team an important hockey match by brutally ''destroying'' Randy's dreams of becoming a famous rockstar one day. The kid is ''fourteen years old'' and is reduced to tears from Derek's words. In the process, Carly ends her relationship with him, not before saying that his biggest flaws are his inability to be optimistic and that he can't say "What If".

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Both Carly and Tracey gives minor ones to Derek when they became angry with him for his dream scattering reputation.

* BrickJoke: When Carly tells Derek that he can't say the words "What if?". By the film's end, [[spoiler: Derek uses the same words that Carly says he never uses, asking her happily "What if we got married? I said 'what if'?". She accepts.]]

** Carly calls Derek out when he vents his anger and frustration from costing his team an important hockey match by brutally ''destroying'' Randy's dreams of becoming a famous rockstar one day. The kid is ''fourteen years old'' and is reduced to tears from Derek's words. In the process, Carly ends her relationship with him, not before saying that his biggest flaws are his inability to be optimistic and that he can't say "What If".

** Tracy gives a minor one to Derek after he lost everything, saying that he hurts himself more than others with his reputation of scattering people's dreams.

* BrickJoke: When Carly tells Derek that he never says the words "What if?". By the film's end, [[spoiler: Derek uses the same words that Carly says he never uses, asking her happily "What if we got married? I said 'what if'?". She accepts.]]

** Carly calls Derek out when he vents his anger and frustration from costing his team an important hockey match by brutally ''destroying'' Randy's dreams of becoming a famous rockstar one day. The kid is ''fourteen years old'' and is reduced to tears from Derek's words. In the process, Carly ends her relationship with him, not before forbidding him from speaking to her kids ever again and saying that his biggest flaws are his inability to be optimistic and that he can't say "What If".

* HappyTears: Carly tears up and cries happy when [[spoiler: Derek proposes to her in the end after her son Randy's successful musical performance.]]