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* DesecratingTheDead: Though only for pragmatic reasons; Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* DesecratingTheDead: Though only for pragmatic reasons; Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried. Adam is particularly upset by this, as he notes that in the Jewish faith, a body should be buried intact and there is a chance of the bodies in question being Jewish.
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I forgot to say Adding context.
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* DrivenToMadness: As things become gradually worse for the group, Boyd gradually ends up losing his sanity.
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* DrivenToMadness: As things become gradually worse for the group, Boyd gradually ends up losing his sanity. Same goes to [[spoiler: Laura]] at the end, as she runs into the street screaming.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The first character killed is the stripper, played by Asian-American actress Kobe Tai. Interestingly, the ''second'' death involves an actual black person.
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* OutWithABang: The death of the stripper while having sex is what kicks off the plot.
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* OutWithABang: The death of the stripper while having sex with Michael is what kicks off the plot.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Adam's two kids aren't the most likable children out there.
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This film was released over a decade before The Hangover, so I fail to see how it can be considered such.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's ''Film/TheHangover'', but more of a black comedy, and Alan is more a murderous sociopath.
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* DepravedBisexual: Boyd clearly shows interest in women via the stripper, but gives Kyle TheBigDamnKiss mid-way through the film during his speech about love.
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* AccidentalMurder: The first death was an accident. [[spoiler:Adam's death was arguably an accident too, since Michael intended to total Adam's minivan only for Adam to jump in the way]].
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* AccidentalMurder: The first death was an accident. [[spoiler:Adam's death was arguably an accident too, since Michael intended to total crash his car into Adam's minivan only for Adam to jump in the way]].
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* AccidentalMurder: The first death was an accident.
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* AccidentalMurder: The first death was an accident. [[spoiler:Adam's death was arguably an accident too, since Michael intended to total Adam's minivan only for Adam to jump in the way]].
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* BrokenRecord: Kyle's two sons yell "Whizzers!" for two straight minutes during a trip to the gas station.
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* BrokenRecord: Kyle's Adam's two sons yell "Whizzers!" for two straight minutes during a trip to the gas station.mini-mart.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Adam was the only one of the guys who showed any sort of consideration for the stripper and [[spoiler:security guard]] and his act of jerkassery were brought on by fears, paranoia, and stress over the situation. [[spoiler:His threat to turn Michael into the police, since he was the one who started this mess in the first place, gets him killed]].
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* BrokenRecord: Kyle's two sons yell "Whizzers!" for two straight minutes during a trip to the gas station.
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* DutchAngle: Used when Boyd smashes a real estate sign in a fit of anger following an unpleasant phone call with Kyle.
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* AxeCrazy: Boyd.
* BingeMontage: the bachelor party.
* BingeMontage: the bachelor party.
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* AxeCrazy: Boyd.
*AxCrazy: Boyd already showed some signs of being unhinged early in the movie, but after the stripper gets killed, all bets were off.
%%* BingeMontage:the The bachelor party.
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''Very Bad Things'' is a 1998 BlackComedy directed by Peter Berg. It stars Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristianSlater, Jeremy Piven, Creator/DanielStern, Leland Orser, and Kobe Tai.
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''Very Bad Things'' is a 1998 BlackComedy directed by Peter Berg. It stars Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristianSlater, Jeremy Piven, Creator/JeremyPiven, Creator/DanielStern, Leland Orser, Creator/LelandOrser, and Kobe Tai.
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* DeathAsComedy
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* DeathAsComedyDeathAsComedy: A black comedy about [[CrimeAfterCrime one killing leading to another]].
* DesecratingTheDead: Though only for pragmatic reasons; Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
* DesecratingTheDead: Though only for pragmatic reasons; Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* FromBadToWorse \ DisasterDominoes: The film's title is very appropriate.
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* FromBadToWorse \ DisasterDominoes: FromBadToWorse[=/=]DisasterDominoes: The film's title is very appropriate.
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* Sandbox/MutilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* Sandbox/MutlilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* Sandbox/MutlilateTheBody: Sandbox/MutilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* MutlilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* MutlilateTheBody: Sandbox/MutlilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* PlethoraOfMistakes: The plot starts with a bachelor party on that's dirtier than their wives/fiances want. Then, while high on cocaine, the hooker they hired is killed when her head is impaled during sex. Hiding the body ends up making things worse and that's when MurderIsTheBestSolution comes up... Again and again...
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* PlethoraOfMistakes: The plot starts with a bachelor party on that's dirtier than their wives/fiances wives/fiancées want. Then, while high on cocaine, the hooker they hired is killed when her head is impaled during sex. Hiding the body ends up making things worse and that's when MurderIsTheBestSolution comes up... Again and again...
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* MutlilateTheBody: Boyd uses a chainsaw to cut up the bodies of the stripper and the security guard in the hotel bathroom. This makes it easier to transport the bodies to the desert where they are buried.
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* StagPartyStagParty: The groom and his friends go for a wild weekend in Las Vegas that goes horribly wrong.
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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.
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''Very Bad Things'' is a 1998 BlackComedy directed by Peter Berg. It stars Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristianSlater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Leland Orser, and Kobe Tai.
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''Very Bad Things'' is a 1998 BlackComedy directed by Peter Berg. It stars Creator/JonFavreau, Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristianSlater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Creator/DanielStern, Leland Orser, and Kobe Tai.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownerEnd brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownerEnd DownerEnding brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownerEnder brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownerEnder DownerEnd brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownEnder brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownEnder DownerEnder brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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* StepfordSmiler: Laura. Absolutely nothing is going to spoil her big day. The DownEnder brings the suburban dream crashing down around her ears.
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Kyle Fisher (Favreau), days away from his wedding, welcomes his bachelor party weekend as a chance to break free from his Bridezilla fiancée Laura (Diaz). Along with his best friend Charles (Orser), his friends Michael (Piven), and Boyd (Slater), and Michael's brother Adam (Stern), they celebrate in a UsefulNotes/LasVegas hotel room complete with drinking, drugs, and a stripper (Tai).
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Kyle Fisher (Favreau), days away from his wedding, welcomes his bachelor party weekend as a chance to break free from his Bridezilla {{Bridezilla}} fiancée Laura (Diaz). Along with his best friend Charles (Orser), his friends Michael (Piven), (Piven) and Boyd (Slater), and Michael's brother Adam (Stern), they celebrate in a UsefulNotes/LasVegas hotel room room, complete with drinking, drugs, and a stripper (Tai).
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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's ''Film/TheHangover'' but more of a black comedy and Alan is more a murderous sociopath.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Kyle, Charles, and Kyle's dog become disabled from a car accident after burying Boyd's body in the desert. Laura is forced to look after them, along with Adam's bratty kids. This causes her to be DrivenToMadness at the result.]]
* DrivenToMadness: As things become gradually worse for the group Boyd gradually ends up losing his sanity.
* DrivenToMadness: As things become gradually worse for the group Boyd gradually ends up losing his sanity.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Kyle, [[spoiler:Kyle, Charles, and Kyle's dog become disabled from a car accident after burying Boyd's body in the desert. Laura is forced to look after them, along with Adam's bratty kids. This causes her to be DrivenToMadness at the result.]]
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* HookersAndBlow: This combo is what causes the death that kick starts the plot.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The Security Guard]] almost walks out of the crime scene with his life intact but then he sees the hooker's body, tries to do the right thing, and seals his fate
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The Security Guard]] almost walks out of the crime scene with his life intact but then he sees the hooker's body, tries to do the right thing, and seals his fate
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* HookersAndBlow: This combo is what causes the death that kick starts kick-starts the plot.
* HopeSpot:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Security Guard]] almost walks out of the crime scene with his life intact intact, but then he sees the hooker's body, tries to do the right thing, and seals his fatefate.
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* VivaLasVegas: The guys travel to Vegas for the StagParty that goes horribly wrong.
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Moving to a trivia trope on the trivia page
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz get top billing, such as in the above poster, due to them having bigger 'Hollywood' names than the likes of Jon Favreau or many of the others. However neither of them are the main protagonists, and Diaz actually has what can only be called a supporting role at best.
