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* ''Film/DieHard'' made sure that annoying loser Harry Ellis used cocaine. This was probably done in equal parts to show how pathetically depressed he was, though. It gets taken a step further when [[spoiler:he snorts cocaine right before trying to negotiate with the bad guys, which not only gets him killed, but because he gives them John's name, the local news crew uses the info to track down John's kids and figure out that one of the hostages is John's wife, nearly getting ''them'' killed.]]



* ''Film/DieHard'' made sure that annoying loser Harry Ellis used cocaine. This was probably done in equal parts to show how pathetically depressed he was, though.
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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:He, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst.]] He gets sent off to MilitarySchool to clean up his act, and Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for "getting him in trouble" and is ashamed and embarrassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him to her new friend Buzz, as [[BrokenPedastal he's fallen from the kind cool big brother he was]]. Dale also doesn't get "cured" instantly and has to spend a good part of the next book, ''Swing It, Sunny'', at MilitarySchool after flunking twelfth grade (and his absence is felt), and he's resentful that he's there at all and takes his upset out on his family including her. It takes him some time to come to terms with things and face his issues, and he later enrolls in the Navy and is a much better person for it.

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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:He, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst.]] He gets sent off to MilitarySchool to clean up his act, and Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for "getting him in trouble" and is ashamed and embarrassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him to her new friend Buzz, as [[BrokenPedastal [[BrokenPedestal he's fallen from the kind cool big brother he was]]. Dale also doesn't get "cured" instantly and has to spend a good part of the next book, ''Swing It, Sunny'', at MilitarySchool after flunking twelfth grade (and his absence is felt), and he's resentful that he's there at all and takes his upset out on his family including her. It takes him some time to come to terms with things and face his issues, and he later enrolls in the Navy and is a much better person for it.
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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:When he, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst-- he gets sent off to boarding school to clean up his act, followed by enrollment in the military.]] Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for "getting him in trouble" and is ashamed and embarrassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him.

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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:When he, [[spoiler:He, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst-- he outburst.]] He gets sent off to boarding school MilitarySchool to clean up his act, followed by enrollment in the military.]] and Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for "getting him in trouble" and is ashamed and embarrassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him.him to her new friend Buzz, as [[BrokenPedastal he's fallen from the kind cool big brother he was]]. Dale also doesn't get "cured" instantly and has to spend a good part of the next book, ''Swing It, Sunny'', at MilitarySchool after flunking twelfth grade (and his absence is felt), and he's resentful that he's there at all and takes his upset out on his family including her. It takes him some time to come to terms with things and face his issues, and he later enrolls in the Navy and is a much better person for it.
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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:When he, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst-- he gets sent off to boarding school to clean up his act, followed by enrollment in the military.]] Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for it and is ashamed and embarassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him.

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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:When he, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst-- he gets sent off to boarding school to clean up his act, followed by enrollment in the military.]] Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for it "getting him in trouble" and is ashamed and embarassed embarrassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him.
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* PlayedForDrama in the ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'', starting with ''Sunny Side Up''. Sunny's older brother Dale starts smoking pot and drinking behind his parents' back, which makes him ill-tempered and nasty to them, and he pressures Sunny to [[KeepingSecretsSucks keep the secret when she finds out]]. [[spoiler:When he, in a drunken fight with his father, hits Sunny during the Fourth of July fireworks on accident hard enough to bruise her -- because she stepped in between them fighting while he was swinging out in his drunken outburst-- he gets sent off to boarding school to clean up his act, followed by enrollment in the military.]] Sunny [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for it and is ashamed and embarassed to the point that in Florida she doesn't initially mention him.

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