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* DownerEnding: Larry loses everything and everyone he loves. Barbara takes over the company, Renee is revealed to be a lesbian (she has feelings for whoever inherits the company regardless of gender), Buddy walks out on him, and (after an unceremonious exit by Robert) Ruffles the dog [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in his arms.]]
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* DownerEnding: Larry loses everything and everyone he loves. His Dad passes away, Barbara takes over the company, Renee is revealed to be a lesbian queer (she has feelings for whoever inherits the company regardless of gender), Buddy walks out on him, and (after an unceremonious exit by Robert) Ruffles the dog [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in his arms.]]
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: During a conversation with Barbara, the mammy maid Melinda notes her distrust of Renee, since she obviously has eyes for another. When Barb insists that there's nothing between Renee and Larry, Melinda points out that she never mentioned Larry. This is the only {{Foreshadowing}} that Renee and Barbara were secret lovers.
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-->'''Buddy:''' Like a game of craps.
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-->'''Buddy:''' Like a game of craps. (SoundEffectBleep)
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* JerkassWoobie: As [[SirSwearsALot crass]], grouchy and selfish as Buddy (Dennis) is supposed to be, he's also clearly bitter that his promising pro football career was cut short by an on-field accident leaving him paralyzed him from the waist down. By the end of the play his father has died, he's been cut out of the will at the last minute, his {{Gold Digg|er}}ing girlfriend was cheating on him with ''both'' of his siblings and both he and Larry were used as patsies in her and Barbara's scheme to take over the family business, leaving him with nothing but pain and estrangement toward his brother.
-->'''Buddy:''' I just never catch a break! First my accident, and now this! ''(starts "crying")''
-->'''Buddy:''' I just never catch a break! First my accident, and now this! ''(starts "crying")''
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When it's revealed that Renee (Vanessa) is having an affair with Barbara (Sandra) and worked with her to get the family business for herself, Robert (who's voicing the dog) lasciviously voices his thoughts on the matter. Vanessa hastily silences him.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When it's revealed that Renee (Vanessa) is having an affair with Barbara (Sandra) and worked with her to get the family business for herself, Robert (who's voicing the dog) lasciviously voices his thoughts on the matter. Vanessa Sandra hastily silences him.
* JerkassWoobie: As [[SirSwearsALot crass]], grouchy and selfish as Buddy (Dennis) is supposed to be, he's also clearly bitter that his promising pro football career was cut short by an on-field accident leaving him paralyzed him from the waist down. By the end of the play his father has died, he's been cut out of the will at the last minute, his {{Gold Digg|er}}ing girlfriend was cheating on him with ''both'' of his siblings and both he and Larry were used as patsies in her and Barbara's scheme to take over the family business, leaving him with nothing but pain and estrangement toward his brother.
-->'''Buddy:''' I just never catch a break! First my accident, and now this! ''(starts "crying")''
-->'''Buddy:''' I just never catch a break! First my accident, and now this! ''(starts "crying")''
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** Characters attempting to simulate crying/tears by having Annie "discreetly" spray them in the face with a squirt gun.
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** Characters attempting to simulate crying/tears by having Annie "discreetly" spray them spraying water in the face characters' faces with a squirt gun.gun to simulate crying.
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** Characters attempting to simulate crying/tears by having Annie "discreetly" spray them in the face with a squirt gun.
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* FakeAmerican: The play is set in the Burgess family home in Tennessee, with the Cornley actors attempting Southern accents to match. Some attempts are more decent than others.
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* FakeAmerican: The play is set in the Burgess family home in Tennessee, with the Cornley actors attempting Southern accents to match.match (save for Vanessa, whose character is from Connecticut and attempting a New England accent instead). Some attempts are more decent than others.
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-->''('''Robert:''' £3.49? What is this, the cinema? Absolutely not, I'll put them back.)''
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-->''('''Robert:''' £3.49? What is this, the cinema? Absolutely not, not! I'll put them back.back...)''
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The actors are not pleased with having to deal with the 'uniquely-built' sets. Robert's delivery noticeably wavers when he asks the others to join him in the study, Vanessa's eyes widen in horror when Max (in-character) asks Annie to bring in some gazpacho, and Max lets out a horrified "oh no" when he realises that one set was built ''upside-down''.
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* TalkingAnimal: Ruffles the dog isn't supposed to be one, but Robert, who's controlling/"playing" him, isn't content with just "doing dog noises" and insists on giving Ruffles an InnerMonologue that eventually becomes full speech by the play's end (much to Chris' ire).
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The actors are not pleased with having to deal with the 'uniquely-built' sets. Robert's delivery noticeably wavers when he asks the others to join him in the study, Vanessa's eyes widen in horror when Max (in-character) asks Annie to bring in somegazpacho, gazpacho and again when she asks Max's character to make love to her [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces on top of the (sideways) table]], and Max lets out a horrified "oh no" when he realises that one the bedroom set was built ''upside-down''.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The actors are not pleased with having to deal with the 'uniquely-built' sets. Robert's delivery noticeably wavers when he asks the others to join him in the study, Vanessa's eyes widen in horror when Max (in-character) asks Annie to bring in some
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-->'''[[GoldDigger Renee:]]''' That's right, Barbara. ''(smug smile)'' Sorry, Buddy.
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-->'''[[GoldDigger Renee:]]''' That's right, Barbara. ''(smug smile)'' Sorry, Buddy.Buddy.
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