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Definitely, Maybe

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Definitely, Maybe	label	Definitely, Maybe
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Definitely, Maybe	comment	A 2008 Romantic Comedy written and directed by Adam Brooks. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, and Kevin Kline.Reynolds plays Will Hayes, a divorced 38 year old father. His 10 year old daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin), lives with her mother but visits him twice a week. On one of these visits, after her first sex education class at school, Maya asks him to recount the story of how he and her mother met, and though initially reluctant to do so, he eventually relents and agrees to tell her the story, on the condition that he be allowed to change the names and some of the facts.It all begins in 1992 when Will, having just graduated college as an idealistic young aspiring politician, moves from Wisconsin to New York City to work for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign along with his best friend Russell (Derek Luke). The initial plan is for Emily (Banks), his college girlfriend, to join him after a few months, at which time he intends to propose, but things don't go according to plan and Will ends up going through multiple relationships and years of romantic highs and lows before settling down with the woman he eventually marries. In addition to Emily, the women who come into his life are April (Fisher), a co-worker from the campaign, and Summer (Weisz), Emily's former roommate and a magazine writer who is in a relationship with her much older thesis tutor (Kline) when Will meets her; it is left to Maya (and the audience) to try to determine which of the three Will ended up with, and thus which of the three is Maya's mother.
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Definitely, Maybe	processingComment	Dropped link to TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace: Not a Feature - ITEM
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Definitely, Maybe / int_14180452	type	Instantly Proven Wrong
Definitely, Maybe / int_14180452	comment	Instantly Proven Wrong: As Will tries to argue to April that Gov. Clinton is great to women, the Gennifer Flowers scandal unfolds on the television behind him.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
Definitely, Maybe / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: Maya knows that April's like the character in the story who's always been the friend. Then she realized she doesn't just want to be the friend. She wants to be the girlfriend, except it's too late. Maya had to explain to Will that April had come home for him.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Definitely, Maybe / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: April pretends to be Emily to help Will rehearse his proposal speech at one point - it's her reply when he asks her to marry him.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_1b70ccc6	type	The Cynic
Definitely, Maybe / int_1b70ccc6	comment	The Cynic: April is quite jaded. Since Will is a Wide-Eyed Idealist, this makes them a Cynicâ€“Idealist Duo.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
Definitely, Maybe / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: Most of the events the movie depicts are framed as the story Will is telling his daughter in the present day.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Definitely, Maybe / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Emily/Sarah's Affectionate Gesture to the Head. Emily/Sarah's voice message stating that she now lives in New York. April's Jane Eyre book signed by her late father. It becomes the last piece to make Will and April's relationship fruitful at the end.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Definitely, Maybe / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: "We've all gotta make copies sometime; your time is now" "Oh, very funny. You're really funny! What a dick."
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Definitely, Maybe / int_2534ee67	type	In Medias Res
Definitely, Maybe / int_2534ee67	comment	In Medias Res: Sort of. The movie is a subversion of the typical romantic comedy plotline in that there is no neat resolution to Will's pursuit of love at the end.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_2eac5753	type	Narrative Profanity Filter
Definitely, Maybe / int_2eac5753	comment	Narrative Profanity Filter: As a Call-Back to the explanation that casual sex is "rehearsing" for making babies, it's implied that Will's been using that word a fair bit in his relation of the story;
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Definitely, Maybe / int_30ed4f7d	type	Sleazy Politician
Definitely, Maybe / int_30ed4f7d	comment	Sleazy Politician: Will's first major client, Arthur Robredo, a candidate to be governor of New York. Will also ends up feeling this way about Bill Clinton.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_310f67d2	type	Unrequited Love Switcheroo
Definitely, Maybe / int_310f67d2	comment	Unrequited Love Switcheroo: Happens between Will and April, as while they do develop feelings for each other at different times the timing never works. Until the ending, maybe.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_3149c4b0	type	It Will Never Catch On
Definitely, Maybe / int_3149c4b0	comment	It Will Never Catch On: During the '92 election, Will and his fellow campaigners watch a TV interview with the president's adviser and son George W. Bush, and are not impressed. Russell says, "If this guy's smart, he'll go back to baseball."
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Definitely, Maybe / int_340575a7	type	Girl on Girl Is Hot
Definitely, Maybe / int_340575a7	comment	Girl on Girl Is Hot: At one point Will and Russell discuss this after coming across a description of a lesbian kiss in Summer's diary.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_3497a64e	type	Long-Distance Relationship
Definitely, Maybe / int_3497a64e	comment	Long-Distance Relationship: Will and Emily, initially.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Definitely, Maybe / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Despite Will begging her not to, Summer goes ahead with the news story about his boss. She seems to show no regret for him losing his job and reputation from the scandal, even though he broke up with her. Later, Summer is pregnant and hints she wants to reconcile with Will, despite everything. When he refuses to bite, she decides to introduce him to one of her exes, realizing she went too far.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_35b241c0	type	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Definitely, Maybe / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Two: Rachel Weisz, a little, particularly in the "I've Got A Crush On You" scene. Isla Fisher's accent comes and goes in each scene.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_36135fb0	type	Official Couple
Definitely, Maybe / int_36135fb0	comment	Official Couple: Soundly averted. None of the three women is depicted as perfect for Will or the one he's meant to be with.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Definitely, Maybe / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: There is a shot of "Two Guys" pizza. Ryan Reynolds was in Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. Hampton, played by Kevin Kline, telling Hayes to be masculine might get the audience a throwback to the wonderful "How to be a man" scene from In & Out.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_3d69ca47	type	AmicablyDivorced
Definitely, Maybe / int_3d69ca47	comment	Amicably Divorced: Will and Maya's mother (Sarah/Emily) are on good terms.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
Definitely, Maybe / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Will is at first, about both love and politics. Maya's heavy-handed narrative about penguins mating for life, and what she hopes it will mean for her divorced parents, falls here too. Maya being a naive preteen, she fits this pretty generally.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Definitely, Maybe / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Emily revealed she cheated on Will and wasn't ready to marry him. It seems they can get over that rough patch a few years later when they reconcile and have matured. Not so much in the present; she and Will divorce on realizing they were incompatible. Summer wrecked Will's career with her article, without caring for the consequences when he was about to propose to her. She later appears pregnant with another man's child, leading to Maya to worry that Will might have gotten back together with her and he's not her actual father. We find out that Summer had the sense to realize she went too far and instead wants to set up Will with one of her exes.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_41271766	type	Happily Ever After
Definitely, Maybe / int_41271766	comment	Happily Ever After: Subverted. One of the first things the audience learns is that Will is being divorced by the woman he married.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_4215e705	type	Graceful Ladies Like Purple
Definitely, Maybe / int_4215e705	comment	Graceful Ladies Like Purple: April constantly seems to favor this.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_422cefe3	type	True Blue Femininity
Definitely, Maybe / int_422cefe3	comment	True Blue Femininity: Emily's outfits are usually blue.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_424d15ad	type	Love Hurts
Definitely, Maybe / int_424d15ad	comment	Love Hurts: Will ends up going through multiple painful breakups.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_445bc425	type	GreyAndGreyMorality
Definitely, Maybe / int_445bc425	comment	Grey-and-Grey Morality: Unlike in most romantic comedies, none of the characters is entirely saintly or entirely psychotic in their relationships - they're all flawed but well-meaning people trying to figure out what's best for themselves.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_4523420b	type	Love Dodecahedron
Definitely, Maybe / int_4523420b	comment	Love Dodecahedron: Will begins the story by noting that his romantic history is "complicated"; at one point Maya interrupts him to sum up the characters' various conflicting feelings for and relations to each other and admits he's right.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Definitely, Maybe / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: April is set up as this, and Will seems to view her as such at first, though it's ultimately subverted as she turns out to be a person with a three dimensional personality and needs of her own. Summer also has elements of the character type.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_463fd2a4	type	Resurrected Romance
Definitely, Maybe / int_463fd2a4	comment	Resurrected Romance: Ultimately subverted. Will and Emily/Sarah did get back together and married, but they are now divorced.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Definitely, Maybe / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: When Will returned April's book, the camera zooms in on the dedication from her father and we see that her name is indeed April.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_4f62bde6	type	Kavorka Man
Definitely, Maybe / int_4f62bde6	comment	Kavorka Man: Summer's journalism professor, Hampton Roth, who despite being nearly sixty is quite popular with female graduate students.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_501411f1	type	Experimented in College
Definitely, Maybe / int_501411f1	comment	Experimented in College: While Summer is an admitted, dyed-in-the-wool bisexual, this was Emily's take on their time together.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_51df5ca1	type	Animal Metaphor
Definitely, Maybe / int_51df5ca1	comment	Animal Metaphor: The daughter tells her divorced parents that penguins mate for life, but sometimes the husband and wife penguins get separated 'cause of their migratory patterns and sometimes they're apart for years, but they almost always find each other.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
Definitely, Maybe / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: Will starts to drink heavily after finding out that April is dating a new guy at one point.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_53ea03ee	type	Last Girl Wins
Definitely, Maybe / int_53ea03ee	comment	Last Girl Wins: Subverted. In fact, his relationship with Summer ended in a very bad way, though they later reconciled.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_5679208c	type	No Bisexuals
Definitely, Maybe / int_5679208c	comment	No Bisexuals: Averted. Summer openly identifies as bisexual, which while less unusual by 2008 when the movie was made would've been somewhat rarer in the 1990s when most of the story takes place.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_5f52cfcf	type	Intrepid Reporter
Definitely, Maybe / int_5f52cfcf	comment	Intrepid Reporter: Summer. It's why she and Will break up. She targets the political candidate he is working for.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_6ac3af76	type	Divorce Is Temporary
Definitely, Maybe / int_6ac3af76	comment	Divorce Is Temporary: Thankfully averted. Maya eventually accepts that her parents aren't the OTP.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Definitely, Maybe / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: Eventually, the viewer finds out which of the three women Will married ( it's Emily/Sarah).
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Definitely, Maybe / int_6d892421	type	Teacher/Student Romance
Definitely, Maybe / int_6d892421	comment	Teacher/Student Romance: Hampton seems to enjoy dating his female graduate students.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_6dbd3711	type	Affectionate Gesture to the Head
Definitely, Maybe / int_6dbd3711	comment	Emily/Sarah's Affectionate Gesture to the Head.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_6e37c196	type	Once Done, Never Forgotten
Definitely, Maybe / int_6e37c196	comment	Once Done, Never Forgotten: Downplayed. Early in the movie Will embarrasses himself by dropping an armful of toilet paper rolls in front of a room full of his coworkers. They do make fun of him about it for a while by making toilet paper-related jokes at his expense, but eventually it's forgotten.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
Definitely, Maybe / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Will and April have this dynamic at first, as they snark at each other quite a bit from the first time they meet, although since they don't get together it remains UST.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
Definitely, Maybe / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: April tells Will she's going with this musician who seems more interested in being the next Kurt Cobain than he is in her. Will's response is, "Who's Kurt Cobain?"
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Definitely, Maybe / int_7a368a80	type	Comic Role Play
Definitely, Maybe / int_7a368a80	comment	Comic Role Play: Will practices his proposal speech with April standing in for Emily. The speech:
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Definitely, Maybe / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
Definitely, Maybe / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: The framing device of the movie.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_83446991	type	UST
Definitely, Maybe / int_83446991	comment	UST: Mostly between Will and April, the only one of the three with whom Will doesn't have a romantic relationship at some point.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_89cf0914	type	Parental Sexuality Squick
Definitely, Maybe / int_89cf0914	comment	Parental Sexuality Squick: During the opening scene where Will picks up his daughter just after they had sex ed, one girl can be heard screaming at her mother that the deed happened and that the girl now hates her mother.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_9858c391	type	Chick Magnet
Definitely, Maybe / int_9858c391	comment	Chick Magnet: Both Will and Hampton.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_9afd34de	type	Slow Clap
Definitely, Maybe / int_9afd34de	comment	Slow Clap: When Will manages to fill a whole table at the fundraiser: initiated by the Governor, no less. This is where his career starts to take off.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Definitely, Maybe / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Take a look at Maya's tally sheet. Pay very close attention to the color she uses...
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Definitely, Maybe / int_a7defafd	type	Code Name
Definitely, Maybe / int_a7defafd	comment	Code Name: Will calls his exes by alternate names, presumably to conceal their identity from his daughter who knows her mother's real name. She realizes her dad's in love with April because he doesn't give her a code name.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
Definitely, Maybe / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute: Will meets April (his coworker on the Clinton campaign) this way. Subverted since they don't ever definitively get together romantically.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Definitely, Maybe / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: The movie takes shots at both Democratic (Bill Clinton) and Republican (George W. Bush) politicians.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_b7e7ff52	comment	Tying Up Romantic Loose Ends: Either subverted or averted entirely, depending on the character.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_ba0791de	comment	First Girl Wins: Maya's mother ends up being Emily, with whom Will once again gets together after years apart. Subverted in that the two are now divorced.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_bb0c0a4d	comment	Fiery Redhead: Downplayed with April. While she doesn't have a Hair-Trigger Temper, she is the snarkiest and most temperamental of the three women.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_bcbf7aef	type	Plucky Comic Relief
Definitely, Maybe / int_bcbf7aef	comment	Plucky Comic Relief: Maya plays this role with her naive questions and comments about Will's story.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: Though Will is from Wisconsin, almost the entire movie takes place in New York.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_c40c8b74	comment	And Starring: Rachel Weisz in the OBB.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_c4500946	comment	Break His Heart to Save Him: Emily thinks Will would be better off not tying himself down at a young age, and refuses his marriage proposal. When he insists, she informs him that she cheated on him, and it's suggested she did so to make breaking up with him easier.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_c49935fa	comment	20 Minutes into the Past: The movie was made in 2008. The story begins in 1992 and ends around the then-present, but mostly spans the mid to late nineties. This is lampshaded by details such as Will's first boss handing him a brick-style cellphone on his first day on the job and Will asking "what's this?" in response and the campaign staff Will runs having to rely on dial-up internet at one point.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_c9c313ed	comment	Last Minute Hook Up: It's implied that Will may get together with April in the present.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
Definitely, Maybe / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: Maya, when she figures out that Emily (aka Sarah) is her mother.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_d53ad027	type	Cheerful Child
Definitely, Maybe / int_d53ad027	comment	Cheerful Child: Maya is very cheerful and understanding for a 10 year old, despite the fact that her father tells her some rather sordid and unhappy details about his past life.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_da4d59ae	type	Memento MacGuffin
Definitely, Maybe / int_da4d59ae	comment	Memento MacGuffin: April is searching for a copy of Jane Eyre that was given to her by her late father shortly before he died, which plays a rather important role in the plot. In an interesting parallel, the book serves as the only remaining link from April to her father, and later on Will admits that it also serves as the only remaining link from him to her.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_e040c8f	comment	Romantic Comedy: Though it subverts or deconstructs most of the typical tropes.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_e2ca527c	type	Black Best Friend
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Definitely, Maybe / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
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Definitely, Maybe / int_f8a82c75	type	I Always Wanted to Say That
Definitely, Maybe / int_f8a82c75	comment	I Always Wanted to Say That: When Hampton ends up in the emergency room and the nurse asks if he's comfortable, he responds, "I make a living." When the nurse, Summer and Will look at him, Hampton responds he deserves at least a smile because he's been waiting his whole life to make that joke.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_faa71569	type	Romantic False Lead
Definitely, Maybe / int_faa71569	comment	Romantic False Lead: There are several characters who would fit this role in a conventional romantic comedy, but it's consistently subverted as there is no Official Couple and they are generally (and realistically) just portrayed as other fish in the dating pool, not as obstacles to true love.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_fc3f3cf3	type	Little Black Dress
Definitely, Maybe / int_fc3f3cf3	comment	Little Black Dress: Emily is wearing one during the climactic scene. Oddly, Summer never wore any of these.
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Definitely, Maybe / int_fced5df7	type	Disposable FiancÃ©
Definitely, Maybe / int_fced5df7	comment	Disposable FiancÃ©: Subverted. Will and Sarah/Emily do end up getting married in the end. Although the fact that they are now divorced and its implied that Will may end up with April may make this a Double Subversion.
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