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Employee of the Month (2006)

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27 feature instances
6 referencing feature instances

Employee of the Month (2006)	type	TVTItem
Employee of the Month (2006)	label	Employee of the Month (2006)
Employee of the Month (2006)	page	EmployeeOfTheMonth2006
Employee of the Month (2006)	comment	Employee of the Month is a 2006 comedy film starring Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, and Jessica Simpson.Not to be confused with the 2004 Black Comedy of the same name starring Matt Dillon.
Employee of the Month (2006)	fetched	2024-05-01T20:16:57Z
Employee of the Month (2006)	parsed	2024-05-01T20:16:58Z
Employee of the Month (2006)	isPartOf	DBTropes
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_1605e350	type	Secret Room
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_1605e350	comment	Secret Room: There is a "Sanctuary" employee rest area located within one of the pallet racks that is only accessible by being lifted up by worker platform on a forklift. The Sanctuary has an area rug on the floor, lit lamps scattered about, and contains a table and chairs for card games. There is also a monitor that is tied into the security cameras. Though in the establishing shot you easily can see that the racks that portray the entranceway are too small to actually carry that much floor space.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_229f6872	type	A Day in Her Apron
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_229f6872	comment	A Day in Her Apron: Averted with Iqbal, who is very happy to spend time with the kids when he is fired and his wife gets a significant promotion at her own job.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: Vince has made himself a reputation as an awesome employee by, among other things, doing a very elaborate juggling act when he is ringing up items at the cashier to entertain the customers. The "impractical" part is that he has consistently forgotten to ring up items while doing the juggling act, which means he has accidentally given away thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. This gets him fired and arrested.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_33f095a8	type	Jaded Washout
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_33f095a8	comment	Jaded Washout: Zach used to have big plans after college and used his grandmaâ€™s retirement fund to start a business that flopped. At the beginning of the film, heâ€™s a middle-aged Box Boy.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_41d50d81	type	Big Brother Bully
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_41d50d81	comment	Big Brother Bully: The store manager is terrified of his older brother and boss and wants everything to be perfect when he shows up. The boss really humiliates him when he first appears.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Zack trying to get to work on time after Vince dials back his alarm clock.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_4d0f7f79	type	Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_4d0f7f79	comment	Employee of the Month: A major part of the movie is Zack trying to win the award at the local "Super Club" (A Warehouse Club), so that he can win the affections of the new cashier, Amy Renfro. He is also competing with Vince Downey, who has won the award 17 times in a row. He is eventually successful at getting the award.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Vince. He loves to show off a lot, he denigrates everybody around him, he has no problem trying to sabotage his competition, and the moment that it's shown he's given a lot of free merchandise, he tries to run for it.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Jorge is this to Vince.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Vince at a few points mocks Semi's apparent mental simplicity by calling him a "retard".
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_77e73dc7	type	Food as Bribe
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_77e73dc7	comment	Food as Bribe: At the beginning of the film, the HR manager is bribed with a Butterfinger to show Amy's employee file to Zack. At the end, she is bribed again to claim she never filed Zack's resignation papers.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_835d1cd2	type	Satellite Love Interest
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_835d1cd2	comment	Satellite Love Interest: Amy is given little characterization, and mostly exists to strengthen the conflict between Zach and Vince.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: A gender-flipped example. Amy is Archie, with Zach as the Betty (compared to Vince), to Vinceâ€™s Veronica.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_a08b335c	type	Defeat Means Menial Labor
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_a08b335c	comment	Defeat Means Menial Labor: Vince ends the film fired from the store and put in a comparatively crappier job as a probation employee in a comparatively crappier store on the other side of town.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_a4a1d3af	type	Big Little Brother
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_a4a1d3af	comment	Big Little Brother: Glen Gary's older brother, Glen Ross, is a dwarf.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: Zack wins the softball game and is greatly praised by his manager and coworkers. Unfortunately, he had promised to cover Iqbal's shift that day, which leads to Iqbal getting fired. This is the final straw between him and his friends, who accuse him of only going for Employee of the Month to get into Amy's pants. Amy overhears this conversation and tells Zack off.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Vince at least seems to be this. Then it turns out he's not only an asshole, but being a show-off over being professional has led him to commit many minor crimes apparently by accident.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: While not as bad as Vince, Zach isnâ€™t a very good person himself. He ruins his friendsâ€™ hideout, costs one of them his job, sells Vinceâ€™s car, steals his wallet, and nearly injures him when they face off in the climax by making him fall from a high shelf.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_c3c91506	type	Depraved Dwarf
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_c3c91506	comment	Depraved Dwarf: Subverted. When Glen Ross first enters, he acts like he owns the place (which he is the boss of), demands that a woman at the help desk hang up and dust her table, and completely humiliates his younger brother, the manager of the store. However, he's very appreciative when the employees do their jobs well and wins the softball match.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The names of the store manager, Glen Gary, and his boss and older brother, Glen Ross, are a clear nod to Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Vince is eventually brought down by his own arrogance, as his overly show-off style of scanning items includes passing them behind his back, which inadvertently causes them to not be scanned, thereby giving away groceries for free.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Semi proves that Vince has been giving away free merchandise to customers for years.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: At the end, after Vince is fired and put on probation for stealing, Jorge finally stands up to him and gets his revenge by setting off Vince's court-ordered ankle monitor at the end of the film.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Semi the store security guard is a simple-minded Gentle Giant, not really caring much when Vince keeps making mean jokes and insults about him at his expense. However the the moment Vince is exposed for under-ringing items Semi immediately tackles Vince to the floor when he tries to make a run for it and carries him off by the belt buckle.
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Semi, the store's Gentle Giant security guard, is asked in the beginning of the movie by Vince that if his nickname comes from the fact that he's as big as a semi-truck, or if he's "semi-retarded." At the end of the movie, after he exposes Vince for under-ringing items in both the competition and in his job, Semi tackles him while he tries to escape, resulting in Vince commenting "So that's why they call you Semi."
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Employee of the Month (2006) / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Employee of the Month (2006) / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: During the opening credits montage, Zach meets a mother and her son who are arguing about a toy being too expensive and the kid is very visibly despondent. He reaches over and tears a corner of the box open and tells them that the store's damaged goods policy applies a 25% discount before walking away.
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Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	A Day in Her Apron / int_401b0b92
Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	Credits-Brand Products / int_401b0b92
Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	Defeat Means Menial Labor / int_401b0b92
Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	Employee of the Month / int_401b0b92
Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	Soul-Sucking Retail Job / int_401b0b92
Employee of the Month (2006)	hasFeature	Waking Non Sequitur / int_401b0b92

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