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Horrible Bosses

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Horrible Bosses	comment	Horrible Bosses is a 2011 Dark Comedy film directed by Seth Gordon. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx.Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman) has sacrificed everything for his job, and claims that the difference between him and life's failures is that he's willing to take it. He spends six months sucking up to Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), a typical power-tripping corporate bully, to get promoted—and then he finds out that the position he's trying for will be taken by Harken himself, but at only 85% of the additional salary.His friend Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) skipped out on the white-collar rat race. Now he's an assistant to Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston). She wants to have sex with him, and doesn't care if he consents — or that he's engaged to be married.Their mutual friend Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) loves his job, and his boss, Jack Pellitt (Donald Sutherland). That is, until tragedy strikes, and his self-absorbed, lazy son Bobby (Colin Farrell) assumes command of the company and begins to run it into the ground.One night, Kurt suggests that they kill each other's bosses. He means it as a joke. At first.Horrible Bosses 2 was released in 2014, and stars Bateman, Day, Sudeikis, Aniston, Foxx, Chris Pine, and Christoph Waltz. In this film, Nick, Dale, and Kurt, tired of working under crappy bosses again, decide to start their own business. However, a father-son pair of con artists pull the rug out from under them, leaving them broke. In order to take their business back, the trio decides to kidnap the investor's son and ransom him back for the money needed to pay off their debts. Hilarity Ensues.Not to be confused with That One Boss.
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Horrible Bosses / int_121476bd	type	The Millstone
Horrible Bosses / int_121476bd	comment	The Millstone: Dale is more or less to these films what Alan is to The Hangover. Kurt's out-of-control libido and fondness for vulgar jokes doesn't help, either.
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Horrible Bosses / int_12982918	type	Same-Sex Triplets
Horrible Bosses / int_12982918	comment	Same-Sex Triplets: Dale's daughters.
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Horrible Bosses / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Horrible Bosses / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: A few trailers for both films reveal important plot twists, such as Dale saving the life of Nick's boss, Rex being in on and working with the guys to plan his own kidnapping, and Rex holding onto Detective Hatcher with one hand and pointing a gun with the other. One red band trailer shows that Kurt sleeps with Julia while stalking her to plot her murder.
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Horrible Bosses / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Horrible Bosses / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Kurt opens the movie by describing how much he loves working for Jack, going as far as to say that if you don't love your job, you have only yourself to blame. He has barely finished his monolog before Jack keels over, leaving his idiot son Bobby in charge and setting Kurt on the miserable path to join Dale and Nick in their triple murder plot.
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Horrible Bosses / int_1779f10e	type	"Well Done, Son" Guy
Horrible Bosses / int_1779f10e	comment	"Well Done, Son" Guy: There are subtle hints that this is how Rex feels about Burt... which makes it all the more sad when Burt shows that he cares more about his money than his son, as he calls the cops even after he was told not to. See Parental Neglect above.
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Horrible Bosses / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
Horrible Bosses / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: All of the bosses have this to a degree: Harken is ruthless to his employees and insanely controlling toward his own wife. He straight up murders Bobby for suspecting him of cheating. Bobby is a pretty low-functioning example. How else do you call a guy who didn't even bother attending his own father's funeral? On top of being a dangerously hedonistic person who is willing to bankrupt his father's company just to feed his vices. Julia engages in an really unhealthy degree of sexual promiscuity, even needing to rape patients while they're unconscious just for a cheap thrill. Both of the Hansons.
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Horrible Bosses / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Horrible Bosses / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: The Cop who pulls Nick over for speeding is THE OLD SPICE GUY!!! Bob Newhart as Nick's new boss, a "Twisted Old Fuck". John Francis Daley, one of the screenwriters, cameos as Nick's coworker Carter.
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Horrible Bosses / int_1badfb3a	type	The Heart
Horrible Bosses / int_1badfb3a	comment	Dale is The Heart, and is The Smart Guy in a Genre Savvy type of way (since he what knows the police are likely to look for, and has the most knowledge of the criminal justice system due to watching Law & Order).
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Horrible Bosses / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
Horrible Bosses / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: The first film implies that the three main characters have been best friends since high school (with their high school friend Kenny calling them The Three Musketeers), and now, in adulthood, they regularly share drinks together and confide in each other, start a business together, clearly know each other quite well, and, despite their frequent bickering, have ultimately stuck together and remained good friends by the end of the second movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_2059a430	type	The Hedonist
Horrible Bosses / int_2059a430	comment	The Hedonist: Bobby Pellitt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_20a14df0	type	Wrong Genre Savvy
Horrible Bosses / int_20a14df0	comment	Wrong Genre Savvy: It's the Eleventh Hour. The bad guy has a gun, has taken a hostage, and is about to escape, and it seems that everyone else is helpless to stop him. Dale, in a rush of anger-fueled adrenaline, grabs a makeshift weapon and charges at the bad guy like a superhero having a Big Damn Heroes moment. Except, he's a fair distance away from Rex and is yelling as he charges, so Rex sees him, smirks at him like "Really?", and promptly shoots him before Dale gets anywhere near him. Nick and Dale both lampshade this afterwards.
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Horrible Bosses / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Horrible Bosses / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: Though the first film is ultimately surprisingly idealistic — only one character is capable of murder and it's one of the titular bosses. This is kept consistent in the second film, where not only do the three protagonists still not kill anyone, they also realize that they're not suited for kidnapping or for crime in general.
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Horrible Bosses / int_22a60f6a	type	Nepotism
Horrible Bosses / int_22a60f6a	comment	Nepotism: Put simply, this is the singular reason why anyone like Bobby would ever be allowed to be a doorman at his company, let alone run it. Indeed, he might not have been allowed to run it had his father not died suddenly.
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Horrible Bosses / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Horrible Bosses / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Subverted with the claw/fang from Predator that Rex gave to Dale.
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Horrible Bosses / int_23a79ebf	type	Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Horrible Bosses / int_23a79ebf	comment	Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Donald Sutherland.
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Horrible Bosses / int_23ff95fb	type	Brutal Honesty
Horrible Bosses / int_23ff95fb	comment	Brutal Honesty: After Rex shoots Dale in the film's climax, Nick is trying to comfort Dale and reassure him that he'll be okay...only to have both Kurt and Detective Hatcher chiming in from the background with "Oh, no, no, that's a lot of blood" and "Jesus Christ, that's a big fucking hole". Kurt lampshades it:
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Horrible Bosses / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Horrible Bosses / int_24321e44	comment	Nick and Dale confronting Harken, who they know to be a sociopathic murderer, completely unarmed. Nick is usually the Only Sane Man of the trio, but this was a massive (and near-fatal) oversight on his part.
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Horrible Bosses / int_243cbd0d	type	Dope Slap
Horrible Bosses / int_243cbd0d	comment	Dope Slap: The three protagonists frequently inflict these on each other.
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Horrible Bosses / int_28114487	type	Bald of Evil
Horrible Bosses / int_28114487	comment	Bald of Evil: Bobby, however hard he tries to cover it with that awful combover.
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Horrible Bosses / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
Horrible Bosses / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Pellitt. Good god, Pellitt. His apartment is aptly described as "Looking like the inside of the mind of an asshole".
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Horrible Bosses / int_292dac7e	type	Sesquipedalian Smith
Horrible Bosses / int_292dac7e	comment	Sesquipedalian Smith: Motherfucker Jones.
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Horrible Bosses / int_299d33f2	type	IKEA Erotica
Horrible Bosses / int_299d33f2	comment	IKEA Erotica: Julia calls Dale and demands that he describe how he'd pleasure her. He improvises. Poorly.
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Horrible Bosses / int_2b2c66c3	type	Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
Horrible Bosses / int_2b2c66c3	comment	Just the fact that, eventually, all three guys allowed themselves to trust Rex even after seeing his skewed humor and insanely good acting skills was pretty dumb.
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Horrible Bosses / int_2bfb1856	type	Beard of Evil
Horrible Bosses / int_2bfb1856	comment	Beard of Evil: Burt and Rex.
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Horrible Bosses / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
Horrible Bosses / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: Rex is actually cackling for a solid thirty seconds after killing his father. He actually shows this earlier in the film as well when he beats himself up via fight-clubbing, which Nick lampshades.
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Horrible Bosses / int_2d7ef923	type	Mistaken for Cheating
Horrible Bosses / int_2d7ef923	comment	Mistaken for Cheating: Dale is discovered by his wife and daughters in a hotel room about to have (forced and extremely reluctant) sex with Julia in the ultimate Oh, Crap! moment in the series.
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Horrible Bosses / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
Horrible Bosses / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Motherfucker Jones.
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Horrible Bosses / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Horrible Bosses / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Near the beginning, a mere minute after calmly informing the protagonists of his plans to cheat them out of their business, Burt expresses disapproval when Rex rubs their faces in it. After the Mistaken for Cheating scene, Julia is genuinely apologetic for ruining Dale's marriage, and later explains to Stacy what happened while Dale is in a coma.
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Horrible Bosses / int_34579385	type	Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
Horrible Bosses / int_34579385	comment	Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: The only murder in the film is when Rex kills Burt. Rex is also the one who insists on going through with his own kidnapping, even when The Trio is hesitant, and he also beats himself up via fight-clubbing.
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Horrible Bosses / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Horrible Bosses / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Burt and Rex both get several.
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Horrible Bosses / int_355bc288	type	Lingerie Scene
Horrible Bosses / int_355bc288	comment	Lingerie Scene: Julia undresses in front of a window and then parades around the house in nothing but her undergarments (plus suspenders and stockings) as Kurt watches.
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Horrible Bosses / int_35e9f6f8	type	Executive Excess
Horrible Bosses / int_35e9f6f8	comment	Executive Excess: Once Bobby Pellitt takes over the role of running his deceased father's company, not only does he run it into the ground through incredibly bad decisions and firing employees willy-nilly, he spends all of his time locked in his office having orgies or getting stoned.
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Horrible Bosses / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
Horrible Bosses / int_372bc105	comment	Though the first film is ultimately surprisingly idealistic — only one character is capable of murder and it's one of the titular bosses.
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Horrible Bosses / int_373e2b9f	type	Murder the Hypotenuse
Horrible Bosses / int_373e2b9f	comment	Murder the Hypotenuse: Why Harken kills Pellitt — the irony being that the victim isn't actually the hypotenuse.
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Horrible Bosses / int_380df4da	type	Comic Trio
Horrible Bosses / int_380df4da	comment	Comic Trio: Kurt, Nick, and Dale, complete with frequently slapping each other.
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Horrible Bosses / int_38bf28e3	type	Engineered Public Confession
Horrible Bosses / int_38bf28e3	comment	Engineered Public Confession: Double Subverted. Kurt screws it up the first time, but they're saved by Gregory successfully pulling it off instead.
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Horrible Bosses / int_39cee4cc	type	Team Power Walk
Horrible Bosses / int_39cee4cc	comment	Team Power Walk: Parodied and discussed. The trio attempts a "super cool slow-mo walk", but they suck.
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Horrible Bosses / int_3aec9e5e	type	Properly Paranoid
Horrible Bosses / int_3aec9e5e	comment	Properly Paranoid: For most of the movie, Harken's paranoia about his wife Rhonda's infidelity is portrayed as unreasonable and unfounded. Then Rhonda gives Kurt a blow job in the bathroom at Harken's surprise party near the end of the movie, and suddenly that paranoia makes a whole lot more sense.
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Horrible Bosses / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
Horrible Bosses / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Yup. It's right there in the title.
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Horrible Bosses / int_3f0b2f50	type	Make It Look Like an Accident
Horrible Bosses / int_3f0b2f50	comment	Make It Look Like an Accident: The trio plan to take advantage of the fact that Pellitt is a cocaine addict and that Harken is allergic to peanuts to poison them. They don't actually do either of these things, as Harken kills Pellitt and goes to prison for it.
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Horrible Bosses / int_3fe2b13f	type	Ungrateful Bastard
Horrible Bosses / int_3fe2b13f	comment	Ungrateful Bastard: After Dale saves Harken by injecting him with his epi-pen, instead of thanking him, he continues to act hostile and accuses him of trying to sleep with his wife. She even lampshades this.
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Horrible Bosses / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Horrible Bosses / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: When interrogated by the police why he was going 61 in a 25 mph zone fleeing a murder scene in fear, Nick weasels out "I was drag racing". The detective asks, "In a Prius?"
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Horrible Bosses / int_40c57041	type	Manipulative Bastard
Horrible Bosses / int_40c57041	comment	Manipulative Bastard: Burt and Rex, again.
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Horrible Bosses / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Horrible Bosses / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Though being played for comedy softens it quite a bit, it's actually far more on the "bitter" side. By the end the heroes dodge jail, don't get killed, and are more than content to have escaped these fates, and they're still best friends. Otherwise, though, they're in a worse place than at the beginning of the film, having lost their product and most of their money and having to work for Harken. Both Harken himself and Julia, the other surviving antagonist from the first film are indisputably better off despite not becoming remotely better people (Julia might actually be worse). Motherfucker Jones is the only "sympathetic" character who ends up with what he wants — and even he does so by stealing from Dale, Kurt and Nick.
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Horrible Bosses / int_420a8323	type	Smart Ball
Horrible Bosses / int_420a8323	comment	Smart Ball: Dale actually manages to use his knowledge from watching Law & Order to get the detectives to admit that since he, Nick, and Kurt are only being questioned and not arrested, there's nothing they can do at the moment to keep them at the station.
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Horrible Bosses / int_434d893c	type	Funny Foreigner
Horrible Bosses / int_434d893c	comment	Funny Foreigner: For some reason, the fact that the trio's sole Spanish-speaking worker...speaks Spanish is Played for Laughs.
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Horrible Bosses / int_43dc74d0	type	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
Horrible Bosses / int_43dc74d0	comment	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Dale is the Sensitive Guy, Kurt is the Manly Man. Nick is somewhere in between, but leaning more towards Sensitive Guy, especially in the second movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_44dd01be	comment	In the second movie, Rex is the Tagalong Kid / Sixth Ranger Traitor.
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Horrible Bosses / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: When Kurt and Dale don't answer over the walkie-talkie after breaking into Julia's office and are in danger of being caught, Nick debates leaving them to their fate, since he himself technically hasn't done anything wrong, but decides he can't do it. Ultimately subverted, though, by his reason for doing so: "They'll just tell on me."
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Horrible Bosses / int_4782e60f	type	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
Horrible Bosses / int_4782e60f	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Rex Hanson first comes across as an asshole, but later in the film appears to have changed his mind about the protagonists and genuinely befriended them. He's also sincerely upset when Burt calls the police anyway after the "kidnappers" told him not to, as this causes him to realize that Burt doesn't actually care about him, and it also makes the trio more sympathetic to him. However, he later betrays the protagonists and reveals that he planned to do so from the beginning of their partnership, and kills his father with absolutely no remorse.
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Horrible Bosses / int_47b152f9	type	Sexy Soaked Shirt
Horrible Bosses / int_47b152f9	comment	Sexy Soaked Shirt: Julia inflicts this on Dale, although she seems to have a better view than the audience.
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Horrible Bosses / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Horrible Bosses / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: The three protagonists, Dale especially. Harken outright spells it out to Nick:
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Horrible Bosses / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
Horrible Bosses / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Jones tries to help the trio get back to the warehouse with the police before the bad guy does in order to prove their innocence.
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Horrible Bosses / int_4aa24ad9	type	I Have a Family
Horrible Bosses / int_4aa24ad9	comment	I Have a Family: Harken begs to the police, "PLEASE PROTECT ME FROM THEM! I have a wife... and a cat!"
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Horrible Bosses / int_4aaffbd5	type	I Never Said It Was Poison
Horrible Bosses / int_4aaffbd5	comment	Dale blurts out the word "kidnapping" in front of the cops in a major I Never Said It Was Poison slip-up. Only a huge Idiot Ball moment from the cops saved them from that.
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Horrible Bosses / int_4ae690ca	type	Laughing Mad
Horrible Bosses / int_4ae690ca	comment	Laughing Mad: Rex does this twice. The first time, it's after he pretends to be kidnapped and locked in the trunk of Kurt's car; he laughs for almost a full minute, with the protagonists uncertainly and awkwardly joining in (followed by a lampshading of "WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" from Dale). The second time, he's just shot his father dead, and goes on laughing for a solid thirty seconds while Dale, Kurt, and Nick just stare at him in horror.
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Horrible Bosses / int_4c851777	type	Black Comedy Rape
Horrible Bosses / int_4c851777	comment	Black Comedy Rape: During the film's final scene, Julia claims to have satisfied herself regarding Dale (who has just awoken from a coma). When Dale asks her to elaborate, she responds that men can still have erections, even in a coma.
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Horrible Bosses / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Horrible Bosses / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: The Hansons.
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Horrible Bosses / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
Horrible Bosses / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: Harken kills Pellett just because he thought him to have slept with his wife (courtesy of Kurt leaving Pellett's cellphone in Harken's house).
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Horrible Bosses / int_50b9b3d0	type	Crazy Jealous Guy
Horrible Bosses / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: Harken.
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Horrible Bosses / int_530350d5	type	Trouble Entendre
Horrible Bosses / int_530350d5	comment	Trouble Entendre: The entire conversation with 'the Wetwork Man'.
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Horrible Bosses / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Horrible Bosses / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Near the beginning, Rex tells the guys, "Mr. Hanson is my dad. Call me Rex." At the very end, Motherfucker Jones tells the Pinkberry rep: "Mr. Jones is my daddy. Call me Mothahfuckah!" When the guys are talking at the beginning, Kurt mishears Nick saying "cogs" as "cocks". Near the climax, he mishears Julia saying "cocks" as "cogs".
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Horrible Bosses / int_561dab6b	type	Mistaken for Gay
Horrible Bosses / int_561dab6b	comment	Mistaken for Gay: When Nick gets dragged into Julia's sex addiction group, he mistakenly believes it to be an AA meeting, and his hilarious, improvised description of his "problem" justifiably leads the other members of the group to think he's gay. He initially denies it, but pretty quickly goes along with and even confesses to it upon finding out that Julia frequently attempts to bang gay guys who come to these meetings in the hopes of "de-gaying" them. Even Kurt and Dale, who overhear this, aren't entirely sure if he's serious or not, and Nick has to insist to Kurt later that no, he is not gay, nor is he bi.
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Horrible Bosses / int_562abd51	type	Let's Get Dangerous!
Horrible Bosses / int_562abd51	comment	Let's Get Dangerous!: Dale, both played straight and subverted. When it looks like the killer, Rex, is going to escape successfully, Dale is furious at the thought that this guy basically destroyed his and his friends' lives and is gonna get away with it...so he takes the pointy movie prop that Rex himself gave him earlier and charges straight at Rex with it. It's subverted because he promptly gets shot for his trouble before he manages to get anywhere near Rex, and doesn't get to kick any ass or directly take down the bad guy himself...however, it's still played straight in different way, since this distracts Rex enough for Hatcher to subdue him, so Dale does save the day indirectly, and this Taking the Bullet act is also what keeps the trio from getting into serious trouble with the police. Not to mention, it sure looked pretty badass, especially since Dale was really the only one who was doing anything about the situation.
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Horrible Bosses / int_599f943f	type	Karma Houdini Warranty
Horrible Bosses / int_599f943f	comment	Karma Houdini Warranty: Only Julia ends the movie with job and life intact. And still with a cost, as she did get blackmailed in a shining moment for Dale, and due to his false sex offender registration, who else would hire him besides her? Career-wise, she may now have him under her thumb, but now she's stuck with her very own blackmailer.
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Horrible Bosses / int_5a371c8f	type	Opportunistic Bastard
Horrible Bosses / int_5a371c8f	comment	Opportunistic Bastard: Double subverted by Motherfucker Jones. He anticipates that the bad guy will betray and kill the three protagonists (only the former of which does actually happen), so he plans to steal the ransom money from the criminal for himself once the criminal has murdered them, stating that he figures that the guys would rather he get the money than the bad guy. (For their part, Dale, Kurt, and Nick are all furious about this, but don't have time to dwell on it for too long.) This becomes subverted when, after the bad guy leaves and the heroes are about to be cornered by the police, Jones helps them escape and tries to get them back to the warehouse in time to prove their innocence. Becomes double subverted, however, when, after he succeeds in doing this, he does still steal the ransom money and successfully flee the scene.
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Horrible Bosses / int_5e1ecc50	type	Mistaken for Badass
Horrible Bosses / int_5e1ecc50	comment	Mistaken for Badass: The "Wetwork Man". The protagonists think he is a Professional Killer. He actually urinates on people for money. This is why you should not hire assassins off the internet.
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Horrible Bosses / int_606244c2	type	Parental Incest
Horrible Bosses / int_606244c2	comment	Parental Incest: Subverted with "Motherfucker" Jones when he's explaining how he got his nickname by sneaking into his mom's bedroom one night. As it turns out, he simply stole her money, fucking her OVER.
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Horrible Bosses / int_607d4ada	type	Run for the Border
Horrible Bosses / int_607d4ada	comment	Run for the Border: Nick, Dale, Kurt all attempt to hightail it to Canada right before Harken gives chase.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6106d967	type	Off the Table
Horrible Bosses / int_6106d967	comment	Off the Table: When Rex makes an offer to buy the protagonists' invention and have it manufactured in China, they refuse because they want their product to be made in America and still be in charge. They change their minds when Rex says he intended to pay three million dollars, but Rex says it's too late.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6197e7cb	type	Police Brutality Gambit
Horrible Bosses / int_6197e7cb	comment	Police Brutality Gambit: Harken tried to frame Nick Kevin and Dale for Pellit's murder by shooting himself in the leg and plays the victim as the police arrives. Fortunately, Kurt's car recorded Harken's confession as the killer.
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Horrible Bosses / int_658f7193	type	Lack of Empathy
Horrible Bosses / int_658f7193	comment	Lack of Empathy: Burt and Rex.
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Horrible Bosses / int_659235a4	type	Train Escape
Horrible Bosses / int_659235a4	comment	Train Escape: Subverted. Jones pulls this off while he and the protagonists are fleeing from the police; however, since they want the police to follow them, Jones promptly stops the car on the other side of the tracks and waits for the train to pass by so they can catch up.
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Horrible Bosses / int_65bc92fc	type	Four-Temperament Ensemble
Horrible Bosses / int_65bc92fc	comment	Four-Temperament Ensemble: The three bosses and Burt are choleric (especially Harken), Nick is phlegmatic or perhaps leukine, Dale is melancholic and Kurt is sanguine.
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Horrible Bosses / int_68068108	type	Evil Laugh
Horrible Bosses / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh / Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Rex shows several instances of this, most notably drawn-out cackling after killing his own father.
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Horrible Bosses / int_69204ab8	type	Hired for Their Looks
Horrible Bosses / int_69204ab8	comment	Hired for Their Looks: Several of the new girls Kurt hires are clueless, gorgeous bimbos, having absolutely no qualifications for the job.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6a47a1e2	type	Knight of Cerebus
Horrible Bosses / int_6a47a1e2	comment	Knight of Cerebus: Near the end of the first movie, Harken becomes this, as does Rex near the end of the second.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Horrible Bosses / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: When the guys visit Harken in jail, he mocks the fact that they started manufacturing without receiving ANY money, signed agreement, or other reassurances beyond a verbal agreement with Burt, and just "assumed [they] were dealing with an honest businessman." Harken bluntly calls them morons, and Nick even admits that this is fair.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6c87dbef	type	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration
Horrible Bosses / int_6c87dbef	comment	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: Julia while she's on the phone with Dale, and Nick, as referenced by Jason Bateman's opening voiceover.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
Horrible Bosses / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: At the end, all three of the main characters working for Harken again, even though he's still in prison.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b	type	Disney Death
Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b	comment	Disney Death: Dale at the end.
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Horrible Bosses / int_6f214508	type	Foreign Culture Fetish
Horrible Bosses / int_6f214508	comment	Foreign Culture Fetish: Bobby is very into Asian aesthetics, particularly Chinese dragons.
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Horrible Bosses / int_714342fb	type	Erotic Eating
Horrible Bosses / int_714342fb	comment	Erotic Eating: Julia eats a popsicle, a banana, and a hot dog, ...In That Order. Kurt is dumbfounded.
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Horrible Bosses / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
Horrible Bosses / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: All three bosses actually, but especially Pellitt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_72cdfc33	type	Big Bad Ensemble
Horrible Bosses / int_72cdfc33	comment	Big Bad Ensemble: The three horrible bosses. By the final act of the movie, however, Harken emerges as the true Big Bad.
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Horrible Bosses / int_751bd286	type	Is This Thing Still On?
Horrible Bosses / int_751bd286	comment	Is This Thing Still On?: How the murderer gets caught.
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Horrible Bosses / int_758c3034	type	Prison Rape
Horrible Bosses / int_758c3034	comment	Prison Rape: What Harken has to look forward to for twenty-five years, according to Nick. It's subverted in the sequel, though, when he is shown patting another inmate on the shoulder, implying that he has already established himself as the alpha male in prison. Nick and Kurt argue over who would get raped more if they get sent to prison; when asked, Dale says it would be Nick, as he seems "more vulnerable".
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Horrible Bosses / int_7815ba15	type	N-Word Privileges
Horrible Bosses / int_7815ba15	comment	N-Word Privileges: Did they seriously not realize that putting all of their names together would result in that gaffe in front of the black news anchor?
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Horrible Bosses / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Horrible Bosses / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Rex does this to most of the other major characters throughout film: He turns against his father Burt by first joining in on the scheme to extort Burt's money, and later by killing him (although, to be fair, Burt did kind of have it coming to him). He also does this to the protagonists when he tries to frame them for killing his father and when he actually shoots Dale. Made even more prominent by the fact that he fully planned to betray them from the get-go, even before he'd decided to kill Burt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Horrible Bosses / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Motherfucker Jones brilliantly delivers one to the guys when they come to him for more criminal advice after trying to make themselves look like victims. He flat-out tells them that they are not regular guys who fell on hard times, they are actual criminals who landed one of their previous bosses in jail and got another killed, and are now trying to kidnap their latest boss's son and extort money from him. Also doubles as Truth in Television, as white criminals are very often given the benefit of the doubt and/or are viewed as flawed people at best even when they commit heinous crimes, while many people of color committing far more minor offenses are given much less mercy and long jail sentences (including Jones himself, who got ten years in prison for pirating ONE movie).
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Horrible Bosses / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Horrible Bosses / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: "Nice job fucking the crazy out of her Kurt!"
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Horrible Bosses / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Horrible Bosses / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The three protagonists just lost $5,000 to Motherfucker Jones and are facing prison time for failing to report to the police about Nick witnessing Harken murder Pellitt, and then Dale complains they also wasted $40 on a briefcase to put in all that money for Jones. Nick and Kurt go berserk over Dale mentioning that.
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Horrible Bosses / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Horrible Bosses / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Dale. Also Rex in the sequel.
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Horrible Bosses / int_83b464fb	type	Straight Man
Horrible Bosses / int_83b464fb	comment	Nick is the Straight Man and The Comically Serious, and acts as The Smart Guy in an Only Sane Man type of way.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
Horrible Bosses / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Nick is the blue to Kurt's and Dale's red. Kurt is the red to Nick's and Dale's blue. Dale is the red to Nick's blue, but the blue to Kurt's red.
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Horrible Bosses / int_853e45d1	type	Mistaken for Pregnant
Horrible Bosses / int_853e45d1	comment	Mistaken for Pregnant: "Large Marge"
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Horrible Bosses / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Horrible Bosses / int_875615dd	comment	Dale got drunk at a bar that happened to be next to a playground, and went outside to publicly urinate. It was night, and there were no kids there, but he's still a registered sex offender, which is why he's stuck working for Julia. Truth in Television, as the legislation enhancing penalties for certain activities near playgrounds, schools, and such is based on the location, rather than whether or not there are any children present.
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Horrible Bosses / int_88cee6e2	type	Abhorrent Admirer
Horrible Bosses / int_88cee6e2	comment	Abhorrent Admirer: Julia, at least to Dale. She probably wouldn't be this to other guys (assuming if they're single and/or straight).
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Horrible Bosses / int_8950ea66	type	"Strangers on a Train"-Plot Murder
Horrible Bosses / int_8950ea66	comment	"Strangers on a Train"-Plot Murder: Name-checked, then confused by Dale with Throw Momma from the Train, earning him a Dope Slap.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8970d739	type	The One That Got Away
Horrible Bosses / int_8970d739	comment	The One That Got Away: Julia explains that Dale is this to her, and that she pursues him so aggressively because he's the only guy to ever turn down sex with her.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8b606a51	type	There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Horrible Bosses / int_8b606a51	comment	The way Rex kills Burt is very similar to Harken's murder of Bobby; see There Is No Kill Like Overkill in the general folder.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8ca9bf12	type	Sex Equals Love
Horrible Bosses / int_8ca9bf12	comment	Sex Equals Love: There are hints throughout the movie that this happens to Nick after he has sex with Julia (or that he at least develops some kind of feelings for her), despite his denial. Kurt and Dale tease him about this.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
Horrible Bosses / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: Harken's wife Rhonda doesn't seem the brightest bulb, being unable to tell what guests she invited to a party she is organizing.
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Horrible Bosses / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Horrible Bosses / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	He turns against his father Burt by first joining in on the scheme to extort Burt's money, and later by killing him (although, to be fair, Burt did kind of have it coming to him).
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Horrible Bosses / int_9298d265	type	Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life
Horrible Bosses / int_9298d265	comment	Dale also threatens this, but no one else would hire him — see Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life.
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Horrible Bosses / int_93399c3c	type	Patricide
Horrible Bosses / int_93399c3c	comment	Patricide: Angry that his dad called the police even after being told that Rex's life would be in danger if he did so, and figuring that Burt wanted his so-called kidnappers to kill him off, Rex decides to literally backstab (or shoot) him with a Colt Python and inherit all of his dad's company and billions of dollars.
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Horrible Bosses / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Horrible Bosses / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Both Rex and Burt act friendly to the main trio in a smug, insincere tone.
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Horrible Bosses / int_978a82e6	type	Big Bad Duumvirate
Horrible Bosses / int_978a82e6	comment	Big Bad Duumvirate/Big Bad Ensemble: The father-and-son team of Burt and Rex Hanson, with Julia returning as a secondary antagonist. In the climax, though, Rex reveals himself as the true Big Bad and pulls an Eviler than Thou by killing Burt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
Horrible Bosses / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: If you missed it the first time, it's blatantly obvious the second time that Motherfucker Jones is up and phoning it in through the entire movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Horrible Bosses / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: After spending most of the series as The Millstone of of the trio, Dale does this, as the bad guy is about to get away while Kurt, Nick, and the entire large group of cops are just helplessly watching, by attempting to straight-up attack Rex, even though Rex has a gun. Granted, he does still get shot for doing so, but that still took some major balls, and it's what ultimately allowed Hatcher to save the day — and saved the three friends from jail time.
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Horrible Bosses / int_9ce377f1	type	Cure Your Gays
Horrible Bosses / int_9ce377f1	comment	Cure Your Gays/Intimate Psychotherapy: Julia apparently tries to do this on any gay guys who show up to her sex addiction group meetings. Her latest target is "Glanston" (Nick), who is happy to play along if it means getting laid.
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Horrible Bosses / int_9ce6492a	type	Taking the Bullet
Horrible Bosses / int_9ce6492a	comment	Taking the Bullet: Dale inadvertently does this for Detective Hatcher in the movie's climax. When Rex takes Hatcher hostage, Dale furiously charges Rex and ends up getting shot. He was doing it less for Hatcher's sake, though, and more because he was furious that Rex had destroyed his life and was about to get away with everything he'd done. It ends up working out for him, though; he survives after being in a coma for four days, and this is the major reason that he and his friends don't get into much worse trouble than they do. Kurt lampshades this:
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Horrible Bosses / int_9e727954	type	Indulgent Fantasy Segue
Horrible Bosses / int_9e727954	comment	Indulgent Fantasy Segue: The protagonists and Rex imagine succeeding with their kidnapping-and-ransom scheme, picturing themselves sunbathing by a pool and surrounded by money, hot girls, and Dale's wife and kids.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a0cf200f	type	Digital Piracy Is Evil
Horrible Bosses / int_a0cf200f	comment	Digital Piracy Is Evil: Why Motherfucker Jones spent ten years in prison. And it was only one movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a24670a4	type	Benevolent Boss
Horrible Bosses / int_a24670a4	comment	Benevolent Boss: During their brief tenure as business owners, the three protagonists appear to be this. (Maybe a bit too benevolent.)
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Horrible Bosses / int_a280f130	type	Take This Job and Shove It
Horrible Bosses / int_a280f130	comment	Take This Job and Shove It: Nick tries this. Then he finds out that to get another job, he'd need Harken's recommendation, and Harken wants him right where he is: stuck in a position he hates with no possibility of advancement. This culminates in Harken calling him his "bitch." Dale also threatens this, but no one else would hire him — see Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life. All three of them consider this... until they meet their unemployed former classmate who is so desperate for money he does handjobs for cash. All three apparently ended up doing this offscreen between the first and second films, in favor of starting up their own business and never having to work for anyone else again.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a39d6056	type	Nice to the Waiter
Horrible Bosses / int_a39d6056	comment	Nice to the Waiter: If only the bosses had treated their employees with something resembling decency, they wouldn't have ended up dead (Bobby Pellitt), blackmailed (Julia), and most likely being gang raped in prison (Harken). Jack, Kurt's original boss, by contrast, is shown as being extremely good to employees and a very honest businessman.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a54534a0	type	Parental Neglect
Horrible Bosses / int_a54534a0	comment	Parental Neglect: It is heavily implied, and later basically confirmed, that Burt values his money over his son's life. This is what ultimately leads Rex to diverge from his original secret agenda of simply stealing from his father and leaving the three protagonists to take the fall, instead deciding to kill Burt in revenge to take over his company and frame the trio for that instead.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a5f998ea	type	Stockholm Syndrome
Horrible Bosses / int_a5f998ea	comment	Stockholm Syndrome/Lima Syndrome: Discussed and lampshaded. Depending on your perspective, as Rex, in a way, metaphorically kidnapped the three protagonists via blackmail/extortion when he forced them to "kidnap" him. Either way, the guys do start to sympathize with Rex and take a liking to him. It doesn't work out well for them.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a5fa9313	type	Faked Kidnapping
Horrible Bosses / int_a5fa9313	comment	Faked Kidnapping: The main plot.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Horrible Bosses / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Motherfucker Jones gets away with stealing the ransom money from the heroes, and is shown investing it in Pinkberry at the end of the film. To a much darker degree, Julia, who rapes Dale when he is in a coma and is either going to seduce Stacy or has already done so.
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Horrible Bosses / int_a8c1433e	type	Dead Star Walking
Horrible Bosses / int_a8c1433e	comment	Dead Star Walking: Donald Sutherland as Jack Pellitt. Quite obvious given the film's basic premise.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ab2df806	type	Red Baron
Horrible Bosses / int_ab2df806	comment	Red Baron: "Motherfucker" Jones. He got his name when his mother was passed out drunk and naked, and he took his hand and reached deep inside her purse, stealing all her money. Yeah, he really fucked her over.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ac560dc4	type	Save the Villain
Horrible Bosses / int_ac560dc4	comment	Save the Villain: Dale does another inadvertent one in a "Save the Antagonistic Police Who Tried to Arrest Us" version. See Let's Get Dangerous! and Taking the Bullet.
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Horrible Bosses / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Horrible Bosses / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: If you count watching Law & Order as a skill.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Horrible Bosses / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The guys get a massive one as Stacy shows up right when Dale is about to be forced into sex with Julia, leading to a Mistaken for Cheating moment and culminating in Stacy angrily storming off. This enrages Dale, who then pretends to agree to have sex with Julia, only to then lock her in the bathroom so he, Nick, and Kurt can leave.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ad786c6b	type	Hookers and Blow
Horrible Bosses / int_ad786c6b	comment	Hookers and Blow: Bobby's principal interests.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ad806839	type	Sexual Extortion
Horrible Bosses / int_ad806839	comment	Sexual Extortion: Julia threatens to turn all three of them in to the police for breaking into her office unless they all have sex with her.
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Horrible Bosses / int_adfd3165	type	For the Evulz
Horrible Bosses / int_adfd3165	comment	For the Evulz: Bert seems to get a sadistic satisfaction out of screwing people over, and his son is no different.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Horrible Bosses / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Inverted. Julia dresses in revealing clothing, and, in one scene, just a coat. However, it's all to sexually harass Dale, making the scenes very uncomfortable to watch.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
Horrible Bosses / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Kurt wished that Burt were dead for scamming the three friends out of their money and trademark product. Near the end, they get Burt killed by having joined forces with Rex, who was scheming to kill off his own dad for a long time now to inherit his billions of dollars and was waiting for the perfect opportunity to do so. Kurt is not euphoric about Bert's death.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b0a529cb	type	Extreme Doormat
Horrible Bosses / int_b0a529cb	comment	Extreme Doormat: Nick. Dale and Kurt stand up to their respective bosses from the get-go — albeit to no avail — but Nick doesn't assert himself with Harken until after Harken reveals that he's not going to promote him; Nick even says in voiceover at the beginning of the film "that the key to success, and no one will teach you this in business school, is taking shit."
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Horrible Bosses / int_b4ab30ef	type	Weaponized Allergy
Horrible Bosses / int_b4ab30ef	comment	Weaponized Allergy: The original plan for Harken was to trigger his peanut allergy by putting peanuts in his bathroom products.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
Horrible Bosses / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Basically everything that the three do while at Rex's house (Kurt outright ringing the doorbell, them getting the credit card stuck on the other side of the door, them releasing the happy gas they're supposed to use on Rex on themselves instead while hiding in the closet, Dale openly shouting "HEY REX!!!" when they wake up the next morning).
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Horrible Bosses / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Horrible Bosses / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Nick actually averts this for the most part in this film, other than the dumb stuff that the trio does collectively. Sadly, Dale and Kurt make up for it by playing this trope extremely straight: The fact that the guys started manufacturing without receiving any money or signed agreement (or anything other than a non-recorded verbal agreement) from Burt was unbelievably dumb, as Harken points out. Nick and Kurt especially should have known better, since Nick previously worked for a financial firm and Kurt was a former accountant, but really, you'd think all three would have done a lot more research and been better prepared if they really wanted to start their own business. Kurt and Dale planning to get into Rex's house by hoping the door was unlocked... with no backup plan. (See Insane Troll Logic above.) Basically everything that the three do while at Rex's house (Kurt outright ringing the doorbell, them getting the credit card stuck on the other side of the door, them releasing the happy gas they're supposed to use on Rex on themselves instead while hiding in the closet, Dale openly shouting "HEY REX!!!" when they wake up the next morning). Dale blurts out the word "kidnapping" in front of the cops in a major I Never Said It Was Poison slip-up. Only a huge Idiot Ball moment from the cops saved them from that. Dale reminding Rex that he's still wearing pants stained with his father's blood. Kurt seems to have learned his lesson and remembers to record the bad guy's confession, but doesn't think to keep his mouth shut about it even when being held at gunpoint, prompting said bad guy to just force him to hand the recorder over, then smash it. Just the fact that, eventually, all three guys allowed themselves to trust Rex even after seeing his skewed humor and insanely good acting skills was pretty dumb.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b5e23d81	type	The Collector
Horrible Bosses / int_b5e23d81	comment	The Collector: Julia, apparently, collects "cocks", a metaphor for simply any man she sleeps with. She reveals in this film that the major reason she pursues Dale so relentlessly is that he is the only man to continually (and successfully) resist her.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b6a868f1	type	Intimate Psychotherapy
Horrible Bosses / int_b6a868f1	comment	Intimate Psychotherapy: Kurt tries this on Julia. It doesn't work very well.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Horrible Bosses / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: After Burt cons Nick, Kurt, and Dale out of their business and they go to Harken for advice, he admonishes them for "ruining the livelihoods of their employees". Coming from a guy who murdered someone and tried to kill/frame the trio for it, this is just priceless.
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Horrible Bosses / int_b7bc7d28	type	Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
Horrible Bosses / int_b7bc7d28	comment	Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Dale and Kurt have very short attention spans.
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Horrible Bosses / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
Horrible Bosses / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Bobby's and Rex's attitudes are basically this.
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Horrible Bosses / int_bbc77bb5	type	Hard Truth Aesop
Horrible Bosses / int_bbc77bb5	comment	Hard Truth Aesop: Many businesspeople are dishonest, so be prepared in case they try and steal your ideas or IPs.
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Horrible Bosses / int_bbe740e2	type	Tyrant Takes the Helm
Horrible Bosses / int_bbe740e2	comment	Tyrant Takes the Helm: Bobby Pellitt, a hedonistic Jerkass who takes over his late father's company and uses it as his personal piggy bank.
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Horrible Bosses / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Horrible Bosses / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Harken's is whenever a random man has sex with his wife Rhonda. According to Harken, Rhonda's having sex with every man in the neighborhood.
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Horrible Bosses / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
Horrible Bosses / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Julia. According to the second movie, she "collects" cocks (as a metaphor), has "quite an impressive trophy room", and lost her virginity at age eleven. The reason she's so fixated on Dale is that he's the only man she's pursued who's ever resisted her. Kurt is implied to be this. He flirts with numerous hot women in both movies, and we have no reason to believe he's not successful at least a good portion of the time. Heck, in the first movie, he scored with Julia and Rhonda in the same night, and had little trouble charming and winning over Rhonda (a married woman).
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Horrible Bosses / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Horrible Bosses / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Harken's wife is a very beautiful, glamourous, seductive blonde with a massive set of cleavage, as opposed to him being very ugly inside and out.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c04550fe	type	The Pornomancer
Horrible Bosses / int_c04550fe	comment	The Pornomancer: Kurt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c0d598fe	type	Evil Gloating
Horrible Bosses / int_c0d598fe	comment	Near the beginning, a mere minute after calmly informing the protagonists of his plans to cheat them out of their business, Burt expresses disapproval when Rex rubs their faces in it.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c289826f	type	Double Standard Rape: Female on Male
Horrible Bosses / int_c289826f	comment	Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: The film's position on this is quite murky. On the one hand, Dale is upset by what happens and calls Julia a rapist and she is clearly portrayed as a horrible person, but the sexual harassment scenes are also Played for Laughs. On the other hand, Dale's friends clearly believe that it's fine when it's a hot woman like Jennifer Aniston. Note that Dale's the only one of the three in a relationship, and him having a fiancee and Julia trying to break them up is a large part of the reason why him being sexually harassed is considered to be a serious problem.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
Horrible Bosses / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Dale is what happens when you take the standard sweet, innocent working girl who gets sexually harassed in movies like 9 to 5, flip her gender, and change absolutely nothing else. He's not exactly effeminate, and he's definitely not camp, but he's still an unusual example of a straight male character carrying traditionally feminine virtues and flaws being portrayed quite positively high. (Then again, he also has the buried rage common in said common working girls...)
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Horrible Bosses / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
Horrible Bosses / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: All three of them, but especially Kurt and Dale, when it comes to Rex.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
Horrible Bosses / int_c5f0119c	comment	Kurt and Dale planning to get into Rex's house by hoping the door was unlocked... with no backup plan. (See Insane Troll Logic above.)
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Horrible Bosses / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Horrible Bosses / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: A few including to Strangers on a Train, Snow Falling on Cedars, and Law & Order. "How you like them nipples?" There's one to The Accused.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Horrible Bosses / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Rex likely became a backstabbing Jerkass because of his greedy, neglectful father and the lack of a meaningful relationship with him.
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Horrible Bosses / int_c8b4278b	comment	Straight Man and Wise Guy: Nick is the Straight Man, Kurt is the Wise Guy, and Dale can be either or both.
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Horrible Bosses / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
Horrible Bosses / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Burt and Rex, who remorselessly double-cross the protagonists and cheat them out of their business.
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Horrible Bosses / int_cd427ce1	type	A Man Is Always Eager
Horrible Bosses / int_cd427ce1	comment	A Man Is Always Eager: Averted with Dale and played straight with Kurt. Dale rejects Julia's advances because he's engaged (and later married) and because it's unethical to sleep with one's employer, whereas Kurt is a horndog who hits on every pretty woman he meets.
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Horrible Bosses / int_cec8b87a	type	This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!
Horrible Bosses / int_cec8b87a	comment	This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: "Look who's the Predator now, bitch." Also, a subtle Call-Back to Dale being unfairly labeled a sex offender.
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Horrible Bosses / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: Rex Hanson — he mentions that he and his dad haven't been getting along lately because Burt's been "refusing to cover some of [his] expenses, yada yada yada". He later kills his dad near the climax of the film so he can inherit the company.
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Horrible Bosses / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: In his Strawman Political scene, Burt criticizes "people who want handouts from those who make an honest living", implying that he himself makes an honest living when his success was actually the result of brazenly screwing people like Nick, Kurt, and Dale over all the time.
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Horrible Bosses / int_d7d8e447	type	Depraved Dentist
Horrible Bosses / int_d7d8e447	comment	Depraved Dentist: Julia, on a scale never seen since Steve Martin wore a gas mask in Little Shop of Horrors.
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Horrible Bosses / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
Horrible Bosses / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: All three of the protagonists have this relationship with each other, complete with frequent dope slaps, but it's especially true between Kurt and Dale. The two of them bicker and slap each other the most (with Nick sometimes playing peacekeeper and other times siding with one or the other), but they're also the ones that frequently spazz out together and get carried away with the group's shenanigans, leaving it up to Nick to balance them out and act as the voice of reason.
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Horrible Bosses / int_d848560f	comment	When the protagonists visit Harken in jail, he states that he admires how Burt "bent you three idiots over a barrell and showed you the fifty states", a phrase Kurt used in the first movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Horrible Bosses / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: "I'll be in the car" could double as Nick's catchphrase.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dabc7a46	comment	Motherfucker Jones is the Fourth Ranger, and also the Genius Bruiser.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Bobby's dad is the only one in the entire movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Horrible Bosses / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Jones is this near the climax when he shows up in the parking garage and helps the three leads escape from the cops. Rex is another literal example when he shows up near the film's climax and shoots Burt.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dd082289	type	A Million Is a Statistic
Horrible Bosses / int_dd082289	comment	A Million Is a Statistic: Bobby Pellitt's willing to let thousands of people in Bolivia die rather than pay extra to properly dispose of chemicals.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dd4d4d19	type	Taught by Television
Horrible Bosses / int_dd4d4d19	comment	Taught by Television: Dale learned enough practical law from Law & Order to know that the cops can't hold him if they can't charge him with anything.
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Horrible Bosses / int_dda12cb3	comment	Cat Scare: Happens three times, though only the first time is it scary.
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Horrible Bosses / int_de7b7cbf	comment	Drugs Are Bad: Bobby has seriously messed himself up on cocaine.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e064dc5a	type	Plot Allergy
Horrible Bosses / int_e064dc5a	comment	Plot Allergy: Harken is lethally allergic to peanuts.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e150c4c7	comment	Manchild / Psychopathic Man Child: Rex again. Kurt and Dale are Flanderized into this, as proven in the scene where they almost get caught because they're too busy coming up with code names for themselves.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e2023325	comment	Strawman Political: Burt, due to his cutthroat attitude towards business and disdain for people wanting "handouts".
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Horrible Bosses / int_e4bb68b8	type	The Charmer
Horrible Bosses / int_e4bb68b8	comment	Kurt is The Charmer and the Boisterous Weakling of the team, and acts as The Smart Guy in terms of coming up with the plans.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Horrible Bosses / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Rex is one of Bobby from the first movie, and his father Burt is one of Harken. Though ironically, they're a reversal from said expies in terms of who kills whom.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e5e6640b	comment	Kurt and Dale are Flanderized into this, as proven in the scene where they almost get caught because they're too busy coming up with code names for themselves.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
Horrible Bosses / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: All three bosses, as the title implies. Harken's a sociopath who treats his workers like slaves, Julia's a rapist and (as the sequel reveals) ephebephile who likes taking advantage of her patients while they're under the effects of laughing gas and Bobby is a sleazy, disgusting hedonist with an overinflated ego.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e79b033c	type	Scooby Stack
Horrible Bosses / int_e79b033c	comment	Scooby Stack: After waking up in Rex's house, Nick and Dale start the stack, but Kurt interrupts to talk about the daytime view.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e7ae07f5	type	Briefcase Full of Money
Horrible Bosses / int_e7ae07f5	comment	Briefcase Full of Money: Jones's fee, although it doesn't completely fill the briefcase he demands.
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Horrible Bosses / int_e8cae797	type	Freudian Trio
Horrible Bosses / int_e8cae797	comment	Freudian Trio: Kurt is the Id, Dale is the Ego, and Nick is the Superego.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ea08e9	type	The Team
Horrible Bosses / int_ea08e9	comment	The Team: Of a Vitriolic Best Buds variety, but since the guys usually do discuss options, make plans, tackle their problems and obstacles, and work together overall, they count as this, though there is no single Leader / Lancer. Instead, all three are The Smart Guy in different ways, and have their own extra roles: Nick is the Straight Man and The Comically Serious, and acts as The Smart Guy in an Only Sane Man type of way. Dale is The Heart, and is The Smart Guy in a Genre Savvy type of way (since he what knows the police are likely to look for, and has the most knowledge of the criminal justice system due to watching Law & Order). Kurt is The Charmer and the Boisterous Weakling of the team, and acts as The Smart Guy in terms of coming up with the plans. Motherfucker Jones is the Fourth Ranger, and also the Genius Bruiser. In the second movie, Rex is the Tagalong Kid / Sixth Ranger Traitor.
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Horrible Bosses / int_eb5b71fe	type	Clingy Jealous Girl
Horrible Bosses / int_eb5b71fe	comment	Clingy Jealous Girl: Stacy, Dale's wife, shows signs of this, as she half-hysterically accuses him of cheating on her after he fails to come home one night, and uses her phone to track his on two different occasions, the second of which leads to a massive Oh, Crap! moment. This may also count as a Retcon, since Stacy showed no hints of this in the original film. Dale even told Julia that Stacy wouldn't believe her if the former told the latter that he was cheating. Maybe having kids brought on the change?
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Horrible Bosses / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Horrible Bosses / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Burt and Rex Hanson.
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Horrible Bosses / int_ece6f910	type	Moment Killer
Horrible Bosses / int_ece6f910	comment	Moment Killer: Dale has one:
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Horrible Bosses / int_f01a54f1	type	Evil Feels Good
Horrible Bosses / int_f01a54f1	comment	Evil Feels Good: Not who you'd think; it's actually Harken in the first film and Rex in the second who start to like killing. The protagonists themselves eventually realize, in both films, that they are not cut out to be criminals.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f10d3363	type	Distracted by the Sexy
Horrible Bosses / int_f10d3363	comment	Distracted by the Sexy: This again happens with Kurt, who accidentally leaves Burt his own phone instead of the untraceable one after seeing a pair of hot girls jog by. He also is very distracted by Rex's hot secretary, and he hires numerous hot, unqualified women for their new business despite Nick's and Dale's hesitation, only to be dismayed when they tell him that he can neither sleep with them nor fire them for not being able to sleep with them, as both scenarios would be sexual harassment.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f360fc33	comment	Dumbass Has a Point: Nick and Kurt are furious with Dale for saving Harken after he almost dies from an allergic reaction. However, as Dale points out, he had no idea that it was Harken he was saving, since Nick didn't show him or Kurt what Harken looked like ahead of time.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f471abbb	type	Chain-Link Fence
Horrible Bosses / int_f471abbb	comment	Chain-Link Fence: When the protagonists and Motherfucker Jones are leading the police to the warehouse, they are trapped in a parking lot by one of these. Jones tries to solve the problem by running the car straight through it, but it doesn't work as expected, as the car drags the door and a big section of the fence along for the rest of the drive, like a mobile cage.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f5b7b990	type	Verbal Backspace
Horrible Bosses / int_f5b7b990	comment	Verbal Backspace: When Kurt tries to convince Nick to join the plan.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f604f64b	comment	Lady, He's, Like, In a Coma: Julia implies that she did this to Dale when he was in a coma for a few days after being shot.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Horrible Bosses / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: For the three main characters. Kurt has Bobby murdered in his house and his company returns to its former glory, Nick has Harken taken to prison for killing Bobby and takes over Harken's job as company president, and Dale humiliates and blackmails Julia into paying for his honeymoon and stopping her sexual harassment of him. Of course, this is all reversed in the second movie.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f6b2bfb7	comment	Gold Digger: Somewhat implied with Harken's wife, who cheats on him regularly. She probably didn't marry him for his personality...
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Horrible Bosses / int_f933e594	type	How the Mighty Have Fallen
Horrible Bosses / int_f933e594	comment	How the Mighty Have Fallen: While Kenny used to work at Lehman Brothers right after college, now he can't find a restaurant that'll hire him.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f96f188c	comment	Drives Like Crazy: Motherfucker Jones when he and the trio are fleeing the police.
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Horrible Bosses / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Kurt repeatedly refers to Dale's infant children as Dale's little "boys" or "sons". Dale and Stacy have triplet daughters together. Kurt mishearing "cocks" vs "cogs". The first two times, he hears someone saying "cogs" and thinks they're saying "cocks". The third time, it happens the other way around.
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Horrible Bosses / int_fbc54605	type	Riches to Rags
Horrible Bosses / int_fbc54605	comment	Riches to Rags: Kenny Sommerfeld, who used to make 6 figures working at Lehman Brothers. Now he's dirt-poor and reduced to begging for loose change at a restaurant he's been banned from.
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Horrible Bosses / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Horrible Bosses / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: In-universe, Nick and Kurt fail to see how Dale being repeatedly sexually assaulted by his psychopathic boss is all that bad, just because... well, 'cause she's Jennifer Aniston. A lot of audience members feel the same way. They do see it as a problem, though, it's just that they don't think it's in the same league as their issues:
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Horrible Bosses / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Every once in a while, Dale snaps.
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Horrible Bosses / int_fda23a3b	comment	Spear Counterpart: The movie is essentially a gender-flipped remake of the 1980 film 9 to 5, in which three employees get revenge on their boss for their constant abuse towards them.
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Horrible Bosses / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Kenny, the mutual friend of the three protagonists who will do anything for money.
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Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Acceptable Hard Luck Targets / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Accidental Pervert / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Black Bra and Panties / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Black Comedy Rape / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Cat Scare / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Comic Trio / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Depraved Dentist / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Double Standard Rape: Female on Male / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Driver Faces Passenger / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Dude, She's Like in a Coma / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Erotic Eating / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Executive Excess / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Faked Kidnapping / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Films of 2010â€“2014 / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Hookers and Blow / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	I Have a Family / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Imagined Innuendo / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Inadequate Inheritor / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Indulgent Fantasy Segue / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Intimate Psychotherapy / int_47d3768e
IoanGruffudd	seeAlso	Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Is This Thing Still On? / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Lima Syndrome / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Market-Based Title / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mean Boss / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mistaken for Badass / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mistaken for Cheating / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mistaken for Gay / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mistaken for Pedophile / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Mistaken for Pregnant / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Navel-Deep Neckline / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Off the Table / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Operator from India / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Patricide / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Police Brutality Gambit / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Secondary Character Title / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Sesquipedalian Smith / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Sexual Extortion / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Sketchy Successor / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	"Strangers on a Train"-Plot Murder / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Trouble Entendre / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Tyrant Takes the Helm / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Un-Entendre / int_47d3768e
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Weaponized Allergy / int_47d3768e
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	seeAlso	Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses	hasFeature	Scarpia Ultimatum / int_47d3768e

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