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Horrible Bosses
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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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The Millstone | |
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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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Same-Sex Triplets | |
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Same-Sex Triplets: Dale's daughters. | |
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Trailers Always Spoil | |
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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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Tempting Fate | |
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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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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"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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The Sociopath | |
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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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The Cameo | |
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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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The Heart | |
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The Heart: Dale. Kurt even calls him this, verbatim, at the start of the second movie. Even though he makes numerous dumb mistakes that exasperate Nick and Kurt, we see several examples in both movies that, when the chips are down, he is the one who holds the group together. Most prominently: in the first movie, when Nick and Kurt are on the verge of turning on each other, Dale uses his "Law and Order" knowledge to force the cops to let them all go, and in the second, he bravely but recklessly charges at the bad guy and gets shot, which ultimately causes the the D.A. to drop many of the bigger charges and keeps the guys from getting into irreparable trouble. Kurt once refers to him as "our little Kevin Costner; you're our bodyguard." | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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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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The Hedonist | |
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The Hedonist: Bobby Pellitt. | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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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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Black Comedy | |
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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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Nepotism | |
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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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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Subverted with the claw/fang from Predator that Rex gave to Dale. | |
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Donald Sutherland. | |
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Brutal Honesty | |
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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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Only Sane Man | |
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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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Dope Slap | |
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Dope Slap: The three protagonists frequently inflict these on each other. | |
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Bald of Evil | |
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Bald of Evil: Bobby, however hard he tries to cover it with that awful combover. | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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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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Sesquipedalian Smith | |
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Sesquipedalian Smith: Motherfucker Jones. | |
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IKEA Erotica | |
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IKEA Erotica: Julia calls Dale and demands that he describe how he'd pleasure her. He improvises. Poorly. | |
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Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor | |
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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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Beard of Evil | |
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Beard of Evil: Burt and Rex. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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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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Mistaken for Cheating | |
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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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Scary Black Man | |
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Scary Black Man: Motherfucker Jones. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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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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Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work | |
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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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Kick the Dog | |
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Kick the Dog: Burt and Rex both get several. | |
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Lingerie Scene | |
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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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Executive Excess | |
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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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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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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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Murder the Hypotenuse | |
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Murder the Hypotenuse: Why Harken kills Pellitt — the irony being that the victim isn't actually the hypotenuse. | |
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Comic Trio | |
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Comic Trio: Kurt, Nick, and Dale, complete with frequently slapping each other. | |
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Engineered Public Confession | |
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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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Team Power Walk | |
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Team Power Walk: Parodied and discussed. The trio attempts a "super cool slow-mo walk", but they suck. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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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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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Yup. It's right there in the title. | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident | |
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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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Ungrateful Bastard | |
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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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Blatant Lies | |
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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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Manipulative Bastard | |
Horrible Bosses / int_40c57041 | comment |
Manipulative Bastard: Burt and Rex, again. | |
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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_40cc0c7e | |
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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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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_434d893c | |
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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_43dc74d0 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
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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-0.3 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_44fc28e8 | |
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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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_47b152f9 | |
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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_496569e8 | |
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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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_4aa24ad9 | |
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_4aaffbd5 | |
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_4ae690ca | |
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_4c851777 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_4f84cdef | type |
Smug Snake | |
Horrible Bosses / int_4f84cdef | comment |
Smug Snake: The Hansons. | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_4f84cdef | |
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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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_50b9b3d0 | |
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_530350d5 | |
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_5313c266 | |
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_561dab6b | |
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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-0.3 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_562abd51 | |
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_599f943f | |
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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-0.3 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_5a371c8f | |
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_5e1ecc50 | |
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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-0.3 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_606244c2 | |
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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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_607d4ada | |
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_6106d967 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6197e7cb | featureApplicability |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6197e7cb | |
Horrible Bosses / int_658f7193 | type |
Lack of Empathy | |
Horrible Bosses / int_658f7193 | comment |
Lack of Empathy: Burt and Rex. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_658f7193 | |
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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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_659235a4 | |
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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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_65bc92fc | |
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_68068108 | |
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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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_69204ab8 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6a47a1e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6a47a1e2 | |
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_6b05b601 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6c87dbef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6c87dbef | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6edc54d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6edc54d5 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Dale at the end. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6ef6417b | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_6f214508 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_6f214508 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_714342fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_714342fb | |
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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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_729c69f3 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_72cdfc33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_72cdfc33 | |
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. | |
Horrible Bosses / int_751bd286 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_751bd286 | |
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". | |
Horrible Bosses / int_758c3034 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
Horrible Bosses | hasFeature |
Horrible Bosses / int_758c3034 | |
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? | |
Horrible Bosses / int_7815ba15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_7815ba15 | |
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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"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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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: "Nice job fucking the crazy out of her Kurt!" | |
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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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Large Ham | |
Horrible Bosses / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Dale. Also Rex in the sequel. | |
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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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Mistaken for Pregnant | |
Horrible Bosses / int_853e45d1 | comment |
Mistaken for Pregnant: "Large Marge" | |
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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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Abhorrent Admirer | |
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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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"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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The One That Got Away | |
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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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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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Sex Equals Love | |
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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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Dumb Blonde | |
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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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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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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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Patricide | |
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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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Faux Affably Evil | |
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Faux Affably Evil: Both Rex and Burt act friendly to the main trio in a smug, insincere tone. | |
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Big Bad Duumvirate | |
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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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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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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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Cure Your Gays | |
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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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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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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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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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Benevolent Boss | |
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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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Take This Job and Shove It | |
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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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NiceToTheWaiter | |
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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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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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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Faked Kidnapping | |
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Faked Kidnapping: The main plot. | |
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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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Dead Star Walking | |
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Dead Star Walking: Donald Sutherland as Jack Pellitt. Quite obvious given the film's basic premise. | |
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Red Baron | |
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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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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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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Chekhov's Skill: If you count watching Law & Order as a skill. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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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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Hookers and Blow | |
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Hookers and Blow: Bobby's principal interests. | |
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Sexual Extortion | |
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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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For the Evulz | |
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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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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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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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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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Extreme Doormat | |
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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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Weaponized Allergy | |
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Weaponized Allergy: The original plan for Harken was to trigger his peanut allergy by putting peanuts in his bathroom products. | |
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Epic Fail | |
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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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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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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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Intimate Psychotherapy | |
Horrible Bosses / int_b6a868f1 | comment |
Intimate Psychotherapy: Kurt tries this on Julia. It doesn't work very well. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Pornomancer | |
Horrible Bosses / int_c04550fe | comment |
The Pornomancer: Kurt. | |
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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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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_c289826f | |
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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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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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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Straight Man and Wise Guy | |
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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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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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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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_cec8b87a | |
Horrible Bosses / int_cfc52d52 | type |
Spoiled Brat | |
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_cfc52d52 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_d52d28b6 | type |
Hypocrite | |
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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Depraved Dentist | |
Horrible Bosses / int_d7d8e447 | comment |
Assigning Kurt, the most sex-crazed of the three, to stalk and kill Julia predictably results in him sleeping with her, making him an automatic suspect in her potential murder later on. | |
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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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Unusual Euphemism | |
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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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_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
Horrible Bosses / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Bobby's dad is the only one in the entire movie. | |
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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_dd082289 | |
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_dd4d4d19 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_dda12cb3 | type |
Cat Scare | |
Horrible Bosses / int_dda12cb3 | comment |
Cat Scare: Happens three times, though only the first time is it scary. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
Horrible Bosses / int_de7b7cbf | comment |
Drugs Are Bad: Bobby has seriously messed himself up on cocaine. | |
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Plot Allergy | |
Horrible Bosses / int_e064dc5a | comment |
Plot Allergy: Harken is lethally allergic to peanuts. | |
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Horrible Bosses / int_e150c4c7 | type |
Manchild | |
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_e150c4c7 | |
Horrible Bosses / int_e2023325 | type |
StrawmanPolitical | |
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_e2023325 | |
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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Flanderization | |
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_e5fd8bc2 | |
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_e7ae07f5 | |
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_e8cae797 | |
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. | |
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Clingy Jealous Girl | |
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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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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Burt and Rex Hanson. | |
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Moment Killer: Dale has one: | |
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Evil Feels Good | |
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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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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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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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Dumbass Has a Point | |
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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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Chain-Link Fence | |
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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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Verbal Backspace | |
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Verbal Backspace: When Kurt tries to convince Nick to join the plan. | |
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Dude, She's Like in a Coma | |
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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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Earn Your Happy Ending | |
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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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Gold Digger | |
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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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How the Mighty Have Fallen | |
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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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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Motherfucker Jones when he and the trio are fleeing the police. | |
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Running Gag | |
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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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Riches to Rags | |
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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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Comically Missing the Point | |
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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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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Every once in a while, Dale snaps. | |
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SpearCounterpart | |
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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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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Kenny, the mutual friend of the three protagonists who will do anything for money. | |
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