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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Jeff, Who Lives at Home is a 2011 American indie dramedy film starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms about the most life changing day in the lives of two brothers and those close to them. Susan Sarandon and Judy Greer co-star as their mother and Helm's wife respectively.Jeff Thompkins is a serious slacker, still living with his mother, who is constantly belittled by his older brother, Pat, for not doing anything with his life. Pat, on the other hand, has made a somewhat successful career in business; though due to his short temper and low emotional-range, is on the verge of a divorce with his wife. Their mother meanwhile, is coming to a mid-life crisis and woes over the fact that she hasn't known romance in so long, though she seems to find excitement in her office from the most unexpected of places.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The film begins as Jeff gets a call from his mother to get glue to fix a broken shutter. Jeff, who believes his life works in signs from the universe, leaves the house to get the glue, but is distracted by a similar pattern of names. On his way, he meets up with his brother who then pursuit Pat's wife together, who seems to be involved in an affair.Due to its overall mood, the film would normally be considered a drama, but is made lighthearted sheerly by the "two comedy guys", Pat and Jeff.
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Arc Symbol: Water.
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Annoying Younger Sibling: Pat sees Jeff as this.
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Knew It All Along: The man's name is Kevin, which alludes to the "sign" from the beginning of the movie.
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Widow Woman: Sharon.
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Disappeared Dad: The two main lead's father is dead for six years at the story.
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Lipstick Lesbian: Sharon's secret admirer turns out to be her girlfriend from the office.
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The Slacker
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The Slacker: Jeff, who of course still lives at home with mother.
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Angry Black Man: Jeff eventually gets punched out by a guy he's stalking whose name is Kevin, due to a wrong number call to him earlier in the film.
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Adult Fear: The two little girls in the end remark that they don't know what they would do if their father hadn't been saved.
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold:Pat appears generally apathetic and insensitive, but he cares deeply for his family and will go at extreme lengths for them.
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Actual Pacifist
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Actual Pacifist: Jeff refused to fight back after he was punched out by Kevin's friend. This leads him to be ridiculed by his brother:
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Pat believes that he is the latter and Jeff is the former. Though when it comes to personal relationships, it's probably the other way around.
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Jeff's "signs" seems like a load of crap from the beginning, but he turns out to save a drowning man, a father of two, in the end by chasing an overhead helicopter across a traffic jam. Knew It All Along: The man's name is Kevin, which alludes to the "sign" from the beginning of the movie.
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Hair-Trigger Temper
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Pat. It's a big factor in his divorce, and also led him into crashing into a tree from his brother pestering him about his "signs".
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Race for Your Love
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Race for Your Love: Pat this this for Linda at film's climatic scene.
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The Stoner
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The Stoner: Jeff is a habitual pot smoker and offers a blunt to Kevin after their impromptu basketball session.
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Aloof Big Brother: Pat acts quite apathetic towards Jeff, but not all the way.
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Arc Words: "Kevin" and "Water".
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The Comically Serious
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The Comically Serious: Pat's funny aspect come mainly when he runs into his brother, and when he finds himself in a "business meeting" at Hooters.
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Celebrity Paradox
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Celebrity Paradox: Linda's actress, Judy Greer, starred in a Mel Gibson film before.
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Dysfunction Junction
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Dysfunction Junction: Pat and Linda's marriage is failing, Jeff's life is going nowhere, and their mother has gotten fed up being stuck in the rut of office life.
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Red Oni, Blue Oni
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Red Oni, Blue Oni: The short-tempered older brother, Pat, is the red while his laid-back slacker brother, Jeff, is the blue. Color Motif: Just notice their shirts.
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Your Cheating Heart: Linda is on the verge of doing this.
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Homage
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Homage: Jeff lives his life according to a movie he saw; Signs by Mel Gibson.
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Role Called: The title basically says "The Hero, who is a Lazy Bum".
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Sexless Marriage
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Sexless Marriage: Linda's to-be-lover asks how long it's been since she's has sex in her marriage. She cannot remember and he tells her "It's not just about having sex, it's about making love".
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Color Motif: Just notice their shirts.
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Protagonist Title: Overlaps and zigzags with The Place since only a quarter of the film took place at the house.
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Big Damn Heroes: Jeff made a diving save to rescue two girls and their dad at the film's climax. When it starts looking like a Heroic Sacrifice, Pat did the same to (successfully) rescue him.
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The Alleged Car
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The Alleged Car: Pat's formerly nice Porsche, which gets run into a tree after trying to prove a point that his "signs" don't exist. He then parks illegally to spy on his wife and then tacks on a ticket from earlier to cover up the fact, and gets towed anyway.
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Heroes Want Redheads: Not Jeff per se, but his father and his older brother sure does.
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