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Little Man
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Little Man is a 2006 comedy film from the Wayans Brothers.The plot centers around a diminutive criminal named Calvin Sims (Marlon Wayans) and his accomplice Percy (Tracy Morgan). After a diamond heist goes wrong, Calvin is forced to ditch the diamond inside a nearby woman's purse. They follow the couple home and discover wannabe dad Darryl Edwards (Shawn Wayans) and his overworked wife Vanessa (Kerry Washington). Calvin and Percy hatch a plot to pass Calvin off as a baby left on the couple's doorstep in order to retrieve the diamond. Calvin plays his way into the couple's life while laying off the suspicions of Vanessa's paranoid father Francis, aka "Pops" (John Witherspoon). Meanwhile, Walken (Chazz Palminteri), the mafia boss Calvin pulled the heist for, grows impatient. | |
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Daddy's Girl | |
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Daddy's Girl: Vanessa. Made worse by the fact that her dad is paranoid and judgmental, and constantly belittles Darryl. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: The toy airplane. | |
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Non Sequitur, *Thud* | |
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Non Sequitur, *Thud*: Calvin's partner, Percy, after getting smacked in the face with a trashcan lid. | |
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RapeAsComedy | |
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Rape as Comedy: Played with. Calvin has sex with Vanessa in the dark, and it's played for laughs because she thought it was Darryl going for round two. Weirdly enough, Calvin still ends up takes a platonic liking to her as a maternal figure. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Greg is so much of a Jerk Jock that he has no problem manhandling his or other people's children, as shown in the football scene. Also, the Big Bad threatens to harm Calvin, unaware that he's actually an adult. | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Calvin can bring down normal-sized people with just one or two blows. | |
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Coincidental Broadcast | |
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Coincidental Broadcast: While at a diner, Pops catches a news report about the diamond heist, and sees a mug shot of Calvin. | |
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Doorstop Baby | |
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Doorstop Baby: How Calvin manages to get in the Edwards household. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Heel–Face Turn: Calvin, after realizing Darryl and Vanessa truly care for him. | |
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Spit Take | |
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Spit Take: Calvin and Darryl both do this when Vanessa tells them the milk they are drinking her friend's breasts. | |
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Dinky Drivers | |
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Dinky Drivers: Calvin gets in a car and drives it by using a toy bat to move the pedals. | |
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Gag Penis | |
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Gag Penis: Darryl and Vanessa find out that Calvin has one during a diaper change. | |
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Gilligan Cut | |
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Gilligan Cut: When Calvin insists he isn't dressing like a baby to get the diamond, the very next scene is Calvin, fully shaved, in baby clothes and a dog basket. | |
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The Cuckoolander Was Right | |
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The Cuckoolander Was Right: Pops tries to tell Vanessa and Darryl about Calvin being a jewel thief but they don't believe him until he uses a teddy bear video camera and Darryl watches the footage of Calvin as his true self. | |
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Jerk Jock | |
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Jerk Jock: Darryl's friend, Greg. | |
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Frying Pan of Doom | |
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Frying Pan of Doom: Darryl tries to play a game of peekaboo with "baby" Calvin. Eventually, Calvin gets tired of it and whacks Darryl on the head with a frying pan, knocking him out. He then drags Darryl's unconscious body to the den and places him on the couch to make it look like he was sleeping there. Vanessa then walks in and awakens Darryl and berates him for "sleeping while watching Calvin", leaving poor Darryl completely baffled. | |
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Artistic License – Medicine | |
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Artistic License – Medicine: While it is Played for Laughs, any doctor can fully differentiate between a dwarf and a baby. Even without his facial hair, there are still many signs that Calvin is clearly an adult, his fully developed genitalia and strong body structure being a few of them. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Also, the Big Bad threatens to harm Calvin, unaware that he's actually an adult. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: Darryl and Vanessa believe Calvin to be the victim of some, going by his tattoos and appendectomy scar. Added to the fact that Calvin's own parents have not ever thrown him a birthday party does imply that they did not pay that much attention to him as a kid, if at all. | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: Calvin does not like having his height brought up. | |
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Goo Goo Getup | |
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Goo Goo Getup: The premise. | |
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Ass Shove | |
| Little Man / int_c45c9fcd | comment |
Ass Shove: Calvin learns the hard way that babies have their temperature taken rectally. | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
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Freudian Excuse: Calvin didn't have a family growing up, which explains his criminal ways and getting too used to being Darryl's friend. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: Vanessa's dad, Pops, discovers the truth about Calvin, but when he tries to tell her, she thinks he's gone senile. | |
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Contrived Coincidence | |
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Contrived Coincidence: Calvin is a dwarf, jewel cheif that dresses like a baby to retrieve a diamond from a married couple that (at least the dad) wants a baby and a diamond for the wife's engagement ring. | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates: Pops makes it clear that he does not approve of Vanessa and Darryl's relationship and even encourages his daughter to dump him. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Calvin is fond of this maneuver. Happens so often to the point of it being a Running Gag. | |
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Honorary Uncle | |
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Honorary Uncle: Calvin becomes this to Darryl and Vanessa’s real baby. | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
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Easily Forgiven: Despite all the chaos he caused during his time in the household, Calvin gets off scot-free after he saves Darryl’s life and does the right thing by turning over the diamond to the authorities. Afterwards, Darryl basically shrugs off the whole ordeal and embraces Calvin as his new best friend. Calvin later moves in with the family permanently, acting as an uncle figure to Darryl and Vanessa’s real baby. | |
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