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The Way, Way Back
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A 2013 Coming of Age Dramedy film written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James), is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom Pam (Toni Collette), her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter Steph (Zoe Levin). Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park run by Manchild Owen (Sam Rockwell), and starts to form a bond with a local girl named Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb). | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Trent's bravado and cruelty disappear when he's faced with someone actually willing to stand up to him, practically running away in terror when Owen stands up to him. | |
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Door Dumb | |
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Door Dumb: Duncan tries to climb the fence of the water park at night. Then Roddy shows up pushing open a door nearby. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: "What are you starin' at, perv?" Also, "Don't die wondering." | |
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Crappy Holidays | |
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Crappy Holidays: Seen from Duncan's point of view at the beginning. It gets better though once he starts enjoying himself. | |
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I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine | |
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I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Toni Collette and Steve Carell played siblings in Little Miss Sunshine. Amanda Peet and Liam James played mother and son in 2012. | |
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Chivalrous Pervert | |
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Chivalrous Pervert: Owen, Roddy, and eventually Duncan after he learns a trick from the first two involving having beautiful bikini-clad girls wait a little longer than usual before going down the slide. | |
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Kick the Dog | |
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Kick the Dog: Hardly a scene passes where Trent isn't doing this to Duncan, culminating in revealing that Duncan's dad didn't want him for the summer out of sheer spite. | |
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Dance-Off | |
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Dance-Off: Duncan is challenged to a dance-off at Water Wizz when he has to break up a group of patrons whose dancing causes a congestion hazard. He dances terribly, but the kids admire his willingness to participate and let him "win" as a result. | |
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Flat Character | |
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Flat Character: Steph, who falls into the Bratty Teenage Daughter trope to a T. | |
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Freakier Than Fiction | |
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Freakier Than Fiction: Who in their right mind would call a water park "Water Wizz"? They did. | |
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Parental Substitute | |
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Parental Substitute: Owen ends up becoming a surrogate father to Duncan. | |
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Tagalong Kid | |
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Tagalong Kid: Peter, who begs Duncan to take him to Water Wizz. | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A Rare Male Example in Owen, who helps Duncan get out of his shell and become well-liked by the staff and customers of Water Wizz. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Jerk | |
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Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk: Trent. There seems to be no redeeming qualities to him whatsoever. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: When Duncan reaches his boiling point and pushes Trent, there is no hesitation before he tries to push Duncan back. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Lewis at the waterpark, Neil/Ming Lee, and Trent certainly treat Duncan as one. | |
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Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure | |
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Popcultural Osmosis Failure: To Owen's surprise, none of the kids at the ride know of Footloose or its 2011 remake. | |
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Employee of the Month | |
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Employee of the Month: Duncan becomes this at the water park to the surprise of his parents. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The film begins and ends at Duncan's POV as he sits at the back of the Buick, as they go to and leave from Water Wizz respectively. | |
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The Eeyore | |
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The Eeyore: Lewis, who speaks with a flat monotone and seldom shows any emotion more energetic than Dull Surprise. | |
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Request for Privacy | |
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Request for Privacy: Duncan asks his mother and her boyfriend to leave so that he can say goodbye to Owen in private. | |
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Parent with New Paramour | |
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Parent with New Paramour: Duncan has his problems with Trent. | |
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The Reveal | |
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The Reveal: Kip nonchalantly mentions that the motor on his boat has been out for weeks. Making it obvious that Trent was in fact cheating on Pam with Joan. | |
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Like an Old Married Couple | |
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Like an Old Married Couple: Allison Janney has described her character Betty as having this with her son Peter (River Alexander). | |
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Gaslighting | |
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Gaslighting: Trent does this to Pam when he tries to convince her that he's not sleeping with Joan. Pam also alludes that her ex-husband had done this to her as well. | |
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In-Series Nickname | |
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In-Series Nickname: Duncan becomes known as "Pop 'n Lock" by the staff and patrons of Water Wizz, to the point that his "employee of the month" photo uses that to identify him. | |
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The Cast Showoff | |
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The Cast Show Off: Sam Rockwell gets to show off his dancing skills at Lewis' farewell party. | |
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Friend to All Children | |
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Friend to All Children: While Owen playfully teases the patrons of the water park, he is also sensitive to 14-year-old Duncan's problems and teaches 10-year-old Peter to not be ashamed of his lazy eye. | |
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Ambiguous Time Period | |
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Ambiguous Time Period: Apparently the script was originally set in The '80s. The decision was made to change it to modern times, but we rarely see any technology invented in the last thirty years. Most notably, a major part of the plot is that Duncan disappears for entire days and his mother chides him for not leaving a note. The lack of cell phones is a glaring thing in a 21st-century setting. | |
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Tsundere | |
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Tsundere: Caitlin. Somewhat justified by the fact that Owen is unbelievably irresponsible. | |
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Vague Age | |
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Vague Age: Susanna. It's stated that she's older than Duncan (who's 14), but young enough where she feels comfortable to admit her feelings for him. | |
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Establishing Character Moment | |
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Establishing Character Moment: Two notable ones: Trent asking Duncan (insistently) how he, Duncan, rates himself on a 1-to-10 scale. When Duncan says he's a 6, Trent tells him he's a 3. Owen, who Duncan has just met playing Pac-Man in a diner. Owen shrugs off Duncan's advice that each Pac-Man game has a pattern, saying that anyone can learn a pattern and that knowing it would take all the fun out of each game, showing Owen's disdain for organization and patterns. | |
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Motor Mouth | |
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Motor Mouth: Betty. Especially in her opening scene which borders on being a monologue. | |
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Sour Outside, Sad Inside | |
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Sour Outside, Sad Inside: We see a brief moment where Steph, having recently broken up with Neil, admitted that she was going through a lot and would've appreciated having a friend. Though it doesn't stop her from calling Susanna a "bitch" just before. | |
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Free-Range Children | |
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Free-Range Children: Duncan ends up as this when he's left alone at the beach house. He finds an old bicycle and starts riding around town, where he soon discovers the water park. However, the parents do get upset when Duncan doesn't come home at night. | |
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Censorship by Spelling | |
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Censorship by Spelling: | |
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Commonality Connection | |
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Commonality Connection: Both Duncan and Susanna have a moment of connection when they realize that they both have an absent dad and they both try to stay away from their houses because their mothers are just acting weird. | |
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Cool Car | |
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Cool Car: Trent's 1970 Buick Estate Wagon whose backwards-facing third-row seat lends the movie its' title. Justified in that he made an effort to source the same model his family owned when he was a kid. Then there's Owen's "just shitty enough" Cavalier convertible and the girly pink bicycle Duncan finds in the garage and commandeers as his own transportation. | |
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The Big Damn Kiss | |
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The Big Damn Kiss: Subverted when Duncan tries to kiss Susanna in a quiet moment and she refuses. Played straight towards the end when she kisses him goodbye. | |
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Faux Affably Evil | |
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Faux Affably Evil: Trent tries to give off the vibe of being a likable parental figure and boyfriend, but he's actually an adulterous, emotionally abusive control freak just beneath the surface. | |
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Riddle for the Ages | |
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Riddle for the Ages: How did Duncan pass Owen on the slide? | |
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Caught Coming Home Late | |
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Caught Coming Home Late: Trent catches Duncan coming home late and both have a talk about it. | |
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Parental Neglect | |
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Parental Neglect: Duncan suffers from this for most of the movie, as Pam is too wrapped up in her own issues with Trent and barely pays any attention to his moods and feelings. | |
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Professional Slacker | |
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Professional Slacker: Owen. He even walks around the park in his bathrobe. | |
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The Friend Nobody Likes | |
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Kip as well. He tries to get Duncan out of wearing the life vest on the boat, and he doesn't dismiss Betty's wishes to go back out on the boat. | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Implied. When Trent corners Duncan at the water park, Owen effortlessly slides between the two and blocks Trent's way. When Trent orders Duncan back to the car, Owen stares him down and Trent scurries away. | |
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Big Brother Mentor | |
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Big Brother Mentor: Owen is this towards Duncan and the group of three friends from the waterpark. Also doubles as Big Brother Instinct. | |
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Slippery Swimsuit | |
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Slippery Swimsuit: Duncan loses his trunks during his first slide. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Owen. Others even constantly have to tell him to be serious. Susanna's family is quite a snarkfest. Watch the banter of Peter and Betty, and then Susanna towards Duncan. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Susanna, as well as the girls at the waterpark that Roddy, Owen, and Duncan ogle in line for the water slides. | |
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Extreme Doormat | |
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Extreme Doormat: Duncan calls his mom out for being this, as she knows about Trent cheating on her but does nothing about it. | |
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Terrified of Germs | |
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Terrified of Germs: Lewis is a germophobe who works in the rental booth because nobody ever visits it. He even claims that his doctor said water is bad for his face. | |
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Plucky Comic Relief | |
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Plucky Comic Relief: Owen's default state is to shoot rapid-fire jokes at everything and everyone around him. It's Played for Drama when Caitlin becomes exasperated with his Manchild antics and is ready to leave him because of it. | |
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No Social Skills | |
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No Social Skills: Duncan at first. | |
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Good-Times Montage | |
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Good-Times Montage: A montage showing Duncan and Susanna having a good time at the water park. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Owen. Underneath his playful exterior, it's clear he cares about the employees and customers at Water Wizz. Kip as well. He tries to get Duncan out of wearing the life vest on the boat, and he doesn't dismiss Betty's wishes to go back out on the boat. | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
The Way, Way Back / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: It's implied that Owen's dad was a lot like Trent, which explains his Manchild behavior. With having Trent as a father (whom she only see twice a year, probably for a good reason), it's no wonder why Steph is the way she is. | |
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Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple | |
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Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: Trent and Pam are the bickering couple to Owen and Caitlin's peaceful couple. Despite Pam's efforts to make their relationship work, Trent remains a manipulative Jerkass who cheats on her and treats her son as a glorified servant. In contrast, despite Owen's Manchild tendencies, he is clearly hurt when Caitlin threatens to leave him and makes a sincere effort to apologize and change himself. | |
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Cerebus Syndrome | |
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Cerebus Syndrome: Though from the start this movie has some degree of intensity, it begins as a standard Coming of Age story and is fairly predictable. However, some Genre-Busting occurs as the story takes some dark turns. | |
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Waxing Lyrical | |
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Waxing Lyrical: Owen tries to get help with Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero." He gets weird looks. | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds: Vladimir, Ishmael and Ming Lee, the three friends from the waterpark. Owen and Lewis count as well. | |
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Mondegreen Gag | |
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Mondegreen Gag: Joan misheard the lyrics of Mr Mister's "Kyrie" as "Carry a laser own the road that I must travel". | |
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Two Decades Behind | |
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Two Decades Behind: Done deliberately, justified, played with, lampshaded and invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of adults pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees and doesn't understand the nostalgia they feel. | |
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The Way, Way Back / int_e150c4c7 | type |
Manchild | |
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Manchild: Owen. To a lesser extent, every adult except Caitlin. | |
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The Ditz | |
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The Ditz: Played with by Owen; while he acts like an irreverent goofball most of the time, he has an uncanny knack for sensing when people are distraught and dispenses some genuine nuggets of wisdom at key moments. It's unclear how much of his behavior is an act and how much is his actual personality. | |
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Souvenir Land | |
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Souvenir Land: Water Wizz. According to Owen, it hasn't been updated since the early 1980s. | |
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Hate Sink | |
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Hate Sink: Trent. There doesn't seem to be a single redeeming quality to the guy. He's cruel, dishonest, emotionally abusive, adulterous, passive aggressive, controlling, petulant and generally just awful to be around. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Trent is very much this, as he constantly berates Duncan and emotionally abuses his mom. It doesn't help that it's implied that he's cheating on Duncan's mom with a friend. | |
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Pick on Someone Your Own Size | |
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Pick on Someone Your Own Size: This is Trent's relationship with Duncan. Trent says he wants them to have a relationship of trust and respect, but he constantly belittles Duncan and treats him as either a nuisance or a servant. | |
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The Way, Way Back / int_f081b6bc | type |
EmoTeen | |
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Emo Teen: Duncan and Susanna. Both loosen up as the summer goes on. | |
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The Alleged Car | |
The Way, Way Back / int_f237981e | comment |
Then there's Owen's "just shitty enough" Cavalier convertible and the girly pink bicycle Duncan finds in the garage and commandeers as his own transportation. | |
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Super Gullible | |
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Super Gullible: Duncan falls for each jokes Owen pulls on him. | |
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Hard-Drinking Party Girl | |
The Way, Way Back / int_f5afa308 | comment |
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Betty. It's also heavily implied that Steph is one too. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
The Way, Way Back / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: The normally happy and goofy Owen becomes noticeably more serious when he finally encounters Trent and steps between him and Duncan with a body language that makes clear he would love nothing more than an excuse to break Trent's face into a jigsaw puzzle. | |
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With Friends Like These... | |
The Way, Way Back / int_fdbd6162 | comment |
With Friends Like These...: The adult friend group. | |
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold | |
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Susanna, the only teen in Trent's neighborhood who is kind to Duncan. | |
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