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Tommy Boy

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Tommy Boy	comment	A 1995 comedy directed by Peter Segal and starring Chris Farley and David Spade.Tommy Callahan (Farley) is the Manchild son of charismatic auto parts manufacturing businessman "Big" Tom Callahan (Brian Dennehy). Big Tom is marrying Beverly Barish-Burns (Bo Derek), a trophy wife who brings along her rather conniving adult "son" Paul (Rob Lowe), but things go downhill when Big Tom suffers a fatal heart attack at the wedding reception. His now-widow and stepson quickly set plans in motion to sell the company to rival auto parts magnate Ray Zalinsky (Dan Aykroyd), which will make them rich but put all the workers at Callahan out of work.The only way for Tommy to avert this is to go on the road with his father's sycophantic assistant Richard (Spade) and sell 500,000 brake pads to pay back the loan for the brake pad division. But will a bumbling idiot who took seven years to finish college have enough business savvy to make a sale... and will he be able to overcome the scheming of his new "family"?Not to be confused with Tomboy. See also Black Sheep (1996), another comedy film starring Chris Farley and David Spade released the following year.
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Tommy Boy / int_1045c71a	type	Dying Town
Tommy Boy / int_1045c71a	comment	Dying Town: When Tommy returns to Sandusky after graduating from college, he learns that several of the town's other industrial plants have been closed down. Callahan Auto is the town's only remaining major employer and if they shut down, the whole town will go under.
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Tommy Boy / int_12c127bd	type	Planes, Trains, and Imbeciles
Tommy Boy / int_12c127bd	comment	Planes, Trains, and Imbeciles: When Tommy and Richard need to get back to Chicago as soon as possible, all flights are full. The airport clerk continues searching and finds a flight back from Chicago and asks if that helps.
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Tommy Boy / int_13e1c444	type	Plot-Triggering Death
Tommy Boy / int_13e1c444	comment	Plot-Triggering Death: Big Tom suffering a heart attack at the wedding is what prompts Tommy to try and save his father's company.
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Tommy Boy / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Tommy Boy / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Averted, when after meeting with Zalinsky and seeing his "new mom and brother" in the boardroom Tommy and Richard sit on a park bench while Tommy bemoans their state of affairs. He doesn't have time to say, "At least it can't get any worse" before the bench collapses under their weight.
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Tommy Boy / int_16178c64	type	Gratuitous Spanish
Tommy Boy / int_16178c64	comment	Gratuitous Spanish: The song "Eres Tú" by Mocedades, that Tommy and Richard try to sing after a Gilligan Cut of not wanting to change the radio from a Spanish station.
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Tommy Boy / int_1849f58e	type	Comedic Work, Serious Scene
Tommy Boy / int_1849f58e	comment	Comedic Work, Serious Scene: Big Tom's death is a genuinely sad moment in an overly comedic film.
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Tommy Boy / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
Tommy Boy / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: Zalinsky, once he realizes he can't salvage the situation. He honors the deal to purchase Callahan's brake pads even though Tommy won't sell the factory to him, congratulates Tommy for pulling off such a clever maneuver, and wishes him good luck going forward.
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Tommy Boy / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Tommy Boy / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Michelle's brother Dwayne, a police officer, never makes an appearance but plays a huge role in the story by revealing Paul and Beverly's true nature to the protagonists.
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Tommy Boy / int_1eefabd2	type	Late for School
Tommy Boy / int_1eefabd2	comment	Late for School: The movie opens with a scene of young Tommy frantically trying to catch the bus to elementary school, then skips forward to modern day where Tommy is in college and late for his final history exam.
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Tommy Boy / int_204340fc	type	Vomiting Cop
Tommy Boy / int_204340fc	comment	Vomiting Cop: Included on Tommy's very disastrous sales pitch, where he, in trying to demonstrate why his company's brake pads are the best, narrates a horrible accident from a car using other brake pads using the CEO's model cars.
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Tommy Boy / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
Tommy Boy / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Michelle fails to notice that Paul changed the quantities of various orders on the computer, despite walking in on him sitting at her computer and typing, and his suspicious behavior afterward.
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Tommy Boy / int_23386799	type	Door Dumb
Tommy Boy / int_23386799	comment	Door Dumb: Tommy tries to open the front door to the university building, only to find it locked. After panicking and giving up, he slumps down on the steps just as another student calmly opens the adjacent door and walks in.
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Tommy Boy / int_264a140b	type	Fat and Skinny
Tommy Boy / int_264a140b	comment	Fat and Skinny: "Fat guy in a little coat! Fat guy in a little coat!"
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Tommy Boy / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Tommy Boy / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: Inside a gas station, Richard asks the clerk how far they are from Davenport, Iowa; meanwhile, Tommy accidentally unhinges the driver's side door trying to pump gas, and is seen from inside the station struggling to force it back in place.
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Tommy Boy / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Tommy Boy / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Zalinsky. In his commercials he presents himself as a good guy who cares about the common man. In reality he's a ruthless, pragmatic businessman who doesn't care about putting thousands of people out of a job as long as it means more profits for the shareholders. Although, as shown below, he's far more nuanced than that.
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Tommy Boy / int_27725a69	type	Nice Character, Mean Actor
Tommy Boy / int_27725a69	comment	Nice Character, Mean Actor: While Zalinsky isn't monstrously mean, it's clear that he doesn't have the high opinion of the American working man that his commercials imply.
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Tommy Boy / int_27c09b00	type	Camp Straight
Tommy Boy / int_27c09b00	comment	Camp Straight: Richard is very finicky about appearances, but the hotel scene makes it clear he's as straight as an arrow.
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Tommy Boy / int_280333d4	type	Hollywood Heart Attack
Tommy Boy / int_280333d4	comment	Hollywood Heart Attack: Averted. Big Tom Callahan just collapses when he has his fatal heart attack.
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Tommy Boy / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Tommy Boy / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Richard didn't have a father growing up. Whether he died or was just absent is not made clear.
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Tommy Boy / int_292d1ccd	type	Everyone Went to School Together
Tommy Boy / int_292d1ccd	comment	Everyone Went to School Together: Tommy and Richard knew each other since childhood, and Tommy also went to school with Michelle and her unseen brother Dwayne. Justified because Sandusky is a rather small town.
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Tommy Boy / int_2937826d	type	Hurricane of Puns
Tommy Boy / int_2937826d	comment	Hurricane of Puns: Tommy uses a few after catching Richard jacking off.
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Tommy Boy / int_29d26001	type	Spoiled Sweet
Tommy Boy / int_29d26001	comment	Spoiled Sweet: Tommy led a very pampered life with pretty much everything he wanted given to him and is pretty sheltered and immature as a result but he is shown over the course of the film to be an incredibly sweet-natured, sincere person who cares deeply about others and goes out of his way to keep the business afloat.
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Tommy Boy / int_2a02e5c9	type	Guile Hero
Tommy Boy / int_2a02e5c9	comment	Guile Hero: Tommy when he puts his mind to things, Idiot Hero when he does not.
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Tommy Boy / int_2a6bf668	type	Inadequate Inheritor
Tommy Boy / int_2a6bf668	comment	Inadequate Inheritor: One of the main themes of the film is everyone in town wondering whether the Book Dumb Manchild Tommy can actually take his father's place as head of the Family Business and save it from bankruptcy. It's ultimately subverted when Tommy embraces his own style of doing things and succeeds.
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Tommy Boy / int_2d266580	type	Face Fault
Tommy Boy / int_2d266580	comment	Face Fault: One of Farley's specialties.
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Tommy Boy / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Tommy Boy / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Tommy seems lazy and immature, but it's shown he sincerely wants to help keep his father's company afloat and make his dad proud. He also cares very much about the workers, to the point that he's willing to put up his entire inheritance as collateral in order to get a bank loan to save everyone's jobs. That's in addition to proving himself to be a a natural salesman once he starts to relax and do what comes naturally rather than trying to impress clients.
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Tommy Boy / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
Tommy Boy / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Knowing that Zalinsky places a high value on his P.R. image, Tommy gets him to purchase the entirety of Callahan's brake pad stock in front of a news camera (with Zalinsky writing it off as a symbolic move, since he's about to own the company anyway), and then Tommy reveals that because of Beverly's illegal marriage to Big Tom, he's still the majority stockholder at Callahan, and declines to sell the company to Zalinsky.
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Tommy Boy / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Tommy Boy / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: When Tommy's future step-mother (Bo Derek) first appears, he calls her a "10 (1979)". During the flight to Chicago, David Spade is a rude flight attendant. Why does that sound familiar?
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Tommy Boy / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Tommy Boy / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: When he starts his sales trip, Tommy tries and fails to use Big Tom's pitch "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it." Towards the end, Tommy says it correctly, showcasing his growth into a worthy heir to the family business.
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Tommy Boy / int_3b859f5	type	World-Weary Waitress
Tommy Boy / int_3b859f5	comment	World-Weary Waitress: Tommy and Richard run into a sarcastic, surly waitress; Tommy's ability to break through her gruff exterior and find her Hidden Heart of Gold serve as evidence of his latent sales skills.
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Tommy Boy / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Tommy Boy / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: When Richard sees Tommy about to chat up the girl at the pool he hopes that Tommy doesn't do the "weight room thing", implying he's seen him do it before. The movie never says how Tommy and Richard get their flight attendant uniforms or how they manage to replace the real flight attendants. In the airport, Tommy asks Richard if he has any money, and then the movie immediately cuts to them aboard the plane in uniform.
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Tommy Boy / int_3dcc914f	type	Took a Level in Kindness
Tommy Boy / int_3dcc914f	comment	Took a Level in Kindness: Once Tommy shows potential as a salesman, Richard does start going much easier on the guy. Even when it appears they've failed in the end, he still tells Tommy he's proud of him and did everything he could've.
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Tommy Boy / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Tommy Boy / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Unlike Tommy, Richard didn't have a father growing up. Big Tom, who hired him as his assistant and looked out for him at work, is the closest thing he had. After Big Tom's death, Frank Rittenhauer serves this role for Tommy, accepting his plan to sell brake pads across the midwest, and trusting in him to follow through.
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Tommy Boy / int_41dce76e	type	Small Town Boredom
Tommy Boy / int_41dce76e	comment	Small Town Boredom: Paul is unimpressed with the limited recreation opportunities in Sandusky. Tommy, on the other hand, loves them. Ironically, Sandusky is a major tourist destination since it’s home to Cedar Point, one of the largest amusement parks in America, and numerous water parks both indoors and outdoors.
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Tommy Boy / int_43e71a8c	type	Bluffing the Authorities
Tommy Boy / int_43e71a8c	comment	Bluffing the Authorities: Tommy has been driving as Richard drinks. When cops try to pull them over Tommy, knowing that they will never believe he wasn't drinking, starts driving even more erratically, then pulls over and runs out of the car pretending to be attacked by bees. The officers, both of whom are allergic to bees, make a hasty retreat.
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Tommy Boy / int_450d0973	type	Smart Jerk and Nice Moron
Tommy Boy / int_450d0973	comment	Smart Jerk and Nice Moron: Richard's the right-hand man to Tommy's father, Big Tom Callahan, but comes off as an Insufferable Genius who routinely disparages other people, especially Tommy. Tommy is a bumbling ditz, taking seven years to finish college, but he's willing to do whatever it takes to keep his family's business afloat, even giving up his inheritance. After spending most of the movie struggling to make sales, Richard realizes that Tommy has street smarts when he sees him successfully talk a waitress into giving them a special, and after Tommy learns to stop trying to emulate his father and act naturally, they make many sales.
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Tommy Boy / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
Tommy Boy / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: Involuntary on accident-prone Paul's part, after it gets caught in a pneumatic tube. He's very nonchalant about it. But maybe it was on purpose...
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Tommy Boy / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
Tommy Boy / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: After Tommy tricks Zalinsky into buying half a million brake pads and saving Callahan Auto, Zalinsky seems impressed rather than outraged.
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Tommy Boy / int_46d3f869	type	Family Business
Tommy Boy / int_46d3f869	comment	Family Business: Callahan Auto Parts has been family-owned since it was founded by Tommy's great-grandfather, and Frank Rittenhauer will be damned if that's going to change on his watch.
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Tommy Boy / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Tommy Boy / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Richard is a snide, condescending jerk much of the time but he's not a bad guy at heart. He sincerely cared about and respected Big Tom and his contempt for Tommy is due to believing Tommy never appreciated him. When he sees that Tommy does sincerely care about saving the company and the two work out how to sell, he eases up and comes to respect and see him as a friend.
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Tommy Boy / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
Tommy Boy / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: Michelle finally had enough of the kids heckling her and Tommy and scares them away by yelling this back at them:
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Tommy Boy / int_47bb1101	type	Amazing Freaking Grace
Tommy Boy / int_47bb1101	comment	Amazing Freaking Grace: Played during Big Tom's funeral, on bagpipes. As Tommy Boy walks home, a brass choir joins the mix.
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Tommy Boy / int_483152c4	type	The Resenter
Tommy Boy / int_483152c4	comment	The Resenter: It's implied Richard's contempt for Tommy stems from the fact that Tommy's always gotten his way in life despite being a lazy Manchild, while Richard has had to work hard to get to where he is. During their big fight, Richard bemoans the fact that he never had a father, while Tommy took his father for granted. When Tommy does start putting in effort and closing deals, Richard's attitude toward him improves considerably.
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Tommy Boy / int_4a3e547f	type	Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Tommy Boy / int_4a3e547f	comment	Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When they need to change clothes on the airplane, Richard steps into the bathroom first, and emerges fully changed three seconds later. Then, while Richard explains to Tommy what they need to do when they get to Chicago, Tommy is looking back and forth from Richard to the bathroom, utterly perplexed at how he was able to change his clothes so fast.
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Tommy Boy / int_4ca758b8	type	Does This Make Me Look Fat?
Tommy Boy / int_4ca758b8	comment	Does This Make Me Look Fat?: "No no no, your face does."
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Tommy Boy / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Tommy Boy / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Richard. One client even outright calls him a "smug, unhappy little man who treats people like they were idiots".
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Tommy Boy / int_50f50a5e	type	Donut Mess with a Cop
Tommy Boy / int_50f50a5e	comment	Donut Mess with a Cop: Michelle's brother used to steal donuts back with Tommy when they were kids. He became a cop.
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Tommy Boy / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
Tommy Boy / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: Richard does this after he and Tommy discover several of the brake pad orders were cancelled and the factory is about to be sold as a result.
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Tommy Boy / int_53136954	type	Book Dumb
Tommy Boy / int_53136954	comment	Book Dumb: Tommy isn't exactly the most well-read person, as evidenced by the fact it took him seven years to complete college with a D+ in History. It's shown that it's not so much an issue of intellectual capacity, but rather because he didn't feel motivated thanks to his dad's pampering, as Richard points out: This later comes up in his sales work. He fumbles basic facts about the product and mangles attempts at metaphor, usually due to nerves, but he eventually relaxes and shows himself to be an outstanding salesman.
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Tommy Boy / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Tommy Boy / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The film starts and ends with Tommy, in boyhood and adulthood, trying to get somewhere in time (school/a dinner date with Michelle), only to get hit in the head, saying "Son of a- That's gonna leave a mark." afterwards.
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Tommy Boy / int_53c7c51b	type	And Call Him "George"
Tommy Boy / int_53c7c51b	comment	And Call Him "George": Tommy's Large Ham explanation to the waiter about how he kills sales with his bumbling is a picture-perfect showcase of how this trope works. It also unnerves the waiter enough to make her decide to give him what he wants.
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Tommy Boy / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Tommy Boy / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License – History: In Tommy's US History final, one of the questions is "Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and _____ Hancock were all framers of the Constitution.", to which Tommy answers "Herbie Hancock" instead of "John Hancock". Except that neither Jefferson nor Hancock were involved in the framing of the Constitution. No wonder Tommy took seven years to finish college.
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Tommy Boy / int_58626d87	type	Genius Ditz
Tommy Boy / int_58626d87	comment	Genius Ditz: As Richard points out: Tommy may not have book smarts, but he has "street smarts." He's great at convincing people to do what he wants them to do, which in turn makes him a great salesman once he stops trying to imitate his father and just does what comes naturally.
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Tommy Boy / int_58b70952	type	Failure Montage
Tommy Boy / int_58b70952	comment	Failure Montage: Before Tommy manages to find his groove, we are shown a montage of himself and Richard being repeatedly rejected while attempting to sell Callahan brake pads to various auto part dealers.
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Tommy Boy / int_59204dfb	type	Greeting Gesture Confusion
Tommy Boy / int_59204dfb	comment	Greeting Gesture Confusion: When Tommy meets someone he believes to be his future stepbrother, he holds out his hand to shake.
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Tommy Boy / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
Tommy Boy / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: When Zalinsky meets Tommy, he immediately expresses his condolences for Big Tom.
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Tommy Boy / int_5abc8612	type	Unholy Matrimony
Tommy Boy / int_5abc8612	comment	Unholy Matrimony: Paul and Beverly are a husband and wife team of con artists who pose as a mother and her son.
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Tommy Boy / int_5ad80bf8	type	It's All My Fault
Tommy Boy / int_5ad80bf8	comment	It's All My Fault: When Paul sabotages the brake pad orders, Michelle initially blames herself for the factory having to close. However, once she sees both Beverly and Paul flying to Chicago, she decides to get in touch with her police officer brother, who sends her Paul's criminal records.
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Tommy Boy / int_5d397b9c	type	The Mountains of Illinois
Tommy Boy / int_5d397b9c	comment	The Mountains of Illinois: While disguised as a flight attendant, Richard comments that the odds of a water landing are low, he's betting if they crash into anything, it'll be a mountain. Unless they have a very unusual flight plan, they shouldn't be passing any mountains going from Sandusky, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Tommy Boy / int_5e57282b	type	Fake Video Camera View
Tommy Boy / int_5e57282b	comment	Fake Video Camera View: When Richard is filming parts of the wedding.
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Tommy Boy / int_5e8ce5f4	type	Travelling Salesman Montage
Tommy Boy / int_5e8ce5f4	comment	Travelling Salesman Montage: Of course. There are two in fact. One as a failure and one as a success.
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Tommy Boy / int_60200c6	type	Former Teen Rebel
Tommy Boy / int_60200c6	comment	Former Teen Rebel: Michelle's brother Dwayne grew up to become a police officer after he and Tommy spent their teenage years pulling all kinds of pranks, including swiping doughnuts from the store.
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Tommy Boy / int_60bf1097	type	Won't Take "Yes" for an Answer
Tommy Boy / int_60bf1097	comment	Won't Take "Yes" for an Answer: Tommy certainly wasn't expecting someone would buy from him...
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Tommy Boy / int_61b576af	type	I Take Offense to That Last One
Tommy Boy / int_61b576af	comment	I Take Offense to That Last One: In the Chicago office building when a little boy calls Tommy out for being a bank robber, he says, "Oh, like it was some other real fat guy with a tiny head!" Tommy says, "... I have a tiny head?"
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Tommy Boy / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Tommy Boy / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Tommy. Richard, upon realizing this, explains this to him by comparing "Book Smart" (which Tommy clearly lacks) with "Street Smart". Once Tommy relaxes and stops trying too hard, he becomes an excellent salesman.
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Tommy Boy / int_63389b0b	type	Kids Are Cruel
Tommy Boy / int_63389b0b	comment	Kids Are Cruel: Three random kids at the lake decide to yell a variety of cruel fat jokes at Tommy while he and Michelle are out on his boat just because they think it's funny.
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Tommy Boy / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Tommy Boy / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Tommy's mother passed away at some point between Tommy's childhood and adulthood, and Big Tom's admission that he'd been lonely without her is what led him to marry Beverly.
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Tommy Boy / int_67013b78	type	Aluminum Christmas Trees
Tommy Boy / int_67013b78	comment	Aluminum Christmas Trees: On the way to a sale, Richard and Tommy strike a deer in the road and, feeling guilty, they load it into the back of the car to figure out what to do with it later. After botching the sale, the deer wakes up and tears the car apart trying to get out before running off into the woods, unharmed. While this may seem like an abnormally Made of Iron animal being Played for Laughs, anyone living in the U.S. where whitetail deer are prevalent know that they are durable to an almost supernatural degree. Deer have been known to walk away from 60mph car impacts with little more than a light daze. Considering Richard was stomping on the brakes at the time, the deer probably wouldn't have even been knocked out.
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Tommy Boy / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Tommy Boy / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: Richard tells Tommy they can't take no for an answer. Cut to a montage of customers saying "no" and Tommy going, "Okay, then" and getting up to leave. When the Carpenters' "Superstar" is on the car radio, Tommy and Richard both make fun of the song and noncommittally about changing stations. Quick scene cut, and they're both singing the song at the top of their lungs, tears streaming down their cheeks.
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Tommy Boy / int_6ac784dc	type	Mistaken for Incest
Tommy Boy / int_6ac784dc	comment	Mistaken for Incest: Paul and Beverly are a husband and wife posing as mother and son for the con. Michelle seeing Paul french-kiss and grope Beverly at the airport is what tips her off that something is wrong and she quickly calls her brother, thus exposing Paul's criminal history.
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Tommy Boy / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Tommy Boy / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: At one point, Richard mocks Tommy for saying Ray Zalinsky "seems like a nice guy" after seeing the man on TV, given that the guy is actively attempting to buy Callahan Auto and put Tommy, Richard, and everyone else in town out on the street. When they meet Zalinsky in person later on, Tommy realizes his real personality is nothing like his TV persona. While Richard does point out that Zalinsky may not be a nice guy, Tommy points out that they had nothing left to loose and they thought this was mostly a hail mary shot anyway.
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Tommy Boy / int_6b723294	type	Techno Babble
Tommy Boy / int_6b723294	comment	Techno Babble: Richard knows all the technical details of Callahan's brake pads, but both times he's shown telling potential clients about them, he gets rebuffed.
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Tommy Boy / int_6e37c196	type	Once Done, Never Forgotten
Tommy Boy / int_6e37c196	comment	Once Done, Never Forgotten: In-universe: Tommy catches Richard ogling an attractive skinny-dipper. After some initial teasing, they go to bed: A husband and wife both sit on Callahan Auto Parts' board of directors. We learn that when the husband was off to war when he was young, he once visited a prostitute. His wife has been making his life a living hell ever since.
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Tommy Boy / int_77b009ea	type	Phrase Catcher
Tommy Boy / int_77b009ea	comment	Phrase Catcher: "Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?" "Hehehe... why?" Near the end, Zalinsky changes it a bit and asks if he lived under power lines when he was a kid.
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Tommy Boy / int_7811ceda	type	2xFore
Tommy Boy / int_7811ceda	comment	2xFore: When Richard's car is well and truly ruined thanks to Tommy, he angrily pulls off the highway next to a 'Prehistoric Forest' roadside attraction, and has it out with him. They step out of the car to duke it out, and Tommy lets Richard take his best shot. After a couple of punches have no effect, Richard picks up a 2×4 and smacks Tommy across the face, knocking him cold.
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Tommy Boy / int_78c895c8	type	Amusing Injuries
Tommy Boy / int_78c895c8	comment	Amusing Injuries: Paul. Also Tommy, when Richard finally loses it around him and when he's in the plane bathroom.
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Tommy Boy / int_7a3dd888	type	Real Men Wear Pink
Tommy Boy / int_7a3dd888	comment	Real Men Wear Pink: After initially pretending to dislike it to one another, Tommy and Richard get really into "Superstar" by The Carpenters and gleefully sing along.
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Tommy Boy / int_7a555627	type	Honest Corporate Executive
Tommy Boy / int_7a555627	comment	Honest Corporate Executive: Most executives are portrayed as such. Tommy and Big Tom are on friendly terms with the workers and describe the company as an extended family. Mr. Rittenhauer wants to honor Big Tom's wishes that the company remains a Family Business and only agrees to sell to Zalinsky when it appears there's no other choice. Mr. Gilmore, the bank executive, could be considered an antagonist, but he's shown to be regretful about the actions the bank takes and enthusiastic about helping to keep Callahan Auto afloat when it becomes possible to do so. Even Zalinsky, though not completely honest in his advertising portrayals, is up front with Tommy about his plans, fully intends to honor his purchase of 500,000 brake pads, orders his security team to apprehend Paul once his crimes are brought to light, and sincerely wishes Tommy well.
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Tommy Boy / int_7b8f5f07	type	Charm Person
Tommy Boy / int_7b8f5f07	comment	Charm Person: Big Tom Callahan is gifted when it comes to talking people into doing what he wants them to do (as Richard says to Tommy "your dad could sell a ketchup Popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves"). Later on Tommy discovers that he has the same talent once he stops imitating his dad and just does what comes naturally.
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Tommy Boy / int_7be46966	type	Heroes' Frontier Step
Tommy Boy / int_7be46966	comment	Heroes' Frontier Step: The scene with the waitress is what convinces Richard that Tommy can sell.
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Tommy Boy / int_7d18b45b	type	Sound Defect
Tommy Boy / int_7d18b45b	comment	Sound Defect: While spying on the naked girl in the pool, Richard manages to unzip a pair of boxers.
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Tommy Boy / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Tommy Boy / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Tommy gets more than his share of these speeches from Richard throughout the movie, but Richard gets a very well-deserved one from a prospective client, who calls him out on being a smug, condescending Jerkass to everyone he meets.
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Tommy Boy / int_7f049db8	type	Car Radio Dispute
Tommy Boy / int_7f049db8	comment	Car Radio Dispute: Tommy at one point gets into an argument over the radio with Richard, until they land on "Superstar" by the Carpenters, which they both try to talk one another into switching away from. A Gilligan Cut later, they're singing along, tears streaming down their faces.
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Tommy Boy / int_7f298d3d	type	Lame Comeback
Tommy Boy / int_7f298d3d	comment	Lame Comeback: Two instances with Tommy, who's not quite smart enough to win a snark battle with Richard: First when Tommy's M&Ms fall into the inside of Richard's car, Tommy tries to reassure him that the car will be fine as the candies have a thin candy shell. Richard retorts Tommy's brain has a thick candy shell. Tommy tries to counter that Richard's brain has the shell on it. Richard mocks him for his comeback, only to Tommy to tell him to shut up. The second is after they ran over the deer and stuffed it into the car. Tommy and Richard try to figure out what to do with the seemingly dead animal. Richard suggests they take it to the vet. Tommy mocks Richard for that, only to be told by Richard he'll take Tommy to the vet. To which Tommy responds "I'll take you to the...", not even coming up with a finish to the response before Richard mocks him yet again.
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Tommy Boy / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Tommy Boy / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: Young Tommy's mother calls him into the house because he'll be late to school - and he promptly runs face-first into the sliding glass door. As Young Tommy is running to catch the bus, Young Richard appears next to him riding his bike to school and calls him pathetic for being late again. An especially poignant one for Tommy is during the first board meeting after Big Tom's death, when Tommy is willing to sacrifice everything he has by putting his inheritance up as collateral on Callahan's business loan and go on a trip that he KNOWS he has no experience handling in order to save the company. He may not be intellectual, but his heart is clearly in the right place when the time comes. Subverted with Ray Zalinsky who is introduced in his commercials but Tommy learns he's not exactly the nice guy he plays on TV.
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Tommy Boy / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Tommy Boy / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Tommy, of course. He is played by Chris Farley, after all.
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Tommy Boy / int_82518cf7	type	Motor Mouth
Tommy Boy / int_82518cf7	comment	Motor Mouth: Zalinsky. He is played by Dan Aykroyd after all.
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Tommy Boy / int_8391b1c7	type	Artistic License â€“ Law
Tommy Boy / int_8391b1c7	comment	Artistic License – Law: When Tommy is being pulled over by the police, he comments that the police will never believe he wasn't drinking even though a simple breathalyzer test would prove he was sober. However, consumption of alcohol inside a motor vehicle is illegal in Ohio and can result in a 30-day jail sentence.
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Tommy Boy / int_86c2ee3c	type	Dodgy Toupee
Tommy Boy / int_86c2ee3c	comment	Dodgy Toupee: The dodgy half is averted, as no one knows Richard's even wearing one until it was blown off by a big fan.
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Tommy Boy / int_89e78faf	type	Wardrobe Flaw of Characterization
Tommy Boy / int_89e78faf	comment	Wardrobe Flaw of Characterization: Tommy starts off wearing an off-the-rack suit with a clip-on necktie, which shows how unaccustomed he is to the business world. Towards the end, as he shows himself a worthy heir to his family's company, he wears a higher quality suit and tie.
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Tommy Boy / int_8b4f491c	type	Villainy-Free Villain
Tommy Boy / int_8b4f491c	comment	Villainy-Free Villain: Zalinsky may not be a crook or a monster, but he's willing to throw Callahan Auto's employees under the bus for the bottom line, and he admits to Tommy that he views the American public as sheep he can exploit. When Tommy outsmarts him and proves that Beverly has no rightful claim to her shares of the company, Zalinsky is more than a bit annoyed than he won't be able to buy Callahan Auto, but he accepts his defeat with dignity, wishes Tommy the best, and has Paul locked up for fraud.
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Tommy Boy / int_8d604827	type	Cow Tipping
Tommy Boy / int_8d604827	comment	Cow Tipping: The title character takes his soon-to-be-stepbrother out cow tipping. However, when he attempts to knock the cow over, he slips in the mud, the cow moos, the farmer comes out and chases them off with a shotgun.
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Tommy Boy / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Tommy Boy / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: One might initially be inclined to think that it's Zalinsky, who plays entirely by the book, but it's really Beverly and Paul.
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Tommy Boy / int_970c8a84	type	Big Fun
Tommy Boy / int_970c8a84	comment	Big Fun: Applies to both Tommy and Big Tom Callahan.
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Tommy Boy / int_970ccfec	type	Big "YES!"
Tommy Boy / int_970ccfec	comment	Big "YES!": By the Callahan workers when Zalinsky agrees to buy their brake pads on TV.
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Tommy Boy / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Tommy Boy / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: "Whatcha do?"
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Tommy Boy / int_98576799	type	Throw the Dog a Bone
Tommy Boy / int_98576799	comment	Throw the Dog a Bone: After getting his nuts squashed by a falling weight, being hauled away by the police, and having Zalinsky swoop in and put the moves on his wife, Paul gets a little break from his humiliating defeat courtesy of the aforementioned:
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Tommy Boy / int_9bb0dcc5	type	Saving the Orphanage
Tommy Boy / int_9bb0dcc5	comment	Saving the Orphanage: Tommy and Richard go on their sales tour in order to save the Callahan factory, in turn saving the town it provides jobs for.
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Tommy Boy / int_9f80e1da	type	Sarcasm Mode
Tommy Boy / int_9f80e1da	comment	Sarcasm Mode: "Oh that sounds good: melted chocolate inside the dash. That really ups the resale value."
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Tommy Boy / int_a07afea2	type	Random Events Plot
Tommy Boy / int_a07afea2	comment	Random Events Plot: To the point that Roger Ebert declared that "is one of those movies that plays like an explosion down at the screenplay factory."
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Tommy Boy / int_a24670a4	type	Benevolent Boss
Tommy Boy / int_a24670a4	comment	Benevolent Boss: Big Tom Callahan. Tommy becomes this by the end of the movie. In between them is Frank Rittenhauer, Callahan's vice president who keeps the company going while Tommy and Richard are on the road.
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Tommy Boy / int_a30c287	type	Good Parents
Tommy Boy / int_a30c287	comment	Good Parents: Big Tom Callaghan. While some feel he spoiled Tommy which led to him being a bit lazy and immature, he also raised Tommy to be a good-natured, kind-hearted person who cares about others and the two clearly adore one another.
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Tommy Boy / int_a3d171c3	type	Casual Car Giveaway
Tommy Boy / int_a3d171c3	comment	Casual Car Giveaway: Near the end of the film when Tommy and Richard arrive at the airport, they ditch their car. When a police officer tells them that they're not allowed to park there, Richard tosses him the keys and says "keep it" (the car was basically falling apart at this point).
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Tommy Boy / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Tommy Boy / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Heartwarming reunion! Gleeful wedding! Tear-jerking funeral. Funny buddy road movie?
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Tommy Boy / int_a60e3252	type	Rule of Funny
Tommy Boy / int_a60e3252	comment	Rule of Funny: A guy of Chris Farley's size changing clothes in a tiny airplane bathroom? Tommy even tries to protest (maybe he can change at the airport?) but Richard won't have it. This is even set up by Richard going into the bathroom before him...and emerging fully changed two seconds later.
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Tommy Boy / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Tommy Boy / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: While Paul is arrested and effectively vasectomized, Beverly not only gets away scot-free but gets a brand-new, even richer sugar daddy. Justified, since Paul abandoned her while trying to escape and was the one who actually came up with the plans and performed sabotage on the company. The only "evil" things Beverly did was marry a man for his money and lie about already being married (and try to sell off the company, but hey that's just business). Of course that leaves a problem of felony aiding and abetting, but it's just a movie.
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Tommy Boy / int_a7f7e5f4	type	Absurdly Youthful Mother
Tommy Boy / int_a7f7e5f4	comment	Absurdly Youthful Mother: Beverly looks awfully young for someone with a grownup son. Turns out she's not really Paul's mother; she's his wife!
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Tommy Boy / int_a861560f	type	The Friend Nobody Likes
Tommy Boy / int_a861560f	comment	The Friend Nobody Likes: Richard, by his own admission. While he's a good employee, he's also so condescending and smug that few can stand being around him.
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Tommy Boy / int_a9de87d2	type	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Tommy Boy / int_a9de87d2	comment	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When Tommy learns that Beverly and Paul lied to his father so they could steal his fortune, he immediately adopts a serious mood and becomes determined to thwart them.
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Tommy Boy / int_aba8065b	type	Fatal Flaw
Tommy Boy / int_aba8065b	comment	Fatal Flaw: Tommy is held back by his childish immaturity, which prevents him from being taken seriously by the people he trying to market to. Once he sheds it and starts becoming more confident as a salesman, he begins to make sales like crazy. While Richard is knowledgable and educated, his acerbic nature just alienates the people around him. Once he offers Tommy genuine sales advice rather than snide insults, their working relationship improves considerably and they become an excellent parternship.
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Tommy Boy / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Tommy Boy / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: In an attempt to find where in the building Zalinsky is, Tommy goes to a bank located in the same building and loudly shouts "Listen up! This will only take a second!" which results in everyone standing in line, including the security guards, immediately dropping to the floor, all of the tellers holding up their hands and the security guards toss-sliding their guns across the floor to him. Realizing it looks like he just attempted a bank robbery, he says "Oh, geez!" and quickly runs away.
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Tommy Boy / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Tommy Boy / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Almost every line Richard says throughout the film has some kind of belittling of Tommy's intelligence or lampshading of how stupid he thinks the whole thing is. It's also deconstructed as it's shown that because Richard can't go long without making some kind of quip or snide, condescending remark, very few people can stand him and he doesn't have a lot of friends with one long-time customer outright saying he doesn't like Richard and calling him a "smug, unhappy little man that treats people like they were idiots"..
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Tommy Boy / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Tommy Boy / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "Son of a..." "I have a plan!" "...Yikes." "Shut up, Richard." "Holy shnikies!" "That's gonna leave a mark."
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Tommy Boy / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Tommy Boy / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Beverly. The girl at the pool (played by Lorri Bagley) is a Fanservice Extra.
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Tommy Boy / int_b070362d	type	Wicked Stepmother
Tommy Boy / int_b070362d	comment	Wicked Stepmother: Beverly was this to Tommy until it was revealed she was already married to Paul, thus making her marriage to Big Tom illegal.
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Tommy Boy / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Tommy Boy / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Zalinsky has little problem with downsizing, but he draws the line at outright fraud. He immediately tries to have Paul arrested after learning about his history of fraud.
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Tommy Boy / int_b706d404	type	Unintentional Backup Plan
Tommy Boy / int_b706d404	comment	Unintentional Backup Plan: The con artists expected to simply bleed Big Tom dry for about a year before Beverly divorced him and got a big payday. Then he immediately died at the wedding and were put in a situation where they could make more money by selling the company.
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Tommy Boy / int_ba911a9a	type	You Did Everything You Could
Tommy Boy / int_ba911a9a	comment	You Did Everything You Could: Near the end when Tommy mopes after failing to convince Zelinsky not to buyout Callahan Auto, Richard assures him he did everything he could have to save the company and Big Tom would've been proud of his efforts.
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Tommy Boy / int_ba99f924	type	We Care
Tommy Boy / int_ba99f924	comment	We Care: Zalinsky's ads: "I make car parts for the American working man, because that's what I am, and that's who I care about." The reality: "Truth is, I make car parts for the American working man because I'm a hell of a salesman and he doesn't know any better."
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Tommy Boy / int_bb30b9e9	type	Danger Takes a Backseat
Tommy Boy / int_bb30b9e9	comment	Danger Takes a Backseat: Played for Laughs. Tommy and Richard mistakenly believe they've killed a deer and place it in the back of the car while they figure out where to drive it. Hilarity Ensues when the deer wakes up as they're driving.
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Tommy Boy / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Tommy Boy / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Tommy puts up with a lot of abuse from Richard but becomes enraged when Richard accuses him of being a disappointment to his father's legacy and taking advantage of him. Meanwhile, Richard loses his temper when Tommy makes fun of his diminutive stature.
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Tommy Boy / int_c37a7fd9	type	No, You
Tommy Boy / int_c37a7fd9	comment	No, You: At the gas station, Richard makes Tommy fill the car with gas while he asks for directions for their next "huge embarrassing failure" (after Tommy's sale pitch angered the client). Tommy says under his breath Richard is a huge embarrassing failure".
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Tommy Boy / int_c4d293c4	type	Let's See YOU Do Better!
Tommy Boy / int_c4d293c4	comment	Let's See YOU Do Better!: After getting a little too much grief from Richard about the failed sales meetings, Tommy challenges him to sell the brake pads himself in the next one. Richard agrees, but he doesn't do any better as the client is turned off by his condescending attitude.
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Tommy Boy / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
Tommy Boy / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Tommy was doted on by his rich father and never truly had to work for anything in life. With that said, he's also one of the friendliest guys you could meet and cares about the workers at Callahan Auto Parts so much that he's willing to risk his entire inheritance to collateralize a bank loan. He's also gleeful at the prospect of having a brother and is extremely welcoming to Paul, admittedly in his own somewhat idiotic way.
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Tommy Boy / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Tommy Boy / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: . The Empire Strikes Back: "I know." Bo Derek wears the same bathing suit she wore in 10 (1979). Lampshaded by Tommy when he comments "Dad, she's like... a ten!" Is Tommy channeling Captain Kirk the second time he "gets a plan?" Ay, caramba!
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Tommy Boy / int_c819533b	type	Rage Breaking Point
Tommy Boy / int_c819533b	comment	Rage Breaking Point: Richard doesn't have much patience towards Tommy, but after the hood of his car flies open while they were driving on the highway because Tommy left a can of motor oil on top of the engine, he tears Tommy to shreds and in the resulting fight, he beats up Tommy with a two-by-four.
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Tommy Boy / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Tommy Boy / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: It's implied that a lot of Richard's attitude as a kid and as an adult stems from him not having a dad and resenting everyone who does, particularly Tommy.
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Tommy Boy / int_cb9df5c4	type	Funny Fan Voice
Tommy Boy / int_cb9df5c4	comment	Funny Fan Voice: The voice distortion caused by a fan provides the opportunity to say Lalalala-Luuuke! Luuuuuke... I am your fa-ther! in a distorted voice (also a Beam Me Up, Scotty!).
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Tommy Boy / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
Tommy Boy / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Downplayed with Zalinsky. He never does anything illegal or actively try to thwart the heroes. However, he runs his company fully on pragmatism and this is bad news for the workers at Callahan Auto because he plans on shutting them down and simply making the Callahan products at his own factories.
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Tommy Boy / int_cf9b131f	type	Muscles Are Meaningless
Tommy Boy / int_cf9b131f	comment	Muscles Are Meaningless: Richard is played by the skinny and unimposing David Spade but is surprisingly strong, punching hard enough to faze Tommy and able to knock him unconscious with a single blow from a two by four.
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Tommy Boy / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Tommy Boy / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: Zelensky is a selfish tycoon willing to lay off the hardworking people at Callahan Auto, but he's more or less following the law and his bottom line. Once Tommy manages to prevent his takeover of Callahan Auto, he magnanimously concedes to Tommy and immediately has Paul arrested when he learns about his sabotage of Callahan's brake pad deliveries.
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Tommy Boy / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
Tommy Boy / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: When Richard sees Tommy cajole chicken wings out of the surly waitress Helen, simply by (dramatically) illustrating why he's failed as a salesman so far, his reaction turns from bemusement to awe, and he muses that all Tommy needed to do was relax and do what comes naturally. Richard then invokes "chicken wings" to Tommy during their next sales visit to replicate the effect.
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Tommy Boy / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
Tommy Boy / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	Schmuck Bait: Discussed and Invoked. Tommy manages to make his first sale to Ted Nelson, who was concerned about Callahan Auto not putting guarantees on their product labels, by convincing him that guarantees are just a way for companies to sell shoddy products to consumers and replace them when they inevitably break down without any repercussions.
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Tommy Boy / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Tommy Boy / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Tommy tells Michelle if she kept the files in the file cabinet, then they wouldn't have lost the orders needed to save the company. Unbeknownst to them both, it was Paul who screwed up the orders.
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Tommy Boy / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
Tommy Boy / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: When Richard gets drunk after Paul's computer sabotage makes things turn way south, Tommy's car's targeted by cops; when the car weaves, they put their lights on, but Tommy relates a little trick his Dad taught him; they stop the car and act like giant bees are attacking them! Both cops in pursuit are allergic to bees, so they leave. Score!
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Tommy Boy / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
Tommy Boy / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: Tommy and Richard are constantly trading insults with each other, but when the chips are down they have to admit that they consider each other friends. Notice that at Big Tom's funeral, after everyone else has left the cemetery, that Tommy is standing in shock at his father's grave Richard is still there, quietly keeping a concerned eye on him from a few feet behind. Being as Big Tom is no longer his boss and he has nothing to gain it’s a clear indication that he truly cares about Tommy.
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Tommy Boy / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Tommy Boy / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Michelle tells Tommy that her brother has since become a police Detective. Later, she learns from him that Beverly and Paul aren't actually mother and son, but husband and wife and con artists. Zalinsky, who was going to acquire Callahan Auto but instead fills the huge order of brake pads needed to save the company from the corporate takeover.
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Tommy Boy / int_df872291	type	Talker and Doer
Tommy Boy / int_df872291	comment	Talker and Doer: Tommy is the Talker, Richard is the Doer.
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Tommy Boy / int_dfa40c1b	type	Didn't See That Coming
Tommy Boy / int_dfa40c1b	comment	Didn't See That Coming: Tommy and Richard learn that even though they surpassed the sales goal, several orders were messed up in shipping and many of the customers cancelled their orders. Now the company doesn't have the money need to pay the bank loan and they'll need to sell to Zalinsky. Richard remarks that he feels like they've stepped into an episode of The Twilight Zone (1959).
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Tommy Boy / int_e031b7ef	type	Slave to PR
Tommy Boy / int_e031b7ef	comment	Slave to PR: Zalinsky's public image is all smiles and a We Care attitude toward everyday workers, but the reality is a sobering experience for Tommy. However, Tommy exploits this by having him sign the brake pad purchase order in front of a live news crew.
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Tommy Boy / int_e0f41c94	type	Delayed "Oh, Crap!"
Tommy Boy / int_e0f41c94	comment	Delayed "Oh, Crap!": When Tommy and Richard realizes the deer they hit is still alive!
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Tommy Boy / int_e150c4c7	type	Manchild
Tommy Boy / int_e150c4c7	comment	Manchild: Tommy is in his mid-20's, but he still acts like a sheltered teenager. While he does become more responsible over the course of the film, he still retains his idealistic personality.
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Tommy Boy / int_e3c2a543	type	You Don't Want to Catch This
Tommy Boy / int_e3c2a543	comment	You Don't Want to Catch This: "Bees! Bees! Oh, God, they're everywhere!"
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Tommy Boy / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
Tommy Boy / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: The deer they accidentally hit.
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Tommy Boy / int_e4f5affb	type	The Chew Toy
Tommy Boy / int_e4f5affb	comment	The Chew Toy: Richard's car goes through so much abuse through the film that he eventually gives up and just abandons it at the airport. Paul goes through quite a bit of torment, but since he's a snide jerk and a conman, it's hilarious to watch.
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Tommy Boy / int_e7022a49	type	Talking to the Dead
Tommy Boy / int_e7022a49	comment	Talking to the Dead: In the final scene, Tommy talks to his dad while sitting in his stationary sailboat. Tommy takes the wind suddenly blowing as a sign his dad is listening.
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Tommy Boy / int_e7e3674	type	Strapped to a Bomb
Tommy Boy / int_e7e3674	comment	Strapped to a Bomb: Tommy fakes this with road flares and Richard's watch.
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Tommy Boy / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
Tommy Boy / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: At his dad's wedding, Richard is filming the event and Tommy asks Michelle to say a little something into the camera. She says, "A little something into the camera."
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Tommy Boy / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Tommy Boy / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: A pretty brutal version of this happens to Paul just before he's taken away by the police. Everyone else can only wince in response.
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Tommy Boy / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Tommy Boy / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Richard, although he evolves into somewhat of a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Even as a kid, he mocked Tommy for being late to school while the rest of the kids were encouraging him to catch the bus.
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Tommy Boy / int_ef20d7bc	type	A Minor Kidroduction
Tommy Boy / int_ef20d7bc	comment	A Minor Kidroduction: The opening scene of the film depicts both Tommy and Richard as children.
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Tommy Boy / int_ef3d1b57	type	Technician Versus Performer
Tommy Boy / int_ef3d1b57	comment	Technician Versus Performer: Richard is incredibly knowledgeable about the brake pad industry, but his snide attitude makes him a poor salesman. Tommy is an uneducated manchild, but his ability to read people makes him a successful salesman.
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Tommy Boy / int_efb8f982	type	Mistaken for Terrorist
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