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Waiting...	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Meet Dean. Dean works as a server at a restaurant called Shenaniganz. This morning his mom told him about a guy he went to high school with who took all the same honors courses he did, and how this guy just graduated with a Bachelor's in electrical engineering. Cue the angst.Meet Monty. Monty works as a server at a restaurant called Shenaniganz. This morning he found out that the 17-year-old hostess, Natasha, will be turning 18 in exactly one week. Since Monty is a proud pervert, he proclaims that he doesn't have much time left. But first, he has a special job today.Meet Mitch. Today is Mitch's first day training as a server at a restaurant called Shenaniganz. During the film, we will follow Mitch around as Monty acclimates him to work at this restaurant. Which involves a lot of frontal male nudity. And for some reason, nobody will let him finish a single sentence.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Meet Calvin, who is working a double for a girl he likes, Raddimus and Danielle, a cook and a bartender who are having relationship issues, Naomi, a waitress with SEVERE anger management issues, and Bishop, the dishwasher/therapist/historian/Cloud Cuckoolander, and the other employees of Shenaniganz as they go through a Day in the Life.Oh, and Dan. The manager.Waiting... is a 2005 film starring Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, David Koechner, Luis Guzmán, and Chi McBride as the employees of a restaurant called Shenaniganz while they fight boredom and adulthood with their antics. The film depicts an only slight exaggeration of what working in a restaurant is like, as all restaurant employees will admit. Unless they have become managers.A direct-to-video sequel entitled Still Waiting... was made in 2009. About half the principals of the first movie returned; they lost Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, David Koechner, and Justin Long (apart from an uncredited cameo which he later admitted to being "truly embarrassed" for doing), but added Adam Carolla.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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Waiting... / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Bishop is this (well, he's older than them at least) to the rest of the staff. The elderly customer slipping into senility is this to Monty.
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Waiting... / int_19d1c1ae	comment	Always Someone Better: than Dean which triggers the angst which drives his plot.
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Waiting... / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Waiting... / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Nicholas and Theodore, the stoner busboys.
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Waiting... / int_2292c854	comment	Between My Legs: Naomi.
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Waiting... / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Waiting... / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: "You [obviously] need it more than I do." Dean first says it maliciously to a redneck, then it's said to Dean by an old classmate in a sympathetic, yet condescending way.
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Waiting... / int_2497e5b8	type	Atomic F-Bomb
Waiting... / int_2497e5b8	comment	Atomic F-Bomb: Technically an Atomic GD-Bomb: Naomi drops one after impatiently watching Dan fumble around trying to plate a pair of entrees.
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Waiting... / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Naomi. Nice in public, nasty in private.
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Waiting... / int_32cb267a	comment	Magical Negro: Bishop.
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Waiting... / int_5389b851	comment	Day in the Life: With the exception of the party shown during the opening credits, the whole film takes place over the course of a single day, most of which is during a single dinner shift at the restaurant.
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Waiting... / int_53c5f30e	type	Happy Ending Override
Waiting... / int_53c5f30e	comment	Happy Ending Override: In the sequel, Justin Long has a cameo at the end, wherein he reveals that he came back to Shenaniganz and is now a district manager, thus rendering his happy ending from the first film meaningless.
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Waiting... / int_55af5099	type	Rube Goldberg Device
Waiting... / int_55af5099	comment	Rube Goldberg Device: That big collage of hodge-podge actually turns out to be one, which is demonstrated after the credits.
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Waiting... / int_583ec33e	type	Snark-to-Snark Combat
Waiting... / int_583ec33e	comment	Snark-to-Snark Combat: In a flashback scene, Monty and his mother spend dinner hurling insults across the table at one another.
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Waiting... / int_5a021b5e	comment	Jail Bait Wait: Something that Monty does not adhere to. At least until the end of the film, when he decides he'll wait until Natasha's 18th birthday before sleeping with her.
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Waiting... / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly SHOUTING!: Naomi. A lot.
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Waiting... / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: Naomi. It takes very little to piss her off. It's suggested by Monty that her anger issues are the result of working at Shenaniganz for a long time.
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Waiting... / int_6861146e	type	Epiphany Therapy
Waiting... / int_6861146e	comment	Epiphany Therapy: Averted. Calvin feels much better after Bishop walks him through a mental exercise about peeing in a public restroom, but Bishop then goes on to outline a therapy plan, involving repeating that exercise every night, and then slowly working him up to the stalls. Too bad Calvin isn't listening. Also averted with Naomi, who tells Bishop to "WASH THE FUCKING DISHES AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
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Waiting... / int_6eeba1cb	comment	Also averted with Naomi, who tells Bishop to "WASH THE FUCKING DISHES AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
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Waiting... / int_73ef9ef3	comment	Almighty Janitor: Bishop, the dishwasher who gives psychological advice to the rest of the staff.
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Waiting... / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Waiting... / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: One near the end...by the otherwise voiceless Mitch.
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Waiting... / int_82997945	type	Revenge Is a Dish Best Served
Waiting... / int_82997945	comment	Revenge Is a Dish Best Served: The restaurant staff get pissed off by a mean female client who complains about her steak and gravy, and so they give a cooking lesson on how to "fix" the order. As Dan stated, "Don't FUCK with the people that handle your food".
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Waiting... / int_85220074	type	T.G.I.O'ChiliBee's
Waiting... / int_85220074	comment	T.G.I.O'ChiliBee's: Shenaniganz is perhaps the most complete example of this trope, seeing as its existence is the entire premise of the movie.
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Waiting... / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Waiting... / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: The notion that if you piss off your waitstaff they will mess with your orders is all too true. A 20/20 special titled "True Confessions" has a segment about waitstaff messing with orders of customers who piss them off. With one instance of the waitstaff playing hockey with a piece of meat that was later served to a customer. The segment even makes reference to this movie. Nearly anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant can tell you that the characters in the film are very true to life, and has likely worked with a real-life equivalent to all of them. While promoting the movie, Dane Cook frequently told stories about his time in the restaurant business and some of the horrible things he himself did to food. He mentioned one horrible customer pissed him off, so when he was mixing her drink, he didn't use a straw.
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Waiting... / int_8ace85ef	type	Audience Surrogate
Waiting... / int_8ace85ef	comment	Audience Surrogate: Mitch.
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Waiting... / int_8cb1a369	type	Took a Level in Jerkass
Waiting... / int_8cb1a369	comment	Took a Level in Jerkass: One of the few main characters to return for the sequel, Calvin, is a smug, womanizing asshole the whole movie because he took Monty's and a misogynistic website's terrible advice to heart and becomes a manager for a Hooter's ripoff wing place.
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Waiting... / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: Mitch. Not by his choice, mind you, but he just keeps getting interrupted Foghorn Leghorn style until his rant at the end of the movie. Although the scene he has with Raddimus shows him playing this trope willingly. Since it's generally a run down of "The Game", Mitch is too freaked out to talk.
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Waiting... / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Naomi.
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Waiting... / int_95cb7004	type	Only Sane Employee
Waiting... / int_95cb7004	comment	Only Sane Employee: Dean, though Mitch might fit this more than him.
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Waiting... / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
Waiting... / int_a0797fb3	comment	Although the scene he has with Raddimus shows him playing this trope willingly. Since it's generally a run down of "The Game", Mitch is too freaked out to talk.
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Waiting... / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Waiting... / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Monty. A given, being that he's portrayed by Ryan Reynolds.
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Waiting... / int_b1191cb2	type	I Ate WHAT?!
Waiting... / int_b1191cb2	comment	I Ate WHAT?!: The "biatch" diner is given a "special" steak when she demands a new one. Remember, folks: Don't piss off the waitstaff.
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Waiting... / int_ba236071	type	It Makes Sense in Context
Waiting... / int_ba236071	comment	Averted. Calvin feels much better after Bishop walks him through a mental exercise about peeing in a public restroom, but Bishop then goes on to outline a therapy plan, involving repeating that exercise every night, and then slowly working him up to the stalls. Too bad Calvin isn't listening.
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Waiting... / int_c2c30ef6	type	Angst
Waiting... / int_c2c30ef6	comment	Angst: Of the existential sort. It drives the movie.
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Waiting... / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
Waiting... / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: Dean, desperate for a way out of his dead-end waiting job, impresses a group of businessmen enough that one gives Dean his card and invites him to apply to work for him. Dean is thrilled for a moment until he looks at the card and finds out that the business is another restaurant.
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Waiting... / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
Waiting... / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: Monty claims he is allowed to have sex with under-age girls because he wasn't there when the laws were made.
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Waiting... / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Waiting... / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The name of the restaurant Shenaniganz is a reference to Super Troopers. Shenaniganz was mentioned as a Restaurant that officer Rodney Farva liked to eat at complete with goofy shit on the wall. A young guy named Mitch being taken under a veteran's wing...perhaps a Dazed and Confused reference? Or Real Genius?
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Waiting... / int_ca7ec334	type	Two Lines, No Waiting
Waiting... / int_ca7ec334	comment	Two Lines, No Waiting: No pun intended, there are many, many subplots going on. In fact, the audience can pretty much choose who the main character is and what the main plot is.
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Waiting... / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Since there really is No Antagonist apart from the misery of the waitstaff's lives, both the corporate bureaucracy and general drudgery, the "biatch" with the steak was there to put a face to it and serve as a target for their wrath.
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Waiting... / int_e7e558	type	The Oner
Waiting... / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: A spectacular example, with the camera passing through the entire restaurant during the dinner rush, taking a few stops along the way to show each cast member at work. One of the featurettes on the DVD has the crew talking about how difficult the shot was to get right.
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Waiting... / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Waiting... / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: One extremely bitchy customer, who learns the hard way not to insult people who handle her food.
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Waiting... / int_ed05cfee	type	NaÃ¯ve Newcomer
Waiting... / int_ed05cfee	comment	Naïve Newcomer: Mitch. A flashback scene also shows that Monty was once this.
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Waiting... / int_f8214d	type	CoolBigBro
Waiting... / int_f8214d	comment	Cool Big Bro: Raddimus is a rather odd version of this to Mitch. As a result Raddimus isn't called out in Mitch's "The Reason You Suck" Speech, and Raddimus overjoyed when he realizes it was partially a Batman Gambit.
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