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Wall Street

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Wall Street	label	Wall Street
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Wall Street	comment	Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Michael Douglas (in an Academy Award-winning performance) and Charlie Sheen, with Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook, and Terence Stamp in supporting roles.It follows Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a young New York stockbroker who wants to reach the top of the world, as he becomes involved with his idol, Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a ruthless Wall Street player who has a conflict with Bud's father, Carl (Martin Sheen).A sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, was released in 2010.Not to be confused with the actual Wall Street; there is no such article on that here yet. Or for that matter with The Wolf of Wall Street, which deals with similar subject matter but is far more line-crossing and vulgar than this film.
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Wall Street / int_11cdc5d8	type	White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
Wall Street / int_11cdc5d8	comment	White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: Gekko tells Bud that he bought himself a seat on the board of the Bronx Zoo because, "One thing you gotta learn about WASPs: They love animals, but can't stand people."
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Wall Street / int_1206dd74	type	Victory Is Boring
Wall Street / int_1206dd74	comment	Victory Is Boring: After winning the takeover battle, Gordon complains about how difficult it has been to turn around Teldar even after he's fired most of the management. For that reason, he initially rebuffs Bud's suggestion at buying BlueStar.
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Wall Street / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
Wall Street / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: Gekko is a clear example, as he not only serves as an Evil Mentor to Bud Fox, but also uses him into obtaining information via illegal means. Beneath that facade, he is actually driven by self-interest and greed, has no qualms about using Bud as a means to ensure his profits and shows no remorse when he intentionally plans to drive Bluestar Airlines into bankruptcy.
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Wall Street / int_1c21e3fb	type	The Place
Wall Street / int_1c21e3fb	comment	The Place: Wall Street, as a metonym for the securities and financial services industry.
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Wall Street / int_1c6ded94	type	Wicked Cultured
Wall Street / int_1c6ded94	comment	Wicked Cultured: Gekko wears trend-setting, custom-made clothes, collects art, and dates an interior decorator.
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Wall Street / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
Wall Street / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: Bud does a deal with Gekko, but it comes with a high cost.
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Wall Street / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Wall Street / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Gekko tells Bud to spy on rival raider Lawrence Wildman and discern his next move. Later on, Bud uses this move against Gekko when he revealed his plans to intentionally drive Bluestar Airlines into bankruptcy.
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Wall Street / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Wall Street / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: The entire plot seems to play off this trope, specifically when Gekko tells Bud to do favors for him which would violate securities laws.
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Wall Street / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Wall Street / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: Early in the movie, Gordon advises against getting emotional about stock. Later in the movie, Bud repeats this back to Gordon. Also, when Bud gets promoted, his boss Lynch praises him for his success. Near the end, Lynch gives him a Death Glare, contemptuously commenting about Bud's involvement in securities fraud.
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Wall Street / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
Wall Street / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: Marv tells Bud to "Go thou and sin no more" (John 8:11).
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Wall Street / int_32da548d	type	Arch-Enemy
Wall Street / int_32da548d	comment	Arch-Enemy: Bud Fox was Gekko's former protege, until Gekko manipulates Fox into helping him bankrupt his father's company.
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Wall Street / int_3322dd48	type	Hollywood Law
Wall Street / int_3322dd48	comment	Hollywood Law: It's a bit of a stretch for this trope perhaps, but in the final shot, Bud is shown walking up the courthouse steps in Lower Manhattan's Foley Square to his sentencing. However, he's walking up the steps of the New York County Supreme Court building — i.e., state court, when the insider trading charges he would be allocating to within are strictly federal, which meant he should have been walking up the steps of the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse next door.
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Wall Street / int_356e26da	type	Good Hair, Evil Hair
Wall Street / int_356e26da	comment	Good Hair, Evil Hair: Gekko has the slicked-back variety, indicating his status as a Corrupt Corporate Executive.
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Wall Street / int_37707f7a	type	It's Cuban
Wall Street / int_37707f7a	comment	It's Cuban: Sleazy, amoral executive Gekko enjoys smoking contraband Cuban cigars. It takes Bud giving him a box of cigars to be granted an interview.
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Wall Street / int_3773f8d5	type	Status Cell Phone
Wall Street / int_3773f8d5	comment	Status Cell Phone: Gordon has an extravagant, top-of-the-the-line, and brick-sized cell phone.
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Wall Street / int_38bf28e3	type	Engineered Public Confession
Wall Street / int_38bf28e3	comment	Engineered Public Confession: Bud is secretly wearing a Hidden Wire to record Gekko's own crimes as part of his deal with the SEC to get a lighter sentence, during their final confrontation.
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Wall Street / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
Wall Street / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Gekko initially dismisses Bud for being naive about the stock market.
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Wall Street / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Wall Street / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Bud saves the airline, but is facing a jail term. Likewise, the airline workers have staved off unemployment, but are facing wage cutbacks. But the sequel reveals that once Bud does his stint, he accepts the job at Bluestar that Wildman offered him, turns it into one of the most successful airlines in the country, and retires a rich man.
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Wall Street / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Wall Street / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: Carl doesn't like Gekko or the proposed restructuring plan for Bluestar at all, believing Bud is being used and Gekko wants to destroy the company; nevertheless, he agrees to take the proposal to the workers at his union because he believes the employees have a right to know about and consider it.
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Wall Street / int_4e52a624	type	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Wall Street / int_4e52a624	comment	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!:
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Wall Street / int_4ebc2ce5	type	Opposed Mentors
Wall Street / int_4ebc2ce5	comment	Opposed Mentors: Bud has to choose between his father, a blue-collar machinist who lives an honest lifestyle, and Gekko, an unscrupulous corporate raider solely motivated by greed.
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Wall Street / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
Wall Street / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Bud just stands there and takes a beating from Gordon while they meet in Central Park. Bud was recording the conversation as part of his deal with the FBI, but the look on his face as he takes each blow suggests that he’s getting what he deserves for everything he put a lot of people he cares about through.
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Wall Street / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Wall Street / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Subverted. Gordon Gekko is clearly in love with himself, but also remembers to Pet the Dog on occasion.
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Wall Street / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
Wall Street / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Gekko zig-zags between this and Faux Affably Evil. Yes, he's a surprisingly genial sort for somebody so ruthless and avaricious. But on the other hand, he will act like your best friend while plotting your ruin. How much of his "niceness" is sincere and how much is an act is left deliberately ambiguous and can switch from person to person and even from scene to scene with the same characters.
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Wall Street / int_545831af	type	Forgotten Friend, New Foe
Wall Street / int_545831af	comment	Forgotten Friend, New Foe: When Bud gets promoted: When Bud's insider trading is exposed:
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Wall Street / int_59938d30	type	Better than Sex
Wall Street / int_59938d30	comment	Better than Sex: Gekko relates that when he made an $800,000 profit on his first business real-estate purchase, he thought making all that money was "better than sex," but years later, he only sees it as a day's pay.
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Wall Street / int_60fa92ac	type	Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Wall Street / int_60fa92ac	comment	Names to Run Away from Really Fast: No one with the last name Gekko is likely to be an upstanding guy.
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Wall Street / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
Wall Street / int_627264e0	comment	Also, when Bud gets promoted, his boss Lynch praises him for his success. Near the end, Lynch gives him a Death Glare, contemptuously commenting about Bud's involvement in securities fraud.
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Wall Street / int_6858aca8	type	Punctuated Pounding
Wall Street / int_6858aca8	comment	Punctuated Pounding: "I took you in. [hits Bud a 2nd time] A NOBODY! [hits him again] I opened the doors for you! I showed you how the system works! The value of information, how to get it! Fulham Oil, Brant Resources, Geodynamics. And this is how you fucking pay me back, you cockroach! [hits him a 4th time, but the force of the hit knocks Bud into the ground.] I GAVE YOU DARIEN! I GAVE YOU YOUR MANHOOD, I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING!"
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Wall Street / int_6ae754f4	type	Hidden Wire
Wall Street / int_6ae754f4	comment	Hidden Wire: Bud uses a hidden wire during his final confrontation with Gekko, in a successful attempt to provoke him into confessing his complicity in Fox's insider trading and Gekko's own criminal behavior.
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Wall Street / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Wall Street / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: The name "Bud Fox" can be interpreted as "Small/New (flower bud) and Crafty/Sneaky (like a fox)". Bud's name also sounds very similar to the phrase "b_tt f_cks", which is what Bud does to Gekko in the last quarter of the film, and what The SEC does to Bud in the end. "Gekko" sounds just like "gecko" and Gordon suggests certain associations with reptiles.
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Wall Street / int_6e287af	type	Janitor Impersonation Infiltration
Wall Street / int_6e287af	comment	Janitor Impersonation Infiltration: Bud buys shares in a cleaning company to copy confidential documents at Roger's law firm for Gekko.
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Wall Street / int_6fc21d06	type	Fiction 500
Wall Street / int_6fc21d06	comment	Fiction 500: Gekko is regarded as a ruthless corporate raider whom protagonist Bud Fox idolizes. Partway through the movie he confronts his rival, Larry Wildman, who during a tense negotiation tells Gekko, "I could break you, mate. In two pieces over my knees. You know it. I know it. I could buy you six times over. I could dump the stock just to burn your arse!"
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Wall Street / int_73e152ad	type	"Rise and Fall" Gangster Arc
Wall Street / int_73e152ad	comment	"Rise and Fall" Gangster Arc: The film uses this trope for White-Collar Crime. At the start of the film, Bud is an inexperienced broker who aspires to be the next Gordon Gekko. Before long, Bud becomes wealthy and enjoys Gekko's promised perks, including a penthouse, his own corner office, and a girlfriend. However, Bud's involvement with Gekko and overuse of insider info also attracts government scrutiny, while also alienating his father, who is an honest, blue-collar mechanic working for Bluestar Airlines. The tensions between Gekko and Bud reach a boiling point when Bud finds out Gekko planned to break up Bluestar. It's a downplayed example as Bud decides to cooperate with the SEC by spilling the beans about Gekko's insider trading activities in exchange for a reduced prison sentence.
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Wall Street / int_7503483d	type	Original Position Fallacy
Wall Street / int_7503483d	comment	Original Position Fallacy: Gordon proudly supports the idea of "survival of the fittest", but only as long as he's the fittest. He's driven into a Villainous Breakdown when Bud beats him at his own game and cheats him out of his control of Bluestar.
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Wall Street / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Wall Street / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: During their final confrontation, Gekko gives Bud a harsh one:
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Wall Street / int_820ac351	type	It Amused Me
Wall Street / int_820ac351	comment	It Amused Me:
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Wall Street / int_82a631b8	type	Present-Day Past
Wall Street / int_82a631b8	comment	Present-Day Past: The film, released in late 1987, has an opening title saying the movie takes place in 1985. Yet within a minutes a character makes a reference to the Challenger disaster, which happened in early 1986. This was the result of adding the "1985" title after most of the film had been completed, as a way of setting it before the insider trading scandals that had unfolded over the time the film was made.
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Wall Street / int_835d1cd2	type	Satellite Love Interest
Wall Street / int_835d1cd2	comment	Satellite Love Interest: Darien Taylor.
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Wall Street / int_8391b1c7	type	Artistic License â€“ Law
Wall Street / int_8391b1c7	comment	Artistic License – Law: As the movie takes place a couple years before it was filmed, it means that several of the actions shown were technically not illegal during the film's time frame despite Bud's fears of losing his Series 7 license or worse. In fact, Gekko most likely didn't break the law at all, but Bud definitely did so by disclosing confidential information from his client (Gekko) to a competitor (Wildman) and using that information to cost his client millions. Also, Bud does Janitor Impersonation Infiltration to search Roger's law firm's records and make copies of them for Gekko. When Gekko asks Fox to follow Lawrence Wildman around, Fox complains that he could lose his Series 7 license and/or go to jail. In reality, there's nothing illegal about following someone around and noting that he ate lunch in a restaurant with others, as this is all publicly observable information. It would only be illegal if Fox harassed Wildman in some way and Fox tries not to be noticed by Wildman or anyone with him. Carl tells Bud that Bluestar Airlines settled a lawsuit and its stock should go up. In reality, Carl broke the law by disclosing the settlement before it became public knowledge.
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Wall Street / int_8573ac0a	type	The Social Darwinist
Wall Street / int_8573ac0a	comment	The Social Darwinist: Gordon Gekko's philosophy is Social Darwinism of the economic kind. Several of his quotes are "It's a zero-sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses" or "In my book, you either do it right or you get eliminated." His entire "Greed is good" speech reeks of this as well. However, he only applies this trope to companies: weak people don't die, they just don't succeed in business, which is a fairly basic tenet of capitalism. Of course, he's more than willing to cheat to win if he can't succeed on pure talent (although, given his character, he'd probably just attribute that to his intellectual superiority).
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Wall Street / int_868409c	type	Broken Pedestal
Wall Street / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Bud's attitude to Gekko after he intentionally plans to drive his father's cherished company into bankruptcy.
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Wall Street / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
Wall Street / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: Gekko presents himself to the world as a successful businessman and investor, but is actually a Corrupt Corporate Executive solely driven by Greed.
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Wall Street / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Wall Street / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: While Bud was angered that Gekko used him, he should have known that he definitely broke the law by disclosing confidential information about his client (Gekko) to a competitor (Wildman), and using that info to manipulate the markets and cost his client millions.
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Wall Street / int_91b55fe	type	Pop-Star Composer
Wall Street / int_91b55fe	comment	Pop-Star Composer: Stewart Copeland.
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Wall Street / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Wall Street / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Near the climax, Gekko dumps his remaining stake in Bluestar, only to learn that Wildman bought them at a lower price and became its new owner. Realizing Bud conned him of Bluestar, he berates his former acolyte for his ingratitude in several of their illegal business transactions. Gekko didn't know Bud secretly recorded this to get a lighter prison sentence. Before this, Gekko throws a profanity-laced tirade at Bud when the latter asks him to sell off Bluestar, unaware that it was part of Bud's scheme to deprive Gekko of his control over the airline.
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Wall Street / int_962ffef6	type	ISO-Standard Urban Groceries
Wall Street / int_962ffef6	comment	ISO-Standard Urban Groceries: Darien comes to Bud's apartment carrying the typical bag.
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Wall Street / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Wall Street / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Gordon Gekko, who is an unscrupulous corporate raider and an Evil Mentor to Bud Fox.
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Wall Street / int_9718a22a	type	You Remind Me of X
Wall Street / int_9718a22a	comment	You Remind Me of X:
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Wall Street / int_9ab3da1a	type	Evil Mentor
Wall Street / int_9ab3da1a	comment	Evil and Cynical Mentor: Gordon Gekko to Bud Fox. In this case, it's the student who pushes for the mentor's advice. As soon as Bud makes himself useful to Gekko's financial schemes, Gekko takes him under his wing and gives him the life he always wanted while teaching him to be driven solely by greed and use illegal means if necessary to ensure his profits.
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Wall Street / int_9e1e14ea	type	Ambition Is Evil
Wall Street / int_9e1e14ea	comment	Ambition Is Evil: Gekko famously asserts, "Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good." In a World… where money is power, greed is ambition.
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Wall Street / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Wall Street / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: When Bud learns that Gekko plans to drive Bluestar Airlines into bankruptcy (and leave his father and the entire Bluestar staff unemployed), he is angered by Gekko's deceit, and racked with the guilt of being an accessory to Bluestar's destruction. Bud chooses his father over his mentor and resolves to disrupt Gekko's plans by concocting a plan to drive up Bluestar's stock before manipulating it back down.
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Wall Street / int_aba8065b	comment	Fatal Flaw: Bud Fox is too wide-eyed about Gekko's schemes, as Gekko is solely driven by greed and wants him to obtain information by any means necessary, even if it's illegal. Bud also wanted to be like Gekko, but doesn't realize the costs of having such a lifestyle until it was too late. Greed. Being a Corrupt Corporate Executive, Gekko is solely driven by greed as he uses Bud to obtain information by any means necessary to make a quick profit. His New Era Speech even exemplifies his MO: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." It ultimately costs him his career, family and reputation, as shown in the sequel.
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Wall Street / int_ac92aad1	comment	White-Collar Crime: Much of the film revolves around Bud trying to be like Gekko, who's actually a Corrupt Corporate Executive and commits insider trading to make a quick buck. Although insider trading is not illegal per se and rules regarding it can vary significantly by jurisdiction, it's only unlawful if done for the sake of personal gain. Trading conducted by corporate insiders or significant shareholders must be reported to regulators, usually within a few business days of the trade. Insiders in the US are required to file a Form 3 with the SEC if they decide to make a trade for the 1st time, while Form 4 is used for subsequent transactions, and Form 5 is a summary of all trades made throughout a company's fiscal year, as well as transactions previously not mentioned on a Form 4 submission.
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Wall Street / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Good luck, Gordon. You unknowingly spilled the beans on your own crimes and sealed your own fate to a long prison sentence, thanks to a Hidden Wire Bud was wearing during your final confrontation with him.
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Wall Street / int_b0855ef3	comment	No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Gekko was loosely based on Michael Milken, the junk-bond king and Ivan Boesky, a corporate raider. Bud Fox was partially based on Dennis Levine, a merger-and-acquisition specialist at Drexel Burnham Lambert who spent much of his career obtaining insider information. Sir Larry Wildman was based on the Anglo-French billionaire James Goldsmith.
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Wall Street / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: If you were to go by the earlier scenes in the movie, you would think that none of Bud's coworkers have any semblance of morality. But towards the end of the movie, when they all find out about Bud's involvement in securities fraud, everyone gives him a cold stare. An earlier draft of the script reveals that even Wildman drew the line between corporate raiding and insider trading.
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Wall Street / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Gordon Gekko.
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Wall Street / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
Wall Street / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: Wall Street and its sequel are set in and around the financial district in Manhattan.
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Wall Street / int_bef9ce5d	comment	Yuppie: Arguably the Trope Codifier with Fox and the other twenty-something yuppies working as drones to Gekko who's an older yuppie around 40.
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Wall Street / int_c3d95be6	type	You Said You Would Let Them Go
Wall Street / int_c3d95be6	comment	You Said You Would Let Them Go: Bud says to Gordon once he realizes who Gordon truly is: "You told me you were going to turn Bluestar around, not upside down. You used me." Or, to put it another way (since the sale of Bluestar will cause Bud's father's union workers to be fired), "You said you would let them stay!"
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Wall Street / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Gekko. The guy's New Era Speech even exemplifies his MO: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
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Wall Street / int_de10dda2	type	Caught on Tape
Wall Street / int_de10dda2	comment	Caught on Tape: Bud secretly wore a Hidden Wire to record Gekko's own crimes as part of his deal with the SEC.
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Wall Street / int_e20e7076	comment	Newhart Phone Call: Gordon takes and makes a few during his first meeting with Bud.
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Wall Street / int_e24d2d5c	type	Reptiles Are Abhorrent
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Wall Street / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Gekko frequently calls under-performing stocks "dogs."
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Wall Street / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Wall Street / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Gordon is inspired by several corporate raiders during the 1980s, and in fact the famous speech was based on one given by Ivan Boesky, who like Gordon, got arrested for his financial activities.
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Wall Street / int_e66e9bfb	comment	New Era Speech: Three words: "Greed is good."
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Wall Street / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: A great piece of acting by Sheen, as Bud is arrested for the insider trading he did during his time with Gekko, and slowly breaks down as he's handcuffed and led out of the office.
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Wall Street / int_eb0df85e	comment	Ham-to-Ham Combat: The confrontation between both Sheens. Martin even said "the size of his WALLET!" was inspired by another ham, George C. Scott, in The Hustler (1961).
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Wall Street / int_ed05cfee	comment	Naïve Newcomer: At first, Gordon Gekko dismisses Bud Fox as naive about the stock exchange.
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Wall Street / int_ed874c14	comment	Self-Made Man: While at a social club, Gekko mentions to Bud that he was "a City College boy who bought his way in, and now all these Ivy league schmucks are sucking [his] kneecaps."
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Wall Street / int_f5d2e441	comment	Perp Walk: Bud, after he's arrested for insider trading.
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Wall Street / int_f6c3d469	type	Fanservice Extra
Wall Street / int_f6c3d469	comment	Fanservice Extra: The naked girl seen getting out of Bud Fox's bed. Suzen Murakoshi is credited as "Girl in Bed".
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Wall Street / int_f8e010ce	type	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Wall Street / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When Gekko invokes a "Not So Different" Remark to Darien in an earlier draft of the script, she responds that he's incapable of understanding that money can't buy everything, especially love. Gekko thinks that she's leaving him to become on her own, but doesn't realize that she's actually leaving him for Bud.
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Wall Street / int_fa4c90cb	type	Split-Screen Phone Call
Wall Street / int_fa4c90cb	comment	Split-Screen Phone Call: When the word spreads among traders, including Oliver Stone himself, about Wildman buying Anacott Steel.
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Wall Street / int_fd76df83	type	Artistic License â€“ Economics
Wall Street / int_fd76df83	comment	Artistic License – Economics: A justified use of the trope, as the way Gekko makes money is indeed a zero sum game. While absolute wealth and value can be increased, relative wealth is pretty much constant. If you embrace the concept of the the positional good as Gekko seems to, then you only advance by getting ahead of others. Only so many people can be in the 1%, only one guy can be the richest. If wealth is a measuring stick for status and control, you don't want "enough", you want more than everyone else. Whether the economics are flawed or not depends on whether you accept that concept or not.
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