...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Chasing Amy
- 323 statements
- 61 feature instances
- 54 referencing feature instances
| Chasing Amy | type |
TVTItem | |
| Chasing Amy | label |
Chasing Amy | |
| Chasing Amy | page |
chasingamy | |
| Chasing Amy | comment |
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A 1997 romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Kevin Smith, and the third film in The View Askewniverse series.Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) is an artist who works fairly successfully for his "Bluntman and Chronic" comic along with his best friend Banky Edwards (Jason Lee). Holden meets fellow comic artist Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) at a convention, and after connecting with her on an intensely interpersonal level finds himself greatly smitten; before he can make a move, however, he discovers that Alyssa is a lesbian. He is devastated by that information, but they still become incredibly close friends. There is one hitch, however: he is still in love with her.This film was originally inspired by a brief scene in Go Fish (cowritten by Smith's friend Guinevere Turner, who has a cameo here), wherein one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for "selling out" by sleeping with a man. In real life, Kevin Smith was dating Joey Lauren Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her. Smith has even admitted that the film is basically an apology to Adams for his real-life overreaction upon learning of her sexual past while the two were dating (though he also makes it clear that her sexual history was nowhere near as wild as Alyssa's, only enough to make him feel inadequate and inexperienced at a young age).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Noted for its frank dialogue, Chasing Amy explores concepts of sexuality and love, and how you can't necessarily just turn off your feelings and the social pressure over unusual pairings. It was generally well-received, winning two awards at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards (Best Screenplay for Smith and Best Supporting Actor for Jason Lee). Joey Lauren Adams was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical. There's even been speculation for years that it was a nose away from receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum was the Musical Consultant/Producer on this film and wrote music for it. | |
| Chasing Amy | fetched |
2018-10-13T11:14:46Z | |
| Chasing Amy | parsed |
2020-06-25T17:20:08Z | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to ArchieComics: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to ArmoredClosetGay: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to CallBack: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to Dogma: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to Jaws: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to Mallrats: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| Chasing Amy | processingComment |
Dropped link to lampshadehanging: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
| Chasing Amy | processingUnknown |
ArmoredClosetGay | |
| Chasing Amy | processingUnknown |
Lampshade Hanging | |
| Chasing Amy | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1649e053 | type |
Your Mom | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1649e053 | comment |
YOUR MOTHER'S A TRACER! | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1649e053 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1649e053 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_1649e053 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_18d15922 | type |
Title Drop | |
| Chasing Amy / int_18d15922 | comment |
Title Drop: Learning about Holden's problems with Alyssa, Silent Bob tells him about a past girlfriend whom he ended up alienating over similar circumstances and he will always be "chasing Amy" because he screwed up that relationship. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_18d15922 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_18d15922 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_18d15922 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1bda3a0d | type |
Society Marches On | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1bda3a0d | comment |
Society Marches On: While the depictions of queer sexuality are up for debate on their fairness, the scene of Alyssa playing the "pronoun game" by using gender-neutral pronouns rules out the possibility that she's referring to someone who's non-binary. That concept was unheard of in 1997, but its acknowledgment is practically required, particularly among LGBTQ people, in The New '10s. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1bda3a0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1bda3a0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_1bda3a0d | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1dfbbf31 | type |
Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1dfbbf31 | comment |
Heterosexual Life-Partners: Deconstructed between Holden and Banky, Holden eventually states out loud that Banky's opposition to Alyssa stems from his attraction to Holden in a non-homosexual way. The end of the movie has them as good friends but they needed space from each other to grow, as Banky became a successful artist on his own and gets past the stigma of being a tracer. Joked about in Jay and Silent Bob's only scene. Silent Bob gives his monologue about "Chasing Amy" in reference to a past girlfriend and Jay wonder how he's never heard of her. Silent Bob tells him not everything in his life revolves around Jay. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1dfbbf31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1dfbbf31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_1dfbbf31 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1f4bb5b4 | type |
Let Me Tell You a Story | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1f4bb5b4 | comment |
Let Me Tell You a Story: Silent Bob's Title Drop speech. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1f4bb5b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_1f4bb5b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_1f4bb5b4 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
| Chasing Amy / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: Two, but they don't go off until subsequent movies. Jay and Silent Bob's bus tickets to Illinois get them to the midwest in time for the plot of Dogma, and Banky and Holden's comic book (turned movie) becomes the major plot of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. There's a third one: A blurb in one of the newspapers in the beginning reveals Brodie has quit his job as the host of the Tonight Show and opened up a comic book store, linking this movie to both Mallrats and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. One of the newspapers also mentioned the character Mooby, whose chain of restaurants is featured prominently in Dogma and Clerks II. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_22cf536c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_22cf536c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_22cf536c | |
| Chasing Amy / int_26eb6287 | type |
Funny Background Event | |
| Chasing Amy / int_26eb6287 | comment |
Funny Background Event: When Alyssa and Holden are playing darts, people behind them can be seen repeatedly entering the opposite gender's bathroom. Though since it is a gay bar (and Holden doesn't know it at the time) this becomes a Meaningful Background Event. When Silent Bob is telling his story about Amy, Jay is repeatedly pouring sugar into a spoon and eating it. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_26eb6287 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_26eb6287 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_26eb6287 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_272b44e | type |
Captain Ethnic | |
| Chasing Amy / int_272b44e | comment |
Captain Ethnic: "My book, 'White Hating Coon', is a positive role model that a young black reader can look up to." | |
| Chasing Amy / int_272b44e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_272b44e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_272b44e | |
| Chasing Amy / int_2b80abf4 | type |
Trivial Title | |
| Chasing Amy / int_2b80abf4 | comment |
Trivial Title: It's named after an anecdote Kevin Smith (as Silent Bob) delivers near the climax of the film. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_2b80abf4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_2b80abf4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_2b80abf4 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_340575a7 | type |
Girl on Girl Is Hot | |
| Chasing Amy / int_340575a7 | comment |
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot: Hooper mentions the fact that lesbians are becoming far more accepted in society because of this trope, while a gay black man has several additional hurdles to jump through. Also accurately describes Banky's reaction upon realizing he's in a lesbian bar and seeing Alyssa make out another girl. Although that is also leavened with a soupçon of schaudenfraude upon finding out Holden's crush is a lesbian. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_340575a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_340575a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_340575a7 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_361a1d26 | type |
Anguished Declaration of Love | |
| Chasing Amy / int_361a1d26 | comment |
Anguished Declaration of Love: Holden's Love Speech in the Rain. Followed soon after by Alyssa's monosyllabic reciprocative anguished squeak. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_361a1d26 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_361a1d26 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_361a1d26 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
| Chasing Amy / int_392372f9 | comment |
Bizarrely enough, doubles with Actor Allusion twice over. The scene where Alyssa's lesbian friends chastise her for "selling out" (her lesbianism by hooking up with Holden) mirrors a scene in Go Fish. The scene here features Guinevere Turner, who shares a name with Adams' character in Mallrats. Turner also wrote and appeared in Go Fish (although not in the scene in question). | |
| Chasing Amy / int_392372f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_392372f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_392372f9 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: Apparently as a child Banky made a nun so angry that she called him a "fucking cunt rag". While probably just some nonsense tossed off by his drug-fueled ranting, or even just an outright lie, Jay mentions that Alyssa's devious sexual past included something involving a dog. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c0a4666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_3c0a4666 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c88d6c2 | type |
Flat "What" | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c88d6c2 | comment |
Flat "What.": Banky's reaction when Holden accuses him of being in love with him. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c88d6c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3c88d6c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_3c88d6c2 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3cfdffd7 | type |
Angry Black Man | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3cfdffd7 | comment |
Angry Black Man: Parodied by Hooper, who pretends to be an Angry Black Man to sell comics but is actually Camp Gay. Also deconstructed, to some degree. It's definitely hinted that some of the rage he exhibits is real, but cloaked in irony. He also seems to be both angry at how black people are treated and, simultaneously, angry at the way the black community treats gay people. He's a complicated man. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3cfdffd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3cfdffd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_3cfdffd7 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3e378863 | type |
Last Het Romance | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3e378863 | comment |
Last Het Romance: Zig-zagged. Holden is implied to be Alyssa's first serious boyfriend (ie, more than just a hookup), but the woman she's seen with at the end indicates that Holden was her only het romance . In-Universe, Holden's discovery that he isn't her first male sex partner is what pisses him off. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3e378863 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_3e378863 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_3e378863 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
| Chasing Amy / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Everyone's able to move on with their lives and Holden in particular becomes a better person in the end, but neither his relationship with Alyssa nor his friendship with Banky survive. However, Banky and Holden do have a brief, silent reunion and it's very apparent how happy they are to see each other. Banky even wordlessly encourages Holden to go talk to Alyssa who's nearby. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_40cc0c7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_40cc0c7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_40cc0c7e | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Banky. Most of his obnoxious behavior towards Alyssa is because he doesn't want her to hurt his best friend. And possibly a deep rooted crush on him has something to do with it as well. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4781adbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4781adbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_4781adbb | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line Alyssa: "I BLEW HIM WHILE CODY FUCKED ME!!", confirming that she did, in fact, have a promiscuous straight past and making it clear that she does not appreciate Holden outing her about it in public. Holden: "We should all have sex together." | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_4e7c4536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_4e7c4536 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5679208c | type |
No Bisexuals | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5679208c | comment |
No Bisexuals: Sort of. Alyssa is bi/pansexual but identifies as a lesbian until she gets together with Holden, but the word "bisexual" doesn't appear anywhere in the film. Her friends treat her falling for Holden as "losing one to the other team," implying that identifying as bixesual is more controversial than identifying as a lesbian and, therefore, making her being in a relationship with Holden that much more selfless. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5679208c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5679208c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_5679208c | |
| Chasing Amy / int_586db75d | type |
My Girl Is Not a Slut | |
| Chasing Amy / int_586db75d | comment |
My Girl Is Not a Slut: Subverted and discussed at length. It's almost a deconstruction! After all, the guy loses the girl because he can't cope with her past. He feels inferior to her experience and wants to try something to make up the difference. And he's too ignorant to realize she doesn't care, that she just wants him. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_586db75d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_586db75d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_586db75d | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5a365ed2 | type |
Incompatible Orientation | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5a365ed2 | comment |
Incompatible Orientation: Subverted. Holden likes Alyssa when he thinks she's a "pure" lesbian or even a relatively chaste bisexual, but when he learns about her past... | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5a365ed2 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5a365ed2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_5a365ed2 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5b565147 | type |
Meaningful Background Event | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5b565147 | comment |
When Alyssa and Holden are playing darts, people behind them can be seen repeatedly entering the opposite gender's bathroom. Though since it is a gay bar (and Holden doesn't know it at the time) this becomes a Meaningful Background Event. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5b565147 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5b565147 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_5b565147 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5e7163c9 | type |
Alternative Character Interpretation | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5e7163c9 | comment |
Alternative Character Interpretation: In-universe example; Hooper insists to Banky that Archie and Jughead are gay lovers, while Banky insists to Hooper that Archie was "all about pussy". Doubles as Foreshadowing: Banky is very much Holden's Jughead. Hooper's Star Wars rant is all about this, as well. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5e7163c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_5e7163c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_5e7163c9 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_6eeba1f2 | type |
"Shut Up" Kiss | |
| Chasing Amy / int_6eeba1f2 | comment |
"Shut Up" Kiss: Holden gives one to Banky. It works. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_6eeba1f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_6eeba1f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_6eeba1f2 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_722b3319 | type |
Camp Gay | |
| Chasing Amy / int_722b3319 | comment |
Hooper plays with this as well: He doesn't mind the fact that he's gay, but he doesn't let his consumers know that, especially since a gay black man is "the swishiest gay man there is". | |
| Chasing Amy / int_722b3319 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_722b3319 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_722b3319 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The Criterion Collection DVD cover◊ notably depicts Holden with no facial hair and Banky smiling. During the entire movie, Holden keeps his goatee, and Banky is not nearly cheerful enough to wear that grin. Jay and Silent Bob's presence on the cover also implies that they'll be there for more than one scene. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7315fd38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7315fd38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7315fd38 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7815ba15 | type |
N-Word Privileges | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7815ba15 | comment |
N-Word Privileges: In a deleted scene, Alyssa says she's offended by Banky using words like "faggot" and "dyke" carelessly and in anger. Holden retorts with why it's okay for her and Hooper X to use those words if they're so bad. Alyssa explains that they use those words in order to take the venom out of them, so when ignorant and hateful people say them, they won't be bothered as much. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7815ba15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7815ba15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7815ba15 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b2118c5 | type |
Bait-and-Switch Comparison | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b2118c5 | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Comparison: This infamous exchange: | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b2118c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b2118c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7b2118c5 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b7f90d5 | type |
Pronoun Trouble | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b7f90d5 | comment |
Pronoun Trouble: Alyssa's friends catch on to her heterosexual relationship because when mentioning the person she fell for she doesn't specify the gender. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b7f90d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7b7f90d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7b7f90d5 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7d89315b | comment |
Holden is, at first, a decent-enough guy who happens to develop feelings for a woman who could never love him back because she isn't attracted to men. When he spills his guts to her about being in love with her, she rightfully calls him an asshole for making this her problem... only to confess that she is attracted to men and, after a second thought, admits that she loves him back. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7d89315b | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7f760614 | type |
The Silent Bob | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7f760614 | comment |
The Silent Bob: In some ways subverted for this movie, because Jay and Silent Bob are only in one scene and that one scene has Bob give a poignant monologue about "chasing Amy" he almost has as much dialogue as Jay. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7f760614 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7f760614 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7f760614 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
NiceJobBreakingItHero | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Holden attempts to rekindle his broken relationships with both his best friend and his girlfriend by suggesting they have a three-way. It ends up destroying both. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_7fbb2a3 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8163e2bb | type |
Dramatic Drop | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8163e2bb | comment |
Dramatic Drop: Banky drops a bottle of milk when he walks into his and Holden's apartment to find Holden and Alyssa asleep naked on the couch. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8163e2bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8163e2bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_8163e2bb | |
| Chasing Amy / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
| Chasing Amy / int_816a4e80 | comment |
Hooper's Star Wars rant is all about this, as well. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_816a4e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_816a4e80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_816a4e80 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_831164fe | type |
Signature Style | |
| Chasing Amy / int_831164fe | comment |
Signature Style: Kevin Smith's writing and directorial style is on display here with all of its usual notes: Snarky banter, limited camera movement, frank discussions of comic book sex, copious Star Wars references, and ice hockey. And My Girl Is Not a Slut, present in Clerks as well. Also a lampshading of the Degrassi Junior High references in the previous two movies. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_831164fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_831164fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_831164fe | |
| Chasing Amy / int_89434320 | type |
Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
| Chasing Amy / int_89434320 | comment |
Protagonist-Centered Morality: Averted. Holden is easily the most selfish character in the movie and everybody treats him as such. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_89434320 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_89434320 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_89434320 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8970d739 | type |
The One That Got Away | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8970d739 | comment |
The One That Got Away: The entire plot and climax of the movie. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8970d739 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_8970d739 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_8970d739 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_94e4c8ab | type |
Betty and Veronica | |
| Chasing Amy / int_94e4c8ab | comment |
Betty and Veronica: Discussed, when two characters try to explain why it happens in Archie Comics. Hooper is convinced it's because Archie is Jughead's lover, and Banky is convinced its because Archie wants to bed both girls at once. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_94e4c8ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_94e4c8ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_94e4c8ab | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9be2ef69 | type |
Rule 34 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9be2ef69 | comment |
Rule 34: Discussed, in regards of Archie Comics. Also, Banky's collection of pornographic magazines includes bizarre scenarios involving women and horses, which he reads TO A CHILD in a train station. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9be2ef69 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9be2ef69 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_9be2ef69 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Doubles as Foreshadowing: Banky is very much Holden's Jughead. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9f67990b | type |
SequentialArtist | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9f67990b | comment |
Sequential Artist: Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are writers/artists for Bluntman and Chronic comic, Alyssa Jones is writer/artist for Idiosyncratic Routine, and Hooper X produces the comic White Hatin' Coon. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9f67990b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_9f67990b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_9f67990b | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2492aff | type |
Dogged Nice Guy | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2492aff | comment |
Dogged Nice Guy: Played straight, then deconstructed. Holden is, at first, a decent-enough guy who happens to develop feelings for a woman who could never love him back because she isn't attracted to men. When he spills his guts to her about being in love with her, she rightfully calls him an asshole for making this her problem... only to confess that she is attracted to men and, after a second thought, admits that she loves him back. The second half of the movie depicts Holden's selfishness when he's hung up on Alyssa's devious sexual past, taking for granted how coming out as bi just to be with him was a huge risk that ostracized her from her other lesbian friends. The only reason he feels that having a three-way with Alyssa and Banky will solve all of their problems is because it would be easiest for him. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2492aff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2492aff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_a2492aff | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2e887be | type |
Secondary Character Title | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2e887be | comment |
Secondary Character Title: Amy is only mentioned off-screen as the ex-girlfriend of Silent Bob, another secondary character. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2e887be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_a2e887be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_a2e887be | |
| Chasing Amy / int_ace24b2c | type |
Halfway Plot Switch | |
| Chasing Amy / int_ace24b2c | comment |
Halfway Plot Switch: The first half is about Holden struggling with being in love with Alyssa, who identifies as a lesbian. Then, they hook up. The second half of the movie is about Holden feeling increasingly insecure about Alyssa's extensive sexual past. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_ace24b2c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_ace24b2c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_ace24b2c | |
| Chasing Amy / int_aedf9091 | type |
There Is No Try | |
| Chasing Amy / int_aedf9091 | comment |
There Is No Try: Silent Bob tries to quote this, but is violently interrupted by Jay. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_aedf9091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_aedf9091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_aedf9091 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Chasing Amy / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: Kevin Smith word-for-word quotes a negative review of Mallrats in a deleted scene involving two snooty comicbook salesmen dissing Bluntman & Chronic. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_b53077b3 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bac9f95d | type |
Sweet Tooth | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bac9f95d | comment |
When Silent Bob is telling his story about Amy, Jay is repeatedly pouring sugar into a spoon and eating it. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bac9f95d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bac9f95d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_bac9f95d | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Banky has several. "You're a fucking tracer!" YOUR MOTHER'S A TRACER! Banky also didn't appreciate Hooper's theory that Archie was gay, and dragged Hooper to a comic book store to disprove it. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bc74ef27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_bc74ef27 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bf3d0873 | type |
Where Everybody Knows Your Flame | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bf3d0873 | comment |
Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: Banky realizes before Holden that Alyssa has taken them here. His face is priceless. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bf3d0873 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_bf3d0873 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_bf3d0873 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c3fbac64 | type |
Bestiality Is Depraved | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c3fbac64 | comment |
Also, Banky's collection of pornographic magazines includes bizarre scenarios involving women and horses, which he reads TO A CHILD in a train station. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c3fbac64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c3fbac64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_c3fbac64 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c40c8b74 | type |
And Starring | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c40c8b74 | comment |
And Starring: Jason Mewes as Jay. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c40c8b74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c40c8b74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_c40c8b74 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Alyssa and Banky comparing lovemaking scars is nearly identical to the famous scene from Jaws. Bizarrely enough, doubles with Actor Allusion twice over. The scene where Alyssa's lesbian friends chastise her for "selling out" (her lesbianism by hooking up with Holden) mirrors a scene in Go Fish. The scene here features Guinevere Turner, who shares a name with Adams' character in Mallrats. Turner also wrote and appeared in Go Fish (although not in the scene in question). | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_c75df49a | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Self-Deprecation: Jay complains about his portrayal in Bluntman & Chronic, specifically the phrase "snootchie-bootchies", which was first used in Mallrats. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_c9597a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_c9597a03 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d429d0f6 | type |
Canada, Eh? | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d429d0f6 | comment |
Canada, Eh?: When Banky suggests he and Holden watch Degrassi Junior High: | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d429d0f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d429d0f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_d429d0f6 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d6b5f05f | type |
Friendship Moment | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d6b5f05f | comment |
Friendship Moment: Just because a friendship moment is selfless (or at least well-intentioned) doesn't automatically make it a good idea. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d6b5f05f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_d6b5f05f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_d6b5f05f | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e251fae2 | type |
But Not Too Black | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e251fae2 | comment |
But Not Too Black: Hooper's complaints about Darth Vader being a white man. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e251fae2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e251fae2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_e251fae2 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Banky is an inker. But many people (especially that one guy) think it's the same as tracing. | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e563bf09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_e563bf09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_e563bf09 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
| Chasing Amy / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: The guy who screams "FUCKING TRACER!!". | |
| Chasing Amy / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_fbd5c739 | type |
IHaveToGoIronMyDog | |
| Chasing Amy / int_fbd5c739 | comment |
I Have to Go Iron My Dog: Holden tries to pull Banky out of the lesbian bar when things start getting awkward for him by saying they need to beat traffic. Banky tells him that there's no traffic since it's one in the morning, to which Holden replies, "Yeah, so rush hour starts in eight hours!" | |
| Chasing Amy / int_fbd5c739 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_fbd5c739 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_fbd5c739 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| Chasing Amy / int_name | comment |
||
| Chasing Amy / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Chasing Amy | hasFeature |
Chasing Amy / int_name | |
| Chasing Amy / int_name | itemName |
Chasing Amy |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.