![]() ![]() Nepotism: Chuck gets reassigned to the night shift because his boss decided to give his nephew a job instead.The resulting disagreement results in a Second-Act Breakup. My Girl Is Not a Slut: After Chuck and Belinda hook up, he just assumes that she will give up prostitution even though she has apparently no other means of supporting herself and he's still engaged to Charlotte at this point.Motor Mouth: Bill, who seemingly talks all the frickin time.("He goes and jumps on a Girl Scout and breaks her cookies and you call that moral?") I'm a Man I Can't Help It: Bill offers this as a reason why their scheme is moral, claiming that men will either use hookers to relieve their urges or else they will sexually assault little Girl Scouts.Henpecked Husband: Apparently, Chuck's mother attends a once-a-week seance just to yell at her deceased husband more. ![]() Establishing Character Moment: After Chuck methodically sets up his night shift desk, we hear Bill's arrival by his singing along to "Jumping Jack Flash" on a tape recorder, then bursting into the room and energetically introducing himself.Disposable Fiancé: Chuck's is Charlotte Koogle, played by Gina Hecht.Jones, being chased down by people he didn't pay, and tossed out the window of his apartment tied to a chair, just as a guy dunks a basketball (flattening the basket on his way down). Destination Defenestration: The movie kicks off with Belinda's pimp, F.D.R.The Big Rotten Apple: It's early 80s New York and the grime is on full display.At a moment when he's particularly annoyed at Bill, Chuck grabs his tape recorder and yells "This is Chuck telling Bill to SHUT UP!" into it. Big "SHUT UP!": Bill carries around a tape recorder for all the times when he's struck by one of his "good ideas".His first scene has him practically bouncing off the walls. Ooh, Shiny!: Bill definitely seems to have this. After his Character Development, he sends it away be yelling, "Go home!" ![]()
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