![]() Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: Of the apologetic variety.So much so that he still fights the wheelchair-bound Eric Elisi. Revenge Before Reason: The reason (or rather lack thereof) for Jarrod's "mission".He also remembered that she liked the flowers growing outside Eric's house and picked a few for her as a way of apologising for being a dick. He nestles up to Lily when she's in a bad mood because he felt guilty leaving her alone in that state. Pet the Dog: Jarrod's not completely heartless.Parental Favoritism: Jarrod's father towards Gordon who has been dead for an unspecified amount of time.He also has no qualms about hitting a disabled man with nunchaku. Nerdy Bully: Jarrod is a posturing twit who doesn't get along with anybody he can't dominate.It's Not You, It's My Enemy: Jarrod gives this reason for breaking up with Lily they get back together eventually.Inferiority Superiority Complex: Jarrod.Implausible Deniability: Mason's computer has a porn "virus".Happier Home Movie: Of Gordon winning a race.G-Rated Sex: There's one sex scene in this (R-rated) movie, and it's not explicit at all.Fictional Counterpart: "Fight Man" to Mortal Kombat.Dysfunction Junction: Jarrod's entire family.Do You Want to Copulate?: Rare human example of this trope, owing to Jarrod's complete lack of social skills.She says "no thanks" and he utterly fails to maintain his cool, riding off on his bicycle shouting that he was joking even though you can hear him blubbering. Dogged Nice Guy: Mason tries chatting up Lily when Jarrod dumps her.Disco Dan: Everyone in Jarrod's hometown has very dated fashion sense.Mason: On the phone before I came here you said, "When I'm finished with him he won't be able to walk.", and then I laughed. Creator Cameo: Director Taika Waititi as Gordon.Burger Fool: Lily's employment at "Meaty Boy", of the more-depressing, non-teenager variety.Though a lot of Jarrod's "brooding" can be seen as a misguided attempt to appear interesting/cool. Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Jarrod and Lily respectively.In the end, he's the recipient of this trope. Break the Haughty: Jarrod's mission is to do this to his high school nemesis.When he goes up against a man who is bigger than himself, he leaves himself wide open for a counterattack and eventually gets stuck in a headlock. Awesome, but Impractical: Jarrod's martial arts "training" is based entirely around whatever looks cool without actually building up his strength, honing his techniques or practicing evasion.The last shot of the films is him playing "horse". Jarrod finds the "horse" game that Lily and her brother play lame.Jarrod remembers this and picks a bunch of them to give to her. Lily stops to smell some lillies growing outside Eric's house.When Lily impresses everyone with her hula-hooping, she envisions the chanting as confetti with her name written on every piece. Early on in the film she'd discovered the manager's decision to pick a random name out of a hat and lay that person off was rigged entirely against Lily, as every name in the hat was hers. Lily's name being written on slips of paper.Their roles would be reversed towards the end. Lily sulking in her sleeping bag when she finds out Jarrod only dumped her so he could chase a better-looking woman, to which Jarrod responds by nestling up to her with his own sleeping bag.Just watch her labouriously entering the whole thing onto the game's screen. Atrocious Alias: Lily's videogame moniker is "Dangerous Person".Art Shift: The claymation sequences with the apples.She's good at videogames and only lost to Jarrod because she let him win, can hula hoop longer than most people and is a good enough throw to kill a seagull by accident. The Ace: Lily, though Jarrod keeps lying about her talents.
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