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* [[Bikini Bar]]: Roy and Frank go to one for their first meeting with Chuck Frechette.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: It starts out looking like a textbook case of a [[Downer Ending]], but manages to twist it into a [[Bittersweet Ending]]. {{spoiler|Roy loses all of his money after being conned by the three people that he loves and trusts most, and he finds out that his daughter (who he owes his newfound happiness to) isn't really his daughter. Fast-forward one year: Despite all that's happened to him, Roy has successfully left his criminal past behind and conquered his neurosis, and he has a steady relationship with a woman he loves. When he encounters "Angela" again, he doesn't even hold a grudge against her}}.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: A literal example, with the gun that Roy keeps hidden in his garage. {{spoiler|Angela uses it to kill Chuck Frechette after Chuck breaks into Roy's house and threatens him}}.
* [[The Con]]: Well yah.
* [[Con Man]]: Also yah.
* [[Corruption
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Angela, although there is a reason.
* [[Playing Against Type|Directing Against Type]]: [[Ridley Scott]], who is primarily known for big-budget thrillers and action epics, directs a quirky character-driven [[Black Comedy]].
* [[The Ending Changes Everything]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Ghost Rider (
* [[Ho Yay]]: Frank often jokingly flirts with Roy, as if he enjoys how uncomfortable it makes him.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]:
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'''Roy''': I'm not a criminal, I'm a con artist. They ''give'' me their money. }}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Several in the final scene between Roy and {{spoiler|"Angela"}}.
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* [[Offstage Villainy]]: We eventually learn that {{spoiler|Frank, "Angela", and Dr. Klein}} are all working together to con Roy. However, we almost never see any of them together, and we never see any of them planning, conspiring, or actively trying to take his money. In fact, {{spoiler|by the time Roy figures out what's going on they've already cleaned out his account. Aside from a brief encounter with "Angela" one year later, he never sees any of them again}}.
* [[Placebo Effect]]: Roy finds out that Dr. Klein's pills are actually soy menopause supplements, which he gave to Roy to prove that he didn't need pills to conquer his OCD. Roy realizes that bonding with Angela has given his life meaning and helped him overcome his neurosis.
* [[Plot
* [[Shout
* [[Super OCD]]: Roy.
* [[Voiceover Letter]]: {{spoiler|Frank Mercer}}'s farewell letter to Roy.
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** {{spoiler|That he would never even try to talk to his ex-wife, and wouldn't end up finding out that she didn't have a daughter}}.
** {{spoiler|That he would trust "Angela" enough to give her access to his account, even though he had only just met her}}.
* [[You See, I'm Dying]]: Parodied. In the scene where Roy refuses to answer his phone while he's cleaning, Frank keeps leaving him voicemail messages trying to snap him out of it. After he's been at it for a few hours, he half-heartedly tries to guilt-trip Roy into picking up the phone by claiming that he's dying.
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''[[Description Cut|(cuts to a shot of Frank lying back on his couch, absent-mindedly eating a bowl of cereal and watching TV as he talks to Roy)]]'' }}
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