Reasonable Authority Figure: The IRS agent is very sympathetic toward Diane, understanding how difficult finding out that her father is a criminal is, but he is still going to do his job.Mike Cameron: "This is great! This gives me hope! Thanks!" No Indoor Voice: Jason, Lloyd's nephew, is like this (to be fair, he's only five years old).
Nobody Thinks It Will Work: Trope Namer. He spends all night driving some drunk kid home while said drunk kid tries to remember where his house is. Which, given the nature of the film, is basically all the time (Corey calls it "that nervous talking thing"). (To such an extent that he's also The Ghost.) Lloyd's sister's ex, identified only as "T, I, M", is a Disappeared Dad to Lloyd's nephew. The one time he mentions him, Lloyd calls his father "The Colonel". Lloyd doesn't even refer to his father as "dad". Missing Mom/ Disappeared Dad: Lloyd's parents are spending time in Germany, and are only mentioned in passing. It seems his father is stationed in Germany. It adds to the Dramatic Irony when you realize at the film's end how he wasn't completely honest with his daughter. Meaningful Name: The film's called Say Anything because Diane's dad insists that she tell him everything. Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Rare Male Example in Lloyd Dobler. Downplayed with Diane's meeting with the IRS agent (played by Philip Baker Hall), who is blunt but still sympathetic of her situation. Court is reduced to sitting in the bathtub on the verge of a nervous breakdown. 
A brief and innocuous meeting from tax agents one night gradually increases and increases until eventually Mr.Establishing Character Moment: see above.Rebecca: What was it like, Corey? I've always wanted to know.ĭ.C.: She explained it all on Wake Up Seattle - where were you? Corey: I wrote 63 songs this year they're all about Joe, and I'm going to play every single one of them tonight.Ĭorey: ( Beat) ].ĭ.C.: You did try to kill yourself over the guy.
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