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The inside man story (spoilers)


Gawain the inside man, the man inside the custodian in the bribing scene.
Bribing the guy was Lump's idea.
Lump the insight man in the Waffle Hut.
Lump is introduced into the film from inside being told "You're the man!"
Lump the inside man, the man inside the football player.
Lump leaves the film and this mortal world with insight into the revolver barrel.
Lump the insight man on his way to garbage island.
R.I.P.
The End.

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When the Professor presents the plan and introduces the gang members to each other he refers to Gawain as their proverbial "inside man", explicitly air quoting the quotation marks. Later apologizing to his boss for commenting on a female customer's behind Gawain asks his boss to imagine what it's like to walk in his shoes and explains: "See, Mr. Gudge, there's the custodian, right? And then there's the man inside the custodian. And that's the *beep* we got a problem with. See, cause that man, he got needs, Mr. Gudge, and normally those needs gotta do with women with big asses." A play on the term "inside man" giving the Professor's earlier air quotes an ironic meaning which is emphasized when in the very next scene Garth asks Gawain to spritz his awfully hot drill bit down and Gawain replies "*beep* you! I ain't your *beep* house *beep*. I'm the inside man!" browsing a magazine supposedly showcasing women's asses.

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