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* Edna attempts to throttle Velma after she asks if Tracy's mulatto, which doubles as a racist remark against Tracy protesting for integration and an implication that Edna cheated on Wilbur.
-->'''Velma''': Can I ask you a personal question?
-->'''Edna''' (''as she's trying to get Tracy to calm down''): No you can't!
-->'''Velma''': Is your daughter mulatto?
-->'''Edna''' (''giving Velma her full enraged attention''): Why, YOU!!!!
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* Corny Collins openly supporting integration for his show. Even when he’s met with some opposition and Velma saying she wants him fired, he doesn’t seem afraid and is still willing to be progressive.
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* It’s subtle but the fact that Link doesn't [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tell]] Amber what kind of a person she is compared to Tracy in a superior manner just goes to show that he really is a gentlemen. Although he might have given her one in his OffscreenMomentOfAwesome ("[My ring's] a little scuffed from Amber throwing it in my face when I told her I'd rather be with you.")

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The [[Film/Hairspray2007 2007 film]] has [[Awesome/Hairspray2007 its own page.

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* Because of Tracy's return in the 1988 movie, The Corny Collins Show also got integrated, which also gave karma to Arvin Hodgepile, the president of the channel who refuses to make Corny's show integrated awhile back. And because Amber refused to leave because of Tracy's comeback, the bomb on Velma's fake wig blows off and landed on Amber's head, which in turn sends the Von Tussle parents getting arrested!

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* Because of Tracy's return in the 1988 movie, The Corny Collins Show also got integrated, which also gave karma to is karmic comeuppance for Arvin Hodgepile, the president of the channel where the show is aired who refuses to make Corny's show integrated awhile back. integrated. And because Amber refused to leave because of Tracy's comeback, the bomb on Velma's fake wig blows off and landed lands on Amber's head, which in turn sends leads to the Von Tussle parents getting arrested!



** Edna getting onstage and performing. The fact that she was insecure at first and afraid of leaving her house because of her weight and she was willing to dance on national TV with ''millions of viewers watching'' -- now that was AWESOME. "If you don't like the way I look, well I just don't give a damn!" indeed. Bonus points with Inez and Tracy joining her.

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** Edna getting onstage and performing. The fact that she was insecure at first and afraid of leaving her house because of her weight and she was weight, but now she's willing to dance on national TV with ''millions of viewers watching'' -- now that was AWESOME. "If you don't like the way I look, well I just don't give a damn!" indeed. Bonus points with Inez and Tracy joining her.



*** And in the 2007 film,

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* Tracy getting on the Corny Collins show in the 2007 film. What makes it more awesome is Edna & Wilbur’s reactions.

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!!The 1988 film
* Tracy getting on Because of Tracy's return in the 1988 movie, The Corny Collins Show also got integrated, which also gave karma to Arvin Hodgepile, the president of the channel who refuses to make Corny's show in integrated awhile back. And because Amber refused to leave because of Tracy's comeback, the 2007 film. What makes it more awesome is Edna & Wilbur’s reactions.bomb on Velma's fake wig blows off and landed on Amber's head, which in turn sends the Von Tussle parents getting arrested!

!!The 2002 musical



** In a deleted scene, Edna is released from police custody, but she’s greatly upset when she sees Maybelle and the rest of the protesters being arrested. Rather than walk away, Edna demands that the police officer apologize and let the protesters go. His response? Cuffing her and loading her in with the protesters. Her response? Smiling for standing up for the protesters.
* It may have been a stupid thing to do, but Tracy gets one when she hits the policeman with her sign. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Tracy isn't someone you should push around.]]



*** And in the 2007 film, Amber moves on, showing interest in one of the black dancers (the two can be seen flirting and teaching each other dance moves in the background at one point) and telling Velma "I lost, Mom! Let's just deal with it!" after Inez wins. In the theatrical version, she finally just looks at her mom and shrugs comically before joining in the dance, while in a deleted scene, she joins after letting her mom go to jail.
** Tracy and Link's kiss at the end of the 2007 film.

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*** And in the 2007 film, Amber moves on, showing interest in one of the black dancers (the two can be seen flirting and teaching each other dance moves in the background at one point) and telling Velma "I lost, Mom! Let's just deal with it!" after Inez wins. In the theatrical version, she finally just looks at her mom and shrugs comically before joining in the dance, while in a deleted scene, she joins after letting her mom go to jail.
** Tracy and Link's kiss at the end of the 2007 film.



* Corny Collins gets some props for being ready to swoop in and give everything Maybelle and Tracy had done the final push to get his show permanently integrated. Knowing Little Miss Inez Stubb's name and knowing the tiny rule that let her win shows his been waiting for a moment like this.
** Him shutting Velma down and leading Maybelle onto stage counts too.
-->'''Velma:''' Corny, do something! This show is turning to gumbo!
-->'''Corny:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Not a chance, Velma.]] ''This'' is the future.
*** The look on Maybelle's face in the 2007 movie as Corny leads her to the stage. "This is your time," he says, and her expression says "You bet it is."
* In the 2007 film, Edna gets her revenge on Velma when Velma admits to Amber that she rigged the votes. Edna, Wilbur, and the camera man turn the camera on her and she tells Velma that she is on national TV, [[LaserGuidedKarma causing her to get fired.]]
* Because of Tracy's return in the 1988 movie, The Corny Collins Show also got integrated, which also gave karma to Arvin Hodgepile, the president of the channel who refuses to make Corny's show integrated awhile back. And because Amber refused to leave because of Tracy's comeback, the bomb on Velma's fake wig blows off and landed on Amber's head, which in turn sends the Von Tussle parents getting arrested!
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*** Not to mention she wins by a landslide despite [[spoiler: Velma stuffing the ballot boxes in an attempt to get Amber to win]].

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*** Not to mention she wins by a landslide despite [[spoiler: Velma stuffing the ballot boxes in an attempt to get Amber to win]].win.



*** And in the 2007 film, Amber moves on, showing interest in one of the black dancers (the two can be seen flirting and teaching each other dance moves in the background at one point) and telling Velma "I lost, Mom! Let's just deal with it!" after Inez wins. In the theatrical version, she finally just looks at her mom and shrugs comically before joining in the dance, while in a deleted scene, [[spoiler: she joins after letting her mom go to jail.]]
** [[spoiler:Tracy and Link's kiss at the end of the 2007 film]].

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*** And in the 2007 film, Amber moves on, showing interest in one of the black dancers (the two can be seen flirting and teaching each other dance moves in the background at one point) and telling Velma "I lost, Mom! Let's just deal with it!" after Inez wins. In the theatrical version, she finally just looks at her mom and shrugs comically before joining in the dance, while in a deleted scene, [[spoiler: she joins after letting her mom go to jail.]]
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** [[spoiler:Tracy Tracy and Link's kiss at the end of the 2007 film]].film.



* In the 2007 film, Edna gets her revenge on Velma when Velma admits to Amber [[spoiler: that she rigged the votes. Edna, Wilbur, and the camera man turn the camera on her and she tells Velma that she is on national TV, [[LaserGuidedKarma causing her to get fired.]]]]

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* In the 2007 film, Edna gets her revenge on Velma when Velma admits to Amber [[spoiler: that she rigged the votes. Edna, Wilbur, and the camera man turn the camera on her and she tells Velma that she is on national TV, [[LaserGuidedKarma causing her to get fired.]]]]]]

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