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* Likely, the reason that Walter and Joanna agreed for him to become a FakeDefector is that if they left, it'd be too easy for the Wives and evidence to be disposed of and could go for plausible deniability, even if Walter got Joanna out of there. They decided to get the proof, save everyone, and ensure this could never happen to anyone.

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* Likely, the reason that Walter and Joanna agreed for him to become a FakeDefector is that if they left, it'd be too easy for the Wives and evidence to be disposed of and could go for plausible deniability, even if Walter got Joanna out of there. They decided to get the proof, save everyone, and ensure this could never happen to anyone.anyone else.
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'''Joanna:''' No. [[WhamLine That's a man.]]
* Meta: the acting that went into the movie, with Nanette Newman providing the perfect performance of a submissive, robotic housewife.
-->I'll just ''die'' if I don't get this recipe!
** Katharine Ross's performance winning her a Saturn award.

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'''Joanna:''' No. [[WhamLine That's a man.]]
* Meta: the acting that went into the movie, with Nanette Newman providing the perfect performance of a submissive, robotic housewife.
-->I'll just ''die'' if I don't get this recipe!
** Katharine Ross's performance winning her a Saturn award.
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--> '''Joanna''': [with a kitchen knife in hand] Look, I bleed. When I cut myself I bleed. Do you bleed?
--> '''Bobbie''': Why, look at your hand.
--> '''Joanna''': No, you look.

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--> '''Joanna''': [with -->'''Joanna:''' ''(with a kitchen knife in hand] hand)'' Look, I bleed. When I cut myself myself, I bleed. Do you bleed?
--> '''Bobbie''':
bleed?\\
'''Bobbie:'''
Why, look at your hand.
--> '''Joanna''':
hand.\\
'''Joanna:'''
No, you ''you'' look.



** Her son, David, even bursts in with his motorcycle to save his mom and sister.

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** Her son, David, even [[BigDamnHeroes bursts in with his motorcycle motorcycle]] to save his mom and sister.



** In a deleted scene, one cyborg wife is seen holding up her husband by the neck with her hand stretched out, she turns to the protesting Mike and asks the kingpin "You want some?"

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** In a deleted scene, one cyborg wife is seen holding up her husband by the neck with her hand stretched out, she turns to the protesting Mike and asks the kingpin kingpin, "You want some?"



-->'''Walter''': Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from Radio Shack.
-->'''Mike''': That's a shame.
-->'''Joanna''': No. [[WhamLine That's a man]].

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-->'''Walter''': -->'''Walter:''' Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from Radio Shack.
-->'''Mike''':
Shack.\\
'''Mike:'''
That's a shame.
-->'''Joanna''':
shame.\\
'''Joanna:'''
No. [[WhamLine That's a man]].man.]]



---> I'll just die if I don't get this recipe!

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---> I'll -->I'll just die ''die'' if I don't get this recipe!
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** Her son, David, even bursts in with his motorcyle to save his mom and sister.

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** Her son, David, even bursts in with his motorcyle motorcycle to save his mom and sister.



-->'''Joanna''': No.[[WhamLine That's a Man]].

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-->'''Joanna''': No. [[WhamLine That's a Man]].man]].
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* Joanna has suspicions about Bobbi being changed. To test it, she stabs her former friend in the stomach.

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* Joanna has suspicions about Bobbi Bobbie being changed. To test it, Driven to desperation, Joanna tests it to prove her suspicions beyond all reasonable doubt in the only way she can think of: she stabs her former friend in the stomach.



--> '''Bobbi''': Why, look at your hand.

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--> '''Bobbi''': '''Bobbie''': Why, look at your hand.
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* Joanna has suspicions about Bobbi being changed. To test it, she stabs her former friend in the stomach.
--> '''Joanna''': [with a kitchen knife in hand] Look, I bleed. When I cut myself I bleed. Do you bleed?
--> '''Bobbi''': Why, look at your hand.
--> '''Joanna''': No, you look.
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* Likely, the reason that Walter and Joanna agreed for him to become a FakeDefector is that if they left, it'd be too easy for the Wives and evidence to be disposed of and could go for plausible deniability, even if Walter got Joanna out of there. They decided to get the proof, save everyone, and ensure this could never happen to anyone.
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** Joanna gets a smaller one when the men angrily demand what kind of person Walter is:
--> [[WhamLine That is a Man]].

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** Joanna gets -->'''Mike''': That's a smaller one when the men angrily demand what kind of person Walter is:
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shame.
-->'''Joanna''': No.
[[WhamLine That is That's a Man]].

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* Also in the remake: when the nanochips in the Wives' brains are turned off, the women square off against their husbands, who are haplessly pressing their now-useless remotes, when one wife yanks one and [[WaifFu STARTS CRUSHING IT WITH HER OWN TWO HANDS]].

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* Also in the remake: when the nanochips in the Wives' brains are turned off, short out, the women square off against their husbands, who are haplessly pressing their now-useless remotes, when one wife yanks one and [[WaifFu STARTS CRUSHING IT WITH HER OWN TWO HANDS]].


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** And, of course, the women force-feeding their husbands ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine.
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** Joanna gets a smaller one when the men angrily demand what kind of person Walter is:
--> [[WhamLine That is a Man]].
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* Mike's short but sweet TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the men on why he couldn't turn his wife into a mindless slave.
-->'''Mike''': Walter Kresby: Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from Radio Shack.

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* Mike's Walter's short but sweet TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the men on why he couldn't turn his wife into a mindless slave.
-->'''Mike''': Walter Kresby: -->'''Walter''': Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from Radio Shack.
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* Mike's short but sweet TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the men on why he couldn't turn his wife into a mindless slave.
-->'''Mike''': Walter Kresby: Because she's not a science project. Because I didn't marry something from Radio Shack.
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* In ''The Stepford Children'', Laura manages to survive the whole film and escape with her children, and after fighting her daughter's robotic double, who had a knife!
** Her son, David, even bursts in with his motorcyle to save his mom and sister.

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* In the remake, after a resentful marriage: Walter and Joanna manage to work out an alternative to Joanna becoming a robot. Joanna merely gets a makeover and plays the part of a Stepford Wife smoothly and perfectly, Walter disables the microchips for each wife, Joanna flirts and flatters Mike and then nails him with a large candlestick when he was about to attack Walter.

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* After being an ass for most of the movie, Joanna hits Walter with a poker and demands to know where her children went.
* Joanna's photos being finally positively appraised are this and a HopeSpot.
* In the remake, after a resentful marriage: Walter and Joanna manage to work out an alternative to Joanna becoming a robot. Joanna merely gets a makeover and plays the part of a Stepford Wife smoothly and perfectly, Walter disables the microchips for each wife, Joanna flirts and flatters Mike and then nails him with a large candlestick when he was about to attack Walter.Walter.
* Also in the remake: when the nanochips in the Wives' brains are turned off, the women square off against their husbands, who are haplessly pressing their now-useless remotes, when one wife yanks one and [[WaifFu STARTS CRUSHING IT WITH HER OWN TWO HANDS]].
** In a deleted scene, one cyborg wife is seen holding up her husband by the neck with her hand stretched out, she turns to the protesting Mike and asks the kingpin "You want some?"
* Meta: the acting that went into the movie, with Nanette Newman providing the perfect performance of a submissive, robotic housewife.
---> I'll just die if I don't get this recipe!
** Katharine Ross's performance winning her a Saturn award.
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* In the remake, after a resentful marriage: Walter and Joanna manage to work out an alternative to Joanna becoming a robot. Joanna merely gets a makeover and plays the part of a Stepford Wife smoothly and perfectly, Walter disables the microchips for each wife, Joanna flirts and flatters Mike and then nails him with a large candlestick when he was about to attack Walter.

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