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* AuthorAvatar: RJ acts as a stand-in for director Creator/TiWest, justifying his part in the movie by saying "it is possible to make a ''good'' dirty movie".

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* AuthorAvatar: RJ acts as a stand-in for director Creator/TiWest, Ti West, justifying his part in the movie by saying "it is possible to make a ''good'' dirty movie".



* TokenWholesome: {{Deconstructed}}. Lorraine seemingly starts out as this, being outright uncomfortable on the porn set and actually a bit judgmental towards the cast and crew with flash backs revealing her inhibited raising as a child, but she eventually gets fed up with being seen as the "church mouse" and does a scene in the film herself (despite having a boyfriend) to explore herself.

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* TokenWholesome: {{Deconstructed}}. Lorraine seemingly starts out as this, being outright uncomfortable on the porn set and actually a bit judgmental towards the cast and crew with flash backs flashbacks revealing her inhibited raising as a child, but she eventually gets fed up with being seen as the "church mouse" and does a scene in the film herself (despite having a boyfriend) to explore herself.



* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She's portrayed by the beautiful Mia Goth, and in her younger days, presented herself as an innocent farm girl with dreams to become a star. Beneath that was an ''extremely'' psychotic SerialKiller who began killing people since 1918 and would continue to do so even as she grew old, before finally being [[spoiler:put down by Maxine in 1979]].



* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She's portrayed by the beautiful Mia Goth, and in her younger days, presented herself as an innocent farm girl with dreams to become a star. Beneath that was an ''extremely'' psychotic SerialKiller who began killing people since 1918 and would continue to do so even as she grew old, before finally being [[spoiler:put down by Maxine in 1979]].



* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Howard served in World War I before coming back to find Pearl [[spoiler:having murdered both her parents.]] During the interim years between 1918 and 1979, Howard would go on to serve again in World War II, and eventually began to assist Pearl in her murders.



* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Howard served in World War I before coming back to find Pearl [[spoiler:having murdered both her parents.]] During the interim years between 1918 and 1979, Howard would go on to serve again in World War II, and eventually began to assist Pearl in her murders.



* WouldHitAGirl: After Lorraine finds an axe and manages to chip away at the cellar door, she sticks her hand through in an attempt to unlock it from the other side. Howard then proceeds to [[{{Fingore}} smash Lorraine's fingers with the butt of his shotgun]] when he notices her doing this, and orders her to go back down. [[spoiler:He also kills Lorraine by shooting her in the face when she runs outside the front door.]]

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* WouldHitAGirl: After Lorraine finds an axe and manages to chip away at the cellar door, she sticks her hand through in an attempt to unlock it from the other side. Howard then proceeds to [[{{Fingore}} smash Lorraine's fingers with the butt of his shotgun]] when he notices her doing this, and orders her to go back down. [[spoiler:He also kills Lorraine by shooting her in the face when she runs outside the front door.]]
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Pearl was a dancer ([[SelfServingMemory or so she claims]]) when she was younger and the old photos show Howard was quite a strapping fellow himself in that [[GoodLookingPrivates well-fitting military uniform]].

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* IWasQuiteALooker: The prequel shows that this is true for both of them, as Pearl (despite [[SelfServingMemory lying about being a dancer]]) was a dancer ([[SelfServingMemory or so she claims]]) when she was younger indeed very pretty and the old photos show Howard was quite a strapping fellow himself in that boyishly handsome [[GoodLookingPrivates well-fitting military uniform]].in his uniform.]] The ensuing decades have not been kind.

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* BiggusDickus: Has an almost comically large dick, which is seen in silhouette later in the film. Also doubles as BlackIsBiggerInBed.


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* GagPenis: Has an almost comically large dick, which is seen in silhouette later in the film. Also doubles as BlackIsBiggerInBed.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Howard kills her by shooting her in the face with his shotgun.]]

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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Howard kills her by shooting her in the face with his shotgun. Surprisingly, she doesn't die right away and ends up twitching and gurgling once, causing Howard to panic and die of a heart attack before she herself dies.]]



* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:Her twitching corpse surprises Howard and gives him a heart attack, which kills him.]]

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* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:Her twitching corpse surprises [[spoiler:Despite being shot in the head, she manages to twitch and gurgle before truly dying, startling Howard and gives giving him a heart attack, which kills him.]]
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* IronicEcho: She repeats quite a few [[AsTheGoodBookSays quotes out of the Bible]] as her personal mantras, namely the "I won't accept a life I don't deserve." It's ironic as she's a porn star who ran off to get away from her controlling conservative family. Maxine also echoes Pearl's line "it'll be our little secret" [[spoiler:when she finally kills her, after Pearl had said that earlier in the film with the intent to molest Maxine later on.]]

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* IronicEcho: She repeats quite a few [[AsTheGoodBookSays quotes out of the Bible]] as her personal mantras, namely the "I won't will not accept a life I don't do not deserve." It's ironic as she's a porn star who ran off to get away from her controlling conservative family. Maxine also echoes Pearl's line "it'll be our little secret" [[spoiler:when she finally kills her, after Pearl had said that earlier in the film with the intent to molest Maxine later on.]]
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* MsFanservice: Bobby-Lynne is a gorgeous woman, who's featured nude and/or topless multiple times throughout the film.[[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since she is acting in a porno.

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* MsFanservice: Bobby-Lynne is a gorgeous woman, who's featured nude and/or topless multiple times throughout the film. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since she is acting in a porno.
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* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: she wears a striped crop top.

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* JerkWithAHeartGold: She's blunt, antisocial, and incredibly self-absorbed, but she jumps into action when she realizes that Lorraine is in danger.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Maxine is hyperfocused on herself and her desire for fame, to the point of being generally apathetic to everything going on around her.
* JerkWithAHeartGold: She's blunt, antisocial, and incredibly self-absorbed, but she jumps into action when she realizes that Lorraine is in danger.



* MirrorCharacter: To Pearl. Both have troubled relationships with their parents, are extremely self-absorbed, and dream of achieving stardom, to the point that they’re willing to abandon their old lives and resort to unorthodox means to fuel their futures. The difference is that Maxine's unorthodox method is doing porn, while Pearl's is [[EvilCounterpart committing murder]].



* {{Narcissist}}: While it's not as pronounced as Pearl, Maxine is noticeably self-absorbed, vain, and hungry for fame, to the point that [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her very first scene]] has her staring at herself in the mirror and saying "I'm a fucking star!" The difference between her and Pearl is that Maxine hasn't completely lost her sense of morality.



* PreachersKid: Maxine is revealed to be the daughter of a conservative Christian preacher, who is seen speaking on television many times throughout the movie. She's the rebellious type, having cut ties with her family to pursue stardom.

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* PreachersKid: Maxine [[spoiler:Maxine is revealed to be the daughter of a conservative Christian preacher, who is seen speaking on television many times throughout the movie. She's the rebellious type, having cut ties with her family to pursue stardom.]]
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See also ''Characters/{{Pearl}}'', for characters unique to the prequel.

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* NotLikeOtherGirls: Has this attitude towards Lorraine, who he considers a "nice girl", unlike Bobby-Lynne and Maxine. Wayne, for his part, tries to correct this attitude by saying that "nice girls" (as per the MadonnaWhoreComplex) don't exist.



* NotLikeOtherGirls: Has this attitude towards Lorraine, who he considers a "nice girl", unlike Bobby-Lynne and Maxine. Wayne, for his part, tries to correct this attitude by saying that "nice girls" (as per the MadonnaWhoreComplex) don't exist.

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* NotLikeOtherGirls: Has this attitude towards Lorraine, who he considers a "nice girl", unlike Bobby-Lynne and Maxine. Wayne, for his part, tries to correct this attitude by saying that "nice girls" (as per the MadonnaWhoreComplex) don't exist.
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* AssholeVictim: While [[spoiler: his death]] was certainly horrific, brutal and not necessarily deserved, he was still a bit of a {{Jerkass}}. He didn’t tell Lorraine that they would be working on a porno and calls her a prude when she is clearly uncomfortable and then when she becomes interested in acting in the film he tries being controlling and giving her weak excuses instead of communicating his concerns about what it would mean for their relationship. After she goes through with it, he decides to steal the truck and attempts to abandon the crew at the farm.
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* NotWantingKidsIsWeird: Pearl admits to being glad when her fetus died during her pregnancy because she never wanted to be a mother. She's also an insane, mass-murdering narcissist.

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* MoralMyopia: When Maxine tells Pearl that the world will condemn her for her horrific crimes, Pearl mocks the idea that Maxine is innocent, treating Maxine's promiscuity as morally equivalent to her own ''mass murder'' and ''sexual assault'', seemingly believing that others will see it the same way.

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* MoralMyopia: When Maxine tells Pearl that the world will condemn her for her horrific crimes, Pearl mocks the idea that Maxine is innocent, treating Maxine's promiscuity as morally equivalent to her own ''mass ''spree murder'' and ''sexual assault'', seemingly believing that others will see it the same way.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Absolutely none of her scenarios for leaving the farm and seeing the world were remotely realistic, and she did not have a viable shot at leaving. [[spoiler:Howard wanted to live a simpler and less privileged life and had everything he desired on that farm, her obviously Germanic features and middling skill as a dancer meant that she likely never had a chance as a showgirl with the ever-present xenophobia and anti-German sentiment during the height of the Great War, in addition to simply being too unstable to sustain a career in show business, and the Projectionist likely didn't see her as anything more than a lay to woo, and even if he had truly been into her, her clear mental instability would have scared him off regardless.]]



* InSpiteOfANail: Absolutely none of her scenarios for leaving the farm and seeing the world were remotely realistic, and she did not have a viable shot at leaving. [[spoiler:Howard wanted to live a simpler and less privileged life and had everything he desired on that farm, her obviously Germanic features and middling skill as a dancer meant that she likely never had a chance as a showgirl with the ever-present xenophobia and anti-German sentiment during the height of the Great War, in addition to simply being too unstable to sustain a career in show business, and the Projectionist likely didn't see her as anything more than a lay to woo, and even if he had truly been into her, her clear mental instability would have scared him off regardless.]]

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* NiceGuy: He's a pretty easygoing guy who is also kind and a good partner to Bobby-Lynne.
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* MurderByInaction: While it's debatable on whether Pearl deliberately meant to [[spoiler:set her mother on fire out of impulse or did so accidentally when she pushed her towards the fireplace, she opts to drag the horrifically burned Ruth into the cellar rather than get her any medical attention, allowing her to slowly die of her injuries.]] Pearl even opens the door the next day to find Ruth having crawled to the top of the stairs [[spoiler:and ''[[KickTheSonOfABitch tosses her back down there]]'' out of revenge towards her mother for mistreating her.]]

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* MurderByInaction: While it's debatable on whether Pearl deliberately meant to [[spoiler:set her mother on fire out of impulse or did so accidentally when she pushed her towards the fireplace, she opts to drag the horrifically burned Ruth into the cellar rather than get her any medical attention, allowing her to slowly die of her injuries.]] Pearl even opens the door the next day to find Ruth having crawled to the top of the stairs [[spoiler:and ''[[KickTheSonOfABitch tosses ''tosses her back down there]]'' there'' out of revenge towards her mother for mistreating her.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: The closing shot of ''Pearl'' is of her smiling. However, the camera stays on her as the credits play, and she starts shedding tears and straining her face.

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* CovertPervert: Despite initially being upset about working on a pornographic film, Lorraine likes what she sees when she watches Jackson and Bobby-Lynne have sex, and she later asks to participate in the film.

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* CovertPervert: Despite initially being upset about working on a pornographic film, Lorraine likes what she sees when she watches Jackson and Bobby-Lynne Maxine have sex, and she later asks to participate in the film.film.
* DeathByIrony: Early on, a few characters comment on Lorraine’s quiet demeanor, saying that that she "never talks." At the climax of the film, however, Lorraine’s unwillingness to stop screaming at Maxine (due to being terrified, traumatized, and having her hand mauled) attracts the attention of Howard and Pearl, and she’s promptly [[spoiler:shot in the face, dying soon after.]]

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* OffingTheAnnoyance: A rare example where the hero does this to the villain. [[spoiler:After Pearl fails in her attempt to kill Maxine and breaks her hip, Pearl still has the gall to beg Maxine for help. When Maxine refuses and walks to the truck, Pearl resorts to [[SlutShaming calling her a “whore”]] and telling her that she will meet the same fate as an old, embittered woman like her. [[YourHeadASplode Maxine has none of it and reverses the truck into Pearl's head.]]]]

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* OffingTheAnnoyance: A rare example where the hero does this to the villain. [[spoiler:After Pearl fails in her attempt to kill Maxine and breaks her hip, Pearl still has the gall to beg Maxine for help. When Maxine refuses and walks to the truck, Pearl resorts to [[SlutShaming calling her a “whore”]] "whore"]] and telling her that she will meet the same fate as an old, embittered woman like her. [[YourHeadASplode Maxine has none of it and reverses the truck into Pearl's head.]]]]



* FedToTheBeast: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate, at Pearl's hands.]]



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She's genuinely trying to help Pearl, believing her to simply be suffering from dementia, before [[spoiler: Pearl pushes her in the lake, feeding her to the alligator]].

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* AffectionateNickname: "Raine" from RJ, and "churchmouse" from Wayne.


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* BitchSlap: Inflicts this on Bobby-Lynne before SlutShaming her and pushing her into the pond [[spoiler:to get devoured by an alligator.]]


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* ShadowArchetype: To Maxine, in spades. Both of them are women who sought stardom in their youth because they wanted to escape their troubled home lives. Pearl wanted to be a showgirl so she could get away from living under the same roof as her abusive mother while also having to take care of her invalid father, and Maxine ran off to become a porn star so she could get away from her evangelist family. Pearl is, in many ways, a dark mirror to Maxine; Pearl's circumstances differ greatly from Maxine's, as Pearl was young during a time where purity culture was enforced, combined with the anti-German xenophobia as a result of World War I, while Maxine's youth is during a time where free love and sexual liberation was more positively seen. Pearl was driven to commit murder because of the unfortunate circumstances of her time, whereas Maxine has way more opportunities due to being young in a more progressive era. Pearl drives the point home herself by telling Maxine that she'll end up just like her as an old woman who's lost her beauty, attractiveness, and her chance to become a star. The fact that Pearl and Maxine are both [[spoiler:played by Creator/MiaGoth [[SignificantDoubleCasting only further cements it.]]]]


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* UngratefulBitch: [[spoiler:Killing Bobby-Lynne by feeding her to an alligator is especially callous after she had wrapped a blanket around Pearl to keep her warm and was genuinely trying to help her, even offering to walk with her back to the main house.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Seems genuinely surprised that RJ is upset by her performing in the porno while he's [[ForcedToWatch forced to film]], and says she didn't mean to hurt him. This is despite the fact that he vehemently protested when she said she wanted to be in the movie without first discussing with him what it would mean to their previously monogamous relationship.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Seems genuinely surprised that RJ is upset by her performing in the porno while he's [[ForcedToWatch forced to film]], and says she didn't mean to hurt him. This is despite the fact that he vehemently protested when she said she wanted to be in the movie without first discussing with him what it would mean to their previously monogamous relationship.relationship, albeit he himself failed to address the latter by instead dancing around the point in a feeble manner using various week excuses for her not to do it.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Despite Maxine insisting they have to stick together to make it out of the house, Lorraine attempts this, blaming the porn crew for her ordeal due to the distress. [[spoiler: As she runs out the door, she's immediately shot down by Howard.]]
* TokenWholesome: {{Deconstructed}}. Lorraine seemingly starts out as this, being outright uncomfortable on the porn set and actually a bit judgmental towards the cast and crew, but eventually gets fed up with being seen as the "church mouse" and does a scene in the film herself (despite having a boyfriend), and becomes progressively more of a JerkAss.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Despite Maxine insisting they have to stick together to make it out of the house, Lorraine attempts this, blaming the porn crew for her ordeal due to the distress.her extreme distress and an overwhelming panic attack. [[spoiler: As she runs out the door, she's immediately shot down by Howard.]]
* TokenWholesome: {{Deconstructed}}. Lorraine seemingly starts out as this, being outright uncomfortable on the porn set and actually a bit judgmental towards the cast and crew, crew with flash backs revealing her inhibited raising as a child, but she eventually gets fed up with being seen as the "church mouse" and does a scene in the film herself (despite having a boyfriend), and becomes progressively more of a JerkAss. boyfriend) to explore herself.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Bobby-Lynne is blonde-haired and very kind. She answers Lorraine's questions about the business in an honest, CoolBigSis-esque manner, helps her do her makeup and hair when she decides to do a scene, and immediately runs to Maxine's side when hearing her screaming in the middle of the night. The only person she is shown to be rude to is Pearl, and only after the latter had insulted her by calling her a "whore".

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Bobby-Lynne is blonde-haired and very kind. She answers Lorraine's questions about the business in an honest, CoolBigSis-esque manner, helps her do her makeup and hair when she decides to do a scene, and immediately runs to Maxine's side when hearing her screaming in the middle of the night. The only person she is shown to be rude to is Pearl, and only after the latter had struck and insulted her by calling her a "whore".

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