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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mary is the only one of her mother's nine children to have survived childhood.
** It's heavily implied in dialogue that Charlotte had a baby who died as an infant, which is why she starts the film as a SleepyDepressive.


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* SleepyDepressive: Charlotte starts the movie so depressed she tries to sleep in as much as possible, and has to be prompted out of bed by her husband.


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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mary is the more masculine girl, a somewhat tomboyish fossil hunter, while Charlotte is the more feminine girl, who wears fancier dresses and is more kempt. Downplayed in that Mary still wears dresses, albeit ones that aren't as fancy as Charlotte's.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Charlotte falls ill with a fever after coming down with hypothermia, and Mary (in whose shop Charlotte fell unconscious) ends up taking care of her. Mary and Charlotte fall in love after this.


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* OldTimeyBathingSuit: Charlotte wears one when she goes for a swim on a cool overcast day, stepping out of a Bathing Machine and into a rough sea.
** Averted later in the film, when Mary and Charlotte go swimming in their shifts.


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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: When Charlotte falls ill, she sleeps in Mary's bed while Mary sleeps in a rocking chair. When the two fall in love, they share the bed.

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* BookEnds: The movie opens with an Icthyosaurus fossil being put on display in the British Museum. [[spoiler: the movie ends with Mary and Charlotte reconnecting while observing that same fossil]].
* CityMouse: Charlotte is an upper-class lady who is unaccustomed to all the work in Mary Anning's fossil-hunting lifestyle.
* CountryMouse: Mary Anning is a middle-class self-made woman who spends her days combing the beaches for fossils, and [[spoiler: feels out of place when she visits London to see her fossils on display, and balks at the notion of being Charlotte's live-in girlfriend]].



* GreenEyedMonster: Mary has a moment where she's like this during a concert hosted by a Doctor, seeing Charlotte seated a couple rows in front of her with another woman. Mary goes home rather than raise a fuss.



* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Mary's mother starts coughing up blood halfway through the second act. She dies in the middle of the third]].
* ItsNotYouItsMe:
** [[spoiler: Mary's ex-girlfriend Elizabeth all but says this in their scene together following the death of Mary's mother]].
** [[spoiler: Mary herself gives this excuse when Charlotte gifts Mary a spare bedroom in her London townhouse, offering to let Mary be her live-in girlfriend. Mary is too tied to her beach-side fossil hunting to take the offer seriously]].



* PeriodPiece: The film is set in 1840s England.



* PeriodPiece: The film is set in 1840s England.

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* PeriodPiece: The SignificantWardrobeShift: Charlotte starts the film is set in 1840s England.black mourning dress, before shifting to whites, tans, and greens after falling in love with Mary. [[spoiler: Her very last scene has her wearing a black shawl and bonnet over her cream-white dress, after Mary walked away from being her live-in girlfriend]].
** Mary herself spends most of the time either in worn-out old tomboyish clothes for fossil-hunting, or a light blue plaid dress when at home or in her shop. [[spoiler: she wears a dark blue, almost-black, mourning dress when her mother dies, and wears a dark red dress when she goes to London]].
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* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: This film depicts 19th century paleontologist Mary Anning and geologist Charlotte Murchison as being in a lesbian relationship; while Anning was unmarried throughout her life Murchison was married to fellow geologist Roderick Impey Murchison. In addition, the film makes Anning older than Murchison though the reverse was true in real life.
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* TheModestOrgasm: Happens to both Mary and Charlotte when they consumate their romance. Charlotte first performs cunnilingus on Mary, who places her right hand over her mouth to muffle her vocalizations; then Mary returns the favor and Charlotte manages to keep herself almost silent, which is lucky for them because she's pressed up against the wall of their room when she climaxes.

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* TheModestOrgasm: Happens to both Mary and Charlotte when they consumate consummate their romance. Charlotte first performs cunnilingus on Mary, who places her right hand over her mouth to muffle her vocalizations; then Mary returns the favor and Charlotte manages to keep herself almost silent, which is lucky for them because she's pressed up against the wall of their room when she climaxes.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Mary and Charlotte have a romance. In reality, there's no evidence Mary and Charlotte were anything but close friends. Further, Mary's portrayed as much older than her (to match the actress's ages). Charlotte was actually a decade older than Mary.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Mary and Charlotte have a Charlotte's romance. In reality, there's no evidence Mary and Charlotte were anything but close friends. Further, Mary's Mary is portrayed as much older than her Charlotte (to match the actress's ages). Charlotte was actually a decade older than Mary.



* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In the ending, [[spoiler:Mary discovers some of her fossils on display in a museum, but she was not given any credit for finding them.]]
* HairyGirl: Kate Winslet grew her underarm hair out for this film, since it takes place decades before the majority of Western women began shaving their body hair.



* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In the ending, [[spoiler:Mary discovers some of her fossils on display in a museum, but she was not given any credit for finding them.]]

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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In TheModestOrgasm: Happens to both Mary and Charlotte when they consumate their romance. Charlotte first performs cunnilingus on Mary, who places her right hand over her mouth to muffle her vocalizations; then Mary returns the ending, [[spoiler:Mary discovers some favor and Charlotte manages to keep herself almost silent, which is lucky for them because she's pressed up against the wall of her fossils on display in a museum, but their room when she was not given any credit for finding them.]]climaxes.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After Mary and Charlotte spend the night in bed together for the first time, Mary is seen the next morning [[ADateWithRosiePalms furiously polishing a mirror]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After Mary and Charlotte spend the night in bed together for the first time, Mary is seen the next morning [[ADateWithRosiePalms furiously polishing a mirror]].mirror.
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%%* CoitusEnsues: Mary and Charlotte have a lengthy sex scene. {ZCE. Needs more context}
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''Ammonite'' is a 2020 British romantic {{Period Drama}} starring Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/SaoirseRonan, directed by Francis Lee.

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''Ammonite'' is a 2020 British romantic {{Period Drama}} starring Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/SaoirseRonan, directed by Francis Lee.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While we never see any living dinosaurs stomp across the British shoreline à la Film/JurassicWorld, any paleontology enthusiasts will still find the fossils of the prehistoric marine reptiles in the film fascinating.
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And she said "Ooh, you're right up my alley!" \\

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And she said "Ooh, you're right up my alley!" \\
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In the ending, [[spoiler:Mary discovers some of her fossils on display in a museum, but she was not given any credit for finding them.]]
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* CoitusEnsues: Mary and Charlotte have a lengthy sex scene.

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* %%* CoitusEnsues: Mary and Charlotte have a lengthy sex scene.scene. {ZCE. Needs more context}
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* UnkemptBeauty: Mary has stringy hair, doesn't wear makeup, and rarely smiles in the film. It's still not enough to distract from how beautiful Creator/KateWinslet is.

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