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* ExcitedShowTitle: ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!''
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* BareYourMidriff: Both of Billie's outfits, with the second one including a pair of short shorts. Linda in her two piece swimsuit is a more innocent version.

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* KarmicDeath: Varla is killed by a vehicle, her most potent weapon.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Varla is killed by a vehicle, her most potent weapon.
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** Subverted again the first time Linda tries to escape. Varla correctly guesses that she ran away because the old man [[AttemptedRape tried something funny]] and verbally rips him a new one for it. However, this doesn't stop Varla from repeatedly and viciously smacking the shit out of Linda as punishment when Kirk brings her back.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Billie implies that she's bisexual during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that "one-band broads are a drag".

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Billie implies that she's bisexual during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that "one-band broads are a drag".



* EvilCripple: The old man is was rendered wheelchair-bound by a railway accident, and attempts to rape Linda.

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* EvilCripple: The old man is was rendered wheelchair-bound by a railway accident, and attempts to rape Linda.
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* PsychopathicManchild: The Vegetable seems at first glance like a harmless innocent, even breaking down and weeping when he's ordered to assault Linda. He also stabs Rosie to death in anger for Billie being dead, and is implied to have hurt a lot of other women by accident.
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* AndCallHimGeorge: The Vegetable's introductory scene features the Old Man scolding him that he was "too rough the last time" with a girl, while the boy himself awkwardly fondles a kitten.
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Wick cleaning. Absolute Cleavage has been renamed. Nothing here indicates the stomach is shown, so removing. Feel free to readd it with the new name if it turns out to be a correct example.


* AbsoluteCleavage: Varla's black shirt that shows off so much of her chest that it makes one wonder how a breast doesn't pop out mid-fight.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Varla's black shirt that shows off so much of her chest that it makes one wonder how a breast doesn't pop out mid-fight.
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* ExcitedShowTitle: ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!''

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I have no idea where the subtext implying Varla or Linda are bi. is.


* AmbiguouslyBi:
** Even though Linda and Varla definitely have heterosexual tendencies, their relationship along with Rosie give definite sexual vibes.
** Billie implies that she's bisexual herself during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that "one-band broads are a drag".

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* AmbiguouslyBi:
** Even though Linda and Varla definitely have heterosexual tendencies, their relationship along with Rosie give definite sexual vibes.
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AmbiguouslyBi: Billie implies that she's bisexual herself during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that "one-band broads are a drag".


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* BigBadEnsemble: A gang of criminal go-go dancers led by the ruthless Varla clash with an unnamed old man who turns out to be a SerialRapist.


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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!''
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WWSS is no longer a trope


* WhoWearsShortShorts: Billie's second outfit includes a pair of white gogo shorts.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The events of the movie transpire over little more than a single day in the desert.

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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The events of the movie transpire over little more than a single day in occur from morning to afternoon of the desert.same day.

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** Billie implies that she's bisexual herself during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that girls who're only on one wavelength are a drag.

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** Billie implies that she's bisexual herself during the whole "AM and FM" speech to Rosie, saying that girls who're only on one wavelength "one-band broads are a drag.drag".



* BleedEmAndWeep: Linda breaks down crying after killing Varla. Probably not out of any StockholmSyndrome affection for her kidnapper, but rather because Linda is a pretty innocent person compared to everybody else in the movie.

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* BleedEmAndWeep: Linda breaks down crying after killing Varla. Probably not out of any StockholmSyndrome affection for her kidnapper, kidnapper (Linda makes it very clear in an earlier scene that she ''despises'' Varla), but rather because Linda is a pretty innocent person compared to everybody else in the movie.



* CatFight: Billie and Rosie get in one (and they're in a river, so there's a lot of wet action going on) at the beginning of the film. Subverted with Varla, because when she [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown gets physical, it's not beautiful]].

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* CatFight: Billie and Rosie get in one (and they're in a river, so there's a lot of wet action going on) at the beginning of the film. Subverted with Varla, because she only fights men, and when she [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown gets physical, it's not beautiful]].



%%* DumbBlonde: Billie [[ObfuscatingStupidity acts like one]].

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%%* * DumbBlonde: Billie [[ObfuscatingStupidity acts like one]].Billie's carefree and oversexed behavior makes her come across as this, especially compared to the more reserved (and dark-haired) Varla and Rosie. However, she is a subversion as she's actually quite perceptive and capable of psychological viciousness.



* HaveAGayOldTime: This line by the old crippled man, "When you hurt somebody, the authorities get aroused!" It's advice for the Vegetable to be more careful with his strength.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: HaveAGayOldTime:
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This line by the old crippled man, "When you hurt somebody, the authorities get aroused!" It's advice for the Vegetable to be more careful with his strength.strength.
** The gas station attendant saying that the old man's accident that crippled him also "queered his mind" (meaning he went crazy).
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* LimaSyndrome: Billie sympathizes with Linda's predicaments, going as far as making herself drink until she passes out while she's supposed to be watching her to give her a chance to escape Varla.


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* ThatLiarLies: Varla tries to excuse Linda's hysterics as her being unwell, to which Linda responds by desperately attempting to tell Kirk that Varla is lying through her teeth ("She ''lies!''") and is actually a murderer.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Rosie's accent sounds cartoonishly Italian most of the time, but it takes dips into Russian and Mexican. And she completely loses it momentarily while fighting Billie.
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* DumbMuscle: The Vegetable is a dimwit who can barely speak and does whatever the old man tells him without questioning the morality of it. He is also a slab of muscle with enough strength to stop a speeding car with his bare hands (although since Varla is stubborn and never lets her foot off the pedal, he does eventually die of exhaustion).

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Varla is the aggressive and violent leader of the gang (choleric); Rosie isn't really interested in anything beyond following Varla's lead (melancholic); Billie is very fun-loving and receptive to new people (sanguine); Linda is a passive NiceGirl (phlegmatic).

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Varla is the aggressive and violent leader of the gang (choleric); Rosie isn't really interested is sullen and disinterested in anything beyond following Varla's lead (melancholic); Billie is very fun-loving and receptive to new people (sanguine); Linda is a passive NiceGirl (phlegmatic).


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* HillbillyHorrors: The old man and his family live in the desert isolated from civilization (there's not a phone in miles) and he and the Vegetable have a habit of raping and murdering passing women, which they plan to do to Linda. Released almost a decade before ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', the TropeCodifier, many critics think this film is a prototype of the hillbilly horror genre.
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Magnum Opus is for in-universe examples only. Also shearing Word Cruft.


''Faster Pussycat Kill Kill'' is a film that is considered by many to be Meyer's MagnumOpus, despite being rather tame compared to many of Meyer's later films. The film was only a moderate hit in theaters, as Meyer ironically opted to downplay the sexual elements of gratuitous nudity and sex in the film. But it quickly became a cult hit, enduring as Meyer's most notable film in his filmography.

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''Faster Pussycat Kill Kill'' is a film that is considered by many to be Meyer's MagnumOpus, best film, despite being rather tame compared to many of Meyer's his later films. The film was only a moderate hit in theaters, as Meyer ironically opted to downplay the sexual elements of gratuitous nudity and sex in the film. But sex, but it quickly became a cult hit, enduring as Meyer's most notable film in his filmography.



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* MatchCut: A closeup of Billie drinking from a bottle of wine cuts to a closeup of Varla vigorously making out with Kirk.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Varla is the aggressive and violent leader of the gang (choleric); Rosie isn't really interested in anything beyond following Varla's lead (melancholic); Billie is very fun-loving and receptive to new people (sanguine); Linda is a passive NiceGirl (phlegmatic).



* TheHedonist: Billie just wants to have a good time. She hangs out with Varla and Rosie for "kicks", as she tells Linda. She didn't sign up for Varla's crime spree though, and is the most reluctant in going along with her schemes.



* TheHedonist: Billie just wants to have a good time. She hangs out with Varla and Rosie for "kicks", as she tells Linda. She didn't sign up for Varla's crime spree though, and is the most reluctant in going along with her schemes.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Rosie is stabbed to death by the Vegetable with her own knife. Varla is run over by the truck she uses to catch up to Linda and Kirk.
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-->'''Varla:''' You won't find it down there, UsefulNotes/{{Christopher|Columbus}}.

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-->'''Varla:''' You won't find it down there, UsefulNotes/{{Christopher|Columbus}}.[[UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus Columbus]].
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-->'''Varla:''' You won't find it down there, Columbus.

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-->'''Varla:''' You won't find it down there, Columbus.UsefulNotes/{{Christopher|Columbus}}.



* NeverSayDie: The "Kill! Kill!" part of the title is sometimes replaced with "Wham! Bang" or "Go! Go!" in bowdlerized TV airings.
* NoIndoorVoice: Varla, for some reason, spends a lot of time yelling.

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* NeverSayDie: The "Kill! Kill!" ''Kill! Kill!'' part of the title is sometimes replaced with "Wham! Bang" ''Wham! Bang'' or "Go! Go!" ''Go! Go!'' in bowdlerized {{bowdlerized}} TV airings.
* NoIndoorVoice: Varla, for For some reason, Varla spends a lot of time yelling.
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->''"Ladies and Gentleman go go for a wild wild ride with pussycats, but beware -- the sweetest kittens have the sharpest claws. For your own safety see'' Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Wild women, wild wheels, race the fastest pussycats and they'll beat you... to death!"''

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->''"Ladies and Gentleman go go for a wild wild ride with pussycats, but beware -- the sweetest kittens have the sharpest claws. For your own safety see'' Faster, safety, see ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Wild Kill!'' Wild women, wild wheels, race the fastest pussycats and they'll beat you... to death!"''



* BreakTheCutie: Linda goes through a lot in the span of a day, seeing her boyfriend killed, drugged and tied up, nearly raped twice and beaten, and ends up killing Varla, then cries over having killed a person.

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* BreakTheCutie: Linda goes through a lot in the span of a day, seeing her boyfriend killed, being drugged and tied up, nearly raped twice and beaten, and ends up killing Varla, then cries over having killed a person.
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* BleedEmAndWeep: Linda breaks down crying after killing Varla. Probably not out of any Stockholm-ish affection for her kidnapper, but rather because Linda is a pretty innocent person compared to everybody else in the movie.

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* BleedEmAndWeep: Linda breaks down crying after killing Varla. Probably not out of any Stockholm-ish StockholmSyndrome affection for her kidnapper, but rather because Linda is a pretty innocent person compared to everybody else in the movie.



-->'''Creator/RogerEbert:''' [Varla's] abundant cleavage seems as firmly locked in place as a Ninja Turtle's breastplate. One cannot think of her as fondleable.

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-->'''Creator/RogerEbert:''' [Varla's] abundant cleavage seems as firmly locked in place as a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtle's Turtle]]'s breastplate. One cannot think of her as fondleable.
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''Faster Pussycat Kill Kill'' is a film that is considered by many to be Creator/{{Russ Meyer}}'s magnum opus, despite being rather tame compared to many of Meyer's later films. The film was only a moderate hit in theaters, as Meyers ironically opted to downplay the sexual elements of gratuitous nudity and sex in the film. But it quickly became a cult hit, enduring as Meyer's most notable film in his filmography.

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''Faster Pussycat Kill Kill'' is a film that is considered by many to be Creator/{{Russ Meyer}}'s magnum opus, Meyer's MagnumOpus, despite being rather tame compared to many of Meyer's later films. The film was only a moderate hit in theaters, as Meyers Meyer ironically opted to downplay the sexual elements of gratuitous nudity and sex in the film. But it quickly became a cult hit, enduring as Meyer's most notable film in his filmography.
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!!"Faster Pussycat! Trope! Trope!":

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!!"Faster !!"Faster, Pussycat! Trope! Trope!":
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->''"Ladies and Gentleman go go for a wild wild ride with pussycats, but beware the sweetest kittens have the sharpest claws. For your own safety see'' Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Wild women, wild wheels, race the fastest pussycats and they'll beat you... to death!"''

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->''"Ladies and Gentleman go go for a wild wild ride with pussycats, but beware -- the sweetest kittens have the sharpest claws. For your own safety see'' Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Wild women, wild wheels, race the fastest pussycats and they'll beat you... to death!"''
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: During the lunch scene, Varla slaps Billie hard after the latter hints a little too strongly at Varla's plans in front of the old man's family. This also makes Linda break down in hysterics. The old man and his sons don't seem all that fazed at either event and lunch continues as normal in short order.

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* BleedEmAndWeep: Linda breaks down crying after killing Varla. Probably not out of any Stockholm-ish affection for her kidnapper, but rather because Linda is a pretty innocent person compared to everybody else in the movie.



* BreakTheCutie: Linda goes for a lot in the span of a day, seeing her boyfriend killed, drugged and tied up, nearly raped twice and beaten, and ends up killing Varla, crying over having killed a person.

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* BreakTheCutie: Linda goes for through a lot in the span of a day, seeing her boyfriend killed, drugged and tied up, nearly raped twice and beaten, and ends up killing Varla, crying then cries over having killed a person.

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