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* TooDesperateToBePicky: At one point, the pregnant homeless Apple is reduced to digging into dumpsters and eating discarded food out of the garbage.

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* TooDesperateToBePicky: At one point, the pregnant homeless Apple is reduced to digging into dumpsters and eating discarded food out of the garbage.garbage.
* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To The Mom?]]: After she tried to kill Apple with a razor blade, who was pregnant, her mother was last seen restrained by her safe home friends, and was never seen again thereon.
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* DisappearedDad: Tom was absent in Apple's life before she shows up on her doorstep, and they had never even met until then. It appears to be due to her mother and his family not wanting them in contact (they were both teens at the time). Both manage to forge a relationship despite this. Her baby's father however is never seen, and there's no sign that's going to change.

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* DisappearedDad: Tom was absent in Apple's life before she shows up on her his doorstep, and they had never even met until then. It appears to be due to her mother and his family not wanting them in contact (they were both teens at the time). Both manage to forge a relationship despite this. Her baby's father however is never seen, and there's no sign that's going to change.
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* GoodShepherd: Apple is counseled by a kindly priest who refers to a Catholic woman who runs a shelter housing unwed teen mothers. He remains supportive of her from that point on.

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* GoodShepherd: Apple is counseled by a kindly priest who refers her to a nice Catholic woman who runs a shelter housing unwed teen mothers. He remains supportive of her from that point on.
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* DisappearedDad: Tom was absent in Apple's life before she shows up on her doorstep, and they had never even met until then. It appears to be due to her mother and his family not wanting them in contact (they were both teens at the time). Both manage to forge a relationship despite this.

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* DisappearedDad: Tom was absent in Apple's life before she shows up on her doorstep, and they had never even met until then. It appears to be due to her mother and his family not wanting them in contact (they were both teens at the time). Both manage to forge a relationship despite this. Her baby's father however is never seen, and there's no sign that's going to change.

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* AbusiveParents: Apple's mother did ''something'' that she won't talk about in the past, and tries to ''murder'' her when Apple won't leave with her.



* GoodShepherd: Apple is taken care of by a kindly priest and nun who has a shelter to house unwed teen mothers.

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* GoodShepherd: Apple is taken care of counseled by a kindly priest and nun who has refers to a Catholic woman who runs a shelter to house housing unwed teen mothers.mothers. He remains supportive of her from that point on.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Apple narrates how every time she's attempts to escape from her mother has ended in disaster. One time she tries to escape in a taxi from her mother and she succeeded only to not have enough money for the taxi and is told to leave. She tries to steal the taxi to drive further away only to fail and have to walk. She then tries to escape in a car she carjacked only to almost die in a near-fatal car crash. Apple reveals she's only had sex once and she got pregnant because of "doing it" once.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Apple narrates how every time she's attempts attempted to escape from her mother has ended in disaster. One time she tries to escape in a taxi from her mother and she succeeded only to not have enough money for the taxi and is be told to leave. She tries to steal the taxi to drive further away only to fail and have to walk. She then tries to escape in a car she carjacked only to almost die in a near-fatal car crash. Apple reveals she's only had sex once and she got pregnant because of "doing it" once.that.
* DisappearedDad: Tom was absent in Apple's life before she shows up on her doorstep, and they had never even met until then. It appears to be due to her mother and his family not wanting them in contact (they were both teens at the time). Both manage to forge a relationship despite this.



* GoodShepherd: Apple is taken care of by a kindly priest and nun who has a shelter to house unwed teen mothers.



* ShoutOut: The scene where the mothers share their file information is similar to a scene in Film/GirlInterrupted.

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* ShoutOut: The scene where the mothers share their file information is similar to a scene in Film/GirlInterrupted.''Film/GirlInterrupted''.

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''Gimme Shelter'' is a independent drama film starring Music/VanessaHudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.

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''Gimme Shelter'' is a independent drama film starring Music/VanessaHudgens written and directed by Ronald Krauss, which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It stars Music/VanessaHudgens, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Creator/RosarioDawson, Creator/AnnDowd, and Creator/BrendanFraser.

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tells the story of a pregnant teen named Agnes "Apple" Bailey (Hudgens) who longs to escape her abusive abusive, drug-addicted mother (Dawson) and seek help from her absent, wealthy biological father.father (Fraser).
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''Gimme Shelter'' is a independent drama film starring Vanessa Hudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.

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''Gimme Shelter'' is a independent drama film starring Vanessa Hudgens Music/VanessaHudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.
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* LawsOfInverseFertility: Apple gets pregnant from having sex once.

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* LawsOfInverseFertility: LawOfInverseFertility: Apple gets pregnant from having sex once.
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[[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_460.jpg]]

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* ShoutOut: The scene where the mothers share their file information is similar to a scene in Film/GirlInterrupted.
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* LawsOfInverseFertility: Apple gets pregnant from having sex once.



* TeenPregnancy: Apple discovers she's pregnant and has to find a new safe home for herself and her baby. Apple reveals her parents were also teenagers when they had her (her father was 19, her mother was 16).

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* TeenPregnancy: Apple discovers she's pregnant and has to find a new safe home for herself and her baby. Apple reveals her parents were also teenagers when they had her (her father was 19, her mother was 16).16).
* TooDesperateToBePicky: At one point, the pregnant homeless Apple is reduced to digging into dumpsters and eating discarded food out of the garbage.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Apple narrates how every tine she's attempts to escape from her mother has ended in disaster. One time she tries to escape in a taxi from her mother and she succeeded only to not have enough money for the taxi and is told to leave. She tries to steal the taxi to drive further away only to fail and have to walk. She tries to escape in a car she carjacked only to almost die in a near-fatal car crash. Apple reveals she's only had sex once and she got pregnant because of "doing it" once.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Apple narrates how every tine time she's attempts to escape from her mother has ended in disaster. One time she tries to escape in a taxi from her mother and she succeeded only to not have enough money for the taxi and is told to leave. She tries to steal the taxi to drive further away only to fail and have to walk. She then tries to escape in a car she carjacked only to almost die in a near-fatal car crash. Apple reveals she's only had sex once and she got pregnant because of "doing it" once.



* TeenPregnancy: Apple discovers she's pregnant and has to find a new safe home for herself and her baby.

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* LadyLooksLikeADude: Apple, due to cutting her hair short, resembles a boy to some who meet her. When mistaken for a burglar and almost arrested by her biological father's security, they respond "Oh! It's a girl!" in surprise and let her go.
* ScreamingBirth: Apple goes through a painful process giving birth to her baby as she's screaming. She's also bursting into tears due to it being an emotional process as well.
* TeenPregnancy: Apple discovers she's pregnant and has to find a new safe home for herself and her baby. Apple reveals her parents were also teenagers when they had her (her father was 19, her mother was 16).

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Gimme Shelter is a independent drama film starring Vanessa Hudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.

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Gimme Shelter ''Gimme Shelter'' is a independent drama film starring Vanessa Hudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.



* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Apple narrates how every tine she's attempts to escape from her mother has ended in disaster. One time she tries to escape in a taxi from her mother and she succeeded only to not have enough money for the taxi and is told to leave. She tries to steal the taxi to drive further away only to fail and have to walk. She tries to escape in a car she carjacked only to almost die in a near-fatal car crash. Apple reveals she's only had sex once and she got pregnant because of "doing it" once.



* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortian: Apple nearly terminates her pregnancy at her biological father and stepmother's insistence. But as she's waiting in the waiting room, she changes her mind and leaves after seeing a girl leaving in tears and hears another loudly crying.

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortian: GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Apple nearly terminates her pregnancy at her biological father and stepmother's insistence. But as she's waiting in the waiting room, she changes her mind and leaves after seeing a girl leaving in tears and hears another loudly crying.
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Gimme Shelter is a independent drama film starring Vanessa Hudgens which was filmed in 2011 and released on 2014. It tells the story of a pregnant teen who longs to escape her abusive drug-addicted mother and seek help from her biological father.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Apple endures parental abuse and neglect, near-rape, homelessness, and a near-fatal car crash [[spoiler: just to find herself a safe home at a shelter for single teen parents for her and her baby.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortian: Apple nearly terminates her pregnancy at her biological father and stepmother's insistence. But as she's waiting in the waiting room, she changes her mind and leaves after seeing a girl leaving in tears and hears another loudly crying.
* ImportantHaircut: Apple cuts her hair short in the film's opening as a disguise in hopes of escaping her abusive mother.
* TeenPregnancy: Apple discovers she's pregnant and has to find a new safe home for herself and her baby.

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