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* DodgeballIsHell: Tracy gets knocked out by Amber with a dodgeball.
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* DodgeballIsHell: Tracy gets knocked out by Amber with a dodgeball.dodgeball by Amber. Link asks her out after it, and Penny and Seaweed bond when they rush over to help her.
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* DodgeballIsHell: Tracy gets knocked out by Amber with a dodgeball.
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* GymClassHell: Tracy and the rest of the Special Ed classmates are laughed at by Amber, her classmates and a sadist teacher simply for being Special Ed. Followed by a game of dodgeball.
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* BigEater: It's implied that Edna is one as she takes appetite suppressors for it to deal with her appetite and her weight. Tracy is one at dinner as she asks her mother to pass one of the servings (macaroni and cheese) over to fill her plate. Although this is Justified since she is a teenager.
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Pass the pacaroni and cheese. Please.
-->'''Edna Turnblad:''' Tracy, did you take those appetite suppressors my doctor prescribed you?
-->'''Tracy Turnbald:''' Mother, I'm a growing teenager, I need food!
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Pass the pacaroni and cheese. Please.
-->'''Edna Turnblad:''' Tracy, did you take those appetite suppressors my doctor prescribed you?
-->'''Tracy Turnbald:''' Mother, I'm a growing teenager, I need food!
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** Invoked with Edna. She forbids Tracy from auditioning for a spot on the Corny Collins Show. This is because she believes that since Tracy is overweight, she will get rejected and her feelings will get hurt. Anyone growing up in the 60s' will know how difficult it was for people who didn't meet Hollywood's standards of beauty to break into the entertainment industry.
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** Invoked with Edna. She forbids Tracy from auditioning for a spot on the Corny Collins Show. This is because she believes that since Tracy is overweight, she will get rejected and her feelings will get hurt. Anyone growing up in the 60s' 60s will know how difficult it was for people who didn't meet Hollywood's standards of beauty to break into the entertainment industry.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Velma admits to cheating to ensure her daughter the crown, to find out a camera has been on her the whole time.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Velma admits to cheating to ensure her daughter the crown, only to find out a camera has been on her the whole time.
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* TheHeroDies: Definitely doesn't happen in the musical or the movie, but the final lines of the song "New Girl in Town" imply that the new girl mentioned in the lyrics (Tracy?) was ran over by a moving van and died:
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* TheHeroDies: Definitely doesn't happen in the musical or the movie, but the final lines of the song "New Girl in Town" imply that the new girl mentioned in the lyrics (Tracy?) was ran run over by a moving van and died:
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance : Many tongue in cheek examples, particularly during "Welcome to the Sixties." Two pregnant women smoking and drinking martinis, a [[CarloadOfCoolKids carful of children standing up on the seats,]] and so on. Also, the circular pins worn by a couple of the girls, that indicated a girl was a virgin. Brenda was wearing one in the "Just nine months" scene, made even more ironic by the possibility that Corny is the father (look closely, you'll see them arguing in a Funny Background Event).
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance : Many tongue in cheek examples, particularly during "Welcome to the Sixties." Two pregnant women smoking and drinking martinis, a [[CarloadOfCoolKids carful of children standing up on the seats,]] and so on. Also, the circular pins worn by a couple of the girls, that which indicated a girl was a virgin. Brenda was wearing one in the "Just nine months" scene, made even more ironic by the possibility that Corny is the father (look closely, you'll see them arguing in a Funny Background Event).FunnyBackgroundEvent).
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* {{Irony}}: Despite the whites-only establishments, the dancers on the Corny Collins Show enjoy to a "colored" record, namely "Shake a Tail Feather" by The Five Du-Tones..
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* {{Irony}}: Despite the whites-only establishments, the dancers on the Corny Collins Show enjoy to a "colored" record, namely "Shake a Tail Feather" by The Five Du-Tones..
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* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Little Inez's victory in the Miss Teenage Hairspray contest. Despite not even being a candidate of the competition, she got a titalwave of phone calls from viewers who liked her dancing and she won.]]
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* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Little Inez's victory in the Miss Teenage Hairspray contest. Despite not even being a candidate of in the competition, she got a titalwave tidal wave of phone calls from viewers who liked her dancing and she won.]]
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** Link is the Betty to Fender's Veronica over Tracy's Archie.
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* LoveTriangle: Tracy/Link/Amber.
** Briefly, Fender/Tracy/Link.
** Briefly, Fender/Tracy/Link.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: Amber makes out with Link in her car but stop it because she notices a pimple on her chin and throws a fit.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: InterruptedIntimacy:
** Amber makes out with Link in her car but stop it because she notices a pimple on her chin and throws a fit.
** Amber makes out with Link in her car but stop it because she notices a pimple on her chin and throws a fit.
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* KickTheDog: Amber calling Tracy "shore" during the couples dances, hurting Tracy's feelings.
** Amber claiming on the news to everyone that Tracy is a human roach nest covered in roaches while Tracy is in prison and watching the TV.
** Amber claiming on the news to everyone that Tracy is a human roach nest covered in roaches while Tracy is in prison and watching the TV.
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* KickTheDog: Amber calling Tracy "shore" a "whore" during the couples dances, hurting Tracy's feelings.
** Amber claiming to everyone on the newsto everyone that Tracy is a "a human roach nest nest" covered in roaches while Tracy is in prison and watching the TV.
** Amber claiming to everyone on the news
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Tracy dyes her hair blonde after becoming a hit on the Corny Collins Show (a DeletedScene would explain her hair dye change) and Edna goes from an unkempt hairdo to a new styled beehive hairdo while shopping with Tracy as a means to boost her self confidence.
* LettingHerHairDown: Tracy straightens her hair with a clothing iron as a surprise for her boyfriend Link.
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* MusicalisInterruptus: When Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed are dancing "the dirty boogie" at Motormouth Maybelle's, Penny's mother bursts in, causing the music to stop.
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* MusicalisInterruptus: When Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed are dancing "the dirty boogie" at Motormouth Maybelle's, Penny's mother bursts in, [[RecordNeedleScratch causing the music to stop.stop with a record needle scratch heard]].
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* HypocriticalHumor: Most of the dancers and townspeople are racist, yet they have no problem dancing to "Shake a Tail Feather". Amber's parents call her out on this.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Most of the dancers and townspeople are racist, yet they have no problem dancing to "Shake a Tail Feather".Feather" by The Five Du-Tones. Amber's parents call her out on this.
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* {{Irony}}: Despite the whites-only establishments, the dancers on the Corny Collins Show enjoy to a "colored" record, namely "Shake a Tail Feather" by The 5 Du-Tones.
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* {{Irony}}: Despite the whites-only establishments, the dancers on the Corny Collins Show enjoy to a "colored" record, namely "Shake a Tail Feather" by The 5 Du-Tones.Five Du-Tones..
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* ShakingTheRump: Tracy, Penny and the dancers on The Corny Collins Show do this to the song "Shake A Tail Feather".
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* ShakingTheRump: Tracy, Penny and the dancers on The Corny Collins Show do this to the song "Shake A Tail Feather".Feather" by The Five Du-Tones. Provides the trope's page quote.
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* BadassBoast: Lil'' Inez quoting Martin Luthor King Jr. saying "I have a dream!" when she is denied the chance to dance with everybody else on The Corny Collins Show. Followed by Penny shouting to the police man, "Segregation never. Integration now!".
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* TheSixties: The film takes place in the year 1962.
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* ShoutOut:
** Edna Turnblad says that "The times, they are a-changin'. Something's blowin' in the wind." Both lines are quotes from Bob Dylan songs.
** The book Beatnik Chick (Pia Zadora) starts to read from is Alan Ginsberg's 'Literature/{{Howl}}'.
** The von Tussles are quoting George Wallace (who was not yet Alabama's Governor when the film is set) when they say, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"
** Edna Turnblad says that "The times, they are a-changin'. Something's blowin' in the wind." Both lines are quotes from Bob Dylan songs.
** The book Beatnik Chick (Pia Zadora) starts to read from is Alan Ginsberg's 'Literature/{{Howl}}'.
** The von Tussles are quoting George Wallace (who was not yet Alabama's Governor when the film is set) when they say, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"
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* KickTheDog: Amber calling Tracy "shore" during the couples dances, hurting Tracy's feelings.
** Amber claiming on the news to everyone that Tracy is a human roach nest covered in roaches while Tracy is in prison and watching the TV.
** Amber claiming on the news to everyone that Tracy is a human roach nest covered in roaches while Tracy is in prison and watching the TV.
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-->'''Amber Von Tussle:''' ''(reading the note)'' SHE'S ADOPTED!
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-->'''Paddy Pingleton:''' Shut up! Get in the car!
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-->'''Paddy Pingleton:''' Shut up! Get her in the car!
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: After the commotion at the Corny Collins Show because of a little black girl being rejected to dance on the Corny Collins Show, Tracy being pursued by the cops and Corny and Tammy being threatened to get fired for protesting against segregation, Corny and Tammy take a swig from a bottle of whiskey to deal with the stress.
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* SmoochOfVictory: Corny plants a big kiss on his co-worker Tammy after successfully having the Corny Collins Show integrated.
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* TraumaticHaircut: Velma loses all the top of her big hair when the bomb detonates prematurely.
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* FreakOut:
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* FreakOut:FreakOut: The scene where Prudy tries to follow Tracy, Link and Penny is one laugh riot because she freaks out once she gets to ''the Black community part of the city''. HilarityEnsues. She thinks they're all out to get her and freaks out after finding an officer, only to find out he's Black too!
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
"That you, Penny Pingleton, is ''permanently, positively, punished!''"
"That you, Penny Pingleton, is ''permanently, positively, punished!''"
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
"ThatAddedAlliterativeAppeal: "So that the whole world knows that you, Penny Pingleton, is ''permanently, positively, punished!''"
"That
** Tracy gets sent to detention because of her big hair, which she complains about to Penny during a game of dodgeball with Special Ed.
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Penny, they put me in Special Ed just because of my hair!
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Penny, they put me in Special Ed just because of my hair!
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tracy gets sent to detention because of her big hair, which she complains about to Penny during a game of dodgeball with Special Ed.
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Penny, they put me in Special Ed because of my hair!
-->'''Tracy Turnblad:''' Penny, they put me in Special Ed because of my hair!
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** As Tracy points out to Principal Mr. Davidson, he had several of her black classmates disproportionately put in Special Ed to hold them back academically.
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"That you, Penny Pingleton, is ''permanently, positively, punished!''"
"That you, Penny Pingleton, is ''permanently, positively, punished!''"
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Penny's mother Prudy telling her she is punished:
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Penny's mother DisproportionateRetribution: Because Penny was late and hanging out with Tracy, Prudy telling her she is punished:punishes Penny:
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* HenpeckedHusband: Henpecked boyfriend in this case. Link gets pushed around and mistreated a lot his girlfriend Amber.
* HypocriticalHumor: Most of the dancers and townspeople are racist, yet they have no problem dancing to "Shake a Tail Feather". Amber's parents call her out on this.
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* {{Irony}}: Despite the whites-only establishments, the dancers on the Corny Collins Show enjoy to a "colored" record, namely "Shake a Tail Feather" by The 5 Du-Tones.
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* IHaveNoSon: Paddy screaming this as Penny escapes her parent's captivity with Seaweed.
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* RescueRomance: Seaweed breaking Penny out of her parent's house.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed run away when the cops show up to arrest them for protesting against segregation.
** When Tracy and Penny's parents show up looking fir them, Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed go looking for a place to hide.
** When Penny's parents show up with a doctor to kidnap and brainwash Penny, Seaweed runs away when he sees her dad.
** Many people's reactions in the commotion going on at Tilted Acres and someone throws a firecracker into the crowd.
** Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed run away when the cops show up to arrest them for protesting against segregation.
** When Tracy and Penny's parents show up looking fir them, Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed go looking for a place to hide.
** When Penny's parents show up with a doctor to kidnap and brainwash Penny, Seaweed runs away when he sees her dad.
** Many people's reactions in the commotion going on at Tilted Acres and someone throws a firecracker into the crowd.
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** Creator/JohnTravolta knows the value of being able to get [[Film/PulpFiction blood out of car upholstery]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:You can't stop the beat!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You can't stop the beat!]]
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/MichellePfeiffer and Creator/ChristopherWalken have a scene where she advances on him sexily, and he tries to stop her by using practical jokes as weapons. It's a deliberate homage to the end of ''Film/BatmanReturns'', where they did the same thing as Catwoman and Max Shreck (although Walken used an actual gun in the latter).
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* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
** Creator/MichellePfeiffer and Creator/ChristopherWalken have a scene where she advances on him sexily, and he tries to stop her by using practical jokes as weapons. It's a deliberate homage to the end of ''Film/BatmanReturns'', where they did the same thing as Catwoman and Max Shreck (although Walken used an actual gun in thelatter).latter).
** This isn't the first time Zac Efron played a character in a musical film [[Film/HighSchoolMusical that had two girls fighting over him]].
** Creator/MichellePfeiffer and Creator/ChristopherWalken have a scene where she advances on him sexily, and he tries to stop her by using practical jokes as weapons. It's a deliberate homage to the end of ''Film/BatmanReturns'', where they did the same thing as Catwoman and Max Shreck (although Walken used an actual gun in the
** This isn't the first time Zac Efron played a character in a musical film [[Film/HighSchoolMusical that had two girls fighting over him]].
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* MusicalisInterruptus: When Tracy, Link, Penny and Seaweed are dancing "the dirty boogie" at Motormouth Maybelle's, Penny's mother bursts in, causing the music to stop.
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* AutoErotica: Amber lies about Tracy doing this to her classmates, claiming she was caught inside car in the nude and that she is a shore.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: After Tracy got hit hard with a dodgeball, Link checks on her if she's alright and asks her if she wants to go steady with him.