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* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus rapping against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret as a taxi driver.
* BigBadEnsemble: Lord of da Bling is effectively the film's main antagonist and a constant thorn in Cyrus' side, but Cyrus is also opposed by his own father, who-- while far from a bad person-- is still standing in his son's way of becoming a successful rapper.
* BreakTheHaughty: Cyrus' final verse in "Moment of Truth" has him viciously tearing into Bling's fake persona, exposing him as nothing but a fraud who pretends to be rich in order to cover up his minimum wage job and give him excuse to pick on others. Bling is left utterly humiliated by the end.
* BigBadEnsemble: Lord of da Bling is effectively the film's main antagonist and a constant thorn in Cyrus' side, but Cyrus is also opposed by his own father, who-- while far from a bad person-- is still standing in his son's way of becoming a successful rapper.
* BreakTheHaughty: Cyrus' final verse in "Moment of Truth" has him viciously tearing into Bling's fake persona, exposing him as nothing but a fraud who pretends to be rich in order to cover up his minimum wage job and give him excuse to pick on others. Bling is left utterly humiliated by the end.
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* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus rapping against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret day job as a taxi driver.
* BigBadEnsemble: Lord of da Bling is effectively the film's main antagonist and a constant thorn in Cyrus' side, but Cyrus is also opposed by his own father, who-- while far from a bad person-- isstill standing in his son's way of becoming a successful rapper.
* BreakTheHaughty: Cyrus' final verse in "Moment of Truth" has him viciously tearing into Bling's fake persona, exposing him as nothing but a fraud who pretends to be rich in order to cover up his minimum wage job and give him an excuse to pick on others. Bling is left utterly humiliated by the end.
* BigBadEnsemble: Lord of da Bling is effectively the film's main antagonist and a constant thorn in Cyrus' side, but Cyrus is also opposed by his own father, who-- while far from a bad person-- is
* BreakTheHaughty: Cyrus' final verse in "Moment of Truth" has him viciously tearing into Bling's fake persona, exposing him as nothing but a fraud who pretends to be rich in order to cover up his minimum wage job and give him an excuse to pick on others. Bling is left utterly humiliated by the end.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The whole MistakenIdentity issue could have been avoided if Cyrus had simply circled his face on the photograph he sent in. Or just sent a photo of just himself in.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The whole MistakenIdentity issue could have been avoided if Cyrus had simply circled labeled his face on the photograph he sent in. Or just sent a photo of just only himself in.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During their final rap battle, Cyrus exposes Bling's true nature as a showboater who flexes his nonexistent wealth in an attempt to cover up his insecurities about being poor. While Cyrus sympathizes with him to a degree, he makes it clear that Bling's background is zero excuse for his constant mistreatment of others, especially since he has the audacity to lie about [[{{Hypocrite}} the very things he picks on Cyrus for]] and since RagsToRiches stories are ''very'' respected within the rap community, making the lies pointless to begin with.
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth is enough!
-->Why'd you have to make up all the money and the stuff?
-->I guess it's easier to play the role and act hard,
-->[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth is enough!
-->Why'd you have to make up all the money and the stuff?
-->I guess it's easier to play the role and act hard,
-->[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During their final rap battle, Cyrus exposes Bling's true nature as a showboater who flexes his nonexistent wealth in an attempt to cover up his insecurities about being poor. While Cyrus sympathizes with him to a degree, he makes it clear that Bling's background is zero excuse for his constant mistreatment of others, especially since he has the audacity to lie about [[{{Hypocrite}} the very things he picks on Cyrus for]] and since for]]. Plus, RagsToRiches stories are ''very'' respected within the rap community, making the lies pointless to begin with.
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth isenough!
-->Why'denough!\\
Why'd you have to make up all the money and thestuff?
-->Istuff?\\
I guess it's easier to play the role and acthard,
-->[[DirtyCowardhard,\\
[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth is
-->Why'd
Why'd you have to make up all the money and the
-->I
I guess it's easier to play the role and act
-->[[DirtyCoward
[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
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* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: Cyrus has a huge crush on a popstar named Roxie, and has since they went to the same elementary school together.
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* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: Cyrus has a huge crush on a popstar pop star named Roxie, and has since they went to the same elementary school together.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Cyrus, the protagonist of the film, is so plagued by self-doubt and shyness that he lets his friend steal his rightful spotlight and alias. Meanwhile, the rapping champion, Bling, is incredibly arrogant and boastful, bragging about his wealth and talent while treating everyone else like dirt. In their [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]], Bling spends his verses trying to tear down Cyrus's self-esteem but gets defeated when Cyrus exposes his secret to the audience, [[BreakTheHaughty making it impossible for him to continue being arrogant]] [[BrokenPedestal once everyone knew he wasn't actually rich.]]
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Cyrus, the protagonist of the film, is so plagued by self-doubt and shyness that he lets his friend steal his rightful spotlight and alias. Meanwhile, the rapping champion, Bling, is incredibly arrogant and boastful, bragging about his (fake) wealth and talent while treating everyone else like dirt. In their [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]], Bling spends his verses trying to tear down Cyrus's self-esteem but gets defeated when Cyrus exposes his secret to the audience, [[BreakTheHaughty making it impossible for him to continue being arrogant]] [[BrokenPedestal once everyone knew he wasn't actually rich.]]rich]].
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** Cyrus' father, Jacob, also cares deeply about his son despite his constant rudeness towards him. When he comes to realize that Cyrus' lyrics are his way of communicating his feelings and even noting the biblical influences within, he too comes to a JerkassRealization and supports him during his showdown against Bling.
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** Cyrus' father, Jacob, also cares deeply about his son despite his constant rudeness towards him. When he comes to realize that Cyrus' lyrics are his way of communicating his feelings and even noting the biblical influences within, he too comes to has a JerkassRealization and supports him Cyrus during his showdown against Bling.
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* ShoutOut: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel) shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac where Cyrano berates a passer-by for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.
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* ShoutOut: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel) shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying saying, "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' where Cyrano berates a passer-by for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.
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* TokenWhite: Lyla is the only White major character.
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* TokenWhite: Lyla is the only White white major character.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Cyrus (sensitive) and Kris (manly). Cyrus also has this with Bling (manly).
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The whole MistakenIdentity issue could have been avoided if Cyrus had simply circled his face on the photograph he sent in. Or just sent a photo of just himself in.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During their final rap battle, Cyrus exposes Bling's true nature as a showboater who flexes his nonexistent wealth in an attempt to cover up his insecurities about being poor. While Cyrus sympathizes with him to a degree, he makes it clear that Bling's background is zero excuse for his constant mistreatment of others, especially since he has the audacity to lie about [[{{Hypocrite}} the very things he picks on Cyrus for]], and since RagsToRiches storied are ''very'' respected within the rap community.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During their final rap battle, Cyrus exposes Bling's true nature as a showboater who flexes his nonexistent wealth in an attempt to cover up his insecurities about being poor. While Cyrus sympathizes with him to a degree, he makes it clear that Bling's background is zero excuse for his constant mistreatment of others, especially since he has the audacity to lie about [[{{Hypocrite}} the very things he picks on Cyrus for]], for]] and since RagsToRiches storied stories are ''very'' respected within the rap community.community, making the lies pointless to begin with.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Cyrus' final verse in "Moment of Truth" has him viciously tearing into Bling's fake persona, exposing him as nothing but a fraud who pretends to be rich in order to cover up his minimum wage job and give him excuse to pick on others. Bling is left utterly humiliated by the end.
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%% * ExiledToTheCouch: Cyrus's father's punishment for what he did to Roxie at the church.
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* ExiledToTheCouch: Cyrus' father is punished with this by his wife for humiliating Roxie during one of his church sermons.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Lord of da Bling is effectively the film's main antagonist and a constant thorn in Cyrus' side, but Cyrus is also opposed by his own father, who— while far from a bad person— is still standing in his son's way of becoming a successful rapper.
* CantTakeCriticism: Cyrus and Bling's rivalry begins when Cyrus tries to give him some well-meaning constructive criticism on his rapping style. Bling responds [[DisproportionateRetribution by climbing on stage, pointing Cyrus out, and verbally accosting him in front of the entire club]].
* HiddenDepths: During the daytime, Bling is nothing but an unassuming cab driver who presumably doesn't make much money, which is likely the reason why he's such a {{Jerkass}} by night.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lord of da Bling, an obnoxious, egotistical bully who goes out of his way to harass Cyrus at every opportunity.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** By contrast, Chris, while also pretty arrogant and self-absorbed, still deeply cares about Cyrus and pulls a JerkassRealization in time for the climax… something that Bling can never bring himself to do.
** Cyrus' father, Jacob, also cares deeply about his son despite his constant rudeness towards him. When he comes to realize that Cyrus' lyrics are his way of communicating his feelings and even noting the biblical influences within, he too comes to a JerkassRealization and supports him during his showdown against Bling.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** By contrast, Chris, while also pretty arrogant and self-absorbed, still deeply cares about Cyrus and pulls a JerkassRealization in time for the climax… something that Bling can never bring himself to do.
** Cyrus' father, Jacob, also cares deeply about his son despite his constant rudeness towards him. When he comes to realize that Cyrus' lyrics are his way of communicating his feelings and even noting the biblical influences within, he too comes to a JerkassRealization and supports him during his showdown against Bling.
* NiceGuy: Cyrus, whose extreme kindness actually causes him more trouble than it's worth.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: Bling has little to do with the main plot and simply acts as both TheRival and a {{Foil}} to Cyrus and Chris.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: Bling has little to do with the main plot and simply acts as both TheRival and a {{Foil}} to Cyrus and Chris.
* TheRival: Lord of da Bling serves as this to both Cyrus and Chris, with the former being his main bullying target and the latter being a regular adversary during rap battles.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During their final rap battle, Cyrus exposes Bling's true nature as a showboater who flexes his nonexistent wealth in an attempt to cover up his insecurities about being poor. While Cyrus sympathizes with him to a degree, he makes it clear that Bling's background is zero excuse for his constant mistreatment of others, especially since he has the audacity to lie about [[{{Hypocrite}} the very things he picks on Cyrus for]], and since RagsToRiches storied are ''very'' respected within the rap community.
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth is enough!
-->Why'd you have to make up all the money and the stuff?
-->I guess it's easier to play the role and act hard,
-->[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
-->'''Cyrus:''' And what's funny is your truth is enough!
-->Why'd you have to make up all the money and the stuff?
-->I guess it's easier to play the role and act hard,
-->[[DirtyCoward 'Cause you don't have the guts to tell us who you really are.]]
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* HateSink: Despite having some HiddenDepths to explain his behavior, Lord of da Bling is still an arrogant, obnoxious bully whose refusal to see the error of his ways leads to a well-deserved humiliation.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Bling's arrogant attitude and constant showboating are implied to be due to his insecurities about being a poor taxi driver during the day time.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Bling's arrogant attitude and constant showboating are implied to be due to his insecurities about being a poor taxi driver during the day time.
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* BrokenPedestal: Da Bling, after his secret (that he isn't actually rich, and works a minimum-wage job) is exposed to the crowd by Cyrus during the climatic rap battle.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Cyrus, the protagonist of the film, is so plagued by self-doubt and shyness that he lets his friend steal his rightful spotlight and alias. Meanwhile, the rapping champion, Bling, is incredibly arrogant and boastful, bragging about his wealth and talent while treating everyone else like dirt. In their [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]], Bling spends his verses trying to tear down Cyrus's self-esteem but gets defeated when Cyrus exposes his secret to the audience, making it impossible for him to continue being arrogant once everyone knew he wasn't actually rich.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Cyrus, the protagonist of the film, is so plagued by self-doubt and shyness that he lets his friend steal his rightful spotlight and alias. Meanwhile, the rapping champion, Bling, is incredibly arrogant and boastful, bragging about his wealth and talent while treating everyone else like dirt. In their [[BattleRapping Rap Battle]], Bling spends his verses trying to tear down Cyrus's self-esteem but gets defeated when Cyrus exposes his secret to the audience, [[BreakTheHaughty making it impossible for him to continue being arrogant arrogant]] [[BrokenPedestal once everyone knew he wasn't actually rich.]]
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* MonochromeCasting: About 85% of the cast is black.
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* MoneySlap: During the rap battle between Cyrus and Bling, Bling ends one particularly insulting verse by throwing a stack of cash at Cyrus to hammer in the point that Cyrus isn't as cool or rich as he is, telling him to "buy a better outfit" with it. This tactic backfires, because Cyrus turns the table on him by revealing that Bling ''isn't'' rich, but is instead just a low-class cab driver. He offers the thrown money back "as a tip" if he drives them back home.
* MonochromeCasting: About 85% of the cast isblack.Black.
* MonochromeCasting: About 85% of the cast is
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* TokenWhite: Lyla is the only white major character.
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* TokenWhite: Lyla is the only white White major character.
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* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus rapping against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret as a taxicab driver.
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* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus rapping against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret as a taxicab taxi driver.
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* MythologyGag: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel) shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac where Cyrano berates a passer-by for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.
* ShoutOut: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel) shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac where Cyrano berates a passer-by for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.
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* FriendlessnessInsult: During the rap battle between Cyrus and Bling, one of Bling's taunts to Cyrus is that he has zero Website/{{Facebook}} friends, before launching into how much of a loser he is.
* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: Cyrus has a huge crush on a popstar named Roxie, and has since they went to the same elementary school together.
* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: Cyrus has a huge crush on a popstar named Roxie, and has since they went to the same elementary school together.
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* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: Cyrus has a huge crush on a popstar named Roxie, and has since they went to the same elementary school together.
