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* VicariousGoldDigger: Lisa's mother Victoria wants her daughter to marry Carlos, a wealthy investment banker, so that she will continue to afford her luxurious lifestyle. That Carlos is abusive to Lisa is irrelevant to Victoria.
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* BlamingTheVictim: Victoria tells Lisa to stop doing whatever she’s doing that pushes Carlos to hit her because she cares more about getting money for herself than her daughter’s life.
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* GoldDigger: Victoria was so desperate for her second husband's money that she [[spoiler:allowed him to rape her daughter]]. In the present she pushes Lisa to marry Carlos, despite knowing that he is abusing Vanessa, because she has squandered all the money in Lisa's trust fund.
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* GoldDigger: Victoria was so desperate for her second husband's money that she [[spoiler:allowed him to rape her daughter]]. In the present she pushes Lisa to marry Carlos, despite knowing that he is abusing Vanessa, her, because she has squandered all the money in Lisa's trust fund.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Victoria tries to rationalize the fact that [[spoiler: she let her second husband, Lisa's father and Vanessa's stepfather, rape Vanessa in order to get him to stay,]] saying that Vanessa "saved the family". Vanessa flat out asks Victoria if she's insane. Victoria responds "I'm a realist".
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Victoria tries to rationalize the fact that [[spoiler: she let her second husband, Lisa's father and Vanessa's stepfather, rape Vanessa in order to get him to stay,]] saying that Vanessa "saved the family". Vanessa flat out asks Victoria if she's insane. Victoria responds responds, "I'm a realist".
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: "I left [[spoiler: some grits on the stove. They're nice]] and ''hot''."
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: "I left [[spoiler: some grits on the stove. They're nice]] and ''hot''."
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* VictimBlaming: Victoria tells Lisa to stop doing whatever she’s doing that pushes Carlos to hit her because she cares more about getting money for herself than her daughter’s life.
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* AbusiveParents: Victoria is emotionally abusive to both her daughters even though they're now adults. She makes it perfectly clear to Vanessa's face that she thinks her children are bastards and wishes she never gave birth to her, and keeps Lisa wrapped around her finger so she can use her trust fund. [[spoiler: There's also the fact that she let Lisa's father rape Vanessa with a clear conscience.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Victoria is emotionally abusive to both her daughters even though they're now adults. She makes it perfectly clear to Vanessa's face that she thinks her children are bastards and wishes she never gave birth to her, and keeps Lisa wrapped around her finger so she can use her trust fund. [[spoiler: There's also the fact that she let Lisa's father rape Vanessa with a clear conscience. And to really drive it home, Victoria is encouraging her “favorite” daughter to marry someone who is beating her just so she can get more money.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Victoria is unrepentant about the absolute hell that she put her daughters through from [[spoiler:letting Vanessa be raped by her second husband so that he would stay]] to forcing Lisa to marry a man who abuses her so that she could get more money due to squandering Lisa’s trust fund for herself.
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* VictimBlaming: Victoria tells Lisa to stop doing whatever she’s doing that pushes Carlos to hit her because she cares more about getting money for herself than her daughter’s life.
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* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Lisa is very cynical about love and is apprehensive about committing to Frankie. This is attributed to not just her children's biological father walking out on her, but also [[spoiler:her mother allowing her stepfather to rape her when she was a child]].
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* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Lisa Vanessa is very cynical about love and is apprehensive about committing to Frankie. This is attributed to not just her children's biological father walking out on her, but also [[spoiler:her mother allowing her stepfather to rape her when she was a child]].
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* WhyWasteAWedding: Near the end, Lisa decides to [[spoiler: cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Vanessa's boyfriend Frankie decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.]]
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* WhyWasteAWedding: Near the end, Lisa decides to [[spoiler: cut Carlos loose and cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her.their wedding. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Vanessa's boyfriend Frankie decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.]]
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* TeenyWeenie: Victoria pegs Carlos (investment banker with a history of personal abuse) as an insecure "overachiever" driven by this. Of all the things he says, he doesn't deny it.
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* TeenyWeenie: Victoria pegs Carlos (investment banker with a history of personal abuse) as an insecure "overachiever" driven by this. Of all the things he says, he He doesn't deny it.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lisa is friendly and calm, but at the end of the movie, she [[spoiler:finally has had it with Carlos' abusing her, so she finally fights back with hot grits]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lisa is friendly and calm, but at the end of the movie, she [[spoiler:finally has had it with Carlos' abusing her, so she finally her and fights back with a pot of hot grits]].
* TheDogBitesBack: Lisa makes sure Carlos strikes her for the final time by taking Madea's advice and [[spoiler:throwing a pot of hot grits in his face before beating him with a frying pan and taking off her engagement ring.]]
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* DomesticAbuser: Carlos, Lisa's fiance. She tries to cover it up, sure enough, at her mother's behest and his EstablishingCharacterMoment has him slapping her after a bachlorette party.
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* DomesticAbuser: Carlos, Lisa's fiance. She tries to cover it up, sure enough, at her mother's behest and his EstablishingCharacterMoment has him slapping her after a bachlorette bachelorette party.
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* GoldDigger: Not directly, but this is Victoria. This is due to her wanting Lisa to marry Carlos because of his money, ignoring the fact that he's a {{Domestic Abuse}}r.
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* GoldDigger: Not directly, but this is Victoria. This is due to Victoria was so desperate for her wanting second husband's money that she [[spoiler:allowed him to rape her daughter]]. In the present she pushes Lisa to marry Carlos Carlos, despite knowing that he is abusing Vanessa, because of his money, ignoring she has squandered all the fact that he's a {{Domestic Abuse}}r. money in Lisa's trust fund.
* IHaveThisFriend: This is how Lisa and Vanessa tell Madea that Carlos is beating Lisa. Madea is too sharp to fall for it, but goes along with it anyway and still gives Lisa advice on how to deal with Carlos.
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* RichBitch: Victoria, or more rather, she has the "Bitch" part down pat but for "Rich?" She's pretty much broke and has been draining the trust fund Lisa's father set up for her to maintain her wealthy image, which is why she's been trying to make sure Lisa marries Carlos.
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* RichBitch: Victoria, or more rather, she has the "Bitch" part down pat but for "Rich?" She's pretty much broke and has been draining the trust fund Lisa's father set up for her to maintain her wealthy image, which is why she's been trying so desperate to make sure Lisa marries Carlos.
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* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Discussed while Vanessa rides the bus home by a few patrons when Frankie flirts with her and they learn she has two children. [[spoiler:Turns out, this was not a turn-off for him, as he's also a single father.]]
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* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: Lisa is very cynical about love and is apprehensive about committing to Frankie. This is attributed to not just her children's biological father walking out on her, but also [[spoiler:her mother allowing her stepfather to rape her when she was a child]].
* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Discussed while Vanessa rides the bus home by a few patrons when Frankie flirts with her and they learn she has two children. [[spoiler:Turns out, this was not a turn-off for him, as he'salso a single father.father himself.]]
* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Discussed while Vanessa rides the bus home by a few patrons when Frankie flirts with her and they learn she has two children. [[spoiler:Turns out, this was not a turn-off for him, as he's
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-->"All my life, I've had to fight. I loves Harpo, but I'll be damned if I let him beat me!"
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-->"All my life, I've I had to fight. I loves Harpo, but I'll be damned if I kill 'em dead 'fore I let him 'em beat me!"
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** Victoria herself has been broken since her junky mother sold her for "ten dollars and a fix."
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** Victoria herself has been broken since her junky junkie and prostitute mother sold her for "ten dollars and a fix."
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: After smacking one of Nikki's bullies, Madea does a hilarious ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheColorPurple''...which is completely lost on the middle school children, one of whom ask "Who's Harpo?"
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: After smacking one of Nikki's bullies, Madea does a hilarious ShoutOut to ''Literature/TheColorPurple''...which is completely lost on the middle school children, one of whom ask asks "Who's Harpo?"
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* SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Discussed while Vanessa rides the bus home by a few patrons when Frankie flirts with her and they learn she has two children. [[spoiler:Turns out, this was not a turn-off for him, as he's also a single father.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Which doubles as sort of a BlackComedy BrickJoke. Madea tells Lisa a story about how she handled a person that was similar to Carlos by scalding him with a pot of hot grits and beating him while he was in pain. You think she was just exaggerating as usual. [[spoiler: But near the end of the movie, when Carlos comes to Madea's home to reclaim Lisa and Madea heads out to give them privacy, she reminds Lisa of said story and motions to the pot on the stove. Take a wild guess what happens next?]]
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* ChekhovsGun: About the boiling hot grits... and the frying pan.
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* ChekhovsGun: About Madea tells Lisa a story about how she handled a person that was similar to Carlos by scalding him with a pot of hot grits and beating him while he was in pain. You think she was just exaggerating as usual. [[spoiler: But near the boiling hot grits... end of the movie, when Carlos comes to Madea's home to reclaim Lisa and Madea heads out to give them privacy, she reminds Lisa of said story and motions to the frying pan.pot on the stove. [[TheDogBitesBack Take a wild guess what happens next?]]]]
