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* TheDanza -- Bill Heslop played by Bill Hunter.

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* Determinator: Muriel given all the bad stuff that happens to her.


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* {{Determinator}}: Muriel given all the bad stuff that happens to her.

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* DisabledSnarker --[[spoiler: Rhonda's cancer has no effect on her snark.]]

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* Determinator: Muriel given all the bad stuff that happens to her.
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DisabledSnarker --[[spoiler: Rhonda's cancer has no effect on her snark.]]


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* FieryRedhead: Our heroine.


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** Bill also in the aftermath of the aforementioned and [[spoiler: Deidre leaving him.]]


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* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Tania attempts--and fails miserably at--doing this while ironically making one of her ugliest facial expressions in the entire movie.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Deirdre, Bill Heslop's not-so-secret girlfriend.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Deirdre, Deirdre Chambers, Bill Heslop's not-so-secret girlfriend.

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* ReactionShot -- Lots of these from Tania's clique.

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* ReactionShot -- Lots The guests at Muriel's wedding when ABBA's "I Do I Do I Do" blares out.
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of these from Tania's clique.clique throughout the film.
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-->The truth? I tell the truth too. Nicole's having an affair with Chook. Muriel saw them fucking in the laundry room on your wedding day. Stick your drink up your ass, Tania! I'd rather swallow razor blades than have a drink with you.'''

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-->The truth? I tell the truth too. Nicole's having an affair with Chook. Muriel saw them fucking in the laundry room on your wedding day. Stick your drink up your ass, Tania! I'd rather swallow razor blades than have a drink with you.'''
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* BrutalHonesty: Rhonda's defining trait:
-->The truth? I tell the truth too. Nicole's having an affair with Chook. Muriel saw them fucking in the laundry room on your wedding day. Stick your drink up your ass, Tania! I'd rather swallow razor blades than have a drink with you.'''
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* FoodSlap: Tania tosses Muriel's drink in her voice when Muriel turns up on Hibiscus Island.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Deirdre, Bill Heslop's not-so-secret girlfriend.


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* YourCheatingHeart -- Chook and Bill Heslop.
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* EvilEyeshadow: Played straight and subverted with Tania and her clique, who also wear tons and tons of garish makeup.


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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Chook.

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* AllAsiansAreAlike -- Muriel's father tries to make a couple of Japanese businessmen feel at home by taking them to a Chinese restaurant.


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* InterchangeableAsianCultures -- Muriel's father tries to make a couple of Japanese businessmen feel at home by taking them to a Chinese restaurant.
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* {{Sydney}}

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* {{Sydney}}UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}
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* Adorkable -- Brice, Muriel's first boyfriend.

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* Adorkable {{Adorkable}} -- Brice, Muriel's first boyfriend.
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* Adorkable -- Brice, Muriel's first boyfriend.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage. In contrast, adulterer Chook cannot perform with AlphaBitch Tania.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage. In contrast, adulterer Chook cannot perform with AlphaBitch [[AlphaBitch nasty]] Tania.
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* SexIsEvil: Humorously lampshaded and averted when [[spoiler: Rhonda asks the doctor if too much sex caused her tumor and he says no.]]

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* CallingTheOldManOut

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* CallingTheOldManOutCallingTheOldManOut



* CoolBigSister: Joannie seems to see Muriel this way, and, compared to her other siblings, who vegetate at home all day, Muriel does have some spunk and initiative.

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** Also Muriel frequently
* CoolBigSister: Joannie seems to see Muriel this way, and, compared to her other siblings, who vegetate at home all day, seldom leave the house, Muriel does have some spunk and initiative.



* DisabledSnarker --[[spoiler: Rhonda's accident has no effect on her snark.]]

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* DisabledSnarker --[[spoiler: Rhonda's accident cancer has no effect on her snark.]]



** Muriel is a shameless crook and liar just like her father but she does resolve to change at the end of the film.

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** Muriel is a shameless crook and liar just like her father but she does resolve to change at the end of the film.



* ReactionShot -- Lots of these from Tania's clique.



* SmallTownBoredom: How Muriel and Rhonda feel about Porpoise Spit.

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* SmallTownBoredom: SmallTownBoredom -- How Muriel and Rhonda feel about whenever they're in Porpoise Spit.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rhonda to Muriel [[spoiler: when Muriel has abandoned her to marry a man she doesn't love.]]

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech -- Rhonda to Muriel [[spoiler: when Muriel has abandoned her to marry a man she doesn't love.]]

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*** Muriel is a shameless crook and liar just like her father but she does resolve to change at the end of the film.

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*** Muriel **Muriel is a shameless crook and liar just like her father but she does resolve to change at the end of the film.film.
**Muriel and David are both obsessed with being winners, be it through marriage or an Olympic gold medal.
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* SourOutsideSadInside -- David who is pressured into a marriage of convenience for the sake of his swimming career.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage. In contrast, Chook cannot perform Tania.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage. In contrast, adulterer Chook cannot perform with AlphaBitch Tania.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage. In contrast, Chook cannot perform Tania.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Muriel and David Van Arkle when they finally consummate their marriage.



* HulaAndLuaus -- Hibiscus Island



* HulaAndLuaus -- Hibiscus Island
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* FaceHeelTurn -- David Van Arkle, Muriel's very unwilling groom [[spoiler: after Muriel's mother dies.]]

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* FaceHeelTurn HeelFaceTurn -- David Van Arkle, Muriel's very unwilling groom [[spoiler: after Muriel's mother dies.]]



* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Tania's sleazy husband, Chook.

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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: LongHairedPrettyBoy -- Tania's sleazy husband, Chook.
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* FaceHeelTurn -- David Van Arkle, Muriel's very unwilling groom [[spoiler: after Muriel's mother dies.]]
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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Tania's sleazy husband, Chook.
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* ImpossiblyTackyClothes -- Muriel's wardrobe before she moves to Sydney. Also Tania's 80s style wedding dress and the fuchsia bridesmaid dresses.
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* SexComedy: Brice's attempt to deflower Muriel.
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* TheReasonWhyYouSuckSpeech: Rhonda to Muriel [[spoiler: when Muriel has abandoned her to marry a man she doesn't love.]]

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* TheReasonWhyYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rhonda to Muriel [[spoiler: when Muriel has abandoned her to marry a man she doesn't love.]]

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* SmallTownBoredom : How Muriel and Rhonda feel about Porpoise Spit.

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* SmallTownBoredom : SmallTownBoredom: How Muriel and Rhonda feel about Porpoise Spit.



* TwoDecadesBehind: The film is set in the early nineties, yet the women of Porpoise Spit have tacky early eighties hairstyles and clothing. This may be meant to highlight what a backwater Porpoise Spit is, however.

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* TheReasonWhyYouSuckSpeech: Rhonda to Muriel [[spoiler: when Muriel has abandoned her to marry a man she doesn't love.]]
* TwoDecadesBehind: The film is set in the early nineties, yet the women of Porpoise Spit have tacky early eighties hairstyles and clothing. This may be meant to highlight what a backwater Porpoise Spit is, however.is.
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* ICantFeelMyLegs -- [[Rhonda]]

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* ICantFeelMyLegs -- [[Rhonda]][[spoiler: Rhonda. At least she had fun with the American sailors first.]]

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