History Film / PurpleHearts2022

* HateSink: Armando. His first scene shows him sexually harassing Cassie by saying "so [marines] are good enough to fight for your ass but not good enough to touch it?". The film moves forward only to show that [[AntiRoleModel he's also a racist bigot]], although he has his fair share of wholesome moments.

The film follows Cassie Salazar (Carson), a struggling musician with Type 1 diabetes, and Luke Morrow (Galitzine), a U.S. marine who has to pay off his debts from his previous drug addiction. The two enter a MarriageOfConvenience for military benefits.

* BlackRepublican: Armando is a Black American marine who leans right and proudly cheers about "hunting down Arabs."

* AdaptationalJobChange: In the book, Luke is an Army trainee. In the film, however, he joins the U.S. Marine instead.

* TakeMeInstead: After Cassie and Luke's fake marriage are [[spoiler: reported to the military police, Luke takes the blame and lies that he coerced Cassie to marry him without her knowing that it's against the law. He ends up [[SilentScapegoat getting sentenced for six months]], while Cassie is found not guilty]].

The film follows Cassie Salazar (Carson), a struggling musician with Type 1 diabetes, and Luke Morrow (Galitzine), a U.S. marine who has to pay off his debts from his previous drug addiction. The two enter a MarriageOfConvenience for military benefits, [[spoiler: eventually sparking RomanticFakeRealTurn]].

* {{Workaholic}}: Cassie, a working-class Type 1 diabetes patient, has to work many jobs to pay for her medical needs. She is a waitress, bartender, '''and''' an aspiring singer.

The film follows Cassie Salazar (Carson), a struggling musician with Type 1 diabetes, and Luke Morrow (Galitzine), a U.S. marine who has to pay off his debts from his previous drug addiction. The two enter a MarriageOfConvenience for military benefits, [[spoiler: eventually sparking MarriageBeforeRomance]].

* AdaptationalJobChange: In the book, Luke is an Army trainee. In the film, however, he joins the U.S. marine instead.

** Same with Luke, whose narrative in the book focuses on his debt and struggle to survive, while the film is blatantly about his strong conservative and [[PatrioticFervor patriotic values]], and makes him come close to an AngryWhiteMan.

** Same with Luke, whose narrative in the book focuses on his debt and struggle to survive, while the film is blatantly about his strong conservative and [[PatrioticFervor patriotic values]].

--> '''Luke''': I'm leaving. This was a mistake. "Bro-militia." ''Liberal nut''.

* ItMeantSomethingToMe: [[spoiler: After Cassie and Luke's one-night stand, the former initially shows genuine interest and care for Luke, only for him to say that it only happened so he could clear his head from overthinking about being shipped to Iraq and entering a fake marriage.]]

** This becomes a challenge when [[spoiler: Luke's father, a former military police, finds out about their marriage, meaning that the "married" couple have to do more than just public display of affection.]]

* WarIsHell: Luke, Frankie, Armando, and the rest of the marines become visibly distressed as time goes on, showing how much of a nightmare being at war is.

--> '''Luke''': I'm leaving. This was a mistake. "Bro-militia." ''[[VolleyingInsults Liberal nut]]''.

--> '''Cassie''': ...I desperately need [military benefits] to literally survive. Whereas you could be, I don't know, stockpiling supplies for your bro-militia.

--> '''Cassie''': ...I desperately need [military benefits] to literally survive. Whereas you could be, I don't know, stockpiling supplies for your ''bro-militia''.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Cassie is a liberal and Luke is a republican; prior to their marriage, they start out as [[FoeRomanceSubtext foes]] and spend most of their time together arguing about left-wing and right-wing politics.
--> '''Luke''': Look, if I can trust a lib who doesn't give a shit about the law or the military...
--> '''Cassie''': ...I desperately need this to literally survive. Whereas you could be, I don't know, stockpiling supplies for your bro-militia.
--> '''Luke''': I'm leaving. This was a mistake. "Bro-militia." ''[[VolleyingInsults Liberal nut]]''.

* AltarTheSpeed: Luke and Cassie marry just a few days after their first encounter (which didn't end well at all). [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Luke is about to get shipped out to Iraq, and they both need the military benefits as soon as possible.