History Film / SisterAct

** Blink and you'll miss it, but right as Vince is about to shoot Deloris (and Lt. Souther shoots him instead), the Reverend Mother instinctively moves forward with her arms extended, as if she intended to TakeTheBullet.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Deloris reaction upon hearing about the vow of chastity she's expected to follow while doing her time disguised as a nun. She's dragged back by Mother Superior.

* FailedASpotCheck: The friars apparently never met or heard of Deloris van Cartier, despite being in the same city as the convent she previously stayed in and working with the same nuns as she did. Were there no conversations about Deloris before the nuns decided to recruit her? The Pope came to San Francisco specifically to hear the Deloris’ choir! Given that, Mr. Crisp should have heard of her as well.

* PreviouslyOn: The events of Sister Act are summed up with a medley at the beginning of the sequel.

* {{Confessional}}: Mother Superior accidentally confesses to Dolores rather than Monseigneur O'Hara in one.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Delores goes to stay with Eddie after Curtis finds out she was in the convent but then goes back to the nuns because they need her to help them perform for the pope.
* DisappearedDad: Delores' father left when she was a child.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The Dolores getting the nuns to improve the neighborhood and Mother Superior threatening to quit subplots are dropped. Dolores is seen on by Curtis on [=TV=] because the nuns singing made the news.

* SettingUpdate: Inverted; the film was set in the then-present, but the musical goes back to 1978, so that Alan Menkin could do disco style songs. The physical setting also changes, with the story being transplanted from San Francisco to Philadelphia.

* TitleDrop: Dolores' song, "Sister Act".

* VillainSong: "When I Find My Baby" is Curtis singing about how he's going to find and kill Delores.

--> '''Deloris''': I got two words for you, Vince.\\
'''Reverend Mother''': Mary Clarence!\\
'''Deloris''': (''after a {{Beat}}'') Bless you.

--> '''Deloris''': "I got two words for you, Vince."\\
'''Reverend Mother''': "Mary Clarence!"\\
'''Deloris''': (''after a {{Beat}}'') "Bless you."

-->'''Deloris''': "I got two words for you, Vince."\\

%%* NunsAreFunny: Some are.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Pretty high on the idealistic end, as Diana Ross cover songs are all that's needed to turn a slum into a vibrant street corner. The Reverend Mother expresses cynicism that her nuns can handle the harsh realities of the street, but that's because she's the [[StopHavingFunGuys "Stop Having Fun" Nun]] and her lesson is about how you can't shelter yourself away from the real world.

* TwoWordsAddedEmphasis: "I got two words for you, Vince." "Mary Clarence!" *Beat* "Bless you."

* SettingUpdate: Inverted; the film was set in the then-present, but the musical goes back to 1978, so that Alan Menkin could do disco style songs.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Distaff example. Rita's mother is determined to squash her dreams of becoming a singer. She won't even allow her to join the school choir as an extra curricular because she thinks she should be spending all her time studying to get into a good college.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Monsignor O'Hara and the Reverend Mother are the only ones in the covenant who know about "Mary Clarence's" true origins until Deloris gets snatched by the mob.

The first ''Sister Act'', released in 1992, Deloris witnesses her [[TheMafia Mafioso]] boyfriend Vince [=LaRocca=] (Creator/HarveyKeitel) commit a murder. She enters WitnessProtection and is forcibly inducted into an abbey as "Sister Mary Clarence". The only other person at the abbey who knows her true identity is the Mother Superior. Deloris has to follow the vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity, and getting up at 5 AM and working hard. Eventually, she becomes the leader of the abbey choir, and she decides to [[BlitheSpirit make some improvements by combining spirituals and R&B]], and the lively new music brings newcomers into the church. However, her newfound visibility does no favors for why she entered the abbey in the first place...

The first ''Sister Act'', released in 1992, Deloris witnesses her [[TheMafia Mafioso]] boyfriend commit a murder. She enters WitnessProtection and is forcibly inducted into an abbey as "Sister Mary Clarence". The only other person at the abbey who knows her true identity is the Mother Superior. Deloris has to follow the vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity, and getting up at 5 AM and working hard. Eventually, she becomes the leader of the abbey choir, and she decides to [[BlitheSpirit make some improvements by combining spirituals and R&B]], and the lively new music brings newcomers into the church. However, her newfound visibility does no favors for why she entered the abbey in the first place...

The first ''Sister Act'', released in 1992, Deloris witnesses her [[TheMafia Mafioso]] boyfriend commit a murder. She enters WitnessProtection and is forcibly inducted into an abbey as "Sister Mary Clarence". The only other person at the abbey who knows her true identity is the Mother Superior. Deloris has to follow the vows of poverty, obedience, hard work, chastity, and getting up at 5 AM. Eventually, she becomes the leader of the abbey choir, and she decides to [[BlitheSpirit make some improvements by combining spirituals and R&B]], and the lively new music brings newcomers into the church. However, her newfound visibility does no favors for why she entered the abbey in the first place...

* BigBad: Vince, who will do anything to stay out of prison, killing anyone who could spill him out.

** Reverand Mother learns that while there's nothing wrong with the traditional ways of the Church, it's important to be open to new ideas.
** Sister Mary Robert learns how to be more confidant and gets over her stage fright. In fact, she's the one who rallies the nuns to save Deloris after she gets kidnapped by Vince's goons.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Justified; how many people know that the Anglicans and Orthodox, among others, have nuns?

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Vince's hitmen Joey and Willy are very reluctant about killing a nun, even if it's someone they know dressed as a nun. Although he's too proud to admit it, clearly even Vince can't bring himself to shoot Deloris while she's in a nun's habit. Just the fact that she may have found God in her time at the convent is enough to make them uncomfortable and they even go along with her when she starts praying.

* {{Confessional}}: Mother Superior accidentally confesses to Dolores rather than Monseigneur O'Hara in one.

* ChangedMyMindKid: Delores goes to stay with Eddie after Curtis finds out she was in the convent but then goes back to the nuns because they need her to help them perform for the pope.

* WanderlustSong: "The Life I Never Led" is Sister Mary Robert singing about things she can't do because she's a nun.

* FurAndLoathing: Vince tries to buy Deloris back by giving her a mink coat--turns out it belongs to his wife. Her rage at this and attempts to return it make her an eyewitness to a murder.