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It's three years; eight months between Christmas and Easter, 19 between Christmas and the Fourth of July (Jack turns one year old), three months later at Halloween, Shelby suffers kidney failure and six months after that is Easter when Anelle goes into labor.


* {{Bookends}}: The movie starts on Easter and ends on Easter five years later. The same music plays too.

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* {{Bookends}}: The movie starts on Easter and ends on Easter five three years later. The same music plays too.



* EasterEpisode: The movie [[{{Bookends}} begins and ends on Easter]] over the span of five years with Shelby getting married in the opening scene and [[spoiler: Annelle giving birth]] at the end.

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* EasterEpisode: The movie [[{{Bookends}} begins and ends on Easter]] over the span of five three years with Shelby getting married in the opening scene and [[spoiler: Annelle giving birth]] at the end.

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* AgonyOfTheFeet: One of the Eatenton boys accidentally steps on his mother's foot as they make their way to seats at Shelby's wedding.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Drum, the biggest purveyor of BlackComedy in the Eatenton household, is furious with one of his sons after he makes too many jokes about kidneys while M'Lynn is in surgery.



* PinkMeansFeminine: Shelby's favorite color is pink and it really shows in the church during her wedding with lots of pink flowers, pink carpet, and pink drapery. [[spoiler:She was also buried in a pink suit.]]

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Shelby's favorite color is pink and it really shows in the church during her wedding with lots of pink flowers, pink carpet, and pink drapery. [[spoiler:She was [[spoiler:She's also buried in a pink suit.]]
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* PinkMeansFeminine: Shelby's favorite color is pink and it really shows in the church during her wedding with lots of pink flowers, pink carpet, and pink drapery.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Shelby's favorite color is pink and it really shows in the church during her wedding with lots of pink flowers, pink carpet, and pink drapery. [[spoiler:She was also buried in a pink suit.]]
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* AdaptationalNameChange: Drum Eatenton's name is expanded to Thomas Drummond Eatenton in the 2012 remake.

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* RaceLift: The entire cast in the 2012 remake.

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* RaceLift: The entire cast in the 2012 remake.remake is black.


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* SouthernBelle: The entire cast in the original version.
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* DemotedToExtra: Sammy only shows up at the wedding reception in the TV remake.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Ruth Robeline's husband is still alive in the 2012 version; he ran off with her best friend instead of being killed in battle.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shelby's younger brothers Jonathan and Tommy annoy and embarrass her, doing things like coating her car with inflated condoms and assisting Drum with shooting firecrackers into the trees.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shelby's younger brothers Jonathan and Tommy annoy and embarrass her, her (and their parents), doing things like coating her car with inflated condoms and assisting Drum with shooting firecrackers into the trees.



-->'''Truvy:''' Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marchin’ across your face.

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-->'''Truvy:''' Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marchin’ marchin' across your face.



* CreatorCameo: Robert Harling, who wrote the original play, portrays the minister at Shelby's wedding.



* PinkMeansFeminine:

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Shelby's favorite color is pink and it really shows in the church during her wedding with lots of pink flowers, pink carpet, and pink drapery.


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* ThoseTwoGuys: Shelby's brothers Tommy and Jonathan. Almost no distinction is given between the two and they practically function as a single character.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: If you've only read the play, not seen it, you could be forgiven for not knowing how the hell to say ''Ouiser''. It's said like "wheezer," if you're curious.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shelby’s younger brothers Jonathan and Tommy annoy and embarrass her, doing things like coating her car with inflated condoms and assisting Drum with shooting firecrackers into the trees.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shelby’s Shelby's younger brothers Jonathan and Tommy annoy and embarrass her, doing things like coating her car with inflated condoms and assisting Drum with shooting firecrackers into the trees.
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* WidowWoman:
** It's mentioned that Clairee's husband is deceased, and a park was recently named for him.
** Losing her husband is just one of the things Ruth Robeline has suffered during her life.

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