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** In the play, Anarda is in love with Fabio and therefore jealous and vindictive towards Marcela, for whom Fabio pines. In the film, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and is probably the nearest to AllLovingHeroine among the cast.



** Anarda isn't in love with Fabio.



* EasilyOverheardConversation: Tristan eavesdrops on several scenes, including Count Ludovico's talk with his manservant — even though Tristan isn't even part of Ludovico's household.

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* EasilyOverheardConversation: Tristan eavesdrops on several scenes, including Count Ludovico's talk with his manservant -- even though Tristan isn't even part of Ludovico's household.

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* AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: Happens twice, since the LoveDodecahedron of the play involves almost everyone and [[PragmaticAdaptation would have been extremely confusing on screen]].
** Tristan never gets his LastMinuteHookup with Dorotea and has no relationship with her whatsoever.
** Anarda isn't in love with Fabio.



* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted twice, since the LoveDodecahedron of the play involves almost everyone and [[PragmaticAdaptation would have been extremely confusing on screen]].
** Tristan never gets his LastMinuteHookup with Dorotea and has no relationship with her whatsoever.
** Anarda isn't in love with Fabio.
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* MalMariee: In one of Tristan's bawdy couplets, an elderly cook has a young wife and is horribly jealous of her, certain she is having an affair with the kitchen boy.
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** The trope's mocked in turn by Marquis Ricardo in the QuarrellingSong with Federico, where Ricardo announces that elderly bridegrooms are ridiculous.

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** The trope's mocked in turn by Marquis Ricardo in the QuarrellingSong QuarrelingSong with Federico, where Ricardo announces that elderly bridegrooms are ridiculous.
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** Attempted by Count Federico with Diana (their actors were 50 and 35 respectively).

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** Attempted by Count Federico with Diana (their actors were 50 and 35 respectively).respectively, and Federico's disdain of "those young men" shows that the difference is also present InUniverse).
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* DistantDuet:
** The QuarrelingSong of Federico and Ricardo, where they sing of their different approaches to love and courtship, is sung while each of them is at his home, preparing to go and meet Diana.
** "Love, Why Are You Torturing Me?" is sung by Teodoro and Diana while they are in different parts of the house.



* MayDecemberRomance:
** Attempted by Count Federico with Diana (their actors were 50 and 35 respectively).
** The trope's mocked in turn by Marquis Ricardo in the QuarrellingSong with Federico, where Ricardo announces that elderly bridegrooms are ridiculous.



* RedOniBlueOni: Diana's unlucky suitors are bombastic LargeHam Marquis Ricardo and mild-tempered Count Federico. Most of the time, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience they are even dressed accordingly]].

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* RedOniBlueOni: Diana's unlucky suitors are bombastic LargeHam Marquis Ricardo and mild-tempered Count Federico. Most of the time, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience they are even dressed accordingly]].accordingly]].
* SilverFox: Count Federico (who, incidentally, is much older than Diana or either of his rivals) believes that male beauty is a lot more visible in wrinkles and silver hair.
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* FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Warm and more openly passionate Marcela and MasterOfTheMixedMessage IceQueen Diana for Teodoro.
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* FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Warm and more openly passionate Marcela and MasterOfTheMixedMessage IceQueen Diana for Teodoro.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Diana spends a good deal of the movie in a [[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0076732/mediaviewer/rm1747667200 glittery green dress]].
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''The Dog in the Manger'' (Russian: Собака на сене) is a 1977 Soviet musical film directed by Jan Frid, based on Creator/LopeDeVega's play of the same name.

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''The Dog in the Manger'' (Russian: Собака на сене) is a 1977 1978 Soviet musical film directed by Jan Frid, based on Creator/LopeDeVega's play of the same name.
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* EasilyOverheardConversation: Tristan eavesdrops on several scenes, including Count Ludovico's talk with his manservant — even though Tristan isn't even part of Ludovico's household.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the play, Anarda tells Diana about Marcela's secret meetings with Teodoro because she is in love with Fabio who is in love with Marcela. Here, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and tells Diana the truth to reassure the latter that there was no strange intruder or StalkerWithACrush in the house.

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In the play, Anarda tells Diana about Marcela's secret meetings with Teodoro because she is in love with Fabio who is in love with Marcela. Here, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and tells Diana the truth to reassure the latter that there was no strange intruder or StalkerWithACrush in the house.house.
** In the play, when Marcela frantically tries to ask Tristan about why Teodoro dumped her so cruelly and suddenly, Tristan coldly tells her he knows nothing and is JustFollowingOrders. This scene is omitted in the movie, and Tristan, despite advising Teodoro earlier to fall out of love with Marcela, is clearly very angry about the callous way it was done.
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** Tristan never gets his LastMinuteHookup with Dorothea and has no relationship with her whatsoever.

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** Tristan never gets his LastMinuteHookup with Dorothea Dorotea and has no relationship with her whatsoever.
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* DiegeticMusical: Most of the songs are actually sung InUniverse:
** "Tristan's Advice" is sung by Tristan and Teodoro, with Tristan accompanying it on the lute. Teodoro is shown rubbing his ear after a particularly high note of Tristan's.
** Ricardo sings Diana a serenade when he comes to court her.
** Tristan sings bawdy couplets at the fair, and then another set of bawdy couplets with his drinking buddies.
** Anarda sings Diana a song to convince her that ThePowerOfLove is impossible to overcome.
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* AdaptationalTimespanChange: In the play, Diana breaks up Tristan and Marcela for the second time immediately after her second GreenEyedEpiphany. Here, at least a few hours pass between the two events.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the play, Anarda tells Diana about Marcela's secret meetings with Teodoro because she is in love with Fabio who is in love with Marcela. Here, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and tells Diana the truth to reassure the latter that there was no strange intruder or StalkerWithACrush in the house.
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* LyricalDissonance: Marquis Ricardo sings Diana a serenade, but the music, to put it mildly, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKMD4-RX1c&pp=ygUl0YHQvtCx0LDQutCwINC90LAg0YHQtdC90LUg0L_QtdGB0L3QuA%3D%3D not what one would expect]] in a love song.

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* EyepatchOfPower: Invoked by Tristan. He borrows an eyepatch from one of his friends and puts it on when he pretends to be a hitman.



* RedOniBlueOni: Diana's unlucky suitors are bombastic LargeHam Marquis Ricardo and milder-tempered Count Federico. Most of the time, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience they are even dressed accordingly]].

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* RedOniBlueOni: Diana's unlucky suitors are bombastic LargeHam Marquis Ricardo and milder-tempered mild-tempered Count Federico. Most of the time, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience they are even dressed accordingly]].
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''The Dog in the Manger'' (Russian: Собака на сене) is a 1977 Soviet musical film directed by Jan Frid, based on Creator/LopeDeVega's play of the same name.

!! Tropes featured in the film:
* LastSecondWordSwap: Tristan's "Couplets of the Drinking Buddies" invoke it, as the song's verses almost end in a PrecisionFStrike only to proceed with a different word merely beginning with the same letters.
* MaidAndMaiden: Anarda is middle-aged and tries to advise young Diana on romantic matters, though Diana isn't always listening.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted twice, since the LoveDodecahedron of the play involves almost everyone and [[PragmaticAdaptation would have been extremely confusing on screen]].
** Tristan never gets his LastMinuteHookup with Dorothea and has no relationship with her whatsoever.
** Anarda isn't in love with Fabio.
* RedOniBlueOni: Diana's unlucky suitors are bombastic LargeHam Marquis Ricardo and milder-tempered Count Federico. Most of the time, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience they are even dressed accordingly]].

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