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* SophisticatedAsHell: The typically mannered, polished period-piece dialogue is paired alongside more contemporary profanities, such as "vajoojoo".
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: ''Abigail''. While Sarah's certainly not a good person, Abigail is considerably more duplicitous.


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* BrutalHonesty: Sarah's stock and trade. Who else could tell the Queen of England that her makeup makes her look like a badger?


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* MoodSwinger: Anne. "Look at me! ''How dare you? Close your eyes!''"

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* HumiliationConga: Sarah [[spoiler:is poisoned and made to fall off her horse, which drags her into a forest where she wakes up in a bordello. Correctly assuming that Abigail is behind this, she storms back to the palace and tries to blackmail the Queen into dismissing Abigail. This severs the relationship between the Queen and Sarah, who is stripped of her offices, sent away from the palace, and eventually exiled from England altogether.]]



* IllGirl: Queen Anne suffers chronic pain from various maladies, and being able to relieve that pain is what draws Abigail into the Queen's inner circle.

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* IllGirl: Queen Anne suffers chronic pain from various maladies, and being able maladies. Abigail's ability to relieve that pain is what draws Abigail brings her into the Queen's inner circle.

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* PuppetQueen: Queen Anne is a feeble, frivolous woman (most of the time), and her favourite is the true power behind the throne.


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* PeriodPiece: Takes place in England during the early 18th century.
* PuppetQueen: Queen Anne is a feeble, frivolous woman (most of the time), and her favourite is the true power behind the throne.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: ''Duck racing''.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Abigail succeeds in driving Sarah out of the palace, and becomes the Queen's favourite; however, it's implied that the Queen won't trust her anywhere near as much as she trusted Sarah, leaving Abigail as nothing more than the minder of a feeble, miserable old woman.]]
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* InsultBackfire: When Abigail, in a disheveled state after her journey to the palace, asks Sarah for a job, Sarah snidely suggests that Abigail could be a monster to entertain the children. Abigail cheerfully says that she'd do that if she's asked to, giving a mock roar at Sarah to demonstrate.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Abigail briefly tortures one of Queen Anne's bunnies.
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* BuryYourGays: Subverted; despite Queen Anne's failing health and the violent rivalry between Sarah and Abigail, all three of the main gay characters survive to the end of the movie. [[spoiler:Although that doesn't necessarily mean they're ''happy''.]]
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* SweetTooth: Queen Anne loves cake, hot chocolate and other sweets, indulgences which have taken a physical toll on her.
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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Inverted; while there's certainly CostumePorn on both sides of the gender divide, the main women characters are usually dressed more seriously and practically, favoring muted colors and (mostly) forgoing makeup. The men of the movie, on the other hand, are wigged, brightly-colored dandies caked in makeup.

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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Inverted; while there's certainly CostumePorn on both sides MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The main gender dynamic of the gender divide, movie. Although the main women female characters are wear dresses as appropriate for the time period, they're usually dressed more seriously and practically, favoring muted colors and (mostly) forgoing makeup. The men of the movie, on the other hand, are wigged, brightly-colored dandies caked in makeup.

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* GenderInvertedTrope: Atypically of period pieces, the women are the most proactive, buttoned-up characters, while the men of the movie are treated as periphery figures primped up in makeup and wigs.


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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Inverted; while there's certainly CostumePorn on both sides of the gender divide, the main women characters are usually dressed more seriously and practically, favoring muted colors and (mostly) forgoing makeup. The men of the movie, on the other hand, are wigged, brightly-colored dandies caked in makeup.
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* GenderInvertedTrope: Atypically of period pieces, the women are the most proactive, buttoned-up characters, while the men of the movie are treated as periphery figures primped up in makeup and wigs.
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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Sarah tries to get Queen Anne to dismiss Abigail by threatening to reveal the same-sex relationship between them. It blows up in Sarah's face.]]

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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Sarah tries to get Queen Anne to dismiss Abigail by threatening to reveal the same-sex relationship between them. [[BlackmailBackfire It blows up in Sarah's face.]]]]]]
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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Sarah tries to get Queen Anne to dismiss Abigail by threatening to reveal the same-sex relationship between them. It blows up in Sarah's face.]]
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* PuppetQueen: Queen Anne is a feeble, frivolous woman, and her favourite is the true power behind the throne.

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* PuppetQueen: Queen Anne is a feeble, frivolous woman, woman (most of the time), and her favourite is the true power behind the throne.

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* FoeYay: ''Plenty'' between Sarah and Abigail.


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* LadyInWaiting: Sarah, and eventually Abigail, is this to Queen Anne.
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* FoeYay: ''Plenty'' between Sarah and Abigail.



* PrincessInRags: Abigail's father, a gambling addict, lost the family's fortune and nobility. The quest to gain back that nobility is what drives Abigail, but in the meantime she serves as a scullery maid (at least at first).

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* PrincessInRags: ManipulativeBitch: Sarah and Abigail. Even Queen Anne has her moments.
* RichesToRags:
Abigail's father, a gambling addict, lost the family's fortune and nobility. The quest to gain back that nobility is what drives Abigail, but in the meantime she serves as a scullery maid (at least at first).
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* Don'tLookAtMe: Queen Anne demands this of a servant, [[MoodSwinger immediately after demanding that he look at her]].

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* Don'tLookAtMe: DontLookAtMe: Queen Anne demands this of a servant, [[MoodSwinger immediately after demanding that he look at her]].

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* BlackComedy: As expected from a Yorgos Lanthimos joint (although he didn't write the script).



* Don'tLookAtMe: Queen Anne demands this of a servant, [[MoodSwinger immediately after demanding that he look at her]].



* IllGirl: Queen Anne suffers chronic pain from various maladies, and being able to relieve that pain is what draws Abigail into the Queen's inner circle.
* PrincessInRags: Abigail's father, a gambling addict, lost the family's fortune and nobility. The quest to gain back that nobility is what drives Abigail, but in the meantime she serves as a scullery maid (at least at first).



* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Lord Sarah to Queen Anne]]

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* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Lord Sarah to Queen Anne]]Anne.
* WomanChild: Queen Anne is prone to childish petulance and fits of tears, and spends more time doting on her rabbits (and her favourites) than she does actually running an empire.
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* Tsundere: [[spoiler: Lord Sarah to Queen Anne]]

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* Tsundere: {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Lord Sarah to Queen Anne]]

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* TragicKeepsake: Of a sort. Queen Anne has a collection of seventeen bunnies, each one representing a child that she previously lost.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone, except maybe Queen Anne. Special mention goes to Lord Harley and Abigail.
* HuntingAccident: [[spoiler: Lady Sarah threatens to do this to Abigail if she reveals the secret of Sarah's and Queen Anne's "relationship.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Of a sort. Queen Anne has a collection of seventeen bunnies, each one representing a child that she previously lost.lost.
* Tsundere: [[spoiler: Lord Sarah to Queen Anne]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Abigail crosses it when she burns Sarah's letter to Queen Anne.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Abigail crosses it when she burns Sarah's letter to TragicKeepsake: Of a sort. Queen Anne.]]Anne has a collection of seventeen bunnies, each one representing a child that she previously lost.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Crossed by Abigail when she burns Sarah's letter ti Queen Anne]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Crossed by Abigail crosses it when she burns Sarah's letter ti to Queen Anne]]Anne.]]
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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, was released on November 23, 2018.

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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, was released on November 23, 2018.2018.

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Crossed by Abigail when she burns Sarah's letter ti Queen Anne]]
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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, was be released on November 23, 2018.

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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, was be released on November 23, 2018.
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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, will be released on November 23, 2018.

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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, will was be released on November 23, 2018.
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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, will be released on November 23, 2018.

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The film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Lady Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail, will be released on November 23, 2018.
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''The Favourite'' is a 2018 [[BasedOnATrueStory fact-based]] historical period drama film directed by Creator/YorgosLanthimos. The film is about how Sarah and her cousin, Abigail Masham, strive to be the favourite of Queen Anne, who is also Sarah's friend. The film stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail.

The film will be released on November 23, 2018.

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''The Favourite'' is a 2018 [[BasedOnATrueStory fact-based]] historical period drama film directed by Creator/YorgosLanthimos. The film is about how Lady Sarah Churchill and her cousin, Abigail Masham, strive to be the favourite of Queen Anne, who is also Sarah's friend. Anne.

The film film, which stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail.

The film
Abigail, will be released on November 23, 2018.
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''The Favourite'' is a 2018 [[BasedOnATrueStory fact-based]] historical period drama film directed by Creator/YorgosLanthimos. The film is about how Sarah and her cousin, Abigail Masham, strive to be the favourite of Queen Anne, who is also Sarah's friend. The film stars Creator/OliviaColman as Queen Anne, Creator/RachelWeisz as Sarah and Creator/EmmaStone as Abigail.

The film will be released on November 23, 2018.

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