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* OhCrap: Rose's reaction when Nurse [=DeFarge=] casually mentions Sophia probably doesn't remember her from when she worked at Shady Pines.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When Dorothy makes a wisecrack about Rose participating in the same beauty contest twenty-three times, Rose casually remarks that at least her mother voted for her. Dorothy is visibly shocked by this.
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* BattleaxeNurse: Nurse [=DeFarge=], according to Sophia.
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* BattleaxeNurse: Nurse [=DeFarge=], according to Sophia. Played with in that [=DeFarge=] essentially waits on Sophia hand and foot while she's recovering, but that means stepping all over the girls to cater to Sophia's whims.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Dorothy loses it when she finally proves Sophia was PlayingSick to keep Nurse [=DeFarge=] around.
-->'''Sophia''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere ...well I'm off to bingo!]]
-->'''Dorothy''': Get back here ''you deceitful little Sicilian gecko!!!''
-->'''Sophia''': I ''wuv'' you!
-->'''Dorothy''': Too ''wittle'', too ''wate''.
-->'''Sophia''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere ...well I'm off to bingo!]]
-->'''Dorothy''': Get back here ''you deceitful little Sicilian gecko!!!''
-->'''Sophia''': I ''wuv'' you!
-->'''Dorothy''': Too ''wittle'', too ''wate''.
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** After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
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** After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] Dorothy that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After the disastrous BeautyContest performance, Blanche returns home to talk to Melissa and finds her and Rose reading the story from a fairy tale. Rose insists that Blanche wait until the storytelling session ends, and Blanche obliges to listen to the end of the story... which is read by Melissa to Rose.
-->'''Melissa''': "And they live HappilyEverAfter". TheEnd.\\
'''Rose''': They didn't get married?\\
'''Melissa''': That's implied.\\
''[Rose leaves with a bewildered expression]''
-->'''Melissa''': "And they live HappilyEverAfter". TheEnd.\\
'''Rose''': They didn't get married?\\
'''Melissa''': That's implied.\\
''[Rose leaves with a bewildered expression]''
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* BattleaxeNurse: Nurse [=DeFarge=], according to Sophia.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having PerformanceAnxiety when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is no different.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having PerformanceAnxiety when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to [[NotSoDifferentRemark insinuate that Blanche herself is no different.different]].
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: After a StageMom chats briefly with Blanche and Rose about girls having PerformanceAnxiety prior to going on stage, Blanche wonders how anyone could behave that way, only for Rose to deliver a ArmorPiercingResponse insinuating that Blanche herself is no better.
-->'''Blanche''': Did you see that? I tell you, some people should not be allowed near children. That poor girl. What could be worse than having a mother like that?
-->'''Rose''': Having a ''grandmother'' like that.
-->'''Blanche''': Did you see that? I tell you, some people should not be allowed near children. That poor girl. What could be worse than having a mother like that?
-->'''Rose''': Having a ''grandmother'' like that.
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** Rose mentions that she participated in the Little Miss St. Olaf beauty pageant and lost -- ''23'' times.
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** Rose mentions that she participated in the Little Miss St. Olaf beauty pageant and lost -- ''23'' times.''23 times in a row''.
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* LiteralMetaphor: Rose's account of her repeated participation for [[BeautyContest the Little Miss St. Olaf beauty pageant]], all of which ended with her losing said contest, includes the part where she lost out to another girl's imaginary playmate.
-->'''Rose''': Sure, she was more talented, but... still, I smelled a rat.\\
'''Blanche''': You mean the contest was fixed?\\
'''Rose''': No. That was my talent: smelling rats.
-->'''Rose''': Sure, she was more talented, but... still, I smelled a rat.\\
'''Blanche''': You mean the contest was fixed?\\
'''Rose''': No. That was my talent: smelling rats.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.the recently-released ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Dorothy hires a nurse to help Sophia recover from her injury, but they end up bonding with each other so much that Sophia resorts to PlayingSick in order to keep her nurse around for as long as possible, the other girls' disapproval of said nurse be damned.
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* TemptingFate: After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
** When the nurse Dorothy hires talks to Rose about having once worked at [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome Shady Pines]] while Dorothy goes to get Sophia to get reacquainted with her, she expresses doubt that Sophia would recognize her. The moment Sophia sees her, she immediately wheels herself away into the kitchen, screaming in horror all the while.
** After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
-->'''Dorothy''': --->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
** When the nurse Dorothy hires talks to Rose about having once worked at [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome Shady Pines]] while Dorothy goes to get Sophia to get reacquainted with her, she expresses doubt that Sophia would recognize her. The moment Sophia sees her, she immediately wheels herself away into the kitchen, screaming in horror all the while.
** After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: At one point Sophia's nurse wheelchairs Sophia into the living room and runs over Rose's foot in the process.
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* TemptingFate: After Blanche and Rose complain to Dorothy about Sophia's nurse interrupting [[NoodleIncident their nighttime activities]], Dorothy insists that, as much as she dislikes Sophia's nurse, she doesn't see enough reasons to have said nurse fired. Cue the nurse entering the kitchen and telling [[HollywoodDateless Dorothy]] that a man called for Dorothy but she forgot to get his number before hanging up. After the nurse leaves the kitchen, Dorothy decides that she's had enough.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
-->'''Dorothy''': Hasta la vista, baby.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having PerformanceAnxiety when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is NotSoDifferent.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having PerformanceAnxiety when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is NotSoDifferent.no different.
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* NoodleIncident: Sophia's nurse interrupting the girls' nighttime activities, leading to a famous outburst from Dorothy.
-->'''Blanche:''' Dorothy, at 2 AM this morning I was entertaining a gentleman caller, when ''she'' opened the door, at the ''most'' inopportune time. I could have lost my balance and chipped a tooth!\\
'''Rose:''' You think that's annoying? She came into my room last night when I was reenacting the gangplank scene from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''!\\
'''Dorothy:''' WHAT THE HELL GOES ON AT NIGHT IN THIS HOUSE?!
-->'''Blanche:''' Dorothy, at 2 AM this morning I was entertaining a gentleman caller, when ''she'' opened the door, at the ''most'' inopportune time. I could have lost my balance and chipped a tooth!\\
'''Rose:''' You think that's annoying? She came into my room last night when I was reenacting the gangplank scene from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''!\\
'''Dorothy:''' WHAT THE HELL GOES ON AT NIGHT IN THIS HOUSE?!
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* IgnoredEpiphany: After Rose gives Blanche an ArmorPiercingResponse and then an ArmorPiercingQuestion about Melissa's feelings towards the BeautyContest that Blanche has subjected Melissa to, Blanche asks Melissa about how she really feels regarding the event, offering to allow her to skip out on the talent show take her home right away if that's what she wants. Before Melissa can say anything, however, the crew member comes saying Melissa is up, and Blanche promptly pushes her on stage at once. It backfires badly because [[RepeatedCueTardyResponse Melissa is so sick of the event that she simply stands still silently on stage instead of singing like she's expected to do]].
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* IgnoredEpiphany: After Rose gives Blanche an ArmorPiercingResponse and then an ArmorPiercingQuestion about Melissa's feelings towards the BeautyContest that Blanche has subjected Melissa to, Blanche asks Melissa about how she really feels regarding the event, offering to allow her to skip out on the talent show and take her home right away if that's what she wants. Before Melissa can say anything, however, the crew member comes saying Melissa is up, and Blanche promptly pushes her on stage at once. It backfires badly because [[RepeatedCueTardyResponse Melissa is so sick of the event that she simply stands still silently on stage instead of singing like she's expected to do]].
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* IgnoredEpiphany: After Rose gives Blanche an ArmorPiercingResponse and then an ArmorPiercingQuestion about Melissa's feelings towards the BeautyContest that Blanche has subjected Melissa to, Blanche asks Melissa about how she really feels regarding the event, offering to allow her to skip out on the talent show take her home right away if that's what she wants. Before Melissa can say anything, however, the crew member comes saying Melissa is up, and Blanche promptly pushes her on stage at once. It backfires badly because [[RepeatedCueTardyResponse Melissa is so sick of the event that she simply stands still silently on stage instead of singing like she's expected to do]].
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having StageFright when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is NotSoDifferent.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Right after Rose accuses Blanche of being a StageMom through an ArmorPiercingResponse, Blanche justifies herself by claiming that Melissa has been enjoying the BeautyContest that Blanche has had her enrolled in, but Rose, having heard Melissa complaining about the event earlier, isn't buying it.
-->'''Blanche''': Now wait a minute, Rose, I'm just doing this for Melissa. She's been having a wonderful time.
-->'''Rose''': Has she?
* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls havingStageFright PerformanceAnxiety when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is NotSoDifferent.
-->'''Blanche''': Now wait a minute, Rose, I'm just doing this for Melissa. She's been having a wonderful time.
-->'''Rose''': Has she?
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** A stranger, after overhearing Melissa telling Blanche that she might not feel up to performing onstage, tells Blanche and Rose that her daughter used to suffer from StageFright PerformanceAnxiety before her fire-baton twirling act until she was reminded that her mother would have baking soda ready for her afterwards, all while her daughter complains that fire scares her. When she takes her daughter away for the onstage act, her daughter whispers to Blanche and Rose "Help me".
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** A stranger, after overhearing Melissa telling Blanche that she might not feel up to performing onstage, tells Blanche and Rose that her daughter used to suffer from StageFright before her fire-baton twirling act until she was reminded that her mother would have baking soda ready for her afterwards, all while her daughter complains that fire scares her. When she takes her daughter away for the onstage act, her daughter whispers to Blanche and Rose "Help me".
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** A stranger, after overhearing Melissa telling Blanche that she might not feel up to performing onstage, tells Blanche and Rose that her daughter used to suffer from StageFright before her fire-baton twirling act until she was reminded that her mother would have baking soda ready for her afterwards, all while her daughter complains that fire scares her. When she takes her daughter away for the onstage act, her daughter whispers to Blanche and Rose "Help me".me".
* ToiletHumour: It's implied that the reason Sophia has to sit on the counter when the girls eat inside a Mexican restaurant is because Sophia farts after consuming Mexican food.
-->'''Sophia''': Well, it's your fault I sprained both my ankles.
-->'''Dorothy''': Ma, you were the one that sneezed that blew yourself off the stool.
-->'''Sophia''': It wouldn't have happened if you'd let me sit at the table that night.
-->'''Dorothy''': Look, Ma, you know the rules: When we eat Mexican food, you sit at the counter.
* ToiletHumour: It's implied that the reason Sophia has to sit on the counter when the girls eat inside a Mexican restaurant is because Sophia farts after consuming Mexican food.
-->'''Sophia''': Well, it's your fault I sprained both my ankles.
-->'''Dorothy''': Ma, you were the one that sneezed that blew yourself off the stool.
-->'''Sophia''': It wouldn't have happened if you'd let me sit at the table that night.
-->'''Dorothy''': Look, Ma, you know the rules: When we eat Mexican food, you sit at the counter.
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* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Melissa is expected to sing "Put On A Happy Face" for her part of the BeautyContest talent show, but she is so sick of the whole arrangement that she simply stands still silently onstage. Blanche tries to remind Melissa of her cue initially, before she gets onstage personally to "walk" Melissa through the process and ends up taking over the performance, with Melissa leaving the stage before the song was over.
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* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Melissa is expected to sing "Put On A Happy Face" for her part of the BeautyContest talent show, but she is so sick of the whole arrangement that she simply stands still silently onstage. on stage. Blanche tries to remind Melissa of her cue initially, before she gets onstage on stage personally to "walk" Melissa through the process and ends up taking over the performance, with Melissa leaving the stage before the song was over.
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* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Melissa is expected to sing "Put On A Happy Face" for her part of the BeautyContest talent show, but she is so sick of the whole arrangement that she simply stands still silently onstage. Blanche tries to remind Melissa of her cue initially, before she gets onstage personally to "walk" Melissa through the process and ends up taking over the performance, with Melissa leaving the stage before the song was over.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: As the Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant is taking place, a stranger, a StageMom herself, chats with Blanche and Rose about young girls having StageFright when it's nearly time to perform, before stating that her daughter was like this prior to her fire-baton twirling act before feeling better upon being reminded that she'd have baking soda in hand, all while her daughter keeps saying she's afraid of fire and, as her mother takes her away, whispers "help me" to Blanche and Rose. Blanche questions how anyone can be like this, only for Rose to insinuate that Blanche herself is NotSoDifferent.
-->'''Blanche''': Did you see that? I tell you, some people should not be allowed near children. That poor girl. What could be worse than having a mother like that?
-->'''Rose''': Having a ''grandmother'' like that.
-->'''Blanche''': Did you see that? I tell you, some people should not be allowed near children. That poor girl. What could be worse than having a mother like that?
-->'''Rose''': Having a ''grandmother'' like that.
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* StageMom: Technically "Stage ''Grandma''", as Blanche is Melissa's grandmother, but the trope applies the same way otherwise, since Blanche is so obsessed with winning the BeautyContest she has Melissa enrolled in that she takes up all of the free time that might be spent on other activities solely to get Melissa rehearsed on the contest, causing Melissa to resent the arrangement in return.
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** Technically "Stage ''Grandma''", as Blanche is Melissa's grandmother, but the trope applies the same way otherwise, since Blanche is so obsessed with winning the BeautyContest she has Melissa enrolled in that she takes up all of the free time that might be spent on other activities solely to get Melissa rehearsedon for the contest, causing Melissa to resent the arrangement in return.return.
** A stranger, after overhearing Melissa telling Blanche that she might not feel up to performing onstage, tells Blanche and Rose that her daughter used to suffer from StageFright before her fire-baton twirling act until she was reminded that her mother would have baking soda ready for her afterwards, all while her daughter complains that fire scares her. When she takes her daughter away for the onstage act, her daughter whispers to Blanche and Rose "Help me".
** Technically "Stage ''Grandma''", as Blanche is Melissa's grandmother, but the trope applies the same way otherwise, since Blanche is so obsessed with winning the BeautyContest she has Melissa enrolled in that she takes up all of the free time that might be spent on other activities solely to get Melissa rehearsed
** A stranger, after overhearing Melissa telling Blanche that she might not feel up to performing onstage, tells Blanche and Rose that her daughter used to suffer from StageFright before her fire-baton twirling act until she was reminded that her mother would have baking soda ready for her afterwards, all while her daughter complains that fire scares her. When she takes her daughter away for the onstage act, her daughter whispers to Blanche and Rose "Help me".
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After Sophia injures herself, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after her, but she soon wears out her welcome when she alienates the other girls in her drive to keep Sophia happy, which gets worse when Sophia feigns her injury to keep said nurse around longer. Meanwhile, Blanche has her granddaughter enrolled in a beauty pageant for children while said granddaughter stays over, only for Blanche's obsession with winning said pageant to make her granddaughter unhappy towards the experience of it.
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After Sophia injures herself, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after her, but she soon wears out her welcome when she alienates the other girls in her drive to keep Sophia happy, which gets worse when Sophia feigns her injury to keep said nurse around longer. Meanwhile, Blanche has Melissa, her granddaughter granddaughter, enrolled in a beauty pageant for children while said granddaughter stays over, only for Blanche's obsession with winning said pageant to make her granddaughter unhappy towards the experience of it.
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** The Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant that Blanche has her granddaughter Melissa signed up for is the plot-relevant example.
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** Dorothy herself competed and lost in the Little Miss Brooklyn beauty contest -- where Sophia was the judge and didn't vote for her.
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the same time).
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the same time).
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** Dorothy herself competed and lost in the Little Miss Brooklyn beauty contest -- where Sophia was the a judge and didn't vote for her.
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the sametime).time).
* StageMom: Technically "Stage ''Grandma''", as Blanche is Melissa's grandmother, but the trope applies the same way otherwise, since Blanche is so obsessed with winning the BeautyContest she has Melissa enrolled in that she takes up all of the free time that might be spent on other activities solely to get Melissa rehearsed on the contest, causing Melissa to resent the arrangement in return.
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the same
* StageMom: Technically "Stage ''Grandma''", as Blanche is Melissa's grandmother, but the trope applies the same way otherwise, since Blanche is so obsessed with winning the BeautyContest she has Melissa enrolled in that she takes up all of the free time that might be spent on other activities solely to get Melissa rehearsed on the contest, causing Melissa to resent the arrangement in return.
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After Sophia injures herself, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after her, but she soon wears out her welcome when she alienates the other girls in her drive to keep Sophia happy.happy, which gets worse when Sophia feigns her injury to keep said nurse around longer. Meanwhile, Blanche has her granddaughter enrolled in a beauty pageant for children while said granddaughter stays over, only for Blanche's obsession with winning said pageant to make her granddaughter unhappy towards the experience of it.
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* BeautyContest: Three examples, with one being shown and two only mentioned.
** The Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant that Blanche has her granddaughter signed upfor.for is the plot-relevant example.
** Rose mentions that she participated in the Little Miss St. Olaf beauty pageant and lost -- ''23'' times.
** Dorothy herself competed and lost in the Little Miss Brooklyn beauty contest -- where Sophia was the judge and didn't vote for her.
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the same time).
** The Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant that Blanche has her granddaughter signed up
** Rose mentions that she participated in the Little Miss St. Olaf beauty pageant and lost -- ''23'' times.
** Dorothy herself competed and lost in the Little Miss Brooklyn beauty contest -- where Sophia was the judge and didn't vote for her.
* PlayingSick: Sophia fakes the severity of an injury that has confined her to a wheelchair in order to keep the nurse waiting on ''her'' hand and foot (and annoying the hell out of the other girls at the same time).
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"Beauty And The Beast" is an episode in the seventh season of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''.
After Sophia injures herself, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after her, but she soon wears out her welcome when she alienates the other girls in her drive to keep Sophia happy. Meanwhile, Blanche has her granddaughter enrolled in a beauty pageant for children while said granddaughter stays over, only for Blanche's obsession with winning said pageant to make her granddaughter unhappy towards the experience of it.
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* BeautyContest: The Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant that Blanche has her granddaughter signed up for.
After Sophia injures herself, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after her, but she soon wears out her welcome when she alienates the other girls in her drive to keep Sophia happy. Meanwhile, Blanche has her granddaughter enrolled in a beauty pageant for children while said granddaughter stays over, only for Blanche's obsession with winning said pageant to make her granddaughter unhappy towards the experience of it.
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* BeautyContest: The Little Miss Miami Beauty Pageant that Blanche has her granddaughter signed up for.
