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** After Rose recounts the incident where [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy one of the dead person's relative slow-danced with the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.

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** After Rose recounts the incident where [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy one of the dead person's relative slow-danced with the deceased person's cadaver]], cadaver after getting drunk]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.



** After Blanche tells Dorothy to try it out, Dorothy parrots the entire statement, only for Blanche to tell her that Dorothy should talk about attributes that actually apply to Dorothy herself instead.

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** After Blanche tells Dorothy to try it out, Dorothy parrots the entire statement, statement (except stating her own name instead of Blanche's), only for Blanche to tell her that Dorothy should talk about attributes that actually apply to Dorothy herself instead.

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** In the process of cost-saving while organizing a CheerfulFuneral for Sophia, Rose volunteers to make the hors d'oeuvres. Sophia isn't pleased due to her lack of confidence towards Rose's culinary competence, though she agrees soon afterwards, if reluctantly.

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** In the process of cost-saving while organizing a CheerfulFuneral for Sophia, Rose volunteers to make the hors d'oeuvres. Sophia isn't pleased due to her lack of confidence towards Rose's [[CordonBleughChef Rose]]'s culinary competence, though she agrees soon afterwards, if reluctantly.


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** After the guests for Sophia's wake have left in anger due to a misunderstanding about [[NoLongerWithUs Sophia's still-alive status]], Blanche and Rose try to cheer Sophia up. It's [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzagged]] here: Blanche manages to get Sophia to recognize the intended purpose of the wake despite its EpicFail status, but Rose's words fail to cheer Sophia up at all.
--->'''Blanche''': The important thing is they came. And when they thought you were dead, they were sad. Now that counts for something.\\
'''Sophia''': Yeah, I guess you were right, but I still wish my wake hadn't been such a disaster.\\
'''Rose''': Look on the bright side. You'll have another one.

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* AssuranceBackfire: After Rose recounts the incident where [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy one of the dead person's relative slow-danced with the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.
-->'''Dorothy''': Oh, Blanche, what if no one wants to talk to me? What if nobody asks me to dance?\\

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After Rose recounts the incident where [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy one of the dead person's relative slow-danced with the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.
-->'''Dorothy''': --->'''Dorothy''': Oh, Blanche, what if no one wants to talk to me? What if nobody asks me to dance?\\


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** In the process of cost-saving while organizing a CheerfulFuneral for Sophia, Rose volunteers to make the hors d'oeuvres. Sophia isn't pleased due to her lack of confidence towards Rose's culinary competence, though she agrees soon afterwards, if reluctantly.
--->'''Rose''': I'll make the hors d'oeuvres.\\
'''Sophia''': Some wake. Scandinavian crap on a cracker. ''[feigns a smile upon noticing Rose looking at her with a hurt expression]'' I mean, thank you.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sophia invites Dorothy to attend a wake, and Dorothy declines... until she learns the wake is Sophia's.
-->'''Sophia''': Dorothy, how would you like to go to the wake next Friday?\\
'''Dorothy''': Ma, you know how I feel about those things. It's sad and depressing. Whose wake is it, anyway?\\
'''Sophia''': Mine.\\
'''Dorothy''': What time?
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: According to Rose, the CheerfulFuneral she and Sophia just returned from, where the body of the deceased was laid out in the open, was all in good fun "until one the relatives got drunk and started slow-dancing with the corpse".

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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: According to Rose, the CheerfulFuneral she and Sophia just returned from, where the body of the deceased was laid out in the open, was all in good fun "until one of the relatives got drunk and started slow-dancing with the corpse".
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* AssuranceBackfire: After Rose recounts the [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy dead person's relative slow-dancing the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.

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* AssuranceBackfire: After Rose recounts the incident where [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy one of the dead person's relative slow-dancing slow-danced with the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.
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* AssuranceBackfire: After Rose recounts the [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy dead person's relative slow-dancing the deceased person's cadaver]], Blanche proceeds to cajole Dorothy to go to the Rusty Anchor with her. Dorothy frets over not being able to successfully socialize with the Rusty Anchor patrons, and Blanche's words of assurance do nothing to ease Dorothy's concern.
-->'''Dorothy''': Oh, Blanche, what if no one wants to talk to me? What if nobody asks me to dance?\\
'''Blanche''': Now, Dorothy, think. If there's somebody out there who's willing to dance with a corpse, there's somebody willing to dance with you!
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: According to Rose, the CheerfulFuneral she and Sophia just returned from, where the body of the deceased was laid out in the open, was all in good fun "until one the relatives got drunk and started slow-dancing with the corpse".

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* IronicEcho: Blanche discloses to Dorothy early in the episode of an exercise Blanche uses to boost her self-confidence ("I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable, and people want to be my friends."). She tries to use the same tactic late in the episode upon witnessing everyone inside the Rusty Anchor clamoring around Dorothy while ignoring her, but her self-confidence has plummeted so much that the tactic fails to cheer her up.
-->'''Blanche''': I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable... ''[on the verge of tearing up]'' and my life is over.\\

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* IronicEcho: Blanche discloses to Dorothy early in the episode of an exercise Blanche uses to boost her self-confidence ("I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable, and people want to be my friends."). She "), but it gets this treatment twice.
** After Blanche tells Dorothy to try it out, Dorothy parrots the entire statement, only for Blanche to tell her that Dorothy should talk about attributes that actually apply to Dorothy herself instead.
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tries to use the same tactic late in the episode upon witnessing everyone inside the Rusty Anchor clamoring around Dorothy while ignoring her, but her self-confidence has plummeted so much that the tactic fails to cheer her up.
-->'''Blanche''': --->'''Blanche''': I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable... ''[on the verge of tearing up]'' and my life is over.\\
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* IronicEcho: Blanche discloses to Dorothy early in the episode of an exercise Blanche uses to boost her self-confidence ("I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable, and people want to be my friends."). She tries to use the same tactic late in the episode upon witnessing everyone inside the Rusty Anchor clamoring around Dorothy while ignoring her, but her self-confidence has plummeted so much that the tactic fails to cheer her up.
-->'''Blanche''': I'm Blanche Devereaux. I'm beautiful, men find me desirable... ''[on the verge of tearing up]'' and my life is over.\\
'''Rose''': ''[to Sophia]'' Boy, when that mask falls off, it really makes a thud.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: One such example takes place late in the episode after all four of the girls arrive at the Rusty Anchor, with Dorothy getting the undivided attention and admiration from all patrons and the bartender. Possibly a variation in that Blanche interjects in between the setup and the punchline, but otherwise played straight.
-->'''Blanche''': Hey, what about me?\\
'''Random man''': Blanche!\\
'''Blanche''': That's more like it.\\
'''Random man''': Shut the door.\\
''[Blanche shuts the door behind her, looking absolutely affronted]''
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* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Blanche does this late in the episode, [[LadyInRed complete with a red dress]]. [[EpicFail It fails badly when she slips and slides right off it, prompting the pianist to catch her before she falls onto the floor]].

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* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Blanche does this late in the episode, [[LadyInRed complete with a red dress]]. [[EpicFail It fails badly when she slips and kicks one of her shoes across the room, nearly slides right off it, prompting the pianist to catch her before she falls onto piano, and gets herself tangled up in the floor]].microphone cord]].
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* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Sophia decides to have a wake in order to find out how many people actually like her. However, it backfires when Rose forgets to mention in the invitations that [[NoLongerWithUs Sophia isn't dead]] - and the guests arrive in tears and are actually ''mad'' when they learn that Sophia is in fact alive.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Seeing Dorothy being popular is unheard of for Sophia, so actually witnessing it at the Rusty Anchor late in the episode causes her to tear up.
-->'''Sophia''': My Dorothy is popular. After 60 years of bargaining with God, it's finally happened. *looks up* Per our agreement, I'm off to Calcutta to work with the poor.
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* EroticEating: At one point Blanche does this by tying the cherry stem while men watch her at it at the Rusty Anchor. The first performance is fine, but the second one gets derailed when Dorothy shows up at that moment, resulting in all the men there immediately turning their attention to her and leaving Blanche alone, who nearly chokes on the cherry stem due to the sudden shift of focus.
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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: During Blanche's singing performance (which [[EpicFail ends badly]]), she asks a man with a hand in his suit pocket: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" [[SubvertedTrope The man pulls out a gun out of his pocket and places it on the table.]]
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Blanche does this late in the episode, [[LadyInRed complete with a red dress]]. [[EpicFail It fails horribly]].

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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: During Blanche's singing performance (which [[EpicFail ends badly]]), she asks a man with a hand in his suit pocket: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" [[SubvertedTrope The man pulls out a gun out of his pocket and places it on the table.]]
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Blanche does this late in the episode, [[LadyInRed complete with a red dress]]. [[EpicFail It fails horribly]].badly when she slips and slides right off it, prompting the pianist to catch her before she falls onto the floor]].
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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: During Blanche's singing performance (which [[EpicFail ends badly]]), she asks a man with a hand in his suit pocket: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" The man pulls out a gun out of his pocket and places it on the table.

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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: During Blanche's singing performance (which [[EpicFail ends badly]]), she asks a man with a hand in his suit pocket: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" [[SubvertedTrope The man pulls out a gun out of his pocket and places it on the table.]]
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* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: During Blanche's singing performance (which [[EpicFail ends badly]]), she asks a man with a hand in his suit pocket: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" The man pulls out a gun out of his pocket and places it on the table.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Once Blanche chats with a guest in Sophia's wake and realizes that [[NoLongerWithUs the guest believes Sophia has died]], she takes Rose aside to ask her if she remembered to clarify to the guests that Sophia is actually still alive. Rose tries to defend herself... and fails.
-->'''Blanche''': Rose? Now, I want you to think now, very carefully. When you sent out those invitations, you did remember to tell everyone Sophia is really alive, didn't you?
-->'''Rose''': Blanche, I'm offended. How dumb do you think I am? I put it -- (beat) I made the freaking hors d'oeuvres. Leave me alone!

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* EpicFail: Blanche's singing performance at the Rusty Anchor ends with disaster, and she concludes her performance by running into the women's bathroom, visibly upset, causing Dorothy to follow her there to talk things out with her.

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** Sophia's wake ends up turning out badly because Rose neglected to clarify before sending out the invitations that Sophia is still alive. [[NoLongerWithUs The guests are in for a shock when Sophia shows up, in the flesh]], before their shock turns into anger.


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* NoLongerWithUs: Sophia's wake turns badly because Rose, who's in charge of the invitations (and everything else regarding the wake), neglected to mention that Sophia is still alive, causing the attendants to harbor a somber mood at the wake. It only gets worse when Sophia greets the guests personally, unaware that said guests thought she had already died.
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* CheerfulFuneral: Rose and Sophia describe a wake they returned home from at the start of the episode as such. Witnessing the joyous atmosphere in such a wake drives her to have one for herself while she's still alive.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Blanche drags Dorothy to the Rusty Anchor in the hope of getting Dorothy more active socially, but she soon has second thoughts when Dorothy becomes popular enough in the place to challenge her status of popularity, culminating in Blanche trying to outperform Dorothy (musically, as Dorothy becomes popular after singing to the patrons there) -- [[EpicFail with bad results]].

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* EpicFail: Blanche's singing performance at the Rusty Anchor ends with disaster, and she concludes her performance by running into the women's bathroom, visibly upset, causing Dorothy to follow her there to talk things out with her.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Blanche drags Dorothy to the Rusty Anchor in the hope of getting Dorothy more active socially, but she soon has second thoughts when Dorothy becomes popular enough in the place to challenge her status of popularity, culminating in Blanche trying to outperform Dorothy (musically, as Dorothy becomes popular after singing to the patrons there) -- [[EpicFail with bad disastrous results]].



* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Of a sort. When Dorothy becomes popular at the Rusty Anchor, where Blanche is known for being [[ReallyGetsAround easy]] and the men usually tell dirty jokes in front of her, a man chides another for attempting to make such a joke in the presence of a ''lady''... Dorothy.

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* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Of a sort. When Dorothy becomes popular at the Rusty Anchor, where Blanche is known for being [[ReallyGetsAround easy]] and the men usually tell dirty jokes in front of her, a man chides another for attempting to make such a joke in the presence of a ''lady''... Dorothy.Dorothy.
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Blanche does this late in the episode, [[LadyInRed complete with a red dress]]. [[EpicFail It fails horribly]].
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-->'''Blanche''': Well, I didn't mean mine. I didn't know you were going to come in here and just take my place away from me.

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-->'''Blanche''': Well, I didn't mean mine. I didn't know you were going to come in here and just take my place away from me.me.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Of a sort. When Dorothy becomes popular at the Rusty Anchor, where Blanche is known for being [[ReallyGetsAround easy]] and the men usually tell dirty jokes in front of her, a man chides another for attempting to make such a joke in the presence of a ''lady''... Dorothy.

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Tired of seeing Dorothy lazing around at home, Blanche makes Dorothy visit Rusty Anchor, Blanche's favorite hangout, for some socialization with the men congregating there, but problems arise when Dorothy becomes popular with the menfolk there and her newfound popularity threatens to upstage Blanche. Meanwhile Sophia decides to have a wake for herself after she and Rose attends one for someone else in the hope of receiving words of goodwill while she's still alive, only for the results to turn disastrous due to a misunderstanding.

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Tired of seeing Dorothy lazing around at home, Blanche makes Dorothy visit the Rusty Anchor, Blanche's favorite hangout, for some socialization with the men congregating there, but problems arise when Dorothy becomes popular with the menfolk there and her newfound popularity threatens to upstage Blanche. Meanwhile Sophia decides to have a wake for herself after she and Rose attends one for someone else in the hope of receiving words of goodwill while she's still alive, only for the results to turn disastrous due to a misunderstanding.



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* GoneHorriblyRight: Blanche drags Dorothy to the Rusty Anchor in the hope of getting Dorothy more active socially, but she soon has second thoughts when Dorothy becomes popular enough in the place to challenge her status of popularity, culminating in Blanche trying to outperform Dorothy (musically, as Dorothy becomes popular after singing to the patrons there) -- [[EpicFail with bad results]].
-->'''Dorothy''': I don't understand what you're so upset about.
-->'''Blanche''': The Rusty Anchor is my place, damn it, not yours.
-->'''Dorothy''': Blanche, you were the one who begged me to come down here. You were the one who told me to get a life.
-->'''Blanche''': Well, I didn't mean mine. I didn't know you were going to come in here and just take my place away from me.
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"Journey To The Center Of Attention" is an episode in the seventh season of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''.

Tired of seeing Dorothy lazing around at home, Blanche makes Dorothy visit Rusty Anchor, Blanche's favorite hangout, for some socialization with the men congregating there, but problems arise when Dorothy becomes popular with the menfolk there and her newfound popularity threatens to upstage Blanche. Meanwhile Sophia decides to have a wake for herself after she and Rose attends one for someone else in the hope of receiving words of goodwill while she's still alive, only for the results to turn disastrous due to a misunderstanding.
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