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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Does [[spoiler:Ellen]] fit the mold, playing the role of the loving friend and then [[spoiler:moving in with Jean to replace Jean as well as see her and the rest of the family suffer.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Does [[spoiler:Ellen]] fit the mold, playing the role of the loving friend and then [[spoiler:moving in with Jean to replace Jean Jenny as well as see her and the rest of the family suffer.]]
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Jean once she learns that [[spoiler:Ellen]] killed her daughter.
* BitchSlap: Jean once she learns that [[spoiler:Ellen]] killed her daughter.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to confess to what happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face with a knife to get her to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy [[spoiler:Kathy wanted to confess to what happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face with a knife to get her to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Ellen, who killed Jenny, was implied to be abusive to her own daughter and even contemplated hurting Greg and Cheryl's infant daughter out of jealousy.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Ellen, [[spoiler:Ellen, who killed Jenny, was implied to be abusive to her own daughter and even contemplated hurting Greg and Cheryl's infant daughter out of jealousy.]]
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* TheSociopath: Ellen likely, as well as having a LackOfEmpathy. She [[spoiler:kills Jenny out of jealousy and her delusions that she was trying to steal her boyfriend, in spite of him accosting her and trying to play off that she seduced him, she cares nothing about the grief that the family is going through after her murder, she intentionally tries to screw up the investigation and tries to replace Jenny as the family's daughter/sister.]] She also mistreats her own toddler daughter and expects blind devotion from her friends and threatens those who don't give her it.
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* [[DaddysGirl Mommy's Girl]]: Jenny is very close to her mother, especially being her only daughter. One tender moment even has Jenny helping her Mom with her recurring bqck problems and her saying how no one can do it like she can.
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* [[DaddysGirl Mommy's Girl]]: Jenny is very close to her mother, especially being her only daughter. One tender moment even has Jenny helping her Mom with her recurring bqck back problems and her saying how no one can do it like she can.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Ellen, who killed Jenny, was implied to be abusive to her own daughter and even contemplated hurting Greg and Cheryl's infany infant daughter out of jealousy.]]
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* EmptyBedroomGrieving: After her death, Jean keeps Jenny's bedroom intact, even letting Ellen sleep in the room afterwards.
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* IronicEcho: Earlier in the film when Jenny is consoling Ellen about her life and hardships, she then carves a heart in a nearby tree of "Jenny+Ellen: Friends 4-Ever". [[spoiler:Later on in the flashback of the murder, that same tree with the carving can be seen in the background as Ellen and Carla are murdering Jenny.]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to confrss tp whst happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face with a knife to get her to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Poor Jean breaks down after Jenny's funeral, especially when the reverend tries to console her, saying that she's with God now: "Will you shut up about God?! What kind of God would take someone as beautiful as her?! I ''blame'' God!"
* SlutShaming: Happens to Jenny right before her murder, [[spoiler:with Ellen and Carla accusing her of sleeping with multiple boys, including their boyfriends. While Jenny did briefly date Carla's former boyfriend, Ellen's boyfriend accosted her while she was at Ellen's house and then tried to play it off as she came on to him, with Ellen taking his side.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted toconfrss tp whst confess to what happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face with a knife to get her to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
* SlutShaming: Happens to Jenny right before her murder, [[spoiler:with Ellen and Carla accusing her of sleeping with multiple boys, including their boyfriends. While Jenny did briefly date Carla's former boyfriend, Ellen's boyfriend accosted her while she was at Ellen's house and then tried to play it off as she came on to him, with Ellen taking his side.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to confrss tp whst happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face with a knife to get her to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
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* CementShoes: Subverted: poor Jenny was already in the water dying when [[spoiler:Ellen and Carla]] placed a ''100-pound'' branch over her to hold her down.
* DramaticIrony; In the flashback of Jenny being killed, the tree where she carved [[spoiler:"Jenny+Ellen: Friends 4-Ever" in a heart shape]] earlier in the film is briefly seen in the background.
* DramaticIrony; In the flashback of Jenny being killed, the tree where she carved [[spoiler:"Jenny+Ellen: Friends 4-Ever" in a heart shape]] earlier in the film is briefly seen in the background.
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* HappierHomeMovie: The film opens with one of The Monroe family, namely of Jenny and her friends. They are seen at various points in the film.
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* [[DaddysGirl Mommy's Girl]]: Jenny is very close to her mother, especially being her only daughter. One tender moment even has Jenny helping her Mom with her recurring bqck problems and her saying how no one can do it like she can.
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* RaceLift: In the film, Jenny Monroe and her family are White. Missy Avila, the real-life victim that Jenny was based on, and her family are Hispanic.
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* TraumaticHaircut: As Jenny is being murdered, her hair is crudely chopped off with a knife.
* UngratefulBitch: Jean comes to this conclusion after learning [[spoiler:Jenny's "best friends"]] killed her daughter, having been a surrogate mother to both of them as they came from troubled homes as well as teaching them how to swim and to drive.
* UngratefulBitch: Jean comes to this conclusion after learning [[spoiler:Jenny's "best friends"]] killed her daughter, having been a surrogate mother to both of them as they came from troubled homes as well as teaching them how to swim and to drive.
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In the film, a beautiful and popular teenager Jenny Monroe (Thiessen) is living a charmed life until one day she is found brutally murdered. As her grieving mother Jean (Duke) and the rest of her family tries to find her killer while also attempting to move on with their lives, Jenny's heartbroken best friend Ellen also does what she can to help the family out. The investigation continues for some time and soon it comes to light that things--and people--are not what they seem to be.
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In the film, a beautiful and popular teenager Jenny Jennifer "Jenny" Monroe (Thiessen) is living a charmed life until one day she is found brutally murdered. As her grieving mother Jean (Duke) and the rest of her family tries to find her killer while also attempting to move on with their lives, Jenny's heartbroken best friend Ellen also does what she can to help the family out. The investigation continues for some time and soon it comes to light that things--and people--are not what they seem to be.
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* BigNo: Jean upon learning that the police found her missing daughter's body.
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* DrowningMySorrows: A variant; after the murder to deal with their guilt, [[spoiler: Carla uses a copious amount of drugs.]]
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* IWantGrandkids: Jean's attitude towards her oldest Greg and his wife Cheryl. She eventually gets her wish [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition sometime after Jenny's death.]]
* MamaBear: Jean to all three of her children and both before and after Jenny's death.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Ellen, who pretends to be grieving alongside the Monroe family for her "best friend" but really killed her and manipulated them and tried to derail the efforts to solve the case.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Jean believed so, especially with [[spoiler:Ellen's]] manipulation. Turns out, while she thought that they were slacking, Det. Stanley and the other cops were working tirelessly to find whoever killed Jenny.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to confrss tp whst happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Ellen, who killed Jenny, was implied to be abusive to her own daughter and even contemplated hurting Greg and Cheryl's infany daughter out of jealousy.]]
* MamaBear: Jean to all three of her children and both before and after Jenny's death.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Ellen, who pretends to be grieving alongside the Monroe family for her "best friend" but really killed her and manipulated them and tried to derail the efforts to solve the case.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Jean believed so, especially with [[spoiler:Ellen's]] manipulation. Turns out, while she thought that they were slacking, Det. Stanley and the other cops were working tirelessly to find whoever killed Jenny.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Played with. After the murder, [[spoiler: Kathy wanted to confrss tp whst happened, only for Ellen to threaten to kill her, even cutting her face to comply. A year later, she finally confesses, but only after her own brother died. Additionally, while she was present at the murder, she did not participate, but she also did nothing to stop it, running away when they started killing her and when a freaked out Carla briefly said that they should go back, she cried she didn't want to out of fear.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Ellen, who killed Jenny, was implied to be abusive to her own daughter and even contemplated hurting Greg and Cheryl's infany daughter out of jealousy.]]
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''A Killer Among Friends'' is a 1992 television movie starring Creator/PattyDuke, Creator/TiffaniThiessen and Creator/LorettaSwit.
In the film, a beautiful and popular teenager Jenny Monroe (Thiessen) is living a charmed life until one day she is found brutally murdered. As her grieving mother Jean (Duke) and the rest of her family tries to find her killer while also attempting to move on with their lives, Jenny's heartbroken best friend Ellen also does what she can to help the family out. The investigation continues for some time and soon it comes to light that things--and people--are not what they seem to be.
The film is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Michele_Avila based off of the 1985 murder of teenager Michele "Missy" Avila]] and originally aired on Creator/{{CBS}}.
!!Related tropes:
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Jean once she learns that [[spoiler:Ellen]] killed her daughter.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Does [[spoiler:Ellen]] fit the mold, playing the role of the loving friend and then [[spoiler:moving in with Jean to replace Jean as well as see her and the rest of the family suffer.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Why poor Jenny was killed.
* HeadTurningBeauty: As the standard of any character played by Tiffani Thiessen, Jenny has many admirers in the film. Even while clothes shopping at the mall, boys can't keep their eyes off of her, even one guy walking with his ''girlfriend.'' This applied to the real life victim as well, who was also quite beautiful.
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In the film, a beautiful and popular teenager Jenny Monroe (Thiessen) is living a charmed life until one day she is found brutally murdered. As her grieving mother Jean (Duke) and the rest of her family tries to find her killer while also attempting to move on with their lives, Jenny's heartbroken best friend Ellen also does what she can to help the family out. The investigation continues for some time and soon it comes to light that things--and people--are not what they seem to be.
The film is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Michele_Avila based off of the 1985 murder of teenager Michele "Missy" Avila]] and originally aired on Creator/{{CBS}}.
!!Related tropes:
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Jean once she learns that [[spoiler:Ellen]] killed her daughter.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Does [[spoiler:Ellen]] fit the mold, playing the role of the loving friend and then [[spoiler:moving in with Jean to replace Jean as well as see her and the rest of the family suffer.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Why poor Jenny was killed.
* HeadTurningBeauty: As the standard of any character played by Tiffani Thiessen, Jenny has many admirers in the film. Even while clothes shopping at the mall, boys can't keep their eyes off of her, even one guy walking with his ''girlfriend.'' This applied to the real life victim as well, who was also quite beautiful.
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