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* TheSpymaster: Clifford.
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* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler:Clifford, followed later by Jakob with Gladys as deputy to both.]]
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Betty and Kate. And [[spoiler: [[ShipSinking they]] [[IncompatableOrientation]] don't.]]

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Betty and Kate. And [[spoiler: [[ShipSinking they]] [[IncompatableOrientation]] don't.[[IncompatableOrientation don't]]. ]]
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Betty and Kate. And [[spoiler: [[ShipSinking they]] [[IncompatableOrientation]] don't.]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Helen Buchinsky and Mr. Davis, both cooperating to sabotage necessary antisubmarine warfare devices.]]

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Gladys displays this in her role as covert investigator of a saboteur at VicMu. While she occasionally makes a few false moves, she shows a flair for getting the right answer in the end.



* BlatantLies: In the movie finale, [[spoiler:Gladys, as part of her spy cover, has to tell some real whoppers to keep the truth from leaking out. For example, she tells Lorna Corbett that she was pregnant, which was a deliberate and manipulative tactic.]]

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* BlatantLies: In the movie finale, [[spoiler:Gladys, as part of her spy cover, has to tell some real whoppers to keep the truth from leaking out. For example, she tells Lorna Corbett that she was pregnant, which was a deliberate and manipulative tactic. In another scene, she baldly claims that her boss, a Jewish man, is having an affair with a Christian woman, instead of revealing that he is quietly agitating to get the Canadian government to officially take notice of Nazi Germany's labor and death camps.]]
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* BlatantLies: In the movie finale, [[spoiler:Gladys, as part of her spy cover, has to tell some real whoppers to keep the truth from leaking out. For example, she tells Lorna Corbett that she was pregnant, which was a deliberate and manipulative tactic.]]
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* '''Lorna Corbett''' (Meg Tilly) is the [[TeamMom floor matron]] at Victory Munitions. Her husband is a [[ShellShockedVeteran war veteran]] who was left crippled after fighting in WorldWarI, and their relationship is strained due to this. She is very patriotic and firmly believes that sacrifices are necessary to ensure happiness for everyone. Despite her firm attitude while at work, however, she cares very much for the girls on her shift.

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* '''Lorna Corbett''' (Meg Tilly) is the [[TeamMom floor matron]] at Victory Munitions. Her husband is a [[ShellShockedVeteran war veteran]] who was left crippled after fighting in WorldWarI, UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and their relationship is strained due to this. She is very patriotic and firmly believes that sacrifices are necessary to ensure happiness for everyone. Despite her firm attitude while at work, however, she cares very much for the girls on her shift.
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* WorldWarII
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory (Victory Munitions) during WorldWarII. The six-part miniseries began airing in January 2012 and has recently been confirmed for another season. The third season has been cancelled in favor of a two-hour miniseries which will wrap everything up, and air in 2014. It's a primarily character-driven show, exploring a wide variety of themes such as love, grief, feminism, infidelity, honesty, and following your dreams.

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Bomb Girls ''Bomb Girls'' is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory (Victory Munitions) during WorldWarII.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The six-part miniseries began airing in January 2012 and has recently been confirmed for another season. The third season has been cancelled in favor of a two-hour miniseries which will wrap everything up, and air in 2014. It's a primarily character-driven show, exploring a wide variety of themes such as love, grief, feminism, infidelity, honesty, and following your dreams.



* ThrowingOutTheScript: Gladys' father turns her charity event for the Red Cross into the launch of Witham Foods' new brand. Gladys is told to give a speech announcing a comparatively modest donation from her parents to the Red Cross, but instead gives her own stirring speech -- in which she publicly announces that her parents will give more than double what they originally intended.

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* ThrowingOutTheScript: Gladys' father turns her charity event for the Red Cross UsefulNotes/TheRedCross into the launch of Witham Foods' new brand. Gladys is told to give a speech announcing a comparatively modest donation from her parents to the Red Cross, but instead gives her own stirring speech -- in which she publicly announces that her parents will give more than double what they originally intended.



* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]]. Dr. Patel is [[spoiler:in an arranged engagement to a woman back in India.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]]. Dr. Patel is [[spoiler:in an arranged engagement to a woman back in India.]]]]
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by James to Gladys, who doesn't hesitate to point out the double standard.



* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/HarpersIsland Nikki Bolton]] is Betty.


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* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by James to Gladys, who doesn't hesitate to point out the double standard.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Lorna and Reggie

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Middle-aged Lorna and Reggieteenage Reggie form a close bond and Reggie even moves in with Lorna's family when she can't find a place to live.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Lorna and Reggie
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* ChekhovsGunman: When Lorna has a miscarriage, she is taken to the hospital where her daughter works and is treated by a seemingly inconsequential East Indian doctor. A later episode reveals that her daughter is dating him and he is a recurring character for the rest of the show.

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* ChekhovsGunman: When Lorna [[spoiler: has a miscarriage, miscarriage,]] she is taken to the hospital where her daughter works and is treated by a seemingly inconsequential East Indian doctor. A later episode reveals that her daughter is dating him and he is a recurring character for the rest of the show.
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* ChekhovsGunman: When Lorna has a miscarriage, she is taken to the hospital where her daughter works and is treated by a seemingly inconsequential East Indian doctor. A later episode reveals that her daughter is dating him and he is a recurring character for the rest of the show.
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Since Marco got Lorna pregnant, I think we can call that tension emphatically resolved.


* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lorna and Marco, Betty and Kate.

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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lorna and Marco, Betty and Kate.
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* TheSpymaster: Clifford.

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* WhamEpisode / {{HSQ}}: The first season finale. InUniverse as well, as the attack on Pearl Harbor is announced.

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The first season finale. InUniverse as well, as the attack on Pearl Harbor is announced.


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** The series finale. [[spoiler:Kate discovers too late that Betty is going to take all the blame for her father's death.]]
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Lampshaded in that [[spoiler:Ivan is given cigarettes which supposedly help his asthma.]]
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory (Victory Munitions) during WorldWarII. The six-part miniseries began airing in January 2012 and has recently been confirmed for another two seasons. It's a primarily character-driven show, exploring a wide variety of themes such as love, grief, feminism, infidelity, honesty, and following your dreams.

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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory (Victory Munitions) during WorldWarII. The six-part miniseries began airing in January 2012 and has recently been confirmed for another two seasons.season. The third season has been cancelled in favor of a two-hour miniseries which will wrap everything up, and air in 2014. It's a primarily character-driven show, exploring a wide variety of themes such as love, grief, feminism, infidelity, honesty, and following your dreams.
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* SpySchool: In a way, what Gladys has been doing since she met Clifford. [[spoiler:He recruits her to formally attend "The Farm" in the series finale.]] It sounds like being a SpyCouple is waiting in the wings.
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** [[spoiler:Kate/Marion and Betty are arrested and arraigned in the series finale.]]

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-->As it turns out, Kate seems to figure this out anyway, going so far as to acknowledge it in "Blood Relations".


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-->(As it turns out, Kate seems to figure this out anyway, going so far as to acknowledge it in "Blood Relations".)
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-->As it turns out, Kate seems to figure this out anyway, going so far as to acknowledge it in "Blood Relations".
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-->'''Clifford''': (Lampshading this) You were eager to be called, Miss Witham. Ring-ring.
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* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: Reggie. Betty (initially) tries to use it against her, while Lorna decides to turn a blind eye.
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* IdiotBall: Marco seems to carry this sometimes when he gets near Lorna.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]]. Dr. Patel is [[spoiler:in an arranged engagement to a woman back in India.]]
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** Betty and Sergeant Hill are walking arm-in-arm down an alley when a man accosts them and after being shot down, goes after Hill. Betty gives him a good right hook.

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** Betty and Sergeant Teresa Hill are walking arm-in-arm down an alley when a man accosts them and after being shot down, goes after Hill.Teresa. Betty gives him a good right hook.

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* AttemptedRape: A floor worker, Donald, tries to rape Kate in the storeroom. He's stopped by Leon.

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A floor worker, Donald, tries to rape Kate in the storeroom. He's stopped by Leon.Leon.
** Betty and Sergeant Hill are walking arm-in-arm down an alley when a man accosts them and after being shot down, goes after Hill. Betty gives him a good right hook.

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