History Series / BombGirls

* '''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 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.
* '''Betty [=McRae=]''' (Ali Liebert) is the tomboyish one of the group and one of the girls who has worked the longest at the factory. She is a [[WrenchWench skilled worker]] and is often held up to an example to the other girls, being chosen as the "face" of Victory Munitions. At times very blunt and abrasive, behind her tough exterior Betty is plagued by a lack of self worth and confusion over her love for Kate.
* '''Kate Andrews''' (Charlotte Hegele) is a runaway who came to the factory to escape her [[TheFundamentalist abusive, religious father]]. Shy and sweet, she struggles to leave behind her past and to start a new life for herself. She admires Gladys' glamorous lifestyle and is best friends with Betty, who introduces her to many new things. Kate is also a talented singer and dreams of doing it as a career.
* '''Gladys Witham''' (Jodi Balfour) is an upper-class socialite who initially starts work at the factory as an office girl, but then ends up working on the floor with the other girls. Intelligent and headstrong, if at times naive, Gladys strongly believes in equality and doing what's right. At first an outsider due to her wealth and social standing, she eventually becomes good friends with Betty and Kate.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lorna, after having planted the newspaper in Marco's locker and hearing rumors of being being sent to an internment camp.

* ButchLesbian: Betty McRae is canonically more comfortable in a "masculine" milieu, and among other things she boxes against male opponents.

** HesDeadJim: [[spoiler: Kate to Betty when Betty attempts to rouse Kate's father.]]

* HumbleHero / IgnorantOfTheCall: Betty. Though Lorna sees her as a role model and Kate outright says she's a hero, Betty doesn't believe she's anything special. She's even chosen to be the "face" of Victory Munitions, much to her chagrin.

* 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.]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Betty, Gladys, and Kate, in that order, represent a TownGirl trio, with Betty being somewhat more butch-like than the other two.

* PowerTrio / TownGirls / BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Betty, Gladys, and Kate.

* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Gladys]]

* ButchLesbian / LipstickLesbian: Betty and Teresa, respectively.

* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove / MomentKiller: Betty and Kate, interrupted by Gladys and Lorna.

* WhamEpisode[=/=]{{HSQ}}:

* WhatTheHellHero: Lorna's husband calls her out for causing Marco to lose his job. He also criticizes Edith for writing fake letters to her children to hide the fact that their father is dead.

* DramaticIrony: In her Armistice Day speech, Lorna talks about how married couples never know what the other person is up to. This is while she is having an affair with one of her co-workers.

* {{Hypocrite}}: After Lorna writes up the [[NoHuggingNoKissing list of rules]], she immediately [[YourCheatingHeart breaks them.]]

* OhCrap

* TheBeard: Ivan is this for Betty.
** Though Gladys immediately sees through it.

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

* TheForties

* FourGirlEnsemble: Betty (boyish and the DeadpanSnarker), Kate (sweet and naive), Gladys (glamorous), and Lorna (TeamMom).

* FightClubbing: In the movie, [[spoiler:Betty]] competes in underground boxing matches as a way to earn money.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance

* DearJohnLetter: Somewhat subverted. Gladys writes one of these but is convinced by James not to send it.

''Bomb Girls'' is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory (Victory Munitions) during 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.

* InsistentTerminology: Teresa insists on being called Seargeant Hill, rather than Miss Hill, and is very clear that the other WACs should be referred to as soldiers.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Used primarily where [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Betty is one half of the ship]]: [=McAndrews=] (Betty/Kate), [=McBond=] (Betty/Teresa), and [=McWitham=] (Betty/Gladys).

* '''Gladys Witham''' (Jodi Balfour) is an upper-class socialite who initially starts work at the factory as an office girl, but then ends up working on the floor with the other girls. [[SpiritedYoungLady Intelligent and headstrong]], if at times naive, Gladys strongly believes in equality and doing what's right. At first an outsider due to her wealth and social standing, she eventually becomes good friends with Betty and Kate.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Gladys.

* ShoutOut: To BillieHoliday and CaryGrant.

* SpoiledSweet: Gladys, who is also NonIdleRich after declining an office job at Victory Munitions to work on the floor with the other girls.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Lorna's daughter's romance with the East Indian doctor she works with doesn't get much screentime but could be the premise of its own series.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Bob is a crippled Veteran of WWI.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Betty to Kate, as she's leaving with her father.

* DanceOfRomance: Betty and Kate in the pilot episode.

** Though Gladys immediatly sees through it.

* 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.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Betty and Kate. And [[spoiler: [[ShipSinking they]] [[IncompatableOrientation don't]]. ]]

* ScienceMarchesOn: Lampshaded in that [[spoiler:Ivan is given cigarettes which supposedly help his asthma.]]

* ActorAllusion: Possible one during the scene where Lorna (whose actress, Meg Tilly, is of Chinese and First Nations descent) asks Harold Akins for a job transfer.
-->'''Lorna''': I spoke to the kitchens about joining --
-->'''Harold''': Kitchen? It's a bunch of Chinese in there!
-->'''Lorna''': And hard workers. I'd fit right in.

* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:James]].

* OnlySoManyCanadianActors: Ali Liebert, Meg Tilly, Peter Outerbridge, Sebastian Pigott, John Ralston, Jim Codrington, and most recently Michael Seater are all Canadian actors in the cast. The last three of whom all appeared in another Canadian TV series LifeWithDerek.