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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Betty and Kate; Betty and Gladys.
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* Town Girls / BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Betty, Gladys, and Kate are the perfect example of these tropes.

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* Town Girls TownGirls / BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Betty, Gladys, and Kate are the perfect example of these tropes.
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* FourGirlEnsemble: Betty (boyish and the DeadpanSnarker), Kate (sweet and naive), Gladys (glamorous), and Lorna (TeamMom).


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* TheFundamentalist: Kate's father.
* Town Girls / BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Betty, Gladys, and Kate are the perfect example of these tropes.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Gladys and Kate.
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* {{Gaynst}}: Betty.

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* Gaynst: Betty.

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* Gaynst: {{Gaynst}}: Betty.
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* FanYay: Betty and Kate.

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* FanYay: Betty and Kate.
* Gaynst: Betty.
** "Nobody wants to be me, Mrs. Corbett. Nobody."



* LesYay: Betty and Kate are the biggest example.



* MoralEventHorizon: Lorna experiences one of these after her husband comes to watch her give a speech. She then stops her affair with [[spoiler: Marco]].
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* WhamEpisode: Te first season finale.

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* WhamEpisode: Te The first season finale.
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* WhamEpisode: Te first season finale.
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* NicknamingTheEnemy: Happens as frequently as you'd expect in a show set during World War II.
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* DearJohnLetter: Somewhat subverted. Gladys writes one of these but is convinced by James not to send it.
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* KeepTheHomeFiresBurning: The entire plot of the show revolves around this.
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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]].Marco]].
* WorldWarII
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* 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.

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* 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.
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* HumbleHero / IgnorantOfTheCall: Betty. Though Lorna sees her as a [[RoleModel]] and Kate outright says she's a hero, Betty doesn't believe she's anything special.

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* HumbleHero / IgnorantOfTheCall: Betty. Though Lorna sees her as a [[RoleModel]] role model and Kate outright says she's a hero, Betty doesn't believe she's anything special.
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* HumbleHero / IgnorantOfTheCall: Betty. Though Lorna sees her as a [[RoleModel]] and Kate outright says she's a hero, Betty doesn't believe she's anything special.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Bob, Lorna's husband.
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* LesYay: Betty and Kate are the biggest example, but [[ShipTease other pairings are given subtext]].

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* FanYay: Lesbian/queer subtext definitely intended.


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* LesYay: Betty and Kate are the biggest example, but [[ShipTease other pairings are given subtext]].
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Pretty much everyone.

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* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by James to Gladys, who doesn't hesitate to point out the double standard.
* BechdelTest: The show passes with flying colors. WordofGod states the show was created in part because so few shows pass this test.
* FanYay: Lesbian/queer subtext definitely intended.
* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of and the creators wanted to take the relationship slowly.
* MoralEventHorizon: Lorna experiences one of these after her husband comes to watch her give a speech. She then stops her affair with [[spoiler: Marco]].
* SpoiledSweet: Gladys, who is also NonIdleRich after declining an office job at Victory Munitions to work on the floor with the other girls.
* StayInTheKitchen: The majority of the men in the show believe women should not be out working in bomb factories.
* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]].

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* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by James to Gladys, who doesn't hesitate to point out the double standard.
standard.
* BechdelTest: The show passes with flying colors. WordofGod states the show was created in part because so few shows pass this test.
* FanYay: Lesbian/queer subtext definitely intended.
intended.
* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of and the creators wanted to take the relationship slowly.
* MoralEventHorizon: Lorna experiences one of these after her husband comes to watch her give a speech. She then stops her affair with [[spoiler: Marco]].
* ShipTease: Betty and Kate; Kate and Leon.
* SpoiledSweet: Gladys, who is also NonIdleRich after declining an office job at Victory Munitions to work on the floor with the other girls.
girls.
* StayInTheKitchen: The majority of the men in the show believe women should not be out working in bomb factories.
factories.
* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: Lorna experiences one of these after her husband comes to watch her give a speech. She then stops her affair with [[spoiler: Marco]].
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* BechdelTest: The show passes with flying colors. WordofGod states the show was created in part because so few shows pass this test.


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* StayInTheKitchen: The majority of the men in the show believe women should not be out working in bomb factories.
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* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of and the creators wanted to take the relationship slowly.

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* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of and the creators wanted to take the relationship slowly.slowly.
* SpoiledSweet: Gladys, who is also NonIdleRich after declining an office job at Victory Munitions to work on the floor with the other girls.
* YourCheatingHeart: Gladys and James, though engaged, both cheat on each other. Lorna also cheats on her husband with [[spoiler: Marco]].
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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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* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of.

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* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of.nigh-unheard-of and the creators wanted to take the relationship slowly.
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory during World War II. 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 during World War II.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.



* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. Justified in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of.

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* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. Justified [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of.
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory during World War II. 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 during World War II. 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.dreams.

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* FanYay: Lesbian/queer subtext definitely intended.
* HideYourLesbians: Until the final episode of Season 1. Justified in that being an out lesbian in the 1940's was nigh-unheard-of.
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian drama set in a munitions factory during World War II. 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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