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* RoughOveralls: Donna's signature outfit, worn through the majority of Act I as she continues to work while hosting Tanya, Rosie, and the wedding guests.

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* RemakeCameo: Tina Maddigan, the first actress to play Sophie in the Broadway production and its preceding tour, later played Donna in a professional production at the Holy Heart Theatre in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada in August 2017. She was also slated to play Donna in a production at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas in July 2018, but had to back out due to losing her voice after an emergency surgery.

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Tina Maddigan, the first actress to play Sophie in the Broadway production and its preceding tour, later played Donna in a professional production at the Holy Heart Theatre in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada in August 2017. She was also slated to play Donna in a production at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas in July 2018, but had to back out due to losing her voice after an emergency surgery.surgery.
** Jenny Galloway, the original Rosie, appears in the ensemble in ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain''.
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* FunnyConceptionStory: Prior to the events of the musical, Sophie, who has never known her father, found her mother's diary from around the time she would have conceived Sophie. From this, her mother implies sexual encounters with three different men in a short period of time, leading Sophie to conclude she has three possible fathers. She spends a whole song gleefully reading these entries aloud to her friends, before revealing she's invited all three men to her wedding.
--> '''Sophie:''' ''(reading Donna's diary)'' "Sam rode me over to the little island [...] we danced on the beach, and we kissed on the beach, and dot, dot, dot..."
--> '''Lisa:''' ''(confused)'' What?
--> '''Sophie:''' "Dot dot dot", it's what they did in the olden days.
--> ''[Later]''
--> '''Donna:''' I used to have fun.
--> '''Ali:''' Oh, we ''know''.
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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: In the stage musical, Tanya and Rosie find an old poster for their girl group, Donna and the Dynamos. Donna enters the room in a frantic state. Her friends surprise her with the poster, but Donna, not wanting any more reminders of her past that has come back to haunt her, promptly rips and crumples it up after Rosie suggests displaying it in the taverna's bar.[[Note:Although the script calls for Donna to rip the poster, many amateur productions omit this action to avoid the expense of making multiple posters.]]

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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: In the stage musical, Tanya and Rosie find an old poster for their girl group, Donna and the Dynamos. Donna enters the room in a frantic state. Her friends surprise her with the poster, but Donna, not wanting any more reminders of her past that has come back to haunt her, promptly rips and crumples it up after Rosie suggests displaying it in the taverna's bar.[[Note:Although [[note]]Although the script calls for Donna to rip the poster, many amateur productions omit this action to avoid the expense of making multiple posters.]][[/note]]

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* StealthPun: Oh right, ha ha, those guys singing in the background are a GreekChorus. Lampshaded by:
-->'''Rosie:''' It's very Greek.

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* StealthPun: Oh right, ha ha, those guys singing in StealthPun:
** The fact that
the background are a GreekChorus. Lampshaded by:
show takes place in Greece means that the ensemble can be considered GreekChorus.
** Another reference to the show taking place in Greece:
-->'''Donna:''' Why have they all turned up like this? It's like some horrible twist of Fate.
-->'''Rosie:''' It's It is very Greek.Greek.
* TheMovie: The [[Film/MammaMia film]] is billed as ''Mamma Mia! The Movie'' on the poster and DVD cover, and was promoted as such before its theatrical release. Most sources have since dropped "The Movie" since it [[AdaptationDisplacement surpassed the stage show in popularity]].

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