Line #164 Characters/DropDeadGorgeous


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2	!!Pageant Committee
3	[[folder:Gladys Leeman]]
4	->'''Played by:''' Creator/KirstieAlley
5	President of the Mount Rose Pageant Committee.
6	----
7	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Gladys orchestrated various schemes to ensure her daughter would win the pageant. It's implied she may have also influenced the State pageant's unexpected mishap.]]
8	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gladys plays the part of a god-fearing patriotic family woman, but when her daughter/meal ticket is killed in a freak accident, she cracks and confesses to killing Tammy while cussing out everyone around her.
9	* DistractedByTheSexy: During an interview, Gladys stops talking to begin ogling a high school wrestler and becomes flustered.
10	* {{Eagleland}}: Parodied with Gladys' uncreative ideas for pageant themes.
11	* EvilMatriarch: She's the nastiest in her family and the Leeman family are pretty unpleasant.
12	* FakeOrgasm: Referenced. As she's being arrested, Gladys claims that the orgasms she had with her husband were all as fake as [[HonestJohnsDealership the furniture he sells]].
13	* GenerationXerox: Gladys hopes for one with Becky winning the Mount Rose pageant, as she did before her. [[spoiler: To this end, she rigs the entire pageant so that Becky would win regardless of how talentless she really is]].
14	* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
15	** Nice job [[spoiler:blowing up your own daughter]] due to your own carelessness and crimes, Mom!
16	** Assuming she did hire someone to poison the catering at the State Pageant, Gladys ended up eliminating Amber's competition simply because Amber didn't eat anything.
17	** [[spoiler:Gladys's attempt at revenge against Amber inadvertently leads to Amber getting her dream job]].
18	* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Gladys Leeman eventually develops a major hate-on for the working-class teenager Amber Atkins, her daughter's main rival in the pageant.
19	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Her blithe comments about feminists, Catholics, and the handicapped count.
20	* RemovingTheRival:
21	** Being Becky's only real competition [[spoiler:after Tammy's death]], the entire pageant is so blatantly rigged against Amber that it CrossesTheLineTwice. [[spoiler:After the murder attempt fails,]] her interview is made ten times harder than the other contestants' (she's forced to spell out all fifty states -- in alphabetical order), then during rehearsal a stage light is rigged to fall on her (luckily for her, she switched order placement with Jenelle at the last minute), and then her talent costume is stolen the night of the pageant and Gladys refuses to approve the new one she gets from the choreographer. When all that fails, [[spoiler:it's implied that Gladys [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribed the judges]] to get a [[MundaneSolution higher score for Becky]].]]
22	** [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that after getting arrested, Gladys had some of her contacts on the outside sabotage the state finals by poisoning the contestant's food.]]
23	* RichBitch: The Leemans being the richest family in Mount Rose. [[spoiler:It's implied that Gladys has bought the police off to literally get away with murder.]]
24	* SanitySlippage: Gladys wasn't all there to begin with, [[spoiler:considering she murdered Tammy and tried to murder Amber so Becky could win the pageant]], but after [[spoiler:Becky dies]], she ''loses'' it.
25	* StageMom: Gladys is blatantly this for Becky, clearly determined that her daughter get the opportunity to compete that she never did.
26	* UncertainDoom: After breaking out of prison and staging a shootout, Gladys is immediately pushed out of focus so the documentary can end with Amber having a happily ever after.
27	* VicariouslyAmbitious: It's blatantly obvious that Gladys is trying to relive her GloryDays through Becky, including following her to state, something Gladys never got to do despite winning her own pageant (most likely due to being pregnant with Becky). The goth girls in the bathroom even lampshade it at one point.
28	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Gladys has one after Becky's death]].
29	* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: [[spoiler:After Becky dies, Gladys has a breakdown and shouts this at Amber. Part of it is out of hate and grief, but the rest is implied to be because Amber was supposed to win the contest and Gladys bribed the judges so Becky could win instead]].
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31
32	[[folder:Iris Clark]]
33	->'''Played by:''' Creator/MindySterling
34	Vice president of the Mount Rose Pageant Committee.
35	----
36	* AdultsAreUseless: Iris doesn't suspect Gladys is up to something and tells Amber she's unable to do anything when Amber's costume disappears at the last minute.
37	* TheDitz: She taped over the Miss Teen USA induction video with an episode of ''Days of Our Lives''.
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39
40	[[folder:Cloris Klinghagen]]
41	->'''Played by:''' Mary Gillis
42	The pageant's local choreographer.
43	----
44	* HypocriticalHumor: Cloris is a slovenly, heavyset woman and she regularly berates the contestants over the slightest imperfection.
45	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's loud and crass when it comes to training, but she also recognizes Amber's talent for dancing and encourages her to perform in a plain training leotard when her costume is stolen.
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47
48	[[folder:Colleen Douglas & Terry Macy,]]
49	->'''Played by:''' Nora Dunn (Colleen), Mo Gaffney (Terry)
50	Heads of the State Pageant.
51	----
52	* DeadpanSnarker: In contrast to the Mt. Rose commitee, Colleen and Terry are quite uncouth.
53	* LadyDrunk: They get sloshed before the big show begins.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	!!Pageant Contestants
57	[[folder:Amber Atkins]]
58	->'''Played by:''' Creator/KirstenDunst
59	A tap-dance performer who works at the morgue and idolizes Diane Sawyer.
60	----
61	* AlliterativeName: '''A'''mber '''A'''tkins
62	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When Amber gets to State Pageant, she's visibly rattled when she sees the other contestants have actual talent. The sight of another tap dancer leaves Amber feeling hopeless.
63	* DisqualificationInducedVictory: Basically the reason [[spoiler:Amber wins the Minnesota State Finals, as every other girl gets food poisoning from the shellfish]].
64	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Amber's idol is Diane Sawyer, and she dreams of getting out of Mount Rose and becoming a big-name news anchor herself. [[spoiler:As has become a pattern for her, a wise decision and dumb luck converge to give her a job as an anchor for a Twin Cities news station.]] Downplayed in that a lot of Amber's success came down to insanely good luck.
65	* TheFool: Through circumstances worthy of a voodoo protection spell, [[spoiler:Amber bumbles into lucky breaks and close-calls that allow her to achieve her dreams, and she never stops being an absolute sweetheart about it.]]
66	* GodwinsLaw: When Amber is told her outfit is too skimpy for the pageant, she says "This is... This is Nazi Germany!".
67	* NiceGirl: Amber is arguably the nicest girl in the movie with a wholesome demeanor and down to earth attitude.
68	* NormalFishInATinyPond: Amber turns out to be the only contestant who demonstrates any real talent. When she makes it to state regional championships, Amber sees that her competition are at least as good as her, if not better.
69	* OnlySaneWoman: Amber isn't as dorky, awkward, dumb, or backstabbing as the other contestants. [[spoiler:This is made all the more obvious when she gets to Nationals, and the contestants find out that Sarah Rose has been shut down and the pageant has been canceled. The other girls riot and destroy the building, while Amber simply sighs and gets back on the bus]].
70	* PinballProtagonist: Amber basically wins by having a great deal of luck and being in the right place at the right time, ranging from [[spoiler:switching places with another girl and inadvertently avoiding a sabotaging accident to being able to swap costumes with another contestant after her own is lost]].
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder: Becky Ann Leeman]]
74	->'''Played by:''' Creator/DeniseRichards
75	Gladys' daughter and a devout Christian that's good with firearms.
76	----
77	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Becky's Christian faith and wholesome facade bely a manipulative and spiteful villain.
78	* BlatantLies: "What? Oh, my God. Lights, camera, and me without a stitch of makeup on!" Just ignore her volimnous hair, glossy lips and extra-thick eyelashes. She also pretends to be good friends with Mary Johansen, even though Mary has no idea who she is and says so right on camera, which Becky laughs off as an in-joke between friends.
79	* ChekhovsSkill: The first scene at the Lutheran Sisterhood Gun Club has Becky not aiming for the center of the human-shaped target, but rather, for the area right above the target's right eye. [[spoiler:Cue the morgue, and Amber pulls back the cloth to reveal...]]
80	* CuteAndPsycho: Becky's an attractive girl, but [[spoiler: she's strongly implied to have murdered a boy just because he picked Amber over her]].
81	* TheFakeCutie: Her good girl image is very unconvincing.
82	* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Becky is a prissy and fashionable rich girl, but she also asks Brett if he wants to go cow-tipping.
83	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Averted - Becky doesn't screech or slide tones randomly, she's just ''awful'' at singing.
84	* InformedAbility: {{Lampshaded}}. Becky's dance is depicted as genuinely awful (on top of the performance itself being extremely tasteless), despite Gladys' efforts to play up its quality.
85	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After murdering a classmate, Becky is immolated in a gas explosion.]]
86	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Becky doesn't take it too well when Brett shows an obvious attraction to Amber... [[spoiler:so he ends up with a bullet in his head.]]
87	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In a fit of impatience, Becky disparages the judges by saying they let a retard count the votes.
88	* RuleOfSymbolism: For the "Proud to be an American" segment, Becky selected Mount Rushmore and said it's because the nation's founders put great faces on an ugly mountain. Not only did she make space for her own face to be featured, but Mount Rushmore was sculpted with dynamite, showcasing Becky's vanity and destructive tendencies.
89	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Becky realizes the gas-scented swan just caught fire, she gives out a resigned "shit" [[spoiler: before perishing in flames]].
90	* TokenEvilTeammate: Becky's the nastiest of the Mount Rose contestants, being the only one to never show any solidarity or friendship despite her claims of moral superirority.
91	* {{Yandere}}: Boy, she sure doesn't want her boyfriend to look at anyone else...
92	[[/folder]]
93
94	[[folder:Lisa Swenson]]
95	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrittanyMurphy
96	One of Amber's best friends.
97	----
98	* AnnoyingLaugh: Lisa's laugh is long, polyphonic, and full of snorts. And she laughs a ''lot''.
99	* BigDamnHeroes: Lisa forfeits and gives Amber her costume so her friend can compete after [[spoiler:Gladys]] stole her costume.
100	* GenkiGirl: Lisa's very peppy. She giggles in just about every scene.
101	* LoopholeAbuse: After [[spoiler:Amber's costume for the talent section of the show is stolen, Gladys attempts to prevent Amber competing even with a new costume on the grounds that all costumes have to be pre-approved a week in advance, even though Amber's simple black leotard shouldn't be "offensive" to anyone. Lisa provides another loophole by giving Amber her costume, reasoning that her costume ''was'' approved previously and she was never going to win the contest anyway while Amber has a better shot]].
102	* NiceGirl: Lisa is proud of her brother for making it as a drag queen in New York and she dropped out of the pageant so she could give Amber her costume so she can compete.
103	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: "Did you guys know the retard's pants are open?" She's a NiceGirl nonetheless.
104	* TheUnfavorite: Lisa is implied to be this in her family. She suspects her parents only had her so her brother would have a nearby organ donor.
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106
107	[[folder:Leslie Miller]]
108	->'''Played by:''' Creator/AmyAdams
109	Head cheerleader.
110	----
111	* BrainlessBeauty: Since she's a cheerleader, she's naturally good-looking. Leslie needs her boyfriend to tell her that "second runner-up" means she came in third place.
112	* DisposableSexWorker: After high school Leslie became a table dancer. She disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
113	* DistractedByTheSexy: Leslie stops her interview to make out with her boyfriend.
114	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Leslie running her hand up the Washington Monument replica on her head during the opening number of the pageant.
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116
117	[[folder:Jenelle Betz]]
118	->'''Played by:''' Sarah Stewart
119	A contestant who performs in sign language.
120	----
121	* AnvilOnHead: Jenelle [[spoiler: goes deaf after a light is dropped on her during rehearsal.]]
122	* ThePollyanna: She's very cheerful [[spoiler: and isn't the least bit upset when her injury leaves her deaf]].
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124
125	[[folder:Tess Weinhaus]]
126	->'''Played by:''' Shannon Nelson
127	A dog enthusiast.
128	----
129	* TheChewToy: Quite literally at one point, when she mentions her last dog mauled her. She also hits her crotch, had a bolt from a plane hit her in the head, and blows chunks during the pageant.
130	* GroinAttack: A rare female example occurs during dance practice. Poor, poor Tess...
131	* InnocentInaccurate: "Spike, my German shepherd, [[ReleasedToElsewhere he went to live with a nice family on a farm]] after he attacked me..."
132	* NoSocialSkills: Her interview ends with her showing off a nasty scar on her abdomen and saying the replacement skin came from her butt. She also does quite badly during the pageant itself, having a fairly mundane bit during the "Proud to be an American" portion and her talent is mimicking dog barks.
133	* ShrinkingViolet: Tess is a nervous girl who rarely smiles.
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135
136	[[folder:Michelle Johnson]]
137	->'''Played by:''' Laurie Sinclair
138	A contestant that belongs to the local drama club.
139	----
140	* BadBadActing: Her warm-up is implied to take a ''long'' time and completely baffles the judges. For her actual performance, Michelle quotes ''Film/SoylentGreen'' with overly-dramatic flair.
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142
143	[[folder:Molly Howard]]
144	->'''Played by:''' Tara Redepenning
145	A contestant that was adopted by Japanese expats.
146	----
147	* {{Eagleland}}: She dresses like a cowgirl for her performance.
148	* HappilyAdopted: To the detriment of their biological daughter, who's practically ignored.
149	* ImmigrantPatriotism: Indirectly, being adopted by Japanese migrants who love American culture.
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151
152	[[folder:Tammy Curry]]
153	->'''Played by:''' Brooke Elise Bushman
154	A multi-talented entrant.
155	----
156	* TheAce: Tammy Curry has a reputation for excelling at everything she does (track, soccer, and the gun club), is an early favorite to win the beauty pageant, and is one of the only girls who is looking beyond the pageant when she enters it, being intrigued by the scholarship offers.
157	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tammy's rides on her dad's thresher.
158	-->"But I know for a fact Tammy only [[SmokingHotSex smoked]] after a good drive."
159	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Tammy is a varsity soccer player and track runner, the president of a gun club, smokes, and enjoys driving her father's thresher. She's also competing in a beauty pageant and is a favorite to win.
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161
162	!!Pageant Judges
163	[[folder: John Dough]]
164	->'''Played by:''' Matt Molloy
165	The local chemist.
166	----
167	* CigaretteOfAnxiety: He's first introduced having a smoke and he stammers when his motives for accepting the judge position begin to sound suspicious.
168	* DirtyOldMan: He's a little ''too'' excited to be observing 17-year-old girls in makeup and tight costumes.
169	* DistractedByTheSexy: He's caught spying on the girls while they rehearse with a camera in hand.
170	* KarmaHoudini: The corrupt pageant judge John Dough (a possible ephebophile) doesn't really get any comeuppance.
171	* TheKirk: John's not as animated as Harold or as quiet as Jean.
172	* PunnyName: John Dough sounds like John Doe.
173	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: John Dough does this all the time.
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175
176	[[folder: Harold Vilmes]]
177	->'''Played by:''' Mike [=McShane=]
178	Owner of a hardware store.
179	----
180	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Sometime after the pageant, Harold gets bitten by a deer tick and died from Lyme disease.
181	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Hank's foolish.
182	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Harold will beat Hank out of irritation, but he has to look after him while running a business and grieving for their dead mother. When John Dough tries to hit Hank, Harold rushes to his brother's defense.
183	* TheMcCoy: Harold's the most irritable of the judges.
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder: Jean Kangas]]
187	->'''Played by:''' Lona Williams
188	An otherwise unspecified judge.
189	----
190	* ButtMonkey: Lester slaps her ass in her introductory scene.
191	* CreatorCameo: She's played by writer and producer Lona Williams.
192	* TheSpock: Jean is the least expressive of the judges.
193	* TheVoiceless: We never hear Jean say a single word.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	!!Miscellaneous
197	[[folder:Lester Leeman]]
198	->'''Played by:''' Sam [=McMurray=]
199	Husband of Gladys and father of Becky, whose business is in furniture.
200	----
201	* AlliterativeName: '''L'''ester '''L'''eeman
202	* HonestJohnsDealership: Lester Leeman is a sleazy furniture salesman.
203	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's not quite villainous- [[spoiler:that's his wife]]- but Lester Leeman is pretty sexist, and throws out racist remarks against Jews, Mexicans, and black people in most of his appearances.
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205
206	[[folder:Annette Atkins]]
207	->'''Played by:''' Creator/EllenBarkin
208	Amber's trailer-dwelling mother.
209	----
210	* AlliterativeName: '''A'''nnette '''A'''tkins
211	* AnArmAndALeg: Annette loses her right hand when her trailer catches fire and her hand is basically melted onto a can of beer she was drinking at the time, forcing it to be amputated.
212	* FollowInMyFootsteps: {{Averted}}. Annette fears that Amber will turn out just like her and end up spending her entire life in Mount Rose.
213	* JadedWashout: Annette was impregnated and the father abandoned her. She lives in a trailer park and developed at least two addictions while Amber grew up. Then her trailer exploded and she lost a hand.
214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder:Loretta]]
217	->'''Played by:''' Creator/AllisonJanney
218	Annette's best friend and neighbor.
219	----
220	* DeadpanSnarker: Loretta has many snarky and hilarious one-liners.
221	* LovableSexManiac: Loretta tries flirting with a stranger at the hotel bar, only to notice his wedding ring. She immediately starts flirting with the bartender instead.
222	* ParentalSubstitute: After the Atkins trailer blows up and Annette is hospitalized, Loretta steps in to help prepare Amber for the pageant.
223	[[/folder]]
224
225	[[folder:Hank Vilmes]]
226	->'''Played by:''' Creator/WillSasso
227	Harold's mentally-disabled brother.
228	----
229	* BigFun: A heavyset manchild who goofs off in every scene.
230	* DopeSlap: He embarrasses Harold during his interview by smacking him in the head. To be fair, Harold hit him first out of irritation.
231	* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Hank thinks Michelle's warm-up excercise was a bit much.
232	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Harold's responsible.
233	* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
234	** During Harold's interview, Hank inhales spraypaint and run face-first into a glass wall.
235	** When the contestants are being interviewed, Hank distracts them by taking his pants off and headbangs when Amber names and spells out the fifty states.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Mary Johanson]]
239	->'''Played by:''' Alexandra Holden
240	The previous Mount Rose Pageant winner.
241	----
242	* BaldnessMeansSickness: A chunk of Mary's hair comes out when Amber brushes it a little too hard. Eating disorders can lead to hair loss.
243	* ShadowArchetype: Mary's current predicament is a cautionary tale of what awaits the other contestants if they let the competitive nature of the pageant take over their lives.
244	* StepfordSmiler: She lipsynchs "Don't Cry Out Loud" despite being visibly unfit for physical performance.
245	* UncertainDoom: Mary was last seen being loaded into an ambulance with an oxygen mask on her face. It's never mentioned if she got better or worse afterwards.
246	* WeightWoe: She developed anorexia in order to get thin enough for her performance. A year later and she's unable to stand up or look after herself.
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