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11	A 1985 MadeForTVMovie [[TheMusical musical]] based on Music/BarryManilow's 1978 smash hit song "Copacabana". Stars Barry Manilow as Tony Starr, Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamar and Joseph Bologna as [[BigBad Rico Castelli]].
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13	!!This film provides examples of:
14	%% * AmbiguouslyJewish: Tony. His mother's maiden name is Stern, but there are no references to his religion and [[spoiler: when he and Lola marry at the end, they have a Catholic wedding]].
15	%% * BigBad: Rico.
16	%% * BigDamnHeroes: Tony coming to the rescue during the "El Bravo" number.
17	%% * BusbyBerkeleyNumber: Several of them.
18	%% * ChorusGirls
19	%% * DamselInDistress: Lola in Havana.
20	* DisappearedDad: Tony's dad walked out on him and his mom when Tony was a kid.
21	%% * DoomedByCanon: Tony.
22	%% * DownerEnding
23	%% * EightiesHair: Barry's haircut.
24	%% * EverybodySmokes: Of course they do; it's TheForties.
25	* FictionalCounterpart: The radio game show ''Sing That Song'' seems an awful lot like ''Series/NameThatTune''.
26	* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's heard the song "Copacabana" knows that things aren't going to end well for Tony and Lola.
27	* GameShow: Tony and Lola first meet as competitors on the radio game show ''Sing That Song''.
28	%% * GunStruggle: A three-way example between Tony, Lola, and Rico. Ends with Tony getting shot [[spoiler: accidentally by Lola]].
29	* HowWeGotHere: The movie begins with Lola drinking at a bar in TheEighties. The rest of the movie is a flashback illustrating how things happen and get to the moment she's at the bar.
30	%% * IdiotBall: Lola carries it all the way to Havana with her!
31	%% * TheIngenue: Lola.
32	* LoveDodecahedron: Tony loves Lola, Rico loves Lola, Lola loves Tony, and so does Pam.
33	%% * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Tony]] gets one of these moments.
34	* MalignedMixedMarriage: [[spoiler:Tony's parents]] split up because of social pressure related to their ethnic and religious differences.
35	%% * MeaningfulName: Tony Starr. He chose it himself.
36	* MeetCute: Tony and Lola meet while they both appear on a game show. It's a rather awkward encounter in the hallway after their game show appearance.
37	%% * MuggedForDisguise: How Tony charges onto the scene during the "El Bravo" number to rescue Lola.
38	%% * TheMusicalMusical
39	* MythologyGag: In the song, Tony "sailed across the bar" in order to challenge Rico. It doesn't happen quite that way in this version, but he ''does'' jump over the bar earlier in the story, when seizing the chance to [[spoiler:take over for the drunken pianist]].
40	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Rico tells Lola that the giant diamond ring he's given her is known as The Star of the Caribbean, but everyone else calls it The Kiss of Death, because of what happened to ''the last girl'' Rico gave it to...
41	%% * OhCrap: When [[spoiler: Dennis Reilly, a random guy at the bar]] tells [[spoiler: Tony]], "[[LukeIAmYourFather I'm your father.]]"
42	%% * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Conchita Rivera, a couple of times.
43	%% * PairTheSpares: Sam Grooper and Conchita seem to be heading in this direction at [[spoiler: Tony and Lola's wedding]].
44	* ShoutOut: "Lola, sweeter than a [[Music/TheKinks cherry cola]]!" From a song by The Kinks.
45	%% * ShowWithinAShow: The various musical numbers, especially "El Bravo".
46	* ThirdOptionAdaptation: In the song, we know that a) somebody shot somebody during the confrontation between Rico and Tony, and b) decades later, Tony's gone. This could mean that Rico shot Tony, but it could also mean that ''Tony'' shot ''Rico'' and then was executed or died in prison. In the movie, [[spoiler:it's Tony who gets shot... and it's Lola who does it]].
47	%% * TimeCompressionMontage: Tony and Lola's competition on ''Sing That Song''.
48	* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: It's amazing how quickly people can make travel arrangements to foreign countries back in 1948!
49	* TwistEnding: Anyone who's heard the song knows that Tony gets shot, [[spoiler: but in the movie, it turns out that it was Lola and not Rico who shot him. It was an accident during a struggle for the gun.]]
50	%% * WhiteShirtOfDeath: Tony.
51	%% * WholeEpisodeFlashback
52	%% * WidowedAtTheWedding: Lola and Tony are giving a celebratory performance right after their wedding -- and then Rico catches up to them.
53	%% * YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Tony and Lola have [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earned Their Happy Ending]], when suddenly Rico shows up with a gun.

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