1 | [[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bksfbldvlm1985.jpg]] |
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3 | ''The Madonna'' is a short story by Creator/CliveBarker written in 1985 in the fifth volume of the Books of Blood. |
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5 | Jerry is trying to unload an abandoned pool complex onto a not very pleasant buyer. However it turns out the complex isn't so abandoned after all, with a naked woman and something lurking in the pool. |
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7 | !! Tropes included: |
8 | * AncientConspiracy: May or may not be that ancient but the story implies protecting the Madonna is one of these type deals. |
9 | * BittersweetEnding: Jerry decides to [[spoiler:throw himself into the pool at the end, implying he might happily join with the Madonna now that he is a she.]] |
10 | %%* DownTheRabbitHole: This is likely [[spoiler:Jerry's choice]] at the end. |
11 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ezra Garvey]] is due to him finding himself transformed into a woman. |
12 | * GenderBender: [[spoiler:Looking at "The Madonna"]] is shown to transform two men into women when they wake up the next morning. |
13 | * HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:The titular Madonna]] is some kind of monster that is hidden inside the pool complex. |
14 | * TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: When Jerry goes back to the pool he finds it empty with no ladies or Madonna. But he does see a glow emanating from the drain. |
15 | * MagicalLand: [[spoiler:The Madonna]] turns the abandoned pool complex into one of these and destroys it when they leave. |
16 | * NakedFirstImpression: Since the ladies surrounding The Madonna are naked all the time, this is what happens when Jerry and Garvey first see them. |
17 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: The Madonna is typically surrounded by several of these at all times. |
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