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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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