Line #69 Main/LipstickAndLoadMontage


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12	[[quoteright:275:[[Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lipstickandload_8636.png]]]]
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14	->''"Make up and dress up\
15	I become very lovely too!"''
16	-->-- '''Music/HatsuneMiku''', ''Sweet Devil''
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18	The DistaffCounterpart of the LockAndLoadMontage. The heroine puts on her makeup and clothes while preparing for the Big Event. The key to the trope is that she applies her makeup with the same speed and seriousness as a soldier loading their guns--she's all business, and her business at the moment is looking good. May count as MundaneMadeAwesome.
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20	Often juxtaposed with a standard LockAndLoadMontage. A FemmeFatale [[DarkActionGirl and]]/or an ActionGirl might even do both simultaneously. The rare examples of a man doing this tend to be PlayedForLaughs. Alternately, a male BadassInANiceSuit might be getting ready for business while making sure he looks as {{sharp\|Dressed Man}} as possible, but this doesn't usually involve makeup.
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22	Compare ThisMeansWarpaint and MakeoverMontage.
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25	!!Examples:
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28	%% [[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	%% * In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', DragonLady Shenhua is shown putting on lipstick during her introduction scene, while she and Leigharch prepare to rescue Revy.
30	%% * In the first episode of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' Priss is seen doing this as part of the opening montage, preparing to go on stage and sing the opening theme. Contrasted slightly with LockAndLoadMontage for other characters.
31	%% * In ''Manga/FairyTail'', after her guild's disbandment, Lucy is shown getting ready to work as a reporter.
32	%% * ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' has a weird and justified case. Main character Éclair [[MagicFeather becomes stronger when wearing lipstick]] (it works as a form of auto-hypnosis) so she goes through this when she has to go all-out. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Her lipstick can also be used as a rubber whip]].
33	%% * Done in ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish''.
34	%% * In ''[[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Moon Super S]]'', CampGay CreepyCrossdresser Fish Eye does this as part of his HoneyTrap schemes.
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37	[[folder:Comic Books]]
38	%% * The first page of ''ComicBook/{{Airboy}} vs. the Air Maidens'' consists of the Air Maidens (Valkyrie, Black Angel, and Lupina) performing one of these as they don {{Stripperific}} outfits to infiltrate a drug lord's birthday party as 'gifts'.
39	* TheBaroness gets one at the start of IDW's ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW G.I. Joe: Cobra]]'' #1 before she infiltrates an enemy mansion in Ecuador. It is contrasted with a more standard LockAndLoadMontage later in the issue.
40	* In ''Comicbook/GiantDays'', Esther gets such a montage before hitting a party during her first week at university, taking “just” one hour thirty-one minutes. It shows that she’s the most extrovert of the comic’s three lead characters.
41	* In ''ComicBook/HexWives'' #1, an entire page is devoted to Isadora's morning routine to make her the perfect 50s housewife. This scene is repeated in the following issues to demonstrate how the illusion is breaking down.
42	* In ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' #14, Sable is hired to get ballerina Anastasia Yurkovich out of East Berlin. A sequence contrasts Anastasia preparing for the ballet, putting on her costume and makeup, with Sable [[LockAndLoadMontage gearing up for the extraction]].
43	* ''ComicBook/ZatannaEverydayMagic'': Zatanna's introduced doing the finishing touches to her StageMagician costume for her last show in Reno.
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46	[[folder:Film - Animated]]
47	* ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'':
48	** Seen as Captain Chantalle Du Bois is called out to capture Alex. We see her loading up briefly, and then she finishes by applying her lipstick and popping her lips.
49	** Also with the Chimps; while the Zoosters are on their way, and the Penguins pillow-fight, the Chimps prepare their disguise as the King of Versailles — complete with Phil applying lipstick and popping his lips.
50	* Used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' when the soldiers are applying drag to infiltrate Shan Yu's guard in the royal palace the same way they prepared for war training (set to a brief reprise of "[[IronicEcho I'll Make a Man Out of You]]", no less!).
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53	[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
54	* ''Film/Angel1984'': The first time Molly comes home from school, there is a lengthy scene of her transforming herself from Molly the high school honor student to Angel the Hollywood hooker.
55	%% * In the opening sequence of a Thai movie ''Film/BeautifulBoxer'' juxtaposed with a LockAndLoadMontage of a boxer preparing for a fight. Played with in that both sequences are performed by [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} the same person.]]]]
56	* In the montage where Literature/BridgetJones prepares to impress her boss Daniel at the upcoming book launch, she does the following: brushes up on conversational skills, studies up on current events, [[FashionHurts shave and wax]], uses a body brush, rolls up her hair, picks out a [[LittleBlackDress sleek black dress]] and weighs the options between a [[OfCorsetsFunny control-top]] [[OfCorsetsSexy panty]] and a thong before deciding on the former.\
57	The {{sequel}} has a montage that includes more FashionHurts and the inclusions of such tropes as OfCorsetHurts in addition to a haircut that has to be ravaged by the damage done by a deluded hairdresser.
58	* ''Film/CampXRay'' contains a TruthInTelevision version with Cole prepping her hair for the day, a necessary evil for females in the US military who want to keep their hair long.
59	%% * ''Film/{{Clueless}}'': Cher preparing for a date night in with Christian.
60	* In a non-comedic male example, Eric in ''Film/TheCrow1994'' has one of these right before going out to avenge his and Shelly's deaths, including putting on the famous black and white makeup. To [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Cure's "Burn"]], no less!
61	* The opening credits to ''Film/DangerousLiaisons'' has a montage featuring both the main male and female characters. It looks like they are dressing for battle, and [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance they were]].
62	%% * ''Film/DeathBell'': After sneaking out of school, Ina and Myung-Hyo change into clubbing outfits and apply makeup before going to the club.
63	%% * The opening credits to ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada''.
64	%% * When Sue Ellen is getting dressed for her job interview at GAW in ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead''.
65	%% * ''Film/{{Exam}}'': A downplayed example, but the opening montage shows the eight candidates getting ready for the exam. Blonde's segment shows her putting on lipstick, fixing her hair, and slipping on her high heels.
66	* ''Film/GhostRock'': The first appearance of Mattie Baker, the aging MissKitty of Ghost Rock, is her putting on her face for the day. This is juxtaposed with the town {{undertaker}} making up the face of a corpse in preparation for burial.
67	%% * In ''Film/TheHairyBird'', the girls are shown getting ready for the St. Ambrose boys to visit.
68	* Shoshannah before the premiere in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', including putting her rouge on like warpaint, followed by loading a gun, and then fixing her hat, all set to Music/DavidBowie’s ''Cat People''
69	%% * Male example PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/LItalien''. In the opening sequence of the film, Mourad shaves and puts on his clothes to look good.
70	%% * Elle Woods in the opening credits of ''Film/LegallyBlonde''.
71	%% * Andie in the opening credits of ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
72	* ''Film/ScorpioRising'': A gay male SpearCounterpart of this trope. The film shows a young biker getting dressed up in all his biker gear--boots, leather jacket, leather gloves, mirrored sunglasses, Nazi cap, the whole works--before going out to meet his friends at a party. It's possibly the UrExample of the {{Leatherman}}, and the whole sequence is made even more homoerotic by intercutting the shots of the young man getting dressed with shots of a much bigger, massively muscled biker wearing a leather jacket over a bare chest.
73	%% * Early in ''Film/PrettyWoman'', when Vivian and her roommate are preparing to work the street.
74	%% * During the closing credits of ''Film/SuckerPunch''.
75	* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', the Squad undergoes a LockAndLoadMontage as they gear up before entering Midway City. Harley Quinn's doubles as a lipstick and load montage as she strips and chooses her outfit and applies makeup as well as selecting weaponry.
76	%% * ''Film/TetsuoTheIronMan'' shows the antagonist changing his hairstyle, painting his lips, and putting on eye makeup before his confrontation with the protagonist.
77	%% * Gender-flipped during the opening credits of ''Film/ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar'', with Creator/PatrickSwayze and Creator/WesleySnipes performing it, ''fabulously'' of course. Clip is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-aUj4dRm-o here]]
78	%% * In the film adaptation of ''Film/VForVendetta'', Evie does this while V gets his gear ready to fight.
79	%% * ''Film/WarmBodies'': Done by Nora and Julie to R, in order [[spoiler:for him to look human enough to get to the General to warn him of the large horde of approaching Boneys, and that the corpses want to help]].
80	%%* In the reprise of "Tonight" in ''Film/WestSideStory1961'', Anita has a L&LM verse while the gangs prepare for the rumble.
81	%% * ''Film/WishUponAStar'': The opening credits show Alexia spending an excessive amount of time getting ready for school, to the dismay of her younger sister Hayley.
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83	%% * Done several times during trips to the salon in ''Film/YoungAdult''.
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86	[[folder:Literature]]
87	* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}''. There is a scene with Lee-as-Ling putting on [[AttractiveBentGender his]] make-up before going to work [[TheVamp vamping]] the Boer guards. Agent Matheson is ''seriously'' bothered, because he is so obviously [[CampGay enjoying himself]] playing the part of the wicked seductress.
88	* In the ''Literature/DaughtersOfTheMoon'' series (at least in the first two), before the big showdown against the Atrox, there's a sequence of the main character putting on beautiful clothes and makeup -- but rather justified in the first, ''Goddess of the Night,'' because the character 1. Is going to a club, and oughta look good anyway, and 2. Describes it as battle paint -- the psychological preparation is as important as anything else.
89	%% * Another male example in ''Literature/TheKalevala'', as an entire chapter is devoted to Ilmarinen the smith bathing and dressing up to go court the Maiden of Pohja.
90	%% * A straight male example when Miles Vorkosigan does this in ''Literature/{{Memory}}'', cleaning up and donning his house uniform and all his medals before going to the Emperor.
91	%% * ''Literature/TeenageWorrier'': Letty gets one in ''Panick Diary'' as she prepares for a date with Basil. It goes about as well as you'd expect, leading her to yet another CosmeticCatastrophe.
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94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Gunn asks what type of equipment they'd need to burgle an auction house. Angel suggests repelling hooks, flashlights, aerosol spray -- all against a montage of these items being prepared. Lockpicking tools, rope, a knife, and...lipstick? Turns out it's a female ClassyCatBurglar who's after the MacGuffin as well.
96	%% * One is seen at the start of episode 1x02 of ''Series/ByAnyMeans''. The twist is that it turns out to be Charlie preparing to go undercover as transgender.
97	%% * On ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' [[ActionGirl Sarah]] often does both simultaneously.
98	%% * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-BYK-f154 Sexy Getting Ready Song]] from ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''.
99	%% * ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "Cavallino Rampante" opens with a montage of a beautiful young woman getting ready for what appears to be a night at a club. She is actually a car thief getting ready to boost a Ferrari.
100	* The finale of season 6 of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' opens with assorted characters getting dressed in preparation for [[spoiler:the trial of Loras Tyrell and Cersei Lannister]] with a sharp contrast between the elaborate clothes of the nobility and the old sack worn by the High Sparrow. The montage lingers on Cersei for longer than the others as she is fitted in a new [[DarkIsEvil black]] [[VillainousFashionSense leather and chains]] number because [[spoiler:she is about to have them all killed by blowing up the Sept of Baelor where the trial is taking place]].
101	%% * PlayedForLaughs with Tim's 'getting ready for the disco' montage in ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "Saturday Night Grease".
102	%% * Soo-min preparing to seduce Hyung-min in ''Series/HeartlessCity''.
103	%% * ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': In "Lady's Man", there is a scene showing the killer slowly putting on lingerie and makeup. [[spoiler:It is actually a CreepyCrossdresser]].
104	%% * The opening credits of ''LingerieFootballLeague''.
105	* ''Series/MrRobot'': "Legacy" has a rare male version, with a sequence showing [[spoiler:Tyrell]] shaving and putting on a suit to look his best for Elliot.
106	%% * Julia gets one in Season 2 of ''Series/NipTuck''. She goes out on the town after a fight with Sean.
107	%% * The opening credits of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', and it's a ''corpse'' that is [[DarkerAndEdgier dolled-up]].
108	%% * In ''Series/SabaDol'', it pretty much qualifies as a TransformationSequence as 38-year-old ApatheticTeacher Shijimi Usa becomes the super popular 17-year-old IdolSinger Mayu Watanabe.
109	* Belle in the opening credits for ''Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl''.
110	%% * ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Irene Adler goes through one as she is waiting for Sherlock to arrive in "A Scandal in Belgravia". Juxtaposed with Sherlock's own, more unorthodox, preparations, which involve getting Watson to punch him in the face.
111	%% * The four girls get one as they prepare for their night on the town in ''Space_''.
112	%% * ''Series/StrangerThings'': Karen Wheeler, as seen in Season 3’s opener, where prior to meeting up with Billy for some fun at a local motel, we see her at her dressing table applying some very vampish makeup and teasing her hair out — all whilst "Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew sets the mood.
113	* ''Series/TheTudors'':
114	** Katherine of Aragon, grimly dressing for the Legatine Court.
115	** Anne Boleyn, grimly dressing for [[spoiler: her execution]]. [[IronicJuxtaposition Ironically juxtaposed]] with Jane Seymour happily dressing for a visit from Henry at her family's home.
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118	[[folder:Mythology]]
119	%% * The Canaanite goddess Anat is said to do this. She anoints herself with henna and ambergris, puts on saffron and murex (purple) clothing...and then proceeds to slaughter her brother Ba'al's enemies so badly and messily she ''wades up to her thighs'' in the blood and gore. While laughing. Then she cleans herself off and reapplies.
120	%% * [[BiblicalBadGuy Jezebel]] does this when Jehu went to meet her at the palace [[FaceDeathWithDignity for their final standoff]]. Because of this, she is often [[MyGirlIsNotASlut associated with prostitution]] [[SadlyMythtaken (despite never having actually engaged in it in the text)]], and her story is used as a cautionary tale for women that [[MakeupIsEvil (artificial)]] BeautyIsBad.
121	* In Book XIV of ''Literature/TheIliad'', Hera embarks on a long dress-up scene with lots of ambrosia and fancy clothes in preparation to [[DistractedByTheSexy distract Zeus]] from manipulating the outcome of a battle. Classicists have described it as an "arming scene" analogous to those of the mortal warriors like Achilles.
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124	%% [[folder:NewspaperComics]]
125	%% * Done in a ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' Sunday strip that apparently shows Paige putting on her make-up getting ready to go out. The last panel reveals it to actually be a grounded Peter trying to sneak out of the house [[DisguisedInDrag disguised as Paige]].
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128	[[folder:Podcasts]]
129	* JT from the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Bloody Mooney'' gets one where he gets dressed in his clothes for visiting Keri's house, including a shot of him popping his collar. Josh compares it to a [[Franchise/PowerRangers Megazord]] sequence.
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132	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
133	* A very twisted parody of this occurs in the 2008 commercial for [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's]] Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights. In the advert, [[MirrorMonster Bloody Mary]] is shown preparing herself for someone about to summon her, by somewhat doing her hair, filing her nails, and ''[[BloodLust using blood as her lipstick]]''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvNzsG7NNr0 Here's a link to the commercial]], but be forewarned that it contains a JumpScare or two.
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136	[[folder:Video Games]]
137	* ''VisualNovel/BeingADIK'' has one in "Crossroads" if you romance Isabella, switching between the MC and Bella preparing for their first date. Notably, Bella's preparations include her WeddingRingRemoval and subsequent staring into her mirror with an expression of absolute terror, indicating just how scared she is of moving on from James.
138	%% * Seen in the intro to ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarTwinBlueStarsOfJudgment''. The catch is that [[CreepyCrossdresser it's Yuda]].
139	%% * Lavie does it at the ending of Act I of ''VideoGame/LoveAndWar''. [[spoiler:Ryan has to leave her behind because she takes too much time at it and almost causes him to lose the ship.]]
140	* In the opening of ''Videogame/StreetFighterV'' (arcade version) Chun-Li calmly sits in front of her drawer and begins to apply lipstick before doing a spinning kick.
141	%% * In ''Videogame/TalesOfPhantasia'', lipstick is a rare item that, for some reason, allows you to get discount in item shops. As it is available through the items menu, it can be used before any big fight or major story event. However, since it is a [=SNES=] game, you only get a message saying that the girls are gorgeous.
142	%% * Nina Williams does this during the ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken Tag Tournament]]'' opening and in her ending in ''Tekken 6''.
143	* Parodied in ''VideoGame/ZackAndWikiQuestForBarbarosTreasure''. When we first see Captain Rose, we see her glitzing herself up so she can look her best while defeating the Sea Rabbits. At one point she puts on her signature lipstick... and then puts some on her cheek to make it look like TribalFacePaint.
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146	%% [[folder:Webcomics]]
147	%% * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons:'' In [[http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-3-47/ this episode]] Allison puts on her lipstick before heading into danger. She says it calms her down.
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150	[[folder:Web Original]]
151	* During the "Linkara Lost" arc of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', [[RealLifeRelative Linkara's real-life girlfriend]] Iron Liz replaces him for an episode. We see her suiting up in a near shot-for-shot remake of Linkara's own LockAndLoadMontage... save for one shot of her applying lipstick.
152	%% * PlayedForLaughs in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--mJxpdOwo0 this video]] of the Italian webseries ''Insopportabilmente Donna'' by Creator/TessMasazza, that shows [[CosmeticCatastrophe everything that can go wrong when applying makeup]].
153	%% * Primping up to get ready for a review is serious business on ''WebVideo/ThePhilosofan''.
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156	[[folder:Western Animation]]
157	%% * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
158	%% ** ComicBook/TheJoker gets this in an episode. Course he's fueled by RuleOfFunny.
159	%% ** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktUhed7K3SA&feature=related changing into her costume]] (including applying dark lipstick) counts as a more practical example.
160	%% * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': Daphne undergoes one - instructing the other girls to "turn her into a rock star" - when she joins the Hex Girls in "In Fear of the Phantom".
161	%% * In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Ilana, Lance and Octus all go through this prior to the Homecoming Dance in "Under the Three Moons."
162	%% * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': The short "The Magnificent Three" (from the "Love Disconnection" episode) has Babs, Shirley, and Fifi dressing up to attend a fancy party at Perfecto Prep.
163	* Used in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' when the X-Girls plus Boom Boom are doing a strange rock music video montage that consists of applying makeup, shopping, dancing, and then changing into some new leather costumes to do vigilante crime fighting as the Bayville Sirens.
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