Line #7 WebAnimation/DorisAndMaryAnneAreBreakingOutOfPrison


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/210c2268a2825d92b9c9bbe3f5cb747a.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350: Mary-Anne (left) and Doris (right)]]
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3	''Doris & Mary-Anne Are Breaking Out Of Prison'' is an animated web-series about two women (Doris and Mary-Anne) in prison during TheRoaringTwenties. The series was written and directed by Ben Levin and stars Andrée Vermeulen and Diona Reasonover. The series consists of ten episodes. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjXY7MELqs0N4bETDaHKTt0Jyo87454i The series can be found here]]. [[http://dorisandmaryanne.tumblr.com/ The show's official tumblr is here and features some behind-the-scenes information.]]
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5	!!This series provides examples of:
6	* AlliterativeName: Doris Delaney.
7	* BaitAndSwitch:
8	** Doris says that the reason she’s in prison is because of a traffic violation. [[spoiler: She ran over a baby.]]
9	** Likewise when Mary-Anne admits she got into prison for doing some things she's "not proud of" (while ominous music plays in the background). [[spoiler: She slammed a door in a friend's face and said she had "butt breath."]]
10	* BittersweetEnding: The series ends with [[spoiler:Doris serving her sentence, leaving Mary-Anne alone in the cell... along with Doris' lockpicking device.]]
11	* BottleEpisode: The whole series takes place in one jail cell, making it easier for the creator to animate the whole thing by himself, as he explains in [[https://dorisandmaryanne.tumblr.com/post/110549128336/how-i-make-an-episode-of-doris-mary-anne a blog post]]:
12	-->I knew I would be animating this series by myself, so I wrote and designed it to be economical. They’re short episodes with two characters confined to one setting, allowing me to get a lot of reuse out of everything. I gave myself some restrictions and wrote within that space so that I could tell a story about these two funny gals without giving up half-way in and throwing my Cintiq out of the window.
13	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Doris is very excitable and talkative and has signs of going through a bit of a SanitySlippage.
14	* DeadBabyComedy: [[spoiler: Used literally when Doris mentions she accidentally killed a baby.]]
15	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Mary-Anne's [[spoiler: female friend not only rejects her romantic advances, but says that her sexuality is disgusting.]] Also the reason why Mary-Anne is in prison: [[spoiler: she slammed a door, which "is a serious crime if you're black."]]
16	* GirlsBehindBars: A downplayed example. The prison is shown to be terrible, but Doris has enough time to plan zany schemes.
17	* IAteWhat: In Episode 7, some inmates give Doris bootleg hooch which she takes a sip of and then spits out when it turns out to really be urine.
18	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Doris suggests that her and Mary-Anne use their "feminine wiles" to get out of prison in episode 6.
19	* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: Heavily implied in episode 10 when Mary-Anne talks about telling a friend that she loved her. The friend not only rejected her, but [[DeliberateValuesDissonance told Mary-Anne that her feelings were "disgusting."]] ]]
20	* LimitedAnimation: [[http://dorisandmaryanne.tumblr.com/post/110549128336/how-i-animate-an-episode-of-doris-mary-anne Ben Levin revealed in a blog post]] that most of the show's animation falls into this category, mainly due to the fact he did all of it himself. Fortunately this isn't noticeable due to how simple a lot of the animation is.
21	* MinimalistCast: The only characters who appear onscreen (other than an unnamed guard) are Doris and Mary-Anne.
22	* NeverTrustATitle: The series ends with [[spoiler:none of the characters actually breaking out of prison. Doris is freed upon serving her sentence while Mary-Anne remains in prison... With the lock-breaking device that Doris made]].
23	* NoodleImplements: Doris' [[spoiler: lock picking contraption, which she explains in made out of "fingernails, bedsprings-" before being cut off.]]
24	* OcularGushers: Doris releases a happy version of these after [[spoiler: Mary-Anne admits she "...doesn't entirely hate [her]."]]
25	* ReligionOfEvil: The religion Doris tries to convert to in episode 5 is heavily implied to be this, as the god they worship is called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast “Lord Gangrok the Destroyer.”]]
26	* TheRoaringTwenties: Set in 1922.
27	* ShoutOut: Doris tallies the days while she's in prison and calls them "Creator/{{Doris Day}}s."
28	* TheSilentBob: Mary-Anne doesn't speak until the final episode.
29	* SpitTake: Doris in Episode 7, when she realizes what she drank.
30	* TheStoic: Mary-Anne. [[spoiler: She outright acknowledges it while speaking to Doris in episode 10]]. This slowly changes over the course of the series.
31	* TooDumbToLive: Doris swallowed a knife and attempted to throw it back up.
32	* TwoferTokenMinority: Mary-Anne is Black [[spoiler: and later revealed to be gay or bisexual.]]

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