* HilariousInHindsight: Rita complains that the actress that plays her in a Hollywood biopic about her life is much more voluptuous and scantily clad than she is. Creator/EmilyBlunt, who plays Rita's movie counterpart in ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', has a slim but toned figure and wears entirely practical clothing in contrast.
* TheWoobie: Shasta, Rita's partly Native American mechanic, is subjected to some wince-inducing hazing due to her ethnicity.