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* AdaptationalComicRelief: She's sweet and good-humored in the books, but the film takes her sense of humor up a notch by having Awkwafina play her.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: She's sweet and good-humored in the books, but the her father considers her his smartest, most ambitious child. The film takes her sense of humor up a notch by having Awkwafina play her.her.
--> '''Goh Wye Mun''': Let me get this straight. You both went to the same school. Yet someone came back with a degree that's useful, and the other one came back as Asian [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Ellen]].
--> '''Goh Wye Mun''': Let me get this straight. You both went to the same school. Yet someone came back with a degree that's useful, and the other one came back as Asian [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Ellen]].
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!!!Played By: Nico Santos
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!!!Played By: Nico Santos
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* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: Downplayed in the books. Nick's "crazy rich" OldMoney Singaporean family dislikes her for being a middle-class American. In ''China Rich Girlfriend'', Eleanor reveals Rachel's biological father's identity...[[spoiler:Chinese billionaire, Bao Gaoliang.]] Eleanor admits that this does soften the blow of Rachel marrying Nick, but Nick and Rachel were going to marry anyway.
%%* TrueBlueFemininity: She tends to favor this color.
%%* TrueBlueFemininity: She tends to favor this color.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Buys the Calthorpe hotel after its manager is racist towards his wife and her family. He also takes care to fire said manager.
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* AsianAirhead: Portrayed as such in the film, where she's so caught up in preparing for the wedding she fails to notice Rachel getting bullied by her friends.
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* TheDragAlong: In the book, she's not remotely happy about being forced out of New York and into the scheme to break up Nick and Rachel. [[SourSupporter She puts in some effort at first]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere but gives up after some mockery from Francesca.]]
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* TheDragAlong: In the book, she's not remotely happy about being forced out of New York and into the scheme to break up Nick and Rachel. [[SourSupporter She puts in some effort at first]] but [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere but gives up after some mockery from Francesca.]]Francesca]].
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* BlitheSpirit: Subverted hard. Charlie believed she was this when they first met, but she actually suffers from an [[AmbiguousDisorder undiagnosed]] [[UsefulNotes/PersonalityDisorders personality disorder]] and acts on extreme impulse during her manic moments.
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* BlitheSpirit: Subverted hard. Charlie believed she was this when they first met, but she actually suffers from an [[AmbiguousDisorder undiagnosed]] undiagnosed [[UsefulNotes/PersonalityDisorders personality disorder]] and acts on extreme impulse during her manic moments.
* LoveTriangle: Type 4, with Charlie and Astrid.
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* TriangRelations: Type 4, with Charlie and Astrid.
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: In the film, she admits to Rachel that her reasons for sabotaging Nick and Rachels relationship is because she's a foreigner (she in particular thinks that Americans are selfish) and she believes in "Ka gi
lan" (our own kind of people).
lan" (our own kind of people).
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: In the film, she admits to Rachel that her reasons for sabotaging Nick and Rachels relationship is because she's a foreigner (she in particular thinks that Americans are selfish) and she believes in "Ka gi
gi lan" (our own kind of people).
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: In the film, she admits to Rachel that her reasons for sabotaging Nick and Rachels relationship is because she's a foreigner (she in particular thinks that Americans are selfish) and she believes in "Ka gi
lan" (our own kind of people).
** Elanor: And you’re not our own kind.
lan" (our own kind of people).
** Elanor: And you’re not our own kind.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the books, she's overprotective and prone to outbursts, and she mostly uses her regular Bible study sessions as a chance to gossip. In the film, she's still overprotective but more of a ProperLady in terms of demeanor, and she takes Bible study much more seriously.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the books, she's overprotective and prone to outbursts, and she mostly uses her regular Bible study sessions as a chance to gossip. In the film, she's still overprotective but more of a ProperLady in terms of demeanor, and she takes Bible study much more seriously. Also, in the book she disapproved of Nick and Rachels marriage due to wanting him to marry into the family of one of her rich friends. In the film she tells Rachel that her reasons are because she assumed she would be selfish (for being an American).
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* {{Hypocrite}}: She tried to sabotage Nick and Rachels relationship due to her not coming from a rich family despite her also not coming from a rich family and receiving criticism from her own mother and law for it. Subverted int he second book when she says that her reasons for trying to break them up was so that Rachel WOULDNT go through what she went through.
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* HelicopterParents: A controlling father to his children, particularly to Astrid and Alexander.
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* MeddlingParents: A controlling father to his children, particularly to Astrid and Alexander.
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* HelicopterParents: Very controlling of who Nick marries, though she says it's for his own good.
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* MeddlingParents: Very controlling of who Nick marries, though she says it's for his own good.
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* IdleRich: His father is concerned about him not working and ever being competent enough to run the company, but he sells imported luxury sports cars on the side to his friends.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: His father is concerned about him not working and ever being competent enough to run the company, but he sells imported luxury sports cars on the side to his friends.
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* OddFriendship: Surprisingly develops a good relationship with Eleanor Young, despite how different they are in background and personality. It helps that they both want grandkids and that due to her job Kerry is able to give Eleanor sound advice on real estate market investment.
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* OddFriendship: By the end of book two, she and Kerry Chu get along quite well, due to both wanting grandkids and Kerry having very insightful advice on the real estate market.
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While we can use redirects like The Man Behind The Woman and Well Done Daughter Gal and Adaptational Nice Girl, we're not supposed to edit trope names like that. Additionally, Widow Woman is no longer a trope and I removed a shoehorned example.
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* WidowWoman: Her husband Sir James died many years ago.
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* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind the Woman]]: Only at [[spoiler:her will reading]] do Su Yi's children find out [[spoiler:that she was never in control of the family fortune, as many people believed, but Alfred was.]]
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* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind the Woman]]: TheManBehindTheWoman: Only at [[spoiler:her will reading]] do Su Yi's children find out [[spoiler:that she was never in control of the family fortune, as many people believed, but Alfred was.]]
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* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Gal]]: Su Yi thinks Felicity displays "cloying" and "obsequious" behavior around her.
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* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: In the books, Colin hints that Araminta is often skeptical of "new people," and she throws a fit over Astrid wearing an already-worn dress to her wedding. In the movie, she genuinely is as nice as she seems.
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* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: AdaptationalNiceGirl: In the books, Colin hints that Araminta is often skeptical of "new people," and she throws a fit over Astrid wearing an already-worn dress to her wedding. In the movie, she genuinely is as nice as she seems.
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* [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou Don't Make Her Destroy You]]: Tries to talk Nick out of marrying Rachel on the ground that Su Yi will disinherit him and many doors in Asian society will be closed to him. [[spoiler:Turns out Jacqueline was getting ahead of herself; Su Yi never intended such a thing.]]
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* CoolPet: Valentino, her $250k arowana.
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* DotingGrandparent: Carol for Gisele, Nadine for Francesca's son Josh.
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* MyBelovedSmother: By the end of the series, inspired by Empress Cixi, she is planning turn her son Harvard into an absolute MommasBoy and is depicted still breastfeeding him at age 3.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Has a major breakdown near the end of ''Rich People Problems'', which leads to her leaking revenge porn of Astrid and Charlie and try to hang herself with her gown in their new leaving room. However, the chandelier breaks under her weight, which puts her in a short coma but saves her life.]]
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* AttentionWhore: Everything always has to be about him. Even in [[spoiler: his grandmother's obituary]], his name is thrice the size of hers and the text includes a link to his private banking services.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: At one point, he breaks down in front of his mother and blames him for all his problems, essentially claiming that he is an AttentionWhore because she married a man with the wrong family name, and an AbusiveParent because [[ItMakesSenseInContext she never gave him a butt massage]]. He still has to take these issues to a therapist and do the work to be better about it.
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* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: After Fiona threatens to divorce him, he agrees to see a therapist and becomes a better husband, father and brother. He remains his [[AttentionWhore over-the-top]] self, however.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Living away from his family and their environment has made him a lot more down to earth than most of them.
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* OnlySaneMan: Among the Young sisters. She's clearly more pleasant and down-to-earth than any of them.
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* DecoyProtagonist: While she is very much at the center of ''Crazy Rich Asians'' and ''China Rich Girlfriend'', she is completely peripheral in ''Rich People Problems'', which focuses on Nick and his relatives.
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* VillainHasAPoint: As harsh as she is toward Rachel, she does have a fundamentally sound point that marriage is more than about love. Rachel seems to accept this by being willing to break up with Nick rather than force him to choose between him and his mother.
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* ChurchLady: Corinna Ko-Tung notes that Fiona is one of the few true Christians at their elite Hong Kong church, where she runs the after-service coffee hour in chic designer dresses. Fiona proves Corinna right when she magnanimously forgives Kitty Pong for her past social transgressions.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: Don't get him talking about his watch. You'll never hear the end of it.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: Don't get him talking about [[BillionaireWristband his watch.watch]]. You'll never hear the end of it.
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* AbusiveParents: His approach to disciplining Cassian for very typical five-year-old behavior is much harsher than it needs to be.
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* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Never takes advantage of his Astrid's wealth and outright refuses to accept certain lavish gifts from the Leongs.
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* NotWithThemForTheMoney: She didn't know about Nick's wealth when they got together, and it doesn't make him more appealing when she finds out--quite the opposite, in fact, given how put off she is by much of his Singapore circle.
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* TrueBlueFemininity: She tends to favor this color.
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* IHaveNoSon: Disowned his son Alexander for marrying a Malaysian woman.
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* PetTheDog: At [[spoiler:the reading of Shang Su Yi's will, Felicity complains that she'll be a nobody after not getting much in the will, only for Harry to assure her that she'll never be a nobody.]]
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* PetTheDog: At [[spoiler:the reading of Shang Su Yi's will, will]], Felicity complains that she'll be a nobody after not getting much in the will, only for Harry to assure her that she'll never be a nobody.]]
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* DreadfulMusician: [[spoiler:His performance of "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Creator/BetteMidler for Shang Su Yi's funeral leaves much to be desired.]]
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* DreadfulMusician: [[spoiler:His His performance of "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Creator/BetteMidler for [[spoiler:for Shang Su Yi's funeral funeral]] leaves much to be desired.]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Gave Michael a big boost in business so he and Astrid would get back together. It doesn't work when Michael takes a level in jerkass and starts abusing Astrid and Cassian]].
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Gave Michael a big boost in business so he and Astrid would get back together. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It doesn't work work]] when Michael takes a level in jerkass and starts abusing Astrid and Cassian]].
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* FatBastard: The film version is noticeably chunkier than his classmates Nick and Colin, and much more unpleasant.
