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Pretty Fly For A White Girl: She talks slang, has a sassy attitude,and even has N-word Privileges. Surprisingly, no one gets offended.

The Big "NO": More like the Big "Hell No" when Ronnie asks if she wants to dance at her brother's bachelor party. Obviously, she knows how disgusting Junior is.

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Pretty *Pretty Fly For A White Girl: Guy: She talks slang, has a sassy attitude,and even has N-word Privileges. Surprisingly, no one gets offended.

The *The Big "NO": More like the Big "Hell No" when Ronnie asks if she wants to dance at her brother's bachelor party. Obviously, she knows how disgusting Junior is.
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* GutturalGrowler: Badja Djola uses his quiet, gravelly voice.
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The only white girl who dances at The Players Club.

Pretty Fly For A White Girl: She talks slang, has a sassy attitude,and even has N-word Privileges. Surprisingly, no one gets offended.

The Big "NO": More like the Big "Hell No" when Ronnie asks if she wants to dance at her brother's bachelor party. Obviously, she knows how disgusting Junior is.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Together with Clyde spies on Dollar Bill for St. Louis.

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* DirtyCoward: He talks tough to his employees and people who can’t afford to talk back or risk being fired but when confronted by St Louis’s men? He completely shuts down like a deer in the headlights and at the end when St Louis himself enters the club to take care of him?? He endangers the lives of his strippers and customers to save his own ass.

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* DirtyCoward: He talks tough to his employees and people who can’t afford to talk back or risk being fired but when confronted by St Louis’s men? He completely shuts down like a deer in the headlights and at the end when St Louis himself enters the club to take care of him?? him? He endangers the lives of his strippers and customers to save his own ass.ass.
* HarmlessVillain: Even though his cowardice leaves him willing to let others be hurt or killed if it'll spare his own life, he's in no way a violent person himself.


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* LargeHam: He's excessively over-the-top in his speech and mannerisms.
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* DirtyCoward: He talks tough to his employees and people who can’t afford to talk back or risk being fired but when confronted by St Louis and his goons? He tries to run or beg for his life. Although at the end his luck has run out.

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* DirtyCoward: He talks tough to his employees and people who can’t afford to talk back or risk being fired but when confronted by St Louis Louis’s men? He completely shuts down like a deer in the headlights and his goons? He tries to run or beg for his life. Although at the end when St Louis himself enters the club to take care of him?? He endangers the lives of his luck has run out.strippers and customers to save his own ass.



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* [[spoiler: StartMyOwn: At the end is mentioned to manage his own strip club.club back in Chicago.]]
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* MeanBossMeanBoss: Doesn’t even begin to describe him.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do not cheat on Diana. Do not seduce her boyfriend, either. [[spoiler: Do not try to corrupt her loved ones]].

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do not cheat on Diana. Do not seduce her boyfriend, either. [[spoiler: Do not try to corrupt her loved ones]].ones. And do not...DO NOT...get said family RAPED]].

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRatingZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone hates him.



* ButtMonkey: L'il Man often suffers cruel jokes from people.

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* ButtMonkey: L'il Man often suffers cruel jokes from people.both gangsters and cops.



--> '''L'il Man''': Punk.
--> '''Blue''': Fetus.



* PsychoLesbian: Ronnie is either that or a DepravedBisexual. She starts acting like a predator around Diana since the moment she sees her. [[spoiler: She raped her once and almost does it again]].

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* PsychoLesbian: Ronnie is either that or a DepravedBisexual. She starts acting like a predator around Diana since the moment she sees her. [[spoiler: She Turns out she raped her once and almost does it again]].




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* BigBeautifulWoman: According to Fat Joe, the only patron that doesn't leave the club when she comes on stage.



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* NiceGuy
NiceGuy: He's just trying to make a living.



* PunchClockVillain: When asked, leaves Bill to fend for himself when Blue points a gun at them.

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* PunchClockVillain: When asked, he leaves Bill to fend for himself when Blue points a gun at them.



* MoreDakka: [[spoiler: When he doesn't get paid, he turns up at the club with a submachine gun.]]



--> Dollar Bill panicks.

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--> Dollar ''Dollar Bill panicks.''



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* FashionVictimVillain: Dresses very flamboyantly.

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* FashionVictimVillain: Dresses InUniverse. He dresses very flamboyantly.
flamboyantly and officer Peters tells him "this ain't no fashion show".



* {{RapeByProxy}}: He (and Clyde) couldn't rape Ebony when she was drunk because Diana intervened, so when she arrives at Junior's stag party, he makes Junior think she'd have sex with him and eggs him on. Then he turns up the music and leaves.
--> '''Reggie''': ''(to Ronnie)'' [[IronicEcho Tell her we understand, "no" do mean "no".]]



* ManChild: Acts immaturely.

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* ManChild: Acts immaturely.He gets into a BarBrawl all because Luke the rapper had his bodyguard snub him when he came for an autograph.



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* FatBastard
FatBastard: Parodied - he's shown to have trouble getting out of the car because of how fat he is.
* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: He loves hazing street punks.



* DeadpanSnarker: Cracks jokes at the expense of people who try to endear themselves to him by saying "me so horny" (apparently a song he made):

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* FourEyesZeroSoul: Not a very pleasant individual.

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* FourEyesZeroSoul: Not He's a very pleasant individual.nerdy-looking man who gets a crush on Diana after she dances for him once and then stalks her on her way home, trying aggressively to get in.

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* EvilDebtCollector: He's out for Dollar Bill's blood when he doesn't pay him 10,000 bucks back.
* EvilCripple: He's in a wheelchair.
* PetTheDog: He might roll into the club to shoot it up when he doesn't get his money back, but he gives the patrons and strippers a warning before he does.
--> '''St. Louis:''' If there's anybody here who don't wanna get murdered... GET THE FUUUUUCK OOOOOUT!
* SoftSpokenSadist: He never yells or raises his voice even when he orders Brooklyn to [[ColdBloodedTorture"make him feel better"]].

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* LameComeback: Is prone to those.

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* LameComeback: Is prone DeadpanSnarker: He delivers several one-liners to those.people who mess with him.
* SitcomArchnemesis: He and Blue dislike each other.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: Ronnie loses it when she witnesses how her brother has beaten Ebony bloody and unconscious in order to rape her. She simply leaves together with him, then gloats at Diamond about it and threatens her with the same]].
* PsychoLesbian: Ronnie is either that or a DepravedBisexual. She starts acting like a predator around Diana since the moment she sees her. [[spoiler: She raped her once and almost does it again]].

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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: At Junior's party has Clyde lure Ronnie away so he can talk Junior into raping Ebony. It's a revenge for her not agreeing to have sex with him and Clyde earlier.]]
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[[folder:Diana's family]]
!!Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong
The film's protagonist, Diana Armstrong is a young woman who has to work as a stripper at The Players' Club under the stage name 'Diamond'. She aspires to become a journalist.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do not cheat on Diana. Do not seduce her boyfriend, either. [[spoiler: Do not try to corrupt her loved ones]].
* ComingOfAgeStory: The film presents hers.
* HandCannon: Owns one and isn't afraid to use it.
* SingleMomStripper: Is pregnant with Jamal, her son, when she leaves her parents and has to work as a stripper to make a living ever since. [[spoiler: Later she finds a job as a news anchor]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler: Eventually finds one in Blue]].

!!Ebony
Diana's younger cousin who comes to live with her and is quickly engulfed by the stripper lifestyle.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama: Gets raped by Ronnie's brother at the end.]]
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[[folder: The Players' Club]]
!!William 'Dollar Bill' Dollar
The Players' Club manager, Dollar Bill is a cowardly buffoon who is constantly in debt and despised by his customers, his employees, the local crime boss and the police.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating
* DelusionsOfEloquence
* DirtyCoward
* JiveTurkey: Even compared to the other characters.
* MeanBoss
* PointyHairedBoss
* VillainousBreakdown: Constantly has those in the most pathetic way.

!!L'il Man
The club's gatekeeper.
* ButtMonkey: L'il Man often suffers cruel jokes from people.
* LameComeback: Is prone to those.
* [[spoiler: StartMyOwn: At the end is mentioned to manage his own strip club.]]

!!Tina
The club's bartender.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]
* YouAreNotAlone: Gives a pep talk to Diana, to whom she's likely the only friend at the club.

!!Ronnie
One of the more influential strippers in the club.
* CorruptTheCutie: Fails to do that to Diana. [[spoiler: Almost does it to Ebony]].
* EvilDebtCollector: Isn't nice at all to people who owe her money.

!!Trix
An aging stripper, Trix is a friend of Ronnie and just as rotten.

!!Blue
The club's DJ.
* NiceGuy

!!XL
The club's bouncer.
* PunchClockVillain: When asked, leaves Bill to fend for himself when Blue points a gun at them.
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[[folder: Gangsters]]
!!St. Louis
The resident drug dealer, he loaned $60,000 to Dollar Bill and is now trying to collect his money.

!!The Doctor
St. Louis' hitman, he is first sent to Dollar Bill with a shotgun to remind him of his debts.
* BangBangBANG: Averted. See HollywoodSilencer below:
--> '''The Doctor''': Maybe I should just BLAM!
--> Dollar Bill panicks.
--> '''The Doctor''': It's gonna be a ''pop'', fool.
* TheBrute
* EvilDebtCollector: Arguably scarier than St. Louis himself.
* EvilLaugh:
--> '''The Doctor''': Eheheh. [[spoiler: [[BrickJoke It's time to hear that ''pop'']].]]
* GutturalGrowler
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears one which only makes him scarier.
* HollywoodSilencer:
--> '''The Doctor''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Make. That. Payment]]. Or listen for the ''pop''.
* ScaryBlackMan: Waking you up by whacking you in the stomach with a shotgun in the middle of the night, then threatening to blow your brains out while forcing said shotgun in your mouth. Very scary indeed.
* WhiteGloves: Wears medical gloves in order to not leave fingerprints on the gun. Guess why.

!!Brooklyn
St. Louis' right-hand henchman.
* CigaretteBurns: Puts out his cigarette on L'il Man's nose.
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: Turns the club into this with a rocket launcher]].
* TheDragon: To St. Louis.
* TortureTechnician: [[DiscussedTrope Discusses]] torture techniques with K. C. when they capture Dollar Bill.

!!K.C.
Another of St. Louis' goons.
* BigBadWannabe: Tries to emulate Brooklyn's brutality, but fails miserably.
* TheDarkChick
* FashionVictimVillain: Dresses very flamboyantly.

!!Reggie
A thug sent by St. Louis to the club to spy on Dollar Bill.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: At Junior's party has Clyde lure Ronnie away so he can talk Junior into raping Ebony. It's a revenge for her not agreeing to have sex with him and Clyde earlier.]]
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Together with Clyde spies on Dollar Bill for St. Louis.

!!Clyde
Reggie's friend.
* LoonyFan: Of Luke.
* ManChild: Acts immaturely.
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[[folder: Others]]
!!Lance

!!Officer Freeman
* ActorAllusion: L'il Man tells him he looks like the father from ''Good Times''. The actor is the same.
* DirtyCop
* {{Jerkass}}: Shoves whatever he's eating (with chili sauce) under L'il Man's shirt after interrogation just to humiliate him.

!!Officer Peters
* DirtyCop
* FatBastard
* {{Jerkass}}
* PoliceBrutality: While interrogating L'il Man, he repeatedly slams his head against the car.

!!Luke
A local rapper celebrity, Luke is an occasional visitor to The Players' Club.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cracks jokes at the expense of people who try to endear themselves to him by saying "me so horny" (apparently a song he made):
--> '''L'il Man'': Oh, Luke! "Me so horny"!
--> '''Luke''': You look horny.

--> '''Trix'': "Me so horny"!
--> '''Luke''': You so damn fat.

!!Professor Mills
Diana's journalism professor at the college who despite her frequent absences, appreciates her effort and aids her with her studies.

!!Miron
A frequent client at The Players' Club. Fan of Diamond.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Not a very pleasant individual.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Diana.

!!Junior
Ronnie's brother.

* SpoiledBrat
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