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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell is a send-up of infamously unstable record producer Music/PhilSpector.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell is a send-up of infamously unstable record producerMusic/PhilSpector.Music/PhilSpector.
** Heavyweight boxing champion Randy Black was loosely based on Muhammad Ali.
** Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell is a send-up of infamously unstable record producer
** Heavyweight boxing champion Randy Black was loosely based on Muhammad Ali.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: When Roxanne remarks on Casey's less-than-pleasant run-in with Porter, Casey sums up her thoughts by uttering "Men," to which Roxanne simply replies "Ninety-nine percent." Casey makes an exception for Harris and considers him her friend, until the two sleep together while under the influence and she chases him off in the morning, saying he's just like all the rest.
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* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Z-Man, near the end of the movie.
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* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Z-Man, Z-Man takes the costume party he throws near the end of the movie.film too seriously, starting to believe he really is the "Superwoman" he's dressed as. [[spoiler:The delusion eventually escalates into murderous insanity, with Z-Man killing all his guests.]]
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** Yes, [[spoiler: Lance]], continue to taunt Z-Man about [[spoiler: his/her breasts]] while he's ''waving around a sword. And you're tied up.'' WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
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** Yes, [[spoiler: Lance]], [[spoiler:Lance]], continue to taunt Z-Man about [[spoiler: his/her [[spoiler:his/her breasts]] while he's ''waving around a sword. And you're tied up.'' WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: Z-Man is a woman. Or a transgender man. Or a transgender woman who's had breast implants. It's left vague. (Roger Ebert called Z-Man a woman, but the Narrator at the end refers to said character with male pronouns.)]]
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: Z-Man [[spoiler:Z-Man is a woman. Or a transgender man. Or a transgender woman who's had breast implants. It's left vague. (Roger Ebert called Z-Man a woman, but the Narrator at the end refers to said character with male pronouns.)]]
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler:Z-Man reveals a pair of very feminine breasts to Lance. Lance reacts with shock, then hysterical laughter as he mocks Z-Man and calls him/her "an ugly broad". Z-Man doesn't take it well and decapitates Lance.]]
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* WallGlower: At Z-Man's first party, Casey refrains from mingling and retreats to the quieter places she can find. After that she prefers skipping Z-Man's parties altogether and staying home. [[spoiler:When she's convinced to attend another one, it ironically proves fatal to her.]]
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Troubled But Cute describes bad boys, which Harris isn't.
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* EvilLawyerJoke: Z-Man sardonically presents law student Emerson like this, although Emerson is actually a legitimate NiceGuy.
-->'''Z-Man:''' Beware, fair maiden, of Emerson Thorne. Behind that friendly mask lies fermenting the unholy seed... of a ''lawyer''.
-->'''Z-Man:''' Beware, fair maiden, of Emerson Thorne. Behind that friendly mask lies fermenting the unholy seed... of a ''lawyer''.
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* EvilLawyerJoke: Z-Man sardonically presents law student Emerson like this, as some kind of budding demon, although Emerson is actually a legitimate NiceGuy.
-->'''Z-Man:''' Beware, fair maiden, of Emerson Thorne. Behind that friendly mask lies fermenting the unholyseed... of seed of... a ''lawyer''.
-->'''Z-Man:''' Beware, fair maiden, of Emerson Thorne. Behind that friendly mask lies fermenting the unholy
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* TroubledButCute: Harris.
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** [[spoiler:Casey]] would have done better to run far away from [[spoiler:Z-Man]]'s house and seek help instead of just going in and out of the premises, playing a cat-and-mouse game that ends badly for her.
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** [[spoiler:Casey]] would have done better to run far away from [[spoiler:Z-Man]]'s house and seek help instead of just going in and out of the premises, playing trying to keep herself hidden until her friends arrive. It's a cat-and-mouse game that ends badly for her.
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* TooDumbToLive: Yes, [[spoiler: Lance]], continue to taunt Z-Man about [[spoiler: his/her breasts]] while he's ''waving around a sword. And you're tied up.'' WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** Yes, [[spoiler: Lance]], continue to taunt Z-Man about [[spoiler: his/her breasts]] while he's ''waving around a sword. And you're tied up.''WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrongWhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
** [[spoiler:Casey]] would have done better to run far away from [[spoiler:Z-Man]]'s house and seek help instead of just going in and out of the premises, playing a cat-and-mouse game that ends badly for her.
** Yes, [[spoiler: Lance]], continue to taunt Z-Man about [[spoiler: his/her breasts]] while he's ''waving around a sword. And you're tied up.''
** [[spoiler:Casey]] would have done better to run far away from [[spoiler:Z-Man]]'s house and seek help instead of just going in and out of the premises, playing a cat-and-mouse game that ends badly for her.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Z-Man kills Roxanne by putting his gun in her mouth while she sleeps and then shooting her when she wakes up. He also puts a bullet right through Casey's forehead, killing her immediately.]]
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* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Z-Man decapitates Lance with an antique sword.]]
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* SoundtrackDissonance: While Lance is punching the lights out of Harris, a hippie rock song is playing. The lyrics go like this: "Come with the gentle people, spread love across the land..."
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* SoundtrackDissonance: SoundtrackDissonance:
** While Lance is punching the lights out of Harris, a hippie rock song is playing. The lyrics go like this: "Come with the gentle people, spread love across the land...""
** Z-Man [[spoiler:decapitates Lance]] to the triumphant tune of the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
** While Lance is punching the lights out of Harris, a hippie rock song is playing. The lyrics go like this: "Come with the gentle people, spread love across the land...
** Z-Man [[spoiler:decapitates Lance]] to the triumphant tune of the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
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* MrExposition: When Kelly arrives at Z-Man's first party, he gives her a run-down of the secondary characters (Ashley, Roxanne, Lance, Emerson, Otto).
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* MrExposition: When Kelly arrives at Z-Man's first party, he gives her a run-down of the secondary characters (Ashley, Roxanne, Lance, Emerson, Otto). Later Z-Man explains to Petronella who Baxter is and his history with Susan.
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* KarmaHoudini: Ashley gets out of the movie completely unscathed, despite the fact that her callousness led to ruin for both Harris and Casey. Even antagonistic characters that weren't caught up in the climactic massacre, such as Porter and Randy, get some sort of comeuppance for their actions, making it all the more noticeable that it's not the case for Ashley (in fairness, her worst actions still make her less evil than an attempted embezzler and an attempted rapist).
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* AbortionFalloutDrama: Casey gets pregnant from sleeping with Harris. She wants to keep the baby after Harris becomes paralyzed since this would be Harris' only shot at having a child, but Roxanne convinces her to have an abortion as the baby would be a ChildByRape. Casey goes along with it without really being sure and it takes an emotional toll on her. [[spoiler:And then she dies at the end, the implication being that it is karma either for her abortion or lesbianism (or both).]]
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Z-Man is very talkative and very fond of Shakespearean vocabulary.
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* GenderBlenderName: [[spoiler:"Ronnie" is a pretty ambiguous name, and the climax may make you second-guess whether it's not short for Veronica instead of Ronald. It's worth noting that Phil Spector (Ronnie's basis) was married to ''Ronnie'' Spector at the time of this movie's production and release.]]
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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Kelly seduces Porter Hall, but much to his humiliation, he can't get it up. She makes him a deal that she won't tell as long as he stays out of the way of her getting her share of the inheritance.
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* DisposableFiance: Baxter Wolfe is introduced midway into the film alongside his fiance. And within a minute he ditches her literally as soon as he reunites with his old flame Susan. Seeing this, the poor fiance is in dire need of a drink and drops out of the film immediately.
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* NewOldFlame: Baxter is introduced as Susan's former love interest who tried proposing to her but was a victim of bad timing. They quickly get back together upon his return (with Baxter ditching his fiance to do so) and get married at the end.
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* LongLostRelative: Kelly is Susan's long-lost niece. Susan was apparently estranged from her sister Catherine and so had never met Kelly before. Not only does Susan immediately believe Kelly despite the lack of evidence, but this whole plot point is resolved within the first 10-ish minutes of the film before moving on to something else.
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* SexMontage: The Rolls Royce sequence.
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* SexMontage: The SexMontage:
** Harris having sex with Ashley in her Rolls Roycesequence.is intercut with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (who he's moping about) having sex with her new lover Lance.
** Another montage occurs when Z-Man makes a toast to the Carrie Nations, showing the band's members having sex with their respective love interests.
** Harris having sex with Ashley in her Rolls Royce
** Another montage occurs when Z-Man makes a toast to the Carrie Nations, showing the band's members having sex with their respective love interests.
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* ForcefulKiss: After Ashley breaks up with Harris, who's very drunk and despondent, he goes up to Kelly and Lance while they're making out and tears Kelly away to forcefully kiss her. This leads to the fight between him and Lance.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: While Lance is punching the lights out of Harris, a hippie rock song is playing. The lyrics go like this: "Come with the gentle people, spread love across the land..."
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* BondOneLiner:
** "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance." Said by Z-Man [[spoiler:as a promise to Lance when he turns down his advances. Lance is tied up in the next scene and shortly loses his head.]]
** "You beg for mercy, while the cries of six million innocents still ring in your ears? They are waiting for you!" Also said by Z-Man [[spoiler:before he kills Otto.]]
** "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance." Said by Z-Man [[spoiler:as a promise to Lance when he turns down his advances. Lance is tied up in the next scene and shortly loses his head.]]
** "You beg for mercy, while the cries of six million innocents still ring in your ears? They are waiting for you!" Also said by Z-Man [[spoiler:before he kills Otto.]]
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* PreMortemOneLiner: "You beg for mercy, while the cries of six million innocents still ring in your ears? They are waiting for you!" [[spoiler:Said by Z-Man before he kills Otto, who's dressed as a Nazi.]]
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Emerson is often too busy studying to spend time with Petronella, something Randy is quite happy to lampshade as he talks her into sleeping with him.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Emerson arrives home to find his girlfriend Petronella in bed with Randy. Much melodrama ensues.
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: The parties thrown by Z-Man very quickly descend into people having sex in every corner of the house, most likely after plastering and/or stoning themselves.
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* RejectingTheInheritance: Kelly could demand some of Aunt Susan's inheritance, but is fine with letting her keep it all. At least until Lance convinces her she should demand her share.
* RhymingList: Kelly and Harris alternately list the things they adore and loathe (respectively) about Hollywood in rhyming dialogue, set to a montage, before they agree to go there.
* RhymingList: Kelly and Harris alternately list the things they adore and loathe (respectively) about Hollywood in rhyming dialogue, set to a montage, before they agree to go there.
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* ShoutOut: Ashley mentioning that her latest film got banned in Cincinnatti is probably a reference to Russ Meyer's ''Film/Vixen1968'' getting the exact same treatment.
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Lesbian couple Casey and Roxanne are killed by Z-Man, and Z-Man himself (herself?), who appeared to be a man throughout the movie but is revealed to have female breasts in the climax, dies shortly after.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Lesbian couple Casey and Roxanne are killed by Z-Man, and Z-Man himself (herself?), who appeared to be a man throughout the movie but is revealed to have female breasts in the climax, dies shortly after.]]
* TheCameo: Haji, best known for playing Rosie in ''Film/FasterPussycatKillKill'', also by Russ Meyer, appears as a nude model (with flowers covering the important bits) at Aunt Susan's studio and again at Z-Man's party where Harris fights Lance and she says the line "What I see is beyond your dreams."
* TheCameo: Haji, best known for playing Rosie in ''Film/FasterPussycatKillKill'', also by Russ Meyer, appears as a nude model (with flowers covering the important bits) at Aunt Susan's studio and again at Z-Man's party where Harris fights Lance and she says the line "What I see is beyond your dreams."
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* BungledSuicide: Feeling more and more distant from his friends and [[GayngstInducedSuicide struggling with the possibility that he might be something else than straight]], Harris tries to kill himself on live television by jumping off a high ceiling beam in the studio while the Carrie Nations are performing. He survives, but becomes paralyzed from the waist down.
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* CoitusUninterruptus: Various people are having sex in various locations at Z-Man's party (something he seems flattered by), and for the most part they don't stop when Z-Man and Kelly walk in on them; special mention goes to the couple who keep at it in a bathtub as Z-Man just casually walks in with Kelly to show her the veritable garden he keeps in his bathroom, and he pays them no attention as he caresses the plants and gets poetic about how Hollywood is a jungle.
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* TwoPersonPoolParty: At Z-Man's party, couples can be seen having sex in his large bathtub and his pool.
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!!"Beyond The Valley of the Tropes":
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Casey, Lance, Otto, Roxanne, Z-Man. Harris nearly dies.]]
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Randy tries to rape Pet and Z-Man tries to rape Lance.]]
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Randy tries to rape Pet and Z-Man tries to rape Lance.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Casey, Lance, Otto, Roxanne, Z-Man. Harris nearly dies.AmbiguousGenderIdentity: [[spoiler:Is Z-Man male? Female? Trans? A hermaphrodite? That's a mystery for the ages, especially as Ebert admitted the twist about Z-Man's gender is supposed to be nonsensical and shocking for its own sake.]]
*AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Every character that attends Z-Man's last party becomes a mortal victim of his sudden rampage. Even Casey isn't spared despite being part of the main triad of characters.]]
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** Randy tries to rape Pet but Emerson intervenes, allowing Pet to grab a knife andZ-Man tries force Randy to rape Lance.leave.
** [[spoiler:Z-Man gets a bit insistent with Lance, but Lance talks him down by basically demeaning him. Lance's resistance and callousness causes things to go in a very different direction (the massacre).]]
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* AttemptedRape:
** Randy tries to rape Pet but Emerson intervenes, allowing Pet to grab a knife and
** [[spoiler:Z-Man gets a bit insistent with Lance, but Lance talks him down by basically demeaning him. Lance's resistance and callousness causes things to go in a very different direction (the massacre).]]
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** "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance."
" Said by Z-Man [[spoiler:as a promise to Lance when he turns down his advances. Lance is tied up in the next scene and shortly loses his head.]]
** "You beg for mercy, while the cries of six million innocents still ring in your ears? They are waiting foryou!"
you!" Also said by Z-Man [[spoiler:before he kills Otto.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Casey and Roxanne, who had a lesbian affair, are killed by Z-Man, and Z-Man himself (herself?), who appeared to be a man through the movie but is revealed to have female breasts in the climax, dies shortly after.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Lesbian couple Casey and Roxanne, who had a lesbian affair, Roxanne are killed by Z-Man, and Z-Man himself (herself?), who appeared to be a man through throughout the movie but is revealed to have female breasts in the climax, dies shortly after.]]
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* HorribleHollywood: Three girls and a guy come to Hollywood to find money and fame, but the place's decadence causes them to lose touch with their morals and make terrible choices (Kelly, Pet and Harris all have flings with jerkasses, while Casey has an accidental one-night stand with Harris that leads to an abortion).
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* OnTheRebound: Harris is distraught over Kelly drifting away from him and into Lance's arms, and that's why he hooks up with Ashley, admittedly after much prodding from her. She's only looking for sex though, so she's not much comfort.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Porter Hall, one of the main villains, is named after character actor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Hall Porter Hall]], who tended to play villains or incompetent characters.
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* {{Slimeball}}: Porter Hall, Aunt Susan's accountant. He wants to discourage Susan from sharing her inheritance with her niece because he has designs to embezzle it himself. He holds himself as superior over the Kelly Affair/Carrie Nations, deriding them as hippies, however he sleeps with Kelly as a bribe and sexually harasses Casey practically at the same time as he calls her a freak.
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: Ashley has a really funny one while having sex with Harris in her Rolls Royce.
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* TheCameo: Haji, best known for playing Rosie in ''Film/FasterPussycatKillKill'', also by Russ Meyer, appears as a nude model (with flowers covering the important bits) at Aunt Susan's studio and again at Z-Man's party where Harris fights Lance and she says the line "What I see is beyond your dreams."
