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*HereditaryWeddingDress: Emma wears her mother's wedding dress when she walks down the aisle for sentimental and financial reasons (contrasting her with her friend/rival Liv, who has more money and chooses to wear a brand new Vera Wang wedding gown[[note]]in real life Emma's dress was also a Vera Wang, though with a more vintage design[[/note]]). [[spoiler:Emma's wedding ultimately doesn't place though, as she and her fiance break up at the altar]].

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* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Emma's fiance Fletcher turns out to be her false soulmate. They've been together for at least a decade and are initially happy to be getting married after Fletcher proposes, but the stress of wedding planning, Emma's increasingly hostile rivalry with her best friend Liv, and the previously shy and unassertive Emma becoming more outspoken and impulsive all puts a lot of strain on their relationship. After things reach a head at Emma and Liv's wedding ceremonies, Emma and Fletcher get into an argument in front of the guests, culminating in Emma tearfully realising that her fiance is still in love with the girl she was ten years ago, but that she's just not the same person anymore and they're no longer compatible. They call off the wedding and the ending reveals that Emma is now HappilyMarried to and having a baby with Liv's brother Nate, who has long had feelings for her]].



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Emma and Liv, due to their close childhood friendship.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Emma and Liv, due to their close childhood friendship. More emphasis is placed on their friendship with each other than their relationships with their grooms-to-be despite the film revolving around their weddings.



* ItsAllAboutMe: The general attitude of the two brides about their wedding day. Let's just forget about those pesky grooms.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: The general attitude of the two brides about their wedding day. Let's day increasingly becomes all about what ''they'' want for their big day and let's just forget about those pesky grooms.grooms. Neither bride is willing to compromise on her vision, to the point of trying to sabotage and one-up each other, much to the concern and exasperation of their grooms and guests.
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* OnlySaneMan: Fletcher, Emma's fiancé, who points out that she's acting immature over an easily resolvable conflict. [[spoiler:He gets dumped for his troubles.]]

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* OnlySaneMan: Fletcher, Emma's fiancé, who points out that she's acting immature over an easily resolvable conflict. [[spoiler:He gets dumped for his troubles.]] Considering her behavior during the movie, we can consider this a win for him]]



* WhatTheHellHero: Fletcher gives this to his fiancée. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for him.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Fletcher gives this to his fiancée. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for him. Or quite the opposite depending of your views.]]
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* AMinorKidroduction: the movie starts with the two leads as young girls having a pretend wedding in the attic.

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* AMinorKidroduction: the The movie starts with the two leads as young girls having a pretend wedding in the attic.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: After fixing up everything and becoming sister-in-laws, Liv and Emma both find out they're pregnant and due to give birth on the same day.]]

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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: After fixing up everything and becoming sister-in-laws, sisters-in-law, Liv and Emma both find out they're pregnant and due to give birth on the same day.]]
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Probably now best known for film critic Mark Kermode's declaration that he would quit his job if it didn't end up in the ten worst films of the year, since if there were ten movies worse than ''this'', he'd have no desire to stay in the industry. The first (and so far only) movie to come from Hudson's Birdie Productions.
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* ThirdActStupidity: Stupidity and Selfishness. Forst, this could all have been avoided if they'd agreed at the beginning of the movie to have a double wedding. Makes sense that they have lots of common friends, but it is also fair to say any bride wants to be in the centre. There's a scene where Liv remembers she switched the tape, and gives the real one back. She sends her assistant to deliver the real one... who hides it instead, saying "you'll thank me later." Well, no, she ''won't.'' He didn't know it was the real tape; he thought it would be a harmful one.

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* ThirdActStupidity: Stupidity and Selfishness. Forst, Worse, this could all have been avoided if they'd agreed at the beginning of the movie to have a double wedding. Makes sense that as they have lots of common friends, friends in common, but it is also fair to say any bride wants to be in the centre.center. There's a scene where Liv remembers she switched the tape, and gives the real one back. She sends her assistant to deliver the real one... who hides it instead, saying "you'll thank me later." Well, no, she ''won't.'' He didn't know it was the real tape; he thought it would be a harmful one.
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There is no relevant "what could have been" entry, unless we're arguing all teens are gay


* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Read the WhatCouldHaveBeen entry in the Trivia section. Now look again at the scene where the two roll around [[BelligerentSexualTension trying to fight with each other]], only to stop afterwards, breathing heavily in exhaustion.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Read the WhatCouldHaveBeen entry in the Trivia section. Now Just look again at the scene where the two roll around [[BelligerentSexualTension trying to fight with each other]], only to stop afterwards, breathing heavily in exhaustion.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: After fixing up everything and becoming sister-in-laws, Liv and Emma both find out they're pregnant and due to give birth on the same day.]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Emma and Liv, due to their close childhood friendship.

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%% * DisposableFiance: [[spoiler:Fletcher.]]

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%% * DisposableFiance: [[spoiler:Fletcher.[[spoiler:Fletcher, who ends up breaking up with Emma over her behavior on their wedding day.]]



* HideYourLesbians: Despite the subtext, Emma and Liv are paired up to marry different spouses on the same day, not each other.
* HomoeroticSubtext: A lot between childhood friends Emma and Liv.



%% * LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Emma and Nate.]]

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%% * LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Emma and Nate.Nate, who have minor ShipTease in the film and end up marrying and expecting a child together by the end.]]


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Liv and Emma have this reaction attempting to sabotage the other's wedding. It doesn't last long. And again when [[spoiler: Emma lashes out at Liv and tackles her on her wedding day]].


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* ShotGunWedding: Liv spreads a false rumor around saying that Emma is rushing to the altar because she's pregnant from Fletcher.
* ShoutOut: Liv complaining that she looks like a Smurf with her blue hair.
* SpottingTheThread: After gaining a few pounds, Liv realizes due to her fiancé's complete confusion and obliviousness that he wasn't the one sending her sweet treats as gifts; it was Emma who was trying to fatten her up knowing she wouldn't fit into her wedding dress.
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* BackToBackPoster: The film poster has protagonists and best friends Liv and Emma posed back-to-back on the cover, looking sweet in their wedding dresses. The film is about how their friendship is nearly ruined by the fact that they have the same wedding day.

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* {{Bridezilla}}: There are two of them.

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* {{Bridezilla}}: There are two of them. Emma and Liv are convinced that nothing is more important than their wedding and they start competing to upstage one another.



* DisposableFiance: [[spoiler:Fletcher.]]

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%% * DisposableFiance: [[spoiler:Fletcher.]]



* ForeignRemake: The 2015 remake moved the setting to China.



* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Emma and Nate.]]

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%% * LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Emma and Nate.]]



* [[MyHairCameOutGreen My Hair Came Out Blue]] ({{Invoked}}): Emma sabotaging Liv's hair dye.

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* [[MyHairCameOutGreen My Hair Came Out Blue]] ({{Invoked}}): MyHairCameOutGreen: Blue colour. {{Invoked}} as Emma sabotaging sabotages Liv's hair dye.dye while Liv is at the hairdresser's.



* [[ThirdActStupidity Third Act Selfishness]]:
** This could all have been avoided if they'd agreed to a double wedding.
** There's also a scene where Liv remembers she switched the tape, and gives the real one back. She sends her assistant to deliver the real one... who hides it instead, saying "you'll thank me later." Well, no, she ''won't.'' He didn't know it was the real tape; he thought it would be a harmful one.

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* [[ThirdActStupidity Third Act Selfishness]]:
** This
ThirdActStupidity: Stupidity and Selfishness. Forst, this could all have been avoided if they'd agreed at the beginning of the movie to have a double wedding.
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wedding. Makes sense that they have lots of common friends, but it is also fair to say any bride wants to be in the centre. There's also a scene where Liv remembers she switched the tape, and gives the real one back. She sends her assistant to deliver the real one... who hides it instead, saying "you'll thank me later." Well, no, she ''won't.'' He didn't know it was the real tape; he thought it would be a harmful one.

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