History Film / Bridesmaids

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A jilted Rhodes snapping at Annie to get her '''fucking tail lights fixed''' because doesn't she understand how '''badly she can hurt people'''? ...[[LastSecondWordSwap with these... broken lights]]?

--> '''Annie:''' ''*badly disguising her voice*'' Hey, who's driving that car?

-->'''Annie:''' What woman gives another woman a trip to Paris?! Am I right? Les~bian!♪ We're all thinking it, aren't we?\\

* VolleyingInsults: Annie starts one of these fights with a pre-teen girl at the jewelry store.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: During the food poisoning scene, Rita sprays vomit on the toilet and wall before she can get the lid up, and then Becca [[{{Squick}} throws up in Rita's hair]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: Rita and Becca who show attraction to guys but also share a drunken kiss on a plane.

--> '''Annie:''' Look at this shower! Look at that ''fucking'' cookie! Did you really think that this group of women was gonna finish ''that'' cookie? Really, and you know that reminds me actually, I never got a chance to try that ''fucking'' cookie! *runs outside and marches towards the cookie* STUPID FUCKING COOKIE! *starts destroying it and shoving the pieces towards her face* Oooh, delicious!

---> '''Brynn:''' At first, I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book.

** '''Whitney:''' Don’t you dare ruin that dress!

** '''Lillian:''' Don't. You. Dare. Laugh.

--->'''Annie:''' What woman gives another woman a trip to Paris?! Am I right? Les~bian!♪ We're all thinking it, aren't we?\\

'''Becca:''' I'm not.

** '''Dougie:''' I do.

** '''Megan:''' I want to apologize. I'm not even confident on which end that came out of.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Once Helen and Annie are left by themselves at the dress shop, Helen, seeing Annie sweating and visibly trying to keep from throwing up, slowly makes her eat a candy-coated almond while taunting her about the entire scenario. Though Annie chooses to eat the almond anyway just to try and keep up the flimsy lie that she doesn't have food poisoning and feels fine instead of just admitting the meat made them sick.

* TrueCompanions: The film shows Annie and Lillian to be these, having been best friends ever since childhood.
** Megan actually proves herself to be a very loyal friend to Annie, as she gives her the harsh talk she needs after her meltdown at the bridal shower. She also gives Annie the motivation to take back control of her life.
* {{Twincest}}. Implied between Annie's roommates who are twin brother and sister and do things together such as bathing.
* TwitchyEye: Annie, when forced to choke down a snack in the midst of food poisoning.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Even though most of what's happening to Annie isn't her fault, some of her reactions just make her look like a jerk, including her behaviour towards Rhodes and completely ruining Lillian's bridal shower.
* TheVoiceless: [[SatelliteLoveInterest Dougie]] shows up in two scenes in the movie and despite being mentioned a lot, only has one line: "I do." Perry (Helen's husband) gets none, and neither does the mother of the bride.
* VolleyingInsults: Annie starts one of these fights with a teenage girl at the jewelry store.

* VivaLasVegas: Subverted; [[spoiler:the girls get kicked off the plane because of Annie's antics before reaching Vegas.]]

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Rita sprays vomit on the toilet and wall before she can get the lid up, and then Becca [[{{Squick}} pukes in Rita's hair]].
* WakeUpMakeUp: Both parodied and invoked in the opening scene, when Annie tiptoes into the bathroom to freshen up while her fuckbuddy is asleep. She then makes self-deprecating comments about how she looks first thing in the morning when he wakes up and compliments her.
* WeddingFinale: The final scene is Lillian's wedding to Doug.

* RichBitch: Helen. [[spoiler: Subverted though, as she turns out to be lonely and desperate for friends.]]
* RunningGag: People at a party asking Annie "and is this your husband?" only for her to turn around and see various complete strangers standing next to her.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Taken to the logical extreme -- fiancé Dougie has zero characterization and exactly one line: "I do."

** Megan's ideal bridal shower is a ''Film/FightClub.''
** On the plane to Las Vegas, Annie [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 sees a woman on the wing]].
** Lillian's husband's name is [[Film/TheHangover Doug]]ie.
** Rita mentions watching ''Series/TheDailyShow''.
* SignsOfDisrepair: "[-[[GenericGraffiti COCK BABY]]-]" on Annie's former bakery shop.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Annie, who is still deeply depressed by the breakdown of her marriage and the loss of her cupcake shop, is ''very'' snarky and rude, even to people who are trying to help her.
* StalkingIsLove: Annie repeatedly trying to rouse Rhodes' attention by performing illegal maneuvers in her car. This includes speeding, tossing litter at his window, swigging booze, talking on her cell phone, doing donuts beside his car, blasting gangsta rap, and [[NakedPeopleAreFunny going topless]]. It takes [[spoiler:bumping Rhodes' police car with hers]] to get him to acknowledge her.
* StepfordSmiler: Helen.
* StopHittingYourself: Megan uses this as a [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan motivational technique.]] It works!
* TantrumThrowing: Annie has an epic one at the bridal shower. She slightly overreaches when she attempts to push over an eight foot tall concrete fountain, though.
* ThemedParty: Helen throws a lavish Parisian-themed bridal shower for Lillian. Paris and French-themed party was originally Annie's idea (because she and the bride are childhood friends and she knows her very well). Helen, Lillian's new BFF, originally turned it down and later takes the credit. Annie brings a heartfelt handmade gift but Helen upstages her, too, by giving Lilian a trip to Paris with herself.
* ToiletHumor: The first sign that trouble's brewing at the dress shop is when Megan lets an enormous belch/fart, apologizes, and adds "I'm not entirely sure which end that came out of."
* TransparentCloset: Becca's husband, Kevin, is implied to be either gay or asexual, as he insists on having sex in the dark, under the covers, and only after they've showered...''separately'' -- and half the time, he pretends to be too tired afterward.
* TriangRelations: The HeterosexualLifePartners version of Type 7 where Annie and Helen are both competing to be Lillian's BFF.
* TrueCompanions: Megan actually proves herself to be a very loyal friend to Annie, as she gives her the harsh talk she needs, as well as giving her the motivation to take back control of her life.

* TheIngenue: Becca, who is extremely sweet, naive, and a fan of all things Disney.

* LastMinuteHookup: Hinted at with Annie's mom and the car mechanic, Bill Cozbi. "Don't I know you from [[TropaholicsAnonymous AA]]?" A surprise hookup is also revealed at Lillian's wedding: Megan and [[spoiler: Jon, the air marshal]].

'''Rhodes:''' ''[Interrupting, fed-up]'' Agh, don't... this didn't happen because of Helen. This happened because you didn't get your tail-lights fixed. It's pretty simple.
* NobodyPoops: Averted in a scene where the bridesmaids get food poisoning from a Brazilian restaurant during a fitting for bridesmaid dresses.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Rhodes, whose actor was prepared to put on an American accent, but everyone liked his native Irish accent too much, and they told him to just use it.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A jilted Rhodes snapping at Annie to get her '''her fucking tailights fixed''' because doesn't she understand how '''badly she can hurt people'''? ...[[LastSecondWordSwap with these... broken lights]]?

* PaperThinDisguise: Annie tries to sneak into first class wearing a pair of sunglasses. It doesn't work.

* PottyFailure: In the street and in a sink.
* PowerWalk: Boarding the plane to Vegas.
* ProperLady: Whitney from Belle en Blanc, right down to the PrimAndProperBun. It only makes the bridesmaids fitting all the more cringeworthy...
** “Don’t you dare ruin that dress!”

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lillian unveiling her clownish wedding dress. "Don't. You. Dare. Laugh."
* RageBreakingPoint:
** Helen stealing Annie's idea for a Parisian bridal shower. Annie bites her tongue... until Lillian is presented with a bona fide ''plane ticket to Paris''.

** Officer Rhodes isn't exactly happy when he delivers his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Annie after her car accident, but he's at least attempting to keep his temper under control... until her ride comes along and its her {{Jerkass}} fuck-buddy Ted, at which point he finally snaps and storms off.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Helen's extravagant ideas for the wedding ended up jacking up the price beyond what was predicted, and Lillian ended up letting that happen through complacency, and now her father can't afford the wedding]].
** Annie constantly forgets to get her taillights fixed, which eventually culminates in her car getting badly reared. Rhodes is pretty quick to point this out.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Annie gets one from Megan,[[spoiler:after Annie's meltdown at the bridal shower leads her to get un-invited from the wedding]]. Megan is hoping to inspire Annie to "fight for [her] crappy life" rather than sitting around and feeling sorry for herself.
** She also gets one from Nathan, which initially starts out as an admonition for not getting her tail-lights fixed after she gets into a car accident, and eventually morphs into a rant about how much she hurt his feelings and her refusal to take responsibility for her life.
* RichBitch: [[spoiler:Subverted. Turns out Helen is just lonely and desperate for approval and friends.]]

--> "And by Megan, I mean myself."

--> "We'd like to invite you to no longer live with us anymore."

--> "Nothing's happening... I think everybody has the flu."

--> "Look at this shower! Look at that ''fucking'' cookie! Did you really think that this group of women was gonna finish ''that'' cookie? Really, and you know that reminds me actually, I never got a chance to try that ''fucking'' cookie! *runs outside and marches towards the cookie* STUPID FUCKING COOKIE! *starts destroying it and shoving the pieces towards her face* Oooh, delicious!"

--> "That stuff you were doing would've been dangerous for a GOOD driver!"

--> "Velcome to Germany! Auf wiedersehen, asshole!"

--> "Hey, Mom. You know when you thought I'd hit bottom? That wasn't the bottom."

---> Brynn: "At first, I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book."

* IncrediblyLameFun: One of the bridesmaids wants to throw Lillian a {{Creator/Pixar}}-themed bridal shower.
* TheIngenue: Becca, who is extremely naive, sweet, and a huge fan of all things Disney.
* InsultBackfire: Annie's remark that Lillian needs to take her head out of Helen's asshole, "which I'm sure is perfectly bleached!", prompts this.
-->'''Lillian:''' [[spoiler:You know what? It IS! And you know how I know? Because I went to the fucking salon with her, and I got ''MY'' asshole bleached too! AND I ''LOVE'' MY NEW ASSHOLE!!!]]

** Jon Hamm's character Ted.
** Annie's male roommate
* KarmaHoudini: Helen. Despite the fact that she is the antagonist in the film, she never seems to get called out on anything and continues to upstage Annie at the end of the film. [[spoiler:This is possibly because Helen is gradually revealed to be quite sympathetic herself, and not entirely the antagonist Annie imagines her to be, being more thoughtlessly over-eager rather than actively malicious.]]

'''Stepson:''' [[spoiler:Fuck off, Helen.]]
** Annie's roommates never receive any comeuppance for their rudeness.

* LastMinuteHookup: Hinted at with Annie's mom and the car mechanic. "Don't I know you from [[TropaholicsAnonymous AA]]?" A surprise hookup is revealed at Lillian's wedding: Megan and [[spoiler:the air marshal]].
* LineOfSightName: Annie's made-up boyfriend, George...Glass.
** Which is also a ShoutOut to ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
* LoserProtagonist: Annie, who starts out working a dead end job which she gets fired from later, forcing her to move back in with her mother, is almost 40 and still unmarried, and throughout the movie serves as the third wheel to her best friend who is engaged with a rich man and has a new best friend in the form of a RichBitch who lavishly flaunts her wealth.
* MileHighClub: Megan attempts to join this on the plane.
* ModestyBedsheet: ''A la'' [[Series/SexAndTheCity Carrie Bradshaw]], Annie keeps her bra on for sex.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer and ad campaign is all about the bridesmaids as a group despite that not being the case in the movie overall. The [[http://youtu.be/LzsHQCb4Cqo second trailer]] actually portrays the movie much more accurately than the much more shown first trailer. The second trailer chooses to focus more on Annie and Lillian's friendship.
* NeverMyFault: One of the things Nathan calls Annie out on in his angry "tail-lights" rant is her tendency to fall back on blaming others for what happens to her, which allows her to wallow in depression and victimisation instead of taking any action that might actually help get her life sorted out. He phrases it in terms of a car accident that resulted because her tail-lights weren't working, but it's pretty clear what the subtext is.

'''Nathan:''' ''[Interrupting, fed-up]'' Agh, don't... this didn't happen because of Helen. This happened because you didn't get your tail-lights fixed. It's pretty simple.
* NobodyPoops: Averted in a scene where the bridesmaids get food poisoning from a Brazilian restaurant.
* NoSocialSkills: [[spoiler:Helen (over-) plans lavish parties to make up for the fact she has very few female friends.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Rhodes, whose actor was prepared to put on an American accent but everyone liked his native Irish accent too much, and they told him to just use it.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A jilted Rhodes snapping at Annie to get her '''her fucking tailights fixed'''! Doesn't she understand how '''badly she can hurt people'''? ...[[LastSecondWordSwap with these... broken lights]]?
* OutOfFocus: After being major supporting characters in the first half of the film Rita and Becca are more or less DemotedToExtra for the second half - they still appear but have very few lines and no plot importance.

* PaperThinDisguise: Annie tries to sneak into First Class wearing a pair of sunglasses. It doesn't work.
* PlaneAwfulFlight: For Annie. The flight itself goes pretty smoothly. It gets off to a bad start because Annie can't afford first class and ends up the only person in coach from her party. Annie takes a pill from Helen with booze, which leads to her essentially hallucinating throughout the flight thanks to an extremely paranoid seat mate. It then gets especially bad for everyone else when Annie starts screaming about there being a woman on the wing and the flight gets grounded as a result.
* PostersAlwaysLie: The posters (like the one at the top of this page) show the bridemaids in dresses they don't wear in the film. They wear purple, not strapless ones in the film.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Played with. After her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech fails, Megan essentially tackles/wrestles with Annie and won't let her up until Annie slaps ''her''. It's the slap that proves to them both that Annie still has some fight left in her and is the catalyst for her [[spoiler:starting to apologize to Rhodes]].
* GilliganCut: When picking up Lillian from her apartment before the wedding, Annie tells her that she's sure the wedding will go perfectly, and that it'll be ''tasteful'' since Helen's planning it. Cut to the wedding, [[spoiler:which includes a really tacky laser light show]].

* GladIThoughtOfIt: Helen turns down Annie's idea for a Parisian-themed bridal shower, only to actually ending up using the theme for the bridal shower.
-->"Velcome to Germany! Auf wiedersehen, asshole!"
* GratuitousSpanish: When Annie attempts to continually upstage Helen at the engagement toasts, she eventually runs out of meaningful things to say and tries to tell her something in Spanish, which comes out unintelligible.
* GreenEyedMonster: Annie's jealousy of Helen just makes everything worse for her. [[spoiler:She's surprised to learn that Helen is jealous of ''her'' for her genuinely close relationship with Lillian, and tries to compensate with elaborate gestures because that's what she's good at.]]
* TheHecateSisters: Outside of the FreudianTrio of Annie, Lillian, and Helen, the three other bridesmaids form this: Becca is the maiden (of the "naive ditz" variety, Rita is the mother, and Megan is the crone, although Megan takes on the mother's tendency towards plumpness and eccentricity, while Rita is sharper-tongued.

* HollywoodLaw: After the main characters' flight to Las Vegas is diverted to Casper, Wyoming, so Annie can be taken off after her inflight antics, nothing else happens. In real life anyone taken off a plane this way is sent the bill for the diversion by the airline, whose landing fees and fuel costs will usually run into five figures. And given that Annie is seen being escorted by two police officers, she'd likely be facing federal charges of interfering with a flight crew as well
* HumiliationConga: The movie might as well be called ''Annie's Humiliation Conga''. She's lost all of her money in a failed business venture and been dumped shortly afterwards, is working in a dead-end job, living with a weirdo and his weirdo mooch sister, and is in a Friends-With-Benefits relationship with the aforementioned {{Jerkass}}. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just at the start of the movie]]. [[spoiler:She goes on to lose said job and apartment, move in with her mother, drive away her best friend and a potential love interest...]]
-->"Hey, Mom. You know when you thought I'd hit bottom? That wasn't the bottom."
* HypocriticalHumor: Rita's complaints about her sons badmouthing her turn up to be this.
--> '''Rita''' (''to her sons''): Shut your filthy fucking mouths!
* IkeaErotica: Quite a few of Annie's facial expressions with her boyfriend makes it clear she isn't enjoying anything he is doing with her. It's specially noticeable when he grabs and massages her breast and she just looks around confused.
* ImplausibleDeniability: "At first I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book."
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Lillian's wedding dress, designed by a famous designer in France, went a little too far.
* IncestSubtext: Annie's roommates, who are brother and sister, are seen bathing each other.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed. Annie prefers her {{jerkass}} sex buddy rather than the sweet, loving cop she met, but that's just one of the ways her self-destructive tendencies come to the surface. She clearly has feelings for Rhodes, but can't bring herself to act on them, just as much as she can't bring herself to fix up her life. Rather than take the chance of going after someone better, she'd rather settle for a relationship that she knows is bad for her in the long run to avoid being hurt.

* ChekhovsGun: Annie's car's [[TheAllegedCar busted tail-lights and dodgy ignition]]. [[spoiler:She gets in a fender-bender when the car behind her can't see her braking, and despite the minor bump, the car speeds away. This leads to Rhodes chewing her out for her irresponsibility (and he's ''definitely'' not talking about anything other than the lights) and adds to her ongoing HumiliationConga.]]

--> "Did you think all these women were going to finish ''that'' cookie? Oh, that reminds me, actually, I never got to try that FUCKING COOKIE! *runs outside and starts ''attacking the cookie''* "STUPID FUCKING COOKIE! Oooh, delicious!"

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Woman who needs to get her life together and does so over the course of the movie" genre; try as she might to come out on top, Annie progressively makes things worse.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Annie [[InvokedTrope does this on purpose]] to attract Rhodes' attention when he's deliberately ignoring her. He's under the impression she always drives badly, since she was swerving when he first pulled her over and keeps her car in bad condition.
-->"That stuff you were doing would've been dangerous for a GOOD driver!"
* DrowningMySorrows: Rita and Becca getting shitfaced on the plane and swapping horror stories about their marriages. This ends with [[KissingUnderTheInfluence both women awkwardly kissing]].
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Helen giving Annie tranquilizers ''and'' alcohol to cope with her fear of flying.
* EveryoneMustBePaired: Every character ends up in a relationship or is in one from the beginning: Helen, Becca, and Rita are all married. Lillian gets married to Doug, Annie ends up with Rhodes, and the happily-single Megan is revealed to have hooked up with the Air Marshal, with whom she shared a single (admittedly flirty) scene, and he accompanies her to the wedding. Even Annie's divorced mom is heavily implied to hook up with the guy from roadside assistance at the very end.
* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies: The wedding shower party favors. With little pink berets.
* FairCop: Annie's roguishly handsome new boyfriend, Officer Rhodes.
* FatIdiot: Annie's roommates.
* FreudianTrio: In the platonic love triangle at the centre of the film. Annie is the id, Lillian is the ego, Helen is the superego.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Annie and her fuckbuddy, played by an uncredited Creator/JonHamm.
* FairytaleWeddingDress: Lillian is delighted with last year's designer dress. So ''this'' year's must be [[SubvertedTrope even more fabulous]], right?
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Megan burps at the beginning of the fitting scene, and Annie wipes sweat away a little later. Initially, this seems to be Megan's HypocriticalHumour and Annie being put under pressure by Helen...then they ''all'' get food poisoning. (Except Helen, who didn't eat any meat.)
* FoodPorn: Yeah, that is one darned pretty cupcake.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed, Annie prefers her jerkass fuck buddy rather than the sweet, loving cop she met, but that's just one of the ways her self-destructive tendencies come to the surface. She's clearly in love with Rhodes, but can't bring herself to be with him, just as much as she can't bring herself to fix up her life, so she'd rather keep herself in a relationship that she knows sucks and is bad for her than go after someone better.

** Annie encounters a snotty, rich tween while working as a jeweler and they fall into a cycle of out-insulting each other. Though to be fair, the girl is perfectly civil until Annie [[PsychologicalProjection starts insinuating her best friend will dump her]] and Annie both starts ''and'' escalates the argument.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Helen is seemingly this to Annie. She constantly attempts to one-up Annie and is often successful. She is also rich and attractive, and Annie feels threatened by her budding friendship with Lillian. [[spoiler:Played with, in that it's revealed Helen has her own problems in her life and has been overshadowing and muscling in on things more as an (admittedly rather thoughtless) attempt to over-compensate for her own unhappiness rather than maliciousness towards Annie or deliberate attempts at oneupmanship.]]

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Parodied.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Annie's rant at the bridal shower starts off being about Helen's ''constant'' one-upmanship and theft of Annie's ideas, goes on to cover the stupidly extravagant shower she is throwing, and ends with a few sentences on the gigantic cookie.
* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Becca and Rita share a kiss while drunk after confessing their sad stuff to each other.
* BadNewsInAGoodWay: "We'd like to invite you to no longer live with us anymore."

* BettyAndVeronica: Rhodes (kind, domestic, sweet police officer) is the Betty to Ted's sneery fratboy grown-up, with Annie as the Archie.
* BigFun: Megan, who is always behaving in outlandish, bizarre, and funny ways. Played with in that she seems unaware of how a lot of her behaviour is perceived.
* BitterWeddingSpeech: A couple:
** A variation at the engagement party, where Annie and Helen compete in an attempt to upstage each other and therefore makes it a seriously bitter, uncomfortable experience.
** Annie also goes on a huge rant at learning that Helen plans on taking Lillian to Paris.
** Lillian's dad gives a bitter speech (that everyone treats as funny) where he repeatedly declares that he can't afford to pay for the wedding.
* BlatantLies: Several times, especially at the bridal shop where they get food poisoning and Annie attempts to divert the shop assistant and Helen:
** "Nothing's happening."
** "I think everybody has the flu."
* BrickJoke: Played with. During Annie's meltdown at the bridal shower, she sarcastically asks if Lilian and Helen are going to ride around Paris on bikes with baguettes in the front baskets. A deleted scene found on the DVD and Blu-ray release shows a mortified Annie watching an online video them doing just that.
* BrokenBird: Annie due to her divorce, losing her bakery during the recession, and having to move back home with her mom.

* ChekhovsGun: Annie's car's [[TheAllegedCar busted tail-lights and dodgy ignition]]. [[spoiler:She gets in a fender-bender when the car behind her can't see her braking, and despite the minor bump the car gives up the ghost. This leads to Rhodes chewing her out for her irresponsibility (and he's ''definitely'' not talking about anything other than the lights) and adds to her ongoing HumiliationConga.]]

* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: [[spoiler:Despite repeated denials, Megan was right about the guy sitting next to her being an air marshall]].
* ClusterFBomb: During Annie's tantrum at the bridal shower.

* CountryMatters: Annie calling one of her customers a cunt [[spoiler:is what finally gets her fired]].
* CringeComedy: The bridesmaid's dress fitting, the plane trip to the Las Vegas bachelorette party, the bridal shower. And when the main character is "helping" customers at work.

* DeadpanSnarker: a good portion of the cast, but particular mention belongs to Rita.

* WeddingDay

%% * BitterWeddingSpeech
%% * BlatantLies: Several times, especially:
%% ** "Nothing's happening."
%% ** "I think everybody has the flu."
* BrickJoke: Half-averted. During Annie's meltdown at the bridal shower, she sarcastically asks if Lilian and Helen are going to ride around Paris on bikes with baguettes in the front baskets. A deleted scene found on the DVD and Blu-ray release shows a mortified Annie watching an online video them doing just that.
%% * BrokenBird: Annie.

** Annie encounters a snotty, rich tween while working as a jeweler and they fall into a cycle of out-insulting each other.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Once Helen and Annie are left by themselves at the dress shop, Helen, seeing Annie sweating and visibly trying to keep from throwing up, slowly makes her eat a candy-coated almond while taunting her about the entire scenario.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Implied between Annie's roommates who live together and do a lot of things together, even bathing together.

* {{Twincest}}. Implied between Annie's roommates who are twin brother and sister and do things together such as bathing.

* TriangRelations: the HeterosexualLifePartners version of Type 7 where Annie and Helen are both competing to be Lillian's BFF.

* DancePartyEnding

* SignsOfDisrepair: "[-[[GenericGraffiti COCK BABY]]-]."

** Annie encounters a snotty, rich tween while working as a jeweler and they spend over ten minutes trying to out-insult each other.

* AlphaBitch [=/=] LovableAlphaBitch: Helen seems like a garden-variety AlphaBitch at first, but is sympathized somewhat later on.

* BitterWeddingSpeech
* BlatantLies: Several times, especially:
** "Nothing's happening."
** "I think everybody has the flu."
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Annie and Rita (Blondes), Helen, Lillian and Megan (Brunettes) and Becca (Redhead).

* BrokenBird: Annie.
* UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}: The other half of the plot takes place here.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** Becca and Megan (optimists) “What about a Pixar themed shower?”/“Physically I don’t bloat.”
** Helen (realist) “It’s not good to eat a big meal before a fitting.”
** Rita (cynic) “I cracked a blanket in half.”
** Lillian (apathetic) “Please do not worry about upstaging me.”
** Annie (conflicted) “I think everybody has the flu.”
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Becca and Megan (sanguine), Annie (choleric), Helen (phlegmatic), Rita (melancholic), Lillian (eclectic).

** "Everyone has the flu."

** Annie (conflicted) “I think everyone has the flu.”