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* MeaningfulName: Sister Michelle has to choose between serving Jesus Christ and being in love with a man named John Carpenter.
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* MeaningfulName: Sister Michelle has to choose between serving Jesus Christ and being in love with a man named John Carpenter.Carpenter (note the latter's SignificantMonogram and occupational surname).
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* MeaningfulName: Sister Michelle has to choose between serving Jesus Christ and being in love with a man named John Carpenter.
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Three nuns, Sister Michelle (Moore), Sister Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Sister Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Presley), an inner-city doctor.
The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
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Three nuns, Sister Michelle (Moore), Sister Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Sister Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women laywomen in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Presley), an inner-city doctor.
The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Michelle and Carpenterand Michelle (who doesn't know her true vocation) fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Michelle and Carpenter
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* PunBasedTitle: A play on a nun's ''habit'' (outfit).
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Three nuns, Sisters Sister Michelle (Moore), Sister Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Sister Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Presley), an inner-city doctor.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 film directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley (in his last film starring role) and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 film directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley (in his last film starring role) and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 film directed by William A.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 comedy directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley (in his last film starring role) and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 comedy film directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley (in his last film starring role) and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 comedy directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
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''Change of Habit'' is a 1969 comedy directed by William A. Graham and starring Music/ElvisPresley (in his last film starring role) and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
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''Change of Habit'' is the last movie Music/ElvisPresley ever starred in. It was directed by William A. Graham and produced by Joe Connelly.
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Three nuns, Sisters Michelle (Creator/MaryTylerMoore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), an inner-city doctor.
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''Change of Habit'' is the last movie Music/ElvisPresley ever starred in. It was a 1969 comedy directed by William A. Graham and produced by Joe Connelly.
starring Music/ElvisPresley and Creator/MaryTylerMoore.
Three nuns, Sisters Michelle(Creator/MaryTylerMoore), (Moore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), (Presley), an inner-city doctor.
Three nuns, Sisters Michelle
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That was what both Irene and Amanda said.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Post-cure Amanda hears Irene, the only black nun, talking about her difficult background. Later, when she arrives at a party with a black hand puppet, she announces, "My name is Irene. When little white girls were playing with dolls I was praying I could be somebody and not just another nigger in the streets."
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Post-cure Amanda hears Irene, the only black nun, talking about her difficult background. Later, when she arrives at a party with a black hand puppet, she announces, "My name is Irene. When little white girls were was playing with dolls I was praying I could be somebody and not just another nigger in the streets."
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Three nuns, Sisters Michelle (Creator/MaryTylerMoore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), an inner-city doctor. The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
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Three nuns, Sisters Michelle (Creator/MaryTylerMoore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), an inner-city doctor. doctor.
The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent forgood.good.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Post-cure Amanda hears Irene, the only black nun, talking about her difficult background. Later, when she arrives at a party with a black hand puppet, she announces, "My name is Irene. When little white girls was were playing with dolls I was praying I could be somebody and not just another nigger in the streets."
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* SecurityBlanket: Amanda is very attached to her Literature/RaggedyAnn doll.
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* SecurityBlanket: Amanda is very attached to her Literature/RaggedyAnn ''Literature/RaggedyAnn'' doll.
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* HollywoodAutism: The 1960s version, a curable mental illness caused by refrigerator mothers.
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* HollywoodAutism: The 1960s version, a curable mental illness caused by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator_mother_theory refrigerator mothers.]]
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* AndStarring: Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore in ''Change of Habit''.
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* AndStarring: Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore in ''Change of Habit''.
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* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Julio]] breaks into Michelle's apartment with a knife and pins her on the bed. Carpenter hears her screaming, runs in, and punches out the rapist.
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* AndStarring: Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore in ''Change of Habit''.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: The credits roll over a scene of Carpenter singing to the congregation, which freezes at the end.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Julio's attempts at returning the stolen statue only gets him arrested and blamed for breaking it, so he gives up on good and tries to rape Michelle.]]
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* ThePeepingTom: [[spoiler:Julio]] spies on Michelle as she gets ready for bed.
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* WavingSignsAround: Enraged by a cashier's unfair treatment of Hispanic customers, Barb makes a sign that says "AJAX GROCERIES '''UNFAIR''' TO CUSTOMERS" and sits by the counter ranting about it until she's arrested.
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* HollywoodAutism: The 1960s version, a curable mental illness caused by refrigerator mothers.
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* ThiefBag: When [[spoiler:Julio sneaks into the church to return the statue he stole]], he carries in a sack, presumably the one he stole it in.
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* DeskSweepOfRage: A childhood version. Michelle tries to get the autistic child Amanda to put colored blocks in the appropriate holes. They have some success before Amanda loses patience and sweeps the board off the table.
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* IHaveBrothers: Carpenter asks Michelle how she can play touch football so well.
-->'''Michelle''': I have five brothers.\\
'''Carpenter''': They taught you to play?\\
'''Michelle''': No, I taught them to play!
-->'''Michelle''': I have five brothers.\\
'''Carpenter''': They taught you to play?\\
'''Michelle''': No, I taught them to play!
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Amanda is cured with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_therapy rage reduction]], which supposedly lets her anger out and allows her to interact normally.
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* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Carpenter says that anyone who's worked for him for a week is allowed to call him John.
* HandsOnApproach: Carpenter teaches Michelle how to play guitar by standing behind her, wrapping his arms around her, and putting his hands on hers.
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* TheTeetotaler: The nuns, unsurprisingly.
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* DressHitsFloor: When the nuns change into street clothes, their habits are shown hitting the floor.
* EyesAlwaysAverted: When Carpenter grabs the autistic child Amanda's chin, she tries to turn her head away.
* HatesBeingTouched: Amanda resists physical contact.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Amanda lives with her aunt after her mother, who never wanted her to begin with, abandoned her a few years ago, while her father is never mentioned. Her autism is explained as her hiding behind a "wall of rage" to cope with this.
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* LoanShark: Almost everyone in the neighborhood owes money to [[WeCallHimBarkeep The Banker]], who charges exorbitant interest rates and has his goons violently beat anyone who can't pay up.
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* LoanShark: Almost everyone in the neighborhood owes money to [[WeCallHimBarkeep [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Banker]], who charges exorbitant interest rates and has his goons violently beat anyone who can't pay up.
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''Change of Habit'' is the last movie Music/ElvisPresley ever starred in. It was directed by William A. Graham and produced by Joe Connelly.
Three nuns, Sisters Michelle (Creator/MaryTylerMoore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), an inner-city doctor. The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
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!!''Change of Habit'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Julio, one of the patients, has a father who hits him, insults him, and tells him not to talk unless he can do it without stuttering.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Barbara convinces some men to help her move furniture into her new apartment by walking down the street in a short dress slipped off her shoulder.
* LoanShark: Almost everyone in the neighborhood owes money to [[WeCallHimBarkeep The Banker]], who charges exorbitant interest rates and has his goons violently beat anyone who can't pay up.
* SpeechImpediment: Julio's severe stutter, which Michelle works with him to improve. By the time he [[spoiler:tries to rape Michelle]], he seems to be mostly over it, although he still doesn't like talking in complete sentences.
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Three nuns, Sisters Michelle (Creator/MaryTylerMoore), Barbara (Jane Elliot), and Irene (Barbara [=McNair=]), leave their convent and go undercover as regular women in order to work as nurses for John Carpenter (Elvis Presley), an inner-city doctor. The three work with all kinds of patients, from abused children to elderly heart attack patients. Meanwhile, Carpenter and Michelle fall for each other, as Carpenter doesn't know they're nuns, and Michelle is forced to decide whether she loves Carpenter enough to leave the convent for good.
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!!''Change of Habit'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Julio, one of the patients, has a father who hits him, insults him, and tells him not to talk unless he can do it without stuttering.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Barbara convinces some men to help her move furniture into her new apartment by walking down the street in a short dress slipped off her shoulder.
* LoanShark: Almost everyone in the neighborhood owes money to [[WeCallHimBarkeep The Banker]], who charges exorbitant interest rates and has his goons violently beat anyone who can't pay up.
* SpeechImpediment: Julio's severe stutter, which Michelle works with him to improve. By the time he [[spoiler:tries to rape Michelle]], he seems to be mostly over it, although he still doesn't like talking in complete sentences.
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