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->''"Once upon a time, there were three very different little girls who grew up to be three very different women. But they have three things in common: They're brilliant, they're beautiful, and they work for me. My name is Charlie."''

Once upon a time there was a [[Series/CharliesAngels very successful TV series]] about three female private detectives. They worked for a mysterious man called Charlie who was never seen, and who called them his "Angels". Almost 20 years after the last episode aired, the franchise was revived as a pair of [[TheMovie theatrical films]], set in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000's]], with a new set of Angels.

It is worth noting that the movie series is '''not''' a ContinuityReboot of the series, but a continuation. These movies star Creator/CameronDiaz (Natalie), Creator/LucyLiu (Alex) and Creator/DrewBarrymore (Dylan) as the Angels, with John Forsythe returning as the voice of Charlie.

A [[Film/CharliesAngels2019 continuation of the story]] premiered on November 15, 2019, starring Creator/NaomiScott, Creator/KristenStewart, and Ella Balinska as the titular trio, with Creator/ElizabethBanks directing, producing and playing Bosley. Tropes for that film can go there.

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[[folder:Tropes present in ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000)]]
* AbsoluteCleavage: Some of Natalie's outfits. Dylan's too, especially in the first movie race car scenes.
* ActionGirl: Well, obviously.
* ActorAllusion:
** The house in which the two kids are playing a videogame when a naked Dylan comes knocking is the same house from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.
** Dylan can also be seen wearing a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' themed disguise at the start of the first film. Drew Barrymore is a massive fan of the series, and nearly had a cameo in the first ''Potter'' film.
** Creator/BillMurray mentions talking to a squirrel, a reference to his talking to a gopher in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''.
* {{Adorkable}}:
** Eric Knox is a "warm, fuzzy" kind of guy. [[spoiler: It's all an act]].
%%** Natalie also falls into this.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:While there’s still some satisfaction in his death, all Eric Knox wanted was to get revenge on his father’s killer and just so happened to believe it was Charlie. It turns out Knox had his facts wrong: his father was murdered by enemy soldiers when it came out that he was a double agent.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It is somewhat of a RunningGag throughout the movies that Dylan always falls for the bad guy. Example: [[spoiler:Eric Knox (who she sleeps with, although this is before she knows that he's the BigBad)]] and [[spoiler:the Thin Man]] (who was originally going to kiss Alex, according to the filmmakers, but they changed it to Dylan, in keeping with her lust for bad boys).
%%* AmazonBrigade: The Angels
%%* BadassInANiceSuit: The Thin Man.
%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:Eric Knox]].
%%* BigNo
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Although they like to make things different with wigs.
* BookEnds: 'Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel' plays at the start and end.
* BulletTime: It came out the year after ''The Matrix'', and the director used to do music videos, so there's a lot of it.
* TheCameo: Music/LLCoolJ as Mr. Jones.
* CarSkiing: The movie shows a flashback in which Natalie pulls one off during her driving exam. EstablishingCharacterMoment for her BadassDriver and ImprobablePilotingSkills.
* CassandraTruth: When a number of Knox's goons attempt to take out Dylan, who is tied to a chair, Dylan describes to them, step-by-step, how she's going to [[BenchBreaker break free]], knock each and every one of them out, and finish by [[MoonwalkDance moonwalking out of the room]] - all WithMyHandsTied because she is failing to burn the ropes. Guess what follows?
* CastingGag: Jason (played by Creator/MattLeBlanc) is an actor and a bit of a ditz, like Joey in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
* CerebusRetcon: Natalie jokes that [[spoiler: Vivian Wood was responsible for Knox's kidnapping and was playing the WoundedGazelleGambit]]. [[EvilAllAlong Guess what happens...]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Dylan is shown rolling down a hill naked behind a house. Two young boys see her. How do they respond? They give her clothes, including a Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin T-shirt.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The three angels - Alex is often in black, Dylan in red and Natalie in White. Goes with them being a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio.
* CombatStilettos: Mandatory equipment for any ActionGirl or DarkActionGirl in these flicks.
%%* DancePartyEnding
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Vivian Wood]].
%%* TheDitz: Natalie has her moments.
* DoesntLikeGuns: The Angels never use firearms. This was on Drew Barrymore's insistence, because she was uncomfortable around firearms.
* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: This happens a lot to Jason.
* DoubleEntendre:
** Natalie produces many of these ([[InnocentInnuendo although she seems to use them unintentionally]]).
** This exchange between Alex and Corwin (who thinks she's a masseuse):
--->'''Corwin:''' You're very good... with your ''hands''. I could use someone like you on my staff.\\
'''Alex:''' Thanks for the offer, but my hands aren't going anywhere near your staff.
* TheDragon: The Thin Man is this for [[spoiler:Eric Knox]].
* EndangeredSouffle: Alex tries to maintain a souffle while bad guys riddle her trailer with bullets. She fails.
* {{Fetish}}: The Thin Man has a rather enthusiastic (and creepy) one for hair.
* GameShowAppearance: Alex is a five-day ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' champion.
* GPSEvidence: Natalie is able to tell where the bad guys are by a bird's chirp in the background of a recording.
* HairFlip: Used very often and very intentionally, to the point of parody.
%%* HilariousOuttakes: The credits to the film.
* HollywoodSkydiving: The opening action scene of the film.
%%* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Dylan orders three burgers, three fries, three shakes, and three apple pies. She turns to the others and asks them what'll they have.
%%* JiggleShow: The original series was the TropeMaker, and the movies followed in its footsteps.
* LatexPerfection:
-->'''Would-Be Bomber:''' You crazy bastard!\\
'''Music/LLCoolJ (With Dylan's voice coming out of his mouth):''' I think you mean 'crazy ''bitch'''. (Takes off mask to reveal Dylan)
* LeanAndMean: The Thin Man, hence the name.
* LethalChef: Alex. Her blueberry muffins are so rock hard that one of them ends up embedded in a ''door''.
* MaleGaze: The movies never shy away from booty focus. So much that the cast actually spoofed it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HAYuNbdaM this]] video.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Averted. Pete and Jason still stay with with Natalie and Alex respectively in spite of them having to constantly disappear on missions. By the time of the second film, both Pete and Jason are fully aware of their girlfriends' real jobs.
%%* MotorMouth: Lucy Liu's character.
%%* MysteriousEmployer: Charlie. Pretty much the premise.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: This team of Angels never use guns. They rely on WaifFu against a number of enemies with guns, and rarely suffer more than a nick.
* NoNameGiven: The Thin Man is only ever referred to as this (either that, or "Creepy Thin Man") for the first movie - the second movie, however, reveals that his real name is [[spoiler:Anthony (his surname is not given, however)]].
%%* ObstacleExposition
* OnASoundstageAllAlong: Parodied. "[[NoIndoorVoice DAMN YOU]], [[SayMyName SALAZAAAAAAAR]]!!"
* PacManFever: A particularly miserable case, with a scene where two kids are playing ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', a single-player RolePlayingGame, simultaneously, by mashing buttons on their controllers.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: Eric Knox shows Dylan a photo of his father with another man whose face is hidden by something passing between him and the camera. Later, in a {{Flashback}}, her mind zooms in on the other man's name tag: Townsend -- as in, "Charlie" -- and realizes the true significance of the photo. Viewers were way ahead of her -- after all, a photo of a man with no face, who else would it be?
%%* ThePollyanna: Natalie. The film's DVD commentary explicitly describes her as such.
* PowerTrio: Natalie, Dylan and Alex - BeautyBrainsAndBrawn.
%%* PreAsskickingOneLiner
* PrecisionFStrike: When Natalie finds out that [[spoiler:Vivian Wood is trying to kill the Angels]], she calls her "an all-around bitch''. While there is plenty of mild swearing throughout the movie, having this particular one come out of [[ThePollyanna Natalie's]] mouth shows just how shocked and angry she is. (The director even admits to wanting to tone it down to "brat".)
* RareGuns: Handguns in both movies are [[HandCannon Desert Eagles]] rather than not, including one that Bosley carves from a block of soap with his teeth in the first movie (never mind the Desert Eagle being more than twice as large as any piece of soap out there). Oh, and Madison has got [[GunsAkimbo two]] [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated]] ones.
%%* RuleOfCool: Generally the tone of both films, along with RuleOfFunny.
* RuleOfFunny: The only reason Bosley is able to make a gun out of soap.
* SelfDeprecation: The opening scene has the in-flight movie "''Series/TJHooker'': [[TheFilmOfTheSeries The Movie]]". The reaction is "Another movie from an old TV show."
* ShoutOut:
** The scene where Bosley is kept prisoner in the tower contains references to ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Film/BirdmanOfAlcatraz''. The "soap gun" is also a reference to John Dillinger's famous escape.
** When Dylan falls into the garden of the house where two kids are playing games, it is actually the same house from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', which starred a very young Drew Barrymore. Not only that, but an ''E.T.'' poster can also be found in this scene.
%%* TheVoice: Charlie.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: The Angels make their way to [[spoiler: Eric Knox's]] hideout by sea and take off their wetsuits when approaching, the camera cutting away to their bare backs as they strip.
* TwoKeyedLock: Redstar's main computer is behind a locked door that can only be opened by using two director's cards, fingerprints and retinas. Then there's another door with two buttons.
* VanityLicensePlate: Corwin's reads [=CORWIN=] with the "win" part underlined.
* WithMyHandsTied: Dylan knocks out five bad guys (after [[CassandraTruth describing in detail what she would do]]) while tied to [[BenchBreaker a broken chair]]. Not that she wanted to, but her lighter failed to break her ropes while she was talking them up.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Eric Knox]] wants to kill [[spoiler:Charlie]], as he (mistakenly) believes him to have killed his father.
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* ActorAllusion:
** When Dylan uses a flamethrower, the song "[[Music/TheProdigy Firestarter]]" plays, as a reference to Creator/DrewBarrymore's role in the film ''Film/{{Firestarter}}''.
** Creator/BruceWillis plays the first federal agent [[spoiler:Madison Lee (Creator/DemiMoore)]] kills. Guess that divorce wasn't as amicable as they made it seem...
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The Thin Man because of his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Angels deduce that Randy is a villain because Dylan immediately starts lusting after him, and it is later revealed that, in her past, she was in a relationship with [[spoiler:Seamus O'Grady]].
%%* AssKickingPose: The film is the TropeNamer.
* BadassBiker: Natalie, Thin Man, Max, Randy Emmers, and and the Coal Bowl MC (Music/{{Pink}}'s cameo character).
%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]].
* BrokenPedestal: The Angels, especially Natalie, are huge fans of former Angel Madison Lee. Not so much after she's revealed to be the villain.
* CastingGag: Creator/CarrieFisher plays a nun, which she also did in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''.
* CombatPragmatist: The Angels and Madison Lee display moments of this trope. For Madison, she is quick to go for her guns the first chance she gets, shooting the Angels in her first fight with them. However, in the first encounter the Angels are savvy enough to wear kevlar under their clothes and in the second encounter they use a pair of whips to disarm Madison of her guns. In the climactic battle, Madison kicks a piece of the stage at Natalie and holds her at gunpoint. She pretty much has her dead to rights until the other [[BigDamnHeroes two Angels come to Natalie's rescue.]]
* TheCameo: Rapper Eve and Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen make cameo appearances (presumably as themselves) in Dylan's imagination (in which she imagines a future with an ever-changing Angel line-up). Other celebrities, playing different characters, also pop up for cameo appearances (Music/{{Pink}} and Carey Hart to name a few).
* CallBack: Natalie's love of tickets and ability to spontaneously cause a room to dance return.
* ContinuityNod: Kelly Garrett from the original series appears, still being played by Jaclyn Smith.
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]]
* DisneyVillainDeath:
** Two Dragons fall off a rooftop.
** The BigBad falls into a fire (which she started herself thanks to her falling through the floor and firing her guns up at the Angels while in the midst of a lot of escaping gas). If you listen closely, you can hear her scream even after she's hit the bottom.
* DoesntLikeGuns: The Angels' habit of doing this is given a continuity nod when the BigBad chuckles at their ass-kicking pose and remarks that back in her day, Angels used guns. Cue DualWielding golden [[HandCannon Desert Eagles]].
* DramaticShattering: When Dylan encounters Seamus again for the first time in years, she drops the champagne bottle she's holding in shock and fear, causing it to shatter to pieces.
* EmbarrassingLastName: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Dylan Sanders]] used to be named Helen Zass (just say it out loud...), but had to change it after being placed in the WitnessProtection Program.
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: While hiding in the dark from Seamus's gun-toting mooks, the women silently communicate via tapping Morse into each other's palms before the lights come back on.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]] prior to the events of ''Full Throttle''
* GunsAkimbo: Taken up to downright ridiculous amounts with Madison dual-wielding Desert Eagles ([[HandCannon .50 Action Express]] for sure) and the Mongolian with two [[MoreDakka machine guns]] (not assault rifles or [=SMGs=] but one [=PKM=] and one [[CoolGuns MG42]]). See also LawOfInverseRecoil.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The Thin Man]]
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Madison was a former Angel to Charlie. In the movie she turns evil and tries to expose Charlie and kill the current Angels. And unlike this incarnation of the Angels, she uses guns.
* MadeOfExplodium: Every bike that gets shot or falls over in the dirt bike race scene.
* MythologyGag: A few. Most notably, Jaclyn Smith appears as a past Angel.
* NakedOnArrival: The Angels bursting out of an angelic statue in the buff with strategically placed lighting. The sequence then cuts to them having made a clothing change in the meantime.
* PoliceCodeForEverything: An illegal chinchilla ranch on the premises is an 11-350.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:The Thin Man (although, given what he was able to survive in the first movie, there is a '''lot''' of speculation that he may actually still be alive)]].
* SequelNonEntity: Bosley is conspiciously absent (save for a photo on his family's wall), having been replaced by his adoptive brother. Despite the fact that Bosley appeared to be beloved by the Angels in the first film, here they never seem to miss him for even a moment -- nor is his absence (and current whereabouts) ever explained.
* ShoutOut:
** Natalie's boyfriend, Pete, attended his high school reunion. At Rydell High, the school featured in ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
** When the Angels visit the abbey, "The Lonely Goatherd" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' can be heard in the background.
** Seamus's release from prison is an almost shot-for-shot of Max Cady's release in the remake of ''Film/CapeFear'', along with the score from the film playing any time Seamus does something creepy.
* TheSpeechless: It is revealed that The Thin Man has been a mute since childhood (it is implied to be due to the trauma of losing his parents at a young age). [[spoiler:He does make a valiant attempt to speak later on, but he doesn't manage to get the words out... and is stabbed before Dylan (and the audience) get to find out if he can]].
%%* TattooedCrook: Seamus.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers and marketing played up [[spoiler:Madison Lee]]'s status as the BigBad despite it being presented in the film as a surprise twist.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Right to the name "''[[{{Pun}} Full Throttle]]''". (Probably completely intentional.)
* WitnessProtection: [[spoiler:Madison's]] plan is to steal the list of people currently in the witness protection program and sell it to the highest bidder among several criminal groups. It turns out [[spoiler:Dylan]] is one of the names on the list due to [[spoiler:turning in evidence against Seamus after witnessing him murdering someone.]]
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->''"Once upon a time, there were three very different little girls who grew up to be three very different women. But they have three things in common: They're brilliant, they're beautiful, and they work for me. My name is Charlie."''

Once upon a time there was a [[Series/CharliesAngels very successful TV series]] about three female private detectives. They worked for a mysterious man called Charlie who was never seen, and who called them his "Angels". Almost 20 years after the last episode aired, the franchise was revived as a pair of [[TheMovie theatrical films]], set in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000's]], with a new set of Angels.

It is worth noting that the movie series is '''not''' a ContinuityReboot of the series, but a continuation. These movies star Creator/CameronDiaz (Natalie), Creator/LucyLiu (Alex) and Creator/DrewBarrymore (Dylan) as the Angels, with John Forsythe returning as the voice of Charlie.

A [[Film/CharliesAngels2019 continuation of the story]] premiered on November 15, 2019, starring Creator/NaomiScott, Creator/KristenStewart, and Ella Balinska as the titular trio, with Creator/ElizabethBanks directing, producing and playing Bosley. Tropes for that film can go there.

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[[folder:Tropes present in ''Charlie's
''Film.Charlie's Angels'' (2000)]]
may refer to:

* AbsoluteCleavage: Some of Natalie's outfits. Dylan's too, especially in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', the first movie race car scenes.
duology directed by [=McG=].
* ActionGirl: Well, obviously.
* ActorAllusion:
** The house in which
''Film/CharliesAngels2019'', the two kids are playing a videogame when a naked Dylan comes knocking is the same house from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.
** Dylan can also be seen wearing a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' themed disguise at the start of the first film. Drew Barrymore is a massive fan of the series, and nearly had a cameo in the first ''Potter'' film.
** Creator/BillMurray mentions talking
reboot directed by Elizabeth Banks.

If an internal link brought you here, please correct it
to a squirrel, a reference to his talking to a gopher in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''.
* {{Adorkable}}:
** Eric Knox is a "warm, fuzzy" kind of guy. [[spoiler: It's all an act]].
%%** Natalie also falls into this.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:While there’s still some satisfaction in his death, all Eric Knox wanted was to get revenge on his father’s killer and just so happened to believe it was Charlie. It turns out Knox had his facts wrong: his father was murdered by enemy soldiers when it came out that he was a double agent.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It is somewhat of a RunningGag throughout the movies that Dylan always falls for the bad guy. Example: [[spoiler:Eric Knox (who she sleeps with, although this is before she knows that he's the BigBad)]] and [[spoiler:the Thin Man]] (who was originally going to kiss Alex, according
refer to the filmmakers, but they changed it to Dylan, in keeping with her lust for bad boys).
%%* AmazonBrigade: The Angels
%%* BadassInANiceSuit: The Thin Man.
%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:Eric Knox]].
%%* BigNo
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Although they like to make things different with wigs.
* BookEnds: 'Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel' plays at the start and end.
* BulletTime: It came out the year after ''The Matrix'', and the director used to do music videos, so there's a lot of it.
* TheCameo: Music/LLCoolJ as Mr. Jones.
* CarSkiing: The movie shows a flashback in which Natalie pulls one off during her driving exam. EstablishingCharacterMoment for her BadassDriver and ImprobablePilotingSkills.
* CassandraTruth: When a number of Knox's goons attempt to take out Dylan, who is tied to a chair, Dylan describes to them, step-by-step, how she's going to [[BenchBreaker break free]], knock each and every one of them out, and finish by [[MoonwalkDance moonwalking out of the room]] - all WithMyHandsTied because she is failing to burn the ropes. Guess what follows?
* CastingGag: Jason (played by Creator/MattLeBlanc) is an actor and a bit of a ditz, like Joey in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
* CerebusRetcon: Natalie jokes that [[spoiler: Vivian Wood was responsible for Knox's kidnapping and was playing the WoundedGazelleGambit]]. [[EvilAllAlong Guess what happens...]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Dylan is shown rolling down a hill naked behind a house. Two young boys see her. How do they respond? They give her clothes, including a Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin T-shirt.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The three angels - Alex is often in black, Dylan in red and Natalie in White. Goes with them being a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio.
* CombatStilettos: Mandatory equipment for any ActionGirl or DarkActionGirl in these flicks.
%%* DancePartyEnding
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Vivian Wood]].
%%* TheDitz: Natalie has her moments.
* DoesntLikeGuns: The Angels never use firearms. This was on Drew Barrymore's insistence, because she was uncomfortable around firearms.
* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: This happens a lot to Jason.
* DoubleEntendre:
** Natalie produces many of these ([[InnocentInnuendo although she seems to use them unintentionally]]).
** This exchange between Alex and Corwin (who thinks she's a masseuse):
--->'''Corwin:''' You're very good... with your ''hands''. I could use someone like you on my staff.\\
'''Alex:''' Thanks for the offer, but my hands aren't going anywhere near your staff.
* TheDragon: The Thin Man is this for [[spoiler:Eric Knox]].
* EndangeredSouffle: Alex tries to maintain a souffle while bad guys riddle her trailer with bullets. She fails.
* {{Fetish}}: The Thin Man has a rather enthusiastic (and creepy) one for hair.
* GameShowAppearance: Alex is a five-day ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' champion.
* GPSEvidence: Natalie is able to tell where the bad guys are by a bird's chirp in the background of a recording.
* HairFlip: Used very often and very intentionally, to the point of parody.
%%* HilariousOuttakes: The credits to the film.
* HollywoodSkydiving: The opening action scene of the film.
%%* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Dylan orders three burgers, three fries, three shakes, and three apple pies. She turns to the others and asks them what'll they have.
%%* JiggleShow: The original series was the TropeMaker, and the movies followed in its footsteps.
* LatexPerfection:
-->'''Would-Be Bomber:''' You crazy bastard!\\
'''Music/LLCoolJ (With Dylan's voice coming out of his mouth):''' I think you mean 'crazy ''bitch'''. (Takes off mask to reveal Dylan)
* LeanAndMean: The Thin Man, hence the name.
* LethalChef: Alex. Her blueberry muffins are so rock hard that one of them ends up embedded in a ''door''.
* MaleGaze: The movies never shy away from booty focus. So much that the cast actually spoofed it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HAYuNbdaM this]] video.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Averted. Pete and Jason still stay with with Natalie and Alex respectively in spite of them having to constantly disappear on missions. By the time of the second film, both Pete and Jason are fully aware of their girlfriends' real jobs.
%%* MotorMouth: Lucy Liu's character.
%%* MysteriousEmployer: Charlie. Pretty much the premise.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: This team of Angels never use guns. They rely on WaifFu against a number of enemies with guns, and rarely suffer more than a nick.
* NoNameGiven: The Thin Man is only ever referred to as this (either that, or "Creepy Thin Man") for the first movie - the second movie, however, reveals that his real name is [[spoiler:Anthony (his surname is not given, however)]].
%%* ObstacleExposition
* OnASoundstageAllAlong: Parodied. "[[NoIndoorVoice DAMN YOU]], [[SayMyName SALAZAAAAAAAR]]!!"
* PacManFever: A particularly miserable case, with a scene where two kids are playing ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', a single-player RolePlayingGame, simultaneously, by mashing buttons on their controllers.
* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: Eric Knox shows Dylan a photo of his father with another man whose face is hidden by something passing between him and the camera. Later, in a {{Flashback}}, her mind zooms in on the other man's name tag: Townsend -- as in, "Charlie" -- and realizes the true significance of the photo. Viewers were way ahead of her -- after all, a photo of a man with no face, who else would it be?
%%* ThePollyanna: Natalie. The film's DVD commentary explicitly describes her as such.
* PowerTrio: Natalie, Dylan and Alex - BeautyBrainsAndBrawn.
%%* PreAsskickingOneLiner
* PrecisionFStrike: When Natalie finds out that [[spoiler:Vivian Wood is trying to kill the Angels]], she calls her "an all-around bitch''. While there is plenty of mild swearing throughout the movie, having this particular one come out of [[ThePollyanna Natalie's]] mouth shows just how shocked and angry she is. (The director even admits to wanting to tone it down to "brat".)
* RareGuns: Handguns in both movies are [[HandCannon Desert Eagles]] rather than not, including one that Bosley carves from a block of soap with his teeth in the first movie (never mind the Desert Eagle being more than twice as large as any piece of soap out there). Oh, and Madison has got [[GunsAkimbo two]] [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated]] ones.
%%* RuleOfCool: Generally the tone of both films, along with RuleOfFunny.
* RuleOfFunny: The only reason Bosley is able to make a gun out of soap.
* SelfDeprecation: The opening scene has the in-flight movie "''Series/TJHooker'': [[TheFilmOfTheSeries The Movie]]". The reaction is "Another movie from an old TV show."
* ShoutOut:
** The scene where Bosley is kept prisoner in the tower contains references to ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Film/BirdmanOfAlcatraz''. The "soap gun" is also a reference to John Dillinger's famous escape.
** When Dylan falls into the garden of the house where two kids are playing games, it is actually the same house from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', which starred a very young Drew Barrymore. Not only that, but an ''E.T.'' poster can also be found in this scene.
%%* TheVoice: Charlie.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: The Angels make their way to [[spoiler: Eric Knox's]] hideout by sea and take off their wetsuits when approaching, the camera cutting away to their bare backs as they strip.
* TwoKeyedLock: Redstar's main computer is behind a locked door that can only be opened by using two director's cards, fingerprints and retinas. Then there's another door with two buttons.
* VanityLicensePlate: Corwin's reads [=CORWIN=] with the "win" part underlined.
* WithMyHandsTied: Dylan knocks out five bad guys (after [[CassandraTruth describing in detail what she would do]]) while tied to [[BenchBreaker a broken chair]]. Not that she wanted to, but her lighter failed to break her ropes while she was talking them up.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Eric Knox]] wants to kill [[spoiler:Charlie]], as he (mistakenly) believes him to have killed his father.
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[[folder:Tropes present in ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'']]
* ActorAllusion:
** When Dylan uses a flamethrower, the song "[[Music/TheProdigy Firestarter]]" plays, as a reference to Creator/DrewBarrymore's role in the film ''Film/{{Firestarter}}''.
** Creator/BruceWillis plays the first federal agent [[spoiler:Madison Lee (Creator/DemiMoore)]] kills. Guess that divorce wasn't as amicable as they made it seem...
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The Thin Man because of his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Angels deduce that Randy is a villain because Dylan immediately starts lusting after him, and it is later revealed that, in her past, she was in a relationship with [[spoiler:Seamus O'Grady]].
%%* AssKickingPose: The film is the TropeNamer.
* BadassBiker: Natalie, Thin Man, Max, Randy Emmers, and and the Coal Bowl MC (Music/{{Pink}}'s cameo character).
%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]].
* BrokenPedestal: The Angels, especially Natalie, are huge fans of former Angel Madison Lee. Not so much after she's revealed to be the villain.
* CastingGag: Creator/CarrieFisher plays a nun, which she also did in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''.
* CombatPragmatist: The Angels and Madison Lee display moments of this trope. For Madison, she is quick to go for her guns the first chance she gets, shooting the Angels in her first fight with them. However, in the first encounter the Angels are savvy enough to wear kevlar under their clothes and in the second encounter they use a pair of whips to disarm Madison of her guns. In the climactic battle, Madison kicks a piece of the stage at Natalie and holds her at gunpoint. She pretty much has her dead to rights until the other [[BigDamnHeroes two Angels come to Natalie's rescue.]]
* TheCameo: Rapper Eve and Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen make cameo appearances (presumably as themselves) in Dylan's imagination (in which she imagines a future with an ever-changing Angel line-up). Other celebrities, playing different characters, also pop up for cameo appearances (Music/{{Pink}} and Carey Hart to name a few).
* CallBack: Natalie's love of tickets and ability to spontaneously cause a room to dance return.
* ContinuityNod: Kelly Garrett from the original series appears, still being played by Jaclyn Smith.
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]]
* DisneyVillainDeath:
** Two Dragons fall off a rooftop.
** The BigBad falls into a fire (which she started herself thanks to her falling through the floor and firing her guns up at the Angels while in the midst of a lot of escaping gas). If you listen closely, you can hear her scream even after she's hit the bottom.
* DoesntLikeGuns: The Angels' habit of doing this is given a continuity nod when the BigBad chuckles at their ass-kicking pose and remarks that back in her day, Angels used guns. Cue DualWielding golden [[HandCannon Desert Eagles]].
* DramaticShattering: When Dylan encounters Seamus again for the first time in years, she drops the champagne bottle she's holding in shock and fear, causing it to shatter to pieces.
* EmbarrassingLastName: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Dylan Sanders]] used to be named Helen Zass (just say it out loud...), but had to change it after being placed in the WitnessProtection Program.
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: While hiding in the dark from Seamus's gun-toting mooks, the women silently communicate via tapping Morse into each other's palms before the lights come back on.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Madison Lee]] prior to the events of ''Full Throttle''
* GunsAkimbo: Taken up to downright ridiculous amounts with Madison dual-wielding Desert Eagles ([[HandCannon .50 Action Express]] for sure) and the Mongolian with two [[MoreDakka machine guns]] (not assault rifles or [=SMGs=] but one [=PKM=] and one [[CoolGuns MG42]]). See also LawOfInverseRecoil.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The Thin Man]]
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Madison was a former Angel to Charlie. In the movie she turns evil and tries to expose Charlie and kill the current Angels. And unlike this incarnation of the Angels, she uses guns.
* MadeOfExplodium: Every bike that gets shot or falls over in the dirt bike race scene.
* MythologyGag: A few. Most notably, Jaclyn Smith appears as a past Angel.
* NakedOnArrival: The Angels bursting out of an angelic statue in the buff with strategically placed lighting. The sequence then cuts to them having made a clothing change in the meantime.
* PoliceCodeForEverything: An illegal chinchilla ranch on the premises is an 11-350.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:The Thin Man (although, given what he was able to survive in the first movie, there is a '''lot''' of speculation that he may actually still be alive)]].
* SequelNonEntity: Bosley is conspiciously absent (save for a photo on his family's wall), having been replaced by his adoptive brother. Despite the fact that Bosley appeared to be beloved by the Angels in the first film, here they never seem to miss him for even a moment -- nor is his absence (and current whereabouts) ever explained.
* ShoutOut:
** Natalie's boyfriend, Pete, attended his high school reunion. At Rydell High, the school featured in ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
** When the Angels visit the abbey, "The Lonely Goatherd" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' can be heard in the background.
** Seamus's release from prison is an almost shot-for-shot of Max Cady's release in the remake of ''Film/CapeFear'', along with the score from the film playing any time Seamus does something creepy.
* TheSpeechless: It is revealed that The Thin Man has been a mute since childhood (it is implied to be due to the trauma of losing his parents at a young age). [[spoiler:He does make a valiant attempt to speak later on, but he doesn't manage to get the words out... and is stabbed before Dylan (and the audience) get to find out if he can]].
%%* TattooedCrook: Seamus.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers and marketing played up [[spoiler:Madison Lee]]'s status as the BigBad despite it being presented in the film as a surprise twist.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Right to the name "''[[{{Pun}} Full Throttle]]''". (Probably completely intentional.)
* WitnessProtection: [[spoiler:Madison's]] plan is to steal the list of people currently in the witness protection program and sell it to the highest bidder among several criminal groups. It turns out [[spoiler:Dylan]] is one of the names on the list due to [[spoiler:turning in evidence against Seamus after witnessing him murdering someone.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: Callisto is established as being capable of causing aneurysms in people if within close range. [[spoiler:Elena accidentally kills Ralph the security guard when he gets too close to Callisto and doesn't believe her when she tries to warn him.]]
* BadassBoast: "You have seven moves, and I know them all."
* BrokenPedestal: The BigBad is [[TheMole a mole]] in the Townsend Institute [[spoiler:and a Bosley]].
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Zig-zagged. At first, [[HeKnowsTooMuch Elena is a loose end to be taken care of]]; however, when it becomes clear that no one else can activate Callisto, she becomes much more valuable alive.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: All lieutenants in the Townsend Institute are called "Bosley," even when speaking to each other.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Jane swears vengeance on the assassin, Hodak, after [[spoiler:he kills her mentor Bosley]], and her final fight is with him.
* LadySwearsalot: ''Sabina.'' Later, Elena picks up her habit of repeating "shit, shit, shit" when things go wrong.
* MaleGaze: Exploited. The first scene is shot from the POV of the sexist villain, which involves focused shots on Kristen Stewart's face and body, so both he and the audience are surprised when she starts beating him up.
* NoodleIncident: Sabina had a gunfight at her wedding. Also, she isn't married.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Averted. [[spoiler:Fleming]] is killed, not because he is a traitor, but because the Callisto buyer insists on a demonstration of its abilities and he can't decide who in the room to kill.
* SaltAndPepper: Inverted with Sabina and Jane: Jane is the uptight one, while Sabina is more relaxed.
* TheVoiceless: Hodak, the assassin, who doesn't speak. [[spoiler:He speaks exactly one time, to call Jane a "bitch."]]
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* AccidentalMurder: Callisto is established as being capable of causing aneurysms in people if within close range. [[spoiler:Elena accidentally kills Ralph the security guard when he gets too close to Callisto and doesn't believe her when she tries to warn him.]]
* BadassBoast: "You have seven moves, and I know them all."
* BrokenPedastel: The BigBad is [[TheMole a mole]] in the Townsend Institute [[spoiler:and a Bosley]].
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Zig-zagged. At first, [[HeKnowsTooMuch Elena is a loose end to be taken care of]]; however, when it becomes clear that no one else can activate Callisto, she becomes much more valuable alive.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: All lieutenants in the Townsend Institute are called "Bosley," even when speaking to each other.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Jane swears vengeance on the assassin, Hodak, after [[spoiler:he kills her mentor Bosley]], and her final fight is with him.
* LadySwearsalot: ''Sabina.'' Later, Elena picks up her habit of repeating "shit, shit, shit" when things go wrong.
* MaleGaze: Exploited. The first scene is shot from the POV of the sexist villain, which involves focused shots on Kristen Stewart's face and body, so both he and the audience are surprised when she starts beating him up.
* NoodleIncident: Sabina had a gunfight at her wedding. Also, she isn't married.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Averted. [[spoiler:Fleming]] is killed, not because he is a traitor, but because the Callisto buyer insists on a demonstration of its abilities and he can't decide who in the room to kill.
* SaltAndPepper: Inverted with Sabina and Jane: Jane is the uptight one, while Sabina is more relaxed.
* TheVoiceless: Hodak, the assassin, who doesn't speak. [[spoiler:He speaks exactly one time, to call Jane a "bitch."]]
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* CastingGag: Jason (played by Matt [=LeBlanc=]) is an actor and a bit of a ditz, like Joey in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Well, sort of -- more like the entire name is embarrassing: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Dylan Sanders used to be named Helen Zass (just say it out loud...), but had to change it after being placed in the WitnessProtection Program]].

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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Well, sort of -- more like the entire name is embarrassing: EmbarrassingLastName: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Dylan Sanders Sanders]] used to be named Helen Zass (just say it out loud...), but had to change it after being placed in the WitnessProtection Program]].Program.

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%%* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: This team of Angels never use guns. They rely on WaifFu against a number of enemies with guns, and rarely suffer more than a nick.



%%* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: The photograph.
* PoliceCodeForEverything: In ''Full Throttle'', an illegal chinchilla ranch on the premises is an 11-350.

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* PoliceCodeForEverything: In ''Full Throttle'', an illegal chinchilla ranch
Eric Knox shows Dylan a photo of his father with another man whose face is hidden by something passing between him and the camera. Later, in a {{Flashback}}, her mind zooms in on the premises is an 11-350.other man's name tag: Townsend -- as in, "Charlie" -- and realizes the true significance of the photo. Viewers were way ahead of her -- after all, a photo of a man with no face, who else would it be?



%%* SlowMotion: ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' style.



* DisneyVillainDeath:
** Two Dragons fall off a rooftop.
** The BigBad falls into a fire (which she started herself thanks to her falling through the floor and firing her guns up at the Angels while in the midst of a lot of escaping gas). If you listen closely, you can hear her scream even after she's hit the bottom.



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* NakedOnArrival: The Angels bursting out of an angelic statue in the buff with strategically placed lighting. In the first film, they also strip off their wetsuits on the way to the Big Bad's stronghold, and it's made clear there's nothing underneath. Both sequences then cut to them having made a clothing change in the meantime.

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* NakedOnArrival: The Angels bursting out of an angelic statue in the buff with strategically placed lighting. In the first film, they also strip off their wetsuits on the way to the Big Bad's stronghold, and it's made clear there's nothing underneath. Both sequences The sequence then cut cuts to them having made a clothing change in the meantime.meantime.
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* WitnessProtection: [[spoiler:Madison's]] plan is to steal the list of people currently in the witness protection program and sell it to the highest bidder among several criminal groups. It turns out [[spoiler:Dylan]] is one of the names on the list due to [[spoiler:turning in evidence against Seamus after witnessing him murdering someone.]]
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** Seamus's release from prison is an almost shot-for-shot of Max Cady's release in the remake of ''Film/CapeFear''.''Film/CapeFear'', along with the score from the film playing any time Seamus does something creepy.

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