History Film / DEBS

* ShoutOut: Lucy Diamond's name is obviously one to Music/TheBeatles[=/=]EltonJohn song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

* CoolCar: Lucy Diamond and Scud drive a classic 1959 Cadillac DeVille.

* DescendingCeiling: In the bank vault.

* GenreSavvy

* BiTheWay: Seems to be the case for Dominique; Amy having a same-sex experience doesn't faze her at all, and she goes out of her way to point out "it's not a big deal in Europe!" (And then, left alone: "Ce n'est pas grande chose en Europe...")

Despite taking place in a ''[[CharliesAngels Charlie's Angels]]''-style spy universe, ''D.E.B.S'' is actually more of a {{Yuri|Genre}} RomanticComedy than anything else.

* AffectionateParody: Of ''CharliesAngels'' and the TeenSuperspy genre.

* CroudPanic: The Endgame crowd when a guy sees Lucy Diamond, yells that she's there and tells them to run for their lives.

* AirVentPassageway

* ThrowingOutTheScript: Amy is given a speech to read at End Game which tells a false story of how Lucy Diamond kidnapped her and held her hostage. She starts reading it to the crowd, but halfway through she stops reading it and tells the truth: that the time she spent with Lucy were the happiest days of her life and that she's leaving to be with Lucy.

* TemptingFate: While in the bank vault, Amy says "See? That wasn't so hard." Then a TrapDoor opens under her, sending her down a secret underground slide.

* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler:The other members of D.E.B.S. burst in on Amy and Lucy in bed together, [[RelationshipReveal exposing their relationship]].]]

* ThrowingOutTheScript: [[spoiler: Amy is given a speech to read at End Game which tells a false story of how Lucy Diamond kidnapped her and held her hostage. She starts reading it to the crowd, but halfway through she stops reading it and tells the truth: that the time she spent with Lucy were the happiest days of her life and that she's leaving to be with Lucy.]]

** SpikesOfDoom

* AutomaticCrossbow

* {{Hammerspace}}: The suction cups Lucy used to climb up the wall of the D.E.B.S. house.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Where Lucy Diamond carries her gun and extra ammo clips when she's wearing skin-tight clothing.

** Though Jill Richie was around 30, while the rest were 20-21.

* TheOtherDarrin: All of the roles from the short were recast except for Jill Richie as Janet who reprised her role.

* ModestyBedsheet

* TheOtherDarin: All of the roles from the short were recast except for Jill Richie as Janet who reprised her role.

* ShoutOut: Lucy Diamond's name is obviously one to TheBeatles / EltonJohn song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

* FoeYay: It's practically the entire plot!

* OneSceneWonder: MichaelClarkeDuncan as one of the D.E.B.S. higher-ups who (in so many words) tells Amy what she needs to hear. He also serves as MrExposition.

* BiTheWay: Seems to be the case for Dominique; Amy having a same-sex experience doesn't faze her at all, and she goes out of her way to point out "it's not a big deal in Europe!"
** (And then, left alone: "Ce n'est pas grande chose en Europe...")
* CallBack. A joke near the end is very similar to one near the beginning: "And what did I say to you the very first day at the Academy?" and "What did I say to you the first time we met?"

--> Lucy: Australia is toast!
--> Scud: What did the Australians do to you?
--> Lucy: I don't like their attitude.

* FunWithAcronyms: D.E.B.S. stands for '''D'''iscipline, '''E'''nergy, '''B'''eauty, and '''S'''trength, but is obviously short for 'debutantes'.
** Strangely enough, everyone refers to individual agents as "a D.E.B.", despite the S standing for something. (Evidently, their strength is in numbers.)

--> '''Max:''' "Creepy shadows, no bad guys, enclosed space. Trap."

* LarynxDissonance: Justified but a little disturbing when Lucy starts lipsyncing to {{Erasure}}'s ''A Little Respect''
** It gets funnier once Scud joins in.

* OneSceneWonder: MichaelClarkeDuncan as one of the D.E.B.S. higher-ups who (in so many words) tells Amy what she needs to hear.
** He also serves as MrExposition.

-->'''Max''': "Who's your best friend?"
-->'''Amy''': "''You'' are my best friend."
-->'''Max''': "And what did I say to you the very first day at the Academy?"
-->'''Amy''': "That's my bunk, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch."]]

* ShoutOut: Lucy's name is obviously one to TheBeatles / EltonJohn song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

* TechnicalPacifist: Despite her reputation Lucy claims she's never actually killed anyone; all the agents chasing her died of environmental causes. Her willingness to place Amy's friends under a DescendingCeiling with SpikesOfDoom shows she might not be entirely truthful about this.
** Well, the ceiling is part of that environment...
*** [[FridgeBrilliance And there are plenty of ways]] to give someone food poisoning or get them to die of frostbite by, say, leaving them stranded on an ice field...