History Film / DEBS

* ClosetKey: Lucy for Amy.

* AffablyEvil: Lucy

* AmazonBrigade: The D.E.B.S. as a whole.

* BootsOfToughness: Max.

* HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. Amy gets Lucy to try and show she's not that bad having her return money she stole with a note saying sorry among other things.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Played With. When [[spoiler:D.E.B.S Academy end up as the antagonists, while they are not expressly portrayed as homophobic, their attempts to cut Amy's ties with Lucy is laced with unsubtle CureYourGays rhetoric. That being said, it is implied the academies environment may not be accepting of same sex relationships, as Janet brings up Amy being attracted to a girl as if it was worthy of scandal; similarly, Miss Petrie passingly uses the word "lesbians" in a disdainful matter; Bobby thinks he can "cure" Amy, and mentions he finds her being a lesbian "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot kinda hot]]".]]
* PunchClockVillain: Scud.

* ShesGotLegs: Every member of D.E.B.S.

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

* YuriGenre: The forbidden lesbian love story centered in the film between [[spoiler: Lucy and Amy]].

** Lucy is a female, even though she's a villain. She is looking for a stable relationship, but is too socially awkward and afraid of making connections, despite being a competent criminal. She falls in love with Amy, and immediately plans to woo her. Their "first date" starts with Lucy kidnapping Amy and Janet, and later Lucy sets up supervillainous schemes to get Amy alone to talk to her.

* [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: Lucy, even though she's a villain.

* BigBad: Lucy Diamond is the supervillainess regarded as one of the greatest threats to the known world, whom the agents are sent to stop.[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she becomes a better person as a result of her relationship with Amy. The actual antagonists end being the D.E.B.S. Academy themselves, headed by [[DeanBitterman Miss Petrie]], as well as Amy's ex boyfriend [[CrazyJealousGuy Bobby]], both of whom threaten Amy's relationship with Lucy, and try to "[[CureYourGays fix]]" Amy.]]

* BigBad: Lucy Diamond is the supervillainess regarded as one of the greatest threats to the known world, whom the agents are sent to stop. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she becomes a better person as a result of her relationship with Amy. The actual antagonists end being the D.E.B.S. Academy themselves, headed by Miss Petrie, as well as Amy's ex boyfriend Bobby, both of whom threaten Amy's relationship with Lucy, and try to "[[CureYourGays fix]]" Amy.]]

* BigBad: Lucy Diamond is the supervillainess regarded as one of the greatest threats to the known world, whom the agents are sent to stop. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she becomes a better person as a result of her relationship with Amy. The true antagonist is [[EvilMentor Ms. Petrie]], who threatens to end Amy and Lucy's relationship.]]

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: All the girls, but especially Dominique. In fact, the skirt lengths reflect character: shy, quiet Janet has the longest skirt, GoodBadGirl Dominique has the shortest, Amy and Max are somewhere in between.

A 2004 action comedy film based on a 2003 short that made the rounds at the film festival circuit. The short was a silly story about a team of college girl spies and the romantic relationship of one of the spies with the archvillain. This production expands it into a feature film with a fair dose of camp.

The D.E.B.S. are a large group of young women superspies. They are first screened by a [[GovernmentConspiracy secret portion of the [=SATs=]]] that test whether someone has the aptitude to lie, cheat, fight, and kill. Those who pass screening are recruited into the D.E.B.S. [[SpySchool spy academy.]]

* PsychoLesbian: The villainess Lucy Diamond is more than willing to sink the entire continent of Australia in frustration over not being able to form an emotionally satisfying lesbian relationship. Fortunately she is redeemed by the love of an incredibly hot secret agent in a [[SchoolgirlLesbians plaid skirt]]. Then there was Lucy's blind date Ninotchka, who was clearly not all there and completely lost it when Lucy tried to back out of their date.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Played With. When [[spoiler:D.E.B.S Academy end up as the antagonists, while they are not expressly portrayed as homophobic, their attempts to cut Amy's ties with Lucy is laced with unsubtle CureYourGays rhetoric. That being said, it is aloimplied the academies environment may not be accepting of same sex relationships, as Janet brings up Amy being attracted to a girl as if it was worthy of scandal; similarly, Miss Petrie passingly uses the word "lesbians" in a disdainful matter; Bobby thinks he can "cure" Amy, and mentions he finds her being a lesbian "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot kinda hot]]".]]

-->'''Scud''': What did the Australians do to you?

* AmbiguouslyBi: 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 [[EuropeansAreKinky "it's not a big deal in Europe!"]] (And then, left alone: "Ce n'est pas grande chose en Europe...")

* ZettaiRyouiki: Types A and E socks. The girls wear schoolgirl skirts and socks that go up to their thighs as part of their wardrobe.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Played With. When [[spoiler:D.E.B.S Academy end up as the antagonists, while they are not expressly portrayed as homophobic, their attempts to cut Amy's ties with Lucy is laced with unsubtle CureYourGays rhetoric. That being said, implied the academies environment may not be accepting of same sex relationships, as Janet brings up Amy being attracted to a girl as if it was worthy of scandal; similarly, Miss Petrie passingly uses the word "lesbians" in a disdainful matter; Bobby thinks he can "cure" Amy, and mentions he finds her being a lesbian "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot kinda hot]]".]]

* BigBad: Lucy Diamond is the supervillainess regarded as one of the greatest threats to the known world, whom the agents are sent to stop. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she becomes a better person as a result of her relationship with Amy. The true antagonist is [[TreacherousAdvisor Ms. Petrie]], who threatens to end Amy and Lucy's relationship.]]

* BigBad: Lucy Diamond is the the supervillainess regarded as one of the greatest threats to the known world, whom the agents are sent to stop. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she becomes a better person as a result of her relationship with Amy. The true antagonist is [[TreacherousAdvisor Ms. Petrie]], who threatens to end Amy and Lucy's relationship.]]

%%* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The D.E.B.S. uniform includes a [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule plaid skirt]]. The forcefield surrounding their house uses the same plaid pattern and colors. After Lucy breaks in twice, she points out it doesn't offer much defense. (ZCE- Eerily similar to a schoolgirl being home invaded, attacked and raped by an predator male intruder who remarks that wearing said protection doesn't help much against penetration from rape.)

* 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 [[EuropeansAreKinky "it's not a big deal in Europe!"]] (And then, left alone: "Ce n'est pas grande chose en Europe...")

* {{Fanservice}}: GirlsWithGuns in [[SexyWhateverOutfit skimpy]] [[CatholicSchoolgirlsRule school uniforms]] engage in [[GirlOnGirlIsHot girl-on-girl]] action.

* ModestyBedsheet: This exists before Lucy and Amy get interrupted by Amy's teammates.

* PsychoLesbian: Lucy, and Ninotchka. The latter more so, given that they only had one particularly ordinary date.

* ShoutOut: Lucy Diamond's name is obviously one to Music/TheBeatles[=/=]Music/EltonJohn song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
** "Lucy in the Sky" was, in fact, her codename in the original short.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Amy, with the plaid skirt and all.

* AllThereInTheScript: Lucy [[spoiler:has an Australian ex]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: The girls wear schoolgirl skirts and socks that go up to their thighs.

* SweetheartSipping: During the FallingInLoveMontage.

%%* YuriGenre
%%* ZettaiRyouiki

%%* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The D.E.B.S. uniform includes a [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule plaid skirt]]. The forcefield surrounding their house uses the same plaid pattern and colors. After Lucy breaks in twice, she points out it doesn't offer much defense. Similar to a schoolgirl being home invaded, attacked and raped by an predator male intruder who remarks that wearing said protection doesn't help much against penetration from rape. (ZCE- what is this supposed to resemble?)

** FallingInLoveMontage

%%* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The D.E.B.S. uniform includes a [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule plaid skirt]]. The forcefield surrounding their house uses the same plaid pattern and colors. After Lucy breaks in twice, she points out it doesn't offer much defense. (ZCE- what is this supposed to resemble?)