History Film / DeathProof

* LoudGulp - Lee actually says "Gulp" when she realizes her friends have left her with Jasper.

* SlashersPreferBlondes: Stuntman Mike rattles up three blonde victims. Notable is [[spoiler: Pam, played by RoseMcGowan with blonde hair. She was a brunette in ''PlanetTerror'', where she lived]].

* [=LadEtte=]: Discussed when Kim makes a comment about most girls not having seen ''VanishingPoint''.

* [=FanService=]: The opening has a long shot of Julia's underwear-clad bum. The extended cut also includes Butterfly giving Mike a lap dance (subverted in the theatrical cut with a "Missing Reel" over that scene). And if you've got a foot fetish, you're in luck, because [[FootFocus so does Tarantino]].

* LadEtte: Discussed when Kim makes a comment about most girls not having seen ''VanishingPoint''.

--> '''Kim:''' We're gear heads, of course we watched it. Y'all grew up watching that ''PrettyInPink'' shit.
--> '''Lee:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Aw, I like]] ''PrettyInPink''.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Going hand in hand with RealWomenDontWearDresses. The first group of girls all have very long hair, elbow-length at the shortest. [[spoiler: They die]]. In the second group of girls, they have much shorter hair to indicate their LadEtte tendencies (except for Lee but she isn't included in the car chase). [[spoiler: They don't die]].

** The girls discuss how the 1970 white Dodge Charger is the exact same kind of car as the one in ''VanishingPoint''.

!!''Death Proof'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheCameo: Quentin Tarantino as Warren the bartender. Dakota Block, her brother and Earl [=McGraw=] in the middle of the film. Also the Crazy Babysitter Twins from ''PlanetTerror'' show up during Butterfly's lap dance.

* ContinuityNod - The reappearance of Earl [=McGraw=]. See above. Also, Jasper the redneck seems to be the same person as Buck from ''KillBill''.

* FanService: The opening has a long shot of Julia's underwear-clad bum. The extended cut also includes Butterfly giving Mike a lap dance (subverted in the theatrical cut with a "Missing Reel" over that scene). And if you've got a foot fetish, you're in luck, because [[FootFocus so does Tarantino]].

* AllMenArePerverts: Stuntman Mike, well he needs no explanation. Dov and Omar are desperate to get the girls drunk so they can screw them. Nate whines to Arlene about making out with her. Cecil Lewis sleeps with another woman on Abernethy's birthday. Lee's boyfriend gets turned on by watching her pee. All of Kim's boyfriends have been stolen from another woman.
* [[AsHimself As Herself]]: Zoë Bell in a rare non cameo appearance that isn't a [[AdamWesting parody.]]

* TheCameo: Quentin Tarantino as Warren the bartender. Dakota Block, her brother and Earl [=McGraw=] in the middle of the film. Also the Crazy Babysitter Twins from ''Planet Terror'' during Butterfly's lap dance.

* ClusterFBomb: While Kim may drop the word "bitch" a lot, Abernethy outdoes her in the amount of shits and fucks she drops.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Abby. [[spoiler: She disapproves of Kim's gun and complains when they are going to do a stunt. After Stuntman Mike pissed her off enough, she suggested killing him. Later it is actually her who kicks his head in]].

* FanService: Subverted. A "missing scene" placard skips over Butterfly's striptease. In fact, it's left ambiguous as to whether she did it at all. It is available as a deleted scene, however.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing - When Pam realizes that Stuntman Mike isn't actually going to give her a ride home, there's a super close up of her eyes. One second before Stuntman Mike hits the gas and speeds off... With Pam locked in the passenger side.
* FoodPorn - Stuntman Mike really is enjoying those delicious nachos...

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Halfway through, the movie is filmed with a very different style, [[spoiler: with very different characters]], in a very different place. It was almost like watching a sequel in the middle of the first movie! Reading an interview with Tarantino reveals that this is actually exactly what's supposed to be going on. A bit of TruthInTelevision - the shoestring nature of the B-movie industry meant a lot of half-finished productions. These might be finished by an entirely different crew, or by just editing in footage from another unrelated half-finished production.

* JabbaTableManners - Watching Stuntman Mike [[EstablishingCharacterMoment noisily and messily slurping down his plate of nachos in his ''introduction'']] is enough to tell you that this guy is going to be a creep.
* LadEtte: Discussed when Kim makes a comment about most girls not having seen ''Vanishing Point''.
--> '''Abernethy:''' Most girls? I'm sorry, what are the two of you?

--> '''Lee:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Aw, I like ''PrettyInPink'']].

* MayDecemberRomance: Defied. People keep joking that Pam is hooking up with Stuntman Mike, but she loudly protests that he's too old.

* SlashersPreferBlondes: Stuntman Mike rattles up three blonde victims. Notable is [[spoiler: Pam, played by RoseMcGowan with blonde hair. She was brunette in ''PlanetTerror'' where she lived]].

* DesignatedHero: Abby and her friends aren't terribly nice people, playing some pretty cruel jokes on Lee (who is [[BrainlessBeauty an airhead]] but doesn't do anything otherwise to deserve that treatment) and then dumping her as collateral with a guy whose demeanour ''strongly'' implies rapist so they get be insanely reckless with a car. Of course the villain ''is'' a lot worse...

* MeaningfulName / ShapedLikeItself: - "Why's he called ''Stuntman Mike''?" "'Cause he's a stuntman."

* ShoutOut: The girls discuss how the 1970 white Dodge Charger is the exact same kind of car as the one in ''VanishingPoint''.

* FootFocus - Plenty of it, as usual in Tarantino films. It's even {{lampshaded}}.

* CurbStompBattle - The end; KurtRussell gets knocked around by Creator/ZoeBell, RosarioDawson, and TracieThoms, until Zoe roundhouses him on his ass, and Rosario ax-kicks his head in.

'''''Death Proof''''' is the more dialogue-oriented half of ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''. A Creator/QuentinTarantino film in which an aging stuntman uses his suped-up stuntcar to kill women on the open road. Little does he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stunt''women''... and among them is Creator/ZoeBell (playing herself), who also doubled for Creator/UmaThurman in ''Film/KillBill'' in real life. Boy, is Stuntman Mike in for a world of hurt...

* {{Kuudere}}: Jungle Julia. Bitchy, cold and passive-aggressive to everyone but sends texts to her boyfriend saying "I miss you" and smiling genuinely when he texts her back kisses.

* ActionMom: [[spoiler: Abernethy]]

'''''Death Proof''''' is Creator/QuentinTarantino's half of the ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' double feature. It features an aging stuntman who uses his suped-up stuntcar to kill women on the open road.

* RapunzelHair: Jungle Julia has magnificent hair that goes well past her waist. Pam remarks that it's thanks to "lots of leaving conditioner". Pam and Shanna have some pretty lengthy hair themselves too.

'''''Death Proof''''' is the more dialogue-oriented half of ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''. A Creator/QuentinTarantino film in which an aging stuntman uses his suped-up stuntcar to kill women on the open road. Little does he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stunt''women''... and among them is Creator/ZoeBell (playing herself), who also doubled for Creator/UmaThurman in ''Film/KillBill'' in real life. Boy, is Stuntman Mike in for a world of hurt...

'''''Death Proof''''' is the more dialogue-oriented half of Film/{{Grindhouse}}. A QuentinTarantino film in which an aging stuntman uses his suped-up stuntcar to kill women on the open road. Little does he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stunt''women''... and among them is ZoeBell (playing herself), who also doubled for UmaThurman in ''Film/KillBill'' in real life. Boy, is Stuntman Mike in for a world of hurt...

* CurbStompBattle - The end; KurtRussell gets knocked around by ZoeBell, RosarioDawson, and TracieThoms, until Zoe roundhouses him on his ass, and Rosario ax-kicks his head in.

'''''Death Proof''''' is the more dialogue-oriented half of Film/{{Grindhouse}}. A QuentinTarantino film in which a stuntman uses his small fame to pick up girls, then kills them with his car. Little does he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stunt''women''... and among them is ZoeBell (playing herself), who also doubled for UmaThurman in ''Film/KillBill'' in real life. Boy, is Stuntman Mike in for a world of hurt...

* [[spoiler: ActionMom: Abernethy]]

* BadassDriver: Stuntman Mike sees himself as this, until Kim comes along.

* DecoyProtagonist: More like [[spoiler: an entire decoy cast!]]

* FoodPorn - Come on, admit it. If you didn't get a craving for nachos after watching the nacho scene in ''Death Proof'', you're '''lying'''.

* MarketBasedTitle - ''Death Proof'' was apparently released as ''"Thunder Bolt"'' in some markets, as suggested by the title card that appears for a split second before the "correct" title is superimposed.

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Mike whines and cries and blubbers like a baby after being shot in the arm. Possibly TruthInTelevision as bullet wounds that merely graze the skin hurt more due to the higher concentration of nerve endings there. Still, it's weird to see Kurt Russell react to pain.

The more dialogue-oriented half of Film/{{Grindhouse}}. A QuentinTarantino film in which a stuntman uses his small fame to pick up girls, then kills them with his car. Little does he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stunt''women''... and among them is ZoeBell (playing herself), who also doubled for UmaThurman in ''Film/KillBill'' in real life. Boy, is Stuntman Mike in for a world of hurt...

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