History Film / Dumplin

''Dumplin' ''is a 2018 Creator/{{Netflix}} drama film starring Danielle Macdonald, Creator/JenniferAniston, Creator/OdeyaRush, Maddie Baillio, Creator/BexTaylorKlaus, and Creator/DoveCameron. The film is based on the 2015 [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult novel]] of the same name by Julie Murphy and heavily features the music of Music/DollyParton.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Hannah, in the movie. It's never outright stated what her sexuality is, but she certainly [[ButchLesbian dresses for it]], and there's a [[FreezeFrameBonus quick shot]] of Hannah lining up with a girl in an evening gown as her escort in the pageant. In the book, Hannah explicitly states she is a lesbian, and the girl who escorts her is her girlfriend.

* HideYourLesbians: Hannah. She's un-girly, has a short cropped haircut, and is a proud feminist. It's never outright stated what her sexuality is, but there's a [[FreezeFrameBonus quick shot]] of Hannah lining up with a girl in an evening gown as her escort in the pageant.

''Dumplin' ''is a 2018 Creator/{{Netflix}} drama film starring Creator/{{Jennifer Aniston}}, Danielle Macdonald and Creator/{{Dove Cameron}} and heavily featuring Creator/{{Dolly Parton}}'s music. It is based on the 2015 [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult novel]] of the same name by Julie Murphy.

->''"I learned most things from my Aunt Lucy. She taught me how to spell my name. W-I-L-L-O-W-D-E-A-N. Willowdean. She also taught me how to like a name like that. My mom being a bit of a celebrity around here just meant she was too busy for me. So my Aunt Lucy was the one who taught me how to say "Yes, ma'am," and "No, sir," how to look people in the eye, and how to find a keeper in a heap of junk. But most of all, my Aunt Lucy taught me about Dolly Parton."''

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Kathy Najimi has played a [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill conservative Texas mom]]. In the scene where she confronts Millie at the beauty pageant, she even has Peggy Hill's bouffant and glasses.

->''I learned most things from my Aunt Lucy. She taught me how to spell my name. W-I-L-L-O-W-D-E-A-N. Willowdean. She also taught me how to like a name like that. My mom being a bit of a celebrity around here just meant she was too busy for me. So my Aunt Lucy was the one who taught me how to say "Yes, ma'am," and "No, sir," how to look people in the eye, and how to find a keeper in a heap of junk. But most of all, my Aunt Lucy taught me about Dolly Parton.''
-->--'''Willowdean''''s opening monologue

* ActorAllusion: This isn’t the first time Kathy Najimi has played a [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill conservative Texas mom]]. In the scene where she confronts Millie at the beauty pageant, she even has Peggy Hill’s bouffant and glasses.

* RealityEnsues:
** Even though he totally deserved it, Willowdean kicking a bully in the crotch gets her suspended.
** [[spoiler:Everyone loves Willowdean's magic act, but since she added unapproved elements, she is disqualified from the pageant. Fortunately, Willowdean saw this coming and takes it in stride.]]
** [[spoiler:Beckah, the thin, perky, baton-twirling blonde wins the pageant, to the surprise of no one. Willowdean and her friends are too elated by Millie coming in second place to care, though.]]

* NoAntagonist: Despite what the pageant setting might imply, there's no AlphaBitch trying to tear Willowdean and her friends down for entering. The closest to any antagonists are a few nameless random bully characters who mock Willowdean and Millie for their weight in the first half of the movie but are never seen again.

->'''Millie:''' There's nothing in the rules that says big girls need not apply.

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The plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen signs up for her mom's pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow in her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.

* HometownHero: Rosie is a mildly big deal in her hometown, because of the pageants.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Hannah. It's never outright stated what her sexuality is, but there's a [[FreezeFrameBonus quick shot]] of Hannah lining up with a girl in an evening gown as her escort in the pageant.
** In the book, Hannah explicitly states she is a lesbian, and the girl who escorts her is her girlfriend.

* ParentsAsPeople: Rosie Dickson. She's often hung up on Willowdean's appearance and is obsessed with pageantry, but she works hard in a tough job to support herself and Willowdean, she's still grieving her sister, and she simply wants to continue to participate in the activity she loved most when she was younger.