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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/{{Delirious}}'', another fantasy-comedy that starred a heavyset lead in another universe that humorously deconstructs a serious romantic genre after getting knocked out. The lead in question is instead GenderFlip and RaceLift.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: In the romcom world. [[spoiler:After spending the whole time seemingly being a Prince Charming-type who woos Natalie, he later steals her plans, which makes her dump him.]]

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* DerailingLoveInterests: In the romcom world. [[spoiler:After spending the whole time seemingly being a Prince Charming-type who woos Natalie, he Blake later steals her plans, which makes her dump him.]]
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* AndYouWereThere: Natalie's friends and acquaintances are recast as romcom characters in her comatose fantasy.

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* AndYouWereThere: Natalie's friends and acquaintances are recast as romcom characters in her comatose fantasy. Isabella, in particular, is based on a billboard outside Natalie's office window she enviously compares herself to, because she believes Josh stares at it all day, [[ObliviousToLove without realizing he's looking at her.]]
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* AnythingCanBeMusic: In “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, all the regular sounds within the bar blend into the song.
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** Natalie's outfit when she arrives in the rom-com world is a copy of Creator/JuliaRoberts' one in ''Film/PrettyWoman''. In-universe it's meant to have come from a hospital's lostcand found.

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** Natalie's outfit when she arrives in the rom-com world is a copy of Creator/JuliaRoberts' one in ''Film/PrettyWoman''. In-universe it's meant to have come from a hospital's lostcand lost and found.
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* GayBestFriend: {{Reconstructed}} with Donny in the romcom world (but not in the real world, where he is firmly Natalie's apathetic StraightGay neighbor). As a gay best friend he has no life or character besides supporting Natalie's love life...until the end when he explains that his flamboyance is the result of building up his self-confidence following a bad relationship, and he wants Natalie to love herself too.

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* GayBestFriend: {{Reconstructed}} {{Reconstruction}} with Donny in the romcom world (but not in the real world, where he is firmly Natalie's apathetic StraightGay neighbor). As a gay best friend he has no life or character besides supporting Natalie's love life...until the end when he explains that his flamboyance is the result of building up his self-confidence following a bad relationship, and he wants Natalie to love herself too.
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* {{Adorkable}}:
** Natalie and Josh. Naturally, they're best friends.
** Whitney, in the normal world, is a dork for romantic comedies. She's also good friends with Natalie.



* TheOnlyOneITrust: Natalie talks to Josh about some things in the rom-com world, but considering that he’s a leading man now, she can’t tell him everything. Luckily, her gay best friend Donny fulfills that role.

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* TheOnlyOneITrust: Natalie talks to Josh about some things in the rom-com world, but considering that he’s a leading man now, she can’t can’t tell him everything. Luckily, her gay best friend Donny fulfills that role.
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** Natalie consistently getting hit by something
** Swear words being drowned out by a noise
** [[Music/VanessaCarlton "A Thousand Miles"]] playing
** "Beguiling"

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** Natalie consistently getting hit by something
something.
** Swear words being drowned out by a noise
noise.
** [[Music/VanessaCarlton "A Thousand Miles"]] playing
playing.
** "Beguiling""Beguiling".



* SheCleansUpNicely: Natalie and Whitney, who are made up to look dowdy (think [[Series/TheOfficeUS early season Pam Beesly), but in the rom-com universe they are clearly beautifully made up and attractive as their actresses Creator/RebelWilson and Betty Gilpin.

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Natalie and Whitney, who are made up to look dowdy (think [[Series/TheOfficeUS early season Pam Beesly), Beesly]]), but in the rom-com universe they are clearly beautifully made up and attractive as their actresses Creator/RebelWilson and Betty Gilpin.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Natalie and Whitney, who are made up to look dowdy (think [[TheSeries/TheOffice early season Pam Beesly), but in the rom-com universe they are clearly beautifully made up and attractive as their actresses Creator/RebelWilson and Betty Gilpin.

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Natalie and Whitney, who are made up to look dowdy (think [[TheSeries/TheOffice [[Series/TheOfficeUS early season Pam Beesly), but in the rom-com universe they are clearly beautifully made up and attractive as their actresses Creator/RebelWilson and Betty Gilpin.



** Natalie's outfit is a copy of Creator/JuliaRoberts' one in ''Film/PrettyWoman''.

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** Natalie's outfit when she arrives in the rom-com world is a copy of Creator/JuliaRoberts' one in ''Film/PrettyWoman''.''Film/PrettyWoman''. In-universe it's meant to have come from a hospital's lostcand found.
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* PullTheIV: Played with; an early, subtle sign Natalie is in a RomCom is when she rips out her IV and it's like it was merely taped on. When she wakes up in reality and tries the same thing she winds up with a spurting hole in her arm.



* RealityEnsues: A subtle sign Natalie is in a RomCom is when she rips out her IV and it's like it was merely taped on. When she wakes up in reality and tries the same thing she winds up with a spurting hole in her arm.
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* KaraokeBondingScene: Parodied when Natalie is asked to do karaoke at her good friend and potential love interest Josh's pre-wedding party. She starts out pitchy and unsure, but slowly gains confidence, [[SummonBackupDancers backup dancers]], and [[EverythingIsAnInstrument instrumentation]]; her rendition of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" involves the entire bar and turns into an IWantSong about how she actually wants love. Note that this is ''parodied'' as the whole thing occurs in Natalie's comatose fantasy about her life as a romantic comedy; she herself is in awe at how it escalated into a CrowdSong.
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* LadyInRed: Natalie is wearing a body hugging dress with peplum in a bright red during the musical sequence.


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* PinkIsFeminine: In the final musical sequence, Whitney and Isabela both wear pink (albeit in different shades and styles).
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* MaidenNameDebate: [[spoiler: Blake not only wants her to change her last name, but also her first name because "it doesn't work in my circle" and suggests Georgina. This is the final straw in their relationship.]]


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* TrueBlueFemininity: Whitney is seen wearing a lot of blue in the real world in the first part of the movie, along with her [[PinkIsFeminine pink pussy blow blouse]] has light blue florals, this is meant to contrast with her AlphaBitch persona who wears black power suits.

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%%** Natalie’s kiss with Josh.

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%%** ** [[spoiler: Natalie’s kiss with Josh. Josh.]]


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* SheCleansUpNicely: Natalie and Whitney, who are made up to look dowdy (think [[TheSeries/TheOffice early season Pam Beesly), but in the rom-com universe they are clearly beautifully made up and attractive as their actresses Creator/RebelWilson and Betty Gilpin.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Both love triangles in the rom-com fantasy, have a set-up like this; even lampshaded when Josh mentions to Natalie that he never thought they would end up in relationships with such rich, beautiful people.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Both love triangles in the rom-com fantasy, fantasy have a set-up like this; even lampshaded when Josh mentions to Natalie that he never thought they would end up in relationships with such rich, beautiful people.

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Natalie's life has become a romantic comedy. And she hates every minute of it.

''Isn'It Romantic'' is a 2019 RomanticComedy staring Creator/RebelWilson, Creator/LiamHemsworth, Creator/AdamDevine and Creator/PriyankaChopra.

Natalie (Wilson) is a woman disenchanted by love, who, after getting knocked unconscious, finds herself in a rom-com and she's the leading lady!

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Natalie's [[caption-width-right:300:Natalie's life has become a romantic comedy. And she hates every minute of it.

''Isn'It
it.]]

''Isn't It
Romantic'' is a 2019 RomanticComedy staring starring Creator/RebelWilson, Creator/LiamHemsworth, Creator/AdamDevine and Creator/PriyankaChopra.

Natalie (Wilson) is a woman disenchanted by love, who, after getting knocked unconscious, finds herself in a rom-com and she's the leading lady!
lady! Although she despises romantic comedies and the implications that come with them, she figures that she has to get to the end of the rom-com to escape it -- which means getting someone to fall in love with her. She turns her sights on rich asshole Blake (Hemsworth), who is smitten with her in the rom-com world, and confides in Josh (Devine), one of her closest friends who, thankfully, seems largely unchanged...



* ActorAllusion: [[Film/PitchPerfect Fat Amy and Bumper have their own movie!]]



* AndYouWereThere: Natalie's friends and acquaintances are recast as romcom characters in her comatose fantasy.



* AwesomeAussie: Two, a rarity in an American film.

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* %%* AwesomeAussie: Two, a rarity in an American film.



* BigBeautifulWoman: Even when Natalie is meant to be “unkempt”, she’s still gorgeous. After all, she is played by [[MsFanservice Rebel Wilson!]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: When Natalie and Blake kiss, [[HollywoodKiss rain falls down, the camera zooms out, and the music swells.]]
** Natalie’s kiss with Josh.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Both love triangles in the rom-com fantasy, have a set-up like this; even lampshaded when Josh mentions to Natalie that he never thought they would end up in relationships with such rich, beautiful people.
** In the Josh-Natalie-Blake triangle, Blake is the wealthy, persistent, stranger Veronica to Josh's loyal, normal, longtime friend Betty.
** In the Natalie-Josh-Isabella triangle, Natalie is the normal longtime friend Betty to the model-beautiful Isabella's rich, haughty Veronica.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Even when Natalie is meant to be “unkempt”, she’s still gorgeous.gorgeous, and has two guys tailing after her in the romcom world. After all, she is played by [[MsFanservice Rebel Wilson!]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: TheBigDamnKiss:
** Parodied.
When Natalie and Blake kiss, [[HollywoodKiss rain falls down, the camera zooms out, and the music swells.]]
** %%** Natalie’s kiss with Josh.



* ClingyJealousGirl: Isabella is this over Josh and Natalie’s friendship.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Per "bad romcom" rules, Isabella is this over Josh and Natalie’s friendship.friendship, as she views Natalie as a threat to her relationship with Josh.



* ConflictingLoyalty: Averted, even though Natalie and Josh are seeing other people, they still share many moments alone together.



* DeadpanSnarker: Natalie and Donny.

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Natalie and Donny.



* {{Deconstruction}}: Breaks down the clichés prevalent in rom-coms.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Breaks down DerailingLoveInterests: In the clichés prevalent in rom-coms. romcom world. [[spoiler:After spending the whole time seemingly being a Prince Charming-type who woos Natalie, he later steals her plans, which makes her dump him.]]



* FriendsRentControl: Parodied. In the real world, Natalie lives in a cramped apartment that is realistic for a New York architect. In the romcom world, her job is now a wellpaying RomComJob and her apartment is spacious and lavish.



* GayBestFriend: {{Reconstructed}} with Donny in the romcom world (but not in the real world, where he is firmly Natalie's apathetic StraightGay neighbor). As a gay best friend he has no life or character besides supporting Natalie's love life...until the end when he explains that his flamboyance is the result of building up his self-confidence following a bad relationship, and he wants Natalie to love herself too.
-->'''Natalie:''' He's setting gay rights back like a 100 years.



* HeldGaze: Isabella and Josh.

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* %%* HeldGaze: Isabella and Josh.



* {{Hunk}}: Blake is ripped.

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* {{Hunk}}: Blake is ripped.ripped, and described as extremely attractive ("[[Creator/TheCW CW]] hot").



* IWantSong: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”

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* IWantSong: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”Somebody” slowly turns into this, as Natalie realizes that she also wants love.



* LoveTriangle: Natalie has two guys in love with her, Josh and Blake.

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* LoveTriangle: LoveTriangle:
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Natalie has two guys in love with her, Josh and Blake.



* MomentKiller: Two people have a Meet Cute in the park and Natalie obliviously plows her way between them on her way to work, disrupting the moment. Averted since they're since continuing their conversation in the background.

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* AMinorKidroduction: The film opens with a young Natalie watching ''Film/PrettyWoman''.
* MomentKiller: Two people have a Meet Cute in the park and Natalie obliviously plows her way between them on her way to work, work. Josh calls her out for disrupting the moment. Averted moment, but it's actually subverted since they're since continuing their conversation in the background.



* PetHomosexual: Natalie suddenly finds herself with a gay sidekick. She's not amused.
-->'''Natalie:''' He's setting gay rights back like a 100 years.
** And it turns out that his real life counterpart is a StraightGay weed dealer, who proceeds to mock the entire CampGay stereotype with his partner when Natalie expresses surprise at his sexuality.



* SickeninglySweethearts: Natalie finds Josh and Isabella to be this.

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* SickeninglySweethearts: Natalie finds is grossed out with the way Josh and Isabella to be this.are all up in each other.


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* PetHomosexual: Natalie suddenly finds herself with a gay sidekick. She's not amused.
* StraightGay: Donny's real life counterpart, who proceeds to mock the entire CampGay stereotype with his partner when Natalie expresses surprise at his sexuality.
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Is a {{Deconstruction}} of tropes, characters, narrative styles and imagery of romantic comedies.

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Is This film is also a {{Deconstruction}} of tropes, characters, narrative styles and imagery of romantic comedies.

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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/PitchPerfect Fat Amy and Bumper have their own movie!]] Not only that, but they still sing and dance together. This makes Josh's comment that he's "never seen" Natalie sing before is hilarious, considering how in two movies, it heavily involves the two actors singing to each other.

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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/PitchPerfect Fat Amy and Bumper have their own movie!]] Not only that, but they still sing and dance together. This makes Josh's comment that he's "never seen" Natalie sing before is hilarious, considering how in two movies, it heavily involves the two actors singing to each other.movie!]]



* AdventuresInComaland: Is stuck in a romantic comedy while she's in a medically induced coma for 18 hours in real life.

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* AdventuresInComaland: Is Natalie is stuck in a romantic comedy while she's in a medically induced coma for 18 hours in real life.



* CastingGag: This is the fourth film in which Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine play love interests.



* FriendlyTickleTorture: Nat and Josh are incredibly touchy with each other.
* AFriendInNeed: Although Josh has no idea why Natalie is freaking out, because they’re best friends, he trusts her.



* NiceGuy: Josh is especially a sweetheart to Natalie.



* OfficeRomance: Ultimately, Natalie and Josh end up in this.



* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Averted, in that Natalie doesn’t confess her love for Josh, or play it off as this.



* PrettyBoy: Josh.



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Blake is a tall, bearded man, whom Natalie is smitten with, whilst Josh is a sweet and caring friend.



* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: The romantic feelings between Josh and Natalie switch.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Natalie and Josh throughout the film.

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