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They dressed like them too.


** During their fashion montage, Courtney and Christina dress up like Sandy from Grease, Madonna from Like A Virgin, the titular character from Flashdance, and Vivien from Pretty Woman.

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** During their fashion montage, Courtney and Christina dress up like Harry and Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber, Sandy from Grease, Madonna from Like A Virgin, the titular character from Flashdance, and Vivien from Pretty Woman.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: When Jane goes to the dry cleaners to have Courtney’s dress she loaned get the semen cleaned off it, she runs into her old elementary school teacher, during a field trip to the dry cleaners, and a priest, who has known her since she was a child, and who is having dinner with her parents. Jane feels naturally humiliated in situation.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situations and suffer misfortunes throughout the film, but Jane is the one who suffers from it at the most.
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* ButtMonkey: Jane is one of the girls who suffers the most bad luck throughout the film.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situations and suffer misfortunes throughout the film.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situations and suffer misfortunes throughout the film.film, but Jane is the one who suffers from it at the most.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situation throughout the film.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situation situations and suffer misfortunes throughout the film.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Christina and her friends go through some awkward and humiliating situation throughout the film.
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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a raunchy Rated R 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Creator/SelmaBlair. The story follows the antics of three women trying to navigate sex and relationships, looking for the mythical perfect guy, but naturally, coming up short.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a raunchy Rated R raunchy, R-rated 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Creator/SelmaBlair. The story follows the antics of three women trying to navigate sex and relationships, looking for the mythical perfect guy, but naturally, coming up short.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Creator/SelmaBlair.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a raunchy Rated R 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Creator/SelmaBlair.
Creator/SelmaBlair. The story follows the antics of three women trying to navigate sex and relationships, looking for the mythical perfect guy, but naturally, coming up short.


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* RefugeInAudacity: Most of the humor in the film relies heavily on this trope, particularly the Penis Song and dance number and how Jane and her boyfriend "fix" their unfortunate situation.
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* BawdySong: "The Penis Song" is a bawdy ''musical number''.
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* CoitusUninterruptous: Twice, involving Jane and her lover. The first time, they're interrupted having sex in the changing rooms where she works. The second time involves a bad combination of oral sex and a piercing.

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* CoitusUninterruptous: CoitusUninterruptus: Twice, involving Jane and her lover. The first time, they're interrupted having sex in the changing rooms where she works. The second time involves a bad combination of oral sex and a piercing.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Peter.

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: "The Penis Song".

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: "The Penis Song". Also, a running gag about Jane's lover being so dumb but also very well-endowed.


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** During their fashion montage, Courtney and Christina dress up like Sandy from Grease, Madonna from Like A Virgin, the titular character from Flashdance, and Vivien from Pretty Woman.
** While complimenting their new look, Christina says "These are the days of our lives".
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* MistakenForGay: During their road trip, Christina and Courtney get mistaken to be going down on the other by a biker watching them. Instead of correcting him, Courtney just milks it for all its worth while Christina searches for her lip gloss that fell in the driver's seat.

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* EroticDream: Christina has one about Peter not long after running into him at the night club.



* NoodleIncident: When everyone in Christina's apartment is shocked to learn how Jane and her lover are stuck together during sex, one confused police cop asks how is she stuck. The guy next to him smugly replies "behind her tonsils". The cop then asks him how does he know that, and the look on the man's face nit only implies from bad personal experience but is hilarious.

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Why Peter and his guy friend spy on the women touching Courtney's big boobs in the club restroom. Also, why the biker got distracted seeing Courtney and Christina in the car.
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Christina and Courtney arrive at Christina's apartment to find their friend Jane drowning her sorrows in a pint of ice cream from being broken up with.
* ImmodestOrgasm: Christina has one during her erotic dream about Peter.
* NoodleIncident: When everyone in Christina's apartment is shocked to learn how Jane and her lover are stuck together during sex, one confused police cop asks how is she stuck. The guy next to him smugly replies "behind her tonsils". The cop then asks him how does he know that, and the look on the man's face nit not only implies from bad personal experience but is hilarious.

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* CoitusUninterruptedous: Twice involving Jane and her lover. The first time, they're interrupted having sex in the changing rooms where she works. The second time involves a bad case of oral sex and a piercing.

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* CoitusUninterruptedous: Twice CoitusUninterruptous: Twice, involving Jane and her lover. The first time, they're interrupted having sex in the changing rooms where she works. The second time involves a bad case combination of oral sex and a piercing.piercing.
* CringeComedy: A lot involving sex, stains, piercings, maggots, foul language, fake lesbiansm, unisex bathrooms, furries and romantic drama in between.


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* NoodleIncident: When everyone in Christina's apartment is shocked to learn how Jane and her lover are stuck together during sex, one confused police cop asks how is she stuck. The guy next to him smugly replies "behind her tonsils". The cop then asks him how does he know that, and the look on the man's face nit only implies from bad personal experience but is hilarious.

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* BuddyPictureBuddyPicture: Christina, Courtney and Jane are pictured in one at the beginning and again at the end [[spoiler: at Christina's wedding]].



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* CringeComedyCoitusUninterruptedous: Twice involving Jane and her lover. The first time, they're interrupted having sex in the changing rooms where she works. The second time involves a bad case of oral sex and a piercing.



* EyeScream: Christina gets her eye poked while examining a glory hole in a public restroom.

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* EyeScream: Christina gets her eye poked by a penis while examining a glory hole in a public restroom.


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* FauxYay: During their car trip, Christina and Courtney are mistaken by a biker to be having oral sex during the drive and Courtney fakes it in front of the biker just for the fun of it.


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* WhamLine: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the wedding of Judy and...Peter Donahue."
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* AllWomenAreLustful

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* AllWomenAreLustfulAllWomenAreLustful: The main three female characters are either talking about sex or having lots of sex.
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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Selma Blair.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Selma Blair.
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* TheChikan: Christina's a RareFemaleExample when goes up to meet Peter at the club.

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* TheChikan: Christina's a RareFemaleExample when she goes up to meet Peter at the club.
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* BuddyPicture
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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/CameronDiaz, Christina Applegate, Creator/ChristinaApplegate, and Selma Blair.
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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.

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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Creator/CameronDiaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.

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%%* {{Adorkable}}: Peter.
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%%* FashionShopFashionShow: "Do we have time for a montage?"
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%%* StalkerWithACrush: Christina to Peter.
%%* TheLadette: All three female leads.

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%%* * FashionShopFashionShow: "Do we have time for a montage?"
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* {{Adorkable}}: Peter.
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* FashionShopFashionShow: "Do we have time for a montage?"
* SexComedy
* StalkerWithACrush: Christina to Peter.
* TheLadette: All three female leads.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Peter.
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having one\'s eye \'poked out\' would mean something very different


* EyeScream: Christina gets her eye poked out while examining a glory hole in a public restroom.

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* EyeScream: Christina gets her eye poked out while examining a glory hole in a public restroom.
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''The Sweetest Thing'' is a 2002 romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.

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* AllWomenAreLustful
* CringeComedy
* DistractedByTheSexy: The motorcyclist who wipes out watching [[MistakenForGay what looks like]] Christina giving Courtney road head.
* EyeScream: Christina gets her eye poked out while examining a glory hole in a public restroom.
* FashionShopFashionShow: "Do we have time for a montage?"
* SexComedy
* StalkerWithACrush: Christina to Peter.
* TheLadette: All three female leads.

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