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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Like with all blood and tears ever spilled, all ejaculate expelled in masturbatory sessions eventually trickles down to hell to form the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm. With the advent of VHS tapes and the internet, it's been rising at record rates
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* SceneryGorn: Hell boasts such attractions as the Dandruff Desert, [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion the Swamp of Partial Birth Abortions]], and [[ADateWithRosiePalms the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm]].
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* SceneryGorn: Hell boasts such attractions as the Dandruff Desert, [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion the Swamp of Partial Birth Abortions]], Abortions, and [[ADateWithRosiePalms the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm]].Sperm.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: [[spoiler:For the first half of the book, Madison believes that she died from a marijuana overdose.]] [[note]]Marijuana overdoses ''are'' possible in real life, although you would have to ingest a large amount of it and even then it's very unlikely to be lethal per se.[[/note]]
** She also has no [[IncrediblyLamePun conception]] of the mechanics of sex.
*** Because of this, she also lacks a basic understanding of [[spoiler:French kissing, which leads to her accidental death.]]
** She also has no [[IncrediblyLamePun conception]] of the mechanics of sex.
*** Because of this, she also lacks a basic understanding of [[spoiler:French kissing, which leads to her accidental death.]]
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* SharedUniverse: One of Palahnuik's later works, [[spoiler: ''[[Literature/FightClub Fight Club 3]]'', confirms Madison is actually the biological daughter of [[spoiler: Tyler Durden and Marla Singer.]]
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* SharedUniverse: One of Palahnuik's later works, [[spoiler: ''[[Literature/FightClub Fight Club 3]]'', 3]]]]'', confirms Madison is actually the biological daughter of [[spoiler: Tyler Durden and Marla Singer.]]
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* SharedUniverse: One of Palahnuik's later works, [[spoiler: ''[[Literature/FightClub Fight Club 3]]'', confirms Madison is actually the biological daughter of [[spoiler: Tyler Durden and Marla Singer.]]
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* CriticalResearchFailure: [[spoiler:For the first half of the book, Madison believes that she died from a marijuana overdose.]] [[note]]Marijuana overdoses ''are'' possible in real life, although you would have to ingest a large amount of it and even then it's very unlikely to be lethal per se.[[/note]]
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A sequel would later be published in 2013 named ''Literature/{{Doomed}}''.
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Madison Spencer is the daughter of a very wealthy HorribleHollywood family. After her untimely death at the age of thirteen, she finds herself in Hell. She quickly makes friends with the young dead people in the cells adjacent to hers, and ventures out to work a telemarketing job, CurbStompBattle the likes of Hitler and Caligula, and find out more about what landed her in Hell.
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Madison is the thirteen-year-old daughter of [[HorribleHollywood a narcissistic film star and a billionaire]]. Abandoned at her Swiss boarding school over Christmas, she dies over the holiday, presumably of a marijuana overdose. The last thing she remembers is getting into a town car and falling asleep. Then she's waking up in Hell. Literally. Madison soon finds that she shares a cell with a motley crew of young sinners: a cheerleader, a jock, a nerd, and a punk rocker, united by their doomed fate, like an afterschool detention for the damned. Together they form an odd coalition and march across the unspeakable landscape of Hell--full of used diapers, dandruff, [=WiFi=] blackout spots, evil historical figures, and one horrific call center--to confront the Devil himself.
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* AbusiveParents: Not actively abusive, but some of Camille and Antonio Spencer's parenting is questionable at best. They have negligent tendencies toward Madison, encourage her to experiment with drugs, and [[OlderThanTheyLook Camille]] cultivates [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Madison's]] image to keep her looking childlike and lies about Madison's age in public to make herself seem younger, even putting the wrong birth year on her headstone.
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** Not actively abusive, but some of Camille and Antonio Spencer's parenting is questionable at best. They have negligent tendencies toward Madison, encourage her to experiment with drugs, and [[OlderThanTheyLook Camille]] cultivates [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Madison's]] image to keep her looking childlike and lies about Madison's age in public to make herself seem younger, even putting the wrong birth year on her headstone.
** Not actively abusive, but some of Camille and Antonio Spencer's parenting is questionable at best. They have negligent tendencies toward Madison, encourage her to experiment with drugs, and [[OlderThanTheyLook Camille]] cultivates [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Madison's]] image to keep her looking childlike and lies about Madison's age in public to make herself seem younger, even putting the wrong birth year on her headstone.
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* HeavenAndHell
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* DeadToBeginWith: The novel starts off with Madison "Maddy" Spencer finding herself in Hell after her death. The novel focus her on trying figure out why she's in Hell and make the best of it.
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* SeeYouInHell: Played for laughs. Teenagers who've gone to hell (it's not as bad as it sounds) get to return to Earth for a few hours on Hallowe'en to go trick-or-treating. When they split up to go their separate rounds, they casually go "OK. See you in hell!"
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: [[spoiler: Archer's death, combined with RedemptionInTheRain.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Like with all blood and tears ever spilled, all ejaculate expelled in masturbatory sessions eventually trickles down to hell to form the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm. With the advent of VHS tapes and the internet, it's been rising at record rates
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** Madison mentions Film/TheBreakfastClub rather frequently in the beginning of the book, at one point even writing a note to Satan in the style of the iconic letter the group writes to the principal at the end of the film. Her FiveManBand also mirrors their personalities pretty well, and she refers to them as "The Dead Breakfast Club"
** Literature/JaneEyre gets several nods as well.
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** Hearing "You're the One that I Want" fromFilm/Grease ''Film/{{Grease}}'' three times in a day is a sure sign you'll die before sunset.
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* FailOSuckyName: Madison Desert Flower Rosa Parks Coyote Trickster Spencer
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-> ''Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison.''
''Damned'' is a 2011 book by Chuck Palahniuk.
Madison Spencer is the daughter of a very wealthy HorribleHollywood family. After her untimely death at the age of thirteen, she finds herself in Hell. She quickly makes friends with the young dead people in the cells adjacent to hers, and ventures out to work a telemarketing job, CurbStompBattle the likes of Hitler and Caligula, and find out more about what landed her in Hell.
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!!Tropes found in this work:
* AbusiveParents: Not actively abusive, but some of Camille and Antonio Spencer's parenting is questionable at best. They have negligent tendencies toward Madison, encourage her to experiment with drugs, and [[OlderThanTheyLook Camille]] cultivates [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Madison's]] image to keep her looking childlike and lies about Madison's age in public to make herself seem younger, even putting the wrong birth year on her headstone.
** Beyond this, the Spencers use adoption as a PR stunt each time one of them has a project coming out that puts them in the spotlight. The children they adopt are always either NonSpecificallyForeign or InspirationallyDisadvantaged, such as the child Madison mentions who has a cleft lip. Once they have served their purpose, they are PutOnABus to one foreign BoardingSchool or another and promptly forgotten.
* ACupAngst: Madison, who died before puberty, expresses jealousy of [[MsFanservice Babette's]] more developed body.
* AlphaBitch: The three "Skanky von Skankenberg" girls from Madison's BoardingSchool
* ArcWords:
** "At best, a sentry. At worst, a voyeur."
** "It's power, but a kind of pointless, impotent power."
** "The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead."
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: [[spoiler: Archer's death, combined with RedemptionInTheRain.]]
* BoringButPractical: Madison's thick-soled Bass Weejun loafers are much more comfortable and durable than Babette's counterfeit Mahnolo Blahnik heels. Knowing this, she advises her recruits to wear comfortable and dark-colored shoes and clothes that won't show dirt.
** AwesomeButImpractical: However, she does concede that the shoes Babette finds for her to wear are very pretty.
--> '''Madison:''' And yes, I'm well aware of all the reasons why I should politely but firmly refuse these shoes...but instead, I LOVE THEM. And they fit.
* BattleTrophy: Madison acquires King Ethelred II's belt, and adorns it with such others as Caligula's testicles, Hitler's mustache, and Thug Behram's handkerchief.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Babette is introduced as somewhat of a BrainlessBeauty, [[HiddenDepths but she boasts an impressive body of knowledge]] [[RulesLawyer about the rules of Hell]].
* ByronicHero: When facing down Baal, Madison proclaims that she appears quite Byronic.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The criteria for admittance into hell are so strict, anyone who has ever used the word "ain't" will face eternal damnation.
* CriticalResearchFailure: [[spoiler: For the first half of the book, Madison believes that she died from a marijuana overdose.]]
** She also has no [[IncrediblyLamePun conception]] of the mechanics of sex.
*** Because of this, she also lacks a basic understanding of [[spoiler: French kissing, which leads to her accidental death.]]
* CuteButTroubled: Goran
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Madison's method of defeating Psezpolnica
* FailOSuckyName: Madison Desert Flower Rosa Parks Coyote Trickster Spencer
** Archibald Merlin Archer, or Archie Archer
* FireAndBrimstoneHell
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Madison
** TheLancer: Archer
** TheSmartGuy: Leonard
** TheBigGuy: Patterson
** TheChick: Babette
* GranolaGirl: Camille
* HeavenAndHell
* HellSeeker: Madison had her reservations at first, but grew accustomed to Hell and convinced anyone she could that they should do everything they could to join her there.
* HorribleHollywood: The Spencers
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: [[spoiler: Goran]]
* ImportantHaircut: In Hell, Babette gives Madison the bangs she always wanted, but her mother insisted she was not ready for.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Babette's accessories include knock-off Mahnolo Blahnik stilettos, a fake Coach handbag, and cubic zirconia earrings. These fashion sins are probably not noticeable to most people, but Madison has an eye for detail and was raised rich enough to have discriminating taste.
* Meganekko: Madison
* MsFanservice: Babette
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Goran. Madison describes him as having thick, dark hair and a Transylvanian accent, but admits that she does not know where he's from.
* PolishTheTurd: Madison's attempts to spruce up Hell including painting bats red and blue to look like birds and adding reflecting pools.
* SceneryGorn: Hell boasts such attractions as the Dandruff Desert, [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion the Swamp of Partial Birth Abortions]], and [[ADateWithRosiePalms the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm]].
* ShoutOut: Each chapter begins with Madison writing in a journal, always starting with "[[Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison]]."
** Madison mentions Film/TheBreakfastClub rather frequently in the beginning of the book, at one point even writing a note to Satan in the style of the iconic letter the group writes to the principal at the end of the film. Her FiveManBand also mirrors their personalities pretty well, and she refers to them as "The Dead Breakfast Club"
** Literature/JaneEyre gets several nods as well.
** Madison is interested in Creator/RiverPhoenix, and Emily wants to know if Creator/CoreyHaim is single.
* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: The fate of the three [[AlphaBitch Slutty Vandersluts]]]]
* TakeThat:
** Film/TheEnglishPatient is the only movie available in hell and it plays on an eternal loop.
** Hearing "You're the One that I Want" from Film/Grease three times in a day is a sure sign you'll die before sunset.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Leonard
* TheWoobie: Any of the dying people who are desperate enough for human contact to stay on the phone with Madison at her telemarketing job, but especially Emily.
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''Damned'' is a 2011 book by Chuck Palahniuk.
Madison Spencer is the daughter of a very wealthy HorribleHollywood family. After her untimely death at the age of thirteen, she finds herself in Hell. She quickly makes friends with the young dead people in the cells adjacent to hers, and ventures out to work a telemarketing job, CurbStompBattle the likes of Hitler and Caligula, and find out more about what landed her in Hell.
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!!Tropes found in this work:
* AbusiveParents: Not actively abusive, but some of Camille and Antonio Spencer's parenting is questionable at best. They have negligent tendencies toward Madison, encourage her to experiment with drugs, and [[OlderThanTheyLook Camille]] cultivates [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Madison's]] image to keep her looking childlike and lies about Madison's age in public to make herself seem younger, even putting the wrong birth year on her headstone.
** Beyond this, the Spencers use adoption as a PR stunt each time one of them has a project coming out that puts them in the spotlight. The children they adopt are always either NonSpecificallyForeign or InspirationallyDisadvantaged, such as the child Madison mentions who has a cleft lip. Once they have served their purpose, they are PutOnABus to one foreign BoardingSchool or another and promptly forgotten.
* ACupAngst: Madison, who died before puberty, expresses jealousy of [[MsFanservice Babette's]] more developed body.
* AlphaBitch: The three "Skanky von Skankenberg" girls from Madison's BoardingSchool
* ArcWords:
** "At best, a sentry. At worst, a voyeur."
** "It's power, but a kind of pointless, impotent power."
** "The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead."
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: [[spoiler: Archer's death, combined with RedemptionInTheRain.]]
* BoringButPractical: Madison's thick-soled Bass Weejun loafers are much more comfortable and durable than Babette's counterfeit Mahnolo Blahnik heels. Knowing this, she advises her recruits to wear comfortable and dark-colored shoes and clothes that won't show dirt.
** AwesomeButImpractical: However, she does concede that the shoes Babette finds for her to wear are very pretty.
--> '''Madison:''' And yes, I'm well aware of all the reasons why I should politely but firmly refuse these shoes...but instead, I LOVE THEM. And they fit.
* BattleTrophy: Madison acquires King Ethelred II's belt, and adorns it with such others as Caligula's testicles, Hitler's mustache, and Thug Behram's handkerchief.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Babette is introduced as somewhat of a BrainlessBeauty, [[HiddenDepths but she boasts an impressive body of knowledge]] [[RulesLawyer about the rules of Hell]].
* ByronicHero: When facing down Baal, Madison proclaims that she appears quite Byronic.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The criteria for admittance into hell are so strict, anyone who has ever used the word "ain't" will face eternal damnation.
* CriticalResearchFailure: [[spoiler: For the first half of the book, Madison believes that she died from a marijuana overdose.]]
** She also has no [[IncrediblyLamePun conception]] of the mechanics of sex.
*** Because of this, she also lacks a basic understanding of [[spoiler: French kissing, which leads to her accidental death.]]
* CuteButTroubled: Goran
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Madison's method of defeating Psezpolnica
* FailOSuckyName: Madison Desert Flower Rosa Parks Coyote Trickster Spencer
** Archibald Merlin Archer, or Archie Archer
* FireAndBrimstoneHell
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Madison
** TheLancer: Archer
** TheSmartGuy: Leonard
** TheBigGuy: Patterson
** TheChick: Babette
* GranolaGirl: Camille
* HeavenAndHell
* HellSeeker: Madison had her reservations at first, but grew accustomed to Hell and convinced anyone she could that they should do everything they could to join her there.
* HorribleHollywood: The Spencers
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: [[spoiler: Goran]]
* ImportantHaircut: In Hell, Babette gives Madison the bangs she always wanted, but her mother insisted she was not ready for.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Babette's accessories include knock-off Mahnolo Blahnik stilettos, a fake Coach handbag, and cubic zirconia earrings. These fashion sins are probably not noticeable to most people, but Madison has an eye for detail and was raised rich enough to have discriminating taste.
* Meganekko: Madison
* MsFanservice: Babette
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Goran. Madison describes him as having thick, dark hair and a Transylvanian accent, but admits that she does not know where he's from.
* PolishTheTurd: Madison's attempts to spruce up Hell including painting bats red and blue to look like birds and adding reflecting pools.
* SceneryGorn: Hell boasts such attractions as the Dandruff Desert, [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion the Swamp of Partial Birth Abortions]], and [[ADateWithRosiePalms the Great Ocean of Wasted Sperm]].
* ShoutOut: Each chapter begins with Madison writing in a journal, always starting with "[[Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison]]."
** Madison mentions Film/TheBreakfastClub rather frequently in the beginning of the book, at one point even writing a note to Satan in the style of the iconic letter the group writes to the principal at the end of the film. Her FiveManBand also mirrors their personalities pretty well, and she refers to them as "The Dead Breakfast Club"
** Literature/JaneEyre gets several nods as well.
** Madison is interested in Creator/RiverPhoenix, and Emily wants to know if Creator/CoreyHaim is single.
* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: The fate of the three [[AlphaBitch Slutty Vandersluts]]]]
* TakeThat:
** Film/TheEnglishPatient is the only movie available in hell and it plays on an eternal loop.
** Hearing "You're the One that I Want" from Film/Grease three times in a day is a sure sign you'll die before sunset.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Leonard
* TheWoobie: Any of the dying people who are desperate enough for human contact to stay on the phone with Madison at her telemarketing job, but especially Emily.
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