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* ScreamingWarrior: Oh good God! Nothing made MNM more hated than Melina's happy screams when they were winning...or her angry screams when losing. Both her sunset split and last call are usually preceded by a long battle cry too. Raised to MakeMeWannaShout as MNM's valet, where she actually broke up a pin against her boys by climbing in the ring and literally screaming in the referee's ear.

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* ScreamingWarrior: Oh good God! Nothing made MNM more hated than Melina's happy screams when they were winning...or her angry screams when losing. Both her sunset split and last call are usually preceded by a long battle cry too. Raised to MakeMeWannaShout as As MNM's valet, where she actually broke up a pin against her boys by climbing in the ring and literally screaming in the referee's ear.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Melina never competed under her Spanish-sounding last name Perez in the WWE. She initially had her hair lightened to brown and was presented mainly as 'Anglo'. Notably she's fluent in Spanish and never showed this skill on-screen. Her ancestry was acknowledged at the 2010 Wrestling/SummerSlam event when her ring gear was clearly Aztec inspired.
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* TheFashionista: An ex government agent, who makes sure to look stylish. A reservation tribeswoman, who makes sure to be fashionable. A celebrity hanger on who makes sure to be glamorous, the clothing love is always consistent. Pre and post WWE she was basically a FashionModel, in WWE she's more so [[FanserviceModel a glamour model]].

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* TheFashionista: An ex government agent, who makes sure to look stylish. A reservation tribeswoman, who makes sure to be fashionable. A celebrity hanger on who makes sure to be glamorous, the clothing love is always consistent. Pre and post WWE she was basically a FashionModel, fashion model, in WWE she's more so [[FanserviceModel a glamour model]].
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* YouHaveFailedMe: She blamed Joey Mercury for MNM losing the Smackdown tag team titles (in real life, they were breaking up due just not wanting to work together anymore). Melina would get her own medicine on Raw when Beth Phoenix turned on her for failing to help her win the Women's title off Mickie James.
* zettai ryouiki she frequently wore grads B stockings between 2006-2007

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* YouHaveFailedMe: She blamed Joey Mercury for MNM losing the Smackdown tag team titles (in real life, they were breaking up due just not wanting to work together anymore). Melina would get her own medicine on Raw when Beth Phoenix turned on her for failing to help her win the Women's title off Mickie James.
* zettai ryouiki she frequently wore grads B stockings between 2006-2007
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Whatever Melina was using to tan during her first Smackdown run looked fine, so long as she was by herself. Next to Nitro and Mercury it was clear they were using fake tan.
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* PoisonousFriend: Maria for a brief angle on ''Smackdown'' that went nowhere when Melina was traded back to ''Raw''.

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* PoisonousFriend: %%* Poisonous Friend: Maria for a brief angle on ''Smackdown'' that went nowhere when Melina was traded back to ''Raw''.

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* ComedicSpanking: Got one from Wrestling/VelvetSky at WWC 08/05/12. Melina returned the favor before pinning her with the sunset split. Melina gave Velvet another at the Aniversario show to discipline Sky shaking her ass all over the second rope.

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Got one from Wrestling/VelvetSky at WWC 08/05/12. Melina returned the favor before pinning her with the sunset split. Melina gave Velvet another at the Aniversario show to discipline Sky shaking her ass all over the second rope.rope.
** How she was punished by Alberto El Patron for her interference in his match against Johnny Mundo.



* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The red carpet and paparazzi as part of her entrance initially was there because MNM's gimmick was of arrogant heels who thought they were A-listers. When MNM split, she kept the red carpet and paparazzi because she was still a cocky primadonna. When she turned face, they still remained because she was now a gracious and humble 'celebrity'.

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* PutOnABus: After her only appearance on Lucha Underground, after what were described as "difficulties" between herself and LU officials (reported by the Wrestling Observer) or that she was asked to do one show in place of the original person meant for the role (Taya, who would debut in Season 2 and was originally meant for the role of Kobra Moon) and plans were changed afterward (told by Melina herself), depending on which version of the story is heard/believed.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Melina and Johnny Mundo were a legit couple in real life, so it made sense for Lucha Underground to attempt to milk that for all it was worth in the ring.
** In season 3 Johnny Mundo talked about having to use some money to make some pictures go away, almost certainly referencing pictures Melina put online about him, thus giving a kayfabe reason for her not being on the show.
* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The red carpet and paparazzi as part of her entrance initially was there because MNM's gimmick was of arrogant heels who thought they were A-listers. When MNM split, she kept the red carpet and paparazzi because she was still a cocky primadonna. When she turned face, they still remained because she was now a gracious and humble 'celebrity'.

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* {{Corpsing}}: At ''Survivor Series'' 2007 she slipped and fell off the apron while trying to do the splits. Despite playing a heel, she burst out laughing and was still giggling to herself when she did them properly a second time.

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* ImportantHaircut: She has cut her trademark RapunzelHair in 2014 and now sports a bob cut.

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* ImportantHaircut: She has cut her trademark RapunzelHair long hair in 2014 and now sports a bob cut.



* RapunzelHair: Had naturally flowing black hair down well past her waist from 2007 until late 2010. She shortened it a little to around chest-length prior to her WWE departure.
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* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Suffered this after being defeated by Scarlett Bordeaux - after knocking Melina out with her finisher and pinning her, Scarlett planted a kiss on Melina as a final statement before celebrating her victory.
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** PantyShot: Initially during her time in MNM when she did the splits. Would also (unintentionally) have many of these early in her WWE careerz as she would wrestle in short skirts. She kept the entrance after becoming a full time wrestler but wrestled in tights, thus averting the trope.
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* MulticolouredHair: At first, she stopped dying it after her face turn.

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