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3''Bridesmaids'' is a 2011 comedy starring and co-written by Creator/KristenWiig of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame and co-produced by Creator/JuddApatow, directed by Creator/PaulFeig. Wiig plays Annie, a single, late-thirties woman stuck in a dead-end job and a dead-end relationship. She faces a new source of anxiety when her old friend Lillian (played by fellow SNL alum Creator/MayaRudolph) gets engaged to a rich guy and seems poised to leave Annie behind for her rich, fancy new friends, especially Lillian's prospective new best friend, Helen (Creator/RoseByrne).
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5Designed as something of a DistaffCounterpart to ''Film/TheHangover'' and other films of its ilk, the film was a massive success (both critically and commercially), showing that female-driven buddy comedies could be hits and [[GenreRelaunch launching others in its wake]]. It was also a StarMakingRole for many of its actresses, especially Creator/MelissaMcCarthy.
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9* TheAce: How Helen appears most of the time.
10* {{Acrofatic}}: Megan is rather overweight but is ''very'' flexible.
11* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed. Annie prefers her {{jerkass}} fuck buddy rather than the sweet, amiable cop she met, but that's just one of the ways her self-destructive tendencies come to the surface. She clearly has feelings for Rhodes, but can't bring herself to act on them, just as much as she can't bring herself to fix up her life. Rather than take the chance of going after someone better, she (initially) chooses to settle for the devil she ''knows''.
12* TheAllegedCar: The sad little vehicle that down-at-the-heels Annie is forced to drive around.
13* AmbiguouslyBi: Rita and Becca, who are married to and show attraction to guys, but also share a drunken kiss on the plane to Las Vegas.
14* AlphaBitch:
15** Annie encounters a snotty tween girl while working as a jeweler and they fall into a cycle of out-insulting each other. To be fair, the girl is perfectly civil until Annie [[PsychologicalProjection starts insinuating her best friend will dump her]], both starting ''and'' escalating the argument.
16** Helen seems like an adult version of this trope at first, but is sympathized somewhat later on and becomes more of a LovableAlphaBitch.
17* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Helen is seemingly this to Annie, constantly attempting to one-up her and is often successful. She is also rich and attractive, and Annie feels threatened by her budding friendship with Lillian. [[spoiler:Played with, in that it's revealed Helen has her own problems in her life and has been muscling in on things more as an (admittedly rather thoughtless) attempt to over-compensate for her own unhappiness as opposed to downright maliciousness towards Annie.]]
18* AnAesop: You are the only person that can fix your life. Take responsibility for your actions.
19* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Parodied when Megan is telling Annie about her terrible experience in high school.
20--> '''Megan:''' And by Megan, I mean myself.
21* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Annie's rant at the bridal shower starts off as being about Helen's ''constant'' one-upmanship and theft of Annie's ideas, goes on to insult the stupidly extravagant shower she is throwing, and ends with a few sentences on the gigantic decorative cookie.
22* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Becca and Rita share a kiss while drunk after confessing their marital problems to each other.
23* BadNewsInAGoodWay: Annie's roommates when they tell her to move out.
24--> '''Brynn:''' We'd like to invite you to no longer live with us anymore.
25* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}} greatly with the bridal shop scene. In fact, the whole movie could be seen as the incarnate of averting this trope.
26* BettyAndVeronica: Rhodes, the kind, domestic, and sweet police officer, is the Betty to Ted's sneery, condescending, fratboy grown-up Veronica, with Annie as the Archie in the situation.
27* BigFun: Megan, who is always behaving in outlandish, bizarre, and humorous ways. Played with in that she seems unaware of how a lot of her behavior is perceived.
28* BitterWeddingSpeech: A few examples exist throughout the movie:
29** A variation at the engagement party, where Annie and Helen compete in their speeches to prove who is the better friend to Lillian makes for an uncomfortable experience for everyone.
30** Annie goes on a huge rant at the bridal shower upon learning that Helen plans on taking Lillian to Paris - something which Annie told her about in the first place.
31** Lillian's dad gives a bitter speech at the engagement party (that everyone treats as funny) where he repeatedly declares that he can't afford to pay for the wedding.
32* BizarreBelching: The first hint that the bridal party have come down with a vicious case of food poisoning is a ''very'' loud belch from Megan, which soon escalates into vomiting and uncontrollable diarrhea.
33* BlatantLies: Several times, especially at the bridal shop where the girls get food poisoning and Annie attempts to divert both the shop assistant and Helen:
34--> '''Annie:''' Nothing's happening... I think everybody has the flu.
35* BrickJoke: Played with. During Annie's meltdown at the bridal shower, she sarcastically asks if Lilian and Helen are going to ride around Paris on bikes with baguettes in the front baskets. A deleted scene on the DVD and Blu-ray release shows an online video of them doing just that while a mortified Annie watches.
36* BrokenBird: Annie due to losing her bakery during the recession, her subsequent breakup, her dead-end job, and eventually [[spoiler: having to move back home with her mom]].
37* CentralTheme: Hitting rock bottom and getting back up.
38* ChekhovsGun: Annie's car's [[TheAllegedCar busted tail-lights and dodgy ignition]]. [[spoiler:She gets in a fender-bender when the car behind her can't see her braking, and despite the minor bump, the car speeds away. This leads to Rhodes chewing her out for her irresponsibility (and he's ''definitely'' not talking about anything other than the lights) and adds to her ongoing HumiliationConga]].
39* ChickFlick: The question of whether or not this film is one is a good way to start an argument.
40* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: Despite repeated denials, Megan was right about [[spoiler: the guy sitting next to her on the plane being an air marshal]].
41* ClusterFBomb: Occurs during Annie's tantrum at the bridal shower, particularly in regards to the giant decorative cookie.
42--> '''Annie:''' Look at this shower! Look at that ''fucking'' cookie! Did you really think that this group of women was gonna finish ''that'' cookie? Really, and you know that reminds me actually, I never got a chance to try that ''fucking'' cookie! ''*runs outside and marches towards the cookie*'' STUPID FUCKING COOKIE! ''*starts destroying it and shoving the pieces towards her face*'' Oooh, delicious!
43* TheComicallySerious: Megan, despite her status as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, often (though not always) speaks in a serious, oddly formal cadence at odds with her crude, outlandish dialogue.
44* CountryMatters: Annie calling her tweenage customer this [[spoiler:is what finally gets her fired]].
45* CoversAlwaysLie: Applies to movie posters too: The posters (like the one at the top of this page) show the bridesmaids in dresses they don't wear anywhere in the film. While those dresses are short and pink, the actual ones are long and purple.
46* CringeComedy: The bridesmaids' dress fitting, the plane trip to Las Vegas, the bridal shower, and when the main character is "helping" customers at work can all be considered this.
47* DancePartyEnding: The film wraps up with the girls dancing together to "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips.
48* DeadpanSnarker: A good portion of the cast, but particular mention belongs to Rita.
49** SilentSnarker: During Annie’s meltdown at the wedding shower, it’s clear from Rita’s facial expressions that she agrees with everything Annie says.
50* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "woman who needs to get her life together does so over the course of the movie" genre; try as she might to come out on top, Annie progressively makes things worse with her attitude.
51* TheDitz: Annie's female roommate, in a somewhat ObliviouslyEvil fashion.
52* DoggedNiceGuy: Officer Rhodes.
53* DrivesLikeCrazy: Annie [[InvokedTrope does this on purpose]] to attract Rhodes' attention when he's deliberately ignoring her. He's under the impression she always drives badly, since she was swerving when he first pulled her over and generally keeps her car in bad condition.
54--> '''Rhodes:''' That stuff you were doing would've been dangerous for a ''good'' driver!
55* DrowningMySorrows: Rita and Becca getting drunk on the plane and swapping horror stories about their marriages. This ends with both women [[KissingUnderTheInfluence randomly and awkwardly kissing]].
56* EverybodyMustGetStoned: On the flight to Las Vegas, Helen gives Annie tranquilizers ''and'' alcohol to cope with her fear of flying.
57* EveryoneMustBePaired: Every character ends up in a relationship or is in one from the beginning. Helen, Becca, and Rita are all married, Lillian marries Doug, Annie ends up with Rhodes, and Megan is revealed to have gotten together with the air marshal, with whom she shared a single (admittedly flirty) scene, and he accompanies her to the wedding. Even Annie's divorced mom is heavily implied to hook up with the guy who fixes Annie's car at the very end.
58* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies: The wedding shower party favors are puppies. With little pink berets.
59* FairCop: Annie's roguishly handsome love interest, Officer Rhodes.
60* FatIdiot: Both of Annie's roommates.
61* FreudianTrio: In the platonic love triangle at the center of the film, Annie is the Id, Helen is the Superego, and Lillian is the Ego.
62* FriendsWithBenefits: Annie and her fuck buddy, played by an uncredited Creator/JonHamm.
63* FairytaleWeddingDress: Lillian is delighted with last year's designer dress, so ''this'' year's must be even more fabulous, right? [[SubvertedTrope Wrong.]]
64* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Megan lets out a belch at the beginning of the bridal shop scene, and Annie wipes sweat away a little later. Initially, this seems to be Megan's HypocriticalHumour and Annie feeling pressure from Helen... until everyone, save for Helen, gets food poisoning.
65* FoodPorn: Considering Annie is a professional baker who once owned her own business, we see this a few times. Notable examples include that one flowered cupcake she makes near the beginning of the film and the [[spoiler: apology carrot cake she bakes and decorates for Rhodes.]]
66* GenderFlip: Megan is an obvious one of Alan from ''Film/TheHangover''.
67* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Played with. After her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech fails, Megan tackles and wrestles with Annie, refusing to let up until Annie slaps her. It's the slap that proves to them both that Annie still has some fight left in her, and is the catalyst for her picking up the pieces of her life, [[spoiler: starting with apologizing to Rhodes.]]
68* GilliganCut: When comforting Lillian from her apartment before the wedding, Annie tells her that she's sure the wedding will go perfectly, and since Helen is planning it, it's sure to be tasteful. Cut to the wedding, [[spoiler: which includes a waterfall, fireworks, and a really tacky laser light show]].
69* GodwinsLaw: Intoxicated Annie versus an ornery flight attendant.
70--> '''Annie:''' Velcome to Germany! Auf wiedersehen, asshole!
71* GladIThoughtOfIt: Helen turns down Annie's idea for a Parisian-themed bridal shower, claiming it's overdone, only to end up using it herself. [[spoiler: Also invoked when Helen surprises Lillian with a trip to Paris for the two of them - which she only knew Lillian wanted because of Annie.]]
72* GratuitousSpanish: When Annie attempts to continually upstage Helen during the engagement toasts, she eventually runs out of things to say and tries to tell Lillian something meaningful in Spanish, which comes out unintelligible.
73* GreenEyedMonster: Annie's jealousy of Helen makes everything worse for her. [[spoiler: She's surprised to learn that Helen is actually jealous of ''her'' for Annie's genuinely close relationship with Lillian, and tries to compensate with elaborate gestures because that's what she's good at.]]
74* GrowlingGut: Annie stupidly inflicts food poisoning on herself and the other ladies, except Helen, before they visit a bridal dress shop. The first signs that things are about to go nuclear are a couple of ominous stomach rumblings from Annie, Megan, Rita, and Lillian, and then the {{vomit|IndiscretionShot}}ing and [[PottyFailure worse]] begins.
75* TheHecateSisters: Outside of the FreudianTrio of Annie, Lillian, and Helen, the three other bridesmaids form this: Becca is the maiden (of the "naive ditz" variety), Rita is the mother, and Megan is the crone, although Megan takes on the mother's tendency towards plumpness and eccentricity, while Rita has a sharper tongue.
76* HeterosexualLifePartners: Annie and Lillian.
77* HollywoodLaw: After the main characters' flight to Las Vegas is diverted to Casper, Wyoming due to Annie's in-flight antics, nothing else happens. In real life, anyone taken off a plane this way is sent the bill for the diversion by the airline, whose landing fees and fuel costs usually run into at least five figures. Given that Annie is also seen being escorted by two officers, she'd likely be facing federal charges of interfering with a flight crew as well. However, none of this is brought up or even mentioned again after the scene ends.
78* HumiliationConga: The movie might as well be called ''Annie's Humiliation Conga''. She lost all her money in a failed business venture, got dumped shortly afterwards, currently works in a dead-end job, lives with a weird guy and his weird mooch sister, and is in a {{friends with benefits}} relationship with a total {{jerkass}}. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just at the start of the movie]]. [[spoiler: She goes on to lose said job for insulting a young customer, gets kicked out of her apartment, drives away her best friend ''and'' potential love interest, and has to move in with her mother...]]
79--> '''Annie:''' Hey, Mom. You know when you thought I'd hit bottom? That wasn't the bottom.
80* HypocriticalHumor: Rita's complaints about her sons swearing at her turn out to be this.
81--> '''Rita''' (''to her sons''): Hey! Shut your filthy fucking mouths!
82* IkeaErotica: Quite a few of Annie's facial expressions with Ted makes it clear that she isn't enjoying anything he is doing with her. It's especially noticeable when he grabs and massages her breast and she just looks around confusedly.
83* ImplausibleDeniability: Annie's roommate's excuse on reading her diary.
84--> '''Brynn:''' At first, I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book.
85* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Lillian's wedding dress, designed by a famous fashion designer in France, went a little too far with the ruffles. It's so over-the-top that both Annie and Lillian can do nothing but laugh.
86* IncestSubtext: Annie's roommates, who are brother and sister, are seen bathing together at one point.
87* IncrediblyLameFun: When brainstorming ideas for Lillian's bridal shower, Becca suggests a {{Creator/Pixar}}-themed bridal shower.
88* TheIngenue: Becca, who is extremely sweet, naive, and a fan of all things {{Creator/Disney}}.
89* InsultBackfire: Annie's remark that Lillian needs to get her head out of Helen's asshole, "which I'm sure is perfectly bleached!", prompts this.
90-->'''Lillian:''' [[spoiler: You know what? It ''is!'' And you know how I know? Because I went to the ''fucking'' salon with her, and I got ''my'' asshole bleached too! AND I ''LOVE'' MY NEW ASSHOLE!]]
91* IntoxicationEnsues: Annie's effort to deal with her fear of flying has unfortunate consequences.
92* {{Jerkass}}:
93** Jon Hamm's character, Ted.
94** Annie's male roommate, Gil.
95* KarmaHoudini: Helen. Despite the fact that she is the main antagonist, she never seems to get called out on anything and continues to upstage Annie right up until the end of the film. [[spoiler: That being said, Helen is gradually revealed to be quite sympathetic herself, being more thoughtlessly over-eager rather than actively malicious.]]
96** Our [[ChekhovsGun first glimpse]] of Helen's true nature comes when we see how her stepchildren treat her.
97-->'''Helen:''' You guys need a ride home later?\
98'''Stepson:''' [[spoiler: Fuck off, Helen.]]
99** Annie's roommates, Gil and Brynn, never receive any comeuppance for their rudeness [[spoiler: or for kicking her out of the apartment.]]
100* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Played with; Once Helen and Annie are left by themselves in the dress shop, Helen sees Annie sweating and visibly trying to keep from throwing up due to the food poisoning. Helen repeatedly asks her if she's okay, but Annie insists she's fine and even requests a snack to prove it. Helen brings Annie a candy-coated almond, which Annie chokes down to make her point. While Helen isn't outwardly malicious in this scene, she doesn't call Annie out on her visible discomfort and instead chooses to allow her to suffer the consequences.
101* {{Ladette}}: Megan.
102* LastMinuteHookup: Hinted at with Annie's mom and the car mechanic, Bill Cozbi. "Don't I know you from [[TropaholicsAnonymous AA]]?"
103** A surprise hookup is also revealed at Lillian's wedding: Megan and [[spoiler: Jon, the air marshal]].
104* LineOfSightName: Annie's made-up boyfriend while she talks to Ted, George...Glass.
105** Also a ShoutOut to ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
106* LoserProtagonist: Annie, who starts out working a dead-end job [[spoiler: which she later gets fired from, forcing her to move back in with her mother]], is almost forty years old and still unmarried. Throughout the movie, she also serves as the third wheel to her best friend, who is engaged with a rich man and also has a new best friend in the form of a RichBitch who lavishly flaunts her wealth.
107* MileHighClub: Megan attempts to join this on the plane [[spoiler: with air marshal Jon.]]
108* MistakenForGay: Lillian and Helen. Hilariously lampshaded by Annie as she competes with bridesmaid Helen for her best friend Lillian's affection and who could out best the other with the extravagant wedding plans.
109* ModestyBedsheet: ''A la'' [[Series/SexAndTheCity Carrie Bradshaw]], Annie keeps her bra on for sex with Ted. However, as noted in the DVD commentary, she ''does'' take it off when she's with Rhodes, demonstrating her willingness to be both emotionally and physically open with him in a way she can't with Ted.
110* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer and advertising is all about the bridesmaids as a group, despite that not being the case in the movie overall. The [[http://youtu.be/LzsHQCb4Cqo second trailer]] actually portrays the movie much more accurately than the more frequently shown first trailer because it chooses to focus more on Annie and Lillian's friendship.
111* NeverMyFault: One of the things Rhodes calls Annie out on in his angry "tail-lights" rant is her tendency to fall back on blaming others for what happens to her, which allows her to wallow in depression and victimization instead of taking any action that might actually help get her life sorted out. He phrases it in terms of a car accident that resulted because her tail-lights weren't working, but it's pretty clear what the subtext is.
112-->'''Annie:''' ''[Referring to her car accident]'' I just... Helen just--\
113'''Rhodes:''' ''[Interrupting, fed-up]'' Agh, don't... this didn't happen because of Helen. This happened because you didn't get your tail lights fixed. It's pretty simple.
114* NiceGirl: The bride and the titular bridesmaids, minus Annie and Helen, are all patient, pleasant, friendly, and fun. At their worst they can be InnocentlyInsensitive, but had it not been for [[GreenEyedMonster Annie’s]] and [[AlphaBitch Helen’s]] caustic competition the entire wedding would have been a very fun event.
115* NiceGuy: Officer Rhodes, in contrast to [[{{Jerkass}} Ted]].
116* NobodyPoops: ''Greatly'' averted in a scene where the bridesmaids get food poisoning from a Brazilian restaurant during a dress fitting.
117* NoSocialSkills: [[spoiler: Helen over-plans lavish parties to make up for the fact she has very few close female friends.]]
118* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Creator/ChrisODowd was prepared to put on an American accent for Officer Rhodes, but the production liked his native Irish accent so much that they told him to just use it.
119* OfficerOHara: Subverted by O'Dowd using his native accent and playing the part as written, not the stereotype.
120* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A jilted Rhodes snapping at Annie to get her "fucking tail lights fixed" because doesn't she understand how "badly she can hurt people"? ...[[LastSecondWordSwap with these... broken lights]]?
121* OutOfFocus: After being major supporting characters in the first half of the film, Rita and Becca are more or less DemotedToExtra for the second half. They still appear, but have very few lines and no plot importance.
122* OverlyLongGag:
123** Annie and Helen trying to one-up each other on their speeches about Lillian at the engagement party.
124** In the gag reel, Megan tosses off around thirty different options for the shower. Eventually it just sounds like [[WordSaladTitle word salad]].
125** Annie's many attempts to get Rhodes' attention in the car. Particularly when the car rolls ''veery slowly'' past him with no visible occupants.
126---> '''Annie:''' ''*badly disguising her voice*'' Hey, who's driving that car?
127* PaperThinDisguise: On the flight to Las Vegas, Annie tries to sneak into first class wearing a pair of sunglasses. It doesn't work.
128* PlaneAwfulFlight: For Annie. The flight itself goes pretty smoothly, but gets off to a bad start because Annie can't afford first class and ends up the only person in coach from her party. To calm her nerves, Annie takes a pill from Helen with booze, which leads to her essentially hallucinating thanks to an extremely paranoid seat mate. It then gets [[FromBadToWorse especially bad]] for everyone else when Annie starts screaming about there being a woman on the wing, leading to the entire bridal party getting kicked off the flight.
129* PottyFailure: Occurs during the infamous food poisoning scene in both a sink ''and in the street.''
130* ProperLady: Whitney from the Belle en Blanc dress shop, right down to the PrimAndProperBun. It only makes the bridesmaids' fitting all the more cringeworthy...
131--> '''Whitney:''' Don’t you dare ruin that dress!
132* PrecisionFStrike: Annie at the bridal shower, which then transitions to a ClusterFBomb.
133** The CountryMatters scene above fits this as well.
134* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lillian unveiling her clownish and over-the-top wedding dress to Annie.
135--> '''Lillian:''' Don't. You. Dare. Laugh.
136* RageBreakingPoint: Several throughout the film:
137** Helen stealing Annie's idea for a Parisian-themed bridal shower, particularly after saying the idea was overdone. Annie bites her tongue... until Helen presents Lillian with a bona fide ''plane ticket to Paris''.
138--->'''Annie:''' What woman gives another woman a trip to Paris?! Am I right? Les~bian!♪ We're all thinking it, aren't we?\
139''(the guests shake their heads unconvincingly)''\
140'''Becca:''' I'm not.\
141'''Megan:''' I was.
142** Officer Rhodes isn't exactly happy when he delivers his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Annie after her car accident, but he's at least attempting to keep his temper under control... until her ride comes along and it turns out to be her {{Jerkass}} fuck buddy, Ted. At this point, he finally snaps and storms off.
143* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Annie gets one from Megan [[spoiler: after her meltdown at the bridal shower leads to Annie getting uninvited from the wedding]]. With the speech, Megan is hoping to inspire Annie to "fight for [her] crappy life" rather than sit around and feel sorry for herself.
144** Annie also gets one from Nathan, which initially starts out as an admonition for not getting her tail lights fixed after she gets into a car accident, and eventually morphs into a rant about how much she hurt his feelings and her refusal to take responsibility for her life.
145* RichBitch: Helen. [[spoiler: Subverted though, as she turns out to just be lonely and desperate for friends.]]
146* RunningGag: People at the engagement party asking Annie "Is this your husband?" only for her to turn around and see various complete strangers standing next to her.
147* SatelliteLoveInterest: Taken to the logical extreme. Lillian's fiancé, Dougie, has zero characterization and exactly one line throughout the entire film.
148--> '''Dougie:''' I do.
149* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Rhodes.
150* SirSwearsALot: Rita.
151* ShoutOut:
152** "[[GirlfriendInCanada His name is]] [[Series/TheBradyBunch George...Glass]]."
153** One of the ideas Megan suggests for Lillian's bridal shower is ''Film/FightClub.''
154** On the plane to Las Vegas, Annie claims to see [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 a woman on the wing]].
155** Lillian's fiancé's name is [[Film/TheHangover Doug]]ie.
156** During her conversation with Becca on the plane, Rita mentions watching ''Series/TheDailyShow''.
157* SignsOfDisrepair: After getting uninvited from Lillian's wedding because of her meltdown at the bridal party, Annie sees the words "[-[[GenericGraffiti COCK BABY]]-]" spray-painted on her former bakery shop.
158* SourOutsideSadInside: Annie, who is still deeply depressed by the loss of her bakery and breakdown of her relationship, is ''very'' snarky and rude, even to people who are trying to help her.
159* StalkingIsLove: Annie repeatedly trying to rouse Rhodes' attention by performing illegal maneuvers in her car. These include speeding, tossing litter at his window, pretending to swig booze, talking on her cell phone, doing donuts beside his car, blasting loud rap music, and [[NakedPeopleAreFunny going topless]]. It takes [[spoiler: bumping into the back of Rhodes' police car with hers]] to finally get him to acknowledge her.
160* StepfordSmiler: Helen. [[spoiler: She appears happy on the outside, but is miserable and lonely on the inside.]]
161* StopHittingYourself: Megan uses this as a [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan motivational technique]] on Annie, and it works.
162* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
163** [[spoiler: It's revealed at the end of the movie that Helen's extravagant ideas for Lillian's wedding ended up raising the price far beyond what was predicted, and her father can no longer afford to pay. This contributes to Lillian's breakdown at the climax.]]
164** Annie also constantly forgets to get her tail lights fixed, which eventually culminates in her car getting badly rear-ended. Rhodes is pretty quick to point this out to her.
165* TantrumThrowing: Annie has an epic one at the bridal shower after Helen reveals she's taking Lillian to Paris. As a result, Annie destroys a giant decorative cookie and throws food around. She slightly overreaches when she attempts to push over an [[DidntThinkThisThrough eight foot tall concrete chocolate fountain]].
166* TastesLikeDisdain: Annie destroys the massive heart-shaped cookie at Lillian's over-the-top bridal shower to spite Helen, the person who put the shower together.
167* TheIllegal: Annie's roommate Brynn appears to be in this scenario, as it is mentioned that she cannot work (and therefore contribute to the rent) because she is on a tourist visa.
168* ThemedParty: Helen is apparently very good at these. She throws a lavish Parisian-themed bridal shower for Lillian, (which was originally Annie's idea that she previously turned down) and tops it off by giving Lillian a trip to Paris with herself.
169* ToiletHumor: The first sign of trouble brewing at the dress shop is when Megan lets an enormous belch.
170--> '''Megan:''' I want to apologize. I'm not even confident on which end that came out of.
171* TransparentCloset: Becca's husband, Kevin, is implied to be either gay or asexual, as he insists on them having sex in the dark, under the covers, only after they've showered ''separately...'' and half the time, he's too tired to even do it.
172* TrueCompanions: The film portrays Annie and Lillian to be these, having been best friends ever since childhood, until Lillian gets engaged and starts to become better friends with the wife of Dougie's boss, Helen.
173** Megan actually proves herself to be a very loyal friend to Annie, as she gives her the harsh talk she needs after her meltdown at the bridal shower and gives Annie the motivation to take back control of her life.
174* {{Twincest}}. Implied between Annie's roommates, Gil and Brynn, who are brother and sister and do a variety of strangely close things together, such as bathing.
175* TwitchyEye: Annie as she chokes down a candy-coated almond in the midst of food poisoning.
176* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Even though most of what happened to Annie isn't her fault, some of her reactions just make her look like a jerk, including her behavior towards Rhodes and her temper tantrum at Lillian's bridal shower.
177* TheVoiceless:
178** Lillian's fiancé, [[SatelliteLoveInterest Dougie]], shows up in a total of two scenes throughout the entire movie. Despite being mentioned a lot, his only real line is when he says his vows at the wedding.
179** Perry (Helen's husband and Dougie's boss) is also mentioned, but only appears once with no dialogue.
180** Lillian's mother also appears in the engagement party and wedding scenes, but says nothing.
181* VolleyingInsults: Annie starts one of these fights with a preteen girl at the jewelry store.
182-->'''Annie:''' I feel bad for your parents.\
183'''Customer:''' I feel bad [[LameComeback for your face]].\
184'''Annie:''' Okay, well, call me when your boobs come in.\
185'''Customer:''' You call me when [[NoYou yours come in!]]
186* VivaLasVegas: Subverted; [[spoiler: the girls get kicked off the plane because of Annie's antics before ever reaching Vegas.]]
187* VomitChainReaction: The infamous ([[ToiletHumour but hilarious]]) food poisoning scene.
188* VomitIndiscretionShot: During the food poisoning scene, Rita sprays vomit on the toilet and wall before she can get the lid up, and then Becca throws up in Rita's hair.
189* WakeUpMakeUp: Both parodied and invoked in the opening scene, when Annie tiptoes into the bathroom to freshen up while her fuck buddy, Ted, is asleep. She then makes self-deprecating comments about how she looks first thing in the morning when he wakes up and compliments her.
190* WeddingFinale: The final scene is Lillian's wedding to Dougie.
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