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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Rose R. is prone to this.
** She complains about all the noise, smog, crowds, muggers, sex fiends and ''politicians'' on the limo ride to Manhattan.
** She complains during breakfast about Moramax trying to bribe them, then handing them their plans to strip mine Jupiter Hollow and ''overcharging them for pancakes''.


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* CrazyHomelessPeople: The homeless guy hanging around the
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* InsistentTerminology: The Sheltons say "tee-tee" as a euphemism for going to the bathroom.
-->'''Sadie R.''': Rose, I have to visit the toilet.
-->'''Rose S''': Well, we better hurry. The meeting, and never say toilet. Say tee-tee.
-->'''Sadie S.''': I have to go tee-tee.
-->'''Rose R''': What are you talking about, go visit the toilet?

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* AffablyEvil: Fabio Labrici seems a friendly guy but he is also a cutthroat businessman who relishes in doing illegal activities. This is what attracts Sadie S. to him.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton bonds with Fabio over their...questionable business practices.



** Rose Shelton arrives at the office with a stray dog she just adopted, politely greets the receptionist, forgets where a meeting is being held, and talks about how nice a simple life would be.

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** Rose Shelton arrives at the office with a stray dog she just adopted, politely greets the receptionist, forgets where a meeting is being held, and talks about how nice a simple life would be. She even apologizes to the dog, establishing that she is an ExtremeDoormat.



* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The movie's use of misunderstandings as its source of humor is established when the nurse who delivers the Shelton and Ratliff sisters gave one of her patients a urine sample instead of apple cider to drink.



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs had about eight kids even before Rose and Sadie were born.



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs had about eight kids even before Rose and Sadie were born.
* MegaCorp: Moramax.
-->'''Rose S.''': I may be pre-periodic and I may be hysterical. So what?
-->'''Sadie S.''': So there are drugs for those things, and we make most of them!



* ShrinkingViolet: Rose Shelton is kind but quite timid.

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* SamusIsAGirl: Graham and Chuck assumed that R. Ratcliffe (Rose) is a man because he is foreman of the Hollowmade furniture factory.
* ShrinkingViolet: Rose Shelton is kind but quite timid. Same goes for Dr. Jay. Which is why they don't mesh well.


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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Rose S. has always wanted to have a dog named Duke. Sadie R. already owns one.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton, and the Italian businessman she's dealing with (to the point where they hit it off romantically while talking business).

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton, and the Italian businessman she's dealing Shelton bonds with (to the point where they hit it off romantically while talking business).Fabio over their...questionable business practices.



* InLoveWithYourDarkness: Sadie Shelton bonds with Fabio over their...questionable business practices.
-->'''Sadie''': And I get to keep the dollars overseas where they aren't taxable.
-->'''Fabio''': And invest them in a villa in Italy?
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* InLoveWithYourDarkness: Sadie Shelton bonds with Fabio over their...questionable business practices.
-->'''Sadie''': And I get to keep the dollars overseas where they aren't taxable.
-->'''Fabio''': And invest them in a villa in Italy?
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-->'''Sadie Ratliffe''': "I do."

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-->'''Sadie Ratliffe''': Ratliff''': "I do."
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-->'''Sadie Shelton''': "Come on Sadie! Who needs these dumb old hayseeds?"

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-->'''Sadie Shelton''': "Come on Sadie! Who needs these dumb old hayseeds?"hayseeds anyway?"
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* KillAndReplace: Sadie Ratliff thought that Rose and Sadie Shelton are robots and this is their plan.


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* ShutUpHannibal:
-->'''Sadie Shelton''': "Come on Sadie! Who needs these dumb old hayseeds?"
-->'''Sadie Ratliffe''': "I do."
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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).

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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).ex-wife).
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* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Sadie Shelton happily plays with her nephew when his father brings him by the office.

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* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Sadie Rose Shelton happily plays with her nephew when his father brings him by the office.

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* BlatantLies: Sadie Shelton assures her sister and the board of her company that the residents of Jupiter Hollow want to close down the furniture company right before a GilliganCut to the fair which is raising money to protest the closure.
* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).



* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).

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* BrattyHalfPint: [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to Shelton happily plays with her nephew when his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).brings him by the office.



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs had a lot of kids even before Rose and Sadie were born.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: All four of the main characters.
** When a secretary yells that Sadie is arriving at the office, all of the employees panic and try to look busy. Sadie then marches in, being a MeanBoss and CorruptCorporateExecutive (she resents spending so much money on making sure products are safe) while mentioning that she was buying stock before she turned 13.
** Rose Shelton arrives at the office with a stray dog she just adopted, politely greets the receptionist, forgets where a meeting is being held, and talks about how nice a simple life would be.
** Rose Ratliff makes a fiery speech at a county fair denouncing the Sheltons' company.
** Sadie Ratliff sings a song at a fundraiser and loves being the center of attention.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Sadie Ratliff loves fancy dresses and singing before a crowd, but also knows how to wrestle a hog.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Rose and Sadie Ratliff wear several purple dresses and are nice women out to save the jobs of their neighbors.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs had a lot of about eight kids even before Rose and Sadie were born.



* RightBehindMe: A variant occurs when Rose Shelton's boyfriend Dr. Marshall calls her to apologize about their recent argument and blame it on his dislike of her sister. Rose's sister is the one who picks up the phone and takes this revelation poorly.



* SwitchedAtBirth: One each from the Shelton and Ratliff twins.

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* SwitchedAtBirth: One each from the Shelton and Ratliff twins.twins.
* WorkoutFanservice: Roone does a bunch of push-ups while he's shirtless.
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* CountryMouse: Roone is a dim, good-natured, small-town West Virginian who is prone to FishOutOfWater moments in New York.
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* CompanyTown: Jupiter Hollow is run lock, stock and barrel by the Hollowmade Furniture Company, with the local hospital only being accessible to Hollowmade employees. During the DistantPrologue, when a wealthy woman is in labor, and is refused admittance to the hospital, her husband races to the house of the owner and buys the company from him on the spot. Decades later, this becomes more detrimental as the Sheltons consider selling it.

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* CompanyTown: Jupiter Hollow is run lock, stock and barrel by the Hollowmade Furniture Company, with the local hospital only being accessible to Hollowmade employees. During the DistantPrologue, when a wealthy woman is in labor, and is refused admittance to the hospital, her husband races to the house of the owner and buys the company from him on the spot. Decades later, this becomes more detrimental as the Sheltons consider selling it.the factory.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Rose Shelton.

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* ShrinkingViolet: Rose Shelton.Shelton is kind but quite timid.
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* CampGay: The two partners (both professionally and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliffs.

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* CampGay: The two partners (both professionally and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliffs.Ratliffs are fairly flamboyant.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton, and the Italian businessman she's dealing with (to the point where they hit it off romantically).

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton, and the Italian businessman she's dealing with (to the point where they hit it off romantically).romantically while talking business).
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* InTheBlood: Sadie Ratliff dreams of a glamorous life in the big city, while Rose Shelton secretly fantasizes about a simple country existence.
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* RichSiblingPoorSibling: The film has this happen to two sets of identical twin girls. One twin from each set is unknowingly replaced with the other, so instead of two sets of twins, there is the same pair of sisters in two different families. One pair is raised in a small town, and the other by a rich family in New York City. The conflict comes when the rich sisters try to destroy the small town whether the other sisters live, causing the pairs to finally meet.
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* InTheBlood: Sadie Ratliff dreams of a glamorous life in the big city, while Rose Shelton secretly fantasizes about a simple country existence.

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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.



* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.

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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Happens quite a bit as SwitchedAtBirth: One each from the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.Shelton and Ratliff twins.
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'''''Big Business''''' is a 1988 comedy starring Creator/BetteMidler and Creator/LilyTomlin as two sets of identical twins.

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''Big Business''
is a 1988 comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Creator/BetteMidler and Creator/LilyTomlin as two sets of mismatched identical twins.






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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).

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* BrattyHalfPint: Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Sadie Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).
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* BrattyHalfPint: Rose Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).

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* BrattyHalfPint: Rose Sadie Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).
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* OneConversationTwoDialogues: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.

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* OneConversationTwoDialogues: OneDialogueTwoConversations: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.
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* TwoDialoguesOneConversation: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.

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* TwoDialoguesOneConversation: OneConversationTwoDialogues: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: Both biologically, and legally. Rose Shelton is a bullying, self-indulgent CorruptCorporateExecutive while her (legal) sister is a ShrinkingViolet and her biological sister a sweet-natured dreamer (albeit still one who longs for the finer things) while Rose Ratliff is stubborn, head-strong and suspicious of city-life.
* ShrinkingViolet: Sadie Shelton.

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* PolarOppositeTwins: Both biologically, and legally. Rose Sadie Shelton is a bullying, self-indulgent CorruptCorporateExecutive while her (legal) sister is a ShrinkingViolet and her biological sister a sweet-natured dreamer (albeit still one who longs for the finer things) while Rose Ratliff is stubborn, head-strong and suspicious of city-life.
* ShrinkingViolet: Sadie Rose Shelton.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Both biologically, and legally. Rose Shelton is a bullying, self-indulgent CorruptCorporateExecutive while her (legal) sister is a ShrinkingViolet and her biological sister a sweet-natured dreamer (albeit still one who longs for the finer things) while Rose Ratliff is stubborn, head-strong and suspicious of city-life.

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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliffs.Ratliffs had a lot of kids even before Rose and Sadie were born.
* NiceGuy: Roone Dimmick and Jay Marshall, the two Sadie's love interests.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Both biologically, and legally. Rose Shelton is a bullying, self-indulgent CorruptCorporateExecutive while her (legal) sister is a ShrinkingViolet and her biological sister a sweet-natured dreamer (albeit still one who longs for the finer things) while Rose Ratliff is stubborn, head-strong and suspicious of city-life.city-life.
* ShrinkingViolet: Sadie Shelton.
* TwoDialoguesOneConversation: Happens quite a bit as the different pairs of sisters run into people who think that they're the other pair.
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The film starts in 1948 when two pairs of Identical twin sisters are born at a hospital in the town of Jupiter Hollow, West Virginia, one to a local family (the Ratliff's), one to a multi-millionare couple passing through town, the Shelton's (who also buy the local factory). A near-sighted nurse accidentally mixes them up so each family leaves with one of their daughters, and one of the others. For added confusion, both pairs of twins get named Rose and Sadie. Forty years later, Sadie Shelton is preparing to shut down the plant in Jupiter Hollow, while the Raltiff sisters travel to the city to try and stop the sale. HilarityEnsures as the twins see narrowly missing each other.

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The film starts in 1948 when two pairs of Identical twin sisters are born at a hospital in the town of Jupiter Hollow, West Virginia, one to a local family (the Ratliff's), Ratliffs), one to a multi-millionare couple passing through town, the Shelton's Sheltons (who also buy the local factory). A near-sighted nurse accidentally mixes them up so each family leaves with one of their daughters, and one of the others.other's. For added confusion, both pairs of twins get named Rose and Sadie. Forty years later, Sadie Shelton is preparing to shut down the plant in Jupiter Hollow, while the Raltiff Ratliff sisters travel to the city to try and stop the sale. HilarityEnsures HilarityEnsues as the twins see start narrowly missing each other.



* CampGay: The two partners *both professionaly and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliff's.
* CompanyTown: Jupiter Hollow is run lock, stock and barrel by the Hollowmade Furniture Company, with the local hospital only being accessible to Hollowmade employees. During the DistantPrologue, when a wealthy woman is in labor, and is refused admittance to the hospital, her husband races to the house of the owner and buys the company from him on the spot. Decades later, this becomes more detrimental as the Shelton's consider selling it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Rose Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratlfif for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).

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* CampGay: The two partners *both professionaly (both professionally and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliff's.
Ratliffs.
* CompanyTown: Jupiter Hollow is run lock, stock and barrel by the Hollowmade Furniture Company, with the local hospital only being accessible to Hollowmade employees. During the DistantPrologue, when a wealthy woman is in labor, and is refused admittance to the hospital, her husband races to the house of the owner and buys the company from him on the spot. Decades later, this becomes more detrimental as the Shelton's Sheltons consider selling it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Rose Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratlfif Ratliff for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliff's.

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'''''Big Business''''' is a 1988 comedy starring Creator/BetteMidler and Creator/LilyTomlin as two sets of identical twins.
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The film starts in 1948 when two pairs of Identical twin sisters are born at a hospital in the town of Jupiter Hollow, West Virginia, one to a local family (the Ratliff's), one to a multi-millionare couple passing through town, the Shelton's (who also buy the local factory). A near-sighted nurse accidentally mixes them up so each family leaves with one of their daughters, and one of the others. For added confusion, both pairs of twins get named Rose and Sadie. Forty years later, Sadie Shelton is preparing to shut down the plant in Jupiter Hollow, while the Raltiff sisters travel to the city to try and stop the sale. HilarityEnsures as the twins see narrowly missing each other.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Mr. and Mrs. Shelton in the prologue. He had to bribe her to have children.
* CampGay: The two partners *both professionaly and privately) assigned by Sadie Shelton to meet with the Ratliff's.
* CompanyTown: Jupiter Hollow is run lock, stock and barrel by the Hollowmade Furniture Company, with the local hospital only being accessible to Hollowmade employees. During the DistantPrologue, when a wealthy woman is in labor, and is refused admittance to the hospital, her husband races to the house of the owner and buys the company from him on the spot. Decades later, this becomes more detrimental as the Shelton's consider selling it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Rose Shelton's son (which is part of why she divorced his father). When he mistakes Rose Ratlfif for his mom in a store and she disciplines him, this leads to his father developing some feelings for her (although he does think it's his Ex-wife).
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sadie Shelton, and the Italian businessman she's dealing with (to the point where they hit it off romantically).
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Ratliff's.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Both biologically, and legally. Rose Shelton is a bullying, self-indulgent CorruptCorporateExecutive while her (legal) sister is a ShrinkingViolet and her biological sister a sweet-natured dreamer (albeit still one who longs for the finer things) while Rose Ratliff is stubborn, head-strong and suspicious of city-life.

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