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Ill Girl has been cut per TRS decision. Examples are moved to Delicate And Sickly when appropriate.


* IllGirl: Robin collapses at a local diner and has to be rushed to hospital for pneumonia, at which point Jane and Holly learn she has AIDS.
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* SerenadeYourLover: At the party, [[spoiler: Robin]] weakly tries to sing the Roy Orbison song "You Got It" to Jane, and Jane gently finishes the song for her.

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* OneLastDance: [[spoiler: While dying from AIDS, Robin tells Jane that she doesn't want a funeral but her mom probably will and asks Jane not to let her mom take her back to San Diego. And to throw a big party at the house after Robin is discharged from the hospital]].


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* TheLastDance: [[spoiler: While dying from AIDS, Robin tells Jane that she doesn't want a funeral but her mom probably will and asks Jane not to let her mom take her back to San Diego. And to throw a big party at the house after Robin is discharged from the hospital]].

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--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' I loved you too. I won't...want a funeral, but...Mom will. But it's got to be here. Don't let her take me back to San Diego.
--> '''Jane:''' Okay.
--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' And afterwards...you could have a big party at the house, okay?
--> '''Jane:''' Okay.
--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' Big party.
--> '''Jane:''' Big party.

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--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' I loved you too. I won't...want a funeral, but...Mom will. But it's got to be here. Don't let her take me back to San Diego.
--> '''Jane:''' Okay.
--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' And afterwards...you could have a big party at the house, okay?
--> '''Jane:''' Okay.
--> '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' Big party.
--> '''Jane:''' Big party.


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* OneLastDance: [[spoiler: While dying from AIDS, Robin tells Jane that she doesn't want a funeral but her mom probably will and asks Jane not to let her mom take her back to San Diego. And to throw a big party at the house after Robin is discharged from the hospital]].

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* MoneyIsNotPower: [[spoiler: After Robin falls ill due to a lung infection from her AIDS, Jane goes to the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman politely refuses Jane's money, saying though she practices some form of magic and spirituality, she cannot perform miracles]].



%%This trope is about people avoiding responsibility through money. I'm not sure what this would be, but it isn't the same.* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls ill due to a lung infection from her AIDS, Jane goes to the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying though she practices some form of magic and spirituality, she cannot perform miracles]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls ill due to a lung infection from her AIDS, Jane goes to the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying though she practices some form of magic and spirituality, she cannot perform miracles]].

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%%This trope is about people avoiding responsibility through money. I'm not sure what this would be, but it isn't the same.* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls ill due to a lung infection from her AIDS, Jane goes to the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying though she practices some form of magic and spirituality, she cannot perform miracles]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jane telling the male bartender about Robin's secret ([[spoiler: she has AIDS]]) leads to the two women having a big fight and not speaking for a while.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jane telling the male bartender about Robin's secret ([[spoiler: she ([[spoiler:she has AIDS]]) leads to the two women having a big fight and not speaking for a while.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Jane and Robin quip and snark at one another and one point they have a big fight and stop talking to one another before reuniting at Robin's deathbed and admit their love for one another]].

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* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Jane and Robin quip and snark at one another and at one point they have a big fight and stop talking to one another before reuniting at Robin's deathbed and where they admit their love for one another]].



* MsFanservice: Holly flashes her breasts at one point, as she teased her abusive ex-boyfriend.

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* MsFanservice: Holly flashes her breasts at one point, point as she teased teases her abusive ex-boyfriend.



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls I'll due to a lung infection from her AIDS virus, Jane goes the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying "if it works" and though she practices some form of spirituality magic, she cannot perform miracles]].

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls I'll ill due to a lung infection from her AIDS virus, AIDS, Jane goes to the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying "if it works" and though she practices some form of spirituality magic, magic and spirituality, she cannot perform miracles]].
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Robin gets torn between both her attraction towards the male bartender and her feelings towards her friend Jane]].
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* BelatedLoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: Robin is in love with Jane but she doesn't realize this until after the two have stopped talking due to a fight and Robin ends up on her deathbed]].
* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Jane and Robin quip and snark at one another and one point they have a big fight and stop talking to one another before reuniting at Robin's deathbed and admit their love for one another]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jane telling the male bartender about Robin's secret ([[spoiler: she has AIDS]]) leads to the two women having a big fight and not speaking for a while.


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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: After Robin falls I'll due to a lung infection from her AIDS virus, Jane goes the same tarot card woman she met months earlier and offers her money to help remove "the curse" forshadowed in her tarot cards. The woman refuses Jane's money, saying "if it works" and though she practices some form of spirituality magic, she cannot perform miracles]].

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