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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane and Holly commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. Jane noticing that Robin gets tired easily. Robin's allergies come and go. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane and Holly commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. Jane noticing that Robin gets tired easily. Robin's allergies come and go. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].AIDS]].
** After learning that Jane is a lesbian, Robin asks Jane why didn't Jane pursue her. To which, Jane retorts, "you're not my type". [[spoiler: This is because Robin is actually bisexual, she reciprocates Jane's crush, and is falling for her]].
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* TimeDelayedDeath: Holly's abusive ex Nick suffers quite a fatal blow to the head with a baseball bat. But he doesn't keel over and die yet until hours later after the main trio have left him.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Jane spends most of the movie crushing on Robin, who [[spoiler:(at least, she thinks)]] is straight. She also spent some time before the film crushing on Holly. According to Holly, this is a recurring problem for Jane. [[spoiler:At the end it turns out Robin's bisexual, confessing her love to her, so they aren't compatible but sadly because Robin is dying from AIDS they only get a tender moment.]]

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Jane spends most of the movie crushing on Robin, who [[spoiler:(at least, she thinks)]] is straight. She also spent some time before the film crushing on Holly. According to Holly, this is a recurring problem for Jane. [[spoiler:At the end it turns out Robin's bisexual, confessing her love to her, so they aren't are compatible but sadly because Robin is dying from AIDS they only get a tender moment.]]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Robin delivers one to Jane while she is dying from her HIV-related lung infection in the hospital]].

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Robin delivers one to Jane while she is dying from her HIV-related AIDS-related lung infection in the hospital]].



* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler: Robin succumbs to her HIV not long after Holly's baby is born]].

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler: Robin succumbs to her HIV AIDS not long after Holly's baby is born]].



* IncompatibleOrientation: Jane spends most of the movie crushing on Robin, who [[spoiler:(at least, she thinks)]] is straight. She also spent some time before the film crushing on Holly. According to Holly, this is a recurring problem for Jane.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Jane spends most of the movie crushing on Robin, who [[spoiler:(at least, she thinks)]] is straight. She also spent some time before the film crushing on Holly. According to Holly, this is a recurring problem for Jane. [[spoiler:At the end it turns out Robin's bisexual, confessing her love to her, so they aren't compatible but sadly because Robin is dying from AIDS they only get a tender moment.]]
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It isn't ambiguous as she's explicitly attracted to men along with women. Also editing No Bisexuals, Politically Correct Villain for clarity, changing HIV to AIDS since it's progressed to the latter.


* NoBisexuals: The lawyer in court holds it against Holly's friends Jane and Robin and he accuses Robin of being a lesbian too. Not once is the word "bisexual" uttered In-Universe despite Robin's obvious attraction to both the male bartender and her friend Jane.

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* NoBisexuals: The lawyer in court holds it against Holly's Holly that she's friends with Jane (a lesbian) and Robin and he Robin. He accuses Robin of being a lesbian too. Not once is the word "bisexual" uttered In-Universe InUniverse despite Robin's obvious attraction to both the male bartender and her friend Jane.



* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Robin's mother has to live with the loss of her young son Tommy [[spoiler: and her fully grown daughter succumbing to a lung infection from HIV]] before her time comes.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Robin's mother has to live with the loss of her young son Tommy [[spoiler: and her fully grown daughter succumbing to a lung infection from HIV]] as a result of having AIDS]] before her time comes.



** The male court lawyer holds Holly's friends Jane and Robin in contempt of crime simply for being lesbians.

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** The male court lawyer holds Holly's friends Jane and Robin in contempt of crime against her simply for being lesbians.lesbians ([[NoBisexuals really bisexual]] in the latter's case).
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* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: Robin says she wants a husband and kids someday and reciprocates the bartender's sexual attraction towards her. She also falls in love with Jane and confesses to having a crush on another woman before]].

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--> '''Robin:''' I had a crush on a woman once. I was ten.

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' I had a crush on a woman once. I was ten.



--> '''Robin:''' She was a strawberry blonde. That's what my Mom called her. She was the babysitter...at the hotel we stayed at...right before my dad went to Vietnam. She was beautiful. Strawberry blonde.

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' She was a strawberry blonde. That's what my Mom called her. She was the babysitter...at the hotel we stayed at...right before my dad went to Vietnam. She was beautiful. Strawberry blonde.



--> '''Robin:''' It was me you loved, wasn't it?

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' It was me you loved, wasn't it?



--> '''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.

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[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.



--> '''Robin:''' And afterwards...you could have a big party at the house, okay?

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' And afterwards...you could have a big party at the house, okay?



--> '''Robin:''' Big party.

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--> '''Robin:''' '''[[spoiler: Robin]]:''' Big party.


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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler: Robin succumbs to her HIV not long after Holly's baby is born]].
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--> '''Robin:''' I had a crush on a woman once. I was ten.
--> '''Jane:''' That's when I had crushes on boys.
--> '''Robin:''' She was a strawberry blonde. That's what my Mom called her. She was the babysitter...at the hotel we stayed at...right before my dad went to Vietnam. She was beautiful. Strawberry blonde.
--> '''Jane:''' I was a strawberry blonde too.
--> '''Robin:''' It was me you loved, wasn't it?
--> '''Jane:''' Yeah. Still.
--> '''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.
--> '''Robin:''' And afterwards...you could have a big party at the house, okay?
--> '''Jane:''' Okay.
--> '''Robin:''' Big party.
--> '''Jane:''' Big party.

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* NoBisexuals: The lawyer in court holds it against Holly's friends Jane and Robin. He accuses Robin of being a lesbian. Not once is the word bisexual uttered In-Universe.

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* NoBisexuals: The lawyer in court holds it against Holly's friends Jane and Robin. He Robin and he accuses Robin of being a lesbian. lesbian too. Not once is the word bisexual "bisexual" uttered In-Universe.In-Universe despite Robin's obvious attraction to both the male bartender and her friend Jane.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Holly's abusive ex-boyfriend Nick being mean to Jane because she is a lesbian. Even calling her a "dyke" at one point.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
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Holly's abusive ex-boyfriend Nick being mean to Jane because she is a lesbian. Even calling her a "dyke" at one point.point.
** The male court lawyer holds Holly's friends Jane and Robin in contempt of crime simply for being lesbians.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: Robin says she wants a husband and kids someday. She also eventually falls in love with Jane]].

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* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: Robin says she wants a husband and kids someday. someday and reciprocates the bartender's sexual attraction towards her. She also eventually falls in love with Jane]].Jane and confesses to having a crush on another woman before]].
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Robin delivers one to Jane while she is dying from her HIV-related lung infection in the hospital]].


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* NoBisexuals: The lawyer in court holds it against Holly's friends Jane and Robin. He accuses Robin of being a lesbian. Not once is the word bisexual uttered In-Universe.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Robin's mother has to live with the loss of her young son Tommy [[spoiler: and her fully grown daughter succumbing to a lung infection from HIV]] before her time comes.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Jane is a black lesbian, the only person of color in the cast.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Jane is a black lesbian, the only person of color in the cast.cast (aside from Holly's baby daughter, who's [[ChocolateBaby biracial it turns out]], with a black father, but she's only seen briefly).



* WhosYourDaddy: A panicked Holly reveals to Jane and Robin that she is quite sure that ex-boyfriend may not the father of her baby and that their may be many other potential fathers.

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* WhosYourDaddy: A panicked Holly reveals to Jane and Robin that she is quite sure that ex-boyfriend may not the father of her baby and that their may be many other potential fathers. She turns out to be right, as her baby daughter's skin color [[ChocolateBaby shows that her father was a black man]], not her ex (who's white).
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* WhosYourDaddy: A panicked Holly reveals to Jane and Robin that she is quite sure that ex-boyfriend may not the father of her baby and that their may be many other potential fathers.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The bartender jokes about this when he, Jane and Robin momentarily panic upon seeing a cop named Lincoln enter his bar: "My dream evening. Lesbians and cops. What's next, republicans?".


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* ShoutOut:
** The song "Dreams" by the band The Cranberries plays over as Jane and Robin go to pick up Holly. Jane later references the band when jokingly describing what makes her and Robin incompatible.
** The band playing in the bar in Arizona is The Indigo Girls singing their hit "Joking".
** The song "Friends Montage" from fellow Warner Bros. film Free Willy was used at the start of the theatrical trailer.
** Holly calls her baby girl Mary Todd, which makes her full name: Mary Todd Lincoln. This is a reference to Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln.
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* WhamLine: The nurse delivers one to Jane about Robin. "[[spoiler: It's typical in this kind of AIDS-related pneumonia"]].

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* WhamLine: The nurse delivers one to Jane about Robin. "[[spoiler: It's [[spoiler: "It's typical in this kind of AIDS-related pneumonia"]].
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* CountryMatters: Jane encourages Robin to say the C word instead of using silly words like "hoo-hoo" or "cissy" or "down there" to describe a woman's parts.


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* NoPreggerSex: A three month pregnant Holly gets intimate with a cop. Not that her pregnancy prevents her from doing so. Jane and Robin hilariously lampshade that the sex is not good for the baby and that they'll probably take a break in the delivery room.
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* CooldownHug: Jane gives one to Robin after she has a emotional breakdown over [[spoiler: her AIDS diagnosis and AIDS-related pneumonia]].

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* CooldownHug: Jane gives one to Robin after she has a an emotional breakdown over [[spoiler: her AIDS diagnosis and AIDS-related pneumonia]].
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* CooldownHug: Jane gives one to Robin after she has a emotional breakdown over [[spoiler: her AIDS diagnosis and AIDS-related pneumonia]].

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Jane telling Robin that they're even. Jane informing Robin that Holly told her Robin didn't know Jane was gay. And Robin [[spoiler: keeping her AIDS diagnosis a secret from both Jane and Holly]].



* WhamLine: The nurse delivers one to Jane about Robin. "[[spoiler: It's typical in this kind of AIDS-related pneumonia".

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* WhamLine: The nurse delivers one to Jane about Robin. "[[spoiler: It's typical in this kind of AIDS-related pneumonia".pneumonia"]].
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* WhamLine: The nurse delivers one to Jane about Robin. "[[spoiler: It's typical in this kind of AIDS-related pneumonia".

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* Deliberately Monochrome: Robin's flashbacks of her childhood with her mother and her late brother are shot in black and white.

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* Deliberately Monochrome: DeliberatelyMonochrome: Robin's flashbacks of her childhood with her mother and her late brother are shot in black and white.


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* LoveRevelationEpiphany: [[spoiler: After learning from Holly that Jane has been crushing on her, Robin (who thought that she herself was straight) eventually realizes she returns Jane's feelings.]]
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* Deliberately Monochrome: Robin's flashbacks of her childhood with her mother and her late brother are shot in black and white.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Holly says that, aside from Jane, the only other lesbian she has seen was on the old porn tapes her ex-boyfriend Nick used to watch.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: Robin says she wants a husband and kids someday. She also eventually falls in love with Jane]].


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* InternalReveal: Holly is the one informing Robin that Jane has a crush on her.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Holly says that she could never consider getting an abortion because she would've felt like a murderer. Ironic since this was after she accidentally murdered her ex-boyfriend in self-defense.
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* DomesticAbuse: Holly is ridiculed and physically abused by her alcoholic drug-addicted boyfriend Nick. Luckily, Jane and Robin put a stop to it.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. Jane commenting that Robin gets tired easily. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane and Holly commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. Jane commenting noticing that Robin gets tired easily.easily. Robin's allergies come and go. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. Jane commenting that Robin gets tired easily. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].


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* InsultBackfire: Nick mockingly asks Jane, "what's sex like without a dick?" regarding her being a lesbian. Jane fires back to Nick, "you tell me".


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


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Holly's abusive ex-boyfriend Nick being mean to Jane because she is a lesbian. Even calling her a "dyke" at one point.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. Robin taking medication constantly. This is because [[spoiler: Robin has AIDS]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. This is because [[spoiler: she has AIDS]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. And Jane commenting that Robin looks terrible. This is because [[spoiler: she Robin has AIDS]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Robin vomiting in a restaurant bathroom. This is because [[spoiler: she has AIDS]].

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