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* IHaveNoDaughter: After Bill's co-workers start putting up newspaper photos of Violet in their booths, he goes to the bar to see what's really going on and finds his little girl drenched in water writhing on the bar. He stops taking her calls for a while and, at Gloria's wedding, tells her that he's ashamed of her.

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* IHaveNoDaughter: After Bill's co-workers start putting up newspaper photos of Violet in their booths, he goes to the bar to see what's really going on and finds his little girl drenched in water writhing on the bar. He stops taking her calls for a while and, at Gloria's wedding, tells her that he's ashamed of her. It takes a call from an emergency room for them to reconcile.
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* IHaveNoDaughter: After Bill's co-workers start putting up newspaper photos of Violet in their booths, he goes to the bar to see what's really going on and finds his little girl drenched in water writhing on the bar. He stops taking her calls for a while and, at Gloria's wedding, tells her that he's ashamed of her.
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->'''Jerry Bruckheimer:''' "So, let me get this straight: This script is about a strip club where the four employees don't take off their clothes. And they're too busy dancing --completely dressed-- on top of the bar to serve anyone a drink. Yet the bar is so popular that there's a giant line to get in. I sent the script to the people who wrote ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and they sent it back with a note that said 'This is preposterous!'"
-->-- Creator/{{Seanbaby}}, [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]] on the film as only he can.

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''Coyote Ugly'' is a 2000 comedy-drama produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer and directed by David [=McNally=] about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at the eponymous woman-run bar, which prominently features scantily-clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at Coyote Ugly.

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''Coyote Ugly'' is a 2000 comedy-drama [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer and directed by David [=McNally=] about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo), (Creator/PiperPerabo), [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at the eponymous woman-run bar, which prominently features scantily-clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at Coyote Ugly.


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* AsHerself: Music/LeAnnRimes, who appears in the end.


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* MsFanservice: It's a movie about a good-looking woman along with her equally good-looking colleagues/friends.
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Examples Are Not Arguable. She does the soundtrack, but she only has like a 30-second cameo. Per the description, Non Actor Vehicle is when someone is cast in a STARRING role, explicitly NOT a supporting or minor rin a starring role (not a supporting or minor one), even if it's not the sole major role, in a movie, play, or TV show.


* NonActorVehicle: Arguably, Music/LeAnnRimes. Though she only appeared in the film for a short cameo, the film very prominently featured her music, to the point where it seems to be a vehicle for her sound.
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Best remembered for its CultSoundtrack (which featured the crossover [=LeAnn=] Romes hit "Can't Fight the Moonlight") and its [[NeverTrustATrailer bait-and-switch trailer]] (which led viewers to believe the movie would be 90 minutes of T&A and sexy adventures; the actual movie is a ChickFlick through and through).

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Best remembered for its CultSoundtrack (which featured the crossover [=LeAnn=] Romes Music/LeAnnRimes hit "Can't Fight the Moonlight") and its [[NeverTrustATrailer bait-and-switch trailer]] (which led viewers to believe the movie would be 90 minutes of T&A and sexy adventures; the actual movie is a ChickFlick through and through).



* NonActorVehicle: Arguably, Leann Rimes. Though she only appeared in the film for a short cameo, the film very prominently featured her music, to the point where it seems to be a vehicle for her sound.

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* NonActorVehicle: Arguably, Leann Rimes.Music/LeAnnRimes. Though she only appeared in the film for a short cameo, the film very prominently featured her music, to the point where it seems to be a vehicle for her sound.
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Notorious for its [[TrailersAlwaysLie bait-and-switch trailer]], which led viewers to believe the movie would be 90 minutes of T&A and sexy adventures, while the actual movie is a ChickFlick through and through.

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Notorious Best remembered for its [[TrailersAlwaysLie CultSoundtrack (which featured the crossover [=LeAnn=] Romes hit "Can't Fight the Moonlight") and its [[NeverTrustATrailer bait-and-switch trailer]], which trailer]] (which led viewers to believe the movie would be 90 minutes of T&A and sexy adventures, while adventures; the actual movie is a ChickFlick through and through.
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* DarkestHour: In a literal few minutes, Kevin sees a patron dancing with Violet and brawls him, which leads to them breaking up and Lil then fires Violet on the spot because of her 'no boyfriends in the bar' rule. Soon after in the film, Bill is hospitalized in a car accident. With all that happened Violet almost gives up and moves back to New Jersey.

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\n* DarkestHour: In a literal few minutes, Kevin sees a patron dancing with Violet and brawls him, which leads to them breaking up and up. Lil then fires Violet on the spot because of her 'no boyfriends in the bar' rule. Soon after in the film, Bill is hospitalized in a car accident. With After all that happened this, Violet almost gives up and moves back to New Jersey. Jersey.



* MeaningfulName: Violet.
** The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, the heroine's state of origin.

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* MeaningfulName: Violet.
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** The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, the heroine's her state of origin.



* MissingMom: Violet's Mother died.

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* MissingMom: Violet's Mother died.mother died prior to the start of the movie
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* SassyBlackWoman: "I am ''dying'' to make ''your'' dreams come true."

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* FailureMontage: Violet trying to get apathetic or rude industry executives to take her demo tapes. At the end of it, she learns that the only way she'll get her songs out is to perform them live.



* FailureMontage: Violet trying to get apathetic or rude industry executives to take her demo tapes.
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* FailureMontage: Violet trying to get apathetic or rude industry executives to take her demo tapes.
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* InTheBlood: Violet saw her stage-fright as inherited from her Mother, also a musician. It turned out that she actually was great on-stage and quit her career for the sake of Violet and Bill.


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* ManChild: Bill has traits. Violet [[BigEater regulates his diet]] and travels back to New Jersey once a week to do his laundry.


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* MissingMom: Violet's Mother died.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Several character but especially Lil, the bar owner.

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* DarkestHour: In a literal few minutes, Kevin sees a patron dancing with Violet and brawls him, which leads to them breaking up and Lil then fires Violet on the spot because of her 'no boyfriends in the bar' rule. Soon after in the film, Bill is hospitalized in a car accident. With all that happened Violet almost gives up and moves back to New Jersey.
* DeadpanSnarker: Several character characters but especially Lil, the bar owner.


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* ManicPixieDreamGuy: Kevin fits a lot of these qualities as an upbeat, comic-collecting Australian with a MysteriousPast including inexplicable exotic dancing skills whose main job in the story is to help Violet overcome her stage fright.


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* MrFanservice: In addition to Kevin's strip scene, we see him on the bed after his love scene with Violet with his crotch only just out of shot.
* MundaneSolution: Violet's stage fright magically disappears even knowing people are watching her when all the lights in the room are turned off.


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* PluckyGirl: Violet saves her own job at the bar twice and rescues Rachel and Cammie from being caught in a bar fight with acts of ingenuity and/or bravery.


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* WorkHardPlayHard: Lil enforces her rules for the bar with an iron fist, and fires girls on the spot for breaking them. On the other hand, she was so impressed with Violet's idea to auction off Kevin that she herself placed a bid even though Violet had to do it because she put ''Lil'' out of pocket.
** The other Coyote's too, since dancing and exuberance is part of the job.
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* ChekhovsGun: The pizzeria owner at the start notes that he feels the wall filled with 20 years of girl's signatures who quit and left to try and make it in New York is 'jinxed' as none of them appear to have. Late in the film, Bill 'buys' Violet's signature off the wall and Violet then succeeds.
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''Coyote Ugly'' is a 2000 Jerry Bruckheimer film about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at a woman-run bar prominently featuring scantily clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at ''Coyote Ugly''.

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''Coyote Ugly'' is a 2000 Jerry Bruckheimer film comedy-drama produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer and directed by David [=McNally=] about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) Perabo), [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at a the eponymous woman-run bar bar, which prominently featuring scantily clad features scantily-clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at ''Coyote Ugly''.
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Ten With A Two is now Beer Goggles. Misuse and Zero Context Examples are being removed


* BeerGoggles: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Lil explains the meaning of the bar's name to a patron.



* TenWithATwo: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Lil explains the meaning of the bar's name to a patron.
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* BareYourMidriff: Everyone does this


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* TheDitz: Cammie


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* ReallyGetsAround: Cammie
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* FlairBartending

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* FlairBartendingFlairBartending: Played straight with the veteran barkeeps who have been doing the job for a while. It's averted for comedy with Violet/Jersey, whose attempts fail whens she tries.
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* ThePlaceThePlace: The setting of the story is almost exclusively in the city's [[CoolestClubEver very popular bar]], Coyote Ugly.
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* PerformanceAnxiety: The main plot arc for [[ShrinkingViolet Violet]] Sanford, who is a talented singer in private but struggles overcoming her nervousness in front of a crowd.
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* MeaningfulEcho: During Violet's initial job interview with Lil, Lil jokingly asks about Violet's home town: "Lemme guess: Piedmont, North Dakota?" [[spoiler:As she later reveals to Violet before swearing her to secrecy on penalty of death, Piedmont is actually Lil's home town.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: Several character but especially Lil, the bar owner.



* MeaningfulName: The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, the heroine's state of origin.

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* MeaningfulName: Violet.
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The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, the heroine's state of origin.origin.
** She's also a ShrinkingViolet at the beginning of the movie.
* NaiveNewcomer: Violet, when she moves to New York at first.


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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Violet's father is played by overweight Creator/JohnGoodman.
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''Coyote Ugly'' was a 2000 Jerry Bruckheimer film about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at a woman-run bar prominently featuring scantily clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at ''Coyote Ugly''.

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''Coyote Ugly'' was is a 2000 Jerry Bruckheimer film about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at a woman-run bar prominently featuring scantily clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at ''Coyote Ugly''.
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* TenWithATwo: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Lil explains the meaning of the bar's name to Violet.

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* TenWithATwo: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Lil explains the meaning of the bar's name to Violet.a patron.
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* DiscreetDrinkDisposal: Cammy teaches Violet a neat way of doing this.

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* DiscreetDrinkDisposal: Cammy teaches Violet a neat way trick to help her cope with the shots that customers keep treating her to: "chase it with a beer," which is to say spitting the alcohol back out into a beer bottle while pretending to take a swig. Keeps everyone happy, as long as nobody loses track of doing this.their spit bottle.
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* TenWithATwo: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Lil explains the meaning of the bar's name to Violet.


* MaleGaze: Might as well have been called "Male Gaze: The Movie". Well, I guess you gotta do something to make them sit through a ChickFlick.

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* MaleGaze: Might as well have been called "Male Gaze: The Movie". Well, I guess you gotta do something to make them sit through a ChickFlick.
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* ColdCash: Violet's friend tosses a wad of cash in her freezer 'in case of an emergency'.

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* ColdCash: Violet's friend tosses a wad of cash in her freezer 'in case of an emergency'.emergency' (apparently not realizing that that's one of the first places burglars search, as Violet later learns the hard way).
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* MarriedToTheJob: Lil. She admits it to Violet in one scene, telling her, "I'm married to that bar."
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''Coyote Ugly'' was a 2000 Jerry Bruckheimer film about songwriter Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) [[FishOutOfWater who moves to New York City to try to make it big with her music]]. She ends up getting a job at a woman-run bar prominently featuring scantily clad bar-dancers teasing the male patrons. She eventually comes out of her shell with the help of her Australian boyfriend (Adam Garcia) and the girls at ''Coyote Ugly''.

Notorious for its [[TrailersAlwaysLie bait-and-switch trailer]], which led viewers to believe the movie would be 90 minutes of T&A and sexy adventures, while the actual movie is a ChickFlick through and through.

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!!This film includes examples of:

* AmbiguouslyBi: After mistakenly thinking that Violet was hitting on her, Cammy explains that she isn't a lesbian, saying that she 'played in the minors, but never went pro', indicating some past history with women that she did not commit to.
* BachelorAuction: First, Violet auctions off her boyfriend to repay a fine she'd caused; then, at the movie's end, she uses another Bachelor Auction as an excuse for her father to hook up with a cute redhead in whom he's interested and who's there with him, but whom he's too anxious about asking out.
* BarBrawl: On a couple of occasions, during one of which the jukebox is broken at the climax.
* ColdCash: Violet's friend tosses a wad of cash in her freezer 'in case of an emergency'.
* CountryMouse: Violet.
* DiscreetDrinkDisposal: Cammy teaches Violet a neat way of doing this.
* FailedAuditionPlot: Violet mails her demos to various record labels after moving to New York to pursue a career in the music business, only to have them all returned with no sign of interest. Working at the ''Coyote Ugly'' helps to give her the courage she needs to continue trying.
* FanserviceWithASmile: The bar seems to run on this.
* FauxYay: The coyotes play up everything, including how physically intimate they are with one another, for example, Cammy and Violet sliding against one another and embracing during a bar performance of "All She Wants To Do Is Dance".
* FlairBartending
* HometownNickname: Violet is nicknamed 'Jersey', after her home state, when she begins working at the bar.
* MaleGaze: Might as well have been called "Male Gaze: The Movie". Well, I guess you gotta do something to make them sit through a ChickFlick.
* MeaningfulName: The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, the heroine's state of origin.
* NonActorVehicle: Arguably, Leann Rimes. Though she only appeared in the film for a short cameo, the film very prominently featured her music, to the point where it seems to be a vehicle for her sound.
* ThePlace
* RealPlaceBackground: Coyote Ugly is an actual chain of bars. How closely the movie represents the actual atmosphere is left to the reader.
* RipTailoring: Violet's first shift at the bar begins with Lil, the owner, ripping off her sleeves and the bottom two inches of her shirt, leaving her in something much more revealing and appropriate to the bar.
* SuffersNewbiesPoorly: Rachel. Early on, she tries to get Violet fired (and very nearly succeeds). Then, at the end of the movie, when another new coyote is having trouble mastering the art of FlairBartending, she declares "Hey, Lil! I don't think your new girl's gonna hack it!", before smiling at Violet as if to say "You, on the other hand, are all right in my book."
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Both the male and female version. During the BachelorAuction, Kevin removes his shirt and partially removes his pants. Later, Violet performs a striptease in the privacy of her bedroom to explain what stage fright feels like for her.
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