History Film / ItTakesTwo1995

* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Clarice.
** Also the Butkises. They're not nearly the warm and friendly adoptive parents they may appear to at first sight.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The people from the Callaway estate who show up in a ''helicopter'' to rescue Alyssa, who had been posing as Amanda, from the Butkises' salvage yard. They then proceed to land the helicopter ''in the middle of Central Park''.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil / LightIsNotGood: Diane, who wears mostly black, vs. Clarice in the obvious white wedding dress in the climax.

-->'''Diane (on the phone to DSS):''' Let me just run this by you one more time, okay? Please, just hear me out, one more time. Okay. I know I don't make that much money, and I know that I'm a little bit single, but I want to adopt Amanda. No, I - Are you laughing at me? ''(disbelieving)'' He's laughing at me! You... YOU STUPID JERK! ''(slams down phone)''
* DisposableLoveInterest: For once in a romantic comedy, it's completely understandable that [[spoiler: Clarice gets dumped in the climax. Clarice is an evil child-hating, emotionally abusive RichBitch who just wants Roger for his money. Getting left at the altar is precisely what she deserves, given what an awful person she is.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Clarice is implied to be TheUnfavorite of the family, which may be why she's so deeply unpleasant.

* HateSink: Good God, '''Clarice.''' She has an EstablishingCharacterMoment where she walks into Roger's house and, not knowing his daughter is hiding behind a curtain, actually says ''out loud'' that, "No wonder [his wife] is dead. She had absolutely ''no'' taste." The comment is so shockingly evil that it lets you know that there is ''nothing'' redeemable about her, even her backstory of being the last in her family to marry. She's a selfish rich bitch from hell and is incredibly nasty to Roger's daughter (both of them) and even sinks low enough to try to hit them when they [[spoiler: bring Roger's REAL love to the wedding in order to stop it.]] Her comeuppance at the end is very, very satisfying.

* IdenticalStranger: Guess who!

* RaceForYourLove [=/=] SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace [=/=] WeddingSmashers: The climax has Alyssa and Diane racing to the church to stop Roger from marrying Clarice. Luckily, Amanda is smart enough to stall for time by being the slowest flower girl of all time and they make it, intercepting the wedding before Roger says yes and he eventually doesn't go through with it and gets slapped for his trouble. He admits he deserves it, though.

* SelfMadeMan: Roger Calloway. He made his money ''"the old-fashioned way - pure dumb luck"''
* ServileSnarker: Vincenzo. He is full of one-liners and even gets to finally dispatch Clarice's snobby ass when she tries to hit one of the girls.
* SpoiledSweet: Alyssa is the daughter of a wealthy man and seems to get whatever she wants. However, she is very polite and kind to others.

* TomboyishBaseballCap: Amanda occasionally wears one. Alyssa later wears one when posing as Amanda.

* WitchWithACapitalB: Clarice. She is literally introduced insulting Alyssa's dead mother's taste in decorations and it's just all downhill from there, especially the scene where she forces who she thinks is Alyssa to play the piano for all her guests. Her comeuppance at the end is immensely satisfying.

-->'''Vincenzo:''' (''to Clarice'') Lady, if you touch that child, I will pop you one, so help me God.

* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Diane's employers won't let her adopt Amanda because she doesn't make enough money, yet are perfectly willing to foist Amanda on the Butkises - a family that turns out to have been adopting kids by the half dozen to force them to work in their junkyard. The fact that a neighbor brings this last point up in casual conversation makes it even worse - the Butkises aren't even keeping it a secret. They also apparently process the adoption of Amanda to the Butkises without going over Diane's report, implying that they're sloppy with paperwork and uncaring what happens to the kids under their care.

** Also in the climax, when Alyssa (posing as Amanda) attempts to reveal her real identity [[spoiler:after being adopted by the Butkises.]]

* BigShutUp: Clarice gives one to her father, after he reminds her that she is the last to be married.

* {{Fainting}}: Alyssa's (fake) reaction when her father reveals that he intends to marry Clarice. According to Roger, she does this often when she is displeased. She later (pretending to be Amanda) does it when she didn't know what to do during a game of charades and it ended up helping them win the game.

** It's minor, but whomever it was on the phone with Diane who had the nerve to ''laugh at her'' when she finally expresses that she loves Amanda and was hoping to adopt her someday. That is just unacceptable behavior, especially since Diane is a loving woman who supports all the kids she cares for equally and has gone out of her way trying to take care of Amanda in particular.
** The Butkiss family is not only odious, but would ''definitely'' face criminal charges after the events of the film. Diane discovers that they basically only adopt kids to get a check from the government and put all the kids to work for free on their salvage yard. They're definitely irredeemable in every sense of the word using ''child labor'' to get ahead.

* KidsPlayMatchBreaker: The girls scheme to break up Rodger and his [[GoldDigger gold-digging]] fiancé so he can be with Diane instead.

* ParentalSubstitute: Diane loves Amanda like her own, but social services doesn't see her as a suitable foster parent.

* PrecisionFStrike: An adorable, Rated G version occurs in the climax. Alyssa and Diane arrive to the wedding, but Diane tries to back out at the last second. Alyssa then ''demands'' that she get her butt over there and stop that wedding. This statement coming from the usually meek, shy, polite Alyssa is what convinces Diane not to chicken out saving Roger from marrying the wrong woman.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A non-villainous version with Roger, who is woefully naïve for a millionaire. He doesn't pick up on the fact that Clarice is a nasty woman that hates children, sports, and is just interested in the luxury lifestyle she'll get to enjoy if she marries him. He seems to just be a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and then there's also the fact that she just fakes being nice to him to get what she wants. When she's alone with Alyssa (who is actually Amanda), she drops the facade and threatens the child to play the piano for her guests. Amanda proceeds to then go in there and just bang on the keys in no discernible rhythm to humiliate her in retaliation.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Amanda loves playing baseball, has no qualms about getting dirty and wears primarily shorts and t-shirts, with the occasional baseball cap. Alyssa wears frilly dresses, performs in piano recitals and is much more soft spoken and polite.

* TwinSwitch: Naturally, as it's Olsen Twins Movie; however, here it forms the very essence of the plot.

* WickedStepmother: Clarice is aiming to become one to Alyssa. The Butkises are Wicked Stepparents, who adopt kids to use them as unpaid labor in their salvage yard.

-->'''Vincenzo:''' (''to Clarice'') Lady, If you touch that child, I will pop you one, so help me God.
* WouldHurtAChild: When Clarice realizes she's lost, she is only too ready to hit the girls. Only timely interference from Vincenzo and Diane keep her from doing so.

* DarkisNotEvil / LightisNotGood: Diane, who wears mostly black, vs. Clarice in the obvious white wedding dress in the climax.

* DisposableLoveInterest: For once in a romantic comedy, it's completely understandable that [[spoiler: Clarice gets dumped in the climax. Clarice is an evil child-hating, emotionally abusive RichBitch who just wants Roger for his money. [[spoiler: Getting left at the altar is precisely what she deserves, given what an awful person she is.]]

* RaceForYourLove [=/=] SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace [=/=] WeddingSmashers: The climax.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: Alyssa.

*** Cathy Callaway after marriage.
*** Clarice Callaway if she had gotten married.
* AlmostKiss: Happens a couple of times between Roger and Diane.
* AltarTheSpeed: Clarice attempts this after noticing the growing bond between Roger and Diane.

* DeadpanSnarker: Diane gets a ''lot'' of sarcastic lines.

* FreudianExcuse: Clarice is implied to be TheUnfavorite of the family.

* MamaBear: Diane, particularly near the end of the film.

* PapaWolf: Vincenzo, like Diane, gets a moment of this near the end of the film.

* ServileSnarker: Vincenzo.

* WitchWithACapitalB: Clarice.

* GoldDigger: Clarice.

* DarkisNotEvil/LightisNotGood: Diane, who wears mostly black, vs. Clarice in the obvious white wedding dress in the climax.

In a nutshell, this is what ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}'' would look like if the twin sisters were [[IdenticalStranger identical strangers]].

* {{Big Damn Kiss}}: Roger and Diane at the end. ''Finally.''

* UptownGirl: Diane believed rich guys like Roger would never marry people like her.
* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her:]] Clarice is a ChildHater sports hater bitch who barely hides her nasty behavior. Yet Roger is marrying her.

* WickedStepmother: Clarice is aiming to become one to Alyssa.

***

-->(to Clarice): "Lady, If you touch that child, I will pop you one so help me God."

* IAteWhat: Amanda with escargot at a dinner party.
-->'''Amanda (to herself):''' All this money, and these people eat ''slugs?''

** Camp Callaway.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Camp Callaway.

** The Butkises change the names of all the children they adopt to a name that starts with "B", resulting in this. [[spoiler:Alyssa was called Betty during her time there.]]
** Tellingly, their biological child, Harry, Jr., is the only one without an alliterative name.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Central Park's horse-drawn carriages are at the center of an animal rights debate in RealLife. Fortunately, the horse in the climax gets to retire, with Roger buying it from the owner to live at his stables.