History Film / KinkyBoots

* BigDamnHeroes: A not-quite-genderflipped example: Charlie has really ScrewedThePooch. He told Lola off about being a DragQueen the night before their fashion show in Milan, then is too much of a wuss to admit they have no performers for the show. With no other models, Charlie puts on the Kinky Boots himself and tries to take to the runway. He falls on his face and is too mortified to get up. The camera then shows a red patent leather stiletto stepping past him. He glances up to see Lola, who launches into a rousing medley with the Angel Club girls, and brings down the house.

->''I can boogie, boogie-boogie, all night long~''

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Charlie has one when he discovers that Lola, the DamselInDistress he tried to rescue earlier, is not a damsel at all. It also occurs when one of the employees at the factory, Don, becomes instantly smitten by Lola as she steps out of a taxi (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khz9zIg_2sc here]]) and remains with a crush till this trope comes at play at the very end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNHr8QQVJQ this]] scene.

''Kinky Boots'', a 2005 British comedy-drama film named for the song of the same name by the actors from the old 1960s show ''Series/TheAvengers'', is the story of Charlie Price (Creator/JoelEdgerton), who inherits his father's shoe factory upon his death.

* WhatTheHell IsThatAccent: Pretty much nobody manages a convincing Northamptonshire accent.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Charlie falls victim of it when he sees three men harassing a woman on the streets. The woman turns out to be [[WholesomeCrossdresser Lola]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNHr8QQVJQ "Burgundy!"]]

''Kinky Boots'', a 2005 British comedy-drama film named for the song of the same name by the actors from the old 1960s show ''Series/TheAvengers'', is the story of Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton), who inherits his father's shoe factory upon his death.

Enter Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor, a 6-foot-5 black DragQueen, who, after rescuing Charlie from the mugger from whom Charlie attempted to rescue her, wants Charlie to make footwear for Drag Queens.

''Kinky Boots'', a 2005 British comedy-drama film named for the song of the same name by the actors from the old 1960s ''Series/TheAvengers'' LiveActionTV show, is the story of Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton), who inherits his father's shoe factory upon his death.

''Kinky Boots'', named for the song of the same name by the actors from the old 1960s ''Series/TheAvengers'' LiveActionTV show, is the story of Charlie Price, who inherits his father's shoe factory upon his death.

Enter Lola, a 6-foot-5, black DragQueen, who, after rescuing Charlie from the mugger from whom Charlie attempted to rescue her, wants Charlie to make footwear for Drag Queens.

->I don't know what you're used to making here, Charlie-boy, but now you're makin' ''sex''! Two and a half feet of irresistible, tubular, ''sex''!

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** AmbiguouslyBi: In [[http://www.knightatthemovies.com/KATM_Chiwetel_Ejiofor.html this]] interview, Chiwetel Ejiofor briefly speaks of Lola's romantic infatuation with Charlie.

->I don't know what you're used to making here, Charlie-boy, but now you're makin' ''sex''! Two and a half feet or irresistible, tubular, ''sex''!

* NamesTheSame: Literature/CharlieAndLola???

* BillyElliotPlot: Not only does Lola's father he wish his son would take up boxing instead of drag, he rejects him even on his death bed. However, Lola turns out to be very good at boxing in addition to performing.

A [[TheMusical musical]] ScreenToStageAdaptation, with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, opened on Broadway in 2013 and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical.

* BasedOnATrueStory: Loosely.

Now a Broadway musical.

!!This film features examples of the following tropes:

* OopNorth: Northampton [[OtherBritishTownsAndCities is portrayed as]] the boring, bankrupt small town representing the endangered values of Charlie's father, and which the fashionable fiancée desperately tries to leave or convert to condos. While the people are very nice, they're a bit small-minded about their new co-worker, a drag queen from London.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yes, that ''is'' [[Film/{{Serenity}} The Operative]] as Lola.

* AnythingButThat: "Burgundy! Dear ''God'', please tell me I have not inspired something ''burgundy''!"

* BerserkButton: Don't try to impress Lola with something burgundy.
-->'''Lola''': Burgundy. Please ''God'' tell me I have not inspired something ''burgundy''.