History Film / MagicMike

* BiTheWay: Joanna who has threesomes with Mike and other girls and shows interest in Brooke.

* CampStraight: Mike is clearly into women, but he's also a [[CaptainObvious stripper]], very affectionate with his male friends and has crossdresses as a joke. Creator/ChanningTatum says that this is the character closest to his real life personality.

* ColorWash: All the outdoor scenes are ''really' orange, both to sell the Florida setting and make a stronger contrast with the dark, neon-lit nightclub scenes.

''Magic Mike'' is a 2012 comedy film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/ChanningTatum, [[BasedOnATrueStory based on his year working as a male stripper]]. It completely objectifies the male body as a sex object, which certainly makes a nice change. Alex Pettyfer, Creator/JoeManganiello, Creator/MattBomer, Creator/OliviaMunn and Creator/MatthewMcConaughey also star.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Dallas. 'Evil' is probably too strong a term, but reading between the lines over the film makes it pretty clear that his so-called boys are just props and meat to make money for him, and whatever caring he has comes second to his financial concerns (Affably Greedy?). Case in point: basically telling Mike he's trapped in the male stripping business and instantly replacing him with Adam when he does leave at the end.]]

Magic Mike is a 2012 comedy film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/ChanningTatum, [[BasedOnATrueStory based on his year working as a male stripper]]. It completely objectifies the male body as a sex object, which certainly makes a nice change. Alex Pettyfer, Creator/JoeManganiello, Creator/MattBomer, Creator/OliviaMunn and Creator/MatthewMcConaughey also star.

* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn

Magic Mike is a 2012 comedy film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/ChanningTatum, [[BasedOnATrueStory based on his year working as a male stripper]]. It completely objectifies the male body as a sex object, which certainly makes a nice change. Creator/JoeManganiello and Creator/MatthewMcConaughey also star.

* ArmourPiercingResponse: When Mike rattles off a list of what he really wants out life, trying to explain to Brooke that he doesn't want to be a stripper forever, he asks if she believes any of it. Her response is to ask if ''he'' believes it.

* HospitalHottie : Mike mistakes Brooke for this when he sees her in her scrubs. She's not a nurse but a billing clerk.

* MyGirlIsASlut: Gender inverted and played with.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The marketing of the film would have you believe it's a light comedy with lots of FemaleGaze {{fanservice}}, but many moviegoers left the movie believing it more of a dramatic cautionary tale about the profession. The first people to say so were the actors themselves, since they all mentioned that Steven Soderbergh wouldn't have hitched his wagon to it unless it had some hidden depth to it. Of course, there's still plenty of FemaleGaze fanservice. And comedy. But also the message.
* OffscreenBreakup: [[spoiler: Mike and Brooke end up with each others in the first movie but in the sequel Mike is single again.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Erm, ''Big Dick Richie''.

* ChippendalesDancers

* TheObiWan: Mike is this to Adam.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Adam. He loses a ton of ecstasy, causing Mike to have to spend his savings to protect him from serious harm. He doesn't see any repercussions from it.]]
** [[spoiler:Although, he doesn't appear to learn much from the experience, and Mike probably won't be around to bail him out next time, so it may be subverted.]]

* MaleGaze: There are SOME images for males, not as obvious but still there.
** Creator/OliviaMunn '''[[MsFanservice topless]] is not something to to understate!'''

* NeverTrustATrailer: The marketing of the film would have you believe it's a light comedy with lots of FemaleGaze {{fanservice}}, but many moviegoers left the movie believing it more of a dramatic cautionary tale about the profession. The first people to say so were the actors themselves, since they all mentioned that Steven Soderbergh wouldn't have hitched his wagon to it unless it had some hidden depth to it.
** Of course, there's still plenty of FemaleGaze fanservice. And comedy. But also the message.

* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Mike, particularly when speaking quickly, stumbles and stutters out dialogue. It's a bit hard to judge whether this is intentional or a lack of acting ability.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Joanna has been cheating on her fiance with Mike.]]
** Interestingly, it's [[spoiler:Mike]] who's shocked, while the [[spoiler:fiancé]] looks like [[spoiler:he]] might have known something was up.

Magic Mike is a 2012 comedy film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, [[BasedOnATrueStory based on Tatum's year working as a male stripper]]. It completely objectifies the male body as a sex object, which certainly makes a nice change.

A sequel, ''Film/MagicMikeXXL'' was released on July 1, 2015, with most of the cast reprising their roles.

* ActorAllusion: In [=XXL=], Tobias mentions buying the food truck through his friend Martin. GabrielIglesias has a friend named Martin, the source of much hilarity in his stand-up.
**

A sequel, ''Film/MagicMikeXXL'' is to be released in 2015, with most of the cast reprising their roles.

A sequel, ''Magic Mike XXL'' is to be released in 2015, with most of the cast reprising their roles.

* BasedOnATrueStory

Magic Mike is a 2012 comedy film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, [[BasedOnATrueStory based on Tatum's year working as a male stripper]].