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* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for MacauleyCulkin.
* FourthDateMarriage: downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.

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* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for MacauleyCulkin.
Creator/MacaulayCulkin.
* FourthDateMarriage: downplayed, Downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.



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* ParentWithNewParamourParentWithNewParamour: Vada is not happy about her father dating Shelly. She gets over it.

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* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/JamieLeeCurtis and Creator/DanAykroyd previously were romantically involved in ''Film/TradingPlaces''.
** Vada gets locked in a room with a dead body, so it seems rather curious that Jamie Lee Curtis - ''the'' horror movie FinalGirl in the 80s - would save her.
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* JerkAss [[spoiler:The Bees who kill Thomas J.]]

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* TragicKeepsake: Vada's mood ring becomes one. In the sequel, which takes place two years after the events of the first film, she's shown to still wear it as a reminder of [[spoiler:her dead best friend.]]



* TragicKeepsake: Vada's mood ring becomes one. In the sequel, which takes place two years after the events of the first film, she's shown to still wear it as a reminder of [[spoiler:her dead best friend.]]



* VitriolicBestBuds: Thomas J. and Vada. Type 2
* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid Vada Sultenfuss?]]: Shelly's ex-husband's response when introduced to Vada.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Thomas J. and Vada. Vada are a Type 2
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* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid Vada Sultenfuss?]]: WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Shelly's ex-husband's response when introduced to Vada.
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* BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: ''Fatally'', for Thomas J.]]

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* BeeAfraid: [[spoiler: ''Fatally'', for Vada and Thomas J.J run from a swarm of bees and manage to escape unscathed, save for Vada losing her mood ring. [[spoiler:When Thomas J goes back alone to retrieve the ring, he isn't quite so lucky...]]



* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. dies from a bee swarm.]]

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* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. dies from is fatally attacked a bee swarm.]]



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: At the start of the sequel, Vada's senile grandmother is revealed to have passed away.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Vada and Shelly

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Vada and ShellyShelly.



* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[BeeAfraid in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Vada's mood ring becomes one.

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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? start?! Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[BeeAfraid in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Vada's mood ring becomes one. In the sequel, which takes place two years after the events of the first film, she's shown to still wear it as a reminder of [[spoiler:her dead best friend.]]
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* LikesOlderMen: Vada is in love with her teacher, with her even flat-out telling him, "I love you the same way my dad loves [his new girlfriend]." Upon finding out the teacher is engaged, Vada takes the news ''very'' hard.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[BeeAfraid in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]

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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[BeeAfraid in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the coroner, mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
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* DemotedToExtra: The sequel has everyone from the first film (besides Vada and her uncle) only in the film for the first 20 minutes (not counting her parents as they also appear in the ending).



* LovableAlphaBitch: Judy, who doesn't seem to tease Vada along with the rest of the GirlPosse. [[spoiler: She pays her respects after Thomas J's death and she and Vada appear to be friends by the end of the movie]].

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* LovableAlphaBitch: Judy, who doesn't seem to tease Vada along with the rest of the GirlPosse. [[spoiler: She pays her respects after Thomas J's death and she and Vada appear to be friends by the end of the movie]].movie and the sequel shows that they are still friends]].

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%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Thomas J and Vada snipe at each other plenty of times, but do ultimately share a kiss.



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%%* ComingOfAgeStory* ComingOfAgeStory: During the film Vada learns about the nature of love, copes with her father remarrying and the concept of death.



* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss")
** It was also the first onscreen kiss for MacauleyCulkin.

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* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss")
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Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for MacauleyCulkin.



* FreudianExcuse: MissingMom + guilt for the DeathByChildbirth + growing up in a funeral home and being around dead people all the time = the eccentric Vada Sultenfuss

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* FreudianExcuse: MissingMom + guilt for the DeathByChildbirth + growing up in a funeral home and being around dead people all the time = the eccentric Vada SultenfussSultenfuss.
* TheFunInFuneral: Accidental example. Vada is supposed to be watching her senile grandmother while a funeral is going on in the house, but she isn't. So the grandmother walks into the funeral and starts singing loudly.


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* LovableAlphaBitch: Judy, who doesn't seem to tease Vada along with the rest of the GirlPosse. [[spoiler: She pays her respects after Thomas J's death and she and Vada appear to be friends by the end of the movie]].


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* ThatNostalgiaShow: It's set in the 1970s and has a very nostalgic feel to it - Shelly drives a Volkswagen van, Vada owns a mood ring, there are 70s pop songs on the soundtrack...you get the picture. The 1990s were a time when 70s nostalgia was quite prevalent.


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* {{Tsundere}}: Vada is a Type A towards Thomas J. She's hot and aggressive a lot of the time, but she does care for him a lot.
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* GilliganCut: In the sequel, "No, I'm sorry, Vada is not going to Los Angeles. Now I have made my decision, and that is final." (Cut to the airport.)
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* LighterAndSofter: The sequel tones down the drama from the first movie and becomes more of a heartwarming comedy.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[EverythingsWorseWithBees in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]

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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[EverythingsWorseWithBees [[BeeAfraid in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOtherBeeAfraid: [[spoiler: ''Fatally'', for Thomas J.]]



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* EverythingsWorseWithBees: [[spoiler: ''Fatally'', for Thomas J.]]
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* GirlinessUpgrade: At the end of the movie, Vada lets her hair down and wears a nice dress.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Vada and Shelly



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Shelly's ex-husband's response when introduced to Vada.

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid Vada Sultenfuss?]]: Shelly's ex-husband's response when introduced to Vada.

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* BillingDisplacement: Culkin's presence in the movie was hyped up after the success of ''Film/HomeAlone''. In reality, it's SmallRoleBigImpact.



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* BillingDisplacement: Culkin's presence in the movie was hyped up after the success of ''Film/HomeAlone''. In reality, it's SmallRoleBigImpact.

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Creator/AnnaChlumsky, Creator/MacaulayCulkin, Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Creator/AnnaChlumsky, Creator/MacaulayCulkin, Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. The movie is about Set in the summer of 1971, the film revolves around Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert Shelly [=DeVoto=] (Curtis) whom he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...


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* FourthDateMarriage: downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!?

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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start!?start!? Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[EverythingsWorseWithBees in a bee attack]]. She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]



* VitriolicBestBuds: Thomas J. and Vada.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Thomas J. and Vada. Type 2
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* MissingMomMissingMom: Vada's mother died a few days after Vada was born.
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* TomboyishPonytail: Vada wears one for most of the film.
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* CaptainObvious: While watching Shelly and her ex-husband arguing, Vada's uncle remarks, "They don't have a good relationship."

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* CaptainObvious: While watching Shelly and her ex-husband arguing, Vada's uncle remarks, "They don't "These two people do not have a good relationship."

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, MacaulayCulkin, DanAykroyd and JamieLeeCurtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, MacaulayCulkin, DanAykroyd Creator/AnnaChlumsky, Creator/MacaulayCulkin, Creator/DanAykroyd and JamieLeeCurtis.Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...
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* BlindWithoutEm: "He can't see without his glasses".


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* LettingHerHairDown: Vada is mostly seen with a ponytail for the first half of the film. She lets it down after some drama has passed.


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* SublimeRhyme: Defied by Vada's teacher. He tells her that a poem is more about words rhyming, it's about expressing ones self.

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** It was also the first onscreen kiss for MacauleyCulkin.
* FreakOut: Vada goes through a couple of these; when she's accidentally locked in the basement, when she gets her first period, and [[spoiler: at Thomas J.'s funeral.]]



* HeroicBSOD: Vada has a ''huge'' one [[spoiler: in Thomas J.'s funeral.]]

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* HeroicBSOD: Poor Vada has a ''huge'' one takes [[spoiler: in Thomas J.'s funeral.]]J's death]] ''very'' badly.



* {{Hypochondria}}: Vada is a huge hypochondriac.
* IllBoy: Thomas J. [[spoiler: Which kills him in the end, as he's allergic to bee stings... and guess what happens.]]
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Horribly averted. Thomas J. dies from bee stings.]]

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* {{Hypochondria}}: Vada is Vada. The junior novel adaptation opens with her listing off all the things she thinks are wrong with her - namely, that she was born jaundiced, caught hemorrhoids in a huge hypochondriac.
public restroom, and has a small chicken bone stuck in her throat from a Fourth of July barbecue years before.
* IllBoy: Thomas J. [[spoiler: Which kills him in the end, as he's allergic This includes an allergy to bee stings... and guess what happens.stings, something nobody was aware of until it's too late.]]
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Horribly averted. Poor Thomas J. dies from bee stings.J...]]



* TragicKeepsake: The mood ring becomes one.

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* TragicKeepsake: The Vada's mood ring becomes one.
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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd MacaulayCulkin, DanAykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.JamieLeeCurtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures...
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* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards.

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* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss")

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures.

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''My Girl'' is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film directed by Howard Zieff and starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie is about Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old girl living with her father (Aykroyd). Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her dad owns a funeral parlor. Her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin) has various allergies and her father falls in love with a makeup expert he hires for the parlor. Vada tries everything she can to split them up while sticking around with Thomas J. for some various adventures.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Vada is jealous of her dad focusing on Shelly, but she gets better.
* HotForTeacher: Vada has a huge crush on her schoolteacher and even enrolls in an adult summer course that he teaches.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Vada is jealous of feels this way in regards to her dad focusing on Shelly, but she father developing a relationship with Shelly. She gets better.
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* HotForTeacher: Vada has a huge crush on her schoolteacher and even enrolls - to the point where, in an adult order to pay to enroll in a summer writing course that he teaches.teaches, she steals the money from Shelly.



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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "''Vada Shelly's ex-husband's response when introduced to Vada.
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