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* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Jenny is a decade older than her younger sister Anne, which contributes to Anne's DisappointingOlderSibling feelings towards her since she never felt like Jenny properly looked out for her.
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* PetTheDog: Ken and his men kidnap dogs but they blackmail their owners by threatening to treat the dogs so well that they will become attached to their new owners and not want to go back.
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''Quiz Lady'' is an American comedy film directed by Creator/JessicaYu. It stars Creator/{{Awkwafina}} and Creator/SandraOh as sisters Anne and Jenny Yum, who are different as night and day -- Anne is a tight-laced and awkward accountant who has been obsessed with a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] quiz show, ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', while Jenny is her flighty older sister who has never held down a job. When their gambling addict of a mother leaves them with $80,000 in debt to a local gang and kidnaps their beloved pug as ransom, Anne and Jenny are forced to join forces and use Anne's quiz knowledge to get their dog back and pay off their debts.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron Heacock. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron Heacock. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
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''Quiz Lady'' is an American comedy film directed by Creator/JessicaYu. It stars Creator/{{Awkwafina}} and Creator/SandraOh as sisters Anne and Jenny Yum, who are different as night and day -- day. Anne is a tight-laced and awkward accountant who has been obsessed with a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] quiz show, show ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', Quiz'' since childhood, while Jenny is her flighty older sister who has never held down a job. When their gambling addict of a mother leaves them with $80,000 in debt to a local gang and whose boss kidnaps their beloved pug as ransom, Anne and Jenny are forced to join forces and use Anne's quiz knowledge to get their dog back and pay off their debts.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz''show host [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron Heacock. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz''
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* OldDog: Mr. Linguini, the sisters' dog[[note]]nominally Jenny's, functionally Anne's[[/note]] is a 20-year-old pug. While he spends most of his time sleeping, Anne deeply loves him and considers him her only friend and main source of emotional support, and is distraught when he is kidnapped for ransom.
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* InstantWebHit: Jenny posts a video of Anne effortlessly answering every question of "Can't Stop the Quiz'' online. By the next morning it's ''all'' over social media and Anne has gained local notoriety, to her despair.
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* InstantWebHit: Jenny posts a video of Anne effortlessly answering every question of "Can't Stop the Quiz'' online. By the next morning it's ''all'' all over social media and Anne has gained local notoriety, to her despair.
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The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
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The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron.Ron Heacock. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
* AMinorKidroduction: The film begins by showing Anne as a kid, establishing her unstable family dynamic and her growing obsession with ''Can't Stop the Quiz''.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: It turns out that [[spoiler:Ron's charades partner is ex-CIA, and is in fact a coworker of Jenny's oft-mentioned ex-boyfriend.]] Even lampshaded by the text: "Small world!"
* UndignifiedDeath: Anne and Jenny's father died by falling off the railing on a single's cruise and drowning in the Caribbean. They muse that their paternal relatives regard this with embarrassment and it factors into their treatment of Anne and Jenny.
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** "Ben Franklin" [[spoiler:now forgoes modern technology entirely, leaving it to his temp hire.]]
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** "Ben Franklin" [[spoiler:now forgoes modern technology entirely, entirely while in character, leaving it to his temp hire.]]
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->'''Jenny:''' I'm helping you get him back while also seizing your destiny!\\
'''Anne:''' Oh my god, destiny isn't real!\\
'''Jenny:''' Yes it is! We all have a purpose. We just need to find it.
->'''Jenny:''' I'm helping you get him back while also seizing your destiny!\\
'''Anne:''' Oh my god, destiny isn't real!\\
'''Jenny:''' Yes it is! We all have a purpose. We just need to find it.
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* CelebrityCrush: Played for laughs. Francine adores Creator/PaulReubens, except she thinks he's Creator/AlanCumming. [[spoiler:When they [[CelebrityCameo meet Reubens]] at the end of the film, Anne gets him to pretend to be Cumming.]]
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* AsianDrivers: The stereotype of Asians being unable to drive is the basis of a joke when Asian-American sisters Anne and Jenny fight over the steering wheel and nearly crash into a small truck. The driver shouts that they can't drive. Jenny, always one to put her foot in her mouth, yells back that he's racist. He leans out the window to give them the stink-eye...and also turns out to be Asian.
-->'''Jenny:''' ...Oh, hi!
* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: When Anne is seemingly having a heartfelt moment with her CrankyNeighbor:
-->'''Francine:''' I've met a lot of people and I've only liked one.\\
'''Anne:''' ...Was it me?\\
'''Francine:''' No. You get too much mail.
* CelebrityCrush: Played for laughs. Francine adores Creator/PaulReubens, except she thinks he's Creator/AlanCumming. [[spoiler:When they [[CelebrityCameo meet Reubens]] at the end of the film, Anne gets him to pretend to be
* CrankyNeighbor: Francine, Anne's elderly neighbor, is always complaining about mail delivery not being done to her expectations and looks down on Jenny. When giving Anne life advice, she bluntly tells the latter that happiness doesn't exist.
* DifferentInEveryEpisode: InUniverse, Terry wears a different bow tie for every episode of ''Can't Stop the Quiz'' he hosts. Anne is surprised to learn they are on full display at the studio, and [[spoiler:Terry can even point to one and tell her a memorable contestant from that episode.]]
* EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: The socially awkward Anne has nothing in her pantry except bags of popcorn and pasta. Jenny disgustedly comments that "it's like a robot's house".
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* FrivolousLawsuit: Jenny is suing a restaurant chain for choking on a fish bone. [[spoiler:She has won the lawsuit for an obscene amount of money.]]
* TheGamblingAddict: Anne and Jenny's unseen mother is characterized mostly by being way too into gambling to be a good parent; during the AMinorKidroduction scene she's stomping out to go to a casino, when she goes missing from her care facility the first instinct is to check local casinos, and naturally she's gone off to Macau to gamble some more. She's even left her kids with her gambling debts.
* InstantWebHit: Jenny posts a video of Anne effortlessly answering every question of'"Can't "Can't Stop the Quiz'' online. By the next morning it's ''all'' over social media and Anne has gained local notoriety, to her despair.
* IntoxicationEnsues: In an attempt to get her uptight sister to relax ahead of her game show audition, Jenny gives her some drugs...but tells her too late to only take a small portion. Anne is high throughout the audition and apparently visualizes things as a cartoon world.
* TheGamblingAddict: Anne and Jenny's unseen mother is characterized mostly by being way too into gambling to be a good parent; during the AMinorKidroduction scene she's stomping out to go to a casino, when she goes missing from her care facility the first instinct is to check local casinos, and naturally she's gone off to Macau to gamble some more. She's even left her kids with her gambling debts.
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* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Anne is so nervous ahead of her ''Can't Stop the Quiz'' audition that she's sweating buckets.
-->'''Anne:''' My armpits look like Niagara Falls.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Jenny is a decade older than her younger sister Anne, which contributes to Anne's DisappointingOlderSibling feelings towards her since she never felt like Jenny properly looked out for her.
* SiblingYinYang: Anne is uptight, awkward, a bland dresser, and works a desk job, while Jenny is gregarious, irresponsible, a colorful dresser, and has trouble holding down a career.
* SorryImGay: Jenny hits on the doctor who fixes her dislocated hand. He tells her he is both married and gay.
-->'''Jenny:''' Why did you have to say two reasons?
-->'''Anne:''' My armpits look like Niagara Falls.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Jenny is a decade older than her younger sister Anne, which contributes to Anne's DisappointingOlderSibling feelings towards her since she never felt like Jenny properly looked out for her.
* SiblingYinYang: Anne is uptight, awkward, a bland dresser, and works a desk job, while Jenny is gregarious, irresponsible, a colorful dresser, and has trouble holding down a career.
* SorryImGay: Jenny hits on the doctor who fixes her dislocated hand. He tells her he is both married and gay.
-->'''Jenny:''' Why did you have to say two reasons?
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''Quiz Lady'' is an American comedy film directed by Creator/JessicaYu. It stars Creator/{{Awkwafina}} and Creator/SandraOh as sisters Anne and Jenny Yum, who are different as night and day -- Anne is a tight-laced and awkward accountant who has been obsessed with a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] quiz show, ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', while Jenny is her flighty older sister who has never held down a job. When their gambling addict of a mother leaves them with $80,000 in debt to a local gang and kidnaps their beloved pug as ransom, Anne and Jenny are forced to join forces and use Anne's quiz knowledge to get their dog back and pay off their debts.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
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* CelebrityCrush: Played for laughs. Francine adores Creator/PaulReubens, except she thinks he's Creator/AlanCumming. [[spoiler:When they [[CelebrityCameo meet Reubens]] at the end of the film, Anne gets him to pretend to be Cumming.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ken may be the ruthless leader of the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tongs]], but he cares deeply for the dogs he abducts for ransom and is appalled that their owners never come back to claim them. [[spoiler:In fact, he's going broke trying to care for them all.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Anne is the Responsible to her older sister Jenny's Foolish -- while Jenny bounces from career to career, Anne has held down a steady but boring job, pays for their mother's care, and lends Jenny money. She considers Jenny a DisappointingOlderSibling for this reason.
* InstantWebHit: Jenny posts a video of Anne effortlessly answering every question of '"Can't Stop the Quiz'' online. By the next morning it's ''all'' over social media and Anne has gained local notoriety, to her despair.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Terry, as the kindly and beloved elderly host of a long-running quiz show who is known for being welcoming to all contestants, brings to mind Creator/AlexTrebek and his long tenure hosting ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end, footage of the characters is shown with text overlaid telling us what they got up to.
** Anne [[spoiler:won over 90 days of ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', befriended Terry, and became a writer on the show.]]
** Jenny [[spoiler:cashed her check from Choochie's, paid off their mother's debt, and bought a Malibu mansion.]]
** Francine [[spoiler:died happy!]]
** The woman working at the nursing home [[spoiler:turned out to be a murderer.]]
** Ken and his gang [[spoiler:received lifetime Choochie's from Jenny and eat there all the time.]]
** "Ben Franklin" [[spoiler:now forgoes modern technology entirely, leaving it to his temp hire.]]
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''Quiz Lady'' is an American comedy film directed by Creator/JessicaYu. It stars Creator/{{Awkwafina}} and Creator/SandraOh as sisters Anne and Jenny Yum, who are different as night and day -- Anne is a tight-laced and awkward accountant who has been obsessed with a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] quiz show, ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', while Jenny is her flighty older sister who has never held down a job. When their gambling addict of a mother leaves them with $80,000 in debt to a local gang and kidnaps their beloved pug as ransom, Anne and Jenny are forced to join forces and use Anne's quiz knowledge to get their dog back and pay off their debts.
The film also stars Creator/WillFerrell as ''Quiz'' show [=Terry McTeer=], Creator/HollandTaylor as Anne's neighbor Francine, and Creator/JasonSchwartzman as longtime ''Quiz'' defending champ Ron. It was released on Creator/{{Hulu}} in November 2023.
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* CelebrityCrush: Played for laughs. Francine adores Creator/PaulReubens, except she thinks he's Creator/AlanCumming. [[spoiler:When they [[CelebrityCameo meet Reubens]] at the end of the film, Anne gets him to pretend to be Cumming.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ken may be the ruthless leader of the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tongs]], but he cares deeply for the dogs he abducts for ransom and is appalled that their owners never come back to claim them. [[spoiler:In fact, he's going broke trying to care for them all.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Anne is the Responsible to her older sister Jenny's Foolish -- while Jenny bounces from career to career, Anne has held down a steady but boring job, pays for their mother's care, and lends Jenny money. She considers Jenny a DisappointingOlderSibling for this reason.
* InstantWebHit: Jenny posts a video of Anne effortlessly answering every question of '"Can't Stop the Quiz'' online. By the next morning it's ''all'' over social media and Anne has gained local notoriety, to her despair.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Terry, as the kindly and beloved elderly host of a long-running quiz show who is known for being welcoming to all contestants, brings to mind Creator/AlexTrebek and his long tenure hosting ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end, footage of the characters is shown with text overlaid telling us what they got up to.
** Anne [[spoiler:won over 90 days of ''Can't Stop the Quiz'', befriended Terry, and became a writer on the show.]]
** Jenny [[spoiler:cashed her check from Choochie's, paid off their mother's debt, and bought a Malibu mansion.]]
** Francine [[spoiler:died happy!]]
** The woman working at the nursing home [[spoiler:turned out to be a murderer.]]
** Ken and his gang [[spoiler:received lifetime Choochie's from Jenny and eat there all the time.]]
** "Ben Franklin" [[spoiler:now forgoes modern technology entirely, leaving it to his temp hire.]]
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