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A Date With Rosie Palms is no longer a trope


* ADateWithRosiePalms: Martin the peeping tom store owner masturbates while watching his female customers change in the fitting room.
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* RapeDiscretionShot: Josiah punches Sarah, then in the next scene it's made clear he's just raped her, though nothing is shown.
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* TokenMinority: Sarah's husband Miguel, a mestizo Mexican man, was the only person of color in the film. He dies pretty early on.

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* DisappearedDad: Sarah's mother appears in the film, but her father remains unseen and unmentioned. Most likely, as her mother was a prostitute, he's just one more customer and probably unknown.



* MissionFromGod: Josiah firmly believes that he's God's prophet on Earth, meant to set up a community

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* MissionFromGod: Josiah firmly believes that he's God's prophet on Earth, meant to set up a polygamist community he'll rule.


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* {{Polyamory}}: Josiah is a polygamist who has two wives, while still pretending he's only married to one.

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister Josiah (Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a the fanatical minister Josiah (Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).


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* EgocentricallyReligious: Josiah's beliefs always center upon his own desires, the voices he hears backing this up.


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* MissionFromGod: Josiah firmly believes that he's God's prophet on Earth, meant to set up a community
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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister Josiah (Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/JanuaryJones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister Josiah (Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Martin the peeping tom store owner masturbates while watching his female customers change in the fitting room.



* DaughterOfAWhore: Sarah's former madam is revealed as also being her mother at the end of their conversation.

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* DaughterOfAWhore: ADateWithRosiePalms: Martin the peeping tom store owner masturbates while watching his female customers change in the fitting room.
* [[SonOfAWhore Daughter Of A Whore]]:
Sarah's former madam is revealed as also being her mother at the end of their conversation.
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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister Josiah(Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister Josiah(Isaacs) Josiah (Isaacs) with the aid of eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).
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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister (Isaacs) with the aid of an eccentric sheriff (Harris).

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister (Isaacs) Josiah(Isaacs) with the aid of an eccentric sheriff Cornelius Jackson (Harris).
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eliminated redundancy (widowed frontier widow) ——-> frontier widow


''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a widowed frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister (Isaacs) with the aid of an eccentric sheriff (Harris).

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah Ramirez (Jones), a widowed frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister (Isaacs) with the aid of an eccentric sheriff (Harris).

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* ThreewaySex: Josiah is seen about to engage in it with his wives.
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* {{Cult}}: Josiah formed a small one made up of a few man and his two wives after apparently leaving Mormonism in Utah. His men are unhappy they don't have wives of their own as he promised them yet though.

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* {{Cult}}: Josiah formed a small one made up of a few man men and his two wives after apparently leaving Mormonism in Utah. His men are unhappy they don't have wives of their own as he promised them yet though.



* ThePeepingTom: Martin the general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in his fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum as he's standing with his pants down outside masturbating while he watches a girl changing through a peep hole.

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* ThePeepingTom: Martin the general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in his fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum as he's standing with his pants down outside masturbating while he watches a girl changing through a the peep hole.



* {{Revenge}}: Sarah goes on a killing spree against everyone who wronger her in the second act, from her husband's murderer (plus his men), an unfeeling banker, and a peeping tom store owner.

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* {{Revenge}}: Sarah goes on a killing spree against everyone who wronger wronged her in the second act, from her husband's murderer (plus his men), an unfeeling banker, and a peeping tom store owner.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Sarah loses her husband, has a miscarriage, and is raped in quick succession. Not surprisingly she completely snaps and goes on a killing spree shortly after all this.
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* SinisterMinister: Josiah, a self-proclaimed prophet with a small band of fanatical followers, is a bigoted, paranoid murderer.

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* SinisterMinister: Josiah, a self-proclaimed prophet with a small band of fanatical followers, is a bigoted, paranoid religious murderer.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: "Prophet" Josiah. He's not only a polygamist (implied to be a Mormon who splintered off to form his own sect), but also a blatant racist who says not only are mixed racial marriages wrong (standard opinion at the time) but that those in them should die, and previously tells Sarah once he rapes her that this "purified" her from the sin of being with her Mexican husband.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: "Prophet" Josiah. He's not only a polygamist (implied to be a Mormon who had splintered off to form his own sect), but also a blatant racist who says not only are mixed racial marriages wrong (standard opinion at the time) but that those in them should die, and previously tells Sarah once he rapes her that this "purified" her from the sin of being with her Mexican husband.
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* ThePeepingTom: Martin The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum as he's standing with his pants down outside masturbating while he watches a girl changing through a peep hole.

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* ThePeepingTom: Martin The the general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a his fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum as he's standing with his pants down outside masturbating while he watches a girl changing through a peep hole.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Sarah kills people for overcharging her, spying on her while she was changing, and working for the man who killed her.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Sarah kills people for overcharging her, spying on her while she was changing, and working for the man who killed her.her husband.
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* BlatantLies: Josiah says he only has one wife, but it's well known he really has two, with Sarah as the third he wants to add.

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* BlatantLies: Josiah says he only has one wife, but it's well known he really has two, with Sarah as the third that he wants to add.



* {{Cult}}:

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* {{Cult}}: Josiah formed a small one made up of a few man and his two wives after apparently leaving Mormonism in Utah. His men are unhappy they don't have wives of their own as he promised them yet though.



* HearingVoices:

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* HearingVoices: Josiah hears them periodically and interprets this as God, with himself as a prophet. They always back up his own evil desires though, so it's quite probable he's simply delusional.



* ThePeepingTom: Martin The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum while he's standing with his pants down masturbating while he watches a girl changing.

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* ThePeepingTom: Martin The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum while as he's standing with his pants down outside masturbating while he watches a girl changing.changing through a peep hole.

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs.


* AntiHero: Sarah and Jackson.

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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs.


* AntiHero:
Creator/JasonIsaacs. Sarah and Jackson.Ramirez (Jones), a widowed frontier widow, seeks to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of a fanatical minister (Isaacs) with the aid of an eccentric sheriff (Harris).

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Martin the peeping tom store owner masturbates while watching his female customers change in the fitting room.



* BlatantLies: Josiah says he only has one wife, but it's well known he really has two, with Sarah as the third he wants to add.



* MalignedMixedMarriage:
* ThePeepingTom: The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum while he's standing with his pants down masturbating while he watches a girl changing.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: "Prophet" Josiah. He's not only a polygamist (implied to be a Mormon who splintered off to form his own sect), but also a blatant racist who says not only are mixed racial marriages wrong (standard opinion at the time) but that those in them should die, and tells Sarah once he rapes her that this "purified" her from the sin of being with her Mexican husband.

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* MalignedMixedMarriage:
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* DaughterOfAWhore: Sarah's former madam is revealed as also being her mother at the end of their conversation.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Sarah kills people for overcharging her, spying on her while she was changing, and working for the man who killed her.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Josiah denounces Sarah's marriage with Miguel, a mestizo Mexican man, saying his rape of her "cleanses" this sin.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Josiah and Jackson]] manage to shoot each other dead simultaneously near the end of the film.
* ThePeepingTom: Martin The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum while he's standing with his pants down masturbating while he watches a girl changing.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: "Prophet" Josiah. He's not only a polygamist (implied to be a Mormon who splintered off to form his own sect), but also a blatant racist who says not only are mixed racial marriages wrong (standard opinion at the time) but that those in them should die, and previously tells Sarah once he rapes her that this "purified" her from the sin of being with her Mexican husband.husband.
* RapeAsDrama: Josiah rapes Sarah offscreen after he punches her down once she's lowered her gun, telling her after that it's "cleansed" her of the sin of being with a Mexican.
* {{Revenge}}: Sarah goes on a killing spree against everyone who wronger her in the second act, from her husband's murderer (plus his men), an unfeeling banker, and a peeping tom store owner.



* WouldHitAGirl: Josiah, after coaking Sarah into putting down her guns, slugs her in the head and then rapes her.

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* WouldHitAGirl: Josiah, after coaking coaxing Sarah into putting down her guns, slugs gun, punches her in the head and then rapes her.
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''Sweetwater'' is a 2013 Western starring January Jones, Creator/EdHarris and Creator/JasonIsaacs.


* AntiHero: Sarah and Jackson.
* AssholeVictim: Basically all of the people Sarah kills are unsympathetic jackasses at best, if not outright thugs.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Josiah quotes "The wages of sin is death" to justify killing two men who stole his sheep. Of course, he's ignoring the whole "do not murder" bit, naturally.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Sarah kills a perverted store owner by shooting him through the rectum.
* MalignedMixedMarriage:
* ThePeepingTom: The general store owner spies on female customers changing into dresses in a fitting room through a peep hole from the back of the property. Sarah catches him and jabs him in the eye with the tip of her parasol early on. Later during her killing spree she shoots him through the rectum while he's standing with his pants down masturbating while he watches a girl changing.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: "Prophet" Josiah. He's not only a polygamist (implied to be a Mormon who splintered off to form his own sect), but also a blatant racist who says not only are mixed racial marriages wrong (standard opinion at the time) but that those in them should die, and tells Sarah once he rapes her that this "purified" her from the sin of being with her Mexican husband.
* SinisterMinister: Josiah, a self-proclaimed prophet with a small band of fanatical followers, is a bigoted, paranoid murderer.
* SympatheticMurderer: Sarah's killing spree is understandable after what she's been through, even if not all of her victims were ''that'' bad.
* WouldHitAGirl: Josiah, after coaking Sarah into putting down her guns, slugs her in the head and then rapes her.

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