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Sister Act

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Sister Act	comment	Two films that star Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier, a Reno lounge singer who pretends to be a nun (for reasons specific to each movie) and introduces excitement into the formerly-solemn local church music.The first Sister Act, directed by Emile Ardolino and released in 1992, Deloris witnesses her Mafioso boyfriend Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel) commit a murder. She enters Witness Protection and is forcibly inducted into an abbey as "Sister Mary Clarence". The only other person at the abbey who knows her true identity is the Mother Superior (Maggie Smith). Deloris has to follow the vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity, and getting up at 5 AM and working hard. Eventually, she becomes the leader of the abbey choir, and she decides to make some improvements by combining spirituals and R&B, and the lively new music brings newcomers into the church. However, her newfound visibility does no favors for why she entered the abbey in the first place...Hilarity Ensues. With a tambourine.One of the most popular comedies of The '90s, and up there with Ghost (1990) as one of Whoopi Goldberg's most famous roles, with a cast of beloved character actors and a magnificently long-suffering Maggie Smith as the Mother Superior. The film also drew praise from both Catholics and actual nuns, as the film portrays Catholicism in general and nuns in particular as warm, welcoming, and human (as opposed to some of the other popular portrayals). The biggest draw is probably the music itself, which reinterprets such classics as "My Guy" into a religious format. In 2006, the movie was made into a stage musical, with songs by Alan Menken.A sequel followed in 1993, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, directed by Bill Duke. Deloris takes her story to Las Vegas and her show becomes a hit. One night, her old friends from the convent pay her a visit, and they tell her that the Catholic school where they've been teaching (which happens to be Deloris' own alma mater) is slowly going under. Deloris agrees to return as Sister Mary Clarence and teach the music class to a large group of very disinterested teenagers (led by a young Lauryn Hill). After a series of pranks being pulled on her, she strikes back in her own way and humbles the kids so that she can work with them. She decides to form the kids into a choir, singing the same sort of music from the previous film and entering a choir competition in hopes to convince the archdiocese that the school is worth funding.A third film is currently in the works, with Goldberg returning, set to premiere on Disney+.
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Sister Act / int_11efa116	type	Prayer of Malice
Sister Act / int_11efa116	comment	Prayer of Malice: Played with during the climax. When the helicopter pilot refuses to fly the nuns to Reno, they pray, out loud and right in front of him in passive-aggressive fashion, that God will be kinder to him in his own hour of need than he was to them in theirs. They needle him by committee until he changes his mind. Also played with in a very similar way with Deloris and Vince's goons. When they untie her to take off her nun's costume (as they "can't waste a nun"), she immediately falls to the floor and begins praying, begging God to forgive them for having to do Vince's dirty work. The men actually go along with it and cross themselves...and that's when Deloris uses her kneeling positions to whack them in their crotches and run off.
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Sister Act / int_1649e053	type	Your Mom
Sister Act / int_1649e053	comment	Your Mom: When Deloris first meets the students, they are trading a series of these jokes.
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Sister Act / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
Sister Act / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: The first movie is a Witness Protection comedy, while the sequel is a Save Our Students dramedy.
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Sister Act / int_18ba2fe	type	Sound-Only Death
Sister Act / int_18ba2fe	comment	Sound-Only Death: Ernie's execution. We cut to Deloris just before the gun goes off.
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Sister Act / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Sister Act / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Deloris' song, "Sister Act".
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Sister Act / int_1c2c6e08	type	Ignoring by Singing
Sister Act / int_1c2c6e08	comment	Ignoring by Singing: Used by the Big Bad's lawyer when his client is blatantly discussing plans to have Deloris murdered.
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Sister Act / int_1ccad9a3	type	Villain Song
Sister Act / int_1ccad9a3	comment	Villain Song: "When I Find My Baby" is Curtis singing about how he's going to find and kill Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_1d7d1b93	type	Remake Cameo
Sister Act / int_1d7d1b93	comment	Remake Cameo: Whoopi Goldberg has played the Reverend Mother in this a few times.
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Sister Act / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
Sister Act / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: When Frank-ay and Maria overhear the nuns mentioning that "Sister Mary Clarence" has a past in Vegas, they give the camera synchronized confused looks and say, "Vegas?" And of course the camera mob during the closing credits....
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Sister Act / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
Sister Act / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: The friars apparently never met or heard of Deloris van Cartier, despite being in the same city as the convent she previously stayed in and working with the same nuns as she did. Were there no conversations about Deloris before the nuns decided to recruit her? The Pope personally requested a concert from Deloris' choir while he was in San Francisco! Given that, Mr. Crisp should have heard of her as well.
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Sister Act / int_22a60f6a	type	Nepotism
Sister Act / int_22a60f6a	comment	Nepotism: Curtis' idiot nephew, TJ works for him.
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Sister Act / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Sister Act / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The songs "My Guy" and "I Will Follow Him" that were sung by Deloris and her backup singers are used again by the nun's choir but with different lyrics and arrangements. The voice Mary Robert "always felt" was inside her, waiting to be let out, turns out to be what helps save the day during the kidnapping: Souther would never have known where Deloris had gone if he hadn't heard Mary Robert's voice carrying down the alley, and it's because he chases them that he's able to help her from the street after Deloris pushes her out of the car and find out where Vince's goons were taking her, which in turn allows her to make it back to the convent and rally the others for a rescue.
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Sister Act / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Sister Act / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The musical necessarily does this with more characters getting their own musical numbers, including Mother Superior, Curtis, Lt. Souther, and even Curtis' henchmen.
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Sister Act / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
Sister Act / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: Father Ignatius tries to encourage Mary Clarence by quoting from the Bible, â€œO ye be of strong will.â€� Mary Lazarus follows up by saying, â€œAnd ye better be as tough as nails too.â€�
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Sister Act / int_24e82330	type	Inner City School
Sister Act / int_24e82330	comment	Inner City School: The main setting of the second movie, with mostly African-American students and a few Hispanic and white kids.
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Sister Act / int_2565ac2	type	Save Our Students
Sister Act / int_2565ac2	comment	Save Our Students: Deloris' nun friends ask her to help turn around the choir of the Catholic school she attended as a child. Also overlaps with Saving the Orphanage, since thanks to the greedy superintendent, if Deloris can't turn the problem class around, the archdiocese is going to close the whole school and have it torn down to make, yes, a parking lot.
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Sister Act / int_25f0ed12	type	Hollywood Tone-Deaf
Sister Act / int_25f0ed12	comment	Hollywood Tone-Deaf: The original state of the choir. Downplayed in part because having multiple voices doing it can somewhat hide the fakery but Sister Mary Patrick singing an octave higher than her vocal range (something that Deloris herself Lampshades) is a clear example.
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Sister Act / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Sister Act / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: After the rap segment in "Joyful Joyful", we see one of the boys run like a bunny to get back into his position in the choir.
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Sister Act / int_28c1d543	type	Defrosting Ice Queen
Sister Act / int_28c1d543	comment	Reverend Mother is more this in the second movie, after having gone through her character development.
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Sister Act / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Sister Act / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Deloris' father left when she was a child.
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Sister Act / int_292d1ccd	type	Everyone Went to School Together
Sister Act / int_292d1ccd	comment	Everyone Went to School Together: Deloris and Lt. Eddie Souther were in the same class.
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Sister Act / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Sister Act / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: The seemingly useless and indifferent Rita has a deeply spiritual side and a beautiful singing voice.
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Sister Act / int_3056adad	type	Witness Protection
Sister Act / int_3056adad	comment	Witness Protection: Deloris enters this in the first movie.
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Sister Act / int_308ac24f	type	Fantasy-Forbidding Father
Sister Act / int_308ac24f	comment	Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Rita's mother is determined to squash her dreams of becoming a singer. She won't even allow her to join the school choir as an extra curricular because she thinks she should be spending all her time studying to get into a good college. Nevermind that it's a constructive hobby that keeps Rita from running the streets, or that colleges look favorably on students with extracurriculars on their records.
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Sister Act / int_310bb947	type	Whoopi Epiphany Speech
Sister Act / int_310bb947	comment	Whoopi Epiphany Speech: The sequel is pretty much one long one of these. (Incidentally, they work.)
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Sister Act / int_313d7228	type	Previously onâ€¦
Sister Act / int_313d7228	comment	Previously onâ€¦: The events of Sister Act are summed up with a medley at the beginning of the sequel.
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Sister Act / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Sister Act / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Vince's henchmen Joey and Willy are very reluctant about killing a nun, even if it's someone they know dressed as a nun. Just the fact that she may have found God in her time at the convent is enough to make Joey and Willy uncomfortable and they even go along with her when she starts praying. Although he won't admit it, even Vince seems to have difficulty bringing himself to shoot Deloris while she's in a nun's habit, and his brief moment of stalling is just enough for the police to catch up to him.
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Sister Act / int_32cb267a	type	Magical Negro
Sister Act / int_32cb267a	comment	Magical Negro: Deloris, especially as the Token Black of the convent in the first film. This could be seen as an inverted Mighty Whitey trope, since Deloris is the protagonist (unlike most Magical Negro characters), and she takes over the choir by proving she is better at it than any other nuns.
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Sister Act / int_374c339d	type	I'll Kill You!
Sister Act / int_374c339d	comment	I'll Kill You!: When Lt. Souther sees Deloris Van Cartier (AKA: "Sister Mary Clarence") on TV, he's upset that Deloris is making no real attempt at hiding.
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Sister Act / int_3ac583f4	type	SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism
Sister Act / int_3ac583f4	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Pretty high on the idealistic end, as Diana Ross cover songs are all that's needed to turn a slum into a vibrant street corner. The Reverend Mother expresses cynicism that her nuns can handle the harsh realities of the street, but that's because she's the in-universe "Stop Having Fun" Nun and her lesson is about how you can't shelter yourself away from the real world.
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Sister Act / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Sister Act / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Deloris learns how to treat others with more respect and becomes more spiritual and less mouthy. Reverend Mother learns that while there's nothing wrong with the traditional ways of the Church, it's important to be open to new ideas. Sister Mary Robert learns how to be more confident and gets over her stage fright. In fact, she's the one who rallies the nuns to save Deloris after she gets kidnapped by Vince's goons.
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Sister Act / int_3b789458	type	Recurring Extra
Sister Act / int_3b789458	comment	Recurring Extra: The four street girls who are first taking an interest in the church choir's new style are seen a few times. In the final sequence where the Pope comes to see the choir, the girls are well-dressed, rather than wearing their street clothes that they wore in their other church attendances.
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Sister Act / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Sister Act / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Apparently, the Reverend Mother and Father Maurice caused Bishop O'Malley a lot of problems.
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Sister Act / int_3c111ce6	type	Pistol-Whipping
Sister Act / int_3c111ce6	comment	Pistol-Whipping: The nuns knock Curtis' mooks out with their own guns.
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Sister Act / int_3c7d0418	type	Doom Magnet
Sister Act / int_3c7d0418	comment	Doom Magnet: Sister Mary Lazarus joined the sisterhood for protection after her family started dying off in accidents, culminating in her hometown being hit by a tornado.
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Sister Act / int_3db71fa8	type	Blithe Spirit
Sister Act / int_3db71fa8	comment	Blithe Spirit: Inverted. Only one character in the entire movie insists that things should be the way they are, but she is subverted by everyone else.
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Sister Act / int_3dcc914f	type	Took a Level in Kindness
Sister Act / int_3dcc914f	comment	Took a Level in Kindness: Deloris' character arc is essentially this. Exemplified best when she is running for her life at both the beginning and end of the film. During her first escape, she knocks people down and just runs. At the end, she stops to make sure they are all right, despite guns shooting at her.
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Sister Act / int_3e0a0709	type	Fur and Loathing
Sister Act / int_3e0a0709	comment	Fur and Loathing: Vince tries to buy Deloris back by giving her a mink coat; Downplayed in the sense that it's not the fact that it's a fur coat, but the fact that it belongs to Vince's wife that makes Deloris reject it. Her rage at this and attempts to return it make her an eyewitness to a murder.
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Sister Act / int_3eb0f889	type	Pun-Based Title
Sister Act / int_3eb0f889	comment	Pun-Based Title: The term "sister act" originally comes from vaudeville, referring to a performance by a group of biological sisters. Here, it's used to refer to nuns.
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Sister Act / int_3f2a490e	type	It Kind of Looks Like a Face
Sister Act / int_3f2a490e	comment	It Kind of Looks Like a Face: In "How I Got The Calling", Sister Mary Patrick said she became a nun after seeing Jesus, Mary and various saints' faces in food.
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Sister Act / int_40b98588	type	Adaptational Location Change
Sister Act / int_40b98588	comment	Adaptational Location Change: The musical is set entirely in Philadelphia, instead of the Witness Protection moving Deloris from Reno to San Francisco like in the movie.
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Sister Act / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
Sister Act / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: A variation. While Deloris certainly never takes vows or becomes an "official" nun, she does slowly lose her snarky, self-absorbed attitude as she stays in the convent. By the end of the film, she's become a genuinely kind, compassionate person—much like the other nuns. It's best summarized when, in the final scene, Reverend Mother declares that, for all intents and purposes, Deloris is Sister Mary Clarence (see Even Evil Has Standards below).
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Sister Act / int_44989f6f	type	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot
Sister Act / int_44989f6f	comment	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Had Deloris waited a day to try returning Vince's wife's mink coat, she wouldn't have walked in on him murdering someone, which is what kicked off the plot.
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Sister Act / int_44cf7d2c	type	Incredibly Long Note
Sister Act / int_44cf7d2c	comment	Incredibly Long Note: Ahmal at the end of â€œOh Happy Dayâ€�
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Sister Act / int_4a8c4e5f	type	Big "WHAT?!"
Sister Act / int_4a8c4e5f	comment	Big "WHAT?!": Deloris employs at least one, when Lt. Eddie Souther explains he can't spring her from the convent, and also that she can't continue calling him from there.
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Sister Act / int_4e635eab	type	God-Is-Love Songs
Sister Act / int_4e635eab	comment	God-Is-Love Songs: Played with. Romantic songs such as "My Guy" are given new lyrics, focusing on religion rather than romance.
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Sister Act / int_50cc01e1	type	Do Not Call Me "Paul"
Sister Act / int_50cc01e1	comment	Do Not Call Me "Paul": Deloris hates Eddie calling her Doris.
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Sister Act / int_510e5a9	type	Sassy Black Woman
Sister Act / int_510e5a9	comment	Sassy Black Woman: Deloris, largely due to Whoopi Goldberg playing the part. (The producers originally didn't envision Deloris even being black; their first choice for the role was Bette Midler.)
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Sister Act / int_597f86b1	type	Nails on a Blackboard
Sister Act / int_597f86b1	comment	Nails on a Blackboard: This is how Deloris gets the students' attention.
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Sister Act / int_59938d30	type	Better than Sex
Sister Act / int_59938d30	comment	Better than Sex: After two of the singing nuns refer to singing as being better than more innocent things such as "springtime" and "ice cream," the "heathen" Fish out of Water Deloris proclaims that singing is "better than sex," adding that it's what she has heard after a comedic Beat.
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Sister Act / int_5b0323a5	type	Spontaneous Choreography
Sister Act / int_5b0323a5	comment	Spontaneous Choreography: Technically averted, since some of the students are briefly shown practicing the dance moves when they first arrive at the competition. Still, itâ€™s hard to imagine how they wouldâ€™ve done all those moves in the choir robes.
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Sister Act / int_5b9cf82b	type	Education Mama
Sister Act / int_5b9cf82b	comment	Education Mama: Initially, Rita's mom does not bless her choir participation. It's made quite clear, albeit obliquely, that the reason she disapproves of her daughter's desire to sing and instead tries to force her to focus only on education is not a general "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" or "you have to have better opportunities and do better than I did" mentality, but because her husband tried the same path, failed utterly, and died leaving the family destitute. So it isn't that she disparages Rita's dream, but that she finds it impractical and unrealistic and is afraid that pursuing it could cost Rita the same as happened to him.
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Sister Act / int_5cd8680b	type	Doorstop Baby
Sister Act / int_5cd8680b	comment	Doorstop Baby: Sister Mary Robert was left in the convent as a baby.
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Sister Act / int_5f6c6cc1	type	Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
Sister Act / int_5f6c6cc1	comment	Can't Get Away with Nuthin': When Deloris and the nuns sneak to a bar across the street on her first night, they almost run into Curtis' goons.
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Sister Act / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
Sister Act / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: The musical version makes clear Sister Mary Patrick is one. The lyrics to "How I Got the Calling" specify she found God's vocation through food, such as seeing "the face of Jesus in a coconut cream pie."
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Sister Act / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
Sister Act / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: The "Deloris getting the nuns to improve the neighborhood" and "Mother Superior threatening to quit" subplots are dropped. Deloris is seen by Curtis on TV because the nuns singing made the news.
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Sister Act / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Sister Act / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Deloris herself working to free Sister Mary Robert from Vince's goons. She ends up shoving Mary Robert out of the moving car, choosing to save her (and by extension, the other nuns) rather than escape.
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Sister Act / int_658854ee	type	I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder
Sister Act / int_658854ee	comment	I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder: Father Thomas once tells Deloris that he has a message for her despite working for the Catholic Church, not for FedEx.
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Sister Act / int_65bc92fc	type	Four-Temperament Ensemble
Sister Act / int_65bc92fc	comment	Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric: Deloris/Sister Mary Clarence Sanguine: Sister Mary Patrick Melancholic: Sister Mary Lazarus Phlegmatic: Sister Mary Robert
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Sister Act / int_677c65ea	type	Scream Discretion Shot
Sister Act / int_677c65ea	comment	Scream Discretion Shot: Deloris, upon seeing herself in a habit for the first time. "I look like a penguin!"
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Sister Act / int_6bf88d1a	type	Two Words: Added Emphasis
Sister Act / int_6bf88d1a	comment	Two Words: Added Emphasis:
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Sister Act / int_6da90c4d	type	Full-Name Ultimatum
Sister Act / int_6da90c4d	comment	Full-Name Ultimatum: Rita Louise Watson!
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Sister Act / int_6e27397	type	Missed Him by That Much
Sister Act / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: When the convent's good deeds and efforts to clean up their neighborhood make the news, Vince's wife Connie is seen watching the story. She calls to her husband (who has his back turned while practicing billiards) to come see the "cute little nuns"; had Vince turned around a few moments earlier, he would have spotted Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_6fbe85e6	type	Adaptation Personality Change
Sister Act / int_6fbe85e6	comment	Adaptation Personality Change: The Mother Superior is even more of a Deadpan Snarker in the musical.
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Sister Act / int_7220ed55	type	Token White
Sister Act / int_7220ed55	comment	Token White: Among the four street girls who are shown taking an interest in the church's choir, three are black girls, only one is white.
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Sister Act / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
Sister Act / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: A non-spouse example, the priests are all practically under Mr. Crisp's foot.
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Sister Act / int_72ce3f54	type	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul
Sister Act / int_72ce3f54	comment	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the musical, Delores and Lt. Eddie Souther went to high school together, where she called him "Sweaty Eddie." During the story it's also more heavily implied that they're developing romantic feelings for each other.
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Sister Act / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Sister Act / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention."
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Sister Act / int_78255ad7	type	Passing the Torch
Sister Act / int_78255ad7	comment	Passing the Torch: In the first film, Deloris gets to know the sweet, Shrinking Violet novice Mary Robert, helping her to find her voice (literally) and become confident in herself. In the sequel, Mary Robert performs something of the same role (and even lampshades it to Deloris) for Rita.
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Sister Act / int_78270847	type	Curse Cut Short
Sister Act / int_78270847	comment	Curse Cut Short: Deloris starts to say that the nuns' food taste like "shit"; Reverend Mother stops her by declaring a vow of silence.
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Sister Act / int_7896ecc3	type	Perpetual Smiler
Sister Act / int_7896ecc3	comment	Perpetual Smiler: Sister Mary Patrick. And it's genuine.
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Sister Act / int_78f26d1c	type	A Wild Rapper Appears!
Sister Act / int_78f26d1c	comment	A Wild Rapper Appears!: "Who Got the Flo?" and the rap sequence in "Joyful, Joyful".
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Sister Act / int_78fdd115	type	Witless Protection Program
Sister Act / int_78fdd115	comment	Witless Protection Program: Justified, the main character under witness protection is found by the mob thanks to a mole working inside of police headquarters. The police know (or at least suspect) the leak exists, but it takes some time for them to find and plug it. Unfortunately, the mole finds the protagonist and reports her to the mob just before he gets caught. Also downplayed in that it takes most of the length of the film for the mole to find her in the first place.
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Sister Act / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
Sister Act / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Tyler has never heard of The Supremes, but he does at least know who Diana Ross is. Justified that he's just a teenager unfamiliar with 1960s girl groups. Maria somehow made it through pre-school and elementary school without learning â€œMary Had a Little Lamb.â€�
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Sister Act / int_7abba202	type	The Faceless
Sister Act / int_7abba202	comment	The Faceless: Pope John Paul II's face is never shown, even though he appears from behind (presumably because he's too famous to portray with an actor and they could never get the real Pope to make a cameo in this film). However, his coat of arms is clearly visible in the background hanging from the logia where he sits.
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Sister Act / int_8338de89	type	"I Want" Song
Sister Act / int_8338de89	comment	"I Want" Song: "The Life I Never Led" is Sister Mary Robert singing about things she can't do because she's a nun.
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Sister Act / int_83b464fb	type	Straight Man
Sister Act / int_83b464fb	comment	Straight Woman: Mother Superior is this to a tee, with some snark to boot.
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Sister Act / int_848153ef	type	Viva Las Vegas!
Sister Act / int_848153ef	comment	Viva Las Vegas!: The beginning and end of the first movie are set in Reno, which is close enough. Reverend Mother isn't too impressed.
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Sister Act / int_8605f0c0	type	Promoted to Love Interest
Sister Act / int_8605f0c0	comment	Promoted to Love Interest: Eddie to Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
Sister Act / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: Deloris leads the choir in a classical (and much improved) rendition of "Hail Holy Queen," before abruptly starting an up-tempo version.
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Sister Act / int_89d001bf	type	Do Wrong, Right
Sister Act / int_89d001bf	comment	Do Wrong, Right: After calling the other nuns out for having an ice cream party without permission, calling it a sinful indulgence, Mary Lazarus then gets on them for not getting Butter Pecan.
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Sister Act / int_8c0bbee3	type	The Family for the Whole Family
Sister Act / int_8c0bbee3	comment	The Family for the Whole Family: Played straight with Joey and Willy; averted with Vince.
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Sister Act / int_8d463bfd	type	Parenthetical Swearing
Sister Act / int_8d463bfd	comment	Parenthetical Swearing: When Vince is being taken away by the cops.
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Sister Act / int_8e9a79b1	type	Teasing the Substitute Teacher
Sister Act / int_8e9a79b1	comment	Teasing the Substitute Teacher: Deloris is technically a new teacher rather than a substitute, but the dynamic with her students for the first few classes is the same. She has zero control of them and they have zero respect for her; they brazenly tell her that her class is a "bird course" they expect to pass with no effort, and ultimately humiliate her by spreading superglue on her desk chair. It's only when she lays down the law that they show her some begrudging respect, and not until their first concert that they begin to have genuine affection for her.
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Sister Act / int_90f6d157	type	Confessional
Sister Act / int_90f6d157	comment	Confessional: Mother Superior accidentally confesses to Deloris rather than Monseigneur O'Hara in one.
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Sister Act / int_950bbfa7	type	Take a Third Option
Sister Act / int_950bbfa7	comment	Take a Third Option: Regarding singing the traditional way as Reverend Mother wanted or the new popular way brought by Deloris in the Pope visit. In the end, they ended up singing the first verse traditionally and then transitioning to the newer way.
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Sister Act / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Sister Act / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Vince blames Deloris for everything as he is being arrested:
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Sister Act / int_95e5155e	type	I'm Going to Hell for This
Sister Act / int_95e5155e	comment	I'm Going to Hell for This: Mary Lazarus believes sneaking ice cream into the convent is an indulgence, however...
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Sister Act / int_967c590f	type	Kitchen Chase
Sister Act / int_967c590f	comment	Kitchen Chase: After Deloris witnesses the murder, her getaway takes her through the casino's kitchen. It happens again during the climax, when she runs away from Joey and Willy (after a Groin Attack delivered during prayer), but rather than merely shoving her way through, knocking workers down, and causing all manner of messes, this time she is more careful and stops to make (brief) apologies whenever she can't avoid running into someone.
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Sister Act / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Sister Act / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: It is obviously clear that Mr. Crisp doesn't care about the children or school and he wants it closed.
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Sister Act / int_970c8a84	type	Big Fun
Sister Act / int_970c8a84	comment	Big Fun: Sister Mary Patrick loves everything, unapologetically. When Deloris asks her if she's always so cheerful:
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Sister Act / int_984763bb	type	555
Sister Act / int_984763bb	comment	555: Shows up when Rita is filling out her permission slip.
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Sister Act / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Sister Act / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Shortly after Deloris goes into hiding, Detective Tate casually asks Souther where he "stashed" her and Souther refuses to tell him. Tate later turns out to be the "leak" that was giving away witnesses' hiding places, including Deloris' when he found out.
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Sister Act / int_9d3f4777	type	My Nayme Is
Sister Act / int_9d3f4777	comment	My Nayme Is: Deloris van Cartier, according to the subtitles. While the surname was chosen, it seems that her given name was spelled that way even as a child.
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Sister Act / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
Sister Act / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: Sister Mary Clarence's cover is blown when Mr. Crisp finds a copy of Rolling Stone magazine with Deloris on the cover, which appeared during the credits of the first film. At the end of the cast's performance of "Shout", which is used alongside the closing credits of the first film, Sister Mary Lazarus screeches "now wait a minute!" This is used once again to start the cast's performance of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", which is used alongside the closing credits of the second film. Deloris' horrified reaction upon first seeing her students, leading her to leave the room and slam the door shut almost as soon as she opens it, ironically echoes the way Reverend Mother in the first film initially reacted to her.
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Sister Act / int_a0a838fe	type	Bait-and-Switch Gunshot
Sister Act / int_a0a838fe	comment	Bait-and-Switch Gunshot: When Vince has Deloris and the nuns cornered, and about to shoot her, Eddie Souther fires a shot hitting Vince in the arm, saving Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_a27c0c2c	type	Artistic License â€“ Religion
Sister Act / int_a27c0c2c	comment	Artistic License â€“ Religion: The films play fast and loose with various common nun tropes and stereotypes, the most notable being how they use "nun" and "sister" more or less interchangeably. Both are types of women religious, but Catholic nuns live largely cloistered lives of prayer and devotion, whereas Catholic sisters are more about public outreach under "simple" vows and helping their local communities. The first film identifies the specific order Deloris ends up in as being of Carmelite nuns, who wouldn't normally operate in the public social capacity that they do even before Deloris shook things up, nor wear those old-fashioned habits (which appear more in line with other orders like the Sisters of St. Joseph).
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Sister Act / int_a536f3a3	type	Gender-Blender Name
Sister Act / int_a536f3a3	comment	Gender-Blender Name: As with many (but not all) nun orders, all of the nuns are named "Sister Mary X", with X being a male saint's name. The only two exceptions are Reverend Mother, who is called only by her title, and the nearly-deaf pianist Sister Alma.
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Sister Act / int_a55454ee	type	Malcolm Xerox
Sister Act / int_a55454ee	comment	Malcolm Xerox: Wesley, or as he prefers to be called, â€œAhmal Mâ€™jomo Jamaael," which means "He who is spirited.â€�
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Sister Act / int_a8a5e4ed	type	Christianity Is Catholic
Sister Act / int_a8a5e4ed	comment	Christianity is Catholic: Justified. How many people know that Anglicans and Orthodox Christians, among others, have nuns?
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Sister Act / int_aae246fd	type	Technician/Performer Team-Up
Sister Act / int_aae246fd	comment	Technician/Performer Team-Up: The Mother Superior of the convent is the Technician, as she is old-fashioned and believes in discipline and order in all things, including the choir and its song choices. Deloris, who's in witness protection as "Sister Mary Clarence," is the Performer—as a Vegas lounge singer, she knows how to wow a crowd and use choreography and staging in addition to rollicking music. Though they initially butt heads, they eventually grow to respect each other; their healed relationship is demonstrated by the concert at the end of the film, which has the nuns sing "I Will Follow Him" in both Mother Superior and Deloris's styles (it begins as a traditional madrigal then transitions to a gospel performance).
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Sister Act / int_ac6ea68c	type	Near-Villain Victory
Sister Act / int_ac6ea68c	comment	Near-Villain Victory: Although Vince has difficulty deciding whether to kill Deloris in a nun's habit, he ultimately decides to do so anyway, aiming the gun point-blank at her as he does. He probably would have succeeded had the police not intervened at that exact moment.
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Sister Act / int_aca32000	type	Armor-Piercing Response
Sister Act / int_aca32000	comment	Armor-Piercing Response: When Deloris finds out about the convent's strict 9:00pm curfew, she complains to Reverend Mother; the older woman's stern (and very accurate) answer hits Deloris hard, and makes her begin to reach out to the other nuns.
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Sister Act / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Sister Act / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Deloris's backup singers wonder what will happen to the act without Deloris to "pick all the music and tell us where to stand and everything"; i.e., she is the group's music arranger as well as its lead singer, which comes in handy as the convent's new choir mistress.
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Sister Act / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
Sister Act / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: Philly cheese steaks for Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
Sister Act / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: Inverted; the film was set in the then-present, but the musical goes back to 1978, so that Alan Menken could do disco style songs. The physical setting also changes, with the story being transplanted from San Francisco to Philadelphia.
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Sister Act / int_af616e40	type	Accidental Misnaming
Sister Act / int_af616e40	comment	Accidental Misnaming/Malicious Misnaming: Mr. Crisp at first has difficulty remembering the â€œClarenceâ€� in Sister Mary Clarence. Once he learns she is not a real nun, he stops trying to remember her given pseudonym and just calls her â€œSister Mary Fake.â€� Mary Clarence returns the favor by calling him â€œCrispy.â€� As does the Reverend Mother in her last parting shot to him!
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Sister Act / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
Sister Act / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: Deloris at first in the convent.
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Sister Act / int_afc6df04	type	What You Are in the Dark
Sister Act / int_afc6df04	comment	What You Are in the Dark: Early in the film, Deloris and Vince get into a fight, and he tries to buy forgiveness with a luxurious (and clearly extremely expensive) mink coat. Deloris loves it, but discovers Vince's wife's initials on the pocket and realizes that he stole the coat from her. She could easily keep the furs—and her fellow singers even encourage her to do so, saying she's "earned it" for putting up with Vince for so long. But Deloris refuses: "I don't deserve it. I haven't earned it. You don't earn other people's wives' mink coats, OK?" It also prevents her from becoming an Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist, as we know that she has a degree of morality even when she's snarking.
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Sister Act / int_b2f26025	type	Genki Girl
Sister Act / int_b2f26025	comment	Sanguine: Sister Mary Patrick
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Sister Act / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Sister Act / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: However unruly and eccentric most of the other students are in their own ways, many of them still find Jamal's Afro-pride speeches OTT and ridiculous. Also, as troublesome as Rita is, she does help stop a fight between Jamal and Frankie by pushing the former down onto his seat. When Rita rebels against Mary Clarence's "new way", i.e. that they will actually have genuine lessons, no one else in the hitherto unruly class joins her.
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Sister Act / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
Sister Act / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Outside the finale, the Reverend Mother only appears in five scenes in the movie.
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Sister Act / int_ba0ff694	type	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!
Sister Act / int_ba0ff694	comment	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Deloris' reaction when Eddie wants her to disguise herself as a nun.
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Sister Act / int_bb0c0a4d	type	Fiery Redhead
Sister Act / int_bb0c0a4d	comment	Fiery Redhead: Sister Mary Robert is a total aversion.
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Sister Act / int_bb7dceca	type	Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving
Sister Act / int_bb7dceca	comment	Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving:
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Sister Act / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
Sister Act / int_bc37d80d	comment	So Proud of You: Rita's mother says this to her at the end of the movie.
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Sister Act / int_bd5ddcc4	type	Banister Slide
Sister Act / int_bd5ddcc4	comment	Banister Slide: Mary Clarence does one of these.
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Sister Act / int_c02f148d	type	Both Sides Have a Point
Sister Act / int_c02f148d	comment	Both Sides Have a Point: How the debate between the Reverend Mother, who represents old-school Christianity and traditional values, and Deloris, who stands for younger, hipper crowds and direct community service, ends up going. Reverend Mother is wrong to keep the sisters cloistered for so long, but her fears about the dangers of the outside world are justified when Deloris is kidnapped; similarly, Deloris is right to try to "update" the church's style, but learns that completely discarding religion for entertainment is disrespectful. They ultimately Take a Third Option and combine their ideas, best represented when, during the final concert for the Pope, the nuns open with a traditional choral arrangement of "I Will Follow Him," then break into a gospel-style version for the second part of the song—both are equally beautiful.
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Sister Act / int_c3245c20	type	I Lied
Sister Act / int_c3245c20	comment	I Lied: Reverend Mother says this after the monsignor reminds her of her "vow of hospitality to all in need." Bonus points for that being the lie, as she just didn't want to put up with Deloris.
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Sister Act / int_c41668cd	type	Needle in a Stack of Needles
Sister Act / int_c41668cd	comment	Needle in a Stack of Needles: Invoked by the nuns during their rescue mission to Reno. They flood the casino in full habit, find Deloris, and then split up, knowing that since they're all wearing identical outfits, Vince and his goons won't be able to tell them apart.
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Sister Act / int_c5474384	type	Vow of Celibacy
Sister Act / int_c5474384	comment	Vow of Celibacy: Deloris is not pleased when she is informed of the requirements of being a nun by the mother superior.
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Sister Act / int_c675d08c	type	Compliment Backfire
Sister Act / int_c675d08c	comment	Compliment Backfire: Reverend Mother tells Deloris that she is an example of how â€œa sowâ€™s ear can be turned into a silk purse.â€� Deloris wouldnâ€™t have phrased it that way.
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Sister Act / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Sister Act / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Look close at the back of the church in the final song of the first movie and you'll see The Blues Brothers in a rather familiar stance....
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Sister Act / int_cafca250	type	Conscience Makes You Go Back
Sister Act / int_cafca250	comment	Conscience Makes You Go Back: Deloris goes to stay with Eddie after Curtis finds out she was in the convent but then goes back to the nuns because they need her to help them perform for the pope.
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Sister Act / int_ce0b2b21	type	Monochrome Casting
Sister Act / int_ce0b2b21	comment	Monochrome Casting: The lack of Hispanic characters in both films, considering it is a Catholic environment in a Californian city, is pretty striking. The first film also lacks leading Black characters, besides Deloris herself and Lt. Souther.
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Sister Act / int_ce515bc3	type	MusicalWorldHypothesis
Sister Act / int_ce515bc3	comment	Musical World Hypothesis: People now randomly burst into song as well as having realistic rehearsals and performances.
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Sister Act / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Sister Act / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Many of the nuns who sing â€œBall of Confusionâ€� at the retirement home definitely count as this.
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Sister Act / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Sister Act / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Deloris gets two of them. The first from the Reverend Mother, after the choir's performance of "Hail Holy Queen". The second was from Lt. Eddie Souther, after the convent get media attention, almost exposing Deloris hiding.
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Sister Act / int_d5a1770a	type	British Stuffiness
Sister Act / int_d5a1770a	comment	British Stuffiness: Reverend Mother (it's Maggie Smith, after all). However, this gradually modifies, especially in the sequel.
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Sister Act / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
Sister Act / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Vince/Curtis is now black and Lt. Souther is white.
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Sister Act / int_d820f28	type	Reaction Shot
Sister Act / int_d820f28	comment	Reaction Shot: The scene in which the choir represents its new and improved self is full of these.
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Sister Act / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Sister Act / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Deloris' reaction upon hearing about the vow of chastity she's expected to follow while doing her time disguised as a nun. She's dragged back by Mother Superior.
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Sister Act / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
Sister Act / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: Deloris' real name is Doris Wilson with Deloris Van Cartier being a stage name. The musical changes the name of Vince LaRocca to Curtis. In the original West End production he was Curtis Shank; in the Broadway version, he was Curtis Jackson.
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Sister Act / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Sister Act / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Detective Tate, one of the police detectives Deloris meets at the beginning. See The Mole below.
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Sister Act / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
Sister Act / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: The two antique-dealing bachelors who want to buy the convent.
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Sister Act / int_e37f19	type	Disguised in Drag
Sister Act / int_e37f19	comment	Disguised in Drag: Curtis' goons sneak into the convent while dressed as nuns.
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Sister Act / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Sister Act / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The movie was inspired by the life a choir teacher called Iris Stevenson who caught the school board in order to stop layoffs.
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Sister Act / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
Sister Act / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: At the end of the film, the kids find out that she worked in Vegas, and they ask her about whether she was a Vegas showgirl.
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Sister Act / int_e5fb3d1f	type	Hey, Let's Put on a Show
Sister Act / int_e5fb3d1f	comment	Hey, Let's Put on a Show: While the choir competition in the sequel isn't created or put on by Deloris and the other nuns, it otherwise fulfills this trope, seeing as it a) gives the students confidence in themselves b) proves the school is and can be successful again and c) convinces the archdiocese not to close it.
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Sister Act / int_e70127	type	The Mole
Sister Act / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: Detective Tate, a corrupt policeman informs Vince about where Deloris is hiding.
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Sister Act / int_e8ad53f	type	Gospel Choirs Are Just Better
Sister Act / int_e8ad53f	comment	Gospel Choirs Are Just Better: A highlight of the film is Deloris turning her talents to direct the convent's choir. Despite being more at home with Vegas show tunes, she takes to the role with aplomb, transforming them into a hot Gospel choir. Significantly, this represents a turning point for everyone involved.
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Sister Act / int_e8e3807	type	Aside Glance
Sister Act / int_e8e3807	comment	Aside Glance: During her hard work montage, Deloris briefly does this after Reverend Mother non-verbally remands her for having too much fun washing a station wagon.
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Sister Act / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Sister Act / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Also played with in a very similar way with Deloris and Vince's goons. When they untie her to take off her nun's costume (as they "can't waste a nun"), she immediately falls to the floor and begins praying, begging God to forgive them for having to do Vince's dirty work. The men actually go along with it and cross themselves...and that's when Deloris uses her kneeling positions to whack them in their crotches and run off.
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Sister Act / int_eb002293	type	Shrinking Violet
Sister Act / int_eb002293	comment	Shrinking Violet: Sister Mary Robert.
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Sister Act / int_eb6912	type	Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Sister Act / int_eb6912	comment	Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Frank-ay (ayy-oh-ayy) is actually a pretty good rapper.
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Sister Act / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Sister Act / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: In the climax, just as Vince is about to shoot Deloris, cue the window shattering to reveal Souther, who's just shot Vince.
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Sister Act / int_ed53e31f	type	Summon Everyman Hero
Sister Act / int_ed53e31f	comment	Summon Everyman Hero: The play starts with Mother Superior praying to God to save the convent. We then get a Gilligan Cut to Deloris performing on stage in a nightclub.
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Sister Act / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
Sister Act / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Inverted. Each nun takes the name "Mary X," with "X" as a saint's name, usually male. Sister Mary Alma is the only exception. Justified in that this is a common practice for ordered nuns.
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Sister Act / int_ef20d7bc	type	A Minor Kidroduction
Sister Act / int_ef20d7bc	comment	A Minor Kidroduction: The film opens with Deloris (about age nine) getting into trouble at a Catholic school for naming The Apostles as John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
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Sister Act / int_f06b07ff	type	Locked Out of the Loop
Sister Act / int_f06b07ff	comment	Locked Out of the Loop: Monsignor O'Hara and the Reverend Mother are the only ones in the convent who know about "Mary Clarence's" true origins until Deloris gets snatched by the mob.
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Sister Act / int_f165cf2c	type	Last-Second Word Swap
Sister Act / int_f165cf2c	comment	Last-Second Word Swap: Bless you.
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Sister Act / int_f16f631d	type	Crowd Song
Sister Act / int_f16f631d	comment	Crowd Song: The movie ends with the whole cast singing â€œAinâ€™t No Mountain High Enough.â€�
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Sister Act / int_f1f76	type	Quirky Miniboss Squad
Sister Act / int_f1f76	comment	Quirky Mini Boss Squad: Curtis' goons, Joey, TJ and Pablo.
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Sister Act / int_f314f8c4	type	Traveling at the Speed of Plot
Sister Act / int_f314f8c4	comment	Traveling at the Speed of Plot: Rita's mother doesn't know that Rita has gone to the competition until she gets home, several hours after the class has left, and yet she's still able to make the 376-mile trip to Hollywood in time for the competition, conveniently arriving and taking her seat just seconds before her daughter begins singing on stage.
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Sister Act / int_f3faf1d4	type	Something Something Leonard Bernstein
Sister Act / int_f3faf1d4	comment	Something Something Leonard Bernstein: A variation occurs when Deloris is invited to lead the convent in a blessing at her first dinner with them. Since she went to a Catholic school, she has some vague memories of various prayers and psalms, and ends up mixing them together, along with a priest's declaration in a wedding ceremony and the Pledge of Allegiance, of all things:
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Sister Act / int_f4b1129f	type	Anger Born of Worry
Sister Act / int_f4b1129f	comment	Anger Born of Worry: After finding out that Deloris snuck out to a bar and that Mary Patrick and Mary Robert had followed her, the Reverend Mother angry yells at Deloris for being so cavalier about her safety and that of others, as its her responsibility to ensure their well-being and the convent's walls are the only protection she can provide.
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Sister Act / int_f96f188c	type	Drives Like Crazy
Sister Act / int_f96f188c	comment	Drives Like Crazy: Father Thomas, who somehow was the designated driver even if he doesn't have a license.
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Sister Act / int_fada6ffa	type	Lost in a Crowd
Sister Act / int_fada6ffa	comment	Lost in a Crowd: Double Subverted. Near the end of the film, Deloris escapes into a casino, where she sticks out because she's wearing her nun's habit... until a bunch of the other nuns also run into the casino to find her.
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Sister Act / int_faea698a	type	Emergency Taxi
Sister Act / int_faea698a	comment	Emergency Taxi: When Deloris was escaping from Vince's henchmen early in the movie, a cab was there just in time to aid her escape!
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Sister Act / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Sister Act / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: When Mary Clarence sits down on the seat with glue, all the students cry out a whispered â€œYesâ€� and respond excitedly when she talks about â€œfusion.â€� She thinks the students are saying â€œYesâ€� because they agree with her love for The Supremes. Only later does she realize they are celebrating their successful prank against her.
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Sister Act / int_fd16495f	comment	Answer Cut: This is how the convent is revealed to be the last place where Vince would look for Deloris.
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