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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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Prayer of Malice | |
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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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Your Mom: When Deloris first meets the students, they are trading a series of these jokes. | |
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Genre Shift: The first movie is a Witness Protection comedy, while the sequel is a Save Our Students dramedy. | |
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Sound-Only Death: Ernie's execution. We cut to Deloris just before the gun goes off. | |
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Title Drop: Deloris' song, "Sister Act". | |
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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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Villain Song: "When I Find My Baby" is Curtis singing about how he's going to find and kill Deloris. | |
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Remake Cameo: Whoopi Goldberg has played the Reverend Mother in this a few times. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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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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Failed a Spot Check | |
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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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Nepotism | |
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Nepotism: Curtis' idiot nephew, TJ works for him. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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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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Adaptation Expansion | |
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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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As the Good Book Says... | |
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As the Good Book Says...: Father Ignatius tries to encourage Mary Clarence by quoting from the Bible, “O ye be of strong will.� Mary Lazarus follows up by saying, “And ye better be as tough as nails too.� | |
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Inner City School | |
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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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Save Our Students | |
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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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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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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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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Reverend Mother is more this in the second movie, after having gone through her character development. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Deloris' father left when she was a child. | |
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Everyone Went to School Together | |
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Everyone Went to School Together: Deloris and Lt. Eddie Souther were in the same class. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: The seemingly useless and indifferent Rita has a deeply spiritual side and a beautiful singing voice. | |
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Witness Protection | |
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Witness Protection: Deloris enters this in the first movie. | |
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Fantasy-Forbidding Father | |
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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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Whoopi Epiphany Speech | |
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Whoopi Epiphany Speech: The sequel is pretty much one long one of these. (Incidentally, they work.) | |
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Previously on… | |
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Previously on…: The events of Sister Act are summed up with a medley at the beginning of the sequel. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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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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Magical Negro | |
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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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I'll Kill You! | |
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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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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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Character Development | |
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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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Recurring Extra | |
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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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Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: Apparently, the Reverend Mother and Father Maurice caused Bishop O'Malley a lot of problems. | |
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Pistol-Whipping | |
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Pistol-Whipping: The nuns knock Curtis' mooks out with their own guns. | |
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Doom Magnet | |
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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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Blithe Spirit | |
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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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Took a Level in Kindness | |
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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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Fur and Loathing | |
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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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Pun-Based Title | |
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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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It Kind of Looks Like a Face | |
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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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Adaptational Location Change | |
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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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Becoming the Mask | |
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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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"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot | |
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"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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Incredibly Long Note | |
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Incredibly Long Note: Ahmal at the end of “Oh Happy Day� | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, it’s hard to imagine how they would’ve done all those moves in the choir robes. | |
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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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Doorstop Baby | |
Sister Act / int_5cd8680b | comment |
Doorstop Baby: Sister Mary Robert was left in the convent as a baby. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two Words: Added Emphasis | |
Sister Act / int_6bf88d1a | comment |
Two Words: Added Emphasis: | |
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Full-Name Ultimatum | |
Sister Act / int_6da90c4d | comment |
Full-Name Ultimatum: Rita Louise Watson! | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Perpetual Smiler | |
Sister Act / int_7896ecc3 | comment |
Perpetual Smiler: Sister Mary Patrick. And it's genuine. | |
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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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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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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 “Mary Had a Little Lamb.� | |
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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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"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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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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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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Promoted to Love Interest | |
Sister Act / int_8605f0c0 | comment |
Promoted to Love Interest: Eddie to Deloris. | |
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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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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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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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Parenthetical Swearing | |
Sister Act / int_8d463bfd | comment |
Parenthetical Swearing: When Vince is being taken away by the cops. | |
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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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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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Villainous Breakdown | |
Sister Act / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Vince blames Deloris for everything as he is being arrested: | |
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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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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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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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555 | |
Sister Act / int_984763bb | comment |
555: Shows up when Rita is filling out her permission slip. | |
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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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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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Continuity Nod | |
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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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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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Artistic License – Religion | |
Sister Act / int_a27c0c2c | comment |
Artistic License – 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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Gender-Blender Name | |
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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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Malcolm Xerox | |
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Malcolm Xerox: Wesley, or as he prefers to be called, “Ahmal M’jomo Jamaael," which means "He who is spirited.� | |
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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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Technician/Performer Team-Up | |
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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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Near-Villain Victory | |
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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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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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Chekhov's Skill | |
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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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Trademark Favorite Food | |
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Trademark Favorite Food: Philly cheese steaks for Deloris. | |
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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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Accidental Misnaming | |
Sister Act / int_af616e40 | comment |
Accidental Misnaming/Malicious Misnaming: Mr. Crisp at first has difficulty remembering the “Clarence� 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 “Sister Mary Fake.� Mary Clarence returns the favor by calling him “Crispy.� As does the Reverend Mother in her last parting shot to him! | |
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Fish out of Water | |
Sister Act / int_af696bef | comment |
Fish out of Water: Deloris at first in the convent. | |
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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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Genki Girl | |
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Sanguine: Sister Mary Patrick | |
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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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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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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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Fiery Redhead | |
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Fiery Redhead: Sister Mary Robert is a total aversion. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving | |
Sister Act / int_bb7dceca | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving: | |
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So Proud of You | |
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So Proud of You: Rita's mother says this to her at the end of the movie. | |
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Banister Slide | |
Sister Act / int_bd5ddcc4 | comment |
Banister Slide: Mary Clarence does one of these. | |
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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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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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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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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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Compliment Backfire | |
Sister Act / int_c675d08c | comment |
Compliment Backfire: Reverend Mother tells Deloris that she is an example of how “a sow’s ear can be turned into a silk purse.� Deloris wouldn’t have phrased it that way. | |
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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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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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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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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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Cool Old Lady | |
Sister Act / int_d2b59903 | comment |
Cool Old Lady: Many of the nuns who sing “Ball of Confusion� at the retirement home definitely count as this. | |
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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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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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Race Lift | |
Sister Act / int_d7c3ba61 | comment |
Race Lift: Vince/Curtis is now black and Lt. Souther is white. | |
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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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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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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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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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Ambiguously Gay | |
Sister Act / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: The two antique-dealing bachelors who want to buy the convent. | |
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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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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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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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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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Gospel Choirs Are Just Better | |
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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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Aside Glance | |
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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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Groin Attack | |
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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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Shrinking Violet | |
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Shrinking Violet: Sister Mary Robert. | |
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Pretty Fly for a White Guy | |
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Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Frank-ay (ayy-oh-ayy) is actually a pretty good rapper. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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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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Summon Everyman Hero | |
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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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One-Steve Limit | |
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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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A Minor Kidroduction | |
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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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Locked Out of the Loop | |
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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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Last-Second Word Swap | |
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Last-Second Word Swap: Bless you. | |
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Crowd Song | |
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Crowd Song: The movie ends with the whole cast singing “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.� | |
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Quirky Miniboss Squad | |
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Quirky Mini Boss Squad: Curtis' goons, Joey, TJ and Pablo. | |
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Traveling at the Speed of Plot | |
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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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Something Something Leonard Bernstein | |
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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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Anger Born of Worry | |
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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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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Father Thomas, who somehow was the designated driver even if he doesn't have a license. | |
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Lost in a Crowd | |
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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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Emergency Taxi | |
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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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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: When Mary Clarence sits down on the seat with glue, all the students cry out a whispered “Yes� and respond excitedly when she talks about “fusion.� She thinks the students are saying “Yes� 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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Answer Cut | |
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Answer Cut: This is how the convent is revealed to be the last place where Vince would look for Deloris. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: In the big chase through the casino toward the beginning of the film, Deloris knocks over a busboy but stops to make sure he's okay before continuing to run. Joey and Willy don't bother. | |
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