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This 1994 dramedy from Australian writer-director Stephan Elliott stars Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp as a spectacularly camp trio of drag performers who travel across Australia in a converted school bus named "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Weaving plays Anthony "Tick" Belrose, a.k.a. Mitzi Del Bra. Pearce plays Adam Whitely, a.k.a. Felicia Jollygoodfellow. Stamp plays Bernadette Passenger.In the wake of Bernadette's husband's death, Tick agrees to do a drag gig for his estranged wife in Alice Springs, bringing Bernadette and Adam along with him. Along the way they crack stereotypically cutting jokes, reveal secrets about themselves, drink themselves stupid, party with a camp of Aborigines in the desert, meet an Asian woman with interesting talents and pick up her repairman husband Bob for the ride, experience intolerance and danger from violent locals, and, of course, practice their drag show.A year later Hollywood would tackle the same basic premise in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. |
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Creator Cameo |
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Creator Cameo: Director Stephan Elliott appears as the doorman greeting the drag queens at their hotel resort destination. |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Bernadette is quite obviously based on transsexual former Les Girls performer Carlotta. Tick is based on Cindy Pastel, a famous drag queen from Sydney. Like Tick, Pastel was married with children but attempted to keep his bisexuality a secret. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1282bf4f |
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Asian Hooker Stereotype |
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Asian Hooker Stereotype: Cynthia, Bob's Asian stripper/prostitute wife. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1343f8a1 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1343f8a1 |
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Gay Cowboy |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_157aa3db |
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Gay Cowboy: Tick dresses like a cowboy while trying to please straight in front of his son. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_157aa3db |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_157aa3db |
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Your Mom |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1649e053 |
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Your Mom: Tick says to Felicia, "Is it true when you were born the doctor turned around and slapped your mother?" |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1649e053 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_1649e053 |
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Pop-Cultural Osmosis |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_19bec249 |
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Pop-Cultural Osmosis: For a film about three drag queens on a road trip through the Australian outback, this is a surprisingly well-known movie. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_19bec249 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_19bec249 |
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Burlesque |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_20d88961 |
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Burlesque: Cynthia, Bob’s wife, is a former burlesque dancer. Ping pong balls are involved in her act. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_20d88961 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_20d88961 |
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Dirty Old Man |
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Dirty Old Man: Adam's uncle in the flashback. He learns the hard way that Adam was smarter than he looked... |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_267ce120 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_267ce120 |
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Disappeared Dad |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_28cd01ca |
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Disappeared Dad: Tick had a son with Marion, his ex-wife and hasn’t been in the boy’s life out of fear that he would reject Tick for his lifestyle. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_28cd01ca |
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Effeminate Misogynistic Guy |
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Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: Adam has aspects of this. He ridicules Tick for having been in a heterosexual relationship once and refers to Tick's ex-wife (and other women) as "fish". |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_3abe36c6 |
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Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon |
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Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Bernardette makes the threat "I will punch in your face so hard yo'll need to stick a toothbrush up your ass to clean your teeth." |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_3cb68bd3 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_3ec27f76 |
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Costume Porn |
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Costume Porn: The musical, which won a well-earned Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume. The movie is no slouch either. It won the Oscar for best costuming and the designer received her award in a dress made out of American Express cards◊ made for the occasion; they all expired the day after the Oscars ceremony. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_3ec27f76 |
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Bedouin Rescue Service |
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Bedouin Rescue Service: The Aboriginal camp. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_419f0db |
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Attractive Bent-Gender |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4435aa66 |
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Attractive Bent-Gender: Adam is surprisingly attractive when he dresses as a woman without the over-the-top drag makeup. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4435aa66 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4435aa66 |
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Homophobic Hate Crime |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_45ed7d35 |
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Homophobic Hate Crime: Early on, the residents of a town the characters travel through doesn't take kindly to having a bus full of drag queens around, and vandalizes their tour bus with homophobic slurs. Later on, Adam flirts in drag with some men in another small town, who beat him up and attempt to do much worse when they find out he is a man. Fortunately, Bernadette and Tick rescue him before too much damage is done. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_45ed7d35 |
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The Stinger |
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The Stinger: After the credits, we see a monk in a Japanese temple, where the kite and blowup doll seen early in the film finally land. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_48081842 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_48081842 |
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Road Trip Plot |
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Road Trip Plot: A movie about drag queens trying to get to a venue at a hotel in the middle of the Australian desert. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4885c04b |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4885c04b |
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Scenery Porn |
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Scenery Porn: The movie is full of it during the three protagonists' trip towards Alice Springs. Combines this and Costume Porn during the climb to Kings Canyon. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_49d59be9 |
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Laughing Mad |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4ae690ca |
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Laughing Mad: Adam, running for his life from a pack of very pissed-off hard men in Coober Pedy, laughs hysterically. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4ae690ca |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4ae690ca |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4b2c373 |
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Impractically Fancy Outfit |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4b2c373 |
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Impractically Fancy Outfit: Felicia outruns the thugs for a while in that tight dress and high heels (and on drugs, no less). The only Oscar the film won was for Costume Design, and the only Tony the musical won was for...Costume Design. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4b2c373 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4c455537 |
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Plot-Driven Breakdown |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4c455537 |
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Plot-Driven Breakdown: Priscilla keeps breaking down due to an issue with the gas tank, which the drag queens can’t replace without getting to the hotel on time for their show. Eventually, they befriend a mechanic named Bob who comes along with them to help them with the bus’ trouble after his wife leaves him. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_4c455537 |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul" |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_50cc01e1 |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": Bernadette's birth name was Ralph and she doesn't take kindly to being called that. Adam deadnames her just to rile her up and gets beaten up for it, which doesn't stop him. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_50cc01e1 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_5466ae28 |
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His and Hers |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_5466ae28 |
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His and Hers: Upon learning that Tick is married, Adam says that he "would have bought you a lovely matching set of Hers and Hers bath mats." |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_5466ae28 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_5466ae28 |
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The Gadfly |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_582564f5 |
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The Gadfly: Adam admits he gets a kick out of pissing people off while explaining to Tick why he deadnamed Bernadette. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_582564f5 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_582564f5 |
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Flying Under the Gaydar |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_6a3a5e03 |
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Flying Under the Gaydar: Tick tries to dress macho in Alice Springs in front of Benji, wearing a long-sleeved khaki shirt and a cowboy hat. Marion makes fun of him. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_6a3a5e03 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_6a3a5e03 |
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Camp Gay |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_722b3319 |
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Camp Gay: Adam. And Tick as well, but much less so. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_722b3319 |
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The Comically Serious |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_76b4b7dd |
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The Comically Serious: Bernadette, whose stoic demeanour makes for a very funny contrast to the flamboyant Mitzi and Felicia. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_76b4b7dd |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_76b4b7dd |
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Drag Queen |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_84d29a11 |
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Drag Queen: Take three guesses, you'll probably be correct on all of them. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_84d29a11 |
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Travel Montage |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_898266d8 |
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Travel Montage: Used for comedic effect when Tick and Adam sing songs in a montage, only for it to be revealed at the end of it that they've only been traveling for four hours. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_898266d8 |
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"Miss X" Pun |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_93a79f72 |
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"Miss X" Pun: The theatre adaptation introduces a character called Miss Understanding, who performs Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" in the first act. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_93a79f72 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_93a79f72 |
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Lousy Lovers Are Losers |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_93b92ca4 |
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Lousy Lovers Are Losers: Bob ends up joining the drag queens on their road trip after his humiliated Filipino wife leaves him, taking all their possessions, and just before she leaves, tells him that she doesn't like him anyway, on account of his small penis. Then again, seeing as Bob's wife is clearly deferring blame for humiliating him the previous night with her sexually explicit entertainment of the other bar patrons overseeing the drag act, she's most likely an Unreliable Expositor, so Bob is portrayed more sympathetically than she is. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_93b92ca4 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9e67ec50 |
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Flashback Cut |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9e67ec50 |
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Flashback Cut: Used at various points for the main trio's histories. Also for Bob. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9e67ec50 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9e67ec50 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9f2ca67b |
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Gaydar |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9f2ca67b |
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Gaydar: The trio detect that one Aboriginal man wouldn't mind being a little fab. They're right. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9f2ca67b |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_9f2ca67b |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a4c37cbe |
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Mood Whiplash |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a4c37cbe |
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Mood Whiplash: The mood takes a suddenly dark turn when they find Priscilla graffiti-ed with homophobic slurs. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a4c37cbe |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a4c37cbe |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a681bfc6 |
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Amicable Exes |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a681bfc6 |
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Amicable Exes: Tick and Marion turn out to be this, as it's revealed throughout the movie that the trio are doing the shows as a favour for her hotel. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_a681bfc6 |
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I Choose to Stay |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_add931af |
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I Choose to Stay: Bernadette decides to stay to help Marion run the hotel for a while at the end of the movie. Bob stays with her as well. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_add931af |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_add931af |
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Deadpan Snarker |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ae3d6438 |
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Deadpan Snarker: Bernadette's dialogue consists mostly of bitter and snarky lines. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ae3d6438 |
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Stage Names |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ae50ca8f |
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Stage Names: "Mitzi Del Bra" and "Felicia Jollygoodfellow", obviously. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ae50ca8f |
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type |
Accidental Marriage |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_af921409 |
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Accidental Marriage: Bob married Cynthia, an Asian sex performer, when he was drunk and had no memory of having done so when he woke up the next day. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_af921409 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_af921409 |
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Too Dumb to Live |
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Too Dumb to Live: Adam finds some ecstasy, gets high, and goes around dressed in drag (not the type for when he performs, but so he convincingly looks like like an actual woman) so he could pull jokes on people. He does this in a place infamous for homophobia and nearly gets the crap beaten out of him by some assholes. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_b58b4e3c |
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type |
Ambiguously Bi |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_bd0230fb |
comment |
Ambiguously Bi: Bob married Cynthia, an Asian stripper and prostitute, after a night of drunken sex with her. He seems to feel little affection or desire for her (though this is no doubt at least partly due to how obnoxious she is) and isn't all that sad to see her go. Meanwhile, Bob has a rather odd interest in and knowledge of drag shows for an Aussie Outback bloke, and grows increasingly close to and eventually involved with Bernadette. Marion is mentioned by Tick’s son to have had a girlfriend after Tick and her broke up. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_bd0230fb |
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Faint in Shock |
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comment |
Faint in Shock: Bernadette faints in shock after discovering that Tick has a son. She later complains of having a bump on her head during the show, for which she blames Tick. Tick himself later faints when he sees his son in the audience during one of his shows. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_bee8baee |
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type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c007c53 |
comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Adam threatening to sing. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c007c53 |
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I Have No Son! |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c132c0c5 |
comment |
I Have No Son!: After Bernadette underwent her operation, her family disowned her. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c132c0c5 |
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Yank the Dog's Chain |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c4db6423 |
comment |
Yank the Dog's Chain: Bernadette walks through the desert, gets swarmed by flies, and ends up finding a old couple to help fix the bus, which has broken down. But when Bernadette and the old couple drive to where the bus is, the old couple hightails it upon seeing Tick in a fancy green dress and Adam, who’s shirtless and has breasts painted on his chest. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c4db6423 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c4db6423 |
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type |
Shout-Out |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: Hugo's prancing in a green dress as rescue arrives is said to be one to The Sound of Music on the director's commentary. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c75df49a |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c75df49a |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c868a42a |
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Freudian Excuse |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c868a42a |
comment |
Freudian Excuse: Subverted with Adam. As the flashback progresses, it seems that Adam will be traumatized by his uncle tricking him into giving him a handjob as his uncle takes a bath...but instead of reaching under the water for his penis, Adam pulls the plug on the bathtub, sucking his uncle's balls into the drain. When the uncle tells him to get help, Adam just screams "No!" in his face. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_c868a42a |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d50a5478 |
type |
Unlimited Wardrobe |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d50a5478 |
comment |
Unlimited Wardrobe: The girls seem to be carrying a whole lot more fabulous outfits than they'd need to set up even the most decadent of shows, perhaps that's why they wear them almost every second possible. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d50a5478 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d50a5478 |
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Interchangeable Asian Cultures |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d5a060a8 |
comment |
Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Cynthia speaks Tagalog but her cassette tape has Japanese written on it. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d5a060a8 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d5a060a8 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d6fce880 |
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To the Tune of... |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d6fce880 |
comment |
To the Tune of...: Adam improvises a parody of "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" while packing for the trip: |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d6fce880 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d6fce880 |
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type |
Vitriolic Best Buds |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d7fc9fd0 |
comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: The main characters play some really mean pranks on each other and throw insults in pretty much every line, but they also care for one another a lot. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_d7fc9fd0 |
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type |
Expy |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e5421161 |
comment |
Expy: Cynthia, Bob's Asian stripper wife, seems to be modeled after the Vietnamese prostitute in Full Metal Jacket, e.g. the following is said in the same tone as FMJ's "Me love you long time, me so horny": |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e5421161 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e5421161 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e9154c4f |
type |
Naming Ceremony |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e9154c4f |
comment |
Naming Ceremony: Adam smashes a bottle of something against Priscilla's back bumper before the group sets off. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e9154c4f |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_e9154c4f |
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type |
Groin Attack |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_eaf5a1ac |
comment |
Groin Attack: Adam does this to his Creepy Uncle in a flashback. Bernadette later does this to the leader of a bunch of men that try to beat up Adam. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_eaf5a1ac |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_eb8ec7c8 |
type |
Jerkass |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_eb8ec7c8 |
comment |
Jerkass: Adam has his moments, but peaks when the trio are in Broken Hill when he deadnames Bernadette, who responds by throwing a lamp at him. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_eb8ec7c8 |
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type |
Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ecd78a30 |
comment |
Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male: Played with. In a flashback, Adam's uncle tries to molest him. The build-up isn't played for laughs at all and is genuinely disturbing... cue an ingenious Groin Attack by young Adam, and cut back to the bus where Adam and Tick are cackling their heads off. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ecd78a30 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_edeafb2e |
type |
Malicious Misnaming |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_edeafb2e |
comment |
Malicious Misnaming: Adam's teasing of Bernadette, calling her Ralph... until she finally snaps and beats him up. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_edeafb2e |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_edeafb2e |
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Anger Born of Worry |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f4b1129f |
comment |
Anger Born of Worry: Tick yells at Adam for flirting with the violent and homophobic desert dwellers. |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f4b1129f |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f4b1129f |
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type |
I Always Wanted to Say That |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f8a82c75 |
comment |
I Always Wanted to Say That: Felicia agrees to go along on the road trip because of a lifelong dream to "stand on top of Kings Canyon as a queen". Bernadette summarizes this as "a cock in a frock on a rock". |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f8a82c75 |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_f8a82c75 |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_fe0330fb |
type |
Brick Joke |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_fe0330fb |
comment |
Brick Joke: When the trio launches Priscilla, their going-away party drowns out a ceremony announcing a girl who plans to run across Australia. The girl shows up twice later in the film, once just after the bus takes a short cut, and again when she runs right past the group and takes no notice of them. Early in the film, the protagonists find a hideous dress among the luggage, put it in a blowdoll and tie it to a kite they fly to pass the time. After the credits, we see the kite, blowdoll and all, landing on a Japanese temple near a monk. |
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_fe0330fb |
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type |
Pet the Dog |
| | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / int_ff7f34c5 |
comment |
Pet the Dog: Adam is very friendly towards Tick’s son. |
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ItemName |
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