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V.I.P.

189 statements
35 feature instances
33 referencing feature instances

V.I.P.	type	TVTItem
V.I.P.	label	V.I.P.
V.I.P.	page	VIP
V.I.P.	comment	VIP, an action/comedy Pamela Anderson vehicle created by J.F. Lawton, aired in syndication for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. Anderson plays Vallery Irons, a... blonde... who lucks into a celebrity date to a movie premiere, blunders into saving his life, and – after her date lies to save face by claiming she was his bodyguard – is snapped up by a local celebrity protection agency as a figurehead leader/mascot to draw in business. Hilarity Ensues.Something of a Spiritual Successor to Baywatch considering the shared star, mix of action and Camp and prevalence of Fanservice throughout. Unfortunately this similarity stretches to the series's DVD treatment, with only the first season released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment back in 2006. There remains no word on additional releases.No relation to the Japanese Super Mario World ROM hack series. Or to the 1963 film The V.I.P.s.
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V.I.P.	processingComment	Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE
V.I.P.	processingComment	Dropped link to Lit: Not a Feature - IGNORE
V.I.P.	processingComment	Dropped link to SlowMotion: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
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V.I.P. / int_108c268e	type	Hotter and Sexier
V.I.P. / int_108c268e	comment	Hotter and Sexier: Every season after the first one. In the first season, the show seemed to take its premise seriously. But starting with season two, it seems like the writers realized that most people were just watching it because of the attractive women, so the amount of fan service increased a lot.
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V.I.P. / int_132d93f1	type	Human Shield
V.I.P. / int_132d93f1	comment	Human Shield: Val gets this treatment from her date in the first episode when he's in danger. She also sometimes invokes it herself when protecting her clients, putting herself between them and potential danger.
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V.I.P. / int_1808775	type	Phenotype Stereotype
V.I.P. / int_1808775	comment	Phenotype Stereotype: All the main characters suffer from this. Val is a blonde from LA, so she's The Ditz. Tasha has a Russian heritage, so she's a former spy, and Ethical Slut. Nikki has an Italian background, so she's the granddaughter of a Mafia Don. Quick's black, so he's from Chicago. Johnny's Asian, so he's a martial artist. The series manages to avoid being offensive with this by showing other characters from the same demographics that don't fit the stereotypes on a regular basis. Ergo, the stereotypes are just a perk of the main characters and don't deliver any kind of message, intentional or otherwise.
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V.I.P. / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
V.I.P. / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Justified in VIP's role as a celebrity protection agency. Prevalent in the first season but dropped altogether later on. Notable cameos included "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Jay Leno, Coolio, Charles Barkley and Jerry Springer. Lit's appearance was originally going to just be a cameo. However, it eventually evolved into them becoming guest stars.
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V.I.P. / int_1fc325dd	type	Do Not Adjust Your Set
V.I.P. / int_1fc325dd	comment	Do Not Adjust Your Set: At one point Kay delivers a rare heroic version of this, hijacking televisions all over the world to broadcast a villain's Engineered Public Confession.
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V.I.P. / int_2719ab04	type	Special Guest
V.I.P. / int_2719ab04	comment	Special Guest: Lit guest starred in the episode "Hard Val's Night" as themselves. Val (and Pam in Real Life) returned the favor by starring in one of their music videos.
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V.I.P. / int_28e90e30	type	More than Mind Control
V.I.P. / int_28e90e30	comment	More than Mind Control: Several episodes have shown characters brainwashed, drugged, or otherwise compelled to act in ways they wouldn't normally do through some kind of mind-altering phenomenon.
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V.I.P. / int_44e350a4	type	Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title
V.I.P. / int_44e350a4	comment	Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: Almost every episode, and the vast majority of those work Val's name into the pun. From just the first season there's "Bloody Val-entine," "Hard Val's Night" "Diamonds Are a Val's Best Friend," "One Wedding and Val's Funeral," "Val Got Game," "Good Val Hunting," "Val on the Run," "Raging Val"... you get the idea.
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V.I.P. / int_52ad5a5c	type	Death by Music Video
V.I.P. / int_52ad5a5c	comment	Death by Music Video: After protecting them for the episode, ''"Hard Val's Night"'' ends with Val getting to star in Lit's newest music video, where she plays herself as a giant woman who lounges around in a bikini and platform heels while the band serenades her. She's nice to the band at first but at the end of the video Val gleefully captures each member of Lit and swallows him alive.
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V.I.P. / int_55b1f9a1	type	Easy Amnesia
V.I.P. / int_55b1f9a1	comment	Easy Amnesia: Val gets amnesia in "Val's Wonderful Life" after being caught in an explosion.
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V.I.P. / int_57b74bd4	type	Achievements in Ignorance
V.I.P. / int_57b74bd4	comment	Achievements in Ignorance: Often combined with Beginner's Luck, Valerie pulls off highly improbable, yet plausible accomplishments on a frequent, regular basis. Despite having no formal martial arts, military, or intelligence training, she has, from the pilot, defeated professionally trained terrorists, assassins, a notoriously deadly ninja in a one-on-one sword duel, without killing him, stopped a powerful explosive with tofu, thwarted spies and mafia alike and pulled off all kinds crazy stunts with motor vehicles, and survived being lost at sea for a week without a raft of any kind because she did not know how impossible any of that stuff is!
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V.I.P. / int_66835c91	type	The One Guy
V.I.P. / int_66835c91	comment	The One Guy: Between the original owner's departure in the pilot and Johnny's promotion to the main cast in season 3, Quick is the only male member of VIP and main character.
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V.I.P. / int_68583862	type	Giant Woman
V.I.P. / int_68583862	comment	Giant Woman: Val plays a 90ft woman in a bikini at the end of the episode Hard Val's Night.
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V.I.P. / int_6f059863	type	Oddly Small Organization
V.I.P. / int_6f059863	comment	Oddly Small Organization: VIP is too small for the amount of clients they get, and too overqualified. They would need people to handle the ordinary work. Either a bigger in-house cast, or a partnership with lesser firms. (Neither is seen/mentioned)
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V.I.P. / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
V.I.P. / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: Quick is the only African fellow (as well as the only fellow for a while). Johnny for Asians.
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V.I.P. / int_7d7a7d0f	type	Opening Narration
V.I.P. / int_7d7a7d0f	comment	Opening Narration: See page quote.
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V.I.P. / int_8391b1c7	type	Artistic License â€“ Law
V.I.P. / int_8391b1c7	comment	Artistic License – Law: V.I.P. is a company of bodyguards and other forms of security. Even with license to carry, security officers are not private investigators, bounty hunters, or police. They don't go out and investigate crimes, or hunt down threats to their clients. They observe and document. Security does not engage in the use of force, except in clear-cut cases of self-defense.
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V.I.P. / int_a00eb8f9	type	Bare-Fisted Monk
V.I.P. / int_a00eb8f9	comment	Bare-Fisted Monk: As a martial arts practitioner and former boxer, unarmed fighting is Quick's specialty, though he's not above using a gun. Also applies to Johnny, an active martial artist and fight choreographer.
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V.I.P. / int_a2484b0e	type	The Beautiful Elite
V.I.P. / int_a2484b0e	comment	The Beautiful Elite: In full effect here.
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V.I.P. / int_a5e0c01	type	As Himself
V.I.P. / int_a5e0c01	comment	As Himself: As Themselves: In the episode Hard Val's Night the band Lit guest starred as themselves. They also premiered their video for "Miserable", which had them walking all over a giant Val's body, at the end of the episode. It would go onto be their most famous and well-beloved videos, as well as the one thing they're most remembered for in general. As Herself: In-Universe this occurred in the same episode, with Val starring in the video as herself.
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V.I.P. / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
V.I.P. / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: The transition to bodyguard life isn't kind to Val. Rule of Funny keeps this far from tragic.
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V.I.P. / int_bd1faab9	type	Accidental Hero
V.I.P. / int_bd1faab9	comment	Accidental Hero: Val in the pilot.
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V.I.P. / int_bebf0356	type	Mission Control
V.I.P. / int_bebf0356	comment	Mission Control: Kay serves as this from her computer at headquarters.
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V.I.P. / int_bf9163d9	type	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
V.I.P. / int_bf9163d9	comment	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Val/Kay, Nikki, Natasha
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V.I.P. / int_c0c7a82e	type	Of Corsets Sexy
V.I.P. / int_c0c7a82e	comment	Of Corsets Sexy: The client in "Vallery's Secret" hires Val to be the face of a corset-focused clothing line, providing the episode with an excuse to have Anderson wear a good half-dozen of the garments, which manage the unlikely feat of providing her with even more va-va-voom factor. Unlike many a fictional wearer, Val is extremely into them, and only Status Quo Is God has her reverting to her standard wardrobe by the end of the ep.
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V.I.P. / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
V.I.P. / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: V.I.P. stands for Valerie Irons Protection, and it also describes the kind of clients they protect. V.I.P.s.
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V.I.P. / int_d50a5478	type	Unlimited Wardrobe
V.I.P. / int_d50a5478	comment	Unlimited Wardrobe: In an episode where an importer of Valerie's showed up, the multi hundred thousand dollar budget of Valerie's clothes was quoted.
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V.I.P. / int_d7b35e7d	type	Virtual-Reality Interrogation
V.I.P. / int_d7b35e7d	comment	Virtual-Reality Interrogation: In one episode, Val and Tasha are kidnapped and drugged after they hide a witness in a safehouse. In order to make them reveal the secret, the villain attempts to convince them they've been comatose for 40 years.
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V.I.P. / int_da3043c5	type	Fake Ultimate Hero
V.I.P. / int_da3043c5	comment	Fake Ultimate Hero: Val. Early episodes have Tasha in particular more than annoyed at how she and the team do the jobs and Val gets all the credit as even the bad guys who are beaten give Val far more credit than deserved. She does get better as the show goes along.
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V.I.P. / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
V.I.P. / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Tasha and Nikki, a spy and munitions expert respectively.
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V.I.P. / int_e78119cb	type	Girls with Guns
V.I.P. / int_e78119cb	comment	Girls with Guns: Nikki's hat is weaponry and explosives, but just about everyone uses a gun at some point.
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V.I.P. / int_ead7e42e	type	Walking Armory
V.I.P. / int_ead7e42e	comment	Walking Armory: In one episode, the team is forced to give up their weapons. Tasha gives up a gun and backup piece and Quicks gives up a number of guns and knives. Nikki, meanwhile begrudgingly pulls a veritable arsenal of guns and explosives off her person. She tried to keep a hand grenade hidden away but Valerie knew her too well to let her get away with it.
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V.I.P. / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
V.I.P. / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Val winds up kidnapped on a few occasions, usually resulting in this.
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V.I.P. / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
V.I.P. / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: All the main characters drove cars provided by the same major automotive company: In seasons 1-2 they were provided by Ford Motor Company, in 3-4 Daimler Chrysler.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

V.I.P.	hasFeature	A Spy at the Spa / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Accidental Aiming Skills / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Actor-Inspired Element / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	All That Glitters / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Ascended Fanboy / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Awesome, Dear Boy / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Body Double / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Can't Bathe Without a Weapon / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Criminal DoppelgÃ¤nger / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Delivery Guy Infiltration / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Fake Ultimate Hero / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	First-Run Syndication / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Giant Woman / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Glasses of Aging / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Gushing About Guest Stars / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Identical Stranger / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Jiggle Show / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Leno Device / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Literal Maneater / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Modesty Towel / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Mugged for Disguise / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Not With the Safety On, You Won't / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Nudity Equals Honesty / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Pinball Projectile / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Power Dynamics Kink / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Series of the 2000s / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Special Guest / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Take My Hand! / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	The One Guy / int_cac23d96
VIP	seeAlso	V.I.P.
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Victoria's Secret Compartment / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	Virtual-Reality Interrogation / int_cac23d96
V.I.P.	hasFeature	What the Fu Are You Doing? / int_cac23d96

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