Dangerous Liaisons/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement: Most people in the USA have either only heard of Cruel Intentions or the 1988 Dangerous Liaisons film. Despite it being a French classic, the book is relatively unknown to the average non-French person.
 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: "Were you too, Vicomte?" or even more explicitly in the play and film, Merteuil telling Valmont that he made her very happy once.
 * Everybody Remembers the Stripper
 * Evil Is Cool: The only reason Valmont and Merteuil avoid crossing the Moral Event Horizon is because they're just so damn awesome whenever they do something bad
 * Magnificent Bitch: Merteuil, at least before her jealousy causes her to go too far, is on par with Iago in her ability to play everyone around her like a fiddle while making her petty spitefulness come across as awesome rather than pathetic. Valmont falls short of the mark because, even though he is an accomplished and manipulative charmer in his own right, he is essentially just an agent of Merteuil.