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''Beauty Queens'' by Libba Bray is a story brought to you by [[Peace and Love Incorporated|The Corporation]]. |
''[[Beauty Queens]]'' by Libba Bray is a story brought to you by [[Peace and Love Incorporated|The Corporation]]. |
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A plane of [[Beauty Pageant]] contestants crash-lands on an uncharted island, where only a dozen women out of 50 survive. Along the way, they meet a bunch of guys pretending to be pirates (on a TV show brought to you by The Corporation), go insane and learn to survive. |
A plane of [[Beauty Pageant]] contestants crash-lands on an uncharted island, where only a dozen women out of 50 survive. Along the way, they meet a bunch of guys pretending to be pirates (on a TV show brought to you by The Corporation), go insane and learn to survive. |
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* [[Action Girl]]: By the end, all of the women. Taylor and Adina especially. |
* [[Action Girl]]: By the end, all of the women. Taylor and Adina especially. |
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* [[Acme Products]]: The Corporation. |
* [[Acme Products]]: The Corporation. |
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* [[Five-Man Band]] |
* [[Five-Man Band]] |
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* [[Improbable Weapon]]: They make a catapult out of a shoe. |
* [[Improbable Weapon]]: They make a catapult out of a shoe. |
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* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Weird, |
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Weird, hallucinogenic fruit samba. |
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* [[Product Placement]]: In-universe, there's a whole TV show based on it. |
* [[Product Placement]]: In-universe, there's a whole TV show based on it. |
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* [[Quicksand Sucks]]: It gets Nicole and Shanti. |
* [[Quicksand Sucks]]: It gets Nicole and Shanti. |
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Revision as of 15:23, 3 May 2017
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray is a story brought to you by The Corporation.
A plane of Beauty Pageant contestants crash-lands on an uncharted island, where only a dozen women out of 50 survive. Along the way, they meet a bunch of guys pretending to be pirates (on a TV show brought to you by The Corporation), go insane and learn to survive.
Tropes used in Beauty Queens include:
- Action Girl: By the end, all of the women. Taylor and Adina especially.
- Acme Products: The Corporation.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Frequent.
- Beauty Pageant: Duh.
- Big Damn Heroes: The end. Everyone.
- Bland-Name Product: Babez dolls. And more.
- Brainless Beauties: Miss Alabama and Miss Mississippi.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Tiara, and to a lesser extent, Mary-Lou.
- Desert Island
- Evil, Inc.: The Corporation.
- Five-Man Band
- Improbable Weapon: They make a catapult out of a shoe.
- Mushroom Samba: Weird, hallucinogenic fruit samba.
- Product Placement: In-universe, there's a whole TV show based on it.
- Quicksand Sucks: It gets Nicole and Shanti.
- Rule of Symbolism: Just about everything is symbolic. Seriously.
- Sassy Black Woman / Black Best Friend: Nicole doesn't want to be one.
- Straw Feminist: Adina. She gets called on it.
- Token Minority: Deconstructed with Nicole and Shanti.