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=== ''[[Boys Don't Cry]]'' contains examples of: ===
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Rare example of a female to male, but in ''Boys Don't Cry'' about the real life murder of Brandon Teena, who was a trans man, Hillary Swank not only looked convincingly male (she lived as a man for about a month in preparation for the role; her neighbors believed the young man coming and going was her brother), but was not bad-looking.▼
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Brandon makes up a ton of lies besides the obvious, like having a kid of his own, a model for a sister and has
▲* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Rare example of a female to male, but in Boys Don't Cry about the real life murder of Brandon Teena, who was a trans man, Hillary Swank not only looked convincingly male (she lived as a man for about a month in preparation for the role; her neighbors believed the young man coming and going was her brother), but was not bad-looking.
▲* [[Blatant Lies]]: Brandon makes up a ton of lies besides the obvious, like having a kid of his own, a model for a sister and has travelled the world.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Blonde Candace, brunette Kate and reddish-blonde Lana.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Lana and her mother.
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: The movie is based on the last days of a famous murder victim, so the climax of the film is {{spoiler|a very carefully choreographed [[Mexican Standoff]]}}, [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when the inevitable happens.
* [[Heteronormative Crusader]]: Brandon's friends take this path when they find out his biological sex.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: When Brandon walks Lana home and she's
* [[Missing Mom]]: The mother of John's daughter April is out of the picture.
* {{spoiler|[[Rape as Drama]]}}
* [[Shower of Angst]]: Brandon takes a shower after {{spoiler|he has been raped by men who discovered his birth sex}}, with the camera lingering on shots of his female body.
* [[Transsexualism]]: Brandon.
* [[Triumphant Reprise]]: The girls sing the song "The Bluest Eyes In Texas" by Restless Heart in the bar where Brandon first meets Lana. At the end of the film when Lana is finally leaving Falls City the cover by Nina Persson plays over it.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Kate disappears after Brandon {{spoiler|is exposed in front of everyone}} and we never hear what happened to her. Also, Candace's baby is last seen walking back into the bedroom after {{spoiler|she's been shot}}, and it's not said what happened to him. Ditto for John's daughter April.
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