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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: In the 1958 film, Maggie goes out to the pouring rain and gets her hair soaking wet, but the next time we see her, it's perfectly dry and styled.
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Brick is shattered that Skipper killed himself, showing he was not as strong as he thought he was.
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* [[Lingerie Scene]]: Maggie has one at the beginning.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Brick appearently hates Maggie, and he can't even bear to touch her - but he says that he won't divorce her.
* [[The Modest Orgasm]]: Brick brings it up at the end, saying that he and Maggie could have had sex without Mae and Gooper hearing it in the next room, because "not everybody makes much noise about love".▼
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: {{spoiler|"Wouldn't it be funny, if that were true?"}} Was first used in the original version, shows up in some productions from time to time, and can mean all the difference between a happy ending and a bittersweet one.
▲* [[The Modest Orgasm]]: Brick brings it up at the end, saying that he and Maggie could have had sex without Mae and Gooper hearing it in the next room, because "not everybody makes much noise about love".
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Brick refusing to answer Skipper's phone call, possibly saving his life.
* [[The Patriarch]]: Big Daddy.
* [[Right Through the Wall]]: Gooper and Mae know that Brick and Maggie are ''not'' having sex, because they share a wall, and they hear her pleading and his refusal.
* [[Sexless Marriage]]: The marriage between Brick and Maggie became this.
* [[Streetwalker]]: When Big Daddy talks about his travels to other countries to Brick, he mentions that once in Morocco, a child prostitute so young she could barely ''walk'' tried to open his fly. He was so grossed out that he left the country instanty.▼
* [[Stocking Filler]]: Maggie is shown changing her stockings at the beginning of the film.
▲* [[Streetwalker]]: When Big Daddy talks about his travels to other countries to Brick, he mentions that once in Morocco, a child prostitute so young she could barely ''walk'' tried to open his fly. He was so grossed out that he left the country instanty.
* [[Title Drop]]: Maggie uses the title to describe her life.
* [[The Un-Hug]]: In the 1958 film, Maggie hugs Brick at one point. Brick instinctively raises his arms to hug her back... then lets them down and tells Maggie to let go.
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