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Line 2: [[File:Crybabyposter_8764.jpg\|frame]] ''[[Cry-Baby]]'' is a 1990 film directed by [[John Waters]]. It tells the classic story of [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] — [[The Ingenue\|"Square"]] Allison Vernon-Williams falls for Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, leader of the local "drapes" in their small Maryland town — and the upheaval their romance causes between the hillbilly drapes and the uptight squares. [[The Musical\|Did we mention it's a musical?]] It's also an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the whole genre of nostalgia teen films, good-naturedly mocking other entries like ''[[Grease]]''. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''Cry-Baby'' provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Action Dress Rip]]: The motorcycle stunt at the end. * [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The stage musical transforms Cry-Baby's would-be girlfriend [[Clingy Jealous Girl\|Lenora]] into a bona-fide [[Stalker ~~With~~with a ~~Crush\|Stalker With A~~ Crush]]. It also claims that Cry-Baby's parents were {{spoiler\|sent to the electric chair for being suspected Communist spies}} and that {{spoiler\|Allison's grandmother}} was responsible for it happening. It also includes scenes of Wanda, Pepper and Hatchet-Face in a girl's reform school, while Cry-Baby and [[Soul Brotha\|Dupree]] are in jail. * [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: What the drapettes do for Allison. It mainly involves [[Letting Her Hair Down]], and giving her a pair of skin-tight pedal-pushers and a [[Of Corsets Sexy\|bustier top]]. * [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of 1950s juvenile delinquent movies, and the [[Jukebox Musical\|jukebox musicals]] of the same time period. * [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Quoth Allison, "I am ''so'' tired of being good." * [[Badass Grandma]]: Ramona Rickets and, eventually, Mrs. Vernon-Williams. * [[Be a Whore Toto Get Your Man]]: Averted, with Lenora, and Allison, who Cry-Baby thought was cute before her sexy makeover. ** It's also heavily implied that while he certainly doesn't mind her nice body or the makeover, that Cry-Baby is mostly attracted to Allison's ''personality''. * [[Camp]]: Well, it ''is'' John Waters, after all. * [[Car Fu]]: The "chicken" showdown at the climax. Line 44 ⟶ 46: * [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] * [[Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl]]: Allison eventually develops into one of these. She remains more or less her sweet self, but now she's a delinquent's girlfriend, and more inclined to less conservative outfits. * [[Separated Byby the Wall]]: Allison and Cry-Baby gyrate on opposite sides of the glass barrier in "Please, Mr. Jailer". * [[Shout-Out]]: Breaking Cry-Baby out of jail and Pepper's kids out of the orphanage pays tribute to ''The [[Benny Hill]] Show''. Johnny Depp's performance also evokes a young [[Elvis Presley]]. * [[Singing Simlish]]: The stage musical's song "Baby Baby Baby Baby (Baby Baby)" parodies the scat-like lyrics in rockabilly music. Line 53 ⟶ 55: * [[Spinning Newspaper]] * [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Allison. * [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]]: Lenora. Made even more blatant in [[The Musical]]. * [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Almost all the songs start like this, particularly in the second half. * [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: Invoked in the original theatrical release, as Waters was only allowed one F-word so as to not compromise the PG-13 rating. Said scene was restored in the director's cut. {{quote\| '''Mrs. Woodward:''' Your Honor, can we take Wanda the fuck home?}} * [[Tropes Are Not Bad]] * [[Troubled Production]]: During the shooting of the movie, the FBI visited the set to search for co-star Traci Lords, who was being investigated due to her porn past. Line 71 ⟶ 73: * [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: The prison guards to the drapes. * [[You Put the X In XY]]: {{quote\| '''Ramona Rickettes:''' You put the T in tough!}} {{reflist}} Line 78 ⟶ 80: [[Category:Cry-Baby]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Cult Classic]]