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* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Captain Cuttle has a rich collection of them for Florence: "Heart's Delight", "Lady-lass", "Beauty", "Diamond" etc.
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Toots and Walter}} both make one to Florence. The former gets a [[Better As Friends]] speech, the latter a joyful acceptance.
* [[Armor
{{quote| "Papa, what is money?"}}
* [[Babies Ever After]]: {{spoiler|Florence and Walter's children, including a [[Dead Guy Junior]] named Paul.}}
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* [[The Dandy]]: Mr. Toots praises his tailors, Burgess & Co, at every opportunity.
* [[Death By Childbirth]]: The first Mrs. Dombey.
* [[Dragon
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: In-universe. At Edith's and Mr. Dombey's wedding reception, her cousin Feenix tells a joke about a "bargain" of a marriage between a rich man and a beautiful emotionless woman. Cue the awkward silence.
* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: The Dombeys.
* [[Gold Digger]]: Edith was trained by her mother to become one from an early age. She actually hates it, but doesn't know any other way of living, especially since they are poor gentlewomen unused to serious work. She makes it plain from the start that Mr. Dombey's house and money is all she is after, but unfortunately, that's not the way he sees it.
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* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: Walter Gay.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Captain Cuttle is terrified of turning into this trope, although he's alredy henpecked enough as Mrs. Mac Stinger's lodger. {{spoiler|Captain Bunsby ends up marrying her instead.}}
* [[Heroic Self
* [[Heir Club for Men]]: Mr. Dombey has ignored Florence since her birth because she's not the male heir he wanted; what little time and affection he can spare goes exclusively to Paul.
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Mrs. Mac Stinger's son. It's a [[Running Gag]] for her to spank him until he's blue in the face and carry him into the street to cool off his bottom on the pavement.
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** Later that daughter, Alice, a former prostitute and thief returning from exile in Australia, angrily refers to her own hair as being her downfall.
** Paul is confused by Cornelia Blimber's short hair and wonders why she is "like a boy".
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Edith and Alice are illegitimate cousins.}}
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|In backing away from a vengeful Mr. Dombey, James Carker trips onto the railway tracks and is crushed by an oncoming train.}}
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Rob Toodle is mercilessly bullied on the way home for his conspicuous Grinder's school uniform.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Louisa's rejection of Miss Tox. Later {{spoiler|Mr. Dombey's [[Armor
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Florence and Walter, at least according to her.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: As in all of Dickens' novels. We have Captain Cuttle (as in cuttlefish), Sol Gills, Walter Gay, Mrs. Skewton (who has a "skewed" perspective on everything), Susan Nipper and Mrs. Mac Stinger.
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* [[Mona Lisa Smile]]: Edith's "twilight smile".
* [[Morality Pet]]: Florence is one to Edith, as she is determined to prevent the little girl from losing her innocence as Edith herself has.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|After Edith's elopement with Carker, a devastated Mr. Dombey loses control over his finances and lets the firm go bankrupt. He realizes that Florence is the only one who would have stayed by him, and that his own pride and hatred drove her away.}}
** {{spoiler|Alice, who tipped off Mr. Dombey to Carker's whereabouts due to an old grudge, regrets her actions and asks Harriet Carker to warn her brother.}}
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: The mentally challenged Toots calls Captain Cuttle "Captain Gills" and Walter Gay "Lieutenant Walters". Mrs. Skewton confuses the names of her sons-in-law.
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* [[Parental Neglect]]: Mr. Dombey of both his children - Florence especially, but even Paul sees somewhat less of his father than he would like.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Polly Toodle, Paul's wet-nurse, for Paul and Florence; later Edith to Florence. Walter has his uncle Sol and Captain Cuttle.
* [[The
* [[Pride]]: Mr. Dombey's and Edith's fatal flaw, and a major theme in the novel.
* [[Proper Lady]]: Florence again, mostly in an attempt to "earn" her father's love.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Florence, Edith and Alice.
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: Mr. Dombey and Mr. Carker send Walter to Barbados to get him away from Florence, as they consider his "common" background a bad influence on her.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Alice.}}
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* [[Tsundere]]: Florence's hot-tempered but kind-hearted maid, Susan Nipper. Also Mrs. Mac Stinger, although her "dere" side only shows in one scene.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Florence, so much.
* [[The Un
* [[Upperclass Twit]]: Toots and Feenix.
* [[Weddings for Everyone]]: {{spoiler|Florence and Walter, Harriet Carker and Mr. Morfin, Susan and Tooys, even Mrs. Mac Stinger and Captain Bunsby.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Susan}} to Mr. Dombey.
{{quote| "You don't know your own daughter, Sir, you don't know what you're doing, Sir, and I say to some and all - it's a sinful shame!"}}
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Interestingly subverted with Edith Dombey, who is every bit as haughty as the trope suggests, but actually bonds with Florence at first sight. It is Edith's ''kindness'' to his daughter, combined with her cold indifference to him, which Mr. Dombey finds unbearable.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Paul, sometimes bordering on [[Creepy Child]] territory.
* [[You Cant Fire Me I Quit]]: {{spoiler|Susan's}} reaction to Mr. Dombey's dismissal of her after her [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech.
* [[You're Cute When You're Angry]]: {{spoiler|James Carker says this to Edith ("you handsome shrew ... handsomer so than any other woman in good humor") the first time they're alone together after their "elopement". Her response? A blistering [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], the revelation that she only used him to get revenge on Mr. Dombey, and a knifepoint warning not to touch her. Smooth move, Carker.}}
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