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{{quote|''Music up as every eye goes to the head of the stairs, the portières move and Mrs. Levi steps through, handsomely gowned, red hair done up magnificently on top of her head. She descends stairs as Waiters, etc. await her first words.''|''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'', stage direction preceding title song}}
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* A tragic version in ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'', as she's breathtakingly attractive only in her own mind--"I'm ready for my closeup, Mister Director."
** It's also a [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] - it's a Grand Staircase ''Exit''.
* ''[[Igor]]
* Eliza's official debut at the big fancy ball in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]
** Although, notably, she enters ''up'' the stairs, not down.
* Lainey Boggs shows off her new look after her makeover in ''[[She's All That]]'', although this is done on the stairs in her suburban home.
* Daphne makes several of these in ''[[What a Girl Wants]]''. They proceed from funny, to serious, to heartbreaking as her spirit is slowly broken down and she conforms to upper class British society.
* [[Jerry Lewis]] in ''[[Cinderfella]]'' shows up at the grand ball in a big entrance on a ''huge'' staircase.
* Loki in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' shows up at a museum gala in Stuttgart, Germany, strolling down a huge marble suitcase in an [[Badass in a Nice Suit|impeccable suit]] to the soothing strains of a string quartet.
* In Disney's [[Live Action Adaptation|live action]] ''[[Cinderella (2016 filme)|Cinderella]]'' from 2016, Cinderella accomplishes this quite by accident, arriving at the ball a bit past fashionably late, just as the first dance -- for which the Prince will choose his partner -- is announced. Her appearance at the top of the stairs leading down to the dance floor is taken by everyone (other than herself, the prince, and a few others) as a bit of pre-arranged theatre.
== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', as shown above.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Alanna and her companions do this in ''[[Tortall Universe|Lioness Rampant]]'', but it's Thayet who really steals the
* Cat does this to Giogi in ''[[Forgotten Realms|Finder's Stone]]'', descending the staircase of his townhouse in a form-fitting dress whose neckline is described as [[Impossibly Low Neckline|"nowhere near the neck."]] Of course, she is actively trying to manipulate him and secretly working for the villain.
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* Eliza makes her [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] entrance on the balcony at the top of the staircase in Higgins's study.
* Dolly Levi in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'', during the title song.
* "Beautiful Girls" in ''Follies'' is used to introduce a parade of [[White Dwarf Starlet
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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