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Line 1: {{trope}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:~~belle_gold~~belle gold.jpg\|link=Beauty and ~~The~~the Beast ~~(Disney)~~\|right]]}} {{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}} Maybe she's the [[Girl Next Door]] who's just gotten a makeover, and it's time to show her family. Maybe she's the Cinderella [[Expy]] making her grand entrance at the ball. Maybe she's just finally ready for her date. So how does she ensure her entrance 'wows' everyone there? She'll appear at the top of a wide, sweeping staircase. (Bonus points for marble banisters, fancy new carpeting, or spotlights.) She pauses a moment, either at the top or a few steps down, so everyone has a chance to take in her beauty, how nice her face is, and her elegant hair and clothes (would even involve a [[Pimped -Out Dress]] in older stories). Once noticed, she slowly and gracefully descends. This is perhaps the only way to justify the camera starting at the feet and slowly panning up the figure. When wearing a dress with a long skirt, stepping down gives her a chance to show off [[Nice Shoes\|her shoes]] and [[She's Got Legs\|legs]] without being immodest. Often, but not necessarily, combined with [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]. {{examples~~\|Examples~~}} == [[Film]] - Live-Action == * Hermione's arrival at the Yule Ball in the fourth ''[[Harry Potter (~~Film~~film)\|Harry Potter]]'' movie. * ''[[Gone ~~With~~with the Wind]]'' did this with Scarlett. * Galadriel in the first ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film. * 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]]~~--Eva~~''—Eva makes her entrance just before the Evil Science Fair, complete with [[Shout -Out]] to the ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'' scene. * Eliza's official debut at the big fancy ball in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''. * Subverted in ''[[Ever After (~~Film~~film)\|Ever After]]~~--she~~''—she makes her entrance all right, but [[It Gets Worse]]. ** 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~~film)\|The Avengers]]'' shows up at a museum gala in Stuttgart, Germany, strolling down a huge marble suitcase in an [[Badass in Aa 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 (Disney)\|Beauty and The~~the Beast]]'', as shown above. * ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)\|Cinderella]]'' did it first. * [[Anastasia]], at the very end. * The ''[[Kim Possible]]'' feature film ''So The Drama'' had a version with Kim on her staircase at home when she's all dressed up for prom. == [[Literature]] == * Alanna and her companions do this in ''[[Tortall Universe\|Lioness Rampant]]'', but it's Thayet who really steals the ~~show--beautiful~~show—beautiful on a normal day, when she makes her grand entrance it's a sight to stun even the most jaded. * 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. Line 40 ⟶ 42: * Visually referenced in ''[[Supernatural]]''... with a guy in a tux. Despite the guy in question being played by ''[[Jensen Ackles]]'', he assumes he looks ridiculous. Bela, on the other hand, immediately suggests they have "angry sex" once the job is over. * Inverted in the ''[[Buffy]]'' episode "After Life", where Buffy descends the stairs in her house and Spike is rendered dumbstruck. In this case, it's because {{spoiler\|she's been dead and buried for the past 178 days.}} * Alternate Universe Jackie does this at her 39th birthday party in the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode "Rise of the Cybermen". * Fran gets a lot of mileage out of this trope in [[The Nanny]]. She makes a Grand Staircase Entrance almost every time she's formally dressed. == [[Theatre]] == * 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\|~~Hello, Dolly!]]'', during the title song. * "Beautiful Girls" in ''Follies'' is used to introduce a parade of [[White Dwarf Starlet~~\|White Dwarf Starlets~~]]s this way. == [[Web Comics]] == * The ''[[Girl Genius]]'' Cinderella parody has a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081215 variation]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081217 The girl brings her own staircase]. {{quote\| '''Gil:''' ''I'' was most impressed with the sight of ''you'' walking down those steps.~~<br />~~ '''Agatha:''' Oh, you flatterer!~~<br />~~ '''Gil:''' Especially since we never ''had'' steps there before.~~<br />~~ '''Agatha:''' Yes, well. It's always nice to make a ''grand entrance'', no? }} * {{color\|lime\|SSn}}o{{color\|lime\|wwman}} in the ''[[Homestuck]]'' [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003167 intermission]. {{reflist}} [[Category:Spectacle]] [[Category:Grand Staircase Entrance]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Walking Tropes]] [[Category:Entrance Tropes]]