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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}}
{{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?
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?
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== [[Film]] - Live-Action ==
== [[Film]] - Live-Action ==
* Hermione's arrival at the Yule Ball in the fourth ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]]'' movie.
* Hermione's arrival at the Yule Ball in the fourth ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' movie.
* ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' did this with Scarlett.
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' did this with Scarlett.
* Galadriel in the first ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film.
* 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."
* 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''.
** It's also a [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] - it's a Grand Staircase ''Exit''.
* [[Igor]]--Eva makes her entrance just before the Evil Science Fair, complete with [[Shout Out]] to the [[Sunset Boulevard]] scene.
* [[Igor]]--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]].
* Eliza's official debut at the big fancy ball in [[My Fair Lady]].
* Subverted in [[Ever After (Film)|Ever After]]--she makes her entrance all right, but [[It Gets Worse]].
* Subverted in [[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]--she makes her entrance all right, but [[It Gets Worse]].
** Although, notably, she enters ''up'' the stairs, not down.
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* [[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.
* 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.
== [[Film]] - Animated ==
== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]'', as shown above.
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', as shown above.
* ''[[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]]'' did it first.
* ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' did it first.
* [[Anastasia]], at the very end.
* [[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.
* 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.
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* 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.
* 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.}}
* 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".
* Alternate Universe Jackie does this at her 39th birthday party in the ''[[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.
* 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]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
* Eliza makes her [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] entrance on the balcony at the top of the staircase in Higgins's study.
* 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.
* Dolly Levi in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'', during the title song.
* "Beautiful Girls" in ''Follies'' is used to introduce a parade of [[White Dwarf Starlet|White Dwarf Starlets]] this way.
* "Beautiful Girls" in ''Follies'' is used to introduce a parade of [[White Dwarf Starlet|White Dwarf Starlets]] this way.


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