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* [[Atlanta]]: Takes place there. |
* [[Atlanta]]: Takes place there. |
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: About the boiling hot grits. |
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: About the boiling hot grits. |
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* [[Establishing Shot]]: A very long one at the beginning to show that it is in Atlanta. |
* [[Establishing Shot]]: A very long one at the beginning to show that it is in Atlanta. |
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* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Vanessa and Lisa's mother, Victoria and how. |
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Vanessa and Lisa's mother, Victoria and how. |
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* [[Falling in Love Montage]]: Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion later on with Carlos and Lisa showing how much he abused her. |
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]]: Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion later on with Carlos and Lisa showing how much he abused her. |
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* [[Family Disunion]] |
* [[Family Disunion]] |
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* [[Insult Backfire]]: When Victoria was told she would rot in hell, she responds "I vacation there!" |
* [[Insult Backfire]]: When Victoria was told she would rot in hell, she responds "I vacation there!" |
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* [[Rape as Drama]]: Vanessa was {{spoiler|dolled up for her stepfather to rape her so that he wouldn't leave her mother.}} |
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* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Vanessa and Frankie |
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Vanessa and Frankie |
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* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: The wedding planner tells Madea this. |
* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: The wedding planner tells Madea this. |
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Well, Carlos isn't the film's antagonist for nothing... |
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Well, Carlos isn't the film's antagonist for nothing... |
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* [[Why Waste a Wedding]]: Near the end, Lisa decides to {{spoiler|cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Vanessa's boyfriend Frankie decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.}} |
* [[Why Waste a Wedding?]]: Near the end, Lisa decides to {{spoiler|cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Vanessa's boyfriend Frankie decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.}} |
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![](http://static.miraheze.org/allthetropeswiki/5/5e/Madea-Family-Reunion-_8892.jpg)
2006 movie directed by Tyler Perry. While planning her family reunion, the pistol-packing grandma, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her troubled nieces, half-sisters Lisa and Vanessa.
Tropes used in Madea's Family Reunion include:
- Atlanta: Takes place there.
- Chekhov's Gun: About the boiling hot grits.
- Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off
- Dirty Old Man: Joe, Madea's brother
- Domestic Abuser: Carlos, Lisa's fiance
- Establishing Shot: A very long one at the beginning to show that it is in Atlanta.
- Evil Matriarch: Vanessa and Lisa's mother, Victoria and how.
- "Falling in Love" Montage: Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion later on with Carlos and Lisa showing how much he abused her.
- Family Disunion
- Insult Backfire: When Victoria was told she would rot in hell, she responds "I vacation there!"
- Rape as Drama: Vanessa was dolled up for her stepfather to rape her so that he wouldn't leave her mother.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Vanessa and Frankie
- Stop Being Stereotypical: The wedding planner tells Madea this.
- Would Hit a Girl: Well, Carlos isn't the film's antagonist for nothing...
- Why Waste a Wedding?: Near the end, Lisa decides to cancel her wedding to Carlos after he abused her. The wedding planner laments that her lavish Paris-themed wedding will not be used. Vanessa's boyfriend Frankie decides to propose to her right then. She accepts and they get married.