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'''Sister Mary Clarence:''' I was thinking more like Vegas, you know, get some butts in the seats. }}
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A very popular film, arguably Whoopi Goldberg's best role ever. Despite the Mafia storyline, the real story comes from how the amazing music from the choir restores church attendance and that music is often the one thing that can bring people together. In 2006, the movie was [[Screen to Stage Adaptation|made into a stage musical]], with songs by Alan Menkin.
In '''Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit''', Delores returns to visit her old friends at the convent and finds that the community school they've been teaching at is slowly going under. Delores agrees to return as Sister Mary Clarence and teach the music class to a large group of very disinterested teenagers (led by a young [[Lauryn Hill]]). After the requisite pranks being pulled on her, she strikes back in her own way and humbles the kids so that she can work with them.
Finding out about a state choir contest and that the kids have a knack for harmonizing, she decides to shape up the kids by forming a choir and integrating it into the music they like... her specialty.
The movie certainly has its moments, although hampered by a fairly weak method of getting Delores back.
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* [[Better Than Sex]]: After two of the singing nuns refer to singing as being better than more innocent things such as "springtime" and "ice cream," the "heathen" [[Fish Out of Water]] Dolores proclaims that singing is "[[The Triple|better than sex]]," adding that it's [[Or So I Heard|what she has heard]] after a comedic [[Beat]].
* [[Blithe Spirit]]: [[Inverted Trope]]. Only one character in the entire movie insists that things should be the way they are, but she is subverted by everyone else.
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* [[Education Mama]]: {{spoiler|Initially,}} Rita's mom does not bless her choir participation.
* [[Fake Shemp]]: Pope John Paul II's face is never shown, even though he appears from behind (presumably because he's too famous to portray with an actor and they could never get the real Pope to make a cameo in this film).
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* [[Fantasy
** Notable for having a particularly weak and vague motivation, where all we get is that it has something to do with Rita's father. [[The Nostalgia Chick
* [[Fish Out of Water|Showgirl Out of Water]]
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]:
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'''Sanguine:''' [[Genki Girl|Sister Mary Patrick]]
'''Melancholic:''' [[Cool Old Lady|Sister Mary Lazarus]]
'''Phlegmatic:''' [[Shrinking Violet|Sister Mary Robert]] }}
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: ''Rita Louise Watson!''
* [[Funny Background Event]]: After the rap segment in "Joyful Joyful", we see one of the boys run like a bunny to get back into his position in the choir.
* [[Fur and Loathing]]: Trying to return a fur coat that actually belongs to her boyfriend's wife,
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: All of the nuns are named "Sister Mary X", with X being a male saint's name. The only two exceptions are Reverend Mother, who is [[No Name Given|called only by her title]], and the nearly-deaf pianist [[Odd Name Out|Sister Alma]].
* [[Groin Attack]]: Delores does this to get away from Vince's goons.
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* [[Hollywood Nuns]]: All over this movie. And subverted in many ways.
* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: ''Bless you.''
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* [[The Mafia]]
* [[Nails
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Whatever the deal was with "Buckwheat Bertha"...
* [[Nuns Are Funny]]
* [[Parenthetical Swearing]]: When Vince is being taken away by the cops.
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'''Sister Mary Robert''': *gasp* Delores!
'''Dolores''':...[[Precision F-Strike|Bless you.]] }}
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: Sister Mary Patrick.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Look close at the back of the church in the final song of the first movie and you'll see the [[Blues Brothers]] in a rather familiar stance...
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Sister Mary Robert.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]]: Pretty high on the idealistic end, as Diana Ross cover songs are all that's needed to turn a slum into a vibrant street corner. The Reverend Mother expresses cynicism that her nuns can handle the harsh realities of the street, but that's because she's the [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|"Stop Having Fun!" Nun]] and her lesson is about how you can't shelter yourself away from the real world.
* [[Stuffy Brit]]: Reverend Mother (it is Maggie Smith, after all). However, this gradually modifies, especially in the sequel: "Go with God, Crispy."
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Regarding singing the traditional way as Reverend Mother wanted or the new popular way brought by Delores in the Pope visit. They ended up singing the first verse traditionally and then transitioning to the newer way. (The song in question, by the way, is the traditional hymn ''"Hail, Holy Queen"''.)
* [[Viva Las Vegas|Viva Reno]]
* [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]]: The sequel is pretty much one long one of these. (Incidentally, they ''work''.)
* [[Witness Protection]]: The reason Delores becomes Sister Mary Clarence in the first film. She's not ''actually'' a nun, she's just been placed in the convent by a police detective while awaiting Vince's prosecution.
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