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* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Wrench, according to most of the fandom. It doesn't help that in the German production, Wrench is considered ''so'' butch that her first understudy is a ''man''.
* [[Sentient Vehicle]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: The three box cars in the original production were named ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'', ''Rocky II'' and ''Rocky III'', whose general moves were based on boxers. These were later replaced by the [[Totally Radical]] Hip Hoppers, who served the same purpose but had way less interesting choreography.
** Dinah's song "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." (or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1EqAbJJmpE "G.E.K.U.P.P.E.L.T", as it is in German]) is a shoutout to Tammy Wynette's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9J7XE-ctMU "D.I.V.O.R.C.E".]
** Was itself shouted out to on ''[[Futurama]]'' once (an intergalactic delivery train car was called the Starlight Express).
*** And on ''[[30 Rock]]'', where Jenna (Jane Krakowski) appeared briefly in [http://i47.tinypic.com/vo7ndi.jpg a costume] that bore a [http://i49.tinypic.com/eaimw3.jpg startling resemblance] to Dinah's. Also counts as an [[Actor Allusion]], because Krakowski [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005114927/http://www.bryanbatt.com/images/sejane.jpg played Dinah as a teenager in 1987].
** Don't forget the infamous (in the fandom anyway) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9gZJnj9c ''Family Guy'' reference].
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Electra is Rusty's Sissy ''Rival'', to contrast with the ultra-macho Greaseball.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Oh, God, C.B. [http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/us03_40.jpg And] [http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/j90_28.jpg how] [http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/b97_22.jpg very].
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{{quote|''Diesel is for unbelievers
''Electricity is wrong
''Steam has got the power that will pull us along.''|"Light at the End of the Tunnel"}}
|"Light at the End of the Tunnel"}}
* [[Stripperiffic]]: The carriages' costumes in the Las Vegas production, as well as the U.S., U.K., and New Zealand tours.
** It doesn't help that the US tour ''reused'' the Las Vegas costumes until they literally fell apart.
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