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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The original vision of the first movie had the Wives all dressed like "[[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunnies]] [[Stripperiffic|sans ears and tail]]". Then director Bryan Forbes cast his actress wife Nanette Newman as one of the Wives, and whatever talents as a thespian she possessed, her physique wasn't remotely up to it, and so all the Wives ended up in long flowing dresses that made them look like [[The Fifties|'50s]] [[Housewife|housewives]]. This may have been for the better, as one of the book's key themes was how the women were unwillingly pressed into domestic servitude and forced to give up their ambitions, and the housewife outfits highlight that much better than the skimpier outfits originally planned would have.
* [[Recycled in Space]] [[High School|HIGH SCHOOL!]]: ''[[Disturbing Behavior]]''.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Robotic Reveal]]: Again, only explicitly done in the movie(s).
* [[Robotic Spouse]]
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* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The [[Trope Namer]], with the remake providing the page image.
* [[Stepford Suburbia]]: [[Trope Namer|Ditto.]] The empty sterility of American suburbia is a major theme in the original film.
* [[Take That]]: Or else a [[Shout
* [[Town With a Dark Secret]]: One of the archetypal examples.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: The town pharmacist. Justified, since he's married to a Stepford Wife.
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=== The 2004 version provides examples of: ===
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Yes, there actually ''was'' a reality show about putting a married couple's relationship to the test by separating them on an island full of sexy people. And ''yes'' it was on Fox.
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]:
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