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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: When it was announced [[Alyson Stoner]] was returning for the third movie
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: When it was announced [[Alyson Stoner]] was returning for the third movie
* [[Cliche Storm]]: 3D's plot is basically every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out.
* [[Cliché Storm]]: 3D's plot is basically every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out.
* [[Complete Monster]]: PJ the gangster who {{spoiler|kills Skinny}}. He's never really fleshed out but he probably is.
* [[Complete Monster]]: PJ the gangster who {{spoiler|kills Skinny}}. He's never really fleshed out but he probably is.
* [[Ear Worm]]
* [[Ear Worm]]
* [[Sequelitis]]: Averted, Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more [[Troperiffic]] plot, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|was even more well recieved.]]
* [[Sequelitis]]: Averted, Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more [[Troperiffic]] plot, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|was even more well recieved.]]
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: 3D features the return of Camille Gage, Tyler's sister. However this is never mentioned at all. They could have had her feel like she's in his shadow because he's a famous dancer. They also could have had some sort of flashback featuring the start of her friendship Moose or even started the movie with it before doing a flashforward
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: 3D features the return of Camille Gage, Tyler's sister. However this is never mentioned at all. They could have had her feel like she's in his shadow because he's a famous dancer. They also could have had some sort of flashback featuring the start of her friendship Moose or even started the movie with it before doing a flashforward
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The Asian friends in ''Step Up 3D'' gave our heroes a home when they had nowhere to go, trained with them, and heck ''danced with them to victory'' on the big night, the VERY definition of [[Fire Forged Friends]]. And yet the writers do not seem to consider them important enough to have even ONE allowed to turn up in the final heartwarming ending celebration; this ungrateful vile crap is allowed to fly in spite of the fact that the director himself is an Asian.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The Asian friends in ''Step Up 3D'' gave our heroes a home when they had nowhere to go, trained with them, and heck ''danced with them to victory'' on the big night, the VERY definition of [[Fire-Forged Friends]]. And yet the writers do not seem to consider them important enough to have even ONE allowed to turn up in the final heartwarming ending celebration; this ungrateful vile crap is allowed to fly in spite of the fact that the director himself is an Asian.
** Half of the premise of the third film: racially diverse group of dancers. Rich white kid shows up, starts solving all of their problems.
** Half of the premise of the third film: racially diverse group of dancers. Rich white kid shows up, starts solving all of their problems.



Latest revision as of 05:46, 26 February 2014


  • And the Fandom Rejoiced: When it was announced Alyson Stoner was returning for the third movie
  • Cliché Storm: 3D's plot is basically every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out.
  • Complete Monster: PJ the gangster who kills Skinny. He's never really fleshed out but he probably is.
  • Ear Worm
  • Sequelitis: Averted, Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more Troperiffic plot, was even more well recieved.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: 3D features the return of Camille Gage, Tyler's sister. However this is never mentioned at all. They could have had her feel like she's in his shadow because he's a famous dancer. They also could have had some sort of flashback featuring the start of her friendship Moose or even started the movie with it before doing a flashforward
  • Unfortunate Implications: The Asian friends in Step Up 3D gave our heroes a home when they had nowhere to go, trained with them, and heck danced with them to victory on the big night, the VERY definition of Fire-Forged Friends. And yet the writers do not seem to consider them important enough to have even ONE allowed to turn up in the final heartwarming ending celebration; this ungrateful vile crap is allowed to fly in spite of the fact that the director himself is an Asian.
    • Half of the premise of the third film: racially diverse group of dancers. Rich white kid shows up, starts solving all of their problems.