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[[File:stephiemacfortvtropes_1684.jpg|frame|The Billion-Dollar Princess]]
'''[[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie Marie McMahon]]-Levesque''' is certified pro-wrestling royalty. The daughter of promoter [[Vince McMahon]] and granddaughter of WWF/WWE founder Vince McMahon Sr., Stephanie has worked in the wrestling business since she was a teenager answering phones at Titan Tower. She has worked both in front of and behind the cameras, as a wrestler, a [[Heel]] manager for her storyline-husband (and eventual [[Real Life]] husband) [[Triple H]], a General Manager for the ''[[Smack Down]]'' brand, and her current role as Executive Vice President of Creative Development and Operations (i.e. [[So You Want To/Be a Booker|head writer]]).
[[That Other Wiki]] has an article on her life and career [
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: In-character only, but pretty thoroughly in-character. Vince has actually ''wrestled'' Stephanie (in a match that took place only a few days before her wedding).
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: This was Stephanie's reaction when [[Natalya Neidheart| a diva]] left drunken voice-mail messages on ''Total Divas''. She even saved them in case her [[Vince McMahon|dad]] wanted to hear them.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Could slide into this when she was with [[D Generation X|DX]] and the early McMahon-Helmsley Regime days.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[Chris Jericho]], oh so much during the Attitude Era. It really went into [[Foe Yay]] territory.
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* [[Battle Couple]]: With Hunter, occasionally.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: She and [[Triple H]] fell in love with each other during their storyline.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: With [[Chris Jericho]], so much so that [[Fan
** The Wrestlemania 18 feud between Jericho and [[Triple H]] was [[What Could Have Been|originally planned to involve]] Jericho and Stephanie having an affair to spite Hunter. Unfortunately, that idea got nixed.
* [[Berserk Button]]: If you're going to talk trash about her children or attack [[Triple H| her husband]], expect Stephanie to reply with either verbal or physical beat-down. Both [[Paul Heyman]] and Brie Bella found this out... though to be fair the latter the was justified because she was prevented from saving Nikki, so she attack Stephanie's husband.
** If you really want to get her mad, just [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2w3Fa2caY turn your back] on her. Roman did.
** Oh... it's a good idea not to imply [[Triple H| her husband]] is a coward and threaten to show up with the chance one of her children could be face to face with a likely attacker. Just go ask Seth Rollins.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: When [[Triple H]] kidnapped, drugged and married Stephanie in Vegas. She also [[Rape Is Love|fell in love]] with him after that. Of course, it's entirely possible he was lying to mess with Vince's head.
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* [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Played it in her 20's, but otherwise played it straight.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Towards [[Triple H]] during her Heel run in the early 2000s.
* [[Complexity Addiction]]: One immaterial thing she's [[It Runs in The Family|inherited from her daddy]] is this pathological vindictive need to torment top-level employees that cause the family trouble rather than fire them on the spot. Clearly demonstrated in this exchange with [[Randy Orton]] in 2009, right before bringing out her brother Shane to attack him for punting Vince in the head:
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'''Stephanie:''' "Firing you... would be too easy. We have ''bigger'' plans." }}
* [[Control Freak]]: Also seems to be inherited from her father (during her heel runs, anyway). And much like her father, this often came to bite her back, due to overestimating just how much crap particular employees would take from her. It was her [[Bullying the Dragon|berating of Randy Orton]] that kicked off the [[It Got Worse|horrific feud]] mentioned above, for example.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Most definitely when she's in-character. Some of the rumor mills have painted her as this in real life, due to her yes-man status for her father and the high turnover in the writer's room.
* [[Creator Couple]]: Stephanie handles most of the writing for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], Hunter is more active in front of the camera as well as with the showrunning aspect.
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: Almost as good a heel as her father. It's just hard to top the guy frequently called "[[Satan]]" by commentators.
* [[Distracted
* [[
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: Stephanie is often slapping wrestlers, mostly males. For many, most guys don’t often fight back or make an attempt to block in fears of revenge. On the other hand, [[Sting (wrestling)| Sting]] is among the few who at least makes an attempt to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8As67zBtg block despite] [[Triple H]]'s [[Berserk Button]]s includes harm towards Stephanie.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas| Even Bad Women Love Their Papas]]: Just go ask Damien Sandow when he thought it was be funny it mock [[Vince McMahon]]. For some, like [[Jerry Lawler]], thought it was [[Actually Pretty Funny]], Stephanie ''didn’t''.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: In the ''McMahon'' DVD, Stephanie confirmed that Vince wanted to write her pregnancy into an angle, with [[Parental Incest|Vince himself]] as the father. She immediately rejected it. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Then he pushed]] [[Brother-Sister Incest|for the father to be]] [[Shane McMahon|Shane]]. Both his kids subsequently protested.
** She also can sense someone trying to get out of a match, especially from another heel. When AJ Lee had a match up with Vickie Guerrero, Guerrero tried to get out if it by faking injury. Unfortunately, Stephanie wasn't buying it, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P7LzyK9yw guess what happens].
** While she’s just as a [[Jerkass]] like her [[Triple H| husband]], especially towards Daniel Bryan, but she looked on in horror as she saw [[Kane]] attacked Bryan in front of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NXzxmzqjEg Brie Bella]. She even went as far as warning Brie to run as Bryan did what any gentleman would do, protect his lady from a brute that what.
** Don't even try to "steal" a champion title, or seize the chance to steal from the current one if they're down unless you win it in a match. AJ tried to use the chance to take the Diva's Champion from Paige after the latter was knocked out by Brie along with Nikkie. Stephanie quickly catches AJ in the act.
** Don’t even think about going after civilian who pretty much had nothing to with any conflict. When [[Brock Lesnar]] went on the [[Unstoppable Rage| attack]] after {{spoiler| Seth Rollins explains he got excused due to jet lag, thus denying Lesnar a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Title.}} Lesnar attacked anyone [[John Bradshaw Layfield| who]] [[Michael Cole| in his]] [[Booker T| way]]. Stephanie was terrified by this, and she had enough when a cameraman was attacked. Since the cameraman was considered a civilian, not a wrestler, Stephanie had enough.
** [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: In general, if she, [[Triple H| her husband]], and/or [[Vince McMahon| her dad]] happens to be the voice of reason, then you know the line has been crossed.
* [[Executive Meddling]]
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Wrestlecrap|Nipple H]].
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* [[Foe Yay]]: With [[Chris Jericho]] in the early 2000's. While a lot of the wrestlers mocked her, Jericho was obsessive about it to the point where fans were wondering when the two were just going to have planet-cracking hate-sex and get it over with.
** When you think about it, Jericho's hate for her made a lot of sense. He would always mock her for [[Really Gets Around|being easy]]… for everyone except ''him.''
* [[Mama Bear]]: Don't make any kind of insults involving her children... [[Paul Heyman| we're looking at you]].
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse|Fire the Hypotenuse]]: What [[Chyna]] claimed that Stephanie did to her in 2001, if she's to be believed.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Went from being flat-as-a-board to a D-cup almost overnight.
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* [[It Runs in The Family]]: Paul Heyman, in a 2008 interview, referred to Stephanie as "The Vincess".
* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: Her weight was commented upon when she made her last few appearances. Of course, that's ''post three children''.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard| Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Whenever someone who she [[Kick the Dog| targets]] either gets fried or quits, she's open for an attack because at that point she no longer has control that person.
* [[Hot Chick in
* [[Large Ham]]: Pretty much invented the screechy-heel character that Vickie Guerrero now plays to the hilt.
* [[Nepotism]]: She ''is'' the boss's daughter.
* [[The Maiden Name Debate]]: Kayfabe forced her to dance all around this. She went by Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley while she and [[Triple H]] were Kayfabe married and goes by Stephanie McMahon-Levesque in real life, but since Hunter doesn't [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|go by his real name]], she just goes by Stephanie McMahon any time she appears in-character.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor| Mean Character, Nice Actress]]: During the storylines in recent times, she has been proven to be just a [[Jerkass]] like [[Triple H| her husband]]. However, she evidently viewed as a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] as any viewer of “Total Divas” has seen, but it’s only if you done something questionable. If you didn’t any wrong, she’s rather has an easy-going personality.
** She's also involved with many chatiries.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Zach Gowen
* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: Well... she considers civilians as innocent bystanders, such as a cameraman. Sure she'll go after a [[Face]], but at least, they have to be a wrestler as fans are OFF LIMITS. [[Brock Lesnar]] didn't get the memo.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Wore an ECW motorcycle cap during the InVasion storyline.
* [[Rape
** Happened again in [[Lighter and Softer]] form when [[Randy Orton]] cuffed Hunter to the ring ropes and kissed an unconscious Stephanie.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: By 2005, everyone and their brother knew she was married to [[Triple H]]. This lead to various angles - most [[Crowning Moment of Funny|notably]] DX making rampant and gleeful speculation on [[Triple H|who the father of her baby was]] - and references to their marriage and family.
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Later into her stint as Smackdown GM and her appearances on Raw.
* [[Red Baron]]: The aforementioned "Billion Dollar Princess".
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Her early character. She seems refreshingly normal outside the ring.
* [[Romance
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: That time she and [[Triple H]] (in-character) wanted to renew their wedding vows, Hunter found out Steph had [[Moral Event Horizon|lied about her pregnancy]] and trashed the ceremony. Steph ''Flipped. Her. Shit''.
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Good god, listen to some of her heel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFijSAC6r1k promos].
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* [[Smug Snake]]: During her heel phase as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: When she was with [[D Generation X]].
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: A number with [[Triple H]], the crowner probably being their in-ring smooch during the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ-eC3qhAyk "McMahon Family Reunion"] segment (before their marriage was official on-air canon).
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'''Hunter''': [[No Fourth Wall|See ya]] [[Happily Married|at home]], Steph!...[[Lame Rhyme Dodge|ooh, I mean, your brother's a gnome]]! }}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: She stands 5'9.
* [[There Are No Girls
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: While she might be forever known for that whiny screechy harpy voice, in recent years, her voice has seriously mellowed out, with her voice becoming smoother and more authoritative as time has gone on.
* [[Warrior Prince|Warrior Princess]]: Being the daughter of WWE's owner, she can be considered as such.
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