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A [[Romantic Comedy]] made in 1998, starring [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Drew Barrymore]].
Robbie Hart is the titular wedding singer who is all set to be married to his girlfriend, Linda. [[Runaway Bride|She leaves him at the altar.]] His friend Julia tries to cheer him up, and asks him to help her with her wedding. He agrees, and the two begin to fall in love. There is a problem, however - Julia is engaged to [[Jerkass|Glenn.]] And this we mention this story is set in 1985, just so they can make a bunch of jokes about CD players, [[Van Halen]], and the like?
It's a cute [[The Nineties|'90s]] movie with likeable characters and a cute ending. What's not to love?
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There was also a [[All Musicals Are Adaptations|stage musical]] based off of the film.
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▲* [[Anti Love Song]] / [[Break Up Song]]: "Love Stinks", which is, believe it or not, a real song.
* [[As Himself]]: Billy Idol
* [[Bitter Wedding Speech]]: Twice. Before Linda leaves Robbie, the best man at one of the weddings he performs at gives one; Robbie does his best to smooth it over. ''After'' Linda leaves Robbie, he gives one himself at another performance.
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** Robbie was this to his fiancée Linda, but since he's the central character, her decision to leave him is portrayed as shallow and mean. Even so, Linda is less cartoonishly evil than Glen, who is depicted as being violent, lecherous, and a liar.
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Almost-case; the drunken best man from the first wedding ''appreciates'' George, and not for the singing.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Holly, from both the movie and musical versions, is both slutty and slightly dim. However in the original movie, Julia herself was intelligent with [[Hair of Gold]] in contrast to Robbie's stupid brunette ex, Linda. The musical reverses Julia's and Linda's hair colors, with Julia a [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[The Eighties]]: This film is jam-packed with 1980s pop culture references.
* [[Eighties Hair]]
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* [[Jerkass]]: Glen Gulia nicely fills the "dick boyfriend" role that many romantic comedies have.
** Jimmie (Jon Lovitz) as the lecherous and ridiculous wedding singer Julia refuses to hire.
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* [[Jerk
* [[Love Epiphany]]
* [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]]: How the Film opens.
* [[The Musical]]
* [[Musical World Hypotheses]]: Diegetic type.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Jon Lovitz as another wedding singer, who revels in his new business after Robbie quits.
* [[Period Piece]]: A rather unusual one. There's really no reason why this story had to be set in 1985, thirteen years before the film's release, but it sure gives a ton of great joke opportunities.
* [[Piss
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most of Sandler's roles had been [[Man Child|immature guys]] [[Jerk
* [[Popular History]]
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Holly, by her own admission.
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