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-comedy about a trio of [[Drag Queen|Drag Queens]] on a road trip to compete in a national pageant. If this sounds familiar at all, that's because ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]'' was released in the previous year, with a similar premise and equally-unwieldy name. However, while ''Priscilla'' was steeped in realism, ''To Wong Foo'' opts for the [[Rule of Funny]]. That is, we never see the men out of drag even though they're not [[Transsexual]] (female pronouns are used for the sake of convenience), and the people they encounter don't know they're men at first.
+comedy about a trio of [[Drag Queen|Drag Queens]] on a road trip to compete in a national pageant. If this sounds familiar at all, that's because ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]'' was released in the previous year, with a similar premise and equally-unwieldy name. However, while ''Priscilla'' was steeped in realism, ''To Wong Foo'' opts for the [[Rule of Funny]]. That is, we never see the men out of drag even though they're not [[Transsexualism]] (female pronouns are used for the sake of convenience), and the people they encounter don't know they're men at first.
 Female impersonators and close friends Vida Bohemme (the late [[Patrick Swayze]]) and Noxeema Jackson ([[Wesley Snipes]]... yes, [[Blade|that Wesley Snipes]]) tie for a state-level drag pageant and win a trip to Hollywood to compete in the national. On their way backstage, they run into competitor Chi-Chi Rodriguez ([[John Leguizamo]]), distraught that she lost. Seeing a diamond in the rough, charitable Vida manages to convince Noxie to take Chi-Chi with them to Hollywood while teaching her the ways of drag. To pay Chi-Chi's way, the girls sell their plane tickets (something else that doesn't thrill Noxie) for an old but stylish convertible and embark on their 2,000-mile journey.
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 * [[Agent Peacock]]: Vida and Noxie do some asswhoopin'
 * [[The Alleged Car]]: The yellow Cadillac, which doubles with [[Cool Car]]. It was chosen for its glamour rather than functionality, a decision that later comes back to haunt them when it breaks in the middle of "Gay Hell".
-* [[As You Know]]: Noxie gives a quick rundown of different [[Transsexual|genderqueer]] types, which Chi-Chi already knows for the most part, so it seemed more like the explanation was for viewers.
+* [[As You Know]]: Noxie gives a quick rundown of different [[Transsexualism|genderqueer]] types, which Chi-Chi already knows for the most part, so it seemed more like the explanation was for viewers.
 ** It's possible the in-universe explanation is that Chi-Chi often ''claims'' to know something when really she has no clue, so it's Noxie's way of bringing her down a peg through patronizing.
 * [[Attempted Rape]]: First attempted with Vida (or at least a molestation), and later with Chi-Chi vs. some roughnecks.
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 * [[I Am Spartacus]]: "It's my shoe!"
 * [[Jerkass Facade]]: Noxeema is cynical, snarky and sometimes she seems to be an outright cold-hearted bitch, but in fact she is very kind and lovable, but afraid of trusting other people, since "there are people you don't trust, because they'll use it to stab you in the ribs". [[It Gets Better|She drops the facade in the end]].
-* [[Late to The Punchline]]: Some of Noxie's pop culture references take awhile to sink in.
+* [[Late to the Punchline]]: Some of Noxie's pop culture references take awhile to sink in.
 * [[Lipstick and Load Montage]]: Gender-flipped during the opening credits, with [[Patrick Swayze]] and [[Wesley Snipes]] performing it, ''fabulously'' of course.
 * [[Magical Queer]]: Even though the girls are the main character they act as [[Magical Queer|Magical Queers]] to the town.