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* [[Avengers Assemble]]: The various drag queens getting ready for the pageant in the movie's opening credits.
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: The various drag queens getting ready for the pageant in the movie's opening credits.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Chi-Chi winning the pageant at the end}}.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Chi-Chi winning the pageant at the end}}.
* [[Bad Cop Incompetent Cop]]: Sheriff Dollard.
* [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop]]: Sheriff Dollard.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Chi Chi delivers two at once:
* [[Badass Boast]]: Chi Chi delivers two at once:
{{quote| '''Chi Chi:''' I'm the Latina [[Marilyn Monroe]]. I got more legs than a bucket of chicken!}}
{{quote| '''Chi Chi:''' I'm the Latina [[Marilyn Monroe]]. I got more legs than a bucket of chicken!}}
* [[Blithe Spirit]]: The girls serve as this to the people of Snydersville.
* [[Blithe Spirit]]: The girls serve as this to the people of Snydersville.
* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: Blonde Vida, Redheaded (most of the times!) Noxie and Brunette Chi-Chi
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Blonde Vida, Redheaded (most of the times!) Noxie and Brunette Chi-Chi
* [[The Cameo]]: Rupaul, Naomi Campbell, [[Robin Williams]], and Ms. Newmar herself.
* [[The Cameo]]: Rupaul, Naomi Campbell, [[Robin Williams]], and Ms. Newmar herself.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Sheriff Dollard gets this treatment from his fellow officers after blaming his "assault" on three random crossdressers.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Sheriff Dollard gets this treatment from his fellow officers after blaming his "assault" on three random crossdressers.
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* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The two pageant scenes. This would apply to any drag show, but it goes double here, as they were purposely strutting their stuff for the prize.
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The two pageant scenes. This would apply to any drag show, but it goes double here, as they were purposely strutting their stuff for the prize.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Noxie.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Noxie.
* [[Shout Out]]: The three main characters watch the others dance from a balcony in a clear "shoutout" to "[[Sleeping Beauty]]". (They're even wearing pink, green and Chi Chi has a blue jacket over her white nightgown!)
* [[Shout-Out]]: The three main characters watch the others dance from a balcony in a clear "shoutout" to "[[Sleeping Beauty]]". (They're even wearing pink, green and Chi Chi has a blue jacket over her white nightgown!)
{{quote| '''Vida:''' Girls, sometimes it just takes a fairy.}}
{{quote| '''Vida:''' Girls, sometimes it just takes a fairy.}}
* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: Noxie contrasted with Vida's [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|"foolish" compassion]].
* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: Noxie contrasted with Vida's [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|"foolish" compassion]].
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* [[Tap On the Head]]: It's worse than that. Vida simply ''shoves'' Sheriff Dollard, and he's out like a light.
* [[Tap On the Head]]: It's worse than that. Vida simply ''shoves'' Sheriff Dollard, and he's out like a light.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Vida ([[Team Mom|The Mother]]), Noxie (The <s>Seductress</s> [[Alpha Bitch|Bitchy]]) and Chi-Chi (The <s>Child</s> Drag Princess).
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Vida ([[Team Mom|The Mother]]), Noxie (The <s>Seductress</s> [[Alpha Bitch|Bitchy]]) and Chi-Chi (The <s>Child</s> Drag Princess).
* [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]]: Chi Chi and Noxeema don't exactly hit it off. Before long, Chi Chi has stirred up bad blood with Vida, also.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Chi Chi and Noxeema don't exactly hit it off. Before long, Chi Chi has stirred up bad blood with Vida, also.
* [[Title Drop]]: The movie's title comes from an autograph Vida swipes from a ritzy Chinese bistro. We never find out who Wong Foo is, but he and Ms. Newmar are given a totemic reverence throughout the movie.
* [[Title Drop]]: The movie's title comes from an autograph Vida swipes from a ritzy Chinese bistro. We never find out who Wong Foo is, but he and Ms. Newmar are given a totemic reverence throughout the movie.
* [[Token Trio]]: White Vida, black Noxeema, and Hispanic Chi-Chi. The movie tries to counter Vida being the leader (though she's the only one who ever drives the car) by giving the other girls' plots ample screentime and Wesley Snipes top billing, but the implication is still there.
* [[Token Trio]]: White Vida, black Noxeema, and Hispanic Chi-Chi. The movie tries to counter Vida being the leader (though she's the only one who ever drives the car) by giving the other girls' plots ample screentime and Wesley Snipes top billing, but the implication is still there.
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* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: Sheriff Dullard reacts in the worst possible way when he finds out Vida is a man, but the townsfolk...not so much. They're fooled but eventually figure it out on their own, and accept the girls all the same.
* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: Sheriff Dullard reacts in the worst possible way when he finds out Vida is a man, but the townsfolk...not so much. They're fooled but eventually figure it out on their own, and accept the girls all the same.
* [[Volleying Insults]]: Vida and Chi-Chi start isulting each other and it probably would go all night like that if they weren't interrupted by Virgil's beating Carol Ann.
* [[Volleying Insults]]: Vida and Chi-Chi start isulting each other and it probably would go all night like that if they weren't interrupted by Virgil's beating Carol Ann.
* [[Wife Basher Basher]]: Oh, {{spoiler|Vida.}}
* [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: Oh, {{spoiler|Vida.}}
* [[World of Ham]]
* [[World of Ham]]
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Carol Ann fixes the girls' [[Cool Car|Cadillac]] showing that she's not just a [[Housewife]].
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Carol Ann fixes the girls' [[Cool Car|Cadillac]] showing that she's not just a [[Housewife]].
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