Tropescilloscope: Pimped-Out Dress

This dress looks like a million bucks, and it probably cost that much. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Mood Whiplash Artistic License – Physics Didn't Think This Through Non-Indicative Name Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Male Gaze Rule of Symbolism Thriller Our Zombies Are Different Malevolent Masked Men Star-Crossed Lovers Spiteful Spit Award-Bait Song Manipulative Bastard Wicked Cultured Mercy Kill Documentary Imagine Spot Affectionate Parody Video Credits The Un-Reveal Kubrick Stare Artistic License – Law Same Language Dub All There in the Script Camp Gay Rich Bitch Department of Redundancy Department Ms. Fanservice Training Montage Groin Attack Offscreen Moment of Awesome Face–Heel Turn Madness Mantra British Films Broken Bird Only Sane Man Break the Cutie Would Hurt a Child Cluster F-Bomb Toplessness from the Back Kill It with Fire Market-Based Title Informed Ability Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Bring My Brown Pants Epic Fail Papa Wolf Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Plot Hole Darker and Edgier Together in Death Brainless Beauty Double Entendre How We Got Here Asshole Victim Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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The Vamp Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Insane Troll Logic As the Good Book Says... You Killed My Father Damsel in Distress Big Brother Instinct It's Personal Gorn Here We Go Again! No Antagonist Ugly Guy, Hot Wife He Who Fights Monsters Beta Couple Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Freudian Excuse Face Death with Dignity Dark Action Girl Whole Plot Reference Country Matters Works Set in World War II Morality Pet Black Comedy Biopic Arc Words Brick Joke Rousing Speech Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Line-of-Sight Name Crazy-Prepared Take That! Hollywood Darkness Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Nice Hat Those Two Guys Throwing Your Sword Always Works Never Trust a Trailer Artistic License – Gun Safety Calling the Old Man Out Not So Stoic Evil Laugh Author Avatar Hong Kong Films Red Eyes, Take Warning The Hero Science Fiction Films Bad "Bad Acting" The X of Y Bottomless Magazines Demoted to Extra Knife Nut Mooks Betty and Veronica Rule of Three Dogged Nice Guy The Chessmaster Paper-Thin Disguise Naïve Newcomer Crucified Hero Shot Blood from the Mouth A Minor Kidroduction Children Are Innocent Unspoken Plan Guarantee Improvised Weapon Vampire Fiction May–December Romance Daylight Horror Framing Device A.I. Is a Crapshoot Book-Ends My Beloved Smother Distracted by the Sexy I'm a Humanitarian Hero Antagonist Fingore Oh, Crap! 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Wham Line Early Installment Weirdness Took a Level in Jerkass Broken Aesop Love Triangle Demonic Possession Danny Peary Cult Movies List BFG Sadistic Choice The Cameo Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Celebrity Paradox Meaningful Background Event A Date with Rosie Palms Pimped-Out Dress Frame-Up Fanservice Determinator aka: The Determinator A Father to His Men Faking the Dead Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Ass Shove Your Cheating Heart