Women Need a Makeover

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Conservative Trope Examples

  • She's All That (1999)
    Popular jock and class president Zack (Freddie Prinze Jr.) recruits his sister to give Laney (Rachael Leigh Cook) a makeover before they go to a party. His sister tells Laney she has an idea how to make her look gorgeous, but cautions "you'll really have to trust me." After working her magic behind the scenes his sister comes downstairs to present Laney, who looks utterly transformed after letting her hair down, taking off her glasses, putting on a form-fitting red dress, and donning red heels. Zack is momentarily speechless before having to spring into action to save Laney from falling after she slips on the final stair.
    Other Tropes: Women Depicted as Dependent on Men
  • Clueless (1995)
    Tai (Brittany Murphy) doesn't feel that she needs a makeover, but Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and Dionne (Stacey Dash) keep pushing her to get one because they insist it'll help her stand out more to her crush.
  • The Breakfast Club (1985)
    Claire (Molly Ringwald), dressed in her pink top and makeup, tells Alison, dressed in all black, to come to the back of the library with her. As she's putting new makeup on Allison's face she tells her "you know you do really look a lot better without all that black s*it on your eye." Later on Allison, dressed in a new pink top, makeup, and a different hairdo appears and—wouldn't you know?—Andrew (Emilio Estevez) is suddenly quite smitten with her.