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* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Joanna experiences in-universe this when she realizes that either her husband is going to have her replaced with a robot that no one will be able to tell isn't her, or she's going crazy and this is all in her head. She isn't sure which of these two scenarios is worse.
* [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]]: One of the Wives malfunctions while attending a garden party.
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: One of the few high points in ''Revenge of the Stepford Wives'' was an older Men's Association member revisiting [[My God, What Have I Done?|the painful realization]] of what he had given up by having his wife remade.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The original vision of the first movie had the Wives all dressed like "[[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunnies]] [[Stripperiffic|sans ears and tail]]". Then director Bryan Forbes cast his actress wife Nanette Newman as one of the Wives, and whatever talents as a thespian she possessed, her physique wasn't remotely up to it, and so all the Wives ended up in long flowing dresses that made them look like [[The Fifties|'50s]] [[Housewife|housewives]]. This may have been for the better, as one of the book's key themes was how the women were unwillingly pressed into domestic servitude and forced to give up their ambitions, and the housewife outfits highlight that much better than the skimpier outfits originally planned would have.
* [[Recycled in Space]] [[High School|HIGH SCHOOL!]]: ''[[Disturbing Behavior]]''.
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* [[Take That]]: Or else a [[Shout Out]]. The mastermind behind the whole Men's Association conspiracy used to build animatronic robots at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]].
* [[Town With a Dark Secret]]: One of the archetypal examples.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: The town pharmacist. Justified, since he's married to a Stepford Wife.
* [[Uncanny Village]]
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* [[Alas Poor Yorick]]
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Yes, there actually ''was'' a reality show about putting a married couple's relationship to the test by separating them on an island full of sexy people. And ''yes'' it was on Fox.
* [[Armor
{{quote| '''Joanna''': Let me ask you something. These machines. These Stepford Wives. Can they say "I love you"?<br />
'''Walter''': Mike?<br />
'''Mike''': Of course. In 58 languages.<br />
'''Joanna''': But do they ''mean'' it? }}
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Joanna. In the beginning, her pet project at the network she works at is a [[Reality TV]] show similar to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_Island_(TV_series) Temptation Island]''. At a press conference, while hyping up her show, she is confronted and ''shot at'' by a man whose marriage was ruined by the show, and who [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|shot his cheating wife and her lovers in rage]]. Afterwords, Joanna is already planning out the reunion show to exploit the carnage she has accidentally inflicted, only to not only be fired from the network, but also blacklisted from television due to her utterly irresponsible decisions in programming.
** What does it say that ''that'' is probably the [[Take That|most unbelievable thing in the movie]]?
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