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{{quote|''"In the future, when a woman's crying like that, she isn't having any fun!"''|'''Louise Sawyer'''}}
A 1991 film directed by [[Ridley Scott]] and starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, '''''Thelma & Louise''''' became one of the most iconic films of the decade. Scott and the film's two leads received Academy Award nominations, while screenwriter and ''[[What Could Have Been|intended director]]'' Callie Khouri grabbed the Oscar for her screenplay. The film was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2016.
Thelma, a naive housewife and her best friend, the independent waitress Louise, pile into Louise's [[Cool Car]] for a girl's weekend out. Things go downhill [[Rape
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* [[Action Girl]]: Both of them, although it takes some [[Character Development]] (particularly Thelma).
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Harlan, right to the very end.
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'''Louise''': What did you say?
'''Harlan''': I said suck my cock!
'''Louise's Gun''': BANG! }}
** Also, the trucker who follows and sexually harasses them on the highway. Their response? ''[[Disproportionate Retribution|Blow up his entire truck]]''.
* [[Attempted Rape]]
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]
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* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]: Though the general consensus on what happened is {{spoiler|they both died. There's... pretty much no way of surviving ''plunging into the Grand Canyon''}}.
** [[Lampshaded]] at the Academy Awards by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, when Sarandon brings up the possibility of a sequel. Davis is outraged, stated that there was ''no way'' they could have survived - until Sarandon mentions [[Money, Dear Boy|how much money a sequel would earn them]]. Davis starts [[Wild Mass Guessing|trying to justify their survival of the deadly crash]].
* [[Cerebus Callback]]: Thelma and Louise take a
* [[Chick Flick]]: Albeit a rather violent one.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Thelma, at least in the movie. In reality, actress Geena Davis is a member of [[
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Louise.
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Fade to White]]: The ending.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Slocumb.▼
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Thelma and Louise.
▲* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Slocumb.
* [[I Have a Family]]: What the cop says as they lock him in the trunk of his cruiser.
* [[Les Yay]]: They actually kiss at the end, but it's more in the context of [[I Love You, Man]] than any romantic attraction.
* [[Lovely Angels]]
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: How the movie ends... [[Take a Third Option|until Thelma has another idea]].
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: To be more accurate, maybe three or four scenes. Either way, Brad Pitt's role in this movie is pretty well known.
* [[Police Are Useless]]
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Hey, the cop who pulls them over is just doing his job.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Thelma is Blue, Louise is Red (see [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] below).
* [[Road Movie]]: A [[Gender Flip
* [[Run for
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: The one that made [[Brad Pitt]] a legend.
* [[Slut Shaming]]: Thelma points out that people would deny Louise's claim of [[Attempted Rape]] due to Louise flirting, dancing, and drinking with the man. Sadly, in that speech still largely holds true in [[Real Life]]. There are still numerous cases where sexual abusers are given light-to-no punishment due to people thinking the victim either truly consented and is lying for whatever reason or [[Humans Are Bastards|even more horrifically that the victim deserved to be hurt in such a way]].▼
* [[Shoot the Fuel Tank]]
▲* [[Slut Shaming]]: Thelma points out that people would deny Louise's claim of [[Attempted Rape]] due to Louise flirting, dancing, and drinking with the man. Sadly, in that speech still largely holds true in [[Real Life]]. There are still numerous cases where sexual abusers are given light-to-no punishment due to people thinking the victim either truly consented and is lying for whatever reason or [[Humans Are
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The alternate ending.
* [[Surprise Vehicle]]: A helicopter arises from the Grand Canyon.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Louise is the Tomboy, Thelma is the Girly Girl (at first, anyway).
* [[Took a Level
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Louise to Thelma.
{{reflist}}
{{AFI's 100 Years 100 Heroes and Villains}}
[[Category:Ridley Scott]]
[[Category:Buddy Picture]]
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
▲[[Category:Thelma And Louise]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:National Film Registry]]
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