No, I - Are you laughing at me? (disbelieving) He's laughing at me! You. I know I don't make that much money, and I know that I'm a little bit single, but I want to adopt Amanda. They also apparently process the adoption of Amanda to the Butkises without going over Dianes report, implying that theyre sloppy with paperwork and uncaring what happens to the kids under their care.ĭiane (on the phone to DSS): Let me just run this by you one more time, okay? Please, just hear me out, one more time. The fact that a neighbor brings this last point up in casual conversation makes it even worse - the Butkises aren't even keeping it a secret.

Department of Child Disservices: Diane's employers won't let her adopt Amanda because she doesn't make enough money, yet are perfectly willing to foist Amanda on the Butkises - a family that turns out to have been adopting kids by the half dozen to force them to work in their junkyard.

She was also a Friend to All Children, as she created the camp that Amanda attends.

Deceased Parents Are the Best: Alyssa never knew her mother Cathy, but she knows that she was a good woman who loved Roger.Deadpan Snarker: Diane gets a lot of sarcastic lines.Damsel in Distress: Diane in the scene where Roger rescues her from the agitated horse.It gets used again during a game of Charades. Chekhov's Skill: Alyssa's talent at miming passing out first gets used when she finds out that Clarice and Roger are getting married.Bitch Slap: Clarice gives one to Roger at the wedding.Big Damn Kiss: Roger and Diane at the end.They then proceed to land the helicopter in the middle of Central Park. Big Damn Heroes: The people from the Callaway estate who show up in a helicopter to rescue Alyssa, who had been posing as Amanda, from the Butkises' salvage yard.They're not nearly the warm and friendly adoptive parents they may appear to at first sight. Big 'SHUT UP!': Clarice gives one to her father, after he reminds her that she is the last to be married.Big 'OMG!': After Clarice sees that Amanda spit gum into her hair.Big Fancy House: The Callaway Mansion.Big Bad: Gold Digger, Child Hater and Jerkass Clarice, who is set up to marry Roger.

Harry Butkis: Yeah, right, and I'm Princess Di. She and Diane (while looking for Alyssa) find out the only reason they have adopted many kids was for them to work in their salvage yard. After some turbulences, Alyssa (who poses as Amanda) ends up being adopted by the Butkises. So they arrange 'chance' meetings with the desired result: they fall in love with each other. The girls switch places in a bid to get rid of Clarice and find out that Diane and Roger would fit together perfectly. Alyssa Callaway ( Ashley Olsen) is coming home from her boarding school's piano recital competition, only to find that her wealthy father Roger ( Steve Guttenberg) is about to marry Clarice Kensington ( Jane Sibbett), a socialite who (secretly) hates kids and baseball (which Roger adores). Diane would like to do the same thing, but authorities will not let her because of her low salary. She actually wants her child-loving case worker Diane Barrows ( Kirstie Alley) to adopt her instead. Amanda Lemmon ( Mary-Kate Olsen) is an orphan, and she is about to be adopted by a family whom she doesn't like, the Butkises. Two unrelated young girls who happen to look identical suddenly meet. For the 2021 video game of no relation, see here.

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