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** Also used as a possibly plot point, it is implied that Sam's father married plain, dowdy Fiona because she seemed like she would have a good personality to compensate. Boy, was that wrong!
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* HappilyAdopted: [[Rhonda adopts Sam in the end.]]
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* HappilyAdopted: [[Rhonda adopts Sam in the end.]]
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. [[spoiler: Fiona and her daughters are forced to pay back Sam all the money they stole from her, including the money she earned for them.]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight with Sam and her stepsisters. [[BeautyIsBad Subverted with Shelby and her lackeys, who are as ugly on the inside as they are pretty on the outside.]] The WickedStepmother Fiona is naturally plain, but has devoted herself to beauty treatments since her husband's death; it is unclear if we are supposed to think she is geniunely ugly.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight with Sam and her stepsisters. [[BeautyIsBad Subverted with Shelby and her lackeys, who are as ugly on the inside as they are pretty on the outside.]] The WickedStepmother Fiona is naturally plain, but has devoted herself to beauty treatments since her husband's death; it is unclear if we are supposed to think she is geniunely ugly.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: Oh so much to make you feel dead inside at the end, but especailly the pep-rally scene.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Fiona
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* FallenPrincess: Sam.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sam. ItGotWorse. [[spoiler: People can be heard cheering for her and Austin during their kiss in the rain, if it is any consolation.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sam. ItGotWorse. [[spoiler: People can be heard cheering for her and Austin during their kiss in the rain, if it is any consolation.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sam. ItGetsWorse. [[spoiler: People can be heard cheering for her and Austin during their kiss in the rain, if it is any consolation.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sam. ItGetsWorse.ItGotWorse. [[spoiler: People can be heard cheering for her and Austin during their kiss in the rain, if it is any consolation.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Sam. ItGetsWorse. [[spoiler: People can be heard cheering for her and Austin during their kiss in the rain, if it is any consolation.]]
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* {{Joisey}}: Inverted. Sam's happy ending is escaping Los Angeles to Princeton.
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* LaserGuardedKarma: [[spoiler: Fiona and her daughters are put to work in the diner to pay back the money they stole from Sam. It is safe to say they are stuck there for the rest of their lives.]]
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* LaserGuardedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Fiona and her daughters are put to work in the diner to pay back the money they stole from Sam. It is safe to say they are stuck there for the rest of their lives.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Shelby and her lackeys are never punished for the pep-rally, despite the fact that it is performed in front of the faculty. Though considering [[spoiler: Shelby is rejected in public for another girl twice, it is safe to say that they lost their social standing.]]
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* LaserGuardedKarma: [[spoiler: Fiona and her daughters are put to work in the diner to pay back the money they stole from Sam. It is safe to say they are stuck there for the rest of their lives.]]
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** A bit more subtle example; [[spoiler: After publicly humiliating Sam, Shelby later gets rejected by two different boys in front of large crowds of people. The fact that she is trying to mooch off of Carter implies that she and her friends lost their social standing.]]
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* GirlPosse: Shelby has one.
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* GirlPosse: Shelby has one. Her main two lackeys, Madison and Caitlin, as well the rest of the cheerleading squad.
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* {{Expy}}: In-universe, Shelby and her lackeys are the school-extension of the evil stepfamily (this is highlighted by the fact that they share the same color scheme.)
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SpiritualPredecessor to ''Film/AnotherCinderellaStory'' and, subsequently, ''Film/ACinderellaStoryOnceUponASong''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO_RAV-G-aI There is also a Bollywood remake.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[BigBangTheory Howard Wolowitz]].
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Sam Montgomery is the downtrodden "Diner Girl", a teen girl who's been forced to waitress at her cruel stepmother's diner ever since her father died. The only thing she has is the hope of getting out of the house and going to Princeton. Another person is planning on going to Princeton, a young man that she met at a chatroom who goes to the same school as her. She's fallen in love him, and they plan to reveal their identities to each other at the Halloween dance. It turns out her Internet beau was the captain of the football team. How will Austin react to the girl of his dreams being a dorky waitress?
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Sam Montgomery is the downtrodden "Diner Girl", a teen girl who's been forced to waitress at her cruel stepmother's diner ever since her father died. The only thing she has is the hope of getting out of the house and going to Princeton. Another person is planning on going to Princeton, a young man that she met at a chatroom who goes to the same school as her. She's fallen in love with him, and they plan to reveal their identities to each other at the Halloween dance. It turns out her Internet beau was the captain of the football team. How will Austin react to the girl of his dreams being a dorky waitress?
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* BrokenAesop: Any moral the movie is trying to make by having Austin choose Sam in the end (such as looking past wealth and status to love someone for who they really are) is broken by the fact that Sam chooses Austin. Aside from being cute and rich, he has few redeeming qualities. He starts out the movie cheating on his girlfriend with an innocent girl, stalks his "Princeton-Girl" throughout, and wants nothing to do with Sam when he learns she is a waitress. Sam still chooses him over Terry or Carter, who actually like her for who she is.
** Another one of the movie's morals is that if you are in an abusive family situation, all you need to do is stick up for yourself and everything will get better. Not only is that full of horrible, horrible UnfortunateImplications, if it was not for the fact that Rhonda was willing to adopt her, Sam would have just made things worse for herself by telling her stepfamily off in the end.
** There are comments scattered throughout the movie that look down on women who diet. It's as if the people who made it are saying, "You should look as good as Hillary Duff, but god help you if you get there by dieting!" There was also an early scene in the diner where one of Austin's friends makes fun of one of Shelby's friends for ''having an eating disorder.''
** Another one of the movie's morals is that if you are in an abusive family situation, all you need to do is stick up for yourself and everything will get better. Not only is that full of horrible, horrible UnfortunateImplications, if it was not for the fact that Rhonda was willing to adopt her, Sam would have just made things worse for herself by telling her stepfamily off in the end.
** There are comments scattered throughout the movie that look down on women who diet. It's as if the people who made it are saying, "You should look as good as Hillary Duff, but god help you if you get there by dieting!" There was also an early scene in the diner where one of Austin's friends makes fun of one of Shelby's friends for ''having an eating disorder.''
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[BigBangTheory Howard Wolowitz]].
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** Averted with Sam's birth mother, since she was either too young to remember her, or perhaps because she walked out on the family.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Sam's father was a virtual saint.
** Averted with Sam's birth mother, since she was either too young to remember her, or perhaps because she walked out on the family.
** Averted with Sam's birth mother, since she was either too young to remember her, or perhaps because she walked out on the family.
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* LostWillAndTestament: Sam's stepmother had initially gotten everything that belonged to Sam's father because he didn't make a will stating otherwise [[spoiler:but it was eventually revealed he ''did'' leave a will and Fiona knew about it. To avoid prison time for this, she agreed to perform "community services" at the diner]].
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* {{Will}}: Sam's stepmother had initially gotten everything that belonged to Sam's father because he didn't make a will stating otherwise [[spoiler:but it was eventually revealed he ''did'' leave a will and Fiona knew about it. To avoid prison time for this, she agreed to perform "community services" at the diner]].
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* MamaBear: Rhonda to Sam. Sam's the only reason Rhonda stayed at the dinner all those years.
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''A Cinderella Story'' is a 2004 retelling of "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" starring HilaryDuff.
Sam Montgomery is the downtrodden "Diner Girl", a teen girl who's been forced to waitress at her cruel stepmother's diner ever since her father died. The only thing she has is the hope of getting out of the house and going to Princeton. Another person is planning on going to Princeton, a young man that she met at a chatroom who goes to the same school as her. She's fallen in love him, and they plan to reveal their identities to each other at the Halloween dance. It turns out her Internet beau was the captain of the football team. How will Austin react to the girl of his dreams being a dorky waitress?
SpiritualPredecessor to ''AnotherCinderellaStory'' and, subsequently, ''ACinderellaStoryOnceUponASong''.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Shelby.
* AndADietCoke: In one scene at the diner.
* ChekhovsGunman: Astrid, the morning announcement girl with the multicolored hair. [[spoiler: She becomes Carter's girlfriend in the end.]]
* ChekhovsGun: When Sam's father died, she stated her stepmother inherited everything because he left no will. Then, in the end, [[spoiler:it's revealed he ''did'' leave a will]].
* CinderellaCircumstances
* CoolLoser: Sam.
* DanceOfRomance
* DisappearedDad: Sam's dad died in an earthquake.
* GirlPosse: Shelby has one.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fiona, the stepsisters, Shelby and her squad...
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* MamaBear: Rhonda to Sam. Sam's the only reason Rhonda stayed at the dinner all those years.
* RedemptionInTheRain
* SassyBlackWoman: Rhonda.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Not intentionally though. For the first part of the movie neither knew the other outside of their screen names.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sam and the stepsisters; Sam and Shelby.
* TooDumbToLive: The ugly stepsisters.
** They obviously got it from Fiona. "Norwegia"?
* TookALevelInJerkass: We don't actually see Fiona acting like the jerk she is until after Sam's father dies.
** There is a hint of it in the wedding scene, when Fiona excluded Sam from the wedding photo.
* YankTheDogsChain: Oh so much to make you feel dead inside at the end, but especailly the pep-rally scene.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Sam has to be back at the diner.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Austin's dad wants him to go a different college and make a career as a football player, assuming it's his son's "dream". After finally getting together with Sam, Austin sets his dad straight and tells him he plans on going to Princeton. This turns into a subversion as Austin's dad decides to support his decision.
* WickedStepmother
* {{Will}}: Sam's stepmother had initially gotten everything that belonged to Sam's father because he didn't make a will stating otherwise [[spoiler:but it was eventually revealed he ''did'' leave a will and Fiona knew about it. To avoid prison time for this, she agreed to perform "community services" at the diner]].
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Sam Montgomery is the downtrodden "Diner Girl", a teen girl who's been forced to waitress at her cruel stepmother's diner ever since her father died. The only thing she has is the hope of getting out of the house and going to Princeton. Another person is planning on going to Princeton, a young man that she met at a chatroom who goes to the same school as her. She's fallen in love him, and they plan to reveal their identities to each other at the Halloween dance. It turns out her Internet beau was the captain of the football team. How will Austin react to the girl of his dreams being a dorky waitress?
SpiritualPredecessor to ''AnotherCinderellaStory'' and, subsequently, ''ACinderellaStoryOnceUponASong''.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Shelby.
* AndADietCoke: In one scene at the diner.
* ChekhovsGunman: Astrid, the morning announcement girl with the multicolored hair. [[spoiler: She becomes Carter's girlfriend in the end.]]
* ChekhovsGun: When Sam's father died, she stated her stepmother inherited everything because he left no will. Then, in the end, [[spoiler:it's revealed he ''did'' leave a will]].
* CinderellaCircumstances
* CoolLoser: Sam.
* DanceOfRomance
* DisappearedDad: Sam's dad died in an earthquake.
* GirlPosse: Shelby has one.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fiona, the stepsisters, Shelby and her squad...
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* MamaBear: Rhonda to Sam. Sam's the only reason Rhonda stayed at the dinner all those years.
* RedemptionInTheRain
* SassyBlackWoman: Rhonda.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Not intentionally though. For the first part of the movie neither knew the other outside of their screen names.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sam and the stepsisters; Sam and Shelby.
* TooDumbToLive: The ugly stepsisters.
** They obviously got it from Fiona. "Norwegia"?
* TookALevelInJerkass: We don't actually see Fiona acting like the jerk she is until after Sam's father dies.
** There is a hint of it in the wedding scene, when Fiona excluded Sam from the wedding photo.
* YankTheDogsChain: Oh so much to make you feel dead inside at the end, but especailly the pep-rally scene.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Sam has to be back at the diner.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Austin's dad wants him to go a different college and make a career as a football player, assuming it's his son's "dream". After finally getting together with Sam, Austin sets his dad straight and tells him he plans on going to Princeton. This turns into a subversion as Austin's dad decides to support his decision.
* WickedStepmother
* {{Will}}: Sam's stepmother had initially gotten everything that belonged to Sam's father because he didn't make a will stating otherwise [[spoiler:but it was eventually revealed he ''did'' leave a will and Fiona knew about it. To avoid prison time for this, she agreed to perform "community services" at the diner]].
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