History Film / Bottoms

* TheBreakfastClubPosterHomage: The movie poster pays homage to the poster from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Josie and PJ are in the back standing and bending their arm like Bender, Mr. G is sitting in the middle and combines the athletic gear of Andrew with Brian's cross-armed pose, and Jeff, Tim, and Hazel are all lying down, with Hazel doing the closest to Clair's hand position. They all look as bored/expressonless as in the poster it's paying homage to, especially Hazel, except for Mr. G who has more of a typical comedy poster hapless smirk on his face. Brittany and Isabel are the biggest break from the original poster layout, and are both depicted clinging to their love interests rather than following the formula of the original poster.

* TheBreakfastClubPosterHomage: The movie poster pays homage to the poster from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'':
Josie and PJ are in the back standing and bending their arm like Bender, Mr. G is sitting in the middle and combines the athletic gear of Andrew with Brian's cross-armed pose, and Jeff, Tim, and Hazel are all lying down, with Hazel doing the closest to Clair's hand position. They all look as bored/expressonless as in the poster it's paying homage to, especially Hazel, except for Mr. G who has more of a typical comedy poster hapless smirk on his face. Brittany and Isabel are the biggest break from the original poster layout, and are both depicted clinging to their love interests rather than following the formula of the original poster.

* TheBreakfastClubPosterHomage: The movie poster pays homage to the poster from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.

* AgeGapRomance: Jeff turns out to be cheating with the mother of his classmate Hazel, who is old enough she could be ''his'' mom.

** Another feminine cheerleader, Stella-Rebecca, realizes she's a lesbian near the end of the film by [[LGBTRealization seeing Hazel and PJ kiss]].

* KarmaHoudini: Tim doesn't face any comeuppance for his actions actions towards PJ, Josie, and the club, especially since [[spoiler:he tricked Hazel into getting brutally beat up and no one except the fight club batted an eye]].

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Jeff or Tim face any comeuppance for their actions towards PJ and Josie. It's a bit zig-zagged with Jeff though, as while he does get outed for cheating on Isabel (who breaks up with him because of it) and even gets his car blown up, he [[spoiler:later seems to win her back over after she leaves Josie following her and PJ being exposed as liars (and even then he seems to lose her again at the end but he's not present for it)]], making it a slap on the wrist. After that, the closest he gets is [[spoiler:being a murder target by the Huntington team, but [[EveryoneHasStandards the main characters know that's going too far]]]]. This leaves Tim as the complete Karma Houdini (unless you count the brief moment where [[spoiler:he's in a chokehold from one of the Huntington football players]]), especially since [[spoiler:he tricked Hazel into getting brutally beat up and no one except the fight club batted an eye]].

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Jeff or Tim face any comeuppance for their actions towards PJ and Josie. It's a bit zig-zagged with Jeff though, as while he does get outed for cheating on Isabel, who breaks up with him because of it, he [[spoiler:later seems to win her back over after she leaves Josie following her and PJ being exposed as liars (and even then he seems to lose her again at the end but he's not present for it)]], making it a slap on the wrist. After that, the closest he gets is [[spoiler:being a murder target by the Huntington team, but [[EveryoneHasStandards the main characters know that's going too far]]]]. This leaves Tim as the complete Karma Houdini (unless you count the brief moment where [[spoiler:he's in a chokehold from one of the Huntington football players]]), especially since [[spoiler:he tricked Hazel into getting brutally beat up and no one except the fight club batted an eye]].

* JerkJock: The entire Rockbridge Falls High School football team, but especially Jeff and Tim, are deeply unpleasant, immature, and self-centered jocks who get away with their bullying actions simply because they're football players. [[spoiler:However, the Huntington football team turns out to be far worse since they have a tendency of ''murdering'' the quarterbacks of their rival schools.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Jeff or Tim face any comeuppance for their actions towards PJ and Josie. It's a bit zig-zagged with Jeff though, as while he does get outed for cheating on Isabel, who breaks up with him because of it, he [[spoiler:later seems to win her back over after she leaves Josie following her and PJ being exposed as liars (and even then he seems to lose her again at the end but he's not present for it)]], making it a slap on the wrist. After that, the closest he gets is [[spoiler:being a murder target by the Huntington team, but [[EveryoneHasStandards the main characters know that's going too far]]]]. This leaves Tim as the complete Karma Houdini, [[spoiler:especially since he tricked Hazel into getting brutally beat up and no one except the fight club batted an eye]].

* RedOniBlueOni: PJ is confident and belligerent (red), whilst Josie is shyer and more cautious (blue). Throughout the film, PJ tends to escalate confrontations, whilst Josie tries to avoid them.
--> '''Isabel''': Yeah, but you guys, like, could not be more different. She’s so, like, like… (''choppy hand gestures'') You know?

--> '''Isabel''': And you’re… you’re so like… (''wavy hand gestures'')

* RedOniBlueOni: PJ is confident and belligerent (red), whilst Josie is shyer and more cautious (blue). PJ tends to escalate confrontations throughout the film, whilst Josie tries to avoid them.
--> '''Isabel'': Yeah, but you guys, like, could not be more different. She’s so, like, like… (''choppy hand gestures'') You know?
--> '''Josie'': Yeah.
--> '''Isabel'': And you’re… you’re so like… (''wavy hand gestures'')

** The goth student that Tim throws the fruit cup at is clearly inspired by JD from ''Heathers'', going so far as to write "Blow Up School" in their notebook. [[spoiler: At the end, when Hazel's tree bomb explodes, they loudly complain "That was my thing!"]]

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: [[spoiler:The team at the end of the movie wins after never playing at all because the girls have killed all the members of the Huntington team

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The film implicitly takes place in present day (c. 2023), but the internet, modern smart phones, modern cars, etc. are sparsely featured. The soundtrack contains songs from both the early 2000s and the 2020s. Email is referenced, but the only cell phone featured is a mid-2000s flip phone, and at one point a character relies on a physical phone book, which is all but defunct in present day.

''Bottoms'' is a 2023 comedy film from writer/director Emma Seligman (''Film/ShivaBaby''). Seligman co-wrote the script with Creator/RachelSennott, who stars alongside Creator/AyoEdebiri, Creator/RubyCruz, Creator/HavanaRoseLiu, Creator/KaiaGerber, Creator/NicholasGalitzine, and [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Marshawn Lynch]], with a score by Music/CharliXCX and Leo Birenberg.

''Bottoms'' is a 2023 comedy film from writer/director Emma Seligman (''Film/ShivaBaby''). Seligman co-wrote the script with Creator/RachelSennott, who stars alongside Creator/AyoEdebiri, Creator/RubyCruz, Creator/HavanaRoseLiu, Creator/KaiaGerber, Creator/NicholasGalitzine, and Creator/MarshawnLynch, with a score by Music/CharliXCX and Leo Birenberg.

* HatedByAll: Josie & PJ were the most hated and bullied kids in school for being "gay, ugly, and untalented" until they established their self defense club and became popular again. [[spoiler: Until Jeff and Tim expose Josie & PJ by revealing that it was a ploy to get lesbian sex causing them to be hated ''even more'' to the point where even the janitor refused to paint their lockers after it was vandalized, though eventually they were able to restore their reputations by reuniting the club and beating Huntington and saving Jeff's life]].

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Even the janitor Ted who was the only person that was nice to and was close to PJ & Josie to ended up disliking what they did after they were exposed by Jeff and Tim and refused to paint their lockers after it was vandalized again]].

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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The film implicitly takes place in present day (c. 2023), but the internet, modern smart phones, modern cars, etc. are sparsely featured. Email is referenced, but the only cell phone featured is a mid-2000s flip phone, and at one point a character relies on a physical phone book, which is all but defunct in present day.
** The needle drops really contribute to the AnachronismStew as well, with Pain by King Princess and Party 4 U by Charlie XCX being from the 2020s, complicated by Avril Lavigne being from 2002 and Total Eclipse of the Heart being from 1983.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In an attempt to bond, all of the girls explain reasons they want to participate in the fight club, including stories of being stalked and fear of being killed. Sylvie, who's made constant references to her stepdad throughout the film, implying he's sexually predatory, finally reveals the reason she hates him is that [[spoiler: he subjects her family to elaborate Friday-night movie marathons]].

** Another twofer in the form of Sylvie's animosity towards her stepfather. The first half of the film implies that he's sexually molesting or abusing her; she finally admits the reason she hates him is that [[spoiler: every Friday he makes the entire family watch elaborately programmed movie marathons]]. Later, after Hazel is beaten up by the football player, we see her resting on the couch while [[spoiler: all of the girls from fight club attend movie night]].

** The goth student that Tim throws the fruit cup at is clearly an Expy of JD from ''Heathers'', going so far as to write "Blow Up School" in their notebook. [[spoiler: At the end, when Hazel's tree bomb explodes, they loudly complain "That was my thing!"]]