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* HalfEmptyTwoShot:
** This kind of shot is used throughout the whole movie to represent which character is influencing which.
*** In the first act, when Veronica's main TheCorrupter influence is Heather Chandler, every time Veronica undertakes independent action (such as the first time she spots J.D. and goes to flirt with him), Chandler's approach is signaled by Veronica's sided placing in the shot. Shortly after that, it becomes a regular two-character shot of her and Chandler interacting.
*** Veronica and J.D.'s dynamic in these shots is the opposite. They start in a two-shot but then Veronica leaves to do something else. This action matches the times when J.D.'s sociopathic side comes to light. First, when he notices Veronica's taken the wrong mug, debates with himself about telling her, and finally decides not to. Then, in the aftermath of their accidental murder of Chandler, when he's flippant about it while Veronica panics.
** During the scene in which Veronica seduces Ram and Kurt by phone call, the final lines of dialogue are delivered in intercalary shots of Veronica and Kurt talking on the phone on opposite sides of the screen.
** This kind of shot is used throughout the whole movie to represent which character is influencing which.
*** In the first act, when Veronica's main TheCorrupter influence is Heather Chandler, every time Veronica undertakes independent action (such as the first time she spots J.D. and goes to flirt with him), Chandler's approach is signaled by Veronica's sided placing in the shot. Shortly after that, it becomes a regular two-character shot of her and Chandler interacting.
*** Veronica and J.D.'s dynamic in these shots is the opposite. They start in a two-shot but then Veronica leaves to do something else. This action matches the times when J.D.'s sociopathic side comes to light. First, when he notices Veronica's taken the wrong mug, debates with himself about telling her, and finally decides not to. Then, in the aftermath of their accidental murder of Chandler, when he's flippant about it while Veronica panics.
** During the scene in which Veronica seduces Ram and Kurt by phone call, the final lines of dialogue are delivered in intercalary shots of Veronica and Kurt talking on the phone on opposite sides of the screen.
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* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler: Veronica to Heather Duke.]]
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* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler: Veronica kisses [[spoiler:Heather Duke]] on the cheek in the last scene in a ConfoundThemWithKindness way. The latter is so flabbergasted by Veronica's falsely affectionate gesture that she doesn't notice Veronica is taking the red scrunchie from her hair to Heather Duke.]]become the school's new queen bee. It's done in both a mocking and a "I'm stopping your PopularIsEvil ruling" way.
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* NoodleIncident: This line from the principal: "I've seen a lot of bullshit - Angel Dust, Switchblades, [[{{Squick}} sexually perverse photography exhibits involving tennis rackets]]." Another teacher even seems to do a DoubleTake on the last point.
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* NoodleIncident: This line from the principal: "I've seen a lot of bullshit - Angel Dust, Switchblades, [[{{Squick}} sexually perverse photography exhibits involving tennis rackets]].rackets." Another teacher even seems to do a DoubleTake on the last point.
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* NearMisses: In the final confrontation between Veronica and J.D., the latter swings toward the trigger bomb after subduing the former. Veronica then picks up J.D.'s gun and aims it at him. She shoots at blank point and whether through an innate desire of not killing him or her inexperience with weaponry, all she does is blow his finger off.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The parents are shown to be self-absorbed and oblivious to their children's problems until they are dead, and the teachers are cynical towards their handling of the dead kids (for instance, the HippieTeacher who wants to exploit the deaths for group bonding rituals).
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* AdultsAreUseless: AdultsAreUseless:
** The parents are shown to be self-absorbed and oblivious to their children's problems until they are dead, and the teachers are cynical towards their handling of the dead kids (for instance, the HippieTeacher who wants to exploit the deaths for group bonding rituals).
** The parents are shown to be self-absorbed and oblivious to their children's problems until they are dead, and the teachers are cynical towards their handling of the dead kids (for instance, the HippieTeacher who wants to exploit the deaths for group bonding rituals).
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The film was later adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} 2010 stage musical]] with a limited run. The musical has been revived as an Off-Broadway production for the spring of 2014, and later as a very successful 2018 run in London's West End. An [[Series/Heathers2018 anthology series]] based on the film was set to premiere in 2018 on Creator/ParamountNetwork, but was dropped in light of two school shootings that occurred in March and May of that year, and released in an edited version in October. The reboot was panned by critics and fans alike and is generally considered a good reason to not make a modern reboot of every cult classic out there.
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The film was later adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} [[Theatre/HeathersTheMusical 2010 stage musical]] with a limited run. The musical has been revived as an Off-Broadway production for the spring of 2014, and later as a very successful 2018 run in London's West End. An [[Series/Heathers2018 anthology series]] based on the film was set to premiere in 2018 on Creator/ParamountNetwork, but was dropped in light of two school shootings that occurred in March and May of that year, and released in an edited version in October. The reboot was panned by critics and fans alike and is generally considered a good reason to not make a modern reboot of every cult classic out there.
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The film was later adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} 2010 stage musical]] with a limited run. The musical has been revived as an Off-Broadway production for the spring of 2014, and later as a very successful 2018 run in London's West End. An [[Series/{{Heathers}} anthology series]] based on the film was set to premiere in 2018 on Creator/ParamountNetwork, but was dropped in light of two school shootings that occurred in March and May of that year, and released in an edited version in October. The reboot was panned by critics and fans alike and is generally considered a good reason to not make a modern reboot of every cult classic out there.
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The film was later adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} 2010 stage musical]] with a limited run. The musical has been revived as an Off-Broadway production for the spring of 2014, and later as a very successful 2018 run in London's West End. An [[Series/{{Heathers}} [[Series/Heathers2018 anthology series]] based on the film was set to premiere in 2018 on Creator/ParamountNetwork, but was dropped in light of two school shootings that occurred in March and May of that year, and released in an edited version in October. The reboot was panned by critics and fans alike and is generally considered a good reason to not make a modern reboot of every cult classic out there.
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* AlphaBitch: Heather Chandler (and later Heather Duke). Played a bit non-standardly, because the protagonist isn't her unpopular rival but a member of her GirlPosse, albeit an increasingly uncomfortable one.
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* AlphaBitch: Heather Chandler (and later Heather Duke). Played a bit non-standardly, because the protagonist isn't her unpopular rival but a member of her GirlPosse, albeit an increasingly uncomfortable one. Also Deconstructed in that no one actually likes the Heathers; they just want to be associated with them to seem cool.
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The film is an ''extremely'' [[BlackComedy dark]] {{deconstruction}} of the then-massively-popular wave of [[TheEighties '80s]] teen movies. Veronica Sawyer (Ryder) is an unhappy member of [[GirlPosse the most popular and powerful clique]] at Westerberg High, the "Heathers", so-called because [[IdenticallyNamedGroup the other three members all share the same first name]]. Then, a mysterious new guy named Jason "J.D." Dean (Slater) enters Veronica's life. After {{alpha|Bitch}} Heather Chandler kicks Veronica out of the group, they accidentally poison her with drain cleaner and have to make it look like suicide. Pretty soon, the bodies start piling up as Veronica realizes that J.D. is a psychopath with ambitions tied into his nihilistic views of human behavior.
At once one of the most cynical and hilarious films of the era, ''Heathers'' was a box-office flop when first released but subsequently became a [[CultClassic cult favorite]], albeit largely [[MisaimedFandom for reasons completely different from what the writer intended]]. While Waters conceived the film largely as a biting satire of the sensationalization of teen suicide, fans opted instead to focus on how [[PowerFantasy J.D. and Veronica "heroically" killed off their school's bullies]].
At once one of the most cynical and hilarious films of the era, ''Heathers'' was a box-office flop when first released but subsequently became a [[CultClassic cult favorite]], albeit largely [[MisaimedFandom for reasons completely different from what the writer intended]]. While Waters conceived the film largely as a biting satire of the sensationalization of teen suicide, fans opted instead to focus on how [[PowerFantasy J.D. and Veronica "heroically" killed off their school's bullies]].
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The film is an ''extremely'' [[BlackComedy dark]] {{deconstruction}} of the then-massively-popular wave of [[TheEighties '80s]] teen movies. Veronica Sawyer (Ryder) is an unhappy member of [[GirlPosse the most popular and powerful clique]] at Westerberg High, the "Heathers", so-called because [[IdenticallyNamedGroup the other three members all share the same first name]]. Then, a mysterious new guy named Jason "J.D." Dean (Slater) enters Veronica's life. After {{alpha|Bitch}} AlphaBitch Heather Chandler kicks Veronica out of the group, they she and J.D. accidentally poison her with drain cleaner and have to make it look like suicide. Pretty soon, the bodies start piling up as Veronica realizes that J.D. is a psychopath with ambitions tied into his nihilistic views of human behavior.
At once one of the most cynical and hilarious films of the era, ''Heathers'' was a box-office flop when first released but subsequently became a[[CultClassic cult favorite]], CultClassic, albeit largely [[MisaimedFandom for reasons completely different from what the writer intended]]. While Waters conceived of the film largely as a biting satire of the sensationalization of teen suicide, many fans opted instead to focus on how [[PowerFantasy J.D. and Veronica "heroically" killed off their school's bullies]].
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The film was later adapted into a [[{{Theatre/Heathers}} [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} 2010 stage musical]] with a limited run. The musical has been revived as an Off-Broadway production for the spring of 2014, and later as a very successful 2018 run in London's West End. An [[Series/{{Heathers}} anthology series series]] based on the film was set to premiere in 2018 on Creator/ParamountNetwork, but was dropped in light of two school shootings that occurred in March and May of that year, and released in an edited version in October. The Reboot reboot was panned by critics and fans alike and is generally considered a good reason to not make a modern reboot of every {{Cult Classic}} cult classic out there.
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* AntagonistTitle: Heather is the first name of the AlphaBitch and her two {{Beta Bitch}}es which Veronica is trying to get back at.
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* AntagonistTitle: Heather is the first name of the AlphaBitch trio of girls (Chandler, Duke, and her two {{Beta Bitch}}es [=McNamara=]) which Veronica is trying to get back at.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Played with. There are a Betty and a Veronica in this movie, but they don't fill the same roles. Subverted with Veronica's suitors. There is no "good" Betty and "bad" Veronica--each is worse than the last, with J.D. her primary interest and the others (Ram and Kurt) being setups from the Heathers. Technically, J.D. plays the role of Veronica to the non-murderous but date-raping, drunken, {{JerkAss}} Betty’s.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Played with. There are a Betty and a Veronica in this movie, but they don't fill the same roles. Subverted with Veronica's suitors. There is no "good" Betty and "bad" Veronica--each is worse than the last, with J.D. her primary interest and the others (Ram and Kurt) being setups from the Heathers. Technically, J.D. plays the role of Veronica to the non-murderous but date-raping, drunken, {{JerkAss}} JerkAss Betty’s.
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* CowTipping: There's a scene where two {{Dumb Jock}}s try to impress Veronica and Heather [=McNamara=] by cow-tipping despite the girls' obvious displeasure at being there. When the boys succeed in pushing the beast over, it lands in a puddle and splatters the girls with mud.
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* CowTipping: There's a scene where two {{Dumb Jock}}s Ram and Kurt try to impress Veronica and Heather [=McNamara=] by cow-tipping cow-tipping, despite the girls' obvious displeasure at being there. When the boys succeed in pushing the beast over, it lands in a puddle and splatters the girls with mud.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: {{Subverted}} in the film's climax: [[spoiler: It's done by the villain, J.D., as he's about to blow himself up. And then he has to break the pose to [[PercussiveMaintenance slap the stuck timer]] on his bomb vest to get it to continue before resuming the pose.]]
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: {{Subverted}} Subverted in the film's climax: [[spoiler: It's done by the villain, J.D., as he's about to blow himself up. And then he has to break the pose to [[PercussiveMaintenance slap the stuck timer]] on his bomb vest to get it to continue before resuming the pose.]]
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* GayngstInducedSuicide: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Veronica and J.D. pass off several murders they have committed as suicides by forging {{Suicide Note}}s. They make the two {{Jerk Jock}}s Ram and Kurt out to be closeted homosexuals, which makes the whole thing more credible and buys the two guys some post-mortem compassion from the rest of the community.
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* GayngstInducedSuicide: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Veronica and J.D. pass off several Ram and Kurt's murders they have committed as suicides by forging {{Suicide Note}}s. They make writing suicide notes implying the two {{Jerk Jock}}s Ram and Kurt out to be are closeted homosexuals, gay lovers, which makes the whole thing more credible and buys the two guys some post-mortem compassion from the rest of the community.
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* InWithTheInCrowd: The film has a [[BlackComedy dark, dark take]] on this trope. It opens with a dream sequence in which the trio of {{Alpha Bitch}}es use Veronica's head as a croquet peg.
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* InWithTheInCrowd: The film has a [[BlackComedy dark, dark take]] on this trope. It opens with a dream sequence in which the trio of {{Alpha Bitch}}es titular Heathers use Veronica's head as a croquet peg.
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* TotallyRadical: {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed. While some of the dialogue has a definite [[TheEighties 80's]] feel, the screenwriter made up his own slang terms (see MemeticMutation), which still doesn't feel dated over a quarter-century after the film's release.
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* TotallyRadical: {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed. While some of the dialogue has a definite [[TheEighties 80's]] feel, the screenwriter made up his own slang terms (see MemeticMutation), which still doesn't don't feel dated over a quarter-century after the film's release.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: J.D. For starters, his father is [[AbusiveParents a sociopathic bastard who doesn't care for him]] (when asked if he even likes his father he responds with "I haven't given the matter much thought"), and his mother killed herself in front of her son's eyes to get away from her husband. His entire life has been spent moving around from town to town and school to school wherever his father's demolition job took him, where it is implied he saw the same scenario of clique groups bullying other students at every high school he's attended. He starts out by murdering {{Jerk Jock}}s and {{Alpha Bitch}}es and making their deaths appear as suicides (also implied as something he's done before), but he ultimately resorts [[spoiler: to trying to blow up the entire school. He explains his intentions are such because he believes nobody loves him, and that "the only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven", somehow seeing the school as a representation of society itself.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: J.D. For starters, his father is [[AbusiveParents a sociopathic bastard who doesn't care for him]] (when asked if he even likes his father he responds with "I haven't given the matter much thought"), and his mother killed herself in front of her son's eyes to get away from her husband. His entire life has been spent moving around from town to town and school to school wherever his father's demolition job took him, where it is implied he saw the same scenario of clique groups bullying other students at every high school he's attended. He starts out by murdering {{Jerk Jock}}s Heather Chandler, then Kurt and {{Alpha Bitch}}es Ram, and making makes their deaths appear as suicides (also implied as to be something he's done before), but he before). He ultimately resorts to [[spoiler: to trying to blow up the entire school. He explains his intentions are such because he believes nobody loves him, and that "the only place different social types can genuinely get along with each other is in heaven", somehow seeing the school as a representation of society itself.]]
