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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted; it's explicitly stated that Esther's brother goes to Massada College, which is an actual school in Adelaide. The observant will also spot an Adelaide Metro train in the background of one scene.
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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, Creator/ToniCollette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.

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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, Creator/ToniCollette, Keisha Castle-Hughes Creator/KeishaCastleHughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.
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* BlatantLies / RefugeInAudacity: Sunnie and Esther's "experiment" relies on both

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* BlatantLies / RefugeInAudacity: BlatantLies: Sunnie and Esther's "experiment" relies on both
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jacob gets out of [[spoiler: stabbing his friend with a compass]] by claiming the other kid, and indeed his entire school, is rabidly anti-Semetic. His parents respond by pulling him out of school and putting him in a Jewish school. [[spoiler: This turns out to have made him uber-Jewish, and his parents are visibly annoyed when he makes them wait to start eating to say a berakhah, and grumbling that his roast beef isn't kosher]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jacob gets out of [[spoiler: stabbing [[spoiler:stabbing his friend with a compass]] by claiming the other kid, and indeed his entire school, is rabidly anti-Semetic. His parents respond by pulling him out of school and putting him in a Jewish school. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This turns out to have made him uber-Jewish, and his parents are visibly annoyed when he makes them wait to start eating to say a berakhah, and grumbling that his roast beef isn't kosher]]



* OhCrap: Esther, when she realizes that Jacob isn't joking about [[spoiler: stabbing his friend in the head with a compass]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Slug, the overweight girl with the umbrella (which she uses to fend off being splashed by juice at lunch time) [[spoiler: whom Esther essentially mugs for her raincoat]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Normal the duck chick. [[spoiler: Doesn't save him from being killed for dissection though]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Sunnie to Esther when she [[spoiler: basically mugs the Slug for her raincoat]]

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* OhCrap: Esther, when she realizes that Jacob isn't joking about [[spoiler: stabbing [[spoiler:stabbing his friend in the head with a compass]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Slug, the overweight girl with the umbrella (which she uses to fend off being splashed by juice at lunch time) [[spoiler: whom [[spoiler:whom Esther essentially mugs for her raincoat]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Normal the duck chick. [[spoiler: Doesn't [[spoiler:Doesn't save him from being killed for dissection though]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Sunnie to Esther when she [[spoiler: basically [[spoiler:basically mugs the Slug for her raincoat]]
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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, ToniCollette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.

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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, ToniCollette, Creator/ToniCollette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Keisha Castle-Hughes is half Maori and half white Australian, like her character Sunnie (although the ethnicities of their parents are reversed)

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted; this troper recalls it being explicitly stated that Esther's brother goes to Massada College, which is an actual school in Adelaide. The observant will also spot an Adelaide Metro train in the background of one scene.

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted; this troper recalls it being it's explicitly stated that Esther's brother goes to Massada College, which is an actual school in Adelaide. The observant will also spot an Adelaide Metro train in the background of one scene.
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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, Toni Collette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.

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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, Toni Collette, ToniCollette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.
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* EmbarassingNickname: "Cheeseburger" for Esther

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* CallBack: Esther's "introduction" poem


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* DisappearedDad: Sunnie's is out of the picture, having apparently gone back to New Zealand
* EmbarassingNickname: "Cheeseburger" for Esther


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* JerkAss: most of the students at Esther's private school. Missy and the prefect get special attention.


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* OhCrap: Esther, when she realizes that Jacob isn't joking about [[spoiler: stabbing his friend in the head with a compass]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Slug, the overweight girl with the umbrella (which she uses to fend off being splashed by juice at lunch time) [[spoiler: whom Esther essentially mugs for her raincoat]]


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* WhatTheHellHero: Sunnie to Esther when she [[spoiler: basically mugs the Slug for her raincoat]]
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* BlatantLies / RefugeInAudacity: Sunnie and Esther's "experiment" relies on both


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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jacob gets out of [[spoiler: stabbing his friend with a compass]] by claiming the other kid, and indeed his entire school, is rabidly anti-Semetic. His parents respond by pulling him out of school and putting him in a Jewish school. [[spoiler: This turns out to have made him uber-Jewish, and his parents are visibly annoyed when he makes them wait to start eating to say a berakhah, and grumbling that his roast beef isn't kosher]]
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* CloudCuckoolander: Esther and her brother Jacob are this trope in spades


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* JewishAndNerdy: Esther and her brother are more Jewish and ''weird''
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Normal the duck chick. [[spoiler: Doesn't save him from being killed for dissection though]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: Keisha Castle-Hughes is half Maori and half white Australian, like her character Sunnie (although the ethnicities of their parents are reversed)
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''Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger'' is an independent 2008 Australian teenage comedy film, written and directed by debut filmmaker Cathy Randall, starring newcomer Danielle Catanzariti, Toni Collette, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonny Pasvolsky. It was shot in Adelaide, South UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, New South Wales.

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* AlphaBitch: Pretty much everyone at Esther's school.
* FreeTheFrogs: Poor little Normal.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted; this troper recalls it being explicitly stated that Esther's brother goes to Massada College, which is an actual school in Adelaide. The observant will also spot an Adelaide Metro train in the background of one scene.
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