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* ActorAllusion: A retroactive example. Ryan Jonathan Kelley would later face homophobia in ''Film/PrayersForBobby''.
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* XMeetsY: It's an indie drama crossed with [[spoiler:''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'']].
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* AnAesop: Peer pressure for the most part is harmful. [[spoiler:It can even be deadly.]]
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* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:By the halfway point, Marty is the only one in the group that is willing to go along with the plan. Too bad George dies because of it.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Marty. [[spoiler:His insistence in playing truth or dare leads to George being killed.]]
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* StressVomit: Sam, after [[spoiler:they couldn't revive George.]]
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* AssholeVictim: {{Subverted|Trope}}, bordering on Deconstruction. The group start to realise their mistake as soon as George shows he might not be so bad, being happy to be invited for the trip. They seem to come to the conclusion that nobody truly deserves to be tormented. Unfortunately George lands himself in it.
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* AssholeVictim: {{Subverted|Trope}}, bordering on Deconstruction. The [[spoiler:The group start to realise their mistake as soon as George shows he might not be so bad, being happy to be invited for the trip. They seem to come to the conclusion that nobody truly deserves to be tormented. Unfortunately George lands himself in it.]]
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* CoverDrop: The poster on this page exactly mirrors a shot in the movie following [[spoiler:George's death]],
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* CoverDrop: The poster on this page exactly mirrors a shot in the movie following [[spoiler:George's death]], death]].
* CreatorCameo: Of a sort. When Marty is aiming Kyle's pistol, he mentions a "Mr. Estes". The director's name is Jacob Aaron Estes.
* CreatorCameo: Of a sort. When Marty is aiming Kyle's pistol, he mentions a "Mr. Estes". The director's name is Jacob Aaron Estes.
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* CompanionCube: George's video camera, which he carries everywhere. The school, the boat, [[spoiler:and even the lake.]]
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: George. He's actually a very lonely kid with an AmbiguousDisorder which makes him very defensive of his camera.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler:when he finds out about the prank]].
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler:when he finds out about the prank]].prank.]]
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* XMeetsY: It's an indie drama crossed with [[spoiler:''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'']].
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Misuse. A Five Man Band has five members, and five members only.
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** TheLeader: Rocky
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** TheFace: Clyde
** TheChick: Millie
** SixthRanger: George
** TheLeader: Rocky
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* TotallyRadical: Averted to a degree. There's no eighties slang from the kids (the creator is an 80s kid) but for some reason they act as if Super Soakers are the best thing ever and reference fantasising about Heather Locklear and Shannen Doherty who would have been in their 40s when the film came out.
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* TotallyRadical: Averted to a degree. There's no eighties slang from the kids (the creator is an 80s kid) but for some reason they act as if Super Soakers are the best thing ever and reference fantasising about Heather Locklear and Shannen Doherty who would have been in their 40s when the film came out.out.
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* CoverDrop: The poster on this page exactly mirrors a shot in the movie following [[spoiler:George's death]],
* DeadHandShot: One of the posters depicts what must be [[spoiler:a dead George's forearm]] with plants growing on it.
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* MoodWhiplash: The trailer caught a ''really'' bad wind of it halfway through. The first half makes the movie seem like an innocent, light-hearted comedy of sorts. [[spoiler:Then we see the scenes depicting George's death]], and everything converts to extremely depressing.
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''Mean Creek'' is a 2004 indie drama film starring Rory Culkin, Carly Schroeder and Josh Peck. It tells the story of a bully called George (Peck) who beats up a fellow classmate Sam (Culkin) regularly. Sam's older brother and his friends decide to get revenge on George for the bullying and invite him on a boating trip for the weekend, planning to make him strip naked and jump into the river, before abandoning him and forcing him to walk home naked. Also tagging along is Sam's friend Millie (Schroeder) who urges Sam to call the plan off. Divided opinions in the group cause the plan to backfire horribly.
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''Mean Creek'' is a 2004 indie drama film starring Rory Culkin, Carly Schroeder and Josh Peck. It tells the story of a bully called George (Peck) who beats up a fellow classmate Sam (Culkin) regularly. Sam's older brother and his friends decide to [[PayEvilUntoEvil get revenge on George George]] for the bullying and invite him on a boating trip for the weekend, [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen planning to make him strip naked and jump into the river, before abandoning him and forcing him to walk home naked.naked]]. Also tagging along is Sam's friend Millie (Schroeder) who urges Sam to call the plan off. Divided opinions in the group cause the plan to [[GoneHorriblyWrong backfire horribly.
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* JerkassFacade: On the surface, George is an obnoxious, vulgar bully. However, his status as a bully masks a deep loneliness.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:After George drowns, the kids are left to deal with the unexpected consequences of their action.]]
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:After George drowns, the kids are left to As Creator/RogerEbert put it, [[spoiler:"''Mean Creek'' joins a small group of films including ''The River's Edge'' and ''Bully'', which deal accurately and painfully with the unexpected consequences of their action.]]peer-driven behavior."]]
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:After George drowns, the kids are left to deal with the unexpected consequences of their action.]]
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* BrokenRecord: "HIS DADDY SPLATTERED HIS BRAINS - ALL OVER THE WALL!"
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* BrokenRecord: "HIS DADDY SPLATTERED HIS BRAINS - ALL OVER THE WALL!""His daddy splattered his brains all over the wall."
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* BitchAlert: Male example - Marty
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* BitchAlert: Male example - MartyMarty.
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* BrokenRecord: "HIS DADDY SPLATTERED HIS BRAINS - ALL OVER THE WALL!"
* ClusterFBomb: The most famous scene in the movie, when [[spoiler:everyone lets George know why they brought him on the trip]], and he subsequently cusses out everyone on the boat.
* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:Millie says this several times while trying to revive George.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when he finds out about the prank]].
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when he finds out about the prank]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding, [[spoiler: George drowns, the kids bury his body but then decide to come clean to the police. They'll likely be treated sympathetically but will be forever haunted by the experience. Marty also begins a life of crime as he runs off to Mexico]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding, [[spoiler: George DownerEnding. [[spoiler:George drowns, the kids bury his body but then decide to come clean to the police. They'll likely be treated sympathetically but will be forever haunted by the experience. Marty also begins a life of crime as he runs off to Mexico]].
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** Marty's brother Kile is a straight example.
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** Marty's brother Kile Kyle is a straight example.
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* ActorAllusion: A retroactive example. Ryan Jonathan Kelley would later face homophobia in ''PrayersForBobby''.
* AdultFear: The film doesn't really address this until they go to see George's mother but think about it. George is convinced into not telling his mother where he's going. The audience knows that the kids are planning on pushing George in the lake and forcing him to walk home naked. Imagine being a parent and your child arrives home from the trip in ''that'' condition. [[spoiler: What actually happens is much worse]] - when the kids show up on her doorstep she has clearly been worried sick [[spoiler: and rightfully assumes the worst when she sees the expressions on their faces]].
* AdultFear: The film doesn't really address this until they go to see George's mother but think about it. George is convinced into not telling his mother where he's going. The audience knows that the kids are planning on pushing George in the lake and forcing him to walk home naked. Imagine being a parent and your child arrives home from the trip in ''that'' condition. [[spoiler: What actually happens is much worse]] - when the kids show up on her doorstep she has clearly been worried sick [[spoiler: and rightfully assumes the worst when she sees the expressions on their faces]].
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* AssholeVictim: {{Subverted|Trope}}.
* BerserkButton: Do not mention Marty's father.
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* AssholeVictim: {{Subverted|Trope}}.
{{Subverted|Trope}}, bordering on Deconstruction. The group start to realise their mistake as soon as George shows he might not be so bad, being happy to be invited for the trip. They seem to come to the conclusion that nobody truly deserves to be tormented. Unfortunately George lands himself in it.
* BerserkButton: Do not mention Marty's father. George also reacts violently when Sam touches his camera.
* BerserkButton: Do not mention Marty's father. George also reacts violently when Sam touches his camera.
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* CameraFiend: Subverted. George has made a very personal confessional on his video camera.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: The kids plan to do a variation of this to George as punishment.
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* OhCrap: George's mother when she sees the group standing outside her door. It's ''really ''PlayedForDrama.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Marty's rationalisation of the plan.
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* SceneryPorn: Especially when they go out on the lake.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Sam.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Josh Peck, who at the time, was known as a star on Nickelodeon for being the comic relief. Many kids would probably be surprised if they saw this movie to see Josh acting like a cruel foul-mouth bully.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Josh Peck, who at the time, was known as a star on Nickelodeon for being the comic relief. Many kids would probably be surprised if they saw this movie to see Josh acting like a cruel foul-mouth bully.
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* JerkassWoobie: George, a misunderstood kid with a learning disability that has no clue how to function socially. Also Marty who has a dead father, a useless mother and a bastard older brother.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when he finds out about the prank]].
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when he finds out about the prank]].
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* HairOfGold: Millie has white-blonde hair which is appropriate for the most innocent of the group. She wears a lot of white too.
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''Mean Creek'' is a 2004 indie drama film starring Rory Culkin, Carly Schroeder and Josh Peck. It tells the story of a bully called George (Peck) who beats up a fellow classmate Sam (Culkin) regularly. Sam's older brother and his friends decide to get revenge on George for the bullying and invite him on a boating trip for the weekend, planning to make him strip naked and jump into the river, before abandoning him and forcing him to walk home naked. Also tagging along is Sam's friend Millie (Schroeder) who urges Sam to call the plan off. Divided opinions in the group cause the plan to backfire horribly.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: George says he has a learning disability. He says he can't read words right which hints at dyslexia while also displaying some characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome.
* BerserkButton: Do not mention Marty's father.
* BigBrotherBully: Subverted. Sam's older brother Rocky is good and kind while Marty fits the stereotype perfectly, despite not actually being related to Sam.
** Marty's brother Kile is a straight example.
* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding, [[spoiler: George drowns, the kids bury his body but then decide to come clean to the police. They'll likely be treated sympathetically but will be forever haunted by the experience. Marty also begins a life of crime as he runs off to Mexico]].
* BitchAlert: Male example - Marty
* ChekhovsGun: Millie carves something into the tree [[spoiler: to mark where George's body is buried, so the police can find it]].
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: [[spoiler: Millie attempts to revive George, it doesn't work]].
* DisappearedDad: Marty's father who killed himself. If George has a father we don't see him.
* TheDogBitesBack: Clyde gets bullied by Marty and George throughout the whole film and finally snaps [[spoiler: when Marty wants to bury the body]].
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Rocky
** TheLancer: Marty (also doubles as TheBigGuy)
** TheSmartGuy: Sam
** TheFace: Clyde
** TheChick: Millie
** SixthRanger: George
* HairOfGold: Millie has white-blonde hair which is appropriate for the most innocent of the group. She wears a lot of white too.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: George slams the door on himself when he makes a crack about Marty's father and then further digs himself into it when he taunts the others after finding out about the prank]].
* {{Irony}}: George makes fun of Millie, Sam and Clyde for not wanting to play Truth or Dare not knowing that they are trying to protect him.
* JerkassWoobie: George, a misunderstood kid with a learning disability that has no clue how to function socially. Also Marty who has a dead father, a useless mother and a bastard older brother.
* NotSoAboveItAll: After being taunted by George, Millie tells the others to start the Truth or Dare game.
* NotSoDifferent: The film seems to suggest that this is the case with Marty and George.
* PrecisionFStrike: Innocent little Millie lets loose two f-bombs [[spoiler: when she can't revive George]].
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when he finds out about the prank]].
* ShipTease: In-universe, Rocky dares [[ToyShip Sam and Millie to kiss]] and Marty forces them to.
* TotallyRadical: Averted to a degree. There's no eighties slang from the kids (the creator is an 80s kid) but for some reason they act as if Super Soakers are the best thing ever and reference fantasising about Heather Locklear and Shannen Doherty who would have been in their 40s when the film came out.
!!Provides examples of:
* AmbiguousDisorder: George says he has a learning disability. He says he can't read words right which hints at dyslexia while also displaying some characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome.
* BerserkButton: Do not mention Marty's father.
* BigBrotherBully: Subverted. Sam's older brother Rocky is good and kind while Marty fits the stereotype perfectly, despite not actually being related to Sam.
** Marty's brother Kile is a straight example.
* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding, [[spoiler: George drowns, the kids bury his body but then decide to come clean to the police. They'll likely be treated sympathetically but will be forever haunted by the experience. Marty also begins a life of crime as he runs off to Mexico]].
* BitchAlert: Male example - Marty
* ChekhovsGun: Millie carves something into the tree [[spoiler: to mark where George's body is buried, so the police can find it]].
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: [[spoiler: Millie attempts to revive George, it doesn't work]].
* DisappearedDad: Marty's father who killed himself. If George has a father we don't see him.
* TheDogBitesBack: Clyde gets bullied by Marty and George throughout the whole film and finally snaps [[spoiler: when Marty wants to bury the body]].
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Rocky
** TheLancer: Marty (also doubles as TheBigGuy)
** TheSmartGuy: Sam
** TheFace: Clyde
** TheChick: Millie
** SixthRanger: George
* HairOfGold: Millie has white-blonde hair which is appropriate for the most innocent of the group. She wears a lot of white too.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: George slams the door on himself when he makes a crack about Marty's father and then further digs himself into it when he taunts the others after finding out about the prank]].
* {{Irony}}: George makes fun of Millie, Sam and Clyde for not wanting to play Truth or Dare not knowing that they are trying to protect him.
* JerkassWoobie: George, a misunderstood kid with a learning disability that has no clue how to function socially. Also Marty who has a dead father, a useless mother and a bastard older brother.
* NotSoAboveItAll: After being taunted by George, Millie tells the others to start the Truth or Dare game.
* NotSoDifferent: The film seems to suggest that this is the case with Marty and George.
* PrecisionFStrike: Innocent little Millie lets loose two f-bombs [[spoiler: when she can't revive George]].
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: George gives one to Millie, Sam, Clyde and Marty [[spoiler: when he finds out about the prank]].
* ShipTease: In-universe, Rocky dares [[ToyShip Sam and Millie to kiss]] and Marty forces them to.
* TotallyRadical: Averted to a degree. There's no eighties slang from the kids (the creator is an 80s kid) but for some reason they act as if Super Soakers are the best thing ever and reference fantasising about Heather Locklear and Shannen Doherty who would have been in their 40s when the film came out.
