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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Dean.
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** Near the end of the film, her dad actually brings this fact up saying that people seem to think that he's of a lower class because he cleans pools, but he owns his own business and does have a nice house with its own pool and the neighbourhood looks like one that would have a lot of pools, so he probably does make a respectable amount of money. The comment was probably just meant to belittle Laney's father for having a blue collar job rather than imply he doesn't make much money from it.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Insufferable ''[[TheRealWorld Real World]]'' cast member Brock Hudson is not in any way related to Puck Rainey.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The Jester Theatre scene.
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* MeaningfulName: Laney is named after two WinonaRyder characters -- Lelaina Pierce from ''Film/RealityBites'', and Kim Boggs from ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''. Also, her first name is one consonant away from [[MyFairLady "Lady"]].
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* MeaningfulName: Laney is named after two WinonaRyder characters -- Lelaina Pierce from ''Film/RealityBites'', and Kim Boggs from ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''. Also, her first name is one consonant away from [[MyFairLady [[Theatre/MyFairLady "Lady"]].
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* AlmostKiss: Zack and Laney, before Laney [[MomentKiller makes a joke about prom]]
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* AlmostKiss: Zack and Laney, before Laney [[MomentKiller makes a joke about prom]]prom]].
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GrandStaircaseEntrance: The entrance to the prom dance is a rather long and fancy spiraling staircase.
*HighSchoolDanceHandOrObjectUnderwear: See NakedPeopleAreFunny below.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunnyNakedPeopleAreFunny: [[spoiler: Turns out that losing the bet meant Zack had to show up for graduation wearing nothing but his graduation cap and a volleyball for some HandOrObjectUnderwear. He ditches the volleyball (offscreen, with it landing in Laney's hands for a ReactionShot) upon going on stage.]]
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* TomboyishPonytail: Laney sports one prior to her GirlinessUpgrade.
* TomboyishPonytail: Laney sports one prior to her GirlinessUpgrade.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted by Creator/RachaelLeighCook who actually was a teenager but played straight by others, especially Gabrielle Union and Paul Walker who were both in their mid-twenties at time of filming.
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* StockParody: After 1999, "Girl descends the stairs after getting a makeover" became one of these. (Both ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' and ''CloneHigh'' did it.)
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Which itself was first done in]] ''{{Literature/Rebecca}}''.
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* StockParody: After 1999, "Girl descends the stairs after getting a makeover" became one of these. (Both ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' and ''CloneHigh'' did it.)
**) [[OlderThanTheyThink Which itself Though it was done first done in]] ''{{Literature/Rebecca}}''.
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A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is [[AdaptationDisplacement better known]] by the musical it spawned, ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
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A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook Creator/RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is [[AdaptationDisplacement better known]] by the musical it spawned, ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.
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Although Laney vows not to attend prom, the night of Dean shows up at her house and offers to take her. At the dance, he brags to his friends about how he's going to sleep with her. A friend of Laney's overhears and reports it to Zack, who tries to stop the proposed carnality. Meanwhile, the Prom King and Queen are being announced. Who will be the winner? Will Zack stop Dean? Will he and Laney reunite? What do you think? [[spoiler:You might be wrong!]]
The movie was incredibly popular in its day and spawned a whole bunch of parodies; probably the best and best known is ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
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Although Laney vows not to attend prom, the night of Dean shows up at her house and offers to take her. At the dance, he brags to his friends about how he's going to sleep with her. A friend of Laney's overhears and reports it to Zack, who tries to stop the proposed carnality. Meanwhile, the Prom King and Queen are being announced. Who will be the winner? Will Zack stop Dean? Will he and Laney reunite? What do you think? [[spoiler:You might be wrong!]]
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The movie was incredibly popular in its day and spawned a whole bunch of parodies; probably the best and best known is''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
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* AlphaBitch: Taylor Vaughan. Emphasis on ''bitch''. It’s actually hinted in dialogue ''many'' times throughout the film that no one -- not even her own GirlPosse -- can abide her.
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* AlphaBitch: Taylor Vaughan. Emphasis on ''bitch''. It’s actually hinted in dialogue ''many'' times throughout the film that no one -- not even her own GirlPosse -- can abide her. Indeed, by the end of the movie many of her friends seem to be quite firmly on Laney's side.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Mackenzie is [[Film/{{X-Men}} Rogue]] and [[TrueBlood Sookie Stackhouse]]. There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo of [[Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}} Sarah Michelle Gellar]] at the beginning of the cafeteria scene. Hey, is that [[Film/{{American Pie}} The Sherminator]] putting his pubes on Simon's pizza?
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Brock Hudson. Nothing says it better than getting a portrait tattoo of ''yourself.''
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Insufferable ''[[TheRealWorld Real World]]'' cast member Brock Hudson is not in any way related to Puck Rainey.
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* MeaningfulName: Laney is named after two WinonaRyder characters -- Lelaina Pierce from ''RealityBites'', and Kim Boggs from ''EdwardScissorhands''. Also, her first name is one consonant away from [[MyFairLady "Lady"]].
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A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is [[AdaptationDisplacement better known]] by the musical it spawned, ''MyFairLady''.
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* InformedPoverty: Laney is teased with comments like "Isn't your dad my pool man?", yet she lives in a very nice house. Cleaning pools must be a lucrative business in the area.
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A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is [[AdaptationDisplacement better know known]] by the musical it spawned, ''MyFairLady''.
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Taylor drops this on Zack when she reveals that she's leaving him for another guy rather than remaining a couple after graduation, then on Laney when Laney finds out she's [[spoiler: "just a bet" and not really ''popular'']]. Hilariously gets a taste of it herself though when the guy she leaves Zack for dumps her in order to not miss out on going back on The Real World. ''"You didn't think you were popular for real, did you? Oh you did, that's so sweet."''
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Taylor drops this on Zack when she reveals that she's leaving him for another guy rather than remaining a couple after graduation, then on Laney when Laney finds out she's [[spoiler: "just a bet" and not really ''popular'']]. Hilariously gets a taste of it herself though when the guy she leaves left Zack for dumps her in order to not miss out on going back on The Real World. ''"You didn't think you were popular for real, did you? Oh you did, that's so sweet."''
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Taylor drops this on Zack when she reveals that she's leaving him for another guy rather than remaining a couple after graduation, then on Laney when Laney finds out she's [[spoiler: "just a bet" and not really ''popular'']]. Hilariously gets a taste of it herself though when the guy she leaves Zack for dumps her in order to not miss out on going back on The Real World. ''"You didn't think you were popular for real, did you? Oh you did, that's so sweet."''
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* SteelEarDrums: Averted, and the aversion played for laughs. When [[spoiler: Dean]] doesn't take no for an answer, it is later revealed that Laney unloaded a foghorn in his ear. When his name is called at graduation, he replies with a "'''[[NoIndoorVoice WHAT?!]]'''"
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* IronicEcho: "Did you honestly think I'd leave for college still dating you? Oh, you did. How sweet."
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->''"Is that true? Am I a bet, am I a bet, [[PrecisionFStrike am I a FUCKING BET?!]]"''
A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is better know by the musical it spawned, ''MyFairLady''.
Zack is the BigManOnCampus and has everything going for him: Hot girlfriend, his choice of university, school soccer star, student council president. When his girlfriend dumps him, Zack bets his friend Dean that he can replace her and make any girl in school prom queen in just six weeks. Dean takes that bet and selects Laney, a poor but clever art student, to be the object of Zack's experiment. Zack gets to work.
Laney is at first hostile to Zack's attempts to get close to her; she's odd but likes herself just the way she is. Eventually, though, Zack worms his way into her friends circle and convinces her to undergo a makeover. Just as the two are getting close, Dean decides he wants Laney for himself. He asks Laney to prom, and when she says no, he reveals that the only reason Zack got close to her was to win a bet. Heartbroken, Laney confronts Zack and shouts the now-infamous line: "Am I a bet? Am I a fucking bet?"
Although Laney vows not to attend prom, the night of Dean shows up at her house and offers to take her. At the dance, he brags to his friends about how he's going to sleep with her. A friend of Laney's overhears and reports it to Zack, who tries to stop the proposed carnality. Meanwhile, the Prom King and Queen are being announced. Who will be the winner? Will Zack stop Dean? Will he and Laney reunite? What do you think? [[spoiler:You might be wrong!]]
The movie was incredibly popular in its day and spawned a whole bunch of parodies; probably the best and best known is ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
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!!This movie provides example of:
* AlmostKiss: Zack and Laney, before Laney [[MomentKiller makes a joke about prom]]
* AlphaBitch: Taylor Vaughan. Emphasis on ''bitch''. It’s actually hinted in dialogue ''many'' times throughout the film that no one -- not even her own GirlPosse -- can abide her.
* BadJobWorseUniform: Laney's falafel hat.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: In the men's room at prom, Dean boasts about his plan to score with Laney, unaware that Jesse is in a stall listening.
* TheBet: Prom variety; unusual in that [[spoiler:Zack actually loses the bet, although he does get the girl]].
* BeautifulAllAlong
* BetaCouple: Jesse/Mac
-->'''Jesse:''' Good song.
-->'''Jesse and Mac:''' (in unison) It's my favorite.
-->'''Jesse:''' I'm Jesse Jackson. I'm not a good dancer.
-->'''Mac:''' I'm Mac. I go to a school with 500 chicks.
* BigManOnCampus
* BlackBestFriend: Preston for Zack and Katie for Taylor.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Dean
* BurgerFool: Laney has a job at some sort of fast food falafel place.
* CatapultNightmare: After Zack's bad dream
* DawsonCasting: Averted by RachaelLeighCook who actually was a teenager but played straight by others, especially Gabrielle Union and Paul Walker who were both in their mid-twenties at time of filming.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mac, though everyone gets at least a few snarky moments.
* {{Dojikko}}: Laney.
--->'''Chandler:''' It's just... I've seen you in gym class and... you run like a girl.
--->'''Laney:''' I ''am'' a girl.
--->'''Chandler:''' Oh, you know what I mean.
* FaceDoodling: After she passes out, Laney makes good use of a mean girl's makeup bag.
* GirlinessUpgrade
* TheGlassesGottaGo: One of the first steps in Laney's makeover is to take the glasses off
* GrandStaircaseEntrance
* HeyItsThatGuy: Mackenzie is [[{{Film/XMen}} Rogue]] and [[TrueBlood Sookie Stackhouse]].
* HighSchoolDance
* IronicEcho: "Did you honestly think I'd leave for college still dating you? Oh, you did. How sweet."
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Zach got into several Ivy League schools.
* JeopardyIntelligenceTest: Subverted; Laney's dad plays, but he gets all the answers wrong.
* JerkJock: Dean fits best, but Zack has his moments, too.
* KissDiss: The first sign Zack's about to get dumped is his girlfriend evades his kiss. Sort of mirrored later, when Zack leaves Laney hanging in an AlmostKiss.
* LadyInRed: Taylor and Laney at Preston's WildTeenParty.
* TheMakeover
* MaleGaze: Used hilariously doing a beach volleyball match.
* MissingMom
* MomentKiller: Laney does this to herself ''twice'': When she trips on the stairs, and when she makes a joke before she and Zack kiss.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* PrecisionFStrike: With the camera turned away (for ease of editing for network TV), Laney uses the PG-13-rated movie's single alloted F-bomb to glorious effect.
* PygmalionPlot
* TheReveal: The famous "walking down the staircase" scene.
* SettingUpdate
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Real World'' (although that's actually a real show).
* StockParody: After 1999, "Girl descends the stairs after getting a makeover" became one of these. (Both ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' and ''CloneHigh'' did it.)
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Which itself was first done in]] ''{{Rebecca}}''.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding
* TitleDrop: During the prom rap scene.
* TomboyishPonytail
* WildTeenParty: Preston's bash when his parents are out.
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->''"Is that true? Am I a bet, am I a bet, [[PrecisionFStrike am I a FUCKING BET?!]]"''
A 1999 teen romantic-comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and RachaelLeighCook (in her first leading role). It's a HighSchool modernization of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion'', which is better know by the musical it spawned, ''MyFairLady''.
Zack is the BigManOnCampus and has everything going for him: Hot girlfriend, his choice of university, school soccer star, student council president. When his girlfriend dumps him, Zack bets his friend Dean that he can replace her and make any girl in school prom queen in just six weeks. Dean takes that bet and selects Laney, a poor but clever art student, to be the object of Zack's experiment. Zack gets to work.
Laney is at first hostile to Zack's attempts to get close to her; she's odd but likes herself just the way she is. Eventually, though, Zack worms his way into her friends circle and convinces her to undergo a makeover. Just as the two are getting close, Dean decides he wants Laney for himself. He asks Laney to prom, and when she says no, he reveals that the only reason Zack got close to her was to win a bet. Heartbroken, Laney confronts Zack and shouts the now-infamous line: "Am I a bet? Am I a fucking bet?"
Although Laney vows not to attend prom, the night of Dean shows up at her house and offers to take her. At the dance, he brags to his friends about how he's going to sleep with her. A friend of Laney's overhears and reports it to Zack, who tries to stop the proposed carnality. Meanwhile, the Prom King and Queen are being announced. Who will be the winner? Will Zack stop Dean? Will he and Laney reunite? What do you think? [[spoiler:You might be wrong!]]
The movie was incredibly popular in its day and spawned a whole bunch of parodies; probably the best and best known is ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''.
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!!This movie provides example of:
* AlmostKiss: Zack and Laney, before Laney [[MomentKiller makes a joke about prom]]
* AlphaBitch: Taylor Vaughan. Emphasis on ''bitch''. It’s actually hinted in dialogue ''many'' times throughout the film that no one -- not even her own GirlPosse -- can abide her.
* BadJobWorseUniform: Laney's falafel hat.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: In the men's room at prom, Dean boasts about his plan to score with Laney, unaware that Jesse is in a stall listening.
* TheBet: Prom variety; unusual in that [[spoiler:Zack actually loses the bet, although he does get the girl]].
* BeautifulAllAlong
* BetaCouple: Jesse/Mac
-->'''Jesse:''' Good song.
-->'''Jesse and Mac:''' (in unison) It's my favorite.
-->'''Jesse:''' I'm Jesse Jackson. I'm not a good dancer.
-->'''Mac:''' I'm Mac. I go to a school with 500 chicks.
* BigManOnCampus
* BlackBestFriend: Preston for Zack and Katie for Taylor.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Dean
* BurgerFool: Laney has a job at some sort of fast food falafel place.
* CatapultNightmare: After Zack's bad dream
* DawsonCasting: Averted by RachaelLeighCook who actually was a teenager but played straight by others, especially Gabrielle Union and Paul Walker who were both in their mid-twenties at time of filming.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mac, though everyone gets at least a few snarky moments.
* {{Dojikko}}: Laney.
--->'''Chandler:''' It's just... I've seen you in gym class and... you run like a girl.
--->'''Laney:''' I ''am'' a girl.
--->'''Chandler:''' Oh, you know what I mean.
* FaceDoodling: After she passes out, Laney makes good use of a mean girl's makeup bag.
* GirlinessUpgrade
* TheGlassesGottaGo: One of the first steps in Laney's makeover is to take the glasses off
* GrandStaircaseEntrance
* HeyItsThatGuy: Mackenzie is [[{{Film/XMen}} Rogue]] and [[TrueBlood Sookie Stackhouse]].
* HighSchoolDance
* IronicEcho: "Did you honestly think I'd leave for college still dating you? Oh, you did. How sweet."
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Zach got into several Ivy League schools.
* JeopardyIntelligenceTest: Subverted; Laney's dad plays, but he gets all the answers wrong.
* JerkJock: Dean fits best, but Zack has his moments, too.
* KissDiss: The first sign Zack's about to get dumped is his girlfriend evades his kiss. Sort of mirrored later, when Zack leaves Laney hanging in an AlmostKiss.
* LadyInRed: Taylor and Laney at Preston's WildTeenParty.
* TheMakeover
* MaleGaze: Used hilariously doing a beach volleyball match.
* MissingMom
* MomentKiller: Laney does this to herself ''twice'': When she trips on the stairs, and when she makes a joke before she and Zack kiss.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* PrecisionFStrike: With the camera turned away (for ease of editing for network TV), Laney uses the PG-13-rated movie's single alloted F-bomb to glorious effect.
* PygmalionPlot
* TheReveal: The famous "walking down the staircase" scene.
* SettingUpdate
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Real World'' (although that's actually a real show).
* StockParody: After 1999, "Girl descends the stairs after getting a makeover" became one of these. (Both ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' and ''CloneHigh'' did it.)
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Which itself was first done in]] ''{{Rebecca}}''.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding
* TitleDrop: During the prom rap scene.
* TomboyishPonytail
* WildTeenParty: Preston's bash when his parents are out.
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