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* DeathBySex: Played straight as an arrow as [[spoiler: Court dies soon after Maureen and he lose their virginity to one another.]]



%%* OverprotectiveDad: Matt, to a fault

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%%* OverprotectiveDad: Matt, * SexSignalsDeath: [[spoiler: Court dies soon after Maureen and he lose their virginity to a fault one another.]]



* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Court becomes gravely injured after falling out of his tractor and dies shortly after]].

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* LoveTriangle: Dani is in love with Court but he and Maureen fall in love near instantly, leaving poor Dani feeling as the odd man out.



* TriangRelations: Type Four. Dani is in love with Court but he and Maureen fall in love near instantly, leaving poor Dani feeling as the odd man out.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Dani falls in love with Court. While she does receive her first kiss from him, he doesn't love her back. This becomes even more pronounced when he falls in LoveAtFirstSight with her older sister Maureen.


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* DeathBySex: Played straight as an arrow as [[spoiler: Court dies soon after Maureen and he lose their virginity to one another.]]


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* TriangRelations: Type Four. Dani is in love with Court but he and Maureen fall in love near instantly, leaving poor Dani feeling as the odd man out.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Court dies in a tragic tractor plowing accident]], leaving Dani and Maureen heartbroken. Despite her grief, Dani learns to forgive Maureen and comforts her as she weeps on [[spoiler:Court's fresh grave]]. The film ends with the two sisters talking on the porch at night as the summer draws to a close. Looking up at the moon, Dani and Maureen become close again as they promise that they will always have each other.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Court dies in a tragic tractor plowing accident]], leaving Dani and Maureen heartbroken. Despite her grief, Dani learns to forgive Maureen and comforts her as she weeps on [[spoiler:Court's fresh grave]]. The film ends with the two sisters Dani and Maureen talking on the porch at night as the summer draws to a close. Looking up at the moon, Dani and Maureen become close, becoming close again as they promise that they will always have each other.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Court dies in a tragic tractor plowing accident]], leaving Dani and Maureen heartbroken. Despite her grief, Dani learns to forgive Maureen and comforts her as she weeps on [[spoiler:Court's fresh grave]]. The film ends with the two sisters talking on the porch at night as the summer draws to a close. Looking up at the moon, Dani and Maureen become close again as they promise that they will always have each other.



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->''Dani: "You know, sometimes I think that nothing's ever gonna make sense again."''
->''Maureen: "Maybe life's not supposed to make sense."''
->''Dani: "Doesn't that scare you?"''
->''Maureen: "Yes, it does."''
->''Dani: "I wish I could still talk to the man in the moon. Don't you?"''
->''Maureen: "It would be nice."''
->''Dani: "Maureen?"''
->''Maureen: "What?"''
->''Dani: "Will we always talk to each other?"''
->''Maureen: "Always."''

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%% * AgeG apRomance: Dani is 14 years old and Court is 17.

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%% * AgeG apRomance: AgeGapRomance: Dani is 14 years old and Court is 17.



* AutoErotica: When Maureen says that she wants to leave the dance early, Billy assumes that this was what she had in mind. Actually, she just wanted to get away from his creepy father.

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* AutoErotica: Averted. When Maureen says that she wants to leave the dance early, Billy assumes that this was what she had in mind. Actually, she just wanted to get away from his creepy father.



%%* ComingOfAgeStory

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%%* ComingOfAgeStory* ComingOfAgeStory: Dani is in the early stages of adolescence and experiences first love, sibling rivalry, and heartbreak.



* CryIntoChest: Dani does this to her father after [[spoiler:she sees from his face that Court is dead]], though it's played with in she beats his chest with her tiny fists first.

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* CryIntoChest: Dani does this to her father after [[spoiler:she sees from his face that Court is dead]], though it's played with as in she beats his chest with her tiny fists first.



%%* FirstLove: Court to Dani

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%%* * FirstLove: Dani develops a crush on Court, who replaces her love for [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]]. After becoming close, Court agrees to Danibe Dani's first kiss. She later confesses she's in love with him, [[spoiler: though it's not requited]].
* {{Forgiveness}}: This becomes a major theme in the film when Dani initially doesn't want to forgive Maureen for [[spoiler: being with Court. Matthew reasons with Dani that being angry won't bring Court back, and that Maureen will be Dani's sister for life]].



%%* MiddleChildSyndrome: Dani

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%%* * MiddleChildSyndrome: DaniDani is the daughter between older sis Maureen and younger sister Missy. With her mother expecting another child, Dani is sometimes lost in the shuffle, and she takes advantage of this by shirking her chores to swim at the creek.



* TooDumbToLive: Court reaches for his hat which is hanging on a tree branch while standing on a moving tractor [[spoiler: only to fall off and get run over and killed]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Court reaches Court, while plowing the field on a tractor, daydreams about Maureen and stands up to reach for his hat which is hanging hat on a tree branch while standing on a moving tractor branch, [[spoiler: only which causes him to fall off and get run over and killed]].by the tractor]].
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* AgeGapRomance: Dani is 14 years old and Court is 17.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Court's twin brothers Dennis and Rob might count as this.

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%% * AgeGapRomance: AgeG apRomance: Dani is 14 years old and Court is 17.
* %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Court's twin brothers Dennis and Rob might count as this.



* ComingOfAgeStory

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* %%* ComingOfAgeStory



* FirstLove: Court to Dani

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* %%* FirstLove: Court to Dani



* MiddleChildSyndrome: Dani

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* %%* MiddleChildSyndrome: Dani



* OverprotectiveDad: Matt, to a fault

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* %%* OverprotectiveDad: Matt, to a fault
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Dani's life changes when she meets 17-year-old Court Foster (Jason London), who just moved back along with his widowed mother Marie (Gail Strickland) and twin brothers, and falls in love with him. Soon her summer of first love turns tragic and her life changes.

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Dani's life changes when she meets 17-year-old Court Foster (Jason London), (Creator/JasonLondon), who just moved back along with his widowed mother Marie (Gail Strickland) and twin brothers, and falls in love with him. Soon her summer of first love turns tragic and her life changes.

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