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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Basically the main ongoing theme here, as the naïve protagonist falls head over heels for someone they don't know is dangerous, and ignores or rationalizes away all the red flags. Creator/KristaAllen in particular turns the {{Ditz}} factor way up when she plays the heroine.

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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Basically the main ongoing theme here, as the naïve protagonist falls head over heels for someone they don't know is dangerous, and ignores or rationalizes away all the red flags. Creator/KristaAllen in particular turns the {{Ditz}} TheDitz factor way up when she plays the heroine.

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** In ''The Wrong Life Coach'', Liz (the titular character) is revealed to have had parents who were emotionally abusive towards her when they weren't neglecting her.



* BigManOnCampus: Danny from ''The Wrong High School Sweetheart'' is established as having been this in high school and college before an injury put an end to his baseball career. His present day villainy is fueled by his insane desire to relive his glory days.



** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', who behaves like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.

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** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', who behaves much like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.
** Danny from ''The Wrong High School Sweetheart'' is a PsychopathicManchild, being motivated by an obsession with reliving his high school/college glory days through his ex-girlfriends from that time and lashing out violently when they refuse. During the climax when he's ranting to Danielle about how unfair his life turned out, his demeanor and tone of voice is akin to a spoiled child pouting about not getting his
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* PassThePopcorn: Variation in ''The Wrong Life Coach'', where Liz (the title character) enjoys a glass of wine as she watches her victim Jordan on the hidden camera she planted in Jordan's house.

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* PassThePopcorn: Variation in ''The Wrong Life Coach'', where Liz (the title character) enjoys a glass of wine as she watches her victim Jordan on the hidden camera she planted in Jordan's house.house, freaking out after Liz anonymously sexts her boyfriend in a ploy to ruin their relationship.
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* OneSteveLimit: An odd aversion, with the villains of ''The Wrong Student'' and ''The Wrong Stepmother'' being entirely different characters who are both named Maddie Sawyer.
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* FullyClothedNudity: In ''The Wrong Life Coach'', sexy pics that Liz takes of Jordan and of herself figure into the storyline (mainly as a blackmail technique), and are even called "nudes" in the movie, but the women are lingerie-clad in the ones that we see.


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* PassThePopcorn: Variation in ''The Wrong Life Coach'', where Liz (the title character) enjoys a glass of wine as she watches her victim Jordan on the hidden camera she planted in Jordan's house.
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* CastingGag: ''The Wrong Life Coach'' features both Allison [=McAtee=] and Meredith Thomas, two Lifetime movie regulars who look quite a bit alike and sometimes get mistaken for one another.

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* CastingGag: ''The Wrong Life Coach'' features both Allison [=McAtee=] and Meredith Thomas, two Lifetime movie regulars who look quite a bit alike and sometimes get mistaken for one another.another, with the revelation that [[spoiler:[=McAtee's=] character is a fraudulent life coach who's basically basing herself on Thomas's character, who happens to be ''her'' life coach.]]
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* CastingGag: ''The Wrong Life Coach'' features both Allison [=McAtee=] and Meredith Thomas, two Lifetime movie regulars who look quite a bit alike and sometimes get mistaken for one another.
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* NonActorVehicle: Website/{{Vine}} and Website/TikTok star Nate Wyatt plays stalking victim Eric in ''The Wrong Tutor''.

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* NonActorVehicle: Website/{{Vine}} and Website/TikTok Platform/TikTok star Nate Wyatt plays stalking victim Eric in ''The Wrong Tutor''.
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* NonActorVehicle: Website/{{Vine}} and Website/TikTok star Nate Wyatt plays stalking victim Eric in ''The Wrong Tutor''.
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* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: A few movies go the route of having the villain be this rather than actually hooking up with their victim, using an innocent connection between them as an excuse to become a StalkerWithACrush. Kristin in ''The Wrong House Sitter'' and Emily in ''The Wrong Tutor'' take the jobs listed in the movies' titles to get closer to their object of obsession.
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* TeenDrama: A few of the movies have teen protagonists and fit this genre, like the cheerleader ones, ''The Wrong Boy Next Door'' and ''The Wrong Valentine''.

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* TeenDrama: A few of the movies have teen protagonists and fit this genre, like including the cheerleader ones, ''The Wrong Boy Next Door'' Door'', ''The Wrong Tutor'' and ''The Wrong Valentine''.

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* HasAType: Rob in ''Film/TheWrongCheerleader'' (dark-haired high school cheerleaders) and Chris in ''The Wrong Teacher'' (blonde teachers) are established as being obsessed with specific types of victims, with the trope name itself used in the movie to describe Chris.

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* FalseRapeAccusation: After Eric spurns Emily's advances in ''The Wrong Tutor'' (i.e. he kicks her out after she sneaks into his house and lays down next to him while he's asleep), she files a sexual harassment claim against him at school.
* HasAType: Rob in ''Film/TheWrongCheerleader'' (dark-haired high school cheerleaders) and cheerleaders), Chris in ''The Wrong Teacher'' (blonde teachers) and Emily in ''The Wrong Tutor'' (high school soccer players) are established as being obsessed with specific types of victims, with the trope name itself used in the movie to describe Chris.
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** A lot of the movies have premises that seem like they took the plot of a Creator/HallmarkChannel romance movie, but turned the dashing love interest into a villain. This seems to have literally been the case with ''The Wrong Prince Charming'', where screenwriter Adam Rockoff took the premise of his earlier Creator/{{Ion}} movie ''A Royal Christmas Engagement'' (an attractive young businesswoman takes on a boyishly handsome client who turns out to be a European royal named Prince Edward) and subverted it. And the kicker: the same actor (James Nitti) plays both Prince Edwards!

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** A lot of the movies have premises that seem like they took the plot of a Creator/HallmarkChannel romance movie, but turned the dashing love interest into a villain. This seems to have literally been the case with ''The Wrong Prince Charming'', where screenwriter Adam Rockoff took the premise of his earlier Creator/{{Ion}} [[Creator/IonTelevision Ion]] movie ''A Royal Christmas Engagement'' (an attractive young businesswoman takes on a boyishly handsome client who turns out to be a European royal named Prince Edward) and subverted it. And the kicker: the same actor (James Nitti) plays both Prince Edwards!
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Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong has a full list of the movies]] (though their cast lists often don't jibe with who actually plays the main roles).

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Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Website/{{Wikipedia}} [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong has a full list of the movies]] (though their cast lists often don't jibe with who actually plays the main roles).
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* PsychopathicWomanchild: Devan, the villainess of ''The Wrong Cheerleader Coach'', clearly has a bad case of stunted maturity, leading to daddy issues and an obsession with older men. She even has a phone case with pandas and teddy bears on it!

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* PsychopathicWomanchild: Devan, the villainess of ''The Wrong Cheerleader Coach'', clearly has a bad case of stunted maturity, leading to daddy issues and an [[LikesOlderMen obsession with older men.men]]. She even has a phone case with pandas and teddy bears on it!
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: A big plot point in ''The Wrong Teacher'', since high school teacher Charlotte sleeps with Chris after they meet at a bookstore, and, while there's an age gap between them, she has no reason to assume he's not in his [=20s=]. Instead, she's completely dumbfounded when he walks in to her classroom as a new student.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: A big plot point in ''The Wrong Teacher'', since high school teacher Charlotte sleeps with Chris after they meet at a bookstore, and, while there's an age gap between them, she has no reason to assume suspect he's not in his [=20s=]. Instead, she's completely dumbfounded when he walks in to her classroom as a new student.
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* {{Yandere}}: A frequent villain, who usually graduates from innocent love interest (with a relationship often kicked off by a MeetCute) to StalkerWithACrush to this.

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* {{Yandere}}: A frequent villain, who usually graduates from innocent love interest (with a relationship often kicked off by a MeetCute) to StalkerWithACrush to this.this.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: A big plot point in ''The Wrong Teacher'', since high school teacher Charlotte sleeps with Chris after they meet at a bookstore, and, while there's an age gap between them, she has no reason to assume he's not in his [=20s=]. Instead, she's completely dumbfounded when he walks in to her classroom as a new student.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''The Wrong Teacher''. After bearing witness to some inappropriate behavior between Chris (a student) and Charlotte (his English teacher), vice principal Clark confronts Charlotte and makes a point of ranting about how gross it is when people respond to cases of female teachers taking advantage of male students as if the boys are "lucky" and treat the serious crime like it's a joke. The movie itself averts this trope, as Charlotte only has sex with Chris before finding out he's a high school student and immediately begins rejecting his advances when she learns the truth.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''The Wrong Teacher''. After bearing witness to some inappropriate behavior between Chris (a student) and Charlotte (his English teacher), vice principal Clark confronts Charlotte and makes a point of ranting about how gross it is when people respond to cases of female teachers taking advantage of male students as if the boys are "lucky" and treat the serious crime like it's a joke. The movie itself averts this trope, as Charlotte only has sex with Chris before finding out he's a high school student and immediately begins rejecting his advances when she learns the truth.truth (he also claims to be 18).
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** In both ''The Wrong Friend'' and ''The Wrong Teacher'', the villain is a handsome sociopathic teen boy named Chris.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''The Wrong Teacher''. After bearing witness to some inappropriate behavior between Chris (a student) and Charlotte (his English teacher), vice principal Clark makes confronts Charlotte and makes a point of ranting about how gross it is when people respond to case of female teachers taking advantage of male students as if the boys are "lucky" and treat the serious crime like it's a joke. The movie itself averts this trope, as Charlotte only has sex with Chris before she finds out he's a high school student and immediately begins rejecting his advances when she learns the truth.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''The Wrong Teacher''. After bearing witness to some inappropriate behavior between Chris (a student) and Charlotte (his English teacher), vice principal Clark makes confronts Charlotte and makes a point of ranting about how gross it is when people respond to case cases of female teachers taking advantage of male students as if the boys are "lucky" and treat the serious crime like it's a joke. The movie itself averts this trope, as Charlotte only has sex with Chris before she finds finding out he's a high school student and immediately begins rejecting his advances when she learns the truth.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''The Wrong Teacher''. After bearing witness to some inappropriate behavior between Chris (a student) and Charlotte (his English teacher), vice principal Clark makes confronts Charlotte and makes a point of ranting about how gross it is when people respond to case of female teachers taking advantage of male students as if the boys are "lucky" and treat the serious crime like it's a joke. The movie itself averts this trope, as Charlotte only has sex with Chris before she finds out he's a high school student and immediately begins rejecting his advances when she learns the truth.


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* WhatTheHellHero: In ''The Wrong Friend'', Riley chews Principal Atkins out for having allowed [[TeensAreMonsters Chris Andrews]] to enroll at her high school, despite knowing about his past as a rapist.
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* ConversationalTroping: Characters in ''The Wrong Child'' discuss the similarity of the story's main plot points to ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'' and ''[[Literature/{{Ripliad}} The Talented Mr. Ripley]]''.


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* LukeYouAreMyFather: In ''The Wrong Child'', a 19-year-old man named Andrew shows up at the doorstep of wealthy architect Charles and his shop owner wife Renee (a rare Creator/VivicaAFox lead role) claiming to be his illegitimate son from a past fling. Charles is skeptical and treats Andrew coolly, which upsets Renee, but a DNA test confirms it.[[spoiler:Turns out the test was faked and Andrew is an imposter working in cahoots with Charles to help ruin the marriage, after Charles blew most of the couple's wealth]].
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* NeverMyFault: This is a popular form of {{Gaslighting}} by the villains of this series, whenever they get called out for inappropriate behavior. It generally falls into either accusing someone else of trying to make them look bad, or playing the "I was just trying to help you" card.

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** Gina Hiraizumi (in ''The Wrong Fiancé'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', and ''The Wrong Wedding Planner'') thrice plays a woman who gets killed because SheKnowsTooMuch about the villain. The same applies to Tracy Nelson, whose characters in ''The Wrong Child'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', ''The Wrong House Sitter'', and ''The Wrong High School Sweetheart'' all meet a similar fate.

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** Gina Hiraizumi (in ''The Wrong Fiancé'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', and ''The Wrong Wedding Planner'') thrice plays a woman who gets killed because SheKnowsTooMuch about the villain.
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The same applies to Tracy Nelson, Creator/TracyNelson, whose characters in ''The Wrong Child'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', ''The Wrong House Sitter'', and ''The Wrong High School Sweetheart'' all meet a similar fate.
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** Gina Hiraizumi (in ''The Wrong Fiancé'' and ''The Wrong Stepmother'') twice plays a woman who gets killed because SheKnowsTooMuch about the villain.

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** Gina Hiraizumi (in ''The Wrong Fiancé'' Fiancé'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', and ''The Wrong Stepmother'') twice Wedding Planner'') thrice plays a woman who gets killed because SheKnowsTooMuch about the villain. The same applies to Tracy Nelson, whose characters in ''The Wrong Child'', ''The Wrong Stepmother'', ''The Wrong House Sitter'', and ''The Wrong High School Sweetheart'' all meet a similar fate.

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* BettyAndVeronica: In ''The Wrong Stepmother'', Michael's pleasant, somewhat shy co-worker Cynthia is in love with him, only to watch him get in a relationship with the mysterious Maddie.

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* BettyAndVeronica: In ''The Wrong Stepmother'', Michael's pleasant, nice, somewhat shy co-worker Cynthia is in love with him, only to watch him get in a relationship with the mysterious Maddie.



** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', a StepfordSmiler who behaves like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.

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** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', a StepfordSmiler who behaves like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.


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* StepfordSmiler: Phoebe (''The Wrong Mommy'') and Maddie (''The Wrong Stepmother'') are both outwardly pleasant, friendly, attractive women who try to pitch themselves as an ideal wife and mother, but that hides a strong psychotic streak that sometimes leads to violence.

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* BettyAndVeronica: In ''The Wrong Stepmother'', Michael's pleasant, somewhat shy co-worker Cynthia is in love with him, only to watch him get in a relationship with the mysterious Maddie.



* ChronicallyKilledActor: Characters played by Creator/EricRoberts tend to get murdered by the villain at some point.

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** Gina Hiraizumi (in ''The Wrong Fiancé'' and ''The Wrong Stepmother'') twice plays a woman who gets killed because SheKnowsTooMuch about the villain.



* NeverTrustATitle: ''The Wrong Stepmother'' and ''The Wrong Stepfather'' are inaccurately titled, as neither title character is married to their respective partners during the story proper. ''The Wrong Stepfather'' is closer to the truth, seeing as how Craig and Karen are ''engaged'' to be married.

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* NeverTrustATitle: ''The Wrong Stepmother'' and ''The Wrong Stepfather'' are inaccurately titled, as neither title character is married to their respective partners during the story proper. ''The Wrong Stepfather'' is closer to the truth, seeing as how Craig and Karen are ''engaged'' to be married.married, while in ''The Wrong Stepmother'' Maddie is Michael's girlfriend he met online, who infiltrates his family and passes herself off as the stepmother (and even the biological mother) of his daughters at several points.



** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', who behaves like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.

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** The same can be said for Maddie from ''The Wrong Stepmother'', a StepfordSmiler who behaves like a spoiled teenage girl whenever things don't go her way.
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* TyopOnTheCover: '''[[Creator/DominiqueSwain Dominque]]''' [''sic''] [[Creator/DominiqueSwain Swain]] is listed in the opening credits of ''The Wrong Teacher''.
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As you can surmise from that description, the series doesn't take itself all that seriously, and a typical ''Wrong'' movie features broadly-written characters, hammy acting, and a fair share of {{Fanservice}}, always from the guys, but the women also contribute as well.

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As you can surmise from that description, the series doesn't take itself all that seriously, and a typical ''Wrong'' movie features broadly-written characters, hammy acting, and a fair share of {{Fanservice}}, always from the guys, but the women also often contribute as well.



* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Alluded to in ''The Wrong Mommy'' when Phoebe shows up to work in a snakeskin-print shirt and her co-workers confront her.

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* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Alluded to in ''The Wrong Mommy'' when Phoebe shows up to work in a snakeskin-print shirt and her Phoebe's co-workers confront her.her while she wears a snakeskin-print shirt.
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* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Alluded to in ''The Wrong Mommy'' when Phoebe shows up to work in a snakeskin-print shirt and her co-workers confront her.
-->'''Laura''': I know what you are.
-->'''Phoebe''': And how do you know that?
-->'''Laura''': 'Cause I'm good at spotting snakes.

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