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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they were forced to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity—and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. But Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of When Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they were forced to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity—and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. But Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* CoolLoser: Wilma is smart, nice, and likable, but her reputation at school is ruined after the teacher reads her embarrassing essay about her dog in front of the class.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone at school.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is either mocked and or ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone at school.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone at school.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone at school.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends is befriended by a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Suzanne, the popularity-seeker who takes pleasure in bullying the unpopular kids, is apparently one of the "brains" who only attends Claverford because she's a very smart student, just like Wilma. Wilma, however, don't consider her smart.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Suzanne, the popularity-seeker who takes pleasure in bullying the unpopular kids, is apparently one of the "brains" who only attends Claverford because she's a very smart student, just like Wilma. Wilma, however, don't doesn't consider her smart.
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* BigOlUnibrow: Jared, it's the reason why Wilma finds him unattractive at first. She changes her mind after they start dating.
* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry. Jared jokingly says she ought to have asked for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass the wish on to someone else by advising a nearby boy to do a good deed for the old lady.
* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry. Jared jokingly says she ought to have asked for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass the wish on to someone else by advising a nearby boy to do a good deed for the old lady.
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* BigOlUnibrow: Jared, it's Jared has one. It's the reason why Wilma finds him unattractive at first. She changes her mind after they start dating.
* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry.Jared Jared, on hearing about the old lady, jokingly says she ought to have asked wished for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. porpoise or elephant. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but that she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass the wish on to someone else by advising a nearby boy to do a good deed for the old lady.
* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they were forced to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they were forced to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and popularity—and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though But Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Wilma's dog Reggie was her only friend before the wish.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After spending most of her school years being ignored, Wilma wants to keep her new popularity at any cost
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After spending most of her school years being ignored, Wilma wants to keep her new popularity at any cost
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Wilma's dog Reggie dog, Reggie, was her only friend before the wish.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After spending most of her school years being ignored, Wilma wants to keep her new popularity at anycostcost.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After spending most of her school years being ignored, Wilma wants to keep her new popularity at any
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** Played straight with Daphne who is the smartest and most unpopular girl in the school.
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* LiteralGenie: The "old lady." Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period. Or, as Jared jokingly points out, to ask for a pet chimpanzee or narwhal.)
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* LiteralGenie: The "old lady." Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period. Or, as Jared jokingly points out, to ask for a pet chimpanzee porpoise or narwhal.elephant.)
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and [=BeeBee=] is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: NiceMeanAndInBetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and [=BeeBee=] is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: The wish made Wilma universally adored by everyone, so Wilma is not happy when Stephanie, an old friend of [=BeeBee=] and Nina, still doesn't like her. It turns out to be a case of ExactWords as Wilma's wish was "being the most popular girl at Claverford" and Stephanie is from another school. Stephanie still sees Wilma as the same person as before (not hateable but still nothing special) and doesn't understand what's so great about her.
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: The wish made Wilma universally adored by everyone, so Wilma is not happy when Stephanie, an old friend of [=BeeBee=] [=BeeBee's=] and Nina, Nina's, still doesn't like her. It turns out to be a case of ExactWords as Wilma's wish was "being the most popular girl at Claverford" Claverford," and Stephanie is from another school. Stephanie still sees Wilma as the same person as before (not hateable but still nothing special) and doesn't understand what's so great about her.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Suzanne, the popularity-seeker who takes pleasure in bullying the unpopular kids, is apparently one of the "brains" who only attends Claverford because she's a very smart student, just like Wilma. Wilma, however, don't cosiderer her smart.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Suzanne, the popularity-seeker who takes pleasure in bullying the unpopular kids, is apparently one of the "brains" who only attends Claverford because she's a very smart student, just like Wilma. Wilma, however, don't cosiderer consider her smart.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Suzanne, the popularity-seeker who takes pleasure in bullying the unpopular kids, is apparently one of the "brains" who only attends Claverford because she's a very smart student, just like Wilma. Wilma, however, don't cosiderer her smart.
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* EvilCounterpart: Suzanne to Wilma. Both desperately want to be popular and hang out with the school's GirlPosse. Unlike Suzanne, Wilma is never mean to the unpopular students, never badmouths people behind their back, and genuinely tries to be a true friend.
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* ScholarshipStudent: Discussed. Wilma explains near the beginning of the book that everyone at Claverford is either smart and got a scholarship or has rich parents, and that everyone knows who is a "Brain" and who is a "Wallet" (though it doesn't determine their popularity).
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover it only affect students of Claverford. The wish has no effect on those who do not attend Claverford, and it will expire as soon as she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover it only affect affects students of Claverford. The wish has no effect on those who do not attend Claverford, and it will expire as soon as she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects only affect students of Claverford. The wish has no effect on those who do not attend Claverford, and it will expire as soon as she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects it only affect students of Claverford. The wish has no effect on those who do not attend Claverford, and it will expire as soon as she graduates.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets a fairy who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets a fairy an old lady who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
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* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry. Jared jokingly says she ought to have asked for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass on the wish to someone else by advising a boy to be nice to the old lady.
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* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry. Jared jokingly says she ought to have asked for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass on the wish on to someone else by advising a nearby boy to be nice to do a good deed for the old lady.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but were forced to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* LiteralGenie: The "old lady". Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period. Or, as Jared jokingly points out, to ask for a pet chimpanzee or narwhal.)
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* LiteralGenie: The "old lady". lady." Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period. Or, as Jared jokingly points out, to ask for a pet chimpanzee or narwhal.)
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* MotorMouth: Stephanie apparently speaks very fastly, but without realizing it.
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* MotorMouth: Stephanie apparently speaks very fastly, quickly, but without realizing it.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects only affect students of Claverford, it has no effect on students who do not attend Claverford, and that it will expire the second she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects only affect students of Claverford, it Claverford. The wish has no effect on students those who do not attend Claverford, and that it will expire the second as soon as she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects only affect students of Claverford, it has no effect to students who are outside or not attending Claverford, and that it will expire the second she graduates.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is given a wish and asks to be the most popular student at her middle school, Claverford... only to discover the effects only affect students of Claverford, it has no effect to on students who are outside or do not attending attend Claverford, and that it will expire the second she graduates.
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* TheAce: Ardis is initially seen this way by Wilma, who describes her as a rich, smart, beautiful, and popular ExtracurricularEnthusiast. After Wilma starts hanging out with her, she's surprised to discover that she isn't as perfect as she appears and also used to be unpopular in her old school.
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** Ardis, a rich, smart, beautiful, and popular ExtracurricularEnthusiast, who is also loved for her kind and friendly personality. The trope is deconstructed, as she's eventually revealed to be a realistically flawed person with her own weaknesses, and also used to be unpopular in her old school. She's still one of the nicest characters in the book.
** Wilma, after she becomes popular. While she's excited to hang out with the cool kids, she's also willing to help the unpopular Daphne to make friends, and is never mean to anyone. She even tries to be polite to Suzanne, the opportunistic girl who used to bully her, and the only time she insulted Suzanne was in order to defend Daphne.
** Ardis, a rich, smart, beautiful, and popular ExtracurricularEnthusiast, who is also loved for her kind and friendly personality. The trope is deconstructed, as she's eventually revealed to be a realistically flawed person with her own weaknesses, and also used to be unpopular in her old school. She's still one of the nicest characters in the book.
** Wilma, after she becomes popular. While she's excited to hang out with the cool kids, she's also willing to help the unpopular Daphne to make friends, and is never mean to anyone. She even tries to be polite to Suzanne, the opportunistic girl who used to bully her, and the only time she insulted Suzanne was in order to defend Daphne.
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** Averted with Ardis and later Wilma who have no bitchy traits at all, despite their popularity.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the RealityEnsues of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. She tries desperately to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the RealityEnsues of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. When she desperately says she'll ask the old lady to fix things, Ardis says that's not the problem. What was the problem was that they were forced to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the RealityEnsues of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. When she She tries desperately says she'll ask to explain how much their friendship means to her by saying that if she met the old lady to fix things, again, she'd wish for their friendship instead of popularity-- and Ardis says that's not the problem. What was the problem was that they were forced points out wishing for their friendship would ''also'' force them to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is granted her wish to be the most popular person at her school. At the end of the book she realizes how unfulfilling it is to have people effectively be forced to like her, instead of getting to know her and liking her because of who she is.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is granted her given a wish and asks to be the most popular person student at her school. At middle school, Claverford... only to discover the end effects only affect students of Claverford, it has no effect to students who are outside or not attending Claverford, and that it will expire the book second she realizes how unfulfilling it is to have people effectively be forced to like her, instead of getting to know her and liking her because of who she is.graduates.
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: The wish made Wilma universally adored by everyone, so Wilma is not happy when Stepanie, an old friend of [=BeeBee=] and Nina, still doesn't like her. It turns out to be a case of ExactWords as Wilma's wish was "being the most popular girl at Claverford" and Stephanie is from another school. Stephanie still sees Wilma as the same person as before (not hateable but still nothing special) and doesn't understand what's so great about her.
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: The wish made Wilma universally adored by everyone, so Wilma is not happy when Stepanie, Stephanie, an old friend of [=BeeBee=] and Nina, still doesn't like her. It turns out to be a case of ExactWords as Wilma's wish was "being the most popular girl at Claverford" and Stephanie is from another school. Stephanie still sees Wilma as the same person as before (not hateable but still nothing special) and doesn't understand what's so great about her.
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: The wish made Wilma universally adored by everyone, so Wilma is not happy when Stepanie, an old friend of [=BeeBee=] and Nina, still doesn't like her. It turns out to be a case of ExactWords as Wilma's wish was "being the most popular girl at Claverford" and Stephanie is from another school. Stephanie still sees Wilma as the same person as before (not hateable but still nothing special) and doesn't understand what's so great about her.
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* BittersweetEnding: Even though the wish does end, Wilma keeps the friends that she actually likes, and Jared as well. Ardis, Nina and [=BeeBee=] forgive her after being initially angry. Jared jokingly says she ought to have asked for a magic pet on hearing about the old lady. The old lady in question laughs when Wilma offers to do more good things for a wish and tells her that it's not how magic works when you know you'll get rewarded for it, but she is a fine girl who will grow up to be a finer person. Wilma decides to pass on the wish to someone else by advising a boy to be nice to the old lady.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: One of the RealityEnsues of Wilma's wish is that when it wears off, her new friends are understandably angry about the fact that they weren't given a choice but to like her. When she desperately says she'll ask the old lady to fix things, Ardis says that's not the problem. What was the problem was that they were forced to like her. Though Ardis also admits that if not for the wish, none of the girls would have realized that Wilma is actually a cool person.
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* LiteralGenie: The "old lady". Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period. Or, as Jared jokingly points out, to ask for a pet chimpanzee or narwhal.)
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* NiceGirl: The old lady that grants Wilma's wish is this. She's apologetic about ending the spell on graduation night and later advises Wilma that sometimes when you get exactly what you want, you have regrets about it. Wilma wonders briefly if the old lady would turn her into a toad for pushing the issue or asking how to get more wishes, but dismisses the thought.
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** Averted with the three popular girs Ardis, Nina, and [=BeeBee=]. Even the meanest of the three, Nina, is a LovableAlphaBitch.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school (while bullying unpopular students) but it's implied that she's disliked even in her circle. In fact, the popular girls tolerate her but don't want to hang out with her outside of school.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school (while bullying unpopular students) but it's implied that she's disliked even in her circle. In fact, the popular girls tolerate her but don't want to hang out with her outside of school.
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** Averted with the three popular girs Ardis, Nina, and [=BeeBee=]. Even the meanest of the three, Nina, is a LovableAlphaBitch.
LovableAlphaBitch. Also averted with Wilma herself, who stays true to herself after she becomes popular, and even stands up for unpopular students like Daphne. No ''Film/MeanGirls'' plot here.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school(while bullying unpopular students) but it's implied that she's disliked even in her circle. In fact, the popular girls tolerate her but don't want to hang out with her outside of school.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Wilma finds her name embarrassing. Also, [=BeeBee=]'s real name is Bernice Beryl but she never tells anyone about it.
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* LovableAlphaBitch:
** Nina is popular, dominant, and bitchy, but she's of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold type.
** [=BeeBee=] has shades of this. Even her early mistreatment of the unpopular Wilma was only out of peer pressure, but she's mostly likable. She can also qualify as an InnocentBetaBitch, since she's not as famous as Ardis and not as dominant as Nina, despite still being very popular.
** Averted with Ardis and later Wilma who have no bitchy traits at all, despite their popularity.
** Nina is popular, dominant, and bitchy, but she's of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold type.
** [=BeeBee=] has shades of this. Even her early mistreatment of the unpopular Wilma was only out of peer pressure, but she's mostly likable. She can also qualify as an InnocentBetaBitch, since she's not as famous as Ardis and not as dominant as Nina, despite still being very popular.
** Averted with Ardis and later Wilma who have no bitchy traits at all, despite their popularity.
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But her new "popolarity" only applies to Claverford students, and Wilma starts to fear that her wish will expire the day she graduates from middle school...
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But her new "popolarity" "popularity" only applies to Claverford students, and Wilma starts to fear that her wish will expire the day she graduates from middle school...
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* TheAce: Ardis is initially seen this way by Wilma, who describes her as a rich, smart, beautiful, and popular ExtracurricularEnthusiast. After Wilma starts hanging out with her, she's surprised to discover that she isn't as perfect as she appears and also used to be unpopular in her old school.
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* BigOlUnibrow: Jared, it's the reason why Wilma finds him unattractive at first. She changes her mind after they start dating.
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship:
** After Wilma becomes popular, she befriends the unpopular Daphne and starts dating the unpopular Jared. She wasn't interested in befriending them at first, but they turn out to be likable people.
** Wilma sees herself as the loser when she hangs out with Ardis, Nina, and [=BeeBee=], because she knows to be popular only because of the wish and this makes her easily embarrassed in front of the cool girls. That said, Wilma remains true to herself.
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship:
** After Wilma becomes popular, she befriends the unpopular Daphne and starts dating the unpopular Jared. She wasn't interested in befriending them at first, but they turn out to be likable people.
** Wilma sees herself as the loser when she hangs out with Ardis, Nina, and [=BeeBee=], because she knows to be popular only because of the wish and this makes her easily embarrassed in front of the cool girls. That said, Wilma remains true to herself.
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* HateSink: Suzanne is a nasty {{Jerkass}} who sucks up to the popular kids, bullies the unpopular ones, and badmouths even her "friends" behind their back. Wilma finds her even more hateable as a friend than as an enemy.
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''The Wish'' is a novel by Creator/GailCarsonLevine.
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''The Wish'' is a 2000 children's novel by Creator/GailCarsonLevine.
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** Averted with the three popular girs Ardis, Nina, and Beebee.[=BeeBee=]. Even the meanest of the three, Nina, is a LovableAlphaBitch.
* DudeMagnet: One of the effects of Wilma's wish. Most boys at school ask her to the dance, including the boyfriends of her new popular friends.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After spending most of her school years being ignored, Wilma wants to keep her new popularity at any cost
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and Beebee is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, she realize that Carlos is a jerk and actually prefers Jared, an unpopular nice guy.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, she realize that Carlos is a jerk and actually prefers Jared, an unpopular nice guy.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and Beebee [=BeeBee=] is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, sherealize realizes that Carlos is a jerk and [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan actually prefers Jared, an unpopular nice guy.guy]].
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, she
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''The Wish'' is a novel by Creator/GailCarsonLevine.
Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets a fairy who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
But her new "popolarity" only applies to Claverford students, and Wilma starts to fear that her wish will expire the day she graduates from middle school...
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* AlphaBitch:
** Averted with the three popular girs Ardis, Nina, and Beebee. Even the meanest of the three, Nina, is a LovableAlphaBitch.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school (while bullying unpopular students) but it's implied that she's disliked even in her circle. In fact, the popular girls tolerate her but don't want to hang out with her outside of school.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is granted her wish to be the most popular person at her school. At the end of the book she realizes how unfulfilling it is to have people effectively be forced to like her, instead of getting to know her and liking her because of who she is.
* CoolLoser: Wilma is smart, nice, and likable, but her reputation at school is ruined after the teacher reads her embarrassing essay about her dog in front of the class.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Wilma's dog Reggie was her only friend before the wish.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation:
** Played straight with Daphne who is the smartest and most unpopular girl in the school.
** Wilma is also very smart, but her unpopularity is mostly due to being humiliated in front of the entire school rather than her intelligence.
** Averted with Ardis, who is known for being an intelligent ExtracurricularEnthusiast (although, despite her great reputation, she's actually BookDumb, as Wilma finds out) and is also extremely popular.
* LiteralGenie: The "old lady". Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period.)
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and Beebee is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, she realize that Carlos is a jerk and actually prefers Jared, an unpopular nice guy.
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Wilma Sturtz is an unpopular and friendless girl who is mocked and ignored by all her classmates. One day, her entire life changes after she meets a fairy who grants her only one wish: being the most popular girl at Claverford (her middle school). Suddenly Wilma gets everything she wants, befriends a group of popular girls, finds a boyfriend, and is loved by everyone.
But her new "popolarity" only applies to Claverford students, and Wilma starts to fear that her wish will expire the day she graduates from middle school...
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* AlphaBitch:
** Averted with the three popular girs Ardis, Nina, and Beebee. Even the meanest of the three, Nina, is a LovableAlphaBitch.
** Zig-zagged with Suzanne. She is a straight-up bully, but not necessarily popular. She just likes to hang out with popular people at school (while bullying unpopular students) but it's implied that she's disliked even in her circle. In fact, the popular girls tolerate her but don't want to hang out with her outside of school.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wilma is granted her wish to be the most popular person at her school. At the end of the book she realizes how unfulfilling it is to have people effectively be forced to like her, instead of getting to know her and liking her because of who she is.
* CoolLoser: Wilma is smart, nice, and likable, but her reputation at school is ruined after the teacher reads her embarrassing essay about her dog in front of the class.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Wilma's dog Reggie was her only friend before the wish.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation:
** Played straight with Daphne who is the smartest and most unpopular girl in the school.
** Wilma is also very smart, but her unpopularity is mostly due to being humiliated in front of the entire school rather than her intelligence.
** Averted with Ardis, who is known for being an intelligent ExtracurricularEnthusiast (although, despite her great reputation, she's actually BookDumb, as Wilma finds out) and is also extremely popular.
* LiteralGenie: The "old lady". Wilma wishes to be the most popular at her school, and the wish is granted. Eventually she realizes that this means the wish will end at her graduation from that school, less than a month away. (And therefore, that it would have been better to take the original wish offered to her: to be popular, period.)
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three popular girls. Ardis is a NiceGirl who was friendly to Wilma even before the wish, Nina is harsh and rude even to her friends (although [[LovableAlphaBitch she has a nice side]]), and Beebee is a very good friend, but at the beginning of the book she was quite shallow (she gets better).
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Wilma used to have a crush on the popular Carlos. Once she becomes popular too, she realize that Carlos is a jerk and actually prefers Jared, an unpopular nice guy.
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