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* This is the real goal of the BigBad in ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001''. [[spoiler:In high school, Lisa Snyder was a nerdy girl with a lisp and buck teeth who was mercilessly tormented by her classmates. When she grew up, she changed her name to Fiona and became the EvilDiva CEO of [=MegaRecords=], putting [[SubliminalSeduction subliminal messages]] in her label's music in order to get people to like her and think she's the coolest person in the world.]]
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* Royal Pain in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is a former student at the titular SuperheroSchool who became a {{supervillain}} due to bullying. [[spoiler:Specifically, she was originally Sue Tenny, a {{technopath}} in a time when [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway that power wasn't seen as particularly useful]], causing her to get shunted into the [[{{Sidekick}} "Hero Support"]] track. An accident with a [[FountainOfYouth de-aging ray]] that turned her into a baby gave her a second chance, and she returned to Sky High as the popular girl Gwen Grayson in a more high-tech time when her powers over technology make her the coolest person in school.]]
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** ''Series/YoSoyBettyLaFea'' has shades of it too, basically in the post-makeover Company Takeover plot. Played with in that Betty didn't really want revenge, only to escape the situation she was caught as fast of possible, but the people she had all the right to revenge on not only ''assumed'' she was for blood and acted accordingly, they indeed gave her the tools for revenge along with the reasons to do so.
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** ''Series/YoSoyBettyLaFea'' has shades of it too, basically in the post-makeover Company Takeover plot. Played with in that Betty didn't really want revenge, only to escape the situation she was caught as fast of possible, but the people she had all the right to revenge on not only ''assumed'' she was for blood and acted accordingly, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy they indeed gave her the tools for revenge along with the reasons to do so.
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A related but generally more idealistic storyline is the CinderellaPlot, which has similar elements such as a downtrodden girl (or more rarely boy) who gets a makeover and shows up everyone by getting with the most eligible bachelor in town.
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A related but generally more idealistic storyline is the CinderellaPlot, which has similar elements such as a downtrodden girl (or more rarely boy) who gets a makeover and shows up everyone by getting with the most eligible bachelor in town. \n See also OldFriendNewGender, where he hits on her... only to find out she used to be a "he".
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* Subverted in the ''Series/ThirtyRock'' episode “Reunion”. Liz initially refuses to go to her high school reunion, since she was an “awkward nerd” in high school and the other girls bullied her. She’s finally convinced to attend, where she tries to show off how she went from “nerdy” to “successful”... [[spoiler: only to discover that people thought ''she'' was the bully, and that the other girls’ meanness was actually attempts to befriend her.]]
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* Subverted in the ''Series/30Rock'' episode “Reunion”. Liz initially refuses to go to her high school reunion, since she was an “awkward nerd” in high school and the other girls bullied her. She’s finally convinced to attend, where she tries to show off how she went from “nerdy” to “successful”... [[spoiler: only to discover that people thought ''she'' was the bully, and that the other girls’ meanness was actually attempts to befriend her.]]
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* Subverted in the ''Series/30Rock'' episode “Reunion”. Liz initially refuses to go to ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' featured a subversion: Annie was seeking revenge on several people who made her life hell during high school reunion, since she was an “awkward nerd” school, only to be prevented at the last minute (for instance, her [[SadistTeacher sadistic gym coach]] became a nun). This culminated in high school her parading in front of the apparently happy and the other girls bullied her. She’s successful ex-boyfriend showing him "what he missed" and finally convinced to attend, where she tries to show off how she went from “nerdy” to “successful”... [[spoiler: only to discover that people thought ''she'' was the bully, and that the other girls’ meanness was actually attempts to befriend her.]]asking him "Well, like what you see?". His response? "I can't see anything, ''I'm blind''."
* Subverted in the ''Series/ThirtyRock'' episode “Reunion”. Liz initially refuses to go to her high school reunion, since she was an “awkward nerd” in high school and the other girls bullied her. She’s finally convinced to attend, where she tries to show off how she went from “nerdy” to “successful”... [[spoiler: only to discover that people thought ''she'' was the bully, and that the other girls’ meanness was actually attempts to befriend her.]]
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* ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' featured a subversion: Annie was seeking revenge on several people who made her life hell during high school, only to be prevented at the last minute (for instance, her [[SadistTeacher sadistic gym coach]] became a nun). This culminated in her parading in front of the apparently happy and successful ex-boyfriend showing him "what he missed" and finally asking him "Well, like what you see?". His response? "I can't see anything, ''I'm blind''."
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* Subverted in the ''Series/30Rock'' episode “Reunion”. Liz initially refuses to go to her high school reunion, since she was an “awkward nerd” in high school and the other girls bullied her. She’s finally convinced to attend, where she tries to show off how she went from “nerdy” to “successful”... [[spoiler: only to discover that people thought ''she'' was the bully, and that the other girls’ meanness was actually attempts to befriend her.]]
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These characters will often be introduced through ChicAndAwe. Compare OldFriendNewGender, where he hits on her... only to find out she used to be a "he".
Not often seen gender-reversed, but it's not unheard of. In this case, he's probably a little more buff, and she finds out he is the scrawny pimply-faced dweeb who, for example, did all her homework for her while she was with the captain of the team (for which the nerd was probably the waterboy).
Not often seen gender-reversed, but it's not unheard of. In this case, he's probably a little more buff, and she finds out he is the scrawny pimply-faced dweeb who, for example, did all her homework for her while she was with the captain of the team (for which the nerd was probably the waterboy).
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These characters will often be introduced through ChicAndAwe. Compare OldFriendNewGender, where he hits on her... only to find out she used to be a "he".
Not often seen gender-reversed, but it's not unheard of. In this case, he's probably a little more buff, and she finds out he is the scrawny pimply-faced dweeb who, for example, did all her homework for her while she was with the captain of the team (for which the nerd was probably the waterboy).
* Two examples from across the ''CSI'' franchise.
** In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a girl slimmed down after being humiliated by three men while they were on vacation, then tracked them down, seduced them, and killed them. She thought it was WorthIt at the time, only to realize how petty her revenge really was once she's in prison.
** In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', one man had humiliated a woman during a basketball game in front of a large crowd as well as on national TV. She was so humiliated that she had to slim down anyway so she wouldn't be recognised... [[spoiler: and ended up becoming a cheerleader on the team she was humiliated in front of. She rigged a draw to get him to take a chance at a million-dollar hoop shot so she could discreetly poison him in front of the entire stadium.]]
** In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a girl slimmed down after being humiliated by three men while they were on vacation, then tracked them down, seduced them, and killed them. She thought it was WorthIt at the time, only to realize how petty her revenge really was once she's in prison.
** In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', one man had humiliated a woman during a basketball game in front of a large crowd as well as on national TV. She was so humiliated that she had to slim down anyway so she wouldn't be recognised... [[spoiler: and ended up becoming a cheerleader on the team she was humiliated in front of. She rigged a draw to get him to take a chance at a million-dollar hoop shot so she could discreetly poison him in front of the entire stadium.]]
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* Two examples from across the ''CSI'' franchise.
** In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a girl slimmed down after being humiliated by three men while they were on vacation, then tracked them down, seduced them, and killed them. She thought it was WorthIt at the time, only to realize how petty her revenge really was once she's in prison.
** In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', one man had humiliated a woman during a basketball game in front of a large crowd as well as on national TV. She was so humiliated that she had to slim down anyway so she wouldn't be recognised... [[spoiler: and ended up becoming a cheerleader on the team she was humiliated in front of. She rigged a draw to get him to take a chance at a million-dollar hoop shot so she could discreetly poison him in front of the entire stadium.]]
** In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a girl slimmed down after being humiliated by three men while they were on vacation, then tracked them down, seduced them, and killed them. She thought it was WorthIt at the time, only to realize how petty her revenge really was once she's in prison.
** In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', one man had humiliated a woman during a basketball game in front of a large crowd as well as on national TV. She was so humiliated that she had to slim down anyway so she wouldn't be recognised... [[spoiler: and ended up becoming a cheerleader on the team she was humiliated in front of. She rigged a draw to get him to take a chance at a million-dollar hoop shot so she could discreetly poison him in front of the entire stadium.]]
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** In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a girl slimmed down after being humiliated by three men while they were on vacation, then tracked them down, seduced them, and killed them. She thought it was WorthIt at the time, only to realize how petty her revenge really was once she's in prison.
** In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', one man had humiliated a woman during a basketball game in front of a large crowd as well as on national TV. She was so humiliated that she had to slim down anyway so she wouldn't be recognised... [[spoiler: and ended up becoming a cheerleader on the team she was humiliated in front of. She rigged a draw to get him to take a chance at a million-dollar hoop shot so she could discreetly poison him in front of the entire stadium.]]
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* A double gender-flipped version in ''Film/JustFriends'': Former nerd turned suave pick-up artist Chris flips between trying again with his school friend Jamie and being bitter at her for rejecting him at school. His foil is another former HollywoodNerd rejected by her [[spoiler:who has a single-minded goal of seducing Jamie and humiliating her for the same reason]].
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* A double gender-flipped version in ''Film/JustFriends'': Former nerd turned suave pick-up artist Chris flips between trying again with his school friend Jamie and being bitter at her for rejecting him at school. His foil is another former HollywoodNerd nerd rejected by her [[spoiler:who has a single-minded goal of seducing Jamie and humiliating her for the same reason]].
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* A double gender-flipped version in ''Film/JustFriends'': former HollywoodNerd turned suave pick-up artist Chris flips between trying again with his school friend Jamie and being bitter at her for rejecting him at school. His foil is another former HollywoodNerd rejected by her [[spoiler:who has a single-minded goal of seducing Jamie and humiliating her for the same reason]].
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* A double gender-flipped version in ''Film/JustFriends'': former HollywoodNerd Former nerd turned suave pick-up artist Chris flips between trying again with his school friend Jamie and being bitter at her for rejecting him at school. His foil is another former HollywoodNerd rejected by her [[spoiler:who has a single-minded goal of seducing Jamie and humiliating her for the same reason]].
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* ''Manga/MasamuneKunsRevenge'': It's less of being a nerd and more of being pudgy, but the premise of the story is that Masamune was a chubby boy whom everyone made fun of, and Aki, the girl he had a crush on, called him "Pig's foot" leaving him devastated. Now as a teenager, he's grown into a handsome young man, and is determined to make Aki fall for him then dump her, making her feel the same pain he did as a child. Things get complicated when he starts falling in love with her again, making him question his motives, [[spoiler:and it's later revealed that it wasn't Aki who rejected him, but her servant Yoshino because she was jealous of their relationship]].
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Compare OldFriendNewGender, where he hits on her... only to find out she used to be a "he".
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* The '70s TV movie ''The Girl Most Likely To'' has Stockard Channing as a campus ugly duckling who gets in a car accident and subsequently undergoes plastic surgery that turns her into a knockout. She spends the rest of the movie finding the pretty people who'd picked on her before the accident and bumping them off one by one.
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* The '70s TV movie ''The Girl Most Likely To'' ''Film/TheGirlMostLikelyTo'' has Stockard Channing Creator/StockardChanning as a campus ugly duckling who gets in a car accident and subsequently undergoes plastic surgery that turns her into a knockout. She spends the rest of the movie finding the pretty people who'd picked on her before the accident and bumping them off one by one.
