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** When the camera fades to black right after Barbara discovers that [[spoiler:Vanessa overdosed on sleeping pills]], there's a split-second of a faint stifle of laughter.
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* TomHanksSyndrome: Alexa [=PenaVega=] sought the role out to show people she wasn't just light-hearted children's films like ''{{Film/Sleepover}}''.
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* TomHanksSyndrome: Alexa [=PenaVega=] sought the role out to show people she wasn't just light-hearted lighthearted children's films like ''{{Film/Sleepover}}''.
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* FollowTheLeader: As a film about girl-on-girl bullying, BasedOnAnAdviceBook, this is basically ''Film/MeanGirls'' PlayedForDrama. It debuted a year after ''Mean Girls'' was in theaters.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
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* FollowTheLeader: As a film about girl-on-girl bullying, BasedOnAnAdviceBook, this is basically ''Film/MeanGirls'' PlayedForDrama. It debuted almost a year after ''Mean Girls'' was in theaters.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: It's very obvious this is amid-2000s mid 2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, cyber-bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact fact, one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: It's very obvious this is a
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up on the Lifetime network instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up on the Lifetime network instead.
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s 1960s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up onthe Lifetime network instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up on
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alexa [=PenaVega=] knew first hand about bullying, having experienced it in middle school over her acting career.
* TomHanksSyndrome: Alexa [=PenaVega=] sought the role out to show people she wasn't just light-hearted children's films like ''{{Film/Sleepover}}''.
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.too.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up on the Lifetime network instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was originally going to be adapted as a HBO telefilm, but ended up on the Lifetime network instead.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
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** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.too.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
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** When the girls follow Vanessa off to the restroom just to gossip about her, Nikki then snaps a picture of her feet on the floor underneath the stall and posts said picture on her hate website even though Vanessa was crouching on the toilet at the time.
** Upon arriving at the disastrous party, Barbara tells Vanessa to lock the car door while she investigates. It was already locked when she said this.
** When the girls follow Vanessa off to the restroom just to gossip about her, Nikki then snaps a picture of her feet on the floor underneath the stall and posts said picture on her hate website even though Vanessa was crouching on the toilet at the time.
** Upon arriving at the disastrous party, Barbara tells Vanessa to lock the car door while she investigates. It was already locked when she said this.
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* FollowTheLeader: Rather obviously following the lead of ''Film/MeanGirls'', being about girl-on-girl bullying and BasedOnAnAdviceBook. Of course this plays everything for drama rather than comedy.
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* FollowTheLeader: Rather obviously following the lead of ''Film/MeanGirls'', being As a film about girl-on-girl bullying and BasedOnAnAdviceBook. Of course bullying, BasedOnAnAdviceBook, this plays everything for drama rather than comedy.is basically ''Film/MeanGirls'' PlayedForDrama. It debuted a year after ''Mean Girls'' was in theaters.
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* DawsonCasting: While most of the actors were teens, Elizabeth Rice (Nikki) was actually twenty. Alicia Morton was also eighteen playing Tiffany.
* DyeingForYourArt: Initially averted, as Alexa Vega just wore a wig for Vanessa's post haircut scenes. However, in the actual haircut scene, she accidentally snipped some of her own instead of the fake hair pieces she was meant to.
* FollowTheLeader: Rather obviously following the lead of ''Film/MeanGirls'', being about girl-on-girl bullying and BasedOnAnAdviceBook. Of course this plays everything for drama rather than comedy.
* TypeCasting:
** Leah Pipes played a near identical self-obsessed AlphaBitch in ''Film/SororityRow'' a couple of years later.
** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
* DyeingForYourArt: Initially averted, as Alexa Vega just wore a wig for Vanessa's post haircut scenes. However, in the actual haircut scene, she accidentally snipped some of her own instead of the fake hair pieces she was meant to.
* FollowTheLeader: Rather obviously following the lead of ''Film/MeanGirls'', being about girl-on-girl bullying and BasedOnAnAdviceBook. Of course this plays everything for drama rather than comedy.
* TypeCasting:
** Leah Pipes played a near identical self-obsessed AlphaBitch in ''Film/SororityRow'' a couple of years later.
** Elizabeth Rice basically played Nikki in the 60s in ''Series/MadMen'' too.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's very obvious this is a mid-2000s work. While it does touch on cyber bullying, the taunts are delivered via a website set up to humiliate Vanessa and instant messages. In fact one of the reasons the principal can't take harsher action on the bullies is because she can't prove their identities via the screen names. The fact that there's not a mention of Facebook is very telling. Especially since one of the stunts involves telling Vanessa there's a party on somewhere when there isn't; in the days where anything is done with an event invite, Vanessa likely would have caught on to the ruse. Finally [[spoiler: Vanessa is filmed being taken into an ambulance]] by a guy using a video camera rather than a smartphone.
