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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In ''Love, Stargirl'', Stargirl writes in detail about two of the yearly events in her Pennsylvania town as she experiences them for the first time: the Dogwood Festival, which welcomes springtime, and theBlobfest, a summer celebration honoring the town's cinematic heritage as the shooting location of the 50s B-movie ''The Blob. ''Though they sound a bit strange, both are actual events that happen annually in Jerry Spinelli's hometown of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In ''Love, Stargirl'', Stargirl writes in detail about two of the yearly events in her Pennsylvania town as she experiences them for the first time: the Dogwood Festival, which welcomes springtime, springtime with a parade headed by a Dogwood Queen, and theBlobfest, the Blobfest, a summer celebration honoring the town's cinematic heritage as the shooting location of the 50s B-movie ''The Blob. ''Though they sound a bit strange, both are actual events that happen annually in Jerry Spinelli's hometown of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
** ​Stargirl also noted at one point that unlike the Dogwood Festival, Blobfest does not have a royal court. In recent years, though, a Mx. Blobfest pageant has become part of the regular festivities of the celebration.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In ''Love, Stargirl'', Stargirl writes in detail about two of the yearly events in her Pennsylvania town as she experiences them for the first time: the Dogwood Festival, which welcomes springtime, and theBlobfest, a summer celebration honoring the town's cinematic heritage as the shooting location of the 50s B-movie ''The Blob. ''Though they sound a bit strange, both are actual events that happen annually in Jerry Spinelli's hometown of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film started development in 2015 and was going to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke and star Joey King as Stargirl and Charlie Plummer as Leo. Nothing ever came out of this iteration and it restarted production three years later with Julia Hart directing and Stargirl and Leo played by Grace Vanderwaal and Graham Verchere respectively.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film started development in 2015 and was going to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke Creator/CatherineHardwicke and star Joey King Creator/JoeyKing as Stargirl and Charlie Plummer as Leo. Nothing ever came out of this iteration and it restarted production three years later with Julia Hart directing and Stargirl and Leo played by Grace Vanderwaal and Graham Verchere respectively.respectively.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: The book inspired the creation of a program called the [[https://stargirl-program.blogspot.com/ Stargirl Society]], where teachers form clubs that focus on "dialogue and meaningful activities relating to issues faced by girls today, service learning projects, and a focus on the arts, creativity, and problem solving."
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: SimilarlyNamedWorks: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[Creator/DCComics]] [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[Creator/DCComics]] Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[Creator/DCComics DC]] [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[Creator/DCComics DC]] [[Creator/DCComics]] [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[Creator/DCComics DC]] [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW Creator/DCUniverse[=/=][[Creator/TheCW CW]] [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized calling the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''" in promotions for the series.

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW emphasized calling promoting the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''" in promotions for the series.
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW chose to make emphasis on calling the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''" in promotions for the series.

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, DC Universe and The CW chose to make emphasis on emphasized calling the latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''" in promotions for the series.
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). Possibly to avoid any confusion, Creator/WarnerBros DC Universe and The CW chose to make emphasis on calling the refer to the series as latter "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
''Stargirl''" in promotions for the series.
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To Possibly to avoid confusion with the film, any confusion, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's'' Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's'' Stargirl''".
"'''''DC's''''' ''Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''' Stargirl''".

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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''' "'''''DC's'' Stargirl''".
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* NamesTheSame: The film based on the Spinelli book was released two months prior to the debut of the Creator/DCUniverse[=/=]Creator/TheCW [[Series/Stargirl2020 series of the same name]] (based on the [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics comic book series]]). To avoid confusion with the film, Creator/WarnerBros chose the refer to the series as "'''''DC's''' Stargirl''".
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* SavedForDevelopmentHell: ''Stargirl'''s adaptation began development in 2015 but wasn't released until 2020.

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* SavedForDevelopmentHell: ''Stargirl'''s adaptation began development in 2015 but wasn't released until 2020.
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* NonActorVehicle: For Grace Vanderwaal, a winner of ''Series/AmericasGotTalent''.

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* NonActorVehicle: For Grace Vanderwaal, a winner of ''Series/AmericasGotTalent''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film started development in 2015 and was going to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke and star Joey King as Stargirl and Charlie Plummer as Leo. Nothing ever came out of this iteration and it restarted production three years later with Julia Hart directing and Stargirl and Leo played by Grace Vanderwaal and Graham Verchere respectively.

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