History YMMV / DisturbingBehavior

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Rachel and Steve being the protagonists are also meant to be the OneTruePairing, except that they have very few scenes where we actually see their [[StrangledByTheRedString relationship build]]. Even with other characters pointing out their supposed "sparks" it all still comes across as an InformedAttribute! [[BirdsOfAFeather Rachel and Gavin]] on the other hand seem to have a lot more chemistry in their scenes together. In universe they're supposed to be seen as LikeBrotherAndSister yet when Rachel gets hit on by [[JerkJock Chug]] it's Gavin who seems jealous while Steve has no emotion. It also seems to upset Gavin the most when ''Rachel'' doesn't believe his conspiracy theories while he just accepts it from everyone else. And when Gavin is [[spoiler: brainwashed by the Blue Ribbons]] Rachel is the one who seems the most upset. Lastly there's also Gavin leaving his video will specifically to Rachel...

** In the opening scene, Andy Effkin and Mary Jo Copeland are making out in his car. He breaks off the activities and gives a lame excuse, which she seems to take as an insult, and proceeds to perform oral sex on him against his will. The scene uses his refusal as a sign that something is wrong with him ([[AManIsAlwaysEager since there could be no other reason that a teenage boy would refuse sex]]), and treats her actions as a reasonable thing to do (which he would be grateful for if there wasn't something wrong with him) [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rather than the sexual assault that it is]].
Granted, a NeckSnap is still DisproportionateRetribution.

* ValuesDissonance: In the opening scene, Andy Effkin and Mary Jo Copeland are making out in his car. He breaks off the activities and gives a lame excuse, which she seems to take as an insult, and proceeds to perform oral sex on him against his will. The scene uses his refusal as a sign that something is wrong with him ([[AManIsAlwaysEager since there could be no other reason that a teenage boy would refuse sex]]), and treats her actions as a reasonable thing to do (which he would be grateful for if there wasn't something wrong with him) [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rather than the sexual assault that it is]]. Granted, a NeckSnap is still DisproportionateRetribution.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Rachel and Steve being the protagonists are also meant to be the OneTruePairing, except that they have very few scenes where we actually see their [[StrangledByTheRedString relationship build]]. Even with other characters pointing out their supposed "sparks" it all still comes across as an InformedAttribute! [[BirdsOfAFeather Rachel and Gavin]] on the other hand seem to have a lot more chemistry in their scenes together. While their supposed to be seen as LikeBrotherAndSister yet when Rachel gets hit on by [[JerkJock Chug]] it’s Gavin who seems jealous while Steve has no emotion. It also seems to upset Gavin the most when ''Rachel'' doesn’t believe his conspiracy theories while he just accepts it from everyone else. And when Gavin is [[spoiler: brainwashed by the Blue Ribbons]] Rachel is the one who seems the most upset. Lastly there’s also Gavin leaving his video will specifically to Rachel…

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Rachel and Steve being the protagonists are also meant to be the OneTruePairing except that they have very few scenes where we see their [[StrangledByTheRedString relationship build]]. Even with other characters pointing out their supposed "sparks" it all still comes across as an InformedAttribute! [[BirdsOfAFeather Rachel and Gavin]] on the other hand seem to have a lot more chemistry in their scenes together. While their supposed to be seen as LikeBrotherAndSister yet when Rachel gets hit on by [[JerkJock Chug]] it’s Gavin who seems jealous while Steve has no emotion. It also seems to upset Gavin the most when ''Rachel'' doesn’t believe his conspiracy theories while he just accepts it from everyone else. And when Gavin is [[spoiler: brainwashed by the Blue Ribbons]] Rachel is the one who seems the most upset. Lastly there’s also Gavin leaving his video will specifically to Rachel…

* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Creator/KatieHolmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed reads a lot worse now given her much-publicized adventures with ([[EarnYourHappyEnding and later]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome well-planned escape from]]) Creator/TomCruise and the Church of Scientology.

* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Creator/KatieHolmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed reads a lot worse now given her much-publicized adventures with (and later estrangement from) Creator/TomCruise and the Church of Scientology.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Newburry's HeroicSacrifice. "Do good things, Lunchboy."]]

* FanPreferredCutContent: As far as many fans and the director himself are concerned, the TV edit, which restores most of the deleted scenes, is the only decent version of the film.
* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Katie Holmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed reads a lot worse now given her much-publicized adventures with (and later estrangement from) Creator/TomCruise and the Church of Scientology.

* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: Watching Katie Holmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed is a lot funnier or more serious (depending on how one looks at it) now given her much-publicized adventures with (and later estrangement from) Creator/TomCruise and the [[ChurchOfHappyology Church of Scientology]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Watching Katie Holmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed is a lot funnier now given her much-publicized adventures with (and later estrangement from) Creator/TomCruise and the [[ChurchOfHappyology Church of Scientology]].
* TearJerker: "Do good things, Lunchboy."

* HilariousInHindsight: Watching Creator/KatieHolmes trying to escape from getting brainwashed is a lot funnier now given her much-publicized adventures with (and later estrangement from) Creator/TomCruise and the [[ChurchOfHappyology Church of Scientology]].

* HilariousInHindsight: It's funny watching Katie Holmes trying to escape from [[TomCruise getting]] [[ChurchOfHappyology brainwashed]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: Steve and Rachel's escape from the mental hospital occurs while [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msycFxniVpM Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta"]] blares in the background.

* FridgeLogic:
** The climax shows Steve watching [[spoiler:Rachel getting strapped in for her brainwashing as he gets dragged through the lab to be brainwashed himself. He manages to escape just seconds before he gets the chip implanted into his head, and then goes on to rescue Rachel.]] But wait. [[spoiler:Rachel's brainwashing began a few minutes before Steve's, Steve managed to escape just seconds before he reached the point of no return, and he needed several minutes to find and save Rachel.]] Shouldn't it have been [[spoiler:much too late for him to save her from getting brainwashed?]]
** The intention of the Blue Ribbon programming was to turn formerly troubled teenagers into model, upstanding students and citizens. Yet the Blue Ribbons frequently engage in overt {{jerkass}} behavior and even physical violence towards those not in their clique (one of them murders two people, including ''a cop'', in the opening scene), which would get them expelled from a normal school if not imprisoned. One of the parents even complains about how her son became a snobbish asshole after he entered the program.
*** The murderous violence is simply a bug, which Caldicott is shown working on (just a few lobotomized teenagers to go). As for the snobbishness, given Caldicott's own attitudes, he probably considers that perfectly acceptable behavior.

** The intention of the Blue Ribbon programming was to turn formerly troubled teenagers into model, upstanding students and citizens. Yet the Blue Ribbons frequently engage in overt {{jerkass}} behavior and even physical violence towards those not in their clique (they even harass ''the janitor''), which would get them expelled in a normal school. One of the parents even complains about how her son became a snobbish asshole after he entered the program.