History YMMV / JawBreaker

* EsotericHappyEnding: Sure, Courtney is exposed for her crimes at the end of the film, but this trope and WhatHappenedToTheMouse sets in when you realize Julie and Marcie will surely be charged as accessories for Liz’s death and helping Courtney move the body.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, Courtney is [[Series/Charmed1998 Paige]]! She had some fame for ''{{Film/Scream 1996}}'' at the time, but ''Charmed'' would make her more famous.

* SignatureScene: Courtney making Dane simulate fellatio with an ice pop is the scene Darren Stein has said he gets asked about the most.

** Tatyana Ali from ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' briefly makes an appearance as a student attending senior prom looking visibly distraught when the truth behind Liz's death is brought to light.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: For the kind of movie it is, there are some ''very'' surreal moments. Like the scene showing Fern's transformation into Vylette immediately.

** Likewise, it becomes difficult not to see parallels between Rebecca Gayheart's involvement in a case of manslaughter in the movie and one in real life just two years later.

* HilariousInHindsight: Fern makes a joke about getting "[[{{Literature/Carrie}} a bucket of pig's blood]]" for the prom. While a nod to the 1976 film adaptation (Creator/WilliamKatt and Creator/PJSoles cameo as Liz's parents), Judy Greer would go on to play Miss Desjardin in the [[{{Film/Carrie2013}} 2013 remake]]. And Charlotte Ayana that same year would play the 'Chris' type character in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''.

%%* FaceOfTheBand: Undoubtedly Blake Schwarzenbach.

* HilariousInHindsight: Fern makes a joke about getting "[[{{Literature/Carrie}} a bucket of pig's blood]]" for the prom. While a nod to the 1976 film adaptation (William Katt and PJ Soles cameo as Liz's parents), Judy Greer would go on to play Miss Desjardin in the [[{{Film/Carrie2013}} 2013 remake]]. And Charlotte Ayana that same year would play the 'Chris' type character in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2''.

** Creator/RoseMcGowan staging a killing to look like a rape becomes this given that she, herself, had been raped by Harvey Weinstein.

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Fern/Vylette really comes off as a StalkerWithACrush towards Liz Purr. She obsesses over her, describes her as perfection and spends all her class time gazing at the beauty marks on the back of Liz's neck.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, Courtney is [[Series/Charmed1998 Paige]]!

* IdiotPlot: To quote [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990219/REVIEWS/902190302 Roger Ebert]]: "Julie could end it all by speaking out, but she delays, because that would not be convenient for the plot." And the police officer who completely ignores the fact that a ''woman'' called the school and not some random male rapist. In defense to Julie, it would've been her word against Courtney, Marcie, and Fern/Vylette, and Julie didn't exactly have any evidence to prove Courtney was responsible.
** Also, Courtney was a vicious little liar and manipulator. If Julie had gone to the police Courtney probably would've tried to spin the whole thing around and make it look like ''Julie'' killed Liz and threatened the others into compliance.
* LesYay: Fern/Vylette really comes off as a StalkerWithACrush towards Liz Purr. She obsesses over her, describes her as perfection and spends all her class time gazing at the beauty marks on the back of Liz's neck.

* WhatAnIdiot: Invoked in-universe, as this is pretty much Julie's reaction to Courtney upon learning she gagged Liz with a jawbreaker.

%%** Music/MarilynManson's cameo as the man who supposedly raped Liz becomes this given the abuse allegations made against him by Creator/EvanRachelWood, among others.

** Music/MarilynManson's cameo as the man who supposedly raped Liz becomes this given the abuse allegations made against him by Creator/EvanRachelWood, among others.

** Jeff Conaway as Mr. Fox, Marcie's father. Even as the sensitive father who watches Oprah and his perceived [[InformedWrongness "corniness"]] (by Marcie, anyway), in his all too brief encounter with his daughter, he was completely right [[BetaBitch about her position in life (and in the movie).]]
** Marilyn Manson himself makes a cameo as the creep that Courtney seduces and hooks up with in Liz's bed. Of course it probably helped that he and Rose [=McGowan=] were dating at the time of filming.

* TearJerker: Even with all of the movie's [[BlackComedy darkness]] and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensibility]], the scene where Julie sees Liz's ghost emerging from her pool is rather sad, especially for those who lost a friend in childhood. The music that plays in the background (the haunting "Flow" by Transister) definitely helps.
** The scene where the school learns of Liz's death would count, too.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Courtney's responsibility for Liz's death is revealed to the school as she's crowned Prom Queen. All the girls begin pelting her with their corsages, screaming vulgarities at her and calling her a murderer as [[LaserGuidedKarma every horrible thing she's done in the movie has finally caught up with her.]] By the time she gets to the front of the gym, she meets Julie standing there with a camera.
-->'''Julie''': Smile pretty, Courtney.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Kiss the Bottle", "Want", "Fine Day", "Shield Your Eyes", "Chesterfield King", "Boxcar", "Condition Oakland", "I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both", "Fireman"; the list goes on...
* EpicRiff: Four whole albums worth, thankfully.
* FaceOfTheBand: Undoubtedly Blake Schwarzenbach.
* SignatureSong: "Boxcar".

* EarWorm: "(She's so pretty!) I yoo hoo, I yoo hoo, I yoo hoo..."
* FoeYay: The more Courtney pisses off Fern and Julie the more they seem to like getting up in her face, and in one confrontation Courtney says the experience is turning her on. Keep in mind that by 'getting up in her face', the scenes are typically one of the girls being shoved into a mirror or wall by the other, who flirtatiously responds, causing the other to be struck dumb by response. 'Pretty little Courtney', indeed.

* TearJerker: Even with all of the movie's [[BlackComedy darkness]] and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensibility]], the scene where Julie sees Liz's ghost emerging from her pool is rather sad, especially for those who lost a friend in childhood.

** Tatiana Ali from Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir briefly makes an appearance as a student attending senior prom looking visibly distraught when the truth behind Liz's death is brought to light.

** Marilyn Manson himself makes a cameo as the creep that Courtney seduces and hooks up with in Liz's bed. Of course it probably helped that he and Rose McGowan were dating at the time of filming.
** Tatiana Ali from TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir briefly makes an appearance as a student attending senior prom looking visibly distraught when the truth behind Liz's death is brought to light.

* FoeYay: The more Courtney pisses off Fern and Julie the more they seem to like getting up in her face, and in one confrontation Courtney says the experience is turning her on.

** Tatiana Ali from TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir briefly makes an appearance as a student attending senior prom looking visibly distraught when the thrush behind Liz's death is brought to light.

* OneSceneWonder: Jeff Conaway as Mr. Fox, Marcie's father. Even as the sensitive father who watches Oprah and his perceived [[InformedWrongness "corniness"]] (by Marcie, anyway), in his all too brief encounter with his daughter, he was completely right [[BetaBitch about her position in life (and in the movie).]]

!! The band:
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Kiss the Bottle", "Want", "Fine Day", "Shield Your Eyes", "Chesterfield King", "Boxcar", "Condition Oakland", "I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both", "Fireman"; the list goes on...
* EpicRiff: Four whole albums worth, thankfully.
* FaceOfTheBand: Undoubtedly Blake Schwarzenbach.
* SignatureSong: "Boxcar".
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The main reaction to ''Dear You'' upon its release in 1995, due to the slicker production and Blake singing much more smoothly in comparison to the previous three Jawbreaker records.
* VindicatedByHistory: As mentioned above, ''Dear You'' wasn't received very warmly during its original release for a few reasons; however, fans started reconsidering their views of it after Jawbreaker broke up. When Adam Pfahler re-released it in 2004 after successfully licensing the publishing rights from Creator/GeffenRecords, the response was much more positive all-around.

** Also, Courtney was a vicious little liar and manipulator . If Julie had gone to the police Courtney probably would've tried to spin the whole thing around and make it look like ''Julie'' killed Liz and threatened the others into compliance.