Line #70 Film/ShesTheMan


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3	->''"Duke '''wants''' Olivia who '''likes''' Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is '''dating''' Monique so she '''hates''' Olivia who's with Duke to make Sebastian '''jealous''' who is really Viola who's '''crushing''' on Duke who thinks she's a guy..."''
4	-->-- Tagline for the movie
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6	''She's the Man'' is a 2006 teenaged RomanticComedy starring Creator/AmandaBynes (''Series/TheAmandaShow'') and Creator/ChanningTatum which is loosely based on Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''.
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8	{{Tomboy With a Girly Streak}} Viola Hastings (Bynes) is intensely into soccer, so much that when her private school, Cornwall Prep, cancels the girl's soccer team and refuses to let her play on the boy's soccer team, she hatches a [[SweetPollyOliver plan to show them and her]] {{Jerkass}} [[SweetPollyOliver ex-boyfriend that a girl can play just as well as a boy.]] Viola has a twin brother, Sebastian (James Kirk -- no, not [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries that one]]), who has recently been expelled from Cornwall for refusing to attend his classes. Sebastian decided to run off to London for two weeks to play with his rock band just before he is due to start at Cornwall's rival school, Illyria Academy, an elite boarding school. The twins decide to help each other and solve the other's problem at the same time.
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10	With the help of her [[TheDandy sharp-dressing hairdresser pal Paul]], Viola becomes Sebastian, enters Illyria, and [[IncrediblyLamePun voilà!]]. It's not a perfect disguise, but no one at the new school has met Sebastian (so they don't know the difference), and their parents are clueless because they're divorced and Illyria is a boarding school. Viola and Sebastian simply tell each that they are staying with the other, Her roommate is Duke (Tatum), the eventual LoveInterest, but Viola has problems at first because of Sebastian's permanent record (he's a troublemaker) and because Viola is still a girl under her disguise. With a bit of help from her hairdresser friend, Sebastian is accepted into Duke's group of friends but is still second string for the boys' soccer team.
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12	Enter [[RomanticFalseLead Olivia]] (Creator/LauraRamsey) who becomes Sebastian's lab partner, though Duke has a [[StalkerWithaCrush massive crush on her]]. Duke, [[DramaticIrony who has issues talking to girls, tells Sebastian]] this and asks for [[strike:her]] [[strike:his]] ''her'' help. And so begins the LoveDodecahedron as described in the poster.
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14	Compare ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys'', which was ''Twelfth Night'' in an '80s high school.
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16	!!The film contains examples of:
17	* AdaptationalContextChange: The movie takes the "Some are born great" speech from the original play and delivers it as a straight motivational speech. The original context for the speech was...[[DoubleEntendre very different]].
18	* AdaptationalNameChange: The movie's equivalent to Malvolio becomes "Malcolm Festes", mixing his name with the character of Feste, who otherwise does not appear.
19	* AdaptedOut: The subplot involving making "Malvolio" appear to be insane doesn't exist in this adaptation.
20	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Viola loves Duke, who loves Olivia, who loves Sebastian, who is actually Viola. Eventually, they get it all sorted out happily.
21	* AlmostKiss: Viola and Sebastian's divorced parents get caught up in the excitement of their daughter's team winning and almost kiss before deciding not to.
22	* ArtisticLicenseSports:
23	** In the final game. Viola's penalty is saved by the opposition's goalkeeper, and she stays where she is. When the ball is headed back in, she's standing in an offside position, meaning her otherwise brilliant winning goal would not have counted.
24	** Also in the final, how the penalty was won. Viola makes a great run and goes down in the box due to a defender's heavy sliding tackle. The referee points to the spot and sends off said defender. However, if you look closely, the defender touches the ball first before taking out Viola. This is a perfectly legal, if robust, challenge, and should not have been a foul at all, much less a red card/penalty double whammy.
25	** The real Sebastian is substituted off during the first half of the final game, then in the second half, Viola as "Sebastian" is substituted back on. Under official FIFA rules, "return substitutions" are only allowed in the lowest levels of competition such as recreational games.
26	* AttractiveBentGender: At least Olivia seems to be attracted to "Sebastian", who's really Viola.
27	* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: Monique in the bathroom stall while Viola and Olivia are talking. A massive no-holds-barred CatFight ensues, albeit one without any male witnesses (other than maybe in the audience outside the fourth wall, that is).
28	* BetaCouple: Sebastian and Olivia. A most unusual case in which the role of one member of the Beta couple is actually being carried by an impersonation from one member of the Alpha couple until near the end of the story.
29	* TheBigDamnKiss: Toby and Eunice share one on the soccer field after their live confession.
30	* {{Big Man on Campus}}:
31	** Duke at Illyria Academy, being the Captain of the Soccer team.
32	** Justin, Viola’s ex-boyfriend, appears to be this at Cornwall Prep.
33	* BrickJoke:
34	** "Do you like cheese? My favorite's Gouda."
35	** Viola tries to cover up the discovery of her tampons by pretending she uses them for nosebleeds. Later after Duke gets into a fight, she returns back to their room only to find him with a tampon up his nose.
36	* ButtMonkey: Malcolm, who plays the character of Malvolio in the original.
37	* ChewingTheScenery: Amanda Bynes bites into the scenery and doesn't let it go when she's playing Sebastian. (In a behind-the-scenes interview, she states that her performance as Sebastian is based on Creator/JackBlack.)
38	* CompressedHair: Viola's long, thick hair somehow fits underneath a fairly short wig. While any cosplayer can tell you it's possible with a wig cap and hair grips, Viola's shown to wear the wig directly on top of her hair.
39	* CoversAlwaysLie: {{Tomboy}} Viola doesn't like dresses and high heel shoes and in the movie, she exclusively wears pants/shorts and sneakers even when she's dressed as herself and not Sebastian!Viola. The only few times she wears a dress is because her mother forces her to. Yet on the cover, she's wearing a very short skirt and high heels.
40	* DivorceIsTemporary: In the end, Viola and Sebastian's divorced parents exchange numbers and e-mail after the winning soccer game and it's implied they get back together.
41	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Plenty when both Sebastian and Viola flash their parts to prove they're lying about their gender. Kia looks on through some goggles and compliments Paul on his disguise work for Viola (only that time wasn't Viola in disguise, that was actually Sebastian's genitals being flashed). Fangirl Eunice looks on proudly declaring, "Soccer is the world's favorite sport!". And Sebastian and Viola's dad proudly says of the flashing: "That's my boy!" much to his ex-wife's embarrassment. When Viola flashes her breasts, several boys are heard cheering and one breathlessly saying, "Merciful Jesus!".
42	* EmbarrassingRingtone: Viola has Music/{{Aqua}}'s ''Barbie Girl'' for her ringtone. This causes some problems when she's impersonating her brother Sebastian and she forgets to change it.
43	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Olivia Lennox has Duke and Malcolm chasing her and the rest of the guys admiring her, but she would rather have the honest Sebastian.
44	* ExactWords: After Viola switches with her brother in the game, she convinces her coach to give her a second chance by saying, "I've changed."
45	* {{Expy}}: Many of the main characters are based on the cast of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'':
46	** Viola Hastings is Viola. In this film she disguises herself to impersonate her brother Sebastian, but in the play she takes on the male identity of Cesario. Here, Cesario's is the name of a pizza place where some of the film's action occurs.
47	** Sebastian Hastings is Sebastian. Much like in the play, his unexpected arrival resolves the Viola/Duke/Olivia love triangle: Olivia mistakes him for Viola's male alter-ego with whom she has already fallen in love and he reciprocates, while Orsino/Duke makes the same mistake as Olivia and becomes temporarily jealous and devastated as a result. After all has been resolved, Viola properly introduces Sebastian and Olivia to each other.
48	** Olivia Lennox is Lady Olivia. At the beginning of the story she is not open to dating as she's still cut up about the end of her latest bad relationship, while her theatrical counterpart is in deep mourning over the deaths of her father and brother. However, she soon begins to fall for Viola's male alter-ego, and ends up with the real Sebastian.
49	** Duke Orsino is Duke Orsino (with Duke becoming his first name rather than a title, and Orsino his surname), Viola's love interest. As captain of the soccer team, Duke is in a position of power analagous to the original Orsino's position as Duke, and he bonds with Viola in a way that he might not have if he had known she was a girl.
50	** Malcolm Festes is Malvolio. Like his theatrical counterpart, he is a presumptuous killjoy whose pursuit of Olivia and jealousy of "Sebastian" ultimately leads him to make an enormous fool of himself. In nods to the original, his surname refers to Feste, and he has a pet tarantula called Malvolio.
51	** Paul Antonio is Antonio, with elements of Viola's Sea Captain friend. Here, he is a best friend and benefactor to Viola, whereas the original play's Antonio filled this role for Sebastian instead. Both characters also have AmbiguouslyGay elements.
52	** Toby and Eunice are loosely based on Sir Toby Belch and Maria respectively. Both characters are [[AdaptationalNiceGuy distinctly nicer and more innocent]] than their Shakespearian counterparts, however.
53	** Andrew is also loosely based on Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
54	* FemaleGroinInvincibility: Viola, pretending to be her brother Sebastian, gets hit in the crotch with a soccer ball, but doesn't react until she sees [[ShareTheMalePain the boys wincing]] and so doubles over in faked pain.
55	* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: Daphne and Viola, respectively.
56	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Monique confuses Viola for Sebastian when she was wearing a hoodie and comments on their resemblance.
57	* FundraiserCarnival: Viola's mom sets up a kissing booth at one. Olivia warns Viola about a [[DirtyOldMan lecherous old man who keeps coming back]], much to her disgust.
58	* GenreSavvy:
59	** Principal Gold can recognize the CrashIntoHello between Viola and Olivia as soon as it happens.
60	** During his meeting with Viola he lampshades that he'll probably end up running into her at inopportune times.
61	* GetARoom: When Viola keeps kissing Duke at the Kissing Booth the kid in line behind him tells them there's a motel across the street.
62	* {{Girly Girl and Tomboy}}: Daphne (Viola’s mother) and Viola. Daphne is a prim and [[ProperLady proper lady]] who has sexist views and loves frilly dresses and feminine fashion. Her daughter is a tomboyish, rebellious soccer star who hates her mother’s traditional views.
63	* GroinAttack: Viola gets hit in the crotch by the ball during training. She shrugs it off but the rest of the team's [[ShareTheMalePain reaction]] reminds her that "Sebastian" would be in a lot more pain so she starts yelling about how painful it is.
64	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Viola can get away with looking like Sebastian, but she clearly is... er... a girl.
65	* HighHeelHurt: Viola tells her mom, over the phone, that she is ''definitely'' not wearing high heels at her debutante event because they are "a devious plot to make a woman's butt look smaller. And make it harder to get away." Incidentally, she does this while walking past the principal, who overhears and then tells a second bystander that it is ''indeed'' very hard to run in high heels.
66	* HighSchoolAU: Of Theatre/TwelfthNight.
67	* HilarityEnsues: Everything gets messed up just in time for the climax of the soccer game. It's Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
68	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Malcolm, after seeing how Olivia is impressed by Sebastian's paper sheet of song lyrics and he tries to impress her with his singing only it doesn't sound good as he thought.
69	-->[[HollywoodToneDeaf "I see you through my window, as I'm standing on a tree outsideeee."]]
70	* HookedUpAfterwards:
71	** See PairTheSpares below.
72	** Toby and Eunice, who even appear at the debutante party at the end.
73	** Implied for Andrew and Paul, who are shown seated at a table together during these couples' debut.
74	* HypocriticalHumour: Monique makes fun of Viola's supposed lack of curves though she and Viola don't have that much difference in their, err, ''proportions''.
75	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: "I've gotta go change my... feet."
76	* LookBehindYou: Monique tries to distract Paul, Kia and Yvonne this way during the carnival so she can chase after "Sebastian". Paul has to tell Kia not to fall for it.
77	* LoveAtFirstSight: Sebastian falls for Olivia as soon as she embraces and kisses him and quotes some of his song lyrics to him. He's never met her before, but she doesn't know that (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
78	* LoveDodecahedron: The tagline pokes fun at this by laying it out and emphasizing the gender disguising.
79	%% * LoveTriangle: Several in the film.
80	%% ** Justin/Viola/Duke.
81	%% ** Olivia/Sebastian/Monique
82	%% ** Duke/Olivia/Viola-disguised-as-Sebastian is a rare example of a "Bizarre Love Triangle" that persists until near the end of the film, when it is resolved by the arrival of the real Sebastian, much like in the original Shakespeare play.
83	* MaleGaze: When Olivia walks into the cafe, the guy's POV (and the camera's) shifts to her backside.
84	* MistakenForObjectOfAffection: One night Olivia decides to go through with and surprise "Sebastian" with a kiss. [[spoiler: She unknowingly kisses the real Sebastian, who has no idea who this infatuated girl is; not that he's complaining...]]
85	* MrFanservice:
86	** Channing Tatum, who spends a lot of the movie without a shirt on. He's even introduced shirtless.
87	** Viola's ex-boyfriend Justin as well, and Viola's mom agrees. When Viola sarcastically suggests mom should date Justin instead, [[CovertPervert she dreamily considers it for a moment before giggling it off]].
88	** A large part of the team when they are practicing shirtless and in the locker room.
89	%%* MsFanservice: Viola at the beginning of the film, the cheerleaders during the final game, and Olivia at numerous other times.
90	* MythologyGag: Numerous references to lines from the original play come up, either slightly altered ("You're weaving a really tangled web here") or direct ("Some have greatness thrust upon them"). And although Malvolio's character in the original play is replaced by a guy named Malcolm, Malcolm's pet tarantula is named Malvolio. Additionally, Malcolm's last name is "Festes", a nod to the character of [[CourtJester Feste]] in the original play who was cut entirely.
91	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In the middle of the game, Sebastian and then Viola are asked to prove which sex they are. The respective public proofs they give are ''incontrovertible''.
92	-->'''The Twins' Father:''' Is it just me or does this soccer game have more nudity than most?
93	* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted when the guys discover Viola's tampons. She plays it off saying that she uses them for nosebleeds and gives a demonstration to their incredulity. Later in the movie she finds Duke actually bought her explanation and stuck a tampon up his nose to deal with a nosebleed.
94	* NoSocialSkills: Eunice does come off as a genuinely nice girl, she just has absolutely no idea how to chat to boys in a way that doesn't scare them off. Rare for this type of character is that she actually seems to be aware of this, noting that her ''intensity'' is a problem.
95	* OperationJealousy: Olivia's going out with Duke to get "Sebastian" to fall for her. This goes about as badly as one might expect in a comedy, but does have the inadvertent benefit of directing Toby back to the HollywoodHomely Eunice when he sees her with "Sebastian" on a double date: as he points out to the others, Eunice ''has'' to be at least somewhat attractive if she's got a date with TheCasanova, so he was obviously right to be interested in her earlier when they were ribbing him about this attraction.
96	* PairTheSpares:
97	** Olivia and Sebastian? Introducing your brother to your friend who you think will be good for him and then them going to a party together is rather less silly than the actual marriage that happens in the play.
98	** Viola's {{Jerkass}} ex-boyfriend Justin and Sebastian's {{Jerkass}} ex-girlfriend Monique.
99	* PaperThinDisguise: It's fairly obvious, when Sebastian and Viola are on screen together, that no-one could possibly confuse them for the same person. It's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in the beginning; no one at the school had ''seen'' Sebastian before. After he finally arrives, it gets a lot less plausible to the point that the writers have to weasel a couple of {{Contrived Coincidence}}s (Olivia keeping her eyes closed and Sebastian putting on some "war paint" right before the game) to make it work. In fact, the director commentary says that they had to cut a scene where a couple of people see Sebastian up-close before the game because it completely shattered the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.
100	* PassionateSportsGirl: All Viola wants to do is play soccer. When the girls' team gets cut and she isn't allowed to try out for the boys team she realizes that if she joins the rival team and beats the school that rejected her she can prove that she should get to play.
101	* PolarOppositeTwins: As stated concerning Sebastian and Viola in a yearbook that Malcolm studies as part of his opposition research at one point.
102	* PromotedToLoveInterest: Implied for Andrew and Paul, who are seen together at the debutantes' ball at the end of the film. Their counterparts from the original play hardly interacted at all, and both ended up rejected and alone.
103	* ReallyGetsAround: Viola while posing as Sebastian gets some help from Kia and Yvonne to make "him" look like a real player so the other guys will think this somewhat clumsy and seemingly dorky "guy" a Casanova who might be worth befriending for some advice on getting girlfriends for themselves.
104	* RuleOfCool:
105	** Viola was not a student at Sebastian's school. Their team should have had to forfeit when the truth was revealed. On the other hand, if Viola's school had tried to invoke that rule, Sebastian's could have pointed out that refusing to even let the girls try out violated Title IX.
106	** An Illyria player executes a handstand/flip throw-in. While technically legal [[note]]when the ball is launched, it is delivered from behind and over his head, his feet are behind the touch line and he's facing the field of play[[/note]] it is highly impractical.
107	* RuleOfFunny:
108	** Even if we're generous and say that it would have hurt her half as much as it would a guy, neither gender is capable of no-selling a soccer ball to the groin to the point that they have to ''fake'' being in pain.
109	** Identity fraud, especially today, is a serious crime, one that they put you away for. This rule seems to be the only reason why the authorities do not get involved. [[note]] There could be other reasons, such as no attempt at financial gain, the victim of the theft not pressing charges, her being his sister who only did it to help him out, etc. but this is clearly the biggie. [[/note]]
110	* {{Sarashi}}: Viola uses an Ace bandage to compress her chest while disguised as Sebastian.
111	* SettingUpdate: Shakespeare in a soccer-themed movie in a modern-day high school setting.
112	* ShareTheMalePain: When Viola gets hit in the crotch with a soccer ball, all the boys wince. Yet she doesn't notice... until a few moments later and then starts (badly) faking her pain.
113	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Out of all the guys who likes her, Olivia prefers honest Sebastian (who is actually Viola in disguise). She would later meet and fall in love with the real Sebastian.
114	* SoundEffectBleep: Just as Viola is about tell her ex-boyfriend just what she thinks of him, the coach blows his whistle.
115	-->'''Viola:''' Aw...you're so full of--!\
116	'''Coach:''' (blows his whistle) Back to practice!
117	* SweetPollyOliver: Viola whenever she's dressed as Sebastian to pass as him so she can play on a boys' soccer team to prove herself against a sexist coach who dissed girls.
118	* SweetOnPollyOliver: Duke's reaction to Viola when she's dressed as Sebastian, which gets him a little creeped out at one point when she "role-plays" a girl for him so convincingly.
119	* ThoseTwoGirls: Viola's best friends Kia and Yvonne. They don't get much to do beyond hanging around with Paul.
120	* {{Tomboy With a Girly Streak}}: Viola loves playing soccer and has a strict "no ruffles" policy. This upsets her mother, a {{Proper Lady}} who wants her to be a "lady." Despite this, though Viola is obsessed with soccer, when she’s not playing the sport she’s quite feminine. She loves fashion and shoes, wears a pretty bikini while playing soccer at the beach party and doesn’t actually seem to mind wearing dresses, it’s just fancy, big, over-the-top gowns that she despises.
121	%%* TrueLoveAutoCorrect: Olivia falls for "Sebastian", not realizing he's really Viola (who is not interested in her that way) in disguise. Upon meeting the real Sebastian, Viola's twin brother, she falls for him instead and they begin to date.
122	* TwelfthNightAdventure: Well, it is based on Twelfth Night...
123	* TwinSwitch: Viola takes her twin brother's place at Illyria while he's off singing with his band in London.
124	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Viola and Sebastian look passable as HalfIdenticalTwins, although when both are onscreen at the same time it's obvious nobody could mistake them for the other. It's mentioned in the audio commentary when they discuss the difficulty of casting a man who looked like Amanda Bynes.
125	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Twice, with Sebastian and Viola. [[spoiler: When Sebastian is mistaken for being Viola impersonating him, he gladly drops his pants and exposes his genitals to the soccer teams, coaches and everyone watching to prove he is not lying. Malcolm is visibly traumatized by this. Later, when Viola confesses everything to the teams as well as her love for Duke, she ditches her wig and flashes her breasts when they're still in disbelief. Everyone's pretty shocked by the revelation at first, biut they get over it quickly.]]
126	* VillainTeamUp: Malcolm and Monique toward the end of the film.
127	-->'''Malcolm:''' ''(laughably sinister tone of voice)'' Allow me to introduce myself...
128	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Channing Tatum in several scenes.
129	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
130	** Malcolm's tarantula disappears from the movie after the scene where it scares Duke and Viola.
131	** There's presumably [[NoodleIncident some story]] behind how Justin and Monique [[PairTheSpares got so fittingly paired]] at the end as well, but it ends up on the cutting-room floor.
132	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Viola is only cross-dressing in order to play on her new school's soccer team.
133	* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The audience can pretend Viola looks like Sebastian. While she can pull off looking like ''a'' boy, looking like her brother takes a bit more suspension. It's a moot point until much later because it's stated early on that no-one at Illyria has seen Sebastian, so looking like ''a'' boy is the only thing that counts.
134	* YouGoGirl: When Viola isn't taken seriously by her sexist soccer coach, she attempts to prove him wrong by joining the opposing school's team [[SweetPollyOliver disguised as a boy]]. [[spoiler:In the finale, she proves herself by making a game-winning kick for her team while playing as her actual gender after it's been revealed.]]

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