Starstruck - Television Tropes & Idioms

A 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie.

Christopher Wilde is a famous celebrity singer and teen heartthrob who has to escape the paparazzi in order to win a movie role. Jessica Olson is just a regular girl from a small town who is with her family on vacation and is the only girl not hung up on Christopher. They meet each other at a chance encounter, and while they have an extremely rough start, they eventually grow fond of each other. But will their friendship manage to last in their two different worlds?

Not to be confused this Starstruck.

Contains examples of:

The Alleged Car: Petunia.
Almost Kiss: Christopher and Jessica, twice.
Alpha Bitch: Alexis, to an extent.
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Be Yourself
Big Fancy House: Christopher's house.
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Christopher and Jessica.
Black Best Friend: Stubby to Christopher.
Blue Eyes: Christopher has a pair of gorgeous ones.
Boy Meets Girl: Christopher meets Jessica, quite a number of times.
Brainy Brunette: Jessica.
Break Her Heart To Save Her: Christopher's reasoning at the beach.
Brick Joke: Christopher's sunglasses, which he gives to Jessica at the Concert Climax.
Celebrity Star: Christopher.
Clark Kenting: Lampshaded in the "What's what?" version
"Is that Cristopher Wilde?" "It can't be, he's wearing a hat."
Complaining About Shows You Don't Like: If the movie's concept had been produced by a company other than the Disney Channel, it might have had the potential to be much more lucrative.
Concert Climax: At the High School Dance.
Cool Car: Christopher has six.
Crash into Hello: A variation.
Dawson Casting: 21 year old Sterling Knight playing 17 year old Christopher Wilde.
- Likewise with Chelsea Staub, who's the same age as Knight.
Deadpan Snarker / Little Miss Snarker: Jessica.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Jessica.
Dumb Blonde / Alpha Bitch: Mildly shown by Sarah's friend AJ near the end of the film.
Earworm: "Something About the Sunshine"
Every Man Has His Price: Christopher's tactic.
Everything's Better With Bob: Christopher tries to convince Jessica that he knows who works for him. This is the best he can come up with.
Fangirl: Jessica's sister Sarah, and pretty much every girl but Jessica.
Follow the Leader
The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Mildly between The Beautiful Sister Sarah and the Smart Sister Jessica.
Grand Romantic Gesture: Christopher writes and performs a song for Jessica in front of the entire high school.
Hair of Gold: Christopher.
Held Gaze: Part of Christopher's celebrity arsenal. Jessica calls him out on it.
Hey, It's That Guy!: Christopher Wilde and Stubby, played by Sterling Knight and Brandon Mychal Smith respectively, play as Chad Dylan Cooper and Nico from Sonny With A Chance. Unlike Christopher and Stubby, who are best friends, Chad and Nico are one-sided rivals.
- Alexis is played by Chelsea Staub.
- Jessica is Prom's Danielle Campbell.
High School Dance
It's Not You, It's Me: Christopher's philosophy on dating Jessica.
Last Minute Hookup
Let's Just Be Friends: Alexis's casual dumping of Christopher.
Like an Old Married Couple: Jessica and Christopher. She even dresses him up like her grandfather.
Narm
- Narm Charm
No Sense of Direction: Jessica.
The Non Singing Voice: Not, that's not Sterling Knight singing. However Brandon Smith does his own raps.
One Word Title
Only Sane Woman: Jessica, who is the only girl not crazy for Christopher Wilde.
Painting the Fourth Wall: When Alexis tells Christopher that you don't just meet the right person unless you're in a movie.
Preppy Name: Christopher Wilde.
Properly Paranoid: Christopher's wariness of the paparazzi.
Quick Sand Sucks: The fate of Petunia.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jessica gives one to the paparazzi and reporters following Christopher and later her around. In the very next scene, Christopher gets one from Stubby
Running Gag: Christopher accidently bumping a door into Jessica's face.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Jessica and Sarah.
Slap-Slap-Kiss: Christopher and Jessica.
Spiritual Successor: To Camp Rock, which is a Spiritual Successor to High School Musical.
Spoiled Brat: Jessica's opinion of Christopher.
Spoiled Sweet: Christopher.
That Came Out Wrong: "I'm Christopher Wilde and you're just an ordinary girl."
That Didn't Happen: Christopher to Jessica.
They Do
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Jessica and Sarah.
Tsundere: Jessica. Christopher calls her out on her snap judgements.
Vomit Discretion Shot
What the Hell, Hero?: When Jessica calls out the camera crew on glorifying celebrities.
Your Princess is in Another Castle: The movie could have ended half an hour earlier if Christopher made his relationship with Jessica public.