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* TeensAreMonsters: The nickname 'Dewey' that Will gets mocked for - and an entire auditorium of teens chant at him [[spoiler: comes from the fact that his father killed a child while drunk (DWI - driving while intoxicated - Dewey)]].

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* TeensAreMonsters: The nickname 'Dewey' that Will gets mocked for - and an entire auditorium of teens chant at him [[spoiler: comes from the fact that his father killed a child while drunk (DWI - driving while intoxicated - Dewey)]]. In fairness to the auditorium most of them had no idea what it meant and seem to buy it when Will turns it into "Do We" then into "Do we wanna rock?!"
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* TheAce: Will is a different musical spin on this trope. He knows exactly what the band needs to have a fuller sound, wisely knows that they need a SignatureSong, and knows how to promote them.

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* TheAce: Will is a different musical spin on this trope. He knows exactly what the band needs to have a fuller sound, wisely knows that they need a a(n) (in-universe) SignatureSong, and knows how to promote them.

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* CerebusRetcon:
** Will being mockingly called 'Dewey' at his old school seems like a standard schoolyard taunt. [[spoiler: It's revealed he got this name from his father killing a child while DWI (driving while intoxicated)]].
** Will asking Charlotte if her dad is dead, and her reaction is a CringeComedy moment early in the film. [[spoiler: He dies of cancer later on, meaning that Will's line probably struck an even bigger nerve with Charlotte than he realised]].


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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Will asking Charlotte if her dad is dead, and her reaction is a CringeComedy moment early in the film. [[spoiler: He dies of cancer later on, meaning that Will's line probably struck an even bigger nerve with Charlotte than he realised]].


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* KidsAreCruel: Will being mockingly called 'Dewey' at his old school seems like a standard schoolyard taunt. [[spoiler: It's revealed he got this name from his father killing a child while DWI (driving while intoxicated)]].
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* HairContrastDuo: Outgoing and charismatic Charlotte is blonde, introverted and emotionless [=Sa5m=] is brunette.

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* HairContrastDuo: Outgoing and charismatic Charlotte is blonde, introverted and emotionless [[SugarAndIcePersonality seemingly]] [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] [=Sa5m=] is a brunette.

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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: [=Sa5m=]'s dad isn't seen, only her mom, and he's not mentioned either. Presumably her mom is a single mother.



* EmbarrassingNickname: "Dewey" for Will, and it is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. See OldShame below.

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* DisappearedDad:
** Will's dad is not around since he's off playing for different bands. [[spoiler:Or so he says-really he's in prison for killing a kid while driving drunk.]]
** Charlotte loses her dad after he dies from cancer.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Dewey" for Will, and it is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. See OldShame below.[[spoiler:It's because his dad killed a kid while driving while intoxicated-DWI, Dewie.]]



* LiarRevealed: It's revealed that [[spoiler: Will made up stories about his father, who's really in prison for killing a twelve-year-old in a drunk car accident]].

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* LiarRevealed: It's revealed that [[spoiler: Will made up stories about his father, who's really in prison for killing a twelve-year-old in a drunk car accident]].while driving drunk]].



* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: After seeing Ben and the Glory Dogs sing the same song they were planning to, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On manages to whip up a kick-ass ska arrangement to "Everything I Own" in a matter of minutes.]]



* OldShame: InUniverse. Will was called "Dewey" back in Ohio because [[spoiler: his father is in jail for accidentally killing a child driving while intoxicated (DWI). Ben eventually finds out about this and uses it against Will]]. [=Sa5m=] used to stutter.



--->"Will is a reflective surface. He mirrors back at you whatever you want to see. He reflects you back to you. And it's nice, for a while. You stop feeling lonely. But then you realize, he's doing that with everyone. The only person he can't do it for is Will. Because he doesn't have a clue who he is."

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--->"Will -->"Will is a reflective surface. He mirrors back at you whatever you want to see. He reflects you back to you. And it's nice, for a while. You stop feeling lonely. But then you realize, he's doing that with everyone. The only person he can't do it for is Will. Because he doesn't have a clue who he is."



* SugarAndIcePersonality: [=Sa5m=] is a Type 2 of this.

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* SinsOfTheFather: Will was called "Dewey" back in Ohio because [[spoiler: his father is in jail for accidentally killing a child driving while intoxicated (DWI). Ben eventually finds out about this and uses it against Will]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: [=Sa5m=] is acts like the EmotionlessGirl and standoffish at first. However, it soon turns out she's actually warm and kind inside, though her soft side warrs with the other half. It's possibly due to having had a Type 2 of this.stutter, which made her self-conscious.



* TeensAreMonsters: The nickname 'Dewey' that Will gets mocked for - and an entire auditorium of teens chant at him [[spoiler: comes from the fact that his father killed a child while drunk (DWI - drunk while intoxicated - Dewey)]].

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* TeensAreMonsters: The nickname 'Dewey' that Will gets mocked for - and an entire auditorium of teens chant at him [[spoiler: comes from the fact that his father killed a child while drunk (DWI - drunk driving while intoxicated - Dewey)]].
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* CastingGag: Vanessa Hudgens playing an outsider who eventually shows off a hidden singing talent, which she demonstrates publicly at the end? [[Film/HighSchoolMusical hmm]]...

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* CastingGag: Vanessa Hudgens playing an outsider who eventually shows off a hidden singing talent, which she demonstrates publicly at the end? [[Film/HighSchoolMusical hmm]]...Hmm]]...
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A 2009 teen musical dramedy. Music nerd and Music/DavidBowie fan Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) moves to New Jersey, eager to start fresh since he was bullied back at his old school in Ohio. Once there, he meets [[EmotionlessGirl Sa5m]] [[note]][[MyNaymeIs the 5 is silent]][[/note]] (Music/VanessaHudgens), and Charlotte (Creator/AlysonMichalka), a former [[AlphaBitch cheerleader]] who, impressed by Will's knowledge of music, takes him on as the manager of her band (later called "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On") as she tries to defeat her ex-boyfriend, Ben Wheatley, in a music competition known as [[TitleDrop Bandslam]]. The film also features Creator/LisaKudrow as Will's mom, Karen.

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A 2009 teen musical dramedy. Music nerd and Music/DavidBowie fan Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) moves to New Jersey, eager to start fresh since he was bullied back at his old school in Ohio. Once there, he meets [[EmotionlessGirl Sa5m]] [[note]][[MyNaymeIs Sa5m]][[note]][[MyNaymeIs the 5 is silent]][[/note]] (Music/VanessaHudgens), and Charlotte (Creator/AlysonMichalka), a former [[AlphaBitch cheerleader]] who, impressed by Will's knowledge of music, takes him on as the manager of her band (later called "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On") as she tries to defeat her ex-boyfriend, Ben Wheatley, in a music competition known as [[TitleDrop Bandslam]]. The film also features Creator/LisaKudrow as Will's mom, Karen.
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* TheCheerleader: Charlotte is a former cheerleader and by all accounts was a bit of a WitchWithACapitalB.

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* TheCheerleader: CruelCheerleader: Charlotte is a former cheerleader and by all accounts was a bit of a WitchWithACapitalB.
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* MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: After seeing Ben and the Glory Dogs sing the same song they were planning to, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On manages to whip up a kick-ass ska arrangement to "Everything I Own" in a matter of minutes.]]

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* MomentOfAwesome: SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: After seeing Ben and the Glory Dogs sing the same song they were planning to, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On manages to whip up a kick-ass ska arrangement to "Everything I Own" in a matter of minutes.]]

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