History Film / Booksmart

* CoolLoser: Discussed.
** Deconstructed with Amy and Molly, who both ''are'' pretty cool losers, but in both cases, their informed loserness makes a lot more sense in the context that Molly herself is frightened of rejection (especially romantic rejection), and so cultivates a hard shell which makes it hard for anyone to get to know her, and Amy is very shy. Plus, it turns out that a lot of people in their class do like and respect them.
** Discussed and reconstructed around Jared. Jared is actually a really nice person with cool interests once Molly gets to know him, but she points out correctly that Jared is perceived as a loser for his proven desire to show off and try to buy love from people. But this is also shown as proof of his FreudianExcuse.

* NoAntagonist: No one is actually trying to stop Amy and Molly from achieving their objectives, and basically everyone they encounter throughout the night is either neutral or openly friendly. Hope is the only person who is ever openly mean to them, and Amy ends up getting to know her better by the end, and of the trio who mock Molly behind her back early on, they guys are still actively excited to see Molly and Amy later, and Molly reconciles with Annabelle as well. There's only really one "bad" person in the whole film, the girls only encounter them briefly, and they're still (relatively, given the situation) nice to the. [[spoiler:The serial killer pizza man whose car they break into is understandably upset they broke into his car, but makes no attempt to hurt them and mostly just calls them out for very stupidly putting themselves in a dangerous situation with a stranger]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Amy admits to humping her toy panda, and Molly admits to masturbating with an electric toothbrush, which gave her a UTI.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Amy and Molly hide in the back of a pizza delivery man's car and try to force him to give them the address of the big party. The man lectures them on how stupid it is for teen girls to get into a stranger's car to threaten them with no way to defend themselves and basically no plan, noting that they put more attention on using their hair as disguises than on the potential danger.

* NoAntagonist: No one is actually trying to stop Amy and Molly from achieving their objectives, and basically everyone they encounter throughout the night is either neutral or openly friendly. Hope is the only person who is ever openly mean to them, and Amy ends up getting to know her better by the end. There is the trio who mock Molly, and Amy is having a gap year in Botswana before she goes to Columbia. The movie ends with Molly driving her to the airport, though Amy still has some time before her flight so she comes back and the two get pancakes together. behind her back, but the guys are still excited to see Molly and Amy at the party later and Molly reconciles with Annabelle. In fact, the only "bad" person in the whole film is still (relatively, given the situation) nice to them, [[spoiler:the serial killer pizza man whose car they break into. He warns them not to put themselves in dangerous situations with strangers]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{Film/Superbad}}''. Both movies involve two high school friends attending a party to get attention from their crushes, and the course of a single day. Molly, played by Beanie Feldstein, is the successor to Seth, played by Beanie's older brother, Creator/JonahHill. The meeker Amy is the successor to Evan.

* NoAntagonist: No one is actually trying to stop Amy and Molly from achieving their objectives, and basically everyone they encounter throughout the night is either neutral or openly friendly. Hope is the only person who is ever openly mean to them, and Amy ends up getting to know her better by the end. There is the trio who mock MollyAmy is having a gap year in Botswana before she goes to Columbia. The movie ends with Molly driving her to the airport, though Amy still has some time before her flight so she comes back and the two get pancakes together. behind her back, but the guys are still excited to see Molly and Amy at the party later and Molly reconciles with Annabelle/. In fact, the only "bad" person in the whole film is still (relatively, given the situation) nice to them, [[spoiler:the serial killer pizza man whose car they break into. He warns them not to put themselves in dangerous situations with strangers]].

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Molly's crush on [[spoiler: Nick]] is outed by Gigi, she admits to Amy that she knows he's a dumb jock, but she also says she knows he'd never be interested in someone like her. Amy gives her a BrightSlap and tells her she won't tolerate someone talking about her best friend that way.