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* Skewed Priorities: It seems that the school administration is more concerned with Justin looking at porn on the library computer than the fact that one of their underage students has her own online porn channel she’s been broadcasting on said computer.

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* Skewed Priorities: SkewedPriorities: It seems that the school administration is more concerned with Justin looking at porn on the library computer than the fact that one of their underage students has her own online porn channel she’s been broadcasting on said computer.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Justin is York between the virtuous church going on Amy and their promiscuous older classmate Monica.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Justin is York torn between the virtuous church going on Amy and their promiscuous older classmate Monica.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Justin gorging on energy drinks while looking at porn is an obvious substitute for [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbation]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Justin gorging binging on energy drinks while looking at porn is an obvious substitute for [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbation]].

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* BreakTheCutie: Justin is hounded and harassed to the breaking point by ''everyone'' for the unforgivable crime of looking at some vaguely erotic JPGs online.

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* BreakTheCutie: Justin is hounded and harassed to the breaking point by ''everyone'' for the unforgivable crime of looking at some vaguely erotic JPGs erotic .jpgs online.


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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Justin gorging on energy drinks while looking at porn is an obvious substitute for [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbation]].
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* SkeweredPriorities: It seems that the school administration is more concerned with Justin looking at porn on the library computer than the fact that one of their underage students has her own online porn channel she’s been broadcasting on said computer.

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* SkeweredPriorities: Skewed Priorities: It seems that the school administration is more concerned with Justin looking at porn on the library computer than the fact that one of their underage students has her own online porn channel she’s been broadcasting on said computer.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. All the adults in Justin’s life are a little ''too'' emotionally invested into “helping” him.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. All the adults in Justin’s life are a little ''too'' emotionally invested into in “helping” him.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. All the adults in Justin’s life are a little ''too'' emotionally invested into “helping” him.


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* BettyAndVeronica: Justin is York between the virtuous church going on Amy and their promiscuous older classmate Monica.


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* DoubleStandard: While the adults are up in arms over Justin looking at mild softcore porn, no one seems to mind the fact that seventeen year old Monica has her own porn website.


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* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Amy and Monica are polar opposites of each other; the former is a virginal religious GirlNextDoor, while the latter is a morally bankrupt slur with her own porn website.


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* SkeweredPriorities: It seems that the school administration is more concerned with Justin looking at porn on the library computer than the fact that one of their underage students has her own online porn channel she’s been broadcasting on said computer.
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* StunnedSilence: Diane listens in horror as her coworker recounts leaving her husband over his porn habit.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Justin's mother has no problem using sex to coerce her husband into paying for an overly expensive vacation trip.
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* BreakTheCutie: Justin is hounded and harassed to the breaking point by ''everyone'' for the unforgivable crime of looking at some vaguely erotic JPGs online.


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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the badly beaten Justin breaking into the school swimming pool to drown himself.
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* HarmfulToMinors: Justin's younger brother hapens to stumble onto the porn he views. The experience leaves him unable to talk, eat without prompting or do anything other than stare blankly into the distance. A few scenes later he has developed a fetish for something so terrible, the film wouldn't even name it.

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* HarmfulToMinors: Justin's younger brother hapens happens to stumble onto the porn he views. The experience leaves him unable to talk, eat without prompting or do anything other than stare blankly into the distance. A few scenes later he has developed a fetish for something so terrible, the film wouldn't even name it.
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Cross-wicking.

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* HarmfulToMinors: Justin's younger brother hapens to stumble onto the porn he views. The experience leaves him unable to talk, eat without prompting or do anything other than stare blankly into the distance. A few scenes later he has developed a fetish for something so terrible, the film wouldn't even name it.
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Justin is a promising high school student and swimmer with a girlfriend, Amy. His life starts to fall apart when he becomes [[TheInternetIsForPorn addicted to internet pornography.]]

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Justin is a promising high school student and swimmer with a girlfriend, Amy. His life starts to fall apart when he becomes [[TheInternetIsForPorn addicted to internet pornography.]]
pornography]].



* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: If you look closely, there's at least one piece of anime art in Justin's collection. Thankfully, this being a world where porn only constitutes to FullyClothedNudity, we don't see anything too messed up.
* BondageIsBad: Justin's descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.
* BrokenAesop: The film attempts to preach AnAesop about how looking at Internet porn will ruin your life. The 14-year-old protagonist starts out as a champion swimmer and ends the film as a suicidal mess. Except because it's Lifetime TV, the most they can actually show is just Justin looking at women in skimpy costumes and the film's Aesop gets undermined when all the problems that happen for Justin don't actually come from looking at porn in general. He gets addicted to energy drinks simply because he drinks them when he looks at porn, he gets into trouble with people in town because the woman whose porn he was watching accuses him of raping her because he won't sleep with her. Half the kid's problems seem to stem from having a mother who feels such a habit warrants therapy and interventions. And yet [[DesignatedHero the mother is meant to be the heroine of the story]].
* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of Justin's internet pornography addiction are [[FullyClothedNudity pictures of scantily clad women]], rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turn undermines the film's message, since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control, it becomes questionable whether he either has psychological problems already, or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted. At no point in the film does Justin touch himself while looking at porn. [[IncrediblyLameFun He's just looking at it.]]

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* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: If you look closely, there's at least one piece of anime art in Justin's collection. Thankfully, this being a world where porn only constitutes to FullyClothedNudity, we don't see anything too messed up.
messed-up.
* BondageIsBad: Justin's descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest thing in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.
* BrokenAesop: The film attempts to preach AnAesop about how looking at Internet porn will ruin your life. The 14-year-old protagonist starts out as a champion swimmer and ends the film as a suicidal mess. Except Porn addiction is a real problem and can cause serious issues, but because it's Lifetime TV, the most they can actually show here is just Justin looking at women in skimpy costumes outfits - and the film's Aesop gets undermined when all the problems that happen for Justin to him don't actually come from looking at porn in general. He general: he gets addicted to energy drinks simply because he drinks them when he looks at porn, plus he gets into trouble with people in town because the woman whose porn he was watching accuses him of raping her because he won't sleep with her. Half the kid's problems seem to stem from having a mother who feels such a habit warrants therapy and interventions. And interventions, and yet [[DesignatedHero the mother is meant to be the heroine of the story]].
* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of Justin's internet pornography addiction are [[FullyClothedNudity pictures of scantily clad scantily-clad women]], rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. Bangbros - or, heck, any nudity at all. This in turn undermines the film's message, since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control, control it becomes questionable whether he either has psychological problems already, or if his mother's overreaction overreactions had something to do with it.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted. At Averted - at no point in the film does Justin touch himself while looking at porn. [[IncrediblyLameFun He's just looking at it.]]



* AGoodNameForARockBand: When Justin's mom discovers Justin's younger brother keeping a porno CD-ROM, her husband suggests there might be another explanation for the disc's title, to which she snarkily responds "Like what? Virgin Vaginas are a new band?", evidently unaware of bands like Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Gay For Johnny Depp.

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: When Justin's mom discovers Justin's younger brother keeping a porno CD-ROM, her husband suggests there might be another explanation for the disc's title, to which she snarkily responds "Like what? Virgin Vaginas are a new band?", evidently unaware of bands like Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/ButtholeSurfers Music/ButtholeSurfers, and Gay For Johnny Depp.



* AManIsAlwaysEager: The male lead is always pressuring his girlfriend to have sex with him because he thinks he is ready.
* PornStash: Of CD's labeled of what kind of porn they are. Naturally, the mother stumbles upon it.

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* AManIsAlwaysEager: The male lead is always pressuring his girlfriend to have sex with him because he thinks he is he's ready.
* PornStash: Of CD's [=CDs=] labeled of what kind of porn they are. Naturally, the Justin's mother stumbles upon it.



* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't ever look at even the softest of softcore porn or your girlfriend will dump you, you will suddenly suck at whatever you were good at before, and the kids you thought were cool will beat the shit out of you.

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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't ever look at even the softest of softcore porn or your girlfriend will dump you, you will you'll suddenly suck at whatever you were good at before, and the kids you thought were cool will beat the shit out of you.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Don't look, Justin! TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow!]]
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* BondageIsBad: His descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.

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* BondageIsBad: His Justin's descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.
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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of Justin's internet pornography addiction are pictures of scantily clad women, rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turn undermines the film's message, since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control, it becomes questionable whether he either has psychological problems already, or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.

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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of Justin's internet pornography addiction are [[FullyClothedNudity pictures of scantily clad women, women]], rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turn undermines the film's message, since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control, it becomes questionable whether he either has psychological problems already, or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.
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Corrected Diane's quote about the Virgin Vaginas CD.


* AGoodNameForARockBand: When Justin's mom scolds Justin's younger brother for keeping a porn stash, she snarkily asks "What, is Virgin Vaginas a new indie band", evidently unaware of bands like Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Gay For Johnny Depp.

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: When Justin's mom scolds discovers Justin's younger brother for keeping a porn stash, porno CD-ROM, her husband suggests there might be another explanation for the disc's title, to which she snarkily asks "What, is responds "Like what? Virgin Vaginas are a new indie band", band?", evidently unaware of bands like Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Gay For Johnny Depp.

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* BondageIsBad: His descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.



* BondageIsBad: His descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.
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* BondageIsBad: His descent into unpopularity begins when he shows his friends S&M porn, pretty much the closest in the entire film to resemble pornography that would be considered extreme and not just women in their underwear.
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* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: If you look closely, there's at least one piece of anime art in Justin's collection. Thankfully, this being a world where porn only constitutes to FullyClothedNudity, we don't see anything too messed up.
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* FullyClothedNudity: What the "porn" constitutes to.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted. At no point in the film does Justin touch himself while looking at porn. [[IncrediblyLameFun He's just looking at it.]]
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* SexIsEvil: Or rather what this movie thinks sex (or porn in this case) anyway.

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* SexIsEvil: Or rather what this movie thinks is sex (or porn in this case) anyway.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: When Justin's mom scolds Justin's younger brother for keeping a porn stash, she snarkily asks "What, is Virgin Vaginas a new indie band", evidently unaware of bands like Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Gay For Johnny Depp.


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* PornStash: Of CD's labeled of what kind of porn they are. Naturally, the mother stumbles upon it.
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Justin is a promising high school student and swimmer with a girlfriend, Amy. His life starts to fall apart when he becomes addicted to internet pornography.

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Justin is a promising high school student and swimmer with a girlfriend, Amy. His life starts to fall apart when he becomes [[TheInternetIsForPorn addicted to internet pornography.
pornography.]]



* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of the teenage main character's [[TheInternetIsForPorn internet pornography addiction]] are pictures of scantily clad women rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turns undermines the film's message since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control it becomes questionable if the kid either has psychological problems already or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.

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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of the teenage main character's [[TheInternetIsForPorn Justin's internet pornography addiction]] addiction are pictures of scantily clad women women, rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turns turn undermines the film's message message, since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control control, it becomes questionable if the kid whether he either has psychological problems already already, or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.



* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't ever look at even the softest of softcore porn or your girlfriend will dump you, you will suddenly suck at whatever you were good at before and the kids you thought were cool will beat the shit out of you.

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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't ever look at even the softest of softcore porn or your girlfriend will dump you, you will suddenly suck at whatever you were good at before before, and the kids you thought were cool will beat the shit out of you.
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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of the main character's [[TheInternetIsForPorn internet pornography addiction]] are pictures of scantily clad women rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turns undermines the film's message since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control it becomes questionable if the kid either has psychological problems already or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.

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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of the teenage main character's [[TheInternetIsForPorn internet pornography addiction]] are pictures of scantily clad women rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turns undermines the film's message since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control it becomes questionable if the kid either has psychological problems already or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.
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* CluelessAesop: Because of television content standards, the most the movie can actually show of the main character's [[TheInternetIsForPorn internet pornography addiction]] are pictures of scantily clad women rather than any form of hardcore pornography featured on websites like Brazzers or Bangbros. This in turns undermines the film's message since if something that mild is all it takes for him to spin out of control it becomes questionable if the kid either has psychological problems already or if his mother's overreaction had something to do with it.
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* InformedWrongness: The movie informs us so about internet porn. It's something that's so wrong it [[SpaceWhaleAesop causes Justin to suddenly suck at swimming, get rejected by the cool kids, end up beaten up and suicidal]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and get addicted to energy drinks]]. And this is just from looking at the softcore stuff the movie is able to show… Justin's father does say that Justin looking at porn isn't that big of a deal, but [[AcceptableTargets being a man in a Lifetime movie]], he of course is wrong by default.
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''Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life'' is a LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek released in 2005.

Justin is a promising high school student and swimmer with a girlfriend, Amy. His life starts to fall apart when he becomes addicted to internet pornography.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* BrokenAesop: The film attempts to preach AnAesop about how looking at Internet porn will ruin your life. The 14-year-old protagonist starts out as a champion swimmer and ends the film as a suicidal mess. Except because it's Lifetime TV, the most they can actually show is just Justin looking at women in skimpy costumes and the film's Aesop gets undermined when all the problems that happen for Justin don't actually come from looking at porn in general. He gets addicted to energy drinks simply because he drinks them when he looks at porn, he gets into trouble with people in town because the woman whose porn he was watching accuses him of raping her because he won't sleep with her. Half the kid's problems seem to stem from having a mother who feels such a habit warrants therapy and interventions. And yet [[DesignatedHero the mother is meant to be the heroine of the story]].
* InformedWrongness: The movie informs us so about internet porn. It's something that's so wrong it [[SpaceWhaleAesop causes Justin to suddenly suck at swimming, get rejected by the cool kids, end up beaten up and suicidal]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and get addicted to energy drinks]]. And this is just from looking at the softcore stuff the movie is able to show… Justin's father does say that Justin looking at porn isn't that big of a deal, but [[AcceptableTargets being a man in a Lifetime movie]], he of course is wrong by default.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: It's a story about a teenager who becomes addicted to internet porn and his life is destroyed because of it. It's like a nondenominational live-action ComicBook/ChickTract about how NewMediaAreEvil. Just to make it confusing he's only found out because he inexplicably makes hard copies and hides them poorly (suggesting the writer was unclear on the concept or hastily adapted a script about dirty magazines), and depending on the scene it renders him either obsessed or utterly disinterested with real-life sex.
* AManIsAlwaysEager: The male lead is always pressuring his girlfriend to have sex with him because he thinks he is ready.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't ever look at even the softest of softcore porn or your girlfriend will dump you, you will suddenly suck at whatever you were good at before and the kids you thought were cool will beat the shit out of you.
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