History Film / LoveSimon

'''Ms. Albright:''' Actually, I can. 'Cause I just did. And you know why? Because you're just those two ''assholes'' that did that shitty thing in front of the whole school! And guess what? ''Nobody'' feels sorry for those assholes. ''Especially'' me. Now walk. Mr Worth's office, now. (one of the boys takes the stereo, but Ms. Albright takes it from him). Uh-uh. That's mine now. I'mma sell it. Get my tubes tied.

'''Ms. Albright:''' Actually, I can. 'Cause I just did. And you know why? Because you're just those two ''assholes'' that did that shitty thing in front of the whole school! And guess what? ''Nobody'' feels sorry for those assholes. ''Especially'' me. Now walk.

* HomoeroticDream: Simon had a recurring one about Daniel Radcliffe when he was younger.

* AllGaysLoveTheatre: Downplayed to the point of almost aversion. When Abby complains about how much she has to memorize, Simon's response implies he didn't really want to be in it.
--> '''Simon''': Don't you wish you were talentless? Then you could be company member #8 like me.
* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Averted here by Nick, who is black ''and'' Jewish, [[spoiler: as is Bram]].

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted by Nora, whom Simon outright says he likes (but won't admit it).

* BeYourself: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, {{discussed|Trope}} and [[PlayingWithTropes played with]]. While the ultimate moral of the story is that everyone has something about themselves that they're afraid to share that isn't limited to their sexuality, it still acknowledges that they're secrets for a reason, even if they're nothing to be ashamed of. Simon is just as afraid of being made a spectacle for his sexuality as he is of being rejected for it while Abby doesn't like talking about her parents' divorce because she's still coping with it herself. Completely averted with Martin, who's unpopular specifically ''because'' of [[NoSocialSkills who]] [[AttentionWhore he]] [[DoggedNiceGuy is]].

%%* ExtravertedNerd: Martin, full stop.

** Martin's embarrassment after Homecoming leads him to [[spoiler:leak Simon and Blue's emails on the school blog (while making a point of [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing]] Simon)]] in an attempt to shift attention away from his own blunder. He later states [[WhatAnIdiot he had no idea]] it would be such a big deal [[spoiler:despite having threatened to do exactly that for ''months'' and knowing that Simon found it genuinely terrifying]].

* AnAesop: Telling your friends and family who you really are may not be as painful experience as you may think, but in the end, if and when you do so is ''your'' choice and yours alone.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Martin's embarrassment after Homecoming leads him to [[spoiler:leak Simon and Blue's emails on the school blog (while making a point of [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing]] Simon)]] in an attempt to shift attention away from his own blunder. He later states [[WhatAnIdiot he had no idea]] it would be such a big deal [[spoiler:despite having threatened to do exactly that for ''months'' and knowing that Simon found it genuinely terrifying]].

* RealityEnsues: As it turns out, {{grand romantic gesture}}s aren't so much romantic as they are an act of embarrassing peer pressure in real life. Both Abby and Martin find this out the hard way.

* GrandRomanticGesture: Martin's attempt at one to get Abby to go out with him is a very good example of why this trope [[RealityEnsues doesn't work in real life]].

* RejectedApology: Simon is, understandably, not interested in Martin's attempt to [[spoiler:apologize for outing him, which itself is clearly just Martin trying to abstain himself from guilt]].

* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:After Martin has the gaul to even try to apologize after outing Simon, Simon finally has enough and yells at Martin to "stay the '''fuck''' away from me!"]].

* RedHerring: An early hint in the film as to who Blue is that he says he likes Game of Thrones and that Simon can find him wearing one. Most ''Game of Thrones'' fans (and as seen in the film) know that the shirts more often than not cite a line from the show, usually the motto of a House. Later on, we see Simon going through some of Martin's shirts, all of which have words on them. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he isn't Blue]].

* {{Jerkass}}: '''Martin'''. His first instinct when seeing another person's emails open on a public computer isn't to log out courteously. Rather, he takes screencaps of them and [[{{Blackmail}} threatens to out Simon]] if he doesn't act as his wing-man to get with Abby. He's offended by the notion that his feelings are [[DoggedNiceGuy one-sided]] and forces Abby into uncomfortable situations for attention, including asking her out in front of a crowd, pressuring her to say yes. Even before then, he gets jealous of Abby being close with anyone else and forces Simon to lie to and manipulate his friends just to keep her [[EntitledToHaveYou available for him]]. And when it doesn't work and he ends up embarrassing himself, he [[spoiler:breaks his half of the deal and [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outs Simon anyway]], then has the gaul to try and get Simon to accept his apology]]. The only thing keeping him from being a HateSink is the implication that he's [[{{Manchild}} too immature]] to realize that what he's doing is wrong and that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo the ends don't justify the means]].

* TwoferTokenMinority: Ethan is black and gay, and Nick is black and Jewish. Blue is gay and Jewish, [[spoiler: and a ''threefer'' minority as Bram is also black]].

* ExtravertedNerd: Martin, full stop.

** Taylor Metternich, though never a major character in the novel, has most of her contributions to the plot ([[spoiler: going after Simon's bullies and forming a band with Leah and Nora]]) removed to serve as Ethan's best friend. The only time she's named onscreen is near the end, without a face to go with the name, which means only those who read the book would know who she's supposed to be.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Simon comes out to his family, his father solemnly leaves. At first, we're lead to believe that he's ashamed of his son, but we later learn that [[spoiler:he's actually ashamed of all of the tactless jokes he'd made in the past which inadvertently forced his son back into the closet]].

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted by Nora, whom Simon outright says he likes (but won't admit).

* ShoutOut: Martin's GrandRomanticGesture is basically an even gaudier recreation of the one from ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.

* NoSocialSkills: '''''Martin'''''. He's proud of the fact that he's weird, but his quirkiness is only endearing to others exactly ''once'', and overbearing the rest of the time. He also doesn't seem to think {{Blackmail}}ing one of Abby's friends to get with her[[labelnote:*]]even acting like this makes ''him'' friends with Simon at more than one point[[/labelnote]] or of putting Abby into uncomfortable situations on a public stage as all that unreasonable, and dismisses or ignores hints that his behavior is barely tolerable.

* ObliviouslyEvil: As a result of the above, he never seems to put together why people dislike him, acting like Simon is his wingman rather than his unwilling accomplice.