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* InMediasRes: The film starts with Greg having a nightmare about his girlfriend giving birth. It then skips back to how they met.

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* InMediasRes: The film starts with Greg having a nightmare about his girlfriend giving birth. It then skips back to how they first met.



* MorningSickness: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Kellie is too sick to attend church because she's pregnant. She doesn't throw up as is common with this trope.]]

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* MorningSickness: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Kellie is too sick to attend church because she's pregnant. She However, she doesn't throw up as is common with this trope.]]


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* OneNightStandPregnancy: Kellie gets pregnant after a one-night stand in a cabin.
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* VertigoEffect: The camera does this on Greg when he learns that Kellie is [[spoiler:pregnant]].

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* VertigoEffect: The camera does this on Greg when he learns that Kellie is [[spoiler:pregnant]].[[spoiler:pregnant]].
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* LoveDoodles: Kellie's EstablishingCharacterMoment is her drawing a portrait of Greg while at school. She then accidentally gives this drawing to Greg.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:At the log cabin of Kellie's father, Greg and Kellie start kissing and then it cuts outside.

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* SexyDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:At the log cabin of Kellie's father, [[spoiler:When Greg and Kellie start kissing and then it in the log cabin, the scene cuts outside.]]
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''Only Once'' is a 1998 American dramatic film directed by Rocco [=DeVilliers=]. It is based on the book ''Greg & Kellie'' by Douglas and Donlu Thayer. The film follows the teenagers Greg and Kellie, who fall in love and make a mistake when they're alone at a cabin. Kellie gets pregnant and Greg has to summon the courage to inform his parents.

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!!''Only Once'' contains examples of:

* AdaptationDistillation: The original book has two sections which tell the story from Greg and Kellie's perspectives, while the movie focuses mainly on Greg.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Greg and Kellie kiss a couple times during the movie, but their climactic show of affection [[spoiler:after they tell their parents that Kellie is pregnant]] is when they hug.
* {{Dedication}}: The film is "respectfully" dedicated to David Jensen, who played Greg's father and died before he could see the finished movie.
* FallingInLoveMontage: Greg and Kellie get one, where they ride together in a motorcycle, walk around, and watch airplanes taking off.
* FlamesOfLove: The fire in the cabin represents Greg and Kellie's love/lust for each other.
* GoodParents: Greg and Kellie both have very supportive parents. Greg's father is especially concerned for his son.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Greg gets one when Kellie tells him she's [[spoiler:pregnant]].
* InMediasRes: The film starts with Greg having a nightmare about his girlfriend giving birth. It then skips back to how they met.
* KneelPushTrip: Two kids do this to another kid in one of the establishing shots of Lone Peak High School.
* MorningSickness: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Kellie is too sick to attend church because she's pregnant. She doesn't throw up as is common with this trope.]]
* NightmareSequence: The film starts with Greg dreaming that Kellie is giving birth in the hospital.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Greg is devastated when he learns that [[spoiler:Kellie is pregnant]]. He considers selling his motorcycle, and his father immediately to suspect something is wrong, remarking that he hasn't been himself lately.
* SexyDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:At the log cabin of Kellie's father, Greg and Kellie start kissing and then it cuts outside.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Kellie tells Greg she's pregnant.]]
* VertigoEffect: The camera does this on Greg when he learns that Kellie is [[spoiler:pregnant]].

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