History Film / PictureDay

* EmbarrassingNickname: Claire is known around the school as "Twist-Off," due to her penchant for [[spoiler:[[ADateWithRosiePalms giving guys hand jobs]]]]. Not surprisingly, it's also her BerserkButton.

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A 2012 Canadian teen comedy written, directed and co-produced by Kate Melville. Claire (Creator/TatianaMaslany) is forced to repeat her senior year in high school, but is more interested in smoking pot, pulling pranks, and shacking up with Jim (Steven [=McCarthy=]), the leader of a local band. As her "grade 13" commences, Claire realizes that one of the incoming freshman - nerdy, introspective Henry (Spencer Van Wyck) - was a kid she used to babysit. She takes it upon herself to give Henry a popularity makeover, completely unaware of his true feelings towards her.

* EasterEgg[=/=]GeniusBonus: Right after the film's final credits roll, we see the real-life school graduation pictures of Maslany, Van Wyck, and [=McCarthy=].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Claire is known around the school as "Twist-Off," due to her penchant for [[spoiler:[[ADateWithRosiePalms giving guys hand jobs]]]]. Not surprisingly, it's also her BerserkButton. However...
** CrossesTheLineTwice: On the road trip with the Elastocitizens, Claire regales the band with examples of ''how'' she got her nickname. They are alternately bemused and aghast.

* CellphonesAreUseless: Claire and her mother both have pay-as-you-go cell phones, and are constantly trying to hoard their remaining minutes to save money. Later, Claire compounds the problem by using her phone as an MP3 player - and [[TenSecondFlashlight runs down the battery]] while stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Invokes (but should be confused with) the actual PictureDay trope.

* CellphonesAreUseless: Claire and her mother both have pay-as-you-go cell phones, and are constantly trying to hoarde their remaining minutes to save money. Later, Claire compounds the problem by using her phone as an MP3 player - and [[TenSecondFlashlight runs down the battery]] while stranded in the middle of nowhere.

* LonersAreFreaks: The other students' take on Henry. Claire's makeover of Henry tries to turn that to his advantage. [[spoiler: Later, she tells Henry's potential love interest that he previosuly attempted to commit suicide and that he was kicked out of his last school because he was selling LSD]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Claire to Henry some what. [[spoiler: Ultimately, he becomes a reason for her to want to try at school]]

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* LonersAreFreaks: The other students' take on Henry. Claire's makeover of Henry tries to turn that to his advantage.

* {{Suburbia}}[=/=]TeenageWasteland: Claire, Henry, and company all lead lower-middleclass lives. The only after-school job available appears to be the local bingo hall, and nighttime recreation consists of hanging out and getting drunk/stoned.

'''Claire:''' You did.

-->'''Principal:''' You can't stay in high school forever, Claire.\\
'''Claire:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You did.]]

* ClusterFBomb: Claire's got [[{{Understatement}} a ''bit'' of a potty mouth.]]

* ClusterFBomb: Claire's got [[Understatement a ''bit'' of a potty mouth.]]

* ClusterFBomb: Claire's got a ''bit'' of a potty mouth.

* DawsonCasting: Played straight by Maslany, who was 26 when the film was shot (fall of 2011); averted by Van Wyck, who was still 19.

* KnightInShiningArmor: After Claire gets stranded following her leaving the Elastocitizens tour, Henry hires a cab to pick her up.

* CellphonesAreUseless: Claire and her mother both have pay-as-you-go cell phones, and are constantly trying to hoarde their remaining minutes to save money.

'''Claire:''' Mom, I got suspended.\\