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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, the Elastocitizens were buzz-heavy up-and-comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap proportions.

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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, the Elastocitizens were buzz-heavy up-and-comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap [="=]Film/ThisIsSpinalTap[="=] proportions.

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* 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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* 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.
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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.

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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.
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** Claire and Henry, [[spoiler:after she has taken his virginity. He informs her matter-of-factly that she wasn't as good as he thought she'd be.]]

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** Claire [[spoiler:Claire and Henry, [[spoiler:after after she has taken his virginity. He informs her matter-of-factly that she wasn't as good as he thought she'd be.]]
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** Claire and Henry, after she has taken his virginity. He informs her matter-of-factly that she wasn't as good as he thought she'd be.

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** Claire and Henry, after [[spoiler:after she has taken his virginity. He informs her matter-of-factly that she wasn't as good as he thought she'd be.]]
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* ClusterFBomb: Claire's got a bit of a potty mouth.

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* ClusterFBomb: Claire's got a bit ''bit'' of a potty mouth.
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* TheEeyore: Claire's mom is so wrapped up in her own depression, she barely acknowledges her daughter. Leads to a OneSceneTwoMonologues moment when Claire comes down to breakfast the morning after fighting with a classmate gets her suspended:
-->'''Mom:''' What day is it?\\
'''Claire:''' Mom, I got suspended.\\
'''Mom:''' [{{Beat}}] There's muffins on top of the fridge...
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama:BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. Claire hooks white 'n' nerdy Henry up with black schoolmate Alison; nobody, including Henry's parents, even bat an eyelash.
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** Claire and Jim, several times. See also HeliumBreath.

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** Claire and Jim, several times. See also HeliumBreath.HeliumSpeech.
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* TalkingInBed:
** Claire and Jim, several times. See also HeliumBreath.
** Claire and Henry, after she has taken his virginity. He informs her matter-of-factly that she wasn't as good as he thought she'd be.

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A 2011 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.

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A 2011 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.


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* DawsonCasting: Played straight by Maslany, who was 26 when the film was shot (fall of 2011); averted by Van Wyck, who was still 19.
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* NerdsAreVirgins: Yep, that'd be Henry.

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



* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Claire and Henry reunite when she catches him behind the school, smoking a joint of home-grown weed.



* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Claire and Henry reunite when she catches him behind the school, smoking a joint of home-grown weed.

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* EverybodyMustGetStoned: GroupieBrigade: Claire discovers - much too late - that she is one these with Jim.
* HeliumSpeech: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUgPUXrHCJA One night in bed,
Claire and Henry reunite when she catches him behind the school, smoking a joint of home-grown weed.Jim suck helium and talk dirty to one another.]]

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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, the Elastocitizens were buzz-heavy up and comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap proportions.

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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, the Elastocitizens were buzz-heavy up and comers, up-and-comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap proportions.


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* ParentWithNewParamour: Claire's mom has a couple of these. Claire is mortified to discover Jim may be one of them.
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* ScienceFair: Henry convinces his mother the chemistry setup in the laundry room is for just that. In fact, he's brewing LSD.
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* 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.

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* Suburbia[=/=]TeenageWasteland: {{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.
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* 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.

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* FakeBand: Averted. [[http://elastocitizens.bandcamp.com/ The Elastocitizens]] were a genuine Toronto band, and Steven [=McCarthy=] (Jim) was their actual singer.



* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, Jim's band (the Elasticitizens) were buzz-heavy up and comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap proportions.

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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Five years earlier, Jim's band (the Elasticitizens) the Elastocitizens were buzz-heavy up and comers, but have since settled for hometown gigs. They jump at an opportunity to tour (despite the strain it puts on the band members' real lives and jobs), but then see the road trip turn into a disaster of Film/ThisIsSpinalTap proportions.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Henry's mom.
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* EasterEgg[=/=]GeniusBonus: Right after the film's final credits roll, we see the real-life school graduation pictures of Maslany, Van Wyck, and McCarthy.

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* EasterEgg[=/=]GeniusBonus: Right after the film's final credits roll, we see the real-life school graduation pictures of Maslany, Van Wyck, and McCarthy.[=McCarthy=].
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* EasterEgg[=/=]GeniusBonus: Right after the film's final credits roll, we see the real-life school graduation pictures of Maslany, Van Wyck, and McCarthy.
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* PictureDay: Henry has his - right after Claire dyes his hair blue.
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* 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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Invokes (but should be confused with) the actual PictureDay trope.

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

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!! This film provides examples of:
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Claire and Henry reunite when she catches him behind the school, smoking a joint of home-grown weed.
* StalkerWithACrush: Henry keeps a shoe box full of mementos of Claire he's collected over the years, neatly bagged and categorized. Not surprisingly, Claire [[GoingPostal goes postal]] when she finds out.

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A 2011 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.

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A 2011 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), [=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.
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A 2011 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.

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

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