History Film / RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion

Something of a [[TheNineties '90s]] CultClassic, it also stars Creator/JaneaneGarofalo, AlanCumming, Camryn Manheim, Julia Campbell, Vincent Ventreska and Justin Theroux.

!!!Tropes used by the film:

* BeYourself: An InUniverse version, when Michelle tells Romy she didn't want to pretend anything, and just be who they were. They try it, and the reunion goes better for them.

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Romy and Michelle's claim to be "successful businesswomen" lacks a few vital details; such as what business they are in.

* FluffyFashionFeathers: Michelle's pink dress is trimmed with pink feathers.

* GenderBlenderName: [[TomboyishName Romy and Toby]]. Also, Michelle's love interest Sandy.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Michelle switches to a pink dress at the reunion.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Michelle and Sandy, Billie and Christie.

* ChainOfHarm: Heather is surprised to learn that the protagonists, who she'd resented at school, were in turn looked down on by the "A group". She's ''delighted'' to learn that she herself had consistently made another girl at school feel miserable.

* EurekaMoment: A magazine spread with models posing as CEOs gives Romy the idea to act successful for the reunion.

* RebelRelaxation: The Cowboy

''Romy And Michele's High School Reunion'' is a 1997 [[BuddyPicture comedy about two slacker friends]], Romy White(Mira Sorvino) and Michele Weinberger(Lisa Kudrow), now living in L.A., who go to their high school reunion in Tuscon. They decide to prove their classmates wrong about how they were perceived as losers in high school and pretend to be successful business women. HilarityEnsues.

Something of a [[TheNineties '90s]] CultClassic, it also stars JaneaneGarofalo, AlanCumming, Camryn Manheim, Julia Campbell, Vincent Ventreska and Justin Theroux.

* InventorOfTheMundane: Michele claims she invented Post-It Notes ([[InventionPretension it's a lie to impress her old high school people]]).

* LosAngeles

* MundaneMadeAwesome: An interpretive dance between three people as an act of rebellion in their high school reunion, and then taking off in a helicopter.

-->What the hell is your problem, Christie? Why the hell are you always such a nasty bitch? I mean, okay, so Michele and I did make up some stupid lie! We only did it because we wanted you to treat us like human beings. But you know what I realized? I don't care if you like us, 'cause we don't like you. You're a bad person with an ugly heart, and we don't give a flying fuck what you think!

* ThrowItIn: Lisa Kudrow (who, let the record show, [[GeniusDitz has a biology degree from Vassar]]) made up the entire glue formula on the spot.
-->Um, well, ordinarily when you make glue first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you have to mix in an epoxide, which is really just a fancy-schmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right? And then I thought maybe, just maybe, you could raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process and it turns out I was right!

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: An interpretive dance between three people as an act of rebellion in their high school reunion, and then taking off in a helicopter.

* BrokenAesop: Debatable. The Aesop of the movie is ostensibly ' be yourself!' and is highlighted when Romy and Michele change from their business women suits into the bright, colorful clothes that they made themselves and everyone likes it! Of course, at the end, the [[strike:goth]] aggressively frumpy chick is seen getting a make over from Romy and Michele. Apparently, you should follow your own style, but only if it's cheery, bright and sexy. Aggressive frumpiness is not acceptable.
** Unless you're being frumpy as a defense mechanism because being yourself in a high school setting leaves you open for others to take advantage of you.

* CultSoundtrack: Although the film takes place in 1998, the flashbacks and overall focus on reminiscing about high school scores it a soundtrack largely comprised of [[AwesomeMusic '80s pop classics]]. Deliberately invoked by Romy when she makes a mixtape of nostalgic songs to listen to on the drive to the reunion.

* BlondesAreEvil: Averted. The popular, persistently bitchy Christie and JerkassJock Billy are both brunette, while Michele is blonde and Romy has dark hair that she dyes blonde starting at the end of high school. The rest of the shallow, bullying "A-Crowd" are blonde, but this includes [[spoiler: Lisa Luter who has reformed by the time of the reunion.]]

* JerkassJock: Billy Christiansen.

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[[caption-width-right:350:some "Time after time...."]]

''Romy And Michele's High School Reunion'' is a 1997 [[BuddyPicture comedy about two friends]], Romy White(Mira Sorvino) and Michele Weinberger(Lisa Kudrow), now living in L.A., who go to their high school reunion in Tuscon. They decide to prove their classmates wrong about how they were perceived as losers in high school and pretend to be successful business women. HilarityEnsues.

Also stars JaneaneGarofalo, AlanCumming, Camryn Manheim, Julia Campbell, Vincent Ventreska and Justin Theroux.

* HollywoodPudgy: Romy's alleged fatness as a teenager.

''Romy And Michele's High School Reunion'' is a 1997 [[BuddyPicture comedy about two friends]], Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow), who go back to their high school reunion. They decide to prove their classmates wrong about how they were perceived as losers in high school and pretend to be successful business women. HilarityEnsues.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:About a third of the movie.]]

* BrokenAesop: The Aesop of the movie is ostensibly ' be yourself!' and is highlighted when Romy and Michele change from their business women suits into the bright, colorful clothes that they made themselves and everyone likes it! Of course, at the end, the [[strike:goth]] aggressively frumpy chick is seen getting a make over from Romy and Michele. Apparently, you should follow your own style, but only if it's cheery, bright and sexy. Aggressive frumpiness is not acceptable.

* DumbBlonde: Dumb but loveable Romy and Michele. Hell, the TagLine for this film is "The Blonde Leading The Blonde."

* GeniusDitz: Michele comes up with a {{Technobabble}} explanation for her invention of "a special kind of glue" which is so plausible and off-the-cuff (see ThrowItIn, below) that she even surprises herself. [[spoiler:Shame it was All Just A Dream.]]

* BrokenAesop: The Aesop of the movie is ostensibly ' be yourself!' and is highlighted when Romy and Michele change from their business women suits into the bright, colorful clothes that they made themselves and everyone likes it! Of course, at the end, the [[strike:goth]] aggressively frumpy chick is seen getting a make over from Romy and Michele. Apparently, you should follow your own style, but only if it's cheery, bright and sexy. [[strike:Goth]] Aggressive frumpiness is not acceptable.
** Unless you're being [[strike:goth]] frumpy as a defense mechanism because being yourself in a high school setting leaves you open for others to take advantage of you.

* DeadpanSnarker: As usual, Creator/JaneaneGarofalo's character.

-->Um, well, ordinarily when you make glue first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you have to mix in an epoxide, which is really just a fancy-schmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right? And then I thought maybe, just maybe, you could raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process and it turns out I was right.

* DeadpanSnarker: As usual, JaneaneGarofalo's character.

* LesYay:
-->'''Romy''': Swear to God, sometimes I wish I was a lesbian.
-->'''Michele''': Do you want to try to have sex sometime just to see if we are?
-->'''Romy''': What? Yeah, right, Michele. Just the idea of having sex with another woman creeps me out. But if we're not married by the time we're 30, ask me again.
-->'''Michele''': Okay.

* InventorOfTheMundane: Michele claims she invented Post-It Notes (it's a lie to impress her old high school people).

''Romy And Michele's High School Reunion'' is a 1997 comedy about two friends, Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow), who go back to their high school reunion. They decide to prove their classmates wrong about how they were perceived as losers in high school and pretend to be successful business women. HilarityEnsues.