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* EveryoneHasStandards: As bratty as Abby could be, she never actually used the wish that would make the quarterback her boyfriend. She wanted him to actually like her, not to force him to fall in love with her because of a magic spell.
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* AnAesop:
** Appreciate your youth, because it doesn't last forever.
** Appreciate things ''in general'', especially your family and friends.
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[[caption-width-right:220:Everyone's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sweet 16]] is special; Abby's is ''[[{{Tagline}} magical]]''.]]

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[[caption-width-right:220:Everyone's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday [[Dangerous16thBirthday sweet 16]] is special; Abby's is ''[[{{Tagline}} magical]]''.]]
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* SpecialOccasionsAreMagic: The movie centers around Abby Jensen turning 16 years old and being visited by a FairyGodmother. She is granted 16 magical candles corresponding to the wishes on her board of goals.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: What sparked Abby and Krista's lifelong rivalry. [[spoiler:Abby came between Krista and Jay when they were little. The three of them could have been friends all along if Abby hadn't written Krista off as a mean girl]].



* InnocentlyInsensitive: What sparked Abby and Krista's lifelong rivalry. [[spoiler:Abby came between Krista and Jay when they were little. The three of them could have been friends all along if Abby hadn't written Krista off as a mean girl]].

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* AlphaBitch: Krista. [[spoiler: Subverted, though. She only hates ''Abby'' and is perfectly civil to everyone else. Wish #9 even shows her to be a NiceGirl when her reason for hating Abby is removed. Abby uses this realization to make peace with her at the end.]]
* AntiHero: Abby is very superficial and self-centred. Throughout the film, she learns to stop thinking of only herself and value her friends and family.



* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: A non-infiltration example. Celeste shows up at Abby's doorstep "delivering" a pizza as an excuse to come over and cheer her up.



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Krista.]] For ''eight years.'' She was angry that [[spoiler:Abby stole her best friend Jay.]]


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* TheReveal: The picture of Abby and Jay as childhood friends is shown to have a hidden meaning: [[spoiler: when the photo was taken, Krista was standing next to Jay and was cut out of the picture, figuratively and literally.]]
* RoadsideWave: While sitting on the bench trying to fix her broken high heel, a vehicle drives past and splashes Abby.

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* AntiHero: Abby is very superficial and self-centred. Throughout the film, she learns to stop thinking of only herself and value her friends and family.



* BrickJoke: One of Abby's wishes is for sushi. Guess what's on the plate Celeste is serving in the party?
* CelestialDeadline: The candles’ magic will no longer work at midnight, and the wishes granted will become permanent.

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* BrickJoke: One of Abby's wishes is for a taste for sushi. Guess what's on the plate Celeste is serving in the party?
* CelestialDeadline: The candles’ candles' magic will no longer work at midnight, and the wishes granted will become permanent.



* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Abby’s sixteenth wish is simply a picture of Logan attached with bubblegum; she switches that with a picture of herself taken that morning and wishes she could go back to the beginning of the day, undoing all her wishes and becoming 16 again]].

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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Abby’s Abby's sixteenth wish is simply a picture of popular boy Logan attached with bubblegum; she switches that with a picture of herself taken that morning and wishes she could go back to the beginning of the day, undoing all her wishes and becoming 16 again]].



* PettyChildhoodGrudge: Krista has bullied Abby ever since they were little kids, made harder by the fact that they were neighbors and BirthdayBuddies. Abby can't understand why Krista hates her so much, until she discovers that when she was a kid at Krista's birthday party, she'd inadvertently took Jay away from her, making him ''her'' friend instead of Krista's.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: What sparked Abby and Krista's lifelong rivalry. [[spoiler:Abby came between Krista and Jay when they were little. The three of them could have been friends all along if Abby hadn't written Krista off as a mean girl]].
* PettyChildhoodGrudge: Krista has bullied Abby ever since they were little kids, made harder by the fact that they were neighbors and BirthdayBuddies. Abby can't understand why Krista hates her so much, until she discovers that [[spoiler:that when she was a kid at Krista's birthday party, she'd inadvertently took Jay away from her, making him ''her'' friend instead of Krista's.Krista's]].



%% * ThisCannotBe: Abby’s reaction upon the result of becoming an adult thanks to her ninth wish.

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%% * ThisCannotBe: Abby’s Abby's reaction upon the result of becoming an adult thanks to her ninth wish.



** Celeste says the wasp infestation has been "nesting for 16 years." In other words, she has had that amount of time to become a ''pest''.

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** Celeste says the wasp infestation has been "nesting for 16 years." In other words, she Abby has had that amount of time to become a ''pest''.
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* PettyChildhoodGrudge: Krista has bullied Abby ever since they were little kids, made harder by the fact that they were neighbors and BirthdayBuddies. Abby can't understand why Krista hates her so much, until she discovers that when she was a kid at Krista's birthday party, she'd inadvertently took Jay away from her, making him ''her'' friend instead of Krista's.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Possibly. Depends on how appropriate a response you feel that [[spoiler: making the last eight years of someone's life miserable just because your best friend decided to hang out with them instead of you]] is. [[spoiler: Krista's vengeance would have been better spent on ''Jay'' than on Abby.]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Possibly. Depends on how appropriate a response you feel that [[spoiler: making the last eight years of someone's life miserable just because your best friend decided to hang out with them instead of you]] is. [[spoiler: Krista's vengeance would have been [[MisplacedRetribution better spent spent]] on ''Jay'' than on Abby.]]
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%% * GrowingUpSucks

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%% * GrowingUpSucksGrowingUpSucks: Abby learns this upon her wish to be treated like an adult literally ''turns her into an adult'', meaning she's not 16 anymore and can't do any of the things she used to.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The saleswoman who condescendingly treats Abby and Jay, teenagers, as if they were infants.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The saleswoman who condescendingly treats Abby and Jay, teenagers, as if they were infants. This, however, is subverted because Krista bribed her.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The saleswoman who condescendingly treats Abby and Jay, teenagers, as if they were infants.
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* GrowlingGut: Thanks to skipping breakfast so she can focus on doing her makeup, Abby's stomach lets out a hungry rumble before the wasps infesting her house chase her outside.

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* AnAesop: Appreciate your youth, because it doesn't last forever.

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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
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Appreciate your youth, because it doesn't last forever.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishForBeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Abby wishes to be treated like an adult...and becomes an actual adult.
* BirthdayBuddies: Abby and her next-door neighbor rival [[AlphaBitch Krista]] share a birthday. This is torturous for Abby, who is stuck watching Krista get huge parties, expensive gifts, and even a lot more respect from the adults than she gets. The plot is that Abby wants to have the best Sweet Sixteen ever, and uses a bunch of her wishes to knock Krista down a peg at the same time. This then ties into the reason ''why'' Krista bullies Abby: [[spoiler:Abby stole Krista's best friend, Jay, from her during a birthday party, and Krista hated her ever since.]]



* BrokenAesop: One of the messages of the movie can be interpreted as "GrowingUpSucks".



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Abby and Jay.
* CoolCar: One of Abby's wishes is to have her own car.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday

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%% * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Abby and Jay.
* CoolCar: One of Abby's wishes is to have her own car.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday
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* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Abby's parents take one of these and Abby's not happy with it. [[spoiler: It turns out to be helpful for later on.]]

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* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Abby's parents take one of these these, where she's yelling at them after having just woke up, and Abby's not happy with it. [[spoiler: It turns out to be helpful for later on.]]



* FeetFirstIntroduction: How Celeste is introduced.

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%% * FeetFirstIntroduction: How Celeste is introduced.



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Krista.]] For ''eight years.''
* GrowingUpSucks
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Krista]], after a somewhat overdue apology from Abby.

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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Krista.]] For ''eight years.''
'' She was angry that [[spoiler:Abby stole her best friend Jay.]]
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* GrowingUpSucks
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Krista]], Krista and Abby become friends]], after a somewhat overdue apology from Abby.



* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: Through one of Abby's wishes, she learns that the world is ''better off'' without her if she continues to act bratty and selfishly]].

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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: Through one of Abby's wishes, she learns that the [[spoiler:the world is ''better off'' without her if she continues to act bratty and selfishly]].



* MagicAIsMagicA: Played with. The rules of the candles are fairly specific: Only one wish can be granted per hour and Abby can't rewrite the wishes, so she's stuck with what she wrote down. However, the definition of "hour" is pretty loose: You can get one wish at 8:56 and then another one at 9:01 if you want. Also, Abby manages to pull off a little LoopholeAbuse on the second one (see ChekhovsGun).

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* MagicAIsMagicA: Played with. The rules of the candles are fairly specific: Only one wish can be granted per hour and Abby can't rewrite the wishes, so she's stuck with what she wrote down. However, the definition of "hour" is pretty loose: You can get one wish at 8:56 and then another one at 9:01 if you want. Also, Abby manages to pull off a little LoopholeAbuse on the second one (see ChekhovsGun).one; by removing the "wish", which was just a picture, and replacing it with another one, she changed her wish.



* TheScrooge: Abby herself.
* ThisCannotBe: Abby’s reaction upon the result of becoming an adult thanks to her ninth wish.

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%% * TheScrooge: Abby herself.
%% * ThisCannotBe: Abby’s reaction upon the result of becoming an adult thanks to her ninth wish.



* SheIsAllGrownUp: Jay's reaction when Abby uses her "grown up" wish.
* StealthPun: Celeste says the wasp infestation has been "nesting for 16 years." In other words, she has had that amount of time to become a ''pest''.

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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Jay's reaction when Abby uses her "grown up" wish.
* StealthPun:
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Celeste says the wasp infestation has been "nesting for 16 years." In other words, she has had that amount of time to become a ''pest''.
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* AlphaBitch: Krista.

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* AlphaBitch: Krista. [[spoiler: Subverted, though. She only hates ''Abby'' and is perfectly civil to everyone else. Wish #9 even shows her to be a NiceGirl when her reason for hating Abby is removed. Abby uses this realization to make peace with her at the end.]]
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* ResetButton [[spoiler: Abby hits it at the end, using her sixteenth wish to start the entire day over and undo all her wishes so she can make things right.]]

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* ResetButton ResetButton: [[spoiler: Abby hits it at the end, using her sixteenth wish to start the entire day over and undo all her wishes so she can make things right.]]
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* ResetButton [[spoiler: Abby hits it at the end, using her sixteenth wish to start the entire day over and undo all her wishes so she can make things right.]]


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* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Abby's candles will no longer work at the stroke of midnight, and any wishes granted by then will become permanent.
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* DreadedKidsTable: One of Abby's wishes is to be treated like an adult, which she decides upon during a Thanksgiving dinner at which, although her rival of the exact same age was at the adult table, she is stuck eating with the little kids who torment her.

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