History Film / Swimfan

* ActorAllusion: Funny enough, Erika Christensen also made love in a pool in ''Film/TheBangerSisters'', also released in September of 2002.

* ActorAllusion: Funny enough, Erika Christensen also made love in a pool in ''The Banger Sisters'', also released in September of 2002.

* {{Yandere}}: Madison. She develops what seems to be an innocent crush on Ben. After they have sex, she stalks him and starts thinking that they’re a couple. When he tells her that they’re not a couple, she starts meddling with his life. She even going tries to kill his girlfriend while proclaiming that she’s the only one who can love Ben.

* RealityEnsues: Ben and Amy's reconciliation is very tentative and he's still off the swim team. It turns out being the victimized protagonist doesn't mean that your life automatically goes back to normal once the villain is defeated.

''[=Swimfan=]'' is a 2002 teen thriller film directed by John Polson, starring Creator/JesseBradford, Erika Christensen, and Creator/ShiriAppleby.

New Jersey high school senior Ben Cronin (Bradford) is a former juvenile delinquent, whose past criminal behavior was fueled by and for drug use. He credits the support of his now-long-time girlfriend Amy Miller (Appleby) and getting into competitive swimming as the primary reasons for turning his life around, which includes working part-time at the hospital where his single mother works. He has become the star swimmer of his high school team, so much so that scouts from Stanford University are coming in a week's time to watch Ben swim.

* BittersweetEnding: Ben and Amy have reconciled and he's been cleared of all charges, but Madison's damage to his life might be irrevocable--he's still off the swim team, meaning his chances of a scholarship might be gone.
* CarFu: Madison runs down Amy which puts Amy into a wheelchair

* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted, Madison does eventually gets arrested for her stalking antics before the climax but the policemen holding her let their guard down and get killed by her which allow her to set up the climax.

* TheSociopath: Madison. Unlike [[Film/FatalAttraction Alex Forrest]] she has no sympathetic or tragic background. She's just a manipulative and possessive FemmeFatale also willing to kill anyone with no excitation at all just for petty reasons.

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''[=Swimfan=]'' is a 2002 teen thriller film directed by John Polson, starring Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, and Shiri Appleby.

* TheAce: Ben ''was'' this until Madison came along: LovableJock, hospital volunteer, good boyfriend, good son, overcomer of a DarkAndTroubledPast.

* TheSociopath: Madison. Unlike [[Film/FatalAttraction Alex Forrest]] she has no sympathetic or tragic background. She's just a manipulative and possessive FemmeFatale also willing to kill anyone with no exitation at all just for petty reasons.

* TwoPersonPoolParty: Ben and Madison

* {{Yandere}}: Madison. She develops what seems to be an innocent crush on Ben. After they have sex, she stalks him and starts thinking that they’re a couple. When he tells her that they’re not a couple, she becomes violent and determined to be with him, even going as far as trying to kill his girlfriend.

* {{Yandere}}: Madison.

* TheAce: Ben ''was'' this until Madison came along: LovableJock, hospital volunteer, good boyfriend, good son.

* FindingABraInYourCar: Madison realizes that she left her panties in Ben's car. It isn't clear if she did this intentionally.

%%* LoveMakesYouCrazy

* BittersweetEnding: Ben and Amy have reconciled and he's been cleared of all charges, but Madison's damage to his life might irrevocable--he's still off the swim team, meaning his chances of a scholarship might be gone.

* MistakenForJunkie: Ben, thanks to some tampering. It doesn't help that he has a history of drug uses.

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Girlfriend]]: In the climax Madison does something like this after she escapes from police custody by threatening to throw in the now wheelchair bound Amy into a pool [[spoiler: which she does.]]

* TheSociopath: Madison. Unlike [[Film/FatalAttraction Alex Forrest]] she has no sympathetic or tragic background. She's just a manipulative and possessive FemmeFatale also willing to kill anyone with no exitation at all just for petty reasons.

* HeelRealization: Josh, after Madison calls him "Ben" and he realizes that she really is the psycho that Ben has been claiming she is and that by helping her frame Ben for drug use, he's just as bad as she is.

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* {{Yandere}}: Madison

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''[=Swimfan=]'' is a 2002 teen thriller released by Fox.

New Jersey high school senior Ben Cronin is a former juvenile delinquent, whose past criminal behavior was fueled by and for drug use. He credits the support of his now long time girlfriend Amy Miller and getting into competitive swimming as the primary reasons for turning his life around, which includes working part-time at the hospital where his single mother works. He has become the star swimmer of his high school team, so much so that scouts from Stanford University are coming in a week's time to watch Ben swim. Ben has a new swim fan in Madison Bell, a recent transfer student to Ben's high school. Despite Ben making it clear that he is in a committed relationship, Madison seduces him, the seduction to which he succumbs. They agree afterward that their encounter was a one-time only event, but Ben slowly comes to the realization that despite Madison's assertions to the contrary...

%%* StalkerWithACrush
%%* TwoPersonPoolParty
%%* {{Yandere}}