History Film / TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022

* ElegantGothicLolita: Once she embraces being a Never, Sophie starts to dress like this, compromising her desire for fashion with the black and evil aesthetic of the school.

** Agatha and her mother described looking pale as corpses, with shadows under their eyes. They look way nicer here, thus Agatha never really have her SheCleansUpNicely moments at the circus and the ball.
** The school of Evil students in general, described as real monsters, but who look here nearly normal.

As in the book, the film will follow two girls -- beautiful and popular Sophie (Caruso) and her sullen outcast friend Agatha (Wylie) -- as they are suddenly kidnapped from their village and whisked away to the School for Good and Evil, where the heroes and villains of the world's most famous fairy tales began their stories. Things take an even more unexpected turn when Agatha finds herself enrolled in the Good school and Sophie in the [[AcademyOfEvil Evil school]] -- and Sophie begins to embrace her dark side.

* AdaptedOut: Evelyn Sader and the Beast (roles are both filled by Lady Lesso instead).

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The Schoolmaster of the books [[AgeWithoutYouth looks like he belongs in a coffin]] and wears a mask to address Sophie and Agatha. The Schoolmaster here is played by the older but handsome Creator/LaurenceFishburne.
** Agatha and her mother, described looking pale as corpses, with shadows under their eyes. They look way nicer here, thus Agatha never really have her SheCleansUpNicely moments at the circus and the ball.

* BatmanGambit: The core of Sophie's final plan: [[spoiler:trick the Evers into making a preemptive strike out of fear of her, by making veiled threats at their ball and then casting fire over their heads without directly harming them. Because Evil attacks and Good defends, and the Evers technically struck first and attacked a room of innocents, the Evers become Evil and the Nevers become Good, giving them the narrative upper hand.]]

* RaceLift: Agatha and Callis, as Agatha is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette on the book covers. They are both played by African-American actresses there.

* RoyalSchool: The School for Good teaches every girl how to be a princess, but only a few graduate into this in fairy tales afterwards. Most are children of former [[PrincessClassic heroines]], and already have the title. The uniforms used in the book are dropped here, and girls [[CostumePorn wear magnificent varied princesses dresses]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Sophie's selfishness and vanity are established a lot earlier in the book, such as how she befriended Agatha only because she thought it would be the kind of charitable act becoming of a princess. Her dead mother Vanessa also does not appear to have the same backstory with Honoria and Stefan as in the books.

** So are the two headmasters and Anadil, described with European features in the book.

** Tedros, a svelt blonde in the books, is thickly built and dark-haired in the movie.

As in the book, the film will follow two girls -- beautiful and popular Sophie (Caruso) and her sullen outcast friend Agatha (Wylie) -- as they are suddenly kidnapped from their village and whisked away to the School for Good and Evil, where the heroes and villains of the world's most famous fairy tales began their stories. Things take an even more unexpected turn when Agatha finds herself enrolled in the Good school and Sophie in the Evil school -- and Sophie begins to embrace her dark side.

--> '''Agatha''': The End.

* BatmanGambit: The core of Sophie's final plan: [[spoiler:trick the Evers into making a preemptive strike out of fear of her, by making veiled threats at their ball and then casting fire over their heads without directly harming them. Because Evil attacks and Good defends, and the Evers technically struck first and attacked a room of innocents, the Nevers become Good and the Evers become Evil, giving them the narrative upper hand.]]

* EvilVsOblivion: Despite their obvious enmity, the staff of Good and Evil unite against [[spoiler:Rafal]] because he will destroy them both if he wins.

* HellBentForLeather: As seen in the poster, Sophie wears a leather corset after beginning her time at the School for Evil.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Agatha ''and'' Sophie are seen as outcasts by the rest of Gavaldon.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Sophie's selfishness and vanity are established a lot earlier in the book, such as how she befriended Agatha only because she thought it would be the kind of charitable act becoming of a princess. Her dead mother Vanessa also does not appear to have the same backstory as in the books and seems to have genuinely loved Sophie.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Sophie's selfishness and vanity are established a lot earlier in the book, such as how she befriended Agatha only because she thought it would be the kind of charitable act becoming of a princess.

* AcademyOfAdventure: The trailer presents the school as a place of famous alumni, fearsome fairies, and constant looming danger.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Sophie's father and stepfamily ignore her at best and mistreat her at best. In the books, she's the one who's distant because they aren't fabulous enough for her.
* AnimatedTattoo: One shot in the trailer shows a dragon-like tattoo on Hester's back as it flexes while a red light travels up its body.

* AscendedExtra: In the books, Tedros kills a gargoyle before Agatha could restore him to human form. In the film, the gargoyle (reimagined as a Stymph) is first introduced as a clumsy prince named Gregor whom Agatha befriends before his ForcedTransformation.
* CassandraTruth: In the second trailer, Sophie tries to tell Lady Lesso that she's supposed to be in the Good School. She is quickly dismissed as a liar. It is an ''evil'' school after all.

* CompositeCharacter: Lady Lesso takes cues from the absent Evelyn Sader, as [[spoiler:Rafal's IgnoredAmoredUnderling]]. She also fulfils a random Wolf Guard's role as the one who gives Sophie her TraumaticHaircut.

* EvilFeelsGood: In the trailer, as she is corrupted, Sophie comments that she likes the new her.
* EvilRedhead: Lady Lesso of the School for Evil is portrayed as a red head in the trailers and posters. The main trailer even shows her torturing Sophie with an axe.
* FatalFlaw: Sophie's is superficiality. She's so obsessed with how people and circumstances ''look'', she doesn't spare a thought for how they ''are''. Prioritizing glamor over Good is why she consistently fails as a would-be princess.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The trailer shows one between Agatha and Sophie, as the former beseeches the latter to fight the evil taking over her.

** Sophie says this almost word-for-word after she realises [[spoiler:her actions have doomed the entire school]]

* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Agatha comments in the trailer that she thought fairies would be friendly after encountering some rather vicious, nasty-looking fae.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the trailer, Sophie, who is being corrupted towards evil, is shown with glowing red eyes as her face is cradled by an unseen figure.

** Tedros, a blonde in the books, is dark haired, possibly mixed race, and has a pot-belly.

* CompositeCharacter: Lady Lesso takes cues from the absent Evelyn Sader, as [[spoiler:Rafal's IgnoredAmoredUnderling]].