History Literature / Flipped

''Flipped'' is a he-said-she-said [[{{Pun}} chick lit]]/teen romance novel by Wendelin Van Draanen.

* KissDiss: When Bryce attempts to kiss Juli in front of every students in the cafeteria, Juli immediately turns away and runs[[note]]despite her heart admits to have been waiting for that kiss[[/note]]. Invoking "oohs" from the students. [[spoiler:HilarityEnsues Even funnier, there's a girl saying "Hey Brice, I'll kiss you"]].

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them by constantly calling them "trash". [[spoiler: Though, it can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still have a happy home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, when he learns the two Baker sons could gain their dreams to become musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (rightfully) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* KissDiss: When Bryce attempts to kiss Juli in front of every students in the cafeteria, Juli immediately turns away and runs[[note]]despite her heart admits to have been waiting for that kiss[[/note]]. Invoking "oohs" from the students.

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them. [[spoiler: Though, it can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still have a happy home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, when he learns the two Baker sons could gain their dreams to become musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (rightfully) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them. [[spoiler: Though, it can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still have a happy home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, when he learns the two Baker sons could gain their dreams to become musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (reasonably) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* BittersweetEnding: On the one hand, the Loskis are having more than a rough patch in their marriage, and it's implied [[spoiler:Patty will divorce Steven, throwing Bryce and Lynetta's home life into disarray though Chet is proud of her for finally standing up for herself]]. Despite that, Bryce resolves to not be like his father or the person he was and shows with his actions that he is sincerely sorry for how he treated Juli. [[spoiler:He plants a new sycamore tree in her backyard, that no one will cut down this time. Juli decides to at least give him a second chance at talking and resolves to find out who he actually is]].

* FalseFriend: Despite best friends, Garrett's loyalty toward Bryce is obviously questionable, but Bryce seems to be oblivious or because [[spoiler:[[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil he's desperate to stay in Garrett's good graces]]]]. Notable example: he reveals to Sherry about Bryce's true intention of courting her [[note]]to keep Juli at bay[[/note]] that Bryce earns a slap from her.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: At the neighbors' dinner, Juli snaps at Bryce by refusing to talk to him because she heard him and Garrett [[spoiler:mocking her retarded uncle. Shocked that she had overheard, Bryce tries to make an excuse by saying that he wanted to punch Garrett for saying those awful things about genes. Juli doesn't buy it and rather responds coldly, "so instead, you laughed", leaving Bryce speechless. She walks away and calls him out as a coward]].

** Averted with Juli's parents when she asks then why their yard is dirty. She realizes the sacrifices they've made for Uncle David, and decides to handle the problem on her own.

* GreenEyedMonster: Juli is like this toward Shelly/Sherry and Bryce, but it's mainly PlayedForLaughs. Then PlayedForDrama, with AgeAppropriateAngst, when [[spoiler: Bryce sees her bidding on Jon/Eddie at the BachelorAuction and tries to kiss her]]. Juli is naturally furious, because [[spoiler: Bryce spoiled her good time with Jon/Eddie, when she is genuinely just being nice to the latter]]. [[spoiler:She also puts out, he only shows interest when she's moved on.]]

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them. [[spoiler: It can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still have a happy home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, when he learns the two Baker sons could gain their dreams to become musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (reasonably) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Shelly/Sherry Stalls is blond and the most popular girl in the school. [[spoiler:However, Bryce is never really attracted to her as he only uses her to keep Juli at bay. Especially after he comes to fall for Juli]].

* GreenEyedMonster: Juli is like this toward Shelly/Sherry and Bryce, but it's mainly PlayedForLaughs. Then PlayedForDrama, with AgeAppropriateAngst, when [[spoiler: Bryce sees her bidding on Jon/Eddie at the BachelorAuction and tries to kiss her]]. Juli is naturally furious, because [[spoiler: Bryce spoiled her good time with Jon/Eddie, when she is genuinely just being nice to the latter]]. [[spoiler:She also puts it, he only shows interest when she's moved on.]]

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them. [[spoiler: It can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still find happiness in their home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, when he learns the two Baker sons could gain their dreams as musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (reasonably) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* LongingLook: After the bachelor auction, despite having lunch with [[DudeMagnet the most popular girl in school]], /Shelly/Sherry, Bryce can't help but staring at Juli instead, who is eating with Jon/Eddie Trulock.

* MaybeEverAfter: At the very end of the book/film, Juli following a whirlwind emotional rollercoaster due to [[spoiler: trying to get over Bryce since she thinks he's a DirtyCoward, only for him to try and kiss her and then plant a new sycamore tree]], decides to go thank him and talk to him.

* NiceGirl: Juli is a very nice girl. Not only she's a friendly neighbor, but she also helps her dad taking care of his younger brother/her retarded uncle, David/Daniel. As can be seen when David/Daniel throws a tantrum upon losing his ice cream. Despite she was shocked, she remains calm and patiently complies to her dad when asked to buy another ice cream to calm his brother down. Although it's the very first time she meets her uncle, she doesn't regret of visiting him.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Bryce was so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. However, when he finally got his wish; Juli ignoring him out of anger [[spoiler:ever since she found out he's been throwing her eggs all along and especially when he laughed along with Garrett over insulting her retarded uncle, David/Daniel, as well as her family]], he regrets and starts missing Juli's attention.

* HourglassPlot: In the beginning, Juli immediately falls in love with Bryce, actively pursues him and Bryce is annoyed by her act. In the middle, ever since Juli found out about Bryce's cowardice and lies, she starts angrily giving up on him. On the contrary, Bryce ends up falling in love with Juli and desperately tries to win (back) her heart.

* KissDiss: When Bryce attempts to kiss Juli in front of every students in the cafeteria, Juli immediately turns away and runs[[note]]despite her heart admits to have been waiting for that kiss[[/note]].

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Bryce's excuse when Juli confront him upon catching him up intending to throw away her eggs, besides his accusation of salmonella. Outraged, Juli decides to never ever talk to him again, much to Bryce's dismay.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Garrett is obviously toxic toward Bryce, but Bryce seems to be oblivious at first or because [[spoiler:[[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil he's always been desperate to keep being in Garrett's good graces]]]]. He's constantly egging Bryce to keep hating Juli. Thankfully, Bryce eventually realizes that Garrett is the one responsible for shaping up his views about Juli (other than his own father, that is) that he finally cuts Garrett off for good.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Bryce's excuse when Juli caught him up intending to throw away her eggs and confronts him, besides his accusation of salmonella. Outraged, Juli decides to never ever talk to him again, much to Bryce's dismay.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Garrett is obviously toxic toward Bryce, but Bryce seems to be oblivious at first or because [[spoiler:[[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil he's always been desperate to keep being in Garrett's good graces]]]]. He constantly influences Bryce to keep hating Juli. Thankfully, Bryce eventually realizes that Garrett is the one responsible for shaping up his views about Juli (other than his own father, that is) that he finally cuts Garrett off for good.

* AlliterativeName: Lynetta Loski, Shelly Stalls.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: At the neighbors' dinner, Juli snaps at Bryce by refusing to talk to him because she heard him and Garrett [[spoiler:mocking her retarded uncle. Shocked that she had overheard, Bryce tries to make an excuse by saying that he wanted to punch Garrett for saying those awful things about genes. Juli responds rather coldly, "So instead, you laughed", leaving Bryce speechless. She walks away and calls him out as a liar or a coward]].

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Bryce was so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. However, when he finally got his wish (Juli ignoring him out of anger ever since [[spoiler:she found out he's been throwing her eggs since and especially when he laughed along with Garrett over insulting her retarded uncle, David/Daniel, as well as her family]], he regrets and misses interacting with Juli.

** Bryce in particular gets quite a bit, moving from a deliberately shallow StepfordSmiler to a genuinely nice, if very confused, kid that becomes brave enough to do the right thing when the occasion calls for it. The exact moment this starts is when his mother wants the Bakers over for dinner, and he decides to confess to her about what he did with Juli's eggs rather than sabotage the dinner as he considers.

* ChickMagnet: Bryce is quite popular among the female students --including the most popular one like Sherry Stalls-- but he doesn't seem to be flattered. Especially ever since he realized to have developed a crush on Juli literally.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Bryce starts bitterly ruminating on this towards the end of the story. Juli wouldn't have started to hate him if he had been honest that his family didn't want the eggs and thanked her for the gesture. She would have probably still been friendly if [[spoiler:he had the courage to stand up to Garrett for mocking her retarded uncle rather than laughing along with his best friend, where she overheard]]. As for the Basket Boy auction, she ''might'' have bid on him if [[spoiler:he hadn't been such a jerk to her in the preceding months]]. Bryce is forced to admit that the first step to undo the damage is to start acting and stop reacting.

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Juli acts this way towards Bryce after he apologizes for throwing away her eggs [[spoiler: and for laughing along with Garrett about her retarded uncle]]. This makes him feel worse with her eventually ignoring him out of fury than the times when she annoyed him in the beginning.

* HourglassPlot: In the beginning, Juli immediately falls in love with Bryce, actively pursues him and Bryce is annoyed by her act. In the middle, ever since Juli found out about Bryce's cowardice and lies, she starts angrily giving up on him. On the contrary, Bryce ends up falling in love with Juli and desperately tries to win her heart.

** Bryce's father, Rick is a petty jerk completely caught up with surface appearances.
** Bryce's so-called best friend Garrett, who has no problems betraying Bryce, or ditching him when he becomes a social pariah. Not surprisingly, Garrett and Bryce's father are responsible for shaping up Bryce's views on Juli, which is why he's initially so cold towards her.

* LongingLook: After the bachelor auction, despite having lunch with [[DudeMagnet the most popular girl in school]], Sherry, Bryce can't help but staring at Juli instead, who is eating with Jon/Eddie Trulock.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: Bryce's excuse when Juli caught him up intending to throw away her eggs, besides his accusation of salmonella. Outraged, Juli decides to never ever talk to him again, much to Bryce's dismay.

* NiceGirl: Juli is a very nice girl. Not only she's a friendly neighbor, but she also helps her dad taking care of his younger brother/her retarded uncle, David/Daniel. As can be seen when David/Daniel throws a tantrum upon losing his ice cream. Despite she was shocked, she remains calm and complies to her dad when asked to buy another ice cream to calm his brother down. Although it's the very first time she meets her uncle, she doesn't regret of visiting him.

* GreenEyedMonster: Juli is like this toward Shelly and Bryce, but it's mainly PlayedForLaughs. Then PlayedForDrama, with AgeAppropriateAngst, when [[spoiler: Bryce sees her win over Jon/Eddie at the BachelorAuction and tries to kiss her]]. Juli is naturally furious that [[spoiler: Bryce spoiled her good time with Jon/Eddie, when in fact she was just being nice to the latter]], and also that [[spoiler: as she puts it, he only shows interest when she's moved on.]]

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he spends the entire film ridiculing them. [[spoiler: It can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy it's all driven by jealousy]], because the Bakers could still find happiness in their home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, upon learning the two Baker sons could gain their dreams as musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (reasonably) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* IrrationalHatred: Rick/Steven Loski seems to unreasonably hate the Bakers family for just being themselves as he constantly insults them. [[spoiler: It can be implied that [[DrivenByEnvy he's jealous]], because the Bakers could still find happiness in their home life, despite their yard is dirtier than his. And the most obvious is, upon learning the two Baker sons could gain their dreams as musicians; something that he used to dream about but had to be buried, out of familial duty]]. He even slaps his own daughter for (reasonably) [[CallingTheOldManOut calling him out for it]].

* JerkassRealization: Bryce gets this about himself about the eggs, as well as when he [[spoiler: laughs along with Garrett about Juli's retarded uncle]]. He also realizes that his father is not the nicest person, which is a shocking thing to see.

* MustMakeAmends: Bryce by the end of the book following [[spoiler: his attempt to kiss Julie]], and deciding he needs to show Juli that there is more to him. He decides to [[spoiler: plant a sycamore sapling in her yard, to replace the one that was cut down.]]

* NiceGirl: Juli is a very nice girl. Not only she's a friendly neighbor, but she also helps her dad taking care of his younger brother/her retarded uncle, David/Daniel. As can be seen when David/Daniel throws a tantrum due to losing his ice cream, despite she was shocked, she remains calm and complies to her dad when asked to buy another ice cream to calm his brother down. Although it's the very first time she meets her uncle, she doesn't regret of visiting him.

** Mr. Loski when his wife insists on having a neighborly dinner with the Bakers claims that it's not going to change the family, that they're just "trash".

* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mrs. Baker is this for Bryce and Juli. In Juli's last POV chapter, Mrs. Baker encourages Juli to listen to what Bryce has to say, even after she explained his attempt to kiss her at the Basket Boy auction. She also privately tells Bryce to give Juli more time before reaching out to her as opposed to telling him to leave Juli alone.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Bryce. He's obsessed with blending at school, making sure that no one realizes how bad the situation at home is, and remaining completely under the radar, all while covering how badly ''repressed'' he is. An interesting variation as he looks like a Type B to the outside world, but is actually far more of a Type A. There's a lot going on there; he just doesn't like to show it.

* UpperClassTwit: Bryce's father, Steven Loski. It's so bad that the Bakers can see what a phony he is but have the tact to not comment on it during the awkward family dinner.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLeaveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Bryce is so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. Nevertheless, ever since he got what he wishes (Juli ignoring him out of anger ever since [[spoiler:she found out he's been throwing her eggs since]], he regrets and misses interacting with Juli.

* NiceGirl: Juli is a very nice girl. Not only she's a friendly neighbor, but she also helps her dad taking care of his younger brother/her retarded uncle, David/Daniel. As it's seen when David/Daniel throws a tantrum due to losing his ice cream, despite she was shocked, she remains calm and complies to her dad when asked to buy another ice cream to calm his brother down. Although it's the very first time she meets her uncle, she still loves him dearly.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLeaveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Bryce is so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. Nevertheless, ever since he got what he wishes (Juli ignoring him out of anger after [[spoiler:find out he's been throwing her eggs since]], he regrets and misses interacting with Juli.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLeaveWithoutThem: Bryce is so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. Nevertheless, ever since he got what he wishes, he regrets and misses interacting with Juli.

* CantLivewithThemCantLeaveWithoutThem: Bryce is so annoyed by Juli's pursuing him that he wishes her to stop loving and leaves him alone. Nevertheless, ever since he got what he wishes, he regrets and misses interacting with Juli.