History Literature / Flipped

* AdultFear: Addressed in-story. When Mr. Loski implies that Juli's uncle is [[spoiler: is retarded due to genes]], Chet reveals that it was actually due to [[spoiler: the umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck twice.]] Mrs. Loski bursts into tears because [[spoiler: the same thing nearly happened to Bryce as a baby.]]
** There is Bryce's fear that if things had gone wrong, then his dad wouldn't love him as much or sacrifice for him the way Juli's father did.
* AlliterativeName: Lynetta Loski, Shelly Stalls

** Juli, conversely, starts learning to see past people's surfaces and look at what's underneath. This proves problematic when it comes to Bryce, who is between the stages of {{Jerkass}} and {{JerkassRealization}}.

* TheSixties: The film moves the setting to 1963.

** StalkingIsLove: Juli's following of Bryce is never portrayed as anything other than cute; then again, she was in the second grade.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Mr. Loski accuses Chet of this when Chet spends his time helping Juli with yard work rather than tossing a ball with his grandson Bryce. Chet then defies the trope by explaining why he helps, and Bryce feels that he doesn't deserve that bonding anyway.
* VisualPun: The film version uses vertical flips between Bryce and Juli's scenes at least once.

* WhatTheHellHero: Juli and Bryce call out each other for their actions, Juli for being a StalkerWithACrush, and Bryce for not telling her about the eggs, [[spoiler: for laughing with Garret about her uncle, and then for trying to kiss her because she had chosen another boy at the auction mentioned above]].

* BrokenPedestal: Bryce for his father when he realizes that the latter is a {{Jerkass}} and a BitchInSheepsClothing. The tipping point finally comes when [[spoiler: Mr. Loski slaps Lyanna after the awkward dinner with the Bakers]].

* AlphaBitch: Not according to Bryce at first, but in Juli' narration classmate Shelly Stalls is this

* AlliterativeName: Lynetta Loski
* AlphaBitch: Sherry to hear Juli tell it. Not according to Bryce, or anything we see her do onscreen.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Bryce's sister Lyanna is a BrattyTeenageDaughter that nevertheless notes that their so-called happy family "is a joke" and calls out their father for being unnecessarily nasty to Juli's family.

** Rick/Steven Loski makes many cutting remarks about Juli's family, calling them "trash" and saying that Juli's older brothers are obviously drug dealers. When Lyanna [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out for this]] and [[PrecisionFStrike calls him an asshole]], he slaps her across the face.

** Following the argument where Chet angrily explains that Juli's family has to support Uncle David's upkeep, and that he became[[spoiler: retarded due to a random accident at birth]], Chet then takes Bryce out for a walk to keep him away from the Loski parents' meltdown. By the time the meltdown is over, Mr. Loski is sleeping on the couch.

* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Mr. Loski accuses Chet of this when Chet spends his time helping Juli with yard work rather than "throwing a ball" with his grandson Bryce. Chet then defies the trope by explaining why he helps, and Bryce feels that he doesn't deserve that bonding anyway.

* AdaptationNameChange: Several character went through this, mostly their first names.

Shelly Stalls - Sherry Stalls
David Baker - Daniel Baker
Mike Baker - Mark Baker
Rick Loski - Steven Loski
Jon Trulock - Eddie Trulock
Darla Tressler - Dana Tressler

* DaddysGirl: Juli.

* {{Bowdlerized}}: Some editions of the book have Lyanna calling her father [[spoiler: a "jackass" rather an an "asshole".]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Lyanna Loski, Bryce's older sister. She deliberately causes drama by wearing too much makeup and playing the Baker brothers' rock music at an already awkward family dinner.

** It culminates in Lyanna doing the same to her father, which [[spoiler: earns her a slap for calling him an "asshole".]]

* ExiledToTheCouch: What happens to Mr. Loski after [[spoiler: he makes cutting remarks about Juli's family being "trash" and about caring for a "retarded" family member, after his own son nearly suffered the same fate due to the umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck twice at birth.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Bryce is this for most of the book.
** Bryce's father, Rick/Steven (his name was changed for the film) is a petty jerk completely caught up with surface appearances.

** 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 considered.

* DirtyCoward: Juli thinks that Bryce is this after he [[spoiler: laughs with Garret about how Juli's family may have bad geens, instead of punching him]]. Chet also thinks Bryce acts this way, though he's a bit gentler about expressing it.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr. Loski in the book, who hides a lot of petty hatred under a smooth exterior; he's a bit more obvious about it in the movie, where he borders on AbusiveDad. Juli ''thinks'' Shelly is an example, but while she's a little shallow and catty, she's hardly evil.

* CharacterDevelopment: Bryce in particular gets quite a bit, moving from a deliberately shallow StepfordSmiler to a genuinely nice, if very confused, kid. Juli, conversely, starts learning to see past people's surfaces and look at what's underneath. This proves problematic when it comes to Bryce.

* DirtyCoward: Juli thinks that Bryce is this after he [[spoiler: laughs with Garret about how Juli's family may have bad geens, instead of punching him]]. Chet also thinks Bryce is this way, though he's a bit gentler about expressing it.

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Juli acts this way towards Bryce after he apologizes for throwing away Juli's eggs [[spoiler: and for laughing with Garret about her uncle being retarded]]. This makes him feel worse than the period in which [[spoiler: she hated him following him saying her eggs probably had salmonella]]

* ListOfTransgressions: Juli lists them to her mother after [[spoiler: Bryce tries to kiss her]]: not only did he throw away her eggs and make fun of their yard, but he also [[spoiler: laughed at her uncle being "retarded" instead of punching Garret for saying such a thing.]]

* UpperClassTwit: Bryce's father, Steven Loski.

* JerkassFacade: Bryce puts up a pretty good one.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bryce. On the surface he's detached, paranoid, and at times, outright manipulative of others. But he's a product of his environment, and at the core of it, really isn't that bad.

* {{Jerkass}}:

** So Bryce following the eggs fiasco starts to realize there is more to Juli than meets the eye, especially after rereading the news article about her attempt to [[spoiler: save the sycamore tree]]. He then reveals to Garret that he knows [[spoiler: Juli's uncle is retarded, and laughs with him about it]], and then [[spoiler: tries to kiss Juli at the Basket Boy luncheon when sounding like a GreenEyedMosnter]].

A he-said-she-said [[{{Pun}} chick lit]]/teen romance novel taking place in circa 1994-2000 about a boy named [[DeadpanSnarker Bry]][[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ce]] and a girl named [[AbhorrentAdmirer Juli]][[DaddysGirl anna]]. When they meet in second grade, Juli becomes infatuated with Bryce and clings to him like a parasite. But Bryce doesn't feel like returning the favor, him being girl-phobic and easily embarrassed. Bryce does everything he can to keep his wannabe girlfriend at bay for the next few years, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from one another. The story follows them from grade school to junior high, through triumph and disaster, family drama and first love, as they make the discoveries that will define who they are - and who they are to each other.

* BullyingADragon: Mr. Loski should have realized this would happen when he started needling Chet about helping Juli with her yard. It ended up with a fight with his wife, and ending up on the couch.

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: It seems Juli acts this way towards Bryce after he apologizes for throwing away Juli's eggs [[spoiler: and for laughing with Garret about her uncle being retarded]]. This makes him feel worse than the period in which [[spoiler: she hated him following him talking about her eggs probably had salmonella]]

* NeverMyFault: Mr. Loski doesn't see what's wrong with his rather narrow-minded view of Juli's family, and feels put upon when his wife calls him out on it.

** Juli's parents have managed to keep Uncle David in a private facility for years. They also are still GoodParents.
** Following the argument where Chet angrily explains that Juli's family has to support Uncle David's upkeep, and that he became[[spoiler: retarded due to a random accident at birth]], Chet then takes Bryce out for a walk to keep him away from the meltdown. By the time the meltdown is over, Mr. Loski is sleeping on the couch.

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: It seems Juli acts this way towards Bryce after he apologizes for throwing away Juli's eggs [[spoiler: and for laughing with Garret about her uncle being retarded]]. This makes him feel worse during the period in which [[spoiler: she hated him following him talking about her eggs probably had salmonella]

* BrokenPedestal: Bryce for his father when he realizes that the latter is a {{Jerkass}} and a BitchInSheepsClothing. The tipping point finally comes when [[spoiler: Mr. Loski slaps Lyanna after the awkard dinner with the Bakers]].

* FriendToAllChildren: Chet comes off this way,

* GrowingUpSucks / FreudianExcuse: During the awkward family dinner, it's implied that Bryce's father is so mean-spirited in part because he feels trapped in his role as a suburban bread-winner and that he regrets having given up his early dreams as a saxophone player in a band.

* OutdoorsyGal: Julie loves climbing her favorite tree, will raise chickens and will tame her yard.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Inverted case of YouDidntAsk. What starts breaking Juli's rose-colored view of Bryce is when she catches him throwing away her eggs, and realizing he's been doing it for two years. If he had just told her to stop delivering them, instead of tossing them in secret, she would have because she could've used the money.

* LoveAtFirstSight: For Juli anyway.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to the UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo between Juli And Bryce, but also to how the feelings of each of them for the other make them feel, and {{Pun to Bryce's}} PerspectiveFlip.

* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Mr. Loski accuses Chet of this when Chet spends his time helping Juli with yard work rather than "throwing a ball" with Bryce. Chet then defies the trope by explaining why he helps, and Bryce feels that he doesn't deserve that bonding anyway.

** Chet gives a rather gentle bit of advice to Bryce about what happened with the eggs, after not revealing at the dinner table that Bryce had been throwing them away. He tells Bryce that the choices that you make early in life will affect your character, and Bryce needs to think about what person he wanted to be.

* PoorCommunicationKills: What starts breaking

* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Bryce moves in right across the street from Julie. She sees him and decides that he's walking around with her first kiss.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: How Bryce views Juli.

** Also somewhat mollifying the situation, he was under stress from trying to shift his views on Juli's family, it was pointed out to him earlier that night that he'd lost a vital part of himself when he quit his band, he'd been drinking fairly steadily, and it was after she called him an asshole, [[ValuesDissonance which was much more of an issue at the time when the film was set]].

* CryForTheDevil: For all that Bryce's father is a bastard, the scene at the dinner table, where we realize that he lost a part of himself when he quit music manages to make you sympathize with him.

* CourtlyLove: Bryce and Julie never even kiss although they are only in seventh grade when the story ends.