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* SillyBrainDiagram: One scene shows Cherri's brain, divided into sections with nothing but pictures showing her doing things like preening herself and putting on a crown, showing that she's a vain and mean popular girl. But slowly a picture of Spud appears in her brain, to signify that she's starting to like him.
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* TheFifties[=/=]TheSixties: The film seems to allude both periods, as it's being a spoof of teen movies from those decades.

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* TheFifties[=/=]TheSixties: %%* The50s[=/=]The60s: The film seems to allude both periods, as it's being a spoof of teen movies from those decades.



* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Every prim and proper looking young lady in the high school is somewhat promiscuous.

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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: Every prim and proper looking young lady in the high school is somewhat promiscuous.
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''Hair High'' is a 2004 animated film by Creator/BillPlympton. Genre-wise, it falls somewhere between [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror romantic comedy, and horror]], or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Horror Romantic Comedy]]... But one thing that can be agreed on is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs it's a trip]] what with this being a Plympton work and all.

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''Hair High'' is a 2004 animated film by Creator/BillPlympton. Genre-wise, it falls somewhere between [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror romantic comedy, and horror]], or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Horror Romantic Comedy]]... But one thing that can be agreed on is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs it's a trip]] trip what with this being a Plympton work and all.
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* LightningGlare: Oddly enough, this is used to indicate two people who are falling in-love with each other, such as when Spud and Cherri accidentally gaze into each other's eyes after the two get into a violent scuffle just seconds before. [[spoiler:It's put into use again with Buttercup and Wally before sharing a passionate kiss.]]

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* LightningGlare: Oddly enough, this is used to indicate An unlikely usage which indicates two people who are falling in-love with each other, such as when Spud and Cherri accidentally gaze into each other's eyes after the two get into a violent scuffle just seconds before. [[spoiler:It's put into use again with Buttercup and Wally before sharing a passionate kiss.]]

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* AlphaBitch: Cherri, at first. Darlene is a straighter example.

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* AlphaBitch: AlphaBitch:
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Cherri, at first. first, who apparently rules the school with her JerkJock boyfriend, Rod, and takes pleasure in humiliating Spud for giving her a bogus answer to the teacher's question. She shows a much softer side when [[HeldGaze she and Spud inadvertently exchange looks]].
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Darlene is a straighter example.example [[spoiler:after Cherri dies with Spud and takes over the role of Rod's new girlfriend]].


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* LightningGlare: Oddly enough, this is used to indicate two people who are falling in-love with each other, such as when Spud and Cherri accidentally gaze into each other's eyes after the two get into a violent scuffle just seconds before. [[spoiler:It's put into use again with Buttercup and Wally before sharing a passionate kiss.]]
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* BelligerentSexualTension: UpToEleven with Spud and Cherri. They even outright torture each other in one scene only to find themselves staring into each others eyes afterwards... and then quickly turning away.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: UpToEleven Exaggerated with Spud and Cherri. They even outright torture each other in one scene only to find themselves staring into each others eyes afterwards... and then quickly turning away.
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It features a huge ensemble voice cast including, but not limited to, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/DermotMulroney, Creator/DavidCarradine, Creator/KeithCarradine, Ed Begley Jr., Creator/MattGroening, Creator/JustinLong, Creator/ZakOrth, Creator/CraigBierko, Creator/MarthaPlimpton, [[Film/WetHotAmericanSummer Michael Showalter]] and Creator/DonHertzfeldt.

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It features a huge ensemble voice cast including, but not limited to, Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/DermotMulroney, Creator/DavidCarradine, Creator/KeithCarradine, Ed Begley Jr., Creator/EdBegleyJr, Creator/MattGroening, Creator/JustinLong, Creator/ZakOrth, Creator/CraigBierko, Creator/MarthaPlimpton, [[Film/WetHotAmericanSummer Michael Showalter]] and Creator/DonHertzfeldt.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]

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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are nothing but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]
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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are forced off the road by a jilted Rod and into the lake. As the car sinks to the bottom, they share one last kiss.]]
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* AlmaMaterSong: The school's titular anthem is played during Zip's fantasy of Darlene doing a cheer routine topless, and plays again after [[spoiler:a brief {{moment of silence}} due to Zip's sudden but apparent demise]].

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* AlmaMaterSong: The titular school's titular anthem is played plays during Zip's fantasy of Darlene doing a cheer routine topless, and plays again after [[spoiler:a brief {{moment of silence}} due to Zip's sudden but apparent demise]].demise from falling from a scoreboard]].
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* AlmaMaterSong: The school's titular anthem is played during Zip's fantasy of Darlene doing a cheer routine topless, and plays again after [[spoiler:after a brief {{moment of silence}} due to Zip's sudden but apparent demise]].

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* AlmaMaterSong: The school's titular anthem is played during Zip's fantasy of Darlene doing a cheer routine topless, and plays again after [[spoiler:after a [[spoiler:a brief {{moment of silence}} due to Zip's sudden but apparent demise]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler:"The Ballad of Spud and Cherri" states their deaths where an accident. It ''wasn't.'' They where murdered by Rod and Dwayne.]]

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* SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler:"The Ballad of Spud and Cherri" states their deaths where were an accident. It ''wasn't.'' They where were murdered by Rod and Dwayne.]]
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->''[[TitleTrop Hair High]], we love thy towers''\\

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->''[[TitleTrop ->''[[TitleDrop Hair High]], we love thy towers''\\

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->''[[TitleTrop Hair High]], we love thy towers''\\
''And your ivy-covered walls''\\
''Sons of barbers and beauticians''\\
''Ever roaming through your halls''\\
''Though our shining locks may fall off''\\
''And our tresses turn to gray''\\
''Hair High, our alma mater''\\
''In our hearts you will ever stay''
-->--Hair High's {{alma mater song}}



* AlmaMaterSong: The school's titular anthem is played during Zip's fantasy of Darlene doing a cheer routine topless, and plays again after [[spoiler:after a brief {{moment of silence}} due to Zip's sudden but apparent demise]].



* DarkIsNotEvil:[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]

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* DarkIsNotEvil:[[spoiler:Spud DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]



* MusicalSpoiler: "Ballad of Spud and Cherri," which plays as [=JoJo=] begins the story, pretty much tells us point blank that they die on their way to prom.

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* MusicalSpoiler: "Ballad of Spud and Cherri," Cherri", which plays as [=JoJo=] begins the story, pretty much tells us point blank that they die on their way to prom.



* SoundtrackDissonance:[[spoiler:"The Ballad of Spud and Cherri" states their deaths where an accident. It ''wasn't.'' They where murdered by Rod and Dwayne.]]

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* SoundtrackDissonance:[[spoiler:"The SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler:"The Ballad of Spud and Cherri" states their deaths where an accident. It ''wasn't.'' They where murdered by Rod and Dwayne.]]
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* TheCheerleader: Cherri and Darlene, hence their popular statuses.
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* DarkIsNotEvil[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]

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* DarkIsNotEvil[[spoiler:Spud DarkIsNotEvil:[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.

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* DarkIsNotEvil[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.]]

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* DarkIsNotEvil[[spoiler:Spud and Cherri are but nice to [=JoJo=] after they come back from the dead. The only people they antagonize are [[AssholeVictim Rod, Darlene, and their cronies,]] and most of the school seems to support them.



* MusicalSpoiler: "Balld of Spud and Cherri," which plays as [=JoJo=] begins the story, pretty much tells us point blank that they die on their way to prom.

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* MusicalSpoiler: "Balld "Ballad of Spud and Cherri," which plays as [=JoJo=] begins the story, pretty much tells us point blank that they die on their way to prom.


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* SoundtrackDissonance:[[spoiler:"The Ballad of Spud and Cherri" states their deaths where an accident. It ''wasn't.'' They where murdered by Rod and Dwayne.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Rod forces Spud to be Cherri's servent, he ''hopes'' Spud falls in-love with her, simply so he has an excuse to brutalize him. [[spoiler:And he does, but Rod didn't count on Cherri falling in love with him back.]]


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* ChunkySalsaRule: A non-video game example. Vomiting up your organs and and football jumping through you? Survivable. Being crushed and [[spoiler:drowning]]? Fatal.
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* GangOfBullies: Rod terrorizes Spud, with Zip and Dwayne as his flunkies. After Zip dies, Dwayne becomes Rod's sole support.

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* GangOfBullies: Rod terrorizes Spud, with Zip and Dwayne as his flunkies.backing him up. After Zip dies, Dwayne becomes Rod's sole support.
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* GangOfBullies: Rod terrorizes Spud, with Zip and Dwayne as his flunkies. After Zip dies, Dwayne becomes Rod's sole support.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Zip electrocutes a frog in his "sex organs" which seems to cause an erection. Frogs don't have penises. Ironically, the scene takes place in biology class.
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* StillSucksThumb: [[spoiler:Darlene responds to seeing Cherri and Spud's reanimated skeletons usurp her and Rod's crowns for prom king and queen by sucking her thumb while rocking herself in obvious panic.]]

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* StillSucksThumb: [[spoiler:Darlene responds to seeing starts sucking her thumb in a mix of fear and panic when she sees Cherri and Spud's reanimated skeletons usurp her and Rod's crowns title for prom king and queen by sucking her thumb while rocking herself in obvious panic.queen.]]
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* StillSucksThum: [[spoiler:Darlene responds to seeing Cherri and Spud's reanimated skeletons usurp her and Rod's crowns for prom king and queen by sucking her thumb while rocking herself in obvious panic.]]

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* StillSucksThum: StillSucksThumb: [[spoiler:Darlene responds to seeing Cherri and Spud's reanimated skeletons usurp her and Rod's crowns for prom king and queen by sucking her thumb while rocking herself in obvious panic.]]
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* StillSucksThum: [[spoiler:Darlene responds to seeing Cherri and Spud's reanimated skeletons usurp her and Rod's crowns for prom king and queen by sucking her thumb while rocking herself in obvious panic.]]
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* SixtiesHair: {{Beehive hairdo}}s for females, pompadours for males, and both are exaggerated for comic effect. The movie's title, which also serves as the name of the high school, alludes to 60s hair in general.

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