History YMMV / BringItOn

* DesignatedHero: You're supposed to root for the Clovers as much as, if not more than, the

*** Taylor Louderman and Kate Rockwell (Campbell and Skylar, respectively) would both go on to star in the musical adaptation of {{Theatre/MeanGirls}}, but their roles would be the exact inverse of what they played previously; Taylor goes from the well-meaning Campbell to the infamous AlphaBitch Regina George, while Kate goes from AlphaBitch Skylar to Karen Smith, Regina’s ditzy but kind follower.

*** The latest film, Worldwide #Cheersmack, makes the shockingly tone deaf decision to repeat the "finger slipping" joke, when one of the girl cheerleaders suggests that they don't need the boys who have left the team partially because boys will do the "finger slipping" thing, but the "evolution" of this joke is the main character then responding that its not like the two lesbian members of the squad don't do the same thing. This movie came out in 2019, two years after the beginning of the Me Too movement and the Larry Nasser scandal.

*** Taylor Louderman and Kate Rockwell (Campbell and Skylar, respectively) would both go on to star in the musical adaptation of {{Theatre/MeanGirls}}, but their roles would be the exact inverse of what they played previously; Taylor goes from the well-meaning Campbell to the infamous AlphaBitch Regina George, while Kate goes from AlphaBitch Skylar to Karen Smith, Regina’s ditzy but kind follower. Similarly, Elle [=McLemore=], who played BitchInSheepsClothing Eva, would go on to play Heather [=McNamara=] in {{Theatre/Heathers}}, a member of the titular clique who is revealed to be a genuinely nice person.

*** Taylor Louderman and Kate Rockwell (Campbell and Skylar, respectively) would both go on to star in the musical adaptation of {{Theatre/MeanGirls}}, but their roles would be the exact opposite; Taylor goes from the well-meaning Campbell to the infamous AlphaBitch Regina George, while Kate goes from AlphaBitch Skylar to Karen Smith, Regina’s ditzy but kind follower.
*** Similarly, Elle [=McLemore=], who played BitchInSheepsClothing Eva, would go on to play Heather [=McNamara=] in {{Theatre/Heathers}}, a member of the titular clique who is revealed to be a genuinely nice person.

*** Creator/TaylorLouderman and Creator/KateRockwell (Campbell and Skylar, respectively) would both go on to star in the musical adaptation of {{Theatre/MeanGirls}}, but their roles would be the exact opposite; Taylor goes from the well-meaning Campbell to the infamous AlphaBitch Regina George, while Kate goes from AlphaBitch Skylar to Karen Smith, Regina’s ditzy but kind follower.
*** Similarly, Creator/ElleMcLemore, who played BitchInSheepsClothing Eva, would go on to play Heather McNamara in {{Theatre/Heathers}}, a member of the titular clique who is revealed to be a genuinely nice person.

*** Similarly, but inversely, Creator/ElleMcLemore, who played BitchInSheepsClothing Eva, first played Heather McNamara in {{Theatre/Heathers}}, a member of the titular clique who is revealed to be a genuinely nice person.

*** Taylor Louderman and Kate Rockwell (Campbell and Skylar, respectively) would both go on to star in the musical adaptation of Theatre/MeanGirls, but their roles would be the exact opposite; Taylor goes from the well-meaning Campbell to the infamous AlphaBitch Regina George, while Kate goes from AlphaBitch Skylar to Karen Smith, Regina’s ditzy but kind follower.
*** Similarly, Elle McLemore would go from BitchInSheep’sClothing Eva to Heather McNamara in Theatre/Heathers, a member of the titular clique who is revealed to be a genuinely nice person.

* DesignatedHero: You're supposed to root for the Clovers as much as, if not more than, the Toros, but their attitudes make that very difficult, from their almost beating up Torrance and Missy for something they didn't even do to purposefully humiliating them at the Toros' game. Even Isis comes off as a real jerk until the end of the movie, and she's easily the most easygoing one of the group.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Isis suffers from this due to Torrance genuinely having no idea the Toros' routines were stolen from the Clovers and trying to fix things as soon as she found out. Isis's antagonism of Torrance personally (such as ripping up the check Torrance gave her) because she was angry about things Big Red did rubbed many fans the wrong way. Gabrielle Union has expressed chagrin about finding Isis on lists of famous movie villains, as she was not intended to be viewed that way.

*** The latest film, Worldwide #Cheersmack, makes the shockingly tone deaf decision to repeat the "finger slipping" joke, when one of the girl cheerleaders suggests that they don't need the boys who have left the team partially because boys will do the "finger slipping" thing, but the "evolution" of this joke is the main character then responding that its not like the two lesbian members of the squad don't do the same thing. This movie came out in 2019, two years after the beginning of the #MeToo movement and the Larry Nasser scandal.

** ''In It To Win It'' features Jennifer Tisdale, a few years later her sister [[Music/AshleyTisdale Ashley]] [[Series/{{Hellcats}} would put on her own cheerleading uniform]].

* ValuesDissonance: There is some casual homophobia on the part of some characters. While Whitney and Courtney calling Missy an "uber dyke" is meant to show them as bullies, there is some of this underlying Torrance's relationship with Aaron. He's a fellow cheerleader, quite the CampStraight and shown as a RomanticFalseLead - in contrast to the CoolLoser Cliff. Aaron's college girlfriend even laughs at him when she finds out he was a cheerleader.

** TheCheerleader was a popular trope in the 90s, painting cheerleaders as either {{Alpha Bitch}}es or ditzy whores - which does have a few UnfortunateImplications since it's a female-dominated sport. The movie shows cheerleading as a genuine athletic pursuit, Missy learns that it's far more challenging than she thought, and the team are shown putting a lot of time and effort into choreographing their routines. Despite the film's goofy tone, it treats cheerleading in a positive way. It treats male cheerleaders pretty well too, rather than stereotyping them all.

** The anti-racism Aesop is thankfully not too {{Anvilicious}} and handled in a good way. No one in the movie is overtly racist but they do become aware of the system in place - Big Red stealing the Clovers' routines and winning with them for over five years because they're too poor to afford to go to competitions parallels abuse of privilege and appropriation. Torrance tries to invoke WhiteMansBurden by lending the Clovers money to make it to the competition, but they turn it down and raise the money themselves. But they face each other as {{Worthy Opponent}}s. One critic said that the film suggests "race relations could be smoothed and transcended through level-playing-field sports competitiveness."

** ''In It To Win It'' features Jennifer Tisdale, a few years later her sister [[Music/AshleyTisdale Ashley]] [[Series/{{Hellcats}} would put on her own cheerleading uniform]]

** Basically anything that Sparky says and does, even if purposefully written to be a half-crazy asshole, from using the "r-word," fat-shaming Darcy and Courtney (both who aren't even remotely fat)- even telling Darcy to "stop eating," and whipping Missy's butt with a towel.
** Jan perving over Whitney's tween sister wasn't deemed funny in-universe, but now is beyond disgusting, to the point where it comes off as cringeworthy and unfunny today. The same goes for Jan talking about how he sometimes "accidentally" slips his fingers inside the girls' underwear when he's lifting them, which is treated as HandsomeLech shenanigans in the movie but would be considered sexual assault today.

** Jan perving over Whitney's tween sister wasn't deemed funny in-universe, but now is beyond disgusting, to the point where it comes off as cringeworthy and unfunny today.

** Jan perving over Whitney's tween sister is beyond disgusting, to the point where it comes off as cringeworthy and unfunny today.

** The anti-racism Aesop is thankfully not too {{Anvilicious}} and handled in a good way. No one in the movie is overtly racist but they do become aware of the system in place - Big Red stealing the Clovers' routines and winning with them for over five years because they're too poor to afford to go to competitions parallels abuse of privilege. Torrance tries to invoke WhiteMansBurden by lending the Clovers money to make it to the competition, but they turn it down and raise the money themselves. But they face each other as {{Worthy Opponent}}s. One critic said that the film suggests "race relations could be smoothed and transcended through level-playing-field sports competitiveness."

* InNameOnly: A [[TheMusical musical]] titled ''Bring It On'' went on tour in 2011, and appeared on Broadway for a spell in 2012. Though it was advertised as ''Bring It On: The Musical'' and is about cheerleading, with some racial elements thrown in, it otherwise has nothing to do with ''any'' of the movies. However, considering none of the movies themselves having anything to do with each other, apart from the general premise of "cheerleading + hints of racial elements," it still fits right in.

** If you're a ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' fan, seeing Lindsay Sloane as Big Red is hysterical. On ''Sabrina'', Lindsay played Valerie - a neurotic wannabe who was desperate to be popular, frequently sucked up to the AlphaBitch and made it onto the second string cheerleading squad.

* DesignatedHero: You're supposed to root for the Clovers as much as, if not more than, the Toros, but their attitudes make that very difficult. Even Isis comes off as a real jerk until the end of the movie.

Most of the fans of the first movie pair Torrance with Missy instead of her brother Cliff. This is due to their friendship that is littered with heaps of LesYay, as well as Torrance really wanting Missy on the team and the two instantly hitting it off. Also, many fans feeling that they have better chemistry than her with Cliff. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn they have the most fanfiction of any ship from the film series.

** Basically anything that Sparky says and does, from using the "r-word," fat-shaming Courtney (who isn't even remotely fat)- even telling her to "stop eating," and whipping Missy's butt with a towel.

** The anti-racism Aesop is thankfully not too {{Anvilicious}} and handled in a good way. No one in the movie is overtly racist but they do become aware of the system in place - Big Red stealing the Clovers' routines because they're too poor to afford to go to competitions parallels abuse of privilege. Torrance tries to invoke WhiteMansBurden by lending the Clovers money to make it to the competition, but they turn it down and raise the money themselves. But they face each other as {{Worthy Opponent}}s. One critic said that the film suggests "race relations could be smoothed and transcended through level-playing-field sports competitiveness."

* DesignatedHero: You're supposed to root for the Clovers as much as, if not more than, the Toros, but their attitudes make that very difficult. Even Isis comes off as a real bitch until the end of the movie.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The term "the original and best" is widely considered to apply with ''Bring It On'', although ''Bring It On: All or Nothing'' is felt to be the best of the sequels ([[Creator/HaydenPanettiere in part because]] [[Music/{{Rihanna}} of who appears]]). To be fair, all the films are stupid and fun to watch. But the original is genuinely good and charming.

** Basically anything that Sparky says and does, from using the "r-word," fat-shaming Courtney (who wasn't even remotely fat)- even telling her to "stop eating," and whipping Missy's butt with a towel.

** Basically anything that Sparky says and does, from using the "r-word," fat-shaming one of the Toro girls (who wasn't even remotely far)- even telling her to "stop eating," and whipping another girl's butt with a towel.

%%* SnarkBait: People love to hate these movies.